Monday, January 15, 1962

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The Headlines

Gain in Soviet Science Training And Lag in High Schools Found; Broad Soviet Gain Found in Science and Engineer Training

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

The Twist

Chubby Checker

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

• Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.

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• The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
• Molière (1622)
• Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
• Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)

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Tech Check

Telstar Satellite, LED (Light Emitting Diode) & Compact Cassette.

Cost of Living (1960)