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Wednesday, July 26, 1961
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The Headlines
PRICE INDEX RISES SLIGHTLY TO PEAK; Climbs 0.2% to 127.6, but Purchasing Power Is Up Price Index Edges to a Record, But Buying Power Rises, Too Consumer Price Index
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
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
23,690 days ago
(64 years, 330 days)