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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

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#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

Catchphrases of 1960

  • Yabba Dabba Doo!

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)