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Sunday, August 11, 1963
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The Headlines
RUSK PERSUADES ADENAUER TO JOIN IN TEST BAN PACT; He Gives Chancellor Pledges Sought on East Germany and Soviet Negotiations 7 HOURS OF TALKS HELD Secretary Tells the Germans Russia Shows No Urgency for Next Parley Stage 'Happy Outcome' Seen BONN WILL ACCEDE TO TEST BAN PACT Link to Berlin Security The Final Round of Talks Rusk Sees Three Chiefs
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Cleopatra †
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
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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
22,944 days ago
(62 years, 314 days)