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Wednesday, October 21, 1964
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The Headlines
RAIL PANEL BACKS 27‐CENT PAY RISE; CHIDES BOTH SIDES; Presidential Board Decries ‘Pattern of Long Delays’ in Proceedings Before It; ‘BASIC OVERHAUL’ URGED; 3‐Year Pact Proposed for 430,000 Nonoperating Employes of the Lines
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Benjamin Netanyahu (1949)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Carrie Fisher (1956)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)
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
22,507 days ago
(61 years, 242 days)