Wednesday, November 2, 1960

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The Headlines

Traffic Tickets Up 84%; Courts to Be Open Early; Rise Continues for Sixth Day in Row -- Summonses Go to Commissioner's Aide and Representative Teller TRAFFIC TICKETS RISE 84% IN DAY

#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

• Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.

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You Share a Birthday With

• James K. Polk (1795)
• Warren G. Harding (1865)
• Marie Antoinette (1755)
• George Boole (1815)
• Odysseas Elytis (1911)

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)