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Monday, July 8, 1963
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The Headlines
RAILROAD UNIONS TURN DOWN PLAN TO AVERT STRIKE; Offer Proposal to Operate Passenger Trains in Event of a Walkout Thursday U.S. WEIGHS NEXT MOVE Brotherhoods Declare Wirtz Sought Forced Arbitration --Lines Accept Program Would Donate Wages Power Is Exhausted RAILROAD UNIONS BAR WIRTZ'S PLAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Cleopatra †
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908)
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
22,978 days ago
(62 years, 348 days)