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Monday, June 10, 1963

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The Headlines

KENNEDY APPEALS FOR LOCAL ACTION ON RACE PROBLEM; Time Past for Token Moves, He Warns Conference of Mayors in Honolulu 5-POINT PLAN IS OFFERED He Asks More Responsibility by Community Leaders-- Speaks in Capital Today Kennedy Calls for Local Action To Help Solve Racial Problems

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#1 at the box office

How the West Was Won

The must-have

Easy-Bake Oven

On This Day

  • The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.

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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

23,006 days ago

(63 years, 11 days)