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Tuesday, May 15, 1962

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The Headlines

SENATE REJECTS NEW MOVE TO END DEBATE ON RIGHTS; Closure Is Defeated, 52-42, in Second Floor Test on Literacy Measure LIBERALS PRESS FIGHT Delay Motion to Take Up Other Business Blocked by 3-Week Wrangle Motion by Mansfield SENATE REJECTS MOVE ON RIGHTS

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Soldier Boy

The Shirelles

#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

Catchphrases of 1962

  • Bond. James Bond.

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1960)

Loaf of Bread

$0.20

Gallon of Gas

$0.31

Average Home

$11,900

New Car

$2,600

Time Elapsed

23,398 days ago

(64 years, 38 days)