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Friday, October 28, 1960
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The Headlines
CITY CROWDS HAIL KENNEDY ON TOUR; HE GIBES AT NIXON; Throngs Put at 500,000 See Him in Manhattan -- He Visits Four Boroughs PARTY'S HOPES RAISED Candidate Derides Rival's Experience as Consisting of a Series of Errors CITY CROWDS HAIL KENNEDY ON TOUR
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Save the Last Dance for Me
The Drifters
#1 at the box office
Ben-Hur †
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
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
23,961 days ago
(65 years, 236 days)