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Saturday, October 8, 1960
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The Headlines
Kennedy Protests Lighting And Cold and Wins on Both; Kennedy's Protests on Lighting And Cold Room Bring Changes
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Mr. Custer
Larry Verne
#1 at the box office
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
You Share a Birthday With
- Sigourney Weaver (1949)
- Ursula von der Leyen (1958)
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
- Juan Perón (1895)
- Frank Herbert (1920)
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
23,981 days ago
(65 years, 256 days)