Friday, October 21, 1960

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The Headlines

Khrushchev Says Soviet Has Nuclear Submarines; SOVIET SAYS IT HAS ATOM SUBMARINES

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

I Want to Be Wanted

Brenda Lee

#1 at the box office

Ben-Hur †

The must-have

Etch A Sketch

You Share a Birthday With

• Alfred Nobel (1833)
• Benjamin Netanyahu (1949)
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
• Carrie Fisher (1956)
• Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)

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)