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Wednesday, February 8, 1961
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The Headlines
STATE G.O.P. BACKS HOUSING BIAS BILL; Impasse in Senate Ended in Caucus -- Measure Is Similar to '60 Plan STATE G.O.P. BACKS HOUSING BIAS BILL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Calcutta
Lawrence Welk
#1 at the box office
The Misfits
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
23,858 days ago
(65 years, 133 days)