Monday, April 3, 1961

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The Headlines

COLLEGE SCIENCE WILL GET U.S. AID; Kennedy's Budget Increase Provides Funds to Help Modernize Equipment COLLEGE SCIENCE WILL GET U.S. AID

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Blue Moon

The Marcels

#1 at the box office

Exodus

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

• LAN-Chile Flight 621 crashes in the Andes mountains, killing 21 people, including Argentinian football player Eliseo Mouriño.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Marlon Brando (1924)
• Helmut Kohl (1930)
• Jane Goodall (1934)
• Washington Irving (1783)
• Eddie Murphy (1961)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1960)