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Sunday, September 24, 1961
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The Headlines
CLAY DENIES U.S. ALTERS ITS STAND ON GERMAN UNITY; General, Originator of Hint on Policy Shift, Reaffirms Allied Rights in Berlin AUTOBAHN PATROLS RISE Army's Activity Increases to Protect Travelers -- American Troops Parade CLAY DENIES U.S. ALTERS ITS STAND
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
You Share a Birthday With
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
- Konstantin Chernenko (1911)
- İsmet İnönü (1884)
- Gerolamo Cardano (1501)
- Horace Walpole (1717)
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
23,630 days ago
(64 years, 270 days)