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Monday, August 24, 1964
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The Headlines
DELEGATES MEET TO NAME JOHNSON; 5,260 Gather in Atlantic City—Speculation Centers on Humphrey for 2d Spot
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The must-have
G.I. Joe
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
22,565 days ago
(61 years, 300 days)