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Monday, September 30, 1963

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The Headlines

POPE PAUL WIDENS APPEAL FOR UNITY; EXTENDS COUNCIL; He Marks the Opening With a Call to All Christians-- Voices Esteem of Others 3D SESSION TO BE HELD Pontiff Concedes Patience Will Be Needed to Achieve 'Perfect Reconciliation' An Encyclical Planned He Attacks Intolerance Pope John Recalled POPE PAUL WIDENS APPEAL FOR UNITY Church Meetings Recalled 'More Help and Support'

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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

22,894 days ago

(62 years, 264 days)