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Monday, July 1, 1963

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The Headlines

CONGRESS FACING A 'HARD SUMMER' AS LOGJAM GROWS; Members Plan an Extended 4th of July Holiday With Most of This Week Off MOST MAJOR BILLS LAG Adjournment in October Is Predicted by Some, but Others Say Thanksgiving Committees Fall Behind Staff Works on Bill CONGRESS FACING A 'HARD SUMMER'

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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

22,985 days ago

(62 years, 355 days)