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Friday, August 14, 1964
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The Headlines
DISTRICTING FIGHT FORCED TO FLOOR BY HOUSE PANEL; Rules Committee Takes Bill From Celler's Control to Hasten Action; SENATE OPENS DEBATE; Clark Says Dirksen Offers a ‘Rotten‐Borough’ Plan—Filibuster Is Hinted
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The must-have
G.I. Joe
You Share a Birthday With
- John Galsworthy (1867)
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
- Pope Pius VII (1742)
- Magic Johnson (1959)
- Wim Wenders (1945)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
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
22,576 days ago
(61 years, 311 days)