Sunday, February 12, 1961

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The Headlines

KENNEDY ASSAYS POLICY ON RUSSIA WITH HIS EXPERTS; Confers for Two Hours With Johnson, Rusk, Thompson and 3 Former Envoys Kennedy Confers With Experts On Policy Toward Soviet Union

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Calcutta

Lawrence Welk

#1 at the box office

Exodus

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

• The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Abraham Lincoln (1809)
• Charles Darwin (1809)
• Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
• Anna Pavlova (1881)
• Julian Schwinger (1918)

Slang

Tech Check

Space Capsule (Vostok/Mercury), Electric Toothbrush & Industrial Robots (Unimate).

Cost of Living (1960)