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Saturday, January 7, 1961
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The Headlines
SCHOOL AID PLAN COSTING 9 BILLION GOES TO KENNEDY; Task Force Offers Program for All Education Levels Over Next 4 1/2 Years OPPOSITION IS EXPECTED Ribicoff Sees Difficulties in Congress -- Report Hailed by President-Elect SCHOOL AID PLAN IS GIVEN KENNEDY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wonderland by Night
Bert Kaempfert
#1 at the box office
Spartacus
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You Share a Birthday With
- Millard Fillmore (1800)
- Pope Gregory XIII (1502)
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858)
- Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
- Bernadette Soubirous (1844)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Space Capsule (Vostok/Mercury), Electric Toothbrush & Industrial Robots (Unimate).
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
23,890 days ago
(65 years, 165 days)