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Thursday, January 24, 1963
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The Headlines
PIER MEN START VOTING ON PACT; SOME DELAY DUE; Mediators Act to End Minor Union-Employer Disputes in Half a Dozen Ports ACCEPTANCE INDICATED Partial Return to Work Is Possible if Snags Develop Over 39-Cent Package Some Opposition Noted Employer Group Threatens PIER MEN START VOTING ON PACT Local Meetings Held
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Sodom and Gomorrah
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
You Share a Birthday With
- Frederick the Great (1712)
- Moon Jae-in (1953)
- Joachim Gauck (1940)
- Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais (1732)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Touch-Tone Phone, Computer Mouse (Prototype) & Instant Replay.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
23,143 days ago
(63 years, 148 days)