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Friday, February 24, 1961
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The Headlines
SOVIET HARDENS STAND ON BERLIN; Tells Bonn Any 'Temporary' Solution Must Lead to a Demilitarized Free City SOVIET HARDENS STAND ON BERLIN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Pony Time
Chubby Checker
#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
23,842 days ago
(65 years, 117 days)