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Sunday, October 21, 1962
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The Headlines
EISENHOWER PRODS BUSINESS LEADERS; Go Into Politics to Achieve Aims, He Advises Council --He Backs Tax Cut EISENHOWER PRODS BUSINESS LEADERS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Monster Mash
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers
#1 at the box office
The Longest Day
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Benjamin Netanyahu (1949)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Carrie Fisher (1956)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
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
23,238 days ago
(63 years, 243 days)