Sunday, April 17, 1960

From the day

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The Headlines

THREAT TO BANISH STRIKERS IS MADE BY SOUTH AFRICA; Absent Workers Will Face Dismissal and Shipment to Remote Reserves POLICE ACTION PLANNED Regime Warns of Measures to Avert Week's Stoppage Called in Johannesburg AFRICAN STRIKERS FACE BANISHMENT

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Theme from A Summer Place

Percy Faith

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Etch A Sketch

You Share a Birthday With

• Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
• J. P. Morgan (1837)
• William Holden (1918)
• Sean Bean (1959)
• Thornton Wilder (1897)

Slang

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)