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Tuesday, March 28, 1961
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT SEEKS INCREASE OF 10% IN SPACE OUTLAY; Budget Will Ask Congress for 126 Million Beyond Eisenhower's Estimate TOTAL RISES 3.2 BILLION Joint Committee Gets Details From Bell -- Airport Aid Program Is Doubled PRESIDENT SPACE FUND RISE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Blue Moon
The Marcels
#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
23,811 days ago
(65 years, 86 days)