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Monday, July 24, 1961
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The Headlines
PARIS SAID TO SEEK A BIZERTE PLEDGE BEFORE PULLBACK; Sources Say France Must Have 'All Guarantees' of Security for Base VOTE IN U.N. DISPUTED Call for Truce Is Viewed as Not Binding -- Action by Allies Is Opposed PARIS SAID TO SEEK A BIZERTE PLEDGE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Tossin' and Turnin'
Bobby Lewis
#1 at the box office
Fanny was still grossing $200,000 at Radio City Music Hall
The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
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
23,692 days ago
(64 years, 332 days)