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Monday, September 11, 1961

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The Headlines

LEHMAN DEMANDS ROCKEFELLER ISSUE FACTS ON WAGNER; Calls It the Governor's Duty to Release Promptly Any Adduced in State Inquiry DE SAPIO CHARGE CITED Ex-Senator Voices Doubt of Its Validity -- Lanigan Seeks County Leadership Lehman Calls Upon Rockefeller To Release Any Data on Wagner

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Michael

The Highwaymen

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

23,643 days ago

(64 years, 283 days)