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Friday, December 15, 1961
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The Headlines
CATHOLICS AFFIRM SCHOOL-AID STAND; Reject Kennedy's View That Constitution Limits Help to Parochial Classes CATHOLICS AFFIRM SCHOOL-AID STAND
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Tokens
#1 at the box office
West Side Story
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
23,549 days ago
(64 years, 189 days)