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Sunday, November 18, 1962
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The Headlines
WORKERS LEARN GREATER SKILLS; Industrial Retraining Helps Employes Move Along to More Technical Jobs ELECTRONICS IN LEAD Automation Displaces Many People, but the Total Is Expected to Mount Eliminates Jobs WORKERS LEARN GREATER SKILLS Automation Displaces Many Employes, but Job Total Is Expected to Climb Suspicion Noted Displacements Seen
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Big Girls Don't Cry
The Four Seasons
#1 at the box office
The Longest Day
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Margaret Atwood (1939)
- Louis Daguerre (1787)
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786)
- Patrick Blackett (1897)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945)
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
23,210 days ago
(63 years, 215 days)