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Friday, July 7, 1961
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The Headlines
KHRUSHCHEV SIGNS DEFENSE TREATY WITH KOREA REDS; Pledges Aid by Every Means Against Possible Attack--Financial Help Extended U.S. AND JAPAN ASSAILED Pact Is Seen as Soviet Bid to Outdo China in Rivalry for Leadership in Asia KHRUSHCHEV SIGNS RED KOREA PACT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Tossin' and Turnin'
Bobby Lewis
#1 at the box office
Fanny
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
23,709 days ago
(64 years, 349 days)