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Saturday, October 5, 1963
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The Headlines
PENTAGON STOPS SPECIAL DUTY PAY OF 375,000 ABROAD; Step Wipes Out New Raises for Many Men in Hawaii, West Europe and Japan 225,000 STILL ELIGIBLE McNamara Links Overseas Allowances to Hardship Instead of Geography 100 Areas Taken Off List New Concept Employed May Cut Dollar Drain MILITARY CUTS PAY OF 375,000 ABROAD Exempted Areas Listed Greenland Is Exempted
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The V.I.P.s
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
22,889 days ago
(62 years, 259 days)