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Wednesday, June 22, 1960
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The Headlines
UNGAR SAYS JACK BALKED AT SAYING $4,400 WAS LOAN; Testifies He Lent Money -- Pictures Borough Chief as Fearing Ruin of Career 'TENSE' MEETING CITED Witness, on Stand 2d Day, Is Admonished by Judge Over Hostile Attitude Ungar Says Jack Shield at Saying $4,400 Was Lent for a Home Job
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Connie Francis
#1 at the box office
Ben-Hur †
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 1000 (1000)
- Meryl Streep (1949)
- Erich Maria Remarque (1898)
- Giuseppe Mazzini (1805)
- Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767)
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
24,090 days ago
(66 years, 0 days)