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Wednesday, January 18, 1961
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The Headlines
U.N.'S CONGO ROLE IS WORRYING U.S.; KENNEDY MAY ACT; Advisers Expected to Urge New Administration to Resolve Crisis Quickly DAYAL CALLED HOSTILE Reappraisal to End Trend Away From the West Is Weighed in Washington U.S. Uneasy Over U.N. Role In Congo and Lumumba Gains
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wonderland by Night
Bert Kaempfert
#1 at the box office
Exodus
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
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
23,879 days ago
(65 years, 154 days)