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Tuesday, September 12, 1961
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The Headlines
President Confers Today With Sukarno and Keita; Indonesian and Mali Leaders to Present Appeal by Neutralists for Meeting of Kennedy and Khrushchev President Will Confer Today With Two Neutralist Leaders
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Take Good Care of My Baby
Bobby Vee
#1 at the box office
Come September
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
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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
23,642 days ago
(64 years, 282 days)