Friday, February 9, 1962

From the day

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The Headlines

THE FRANCE GETS HARBOR WELCOME; New Superliner With 1,729 Aboard Sails In to Toots and Geysers of Water Patterson Goes Aboard The Superliner France Is Hailed As She Arrives on Maiden Trip Storm Tested Her He Rises Above Noise Accommodation for 2,000 Impression of Space

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Peppermint Twist

Joey Dee and the Starliters

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

You Share a Birthday With

• William Henry Harrison (1773)
• Thomas Paine (1737)
• J. M. Coetzee (1940)
• Alice Walker (1944)
• Joseph Stiglitz (1943)

Slang

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1960)