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Thursday, September 12, 1963
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The Headlines
LODGE ASKS DIEM TO OUST BROTHER; WARNS OF AID CUT; Cites Pressure in Congress --Vietnamese Chief Said to Give Request 'Thought' KENNEDY VIEW RELAYED Envoy Asks for Reorientation in Internal Policy--Move in Senate Due Today U.S. Holds Nhu Responsible LODGE ASKS DIEM TO OUST BROTHER Catholics Are Minority
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Cleopatra †
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
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
22,912 days ago
(62 years, 282 days)