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Wednesday, May 31, 1961
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The Headlines
Taylor Expected to Urge Reduction of C.I.A. Role; Favors Transfer of Operations Function to Limited-Warfare Unit at Pentagon -- U.S. May Train Foreign Troops TAYLOR FAVORING CUT IN C.I.A. ROLE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Running Scared
Roy Orbison
#1 at the box office
The Young Savages
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
23,746 days ago
(65 years, 21 days)