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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

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Wonderland by Night

Bert Kaempfert

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1961

  • Ask not what your country can do for you

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)