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Thursday, June 2, 1960
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The Headlines
'TENTH MAN' SHUT BY CAST WALKOUT; 22 PLAYS TO CLOSE; Producers Order Blackout Tonight at All Legitimate Theatres on Broadway $1,000,000 SUIT MAPPED Move Is Due Against Equity -- Both Sides Bitter After Talk With Mayor Fails 'TENTH MAN' SHUT BY CAST WALKOUT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Cathy's Clown
The Everly Brothers
#1 at the box office
Ben-Hur †
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius X (1835)
- Thomas Hardy (1840)
- Marquis de Sade (1740)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
- Pope Leo XI (1535)
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
24,109 days ago
(66 years, 19 days)