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Sunday, October 20, 1963

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The Headlines

ALGERIANS SEVER FRONTIER ROUTES; African Foreign Ministers Asked to Mediate--Arab League Urges a Truce Minister Denies Aggression King Violently Assailed ALGERIANS SEVER FRONTIER ROUTES Mediator Goes to Algiers Arab League Asks Truce Ben Bella Aide at U.N.

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#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

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

22,874 days ago

(62 years, 244 days)