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Tuesday, May 28, 1963

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The Headlines

34 SENATORS ASK FOR NEW EFFORTS TO LIMIT A-TESTS; Similar Offers Before Were Perfunctory, Dodd Says in Sponsoring Plan HUMPHREY JOINS MOVE Explosions Under Water and in Air Would Be Banned by Resolution's Terms 34 SENATORS ASK LIMITED TEST BAN

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#1 at the box office

How the West Was Won

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

23,019 days ago

(63 years, 24 days)