Monday, May 1, 1961

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The Headlines

Kennedy Cuts Week-End For Crisis Talk With Rusk; KENNEDY MEETS RUSK OVER CRISES

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Runaway

Del Shannon

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

• The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
• Joseph Addison (1672)
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
• Joseph Heller (1923)

Slang

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1960)