Saturday, September 24, 1960

From the day

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The Headlines

PREMIER IS HARSH; Suggests U.N. Leave City and Urges All Colonies Be Freed HE SUGGESTS U.N. LEAVE NEW YORK Premier, in a Harsh Speech, Urges Colonies Be Freed -- Scores West on Arms

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own

Connie Francis

#1 at the box office

Ben-Hur †

The must-have

Etch A Sketch

On This Day

• USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

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You Share a Birthday With

• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
• Konstantin Chernenko (1911)
• İsmet İnönü (1884)
• Gerolamo Cardano (1501)
• Horace Walpole (1717)

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)