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Sunday, February 14, 1960
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The Headlines
THEME OF I960'S: MORE RESEARCH; New Processes and Items Expected to Play Big Role in U.S. Way of Life HUGE RISE IS FORESEEN Fiscal Year's Spending, Now 12 Billion, Predicted at 27 Billion for 1970 THEME OF 1960'S: MORE RESEARCH
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Babur (1483)
- C. T. R. Wilson (1869)
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404)
- Michael Bloomberg (1942)
- Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945)
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
24,218 days ago
(66 years, 128 days)