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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

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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

22,889 days ago

(62 years, 259 days)