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Tuesday, August 29, 1961
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The Headlines
WAGNER PLEDGES NO LET-UP IN WAR AGAINST DE SAPIO; Also Rules Out Reconciliation With Sharkey or Buckley After the Primary MAYOR'S CAMP HOPEFUL He Tours West Side With Lehman -- Buckley Gives His Version of Break WAGNER TO PRESS WAR ON DE SAPIO
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Michael
The Highwaymen
#1 at the box office
Come September
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
23,656 days ago
(64 years, 296 days)