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Wednesday, October 4, 1961
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The Headlines
Pentagon Orders a Draft Of Physicians and Dentists; Veterinarians Also to Be Inducted in Military Build-Up -- Army Will Add 1,000 to WAC and Call Nurses PENTAGON ORDERS PHYSICIAN DRAFT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hit the Road Jack
Ray Charles
#1 at the box office
Come September
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Susan Sarandon (1946)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
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
23,620 days ago
(64 years, 260 days)