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Friday, April 21, 1961
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The Headlines
CONGRESS IS GIVEN TAX PLAN SEEKING AID FOR BUSINESS; Kennedy Proposes 1.7 Billion Saving to Spur Investment in Plant and Machinery EXPENSE ACCOUNTS HIT Withholding on Interest and Dividends Urged -- Profits Abroad Face New Levies Congress Is Given Kennedy's Tax Plan
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Runaway
Del Shannon
#1 at the box office
The Absent-Minded Professor
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Elizabeth II (1926)
- Max Weber (1864)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816)
- Anthony Quinn (1915)
- Percy Williams Bridgman (1882)
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
23,787 days ago
(65 years, 62 days)