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Monday, November 6, 1961

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The Headlines

MILK STRIKE TALK PUSHED BY MAYOR IN DRIVE FOR PACT; Wagner Says End Is in Sight, but Industry Spokesman Is Not That Optimistic 2 ISSUES BLOCK ACCORD Wage Offer and Language of Proposal on Overtime Are New Disputes MILK STRIKE TALK PUSHED BY MAYOR

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean

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

23,587 days ago

(64 years, 227 days)