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Friday, April 5, 1963

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The Headlines

SENATE APPROVES TRANSIT AID PLAN FOR URBAN AREAS; 52-41 Vote Gives Kennedy His First Major Victory of Current Session MEASURE GOES TO HOUSE Program Provides for Loan Guarantees and Grants to Local Communities TRANSIT AID PLAN VOTED BY SENATE

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The must-have

Easy-Bake Oven

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1963

  • I have a dream

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

23,072 days ago

(63 years, 77 days)