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Sunday, June 9, 1963

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The Headlines

KENNEDY RENEWS PLEA FOR TAX CUT TO BAR RECESSION; In West Coast Talk, He Says Decline Will Result if His Program Is Not Passed FOES OF ACTION DERIDED President Expresses Hope That Recovery Will Last Through End of 1966 Asks Fair Chance for All Women Sign Pledges KENNEDY RENEWS PLEA FOR TAX CUT Test Failures Are Cited Visits a Senior Prom

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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

23,007 days ago

(63 years, 12 days)