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Thursday, April 18, 1963
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The Headlines
ROCKEFELLER BARS A SPECIAL SESSION ON BEAME'S PLAN; Sees 'No Need' for Albany Action as City Now Has '400-Million Tax Power' MAYOR DISAVOWS IDEA He Says in Bahamas 'I Did Not Ask for Session' Hoving Backs Controller Wagner Comments Wants Official Unity ROCKEFELLER BARS A SPECIAL SESSION
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How the West Was Won
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
You Share a Birthday With
- David Ricardo (1772)
- Michael D. Higgins (1941)
- James Woods (1947)
- Samuel P. Huntington (1927)
- Lucrezia Borgia (1480)
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
23,059 days ago
(63 years, 64 days)