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Thursday, February 11, 1960
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The Headlines
AIR FORCE HOLDS MISSILE-GAP VIEW IS TOO OPTlMISTIC; Dissents From Estimates of National Intelligence Panel on Progress in Soviet SYMINGTON IS ATTACKED G.O.P. Scores His Threat to Give Data -- Gain Cited on Minuteman ICBM AIR FORCE FINDS BIG MISSILE GAP
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Teen Angel
Mark Dinning
#1 at the box office
On the Beach
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Laser, Echo Satellite & Etch A Sketch.
Style of 1960
Silhouette: A-line and geometric (Mod)
Material: PVC and polyester
- Miniskirts
- Go-go boots
- Pixie cuts
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
24,222 days ago
(66 years, 132 days)