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Saturday, December 16, 1961
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The Headlines
U.N. FORCES BEGIN DRIVE TO CONTROL KATANGA CAPITAL; Troops Push Almost to City Center -- 28 Are Reported Dead and Many Hurt ADVANCE MADE RAPIDLY Another Battle Said to Be Under Way in the North -- Hospitals Are Crowded U.N. FORCES BEGIN DRIVE IN KATANGA
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
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
23,548 days ago
(64 years, 188 days)