Saturday, October 29, 1960

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The Headlines

Khrushchev Terms Pledge To Defend Cuba 'Symbolic'; Soviet Publishes Its Version of Interview -- Step Regarded as Attempt to Ease Crisis and Qualify Rocket Threat KHRUSHCHEV CALLS PLEDGE SYMBOLIC

#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

On This Day

• An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Joseph Goebbels (1897)
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
• Abdullah Gül (1950)
• Franz von Papen (1879)
• Dan Castellaneta (1957)

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)