Saturday, May 7, 1960

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The Headlines

TROTSKY'S KILLER FREED BY MEXICO; Takes Cuba-Bound Plane in Company of Czech Aides Mexicans Free Trotsky's Killer; He Leaves in Czechs' Company

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Stuck on You

Elvis Presley

#1 at the box office

Ben-Hur †

The must-have

Etch A Sketch

On This Day

• Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
• David Hume (1711)
• Johannes Brahms (1833)
• Josip Broz Tito (1892)

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)