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Tuesday, April 7, 1964

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The Headlines

KHRUSHCHEV CALLS CHINESE FOOLISH ON ISSUE OF WAR; Tells Hungarian Workers That ‘Absence’ of Brains Causes Peking's Stand; HAILS ‘REALISM’ IN U. S.; Premier Says Johnson and Others Are Sensible When Lives Are at Stake

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#1 at the box office

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

The must-have

G.I. Joe

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1964

  • I want to hold your hand

Tech Check

BASIC Programming Language, IBM System/360 & Word Processor.

Cost of Living (1960)

Loaf of Bread

$0.20

Gallon of Gas

$0.31

Average Home

$11,900

New Car

$2,600

Time Elapsed

22,704 days ago

(62 years, 74 days)