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Monday, March 20, 1961

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The Headlines

MAYOR PROMISES 160,500 WORKERS 57 MILLION RAISE; Police, Fire and Correction Forces to Get $400 More and 6 New Holidays TEACHERS NOT INCLUDED They Must Wait Until State Aid Is Set -- Wagner in Hospital for Surgery MAYOR PROMISES RAISE FOR 160,500

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Surrender

Elvis Presley

#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

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

23,818 days ago

(65 years, 93 days)