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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

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#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

Slip 'N Slide

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1961

  • Ask not what your country can do for you

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)