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Saturday, September 7, 1963

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The Headlines

MAYOR APPOINTS MEDIATION PANEL IN SCHOOL CRISIS; 3-Man Group Begins Work in Effort to Avert a Strike by Teachers Monday PACT OFFER IS REJECTED Union Membership Meeting Votes 5,219 to 758 to Go On With the Walkout Time Element Stressed Mood Is Friendly MEDIATORS ENTER SCHOOLS' DISPUTE Acted in Impasse Schools Plan to Open Cogen Had Given List Wait Under Grandstand

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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

22,917 days ago

(62 years, 287 days)