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Monday, December 13, 1965

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The Headlines

LINDSAY CONFERS ON TRANSIT PACT; PROMISES TO HELP; He Talks With Mediators for First Time on Demands Made by the Unions PARLEYS RESUME TODAY Panel Says a 'Reasonable' Contract Is Goal -- Wants to Avoid Cliffhanger LINDSAY CONFERS ON TRANSIT PACT

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)

The Byrds

#1 at the box office

The Sound of Music

The must-have

Operation

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1965

  • Get Smart

Tech Check

Supercomputer (CDC 6600), Hypertext & Kevlar.

Cost of Living (1960)

Loaf of Bread

$0.20

Gallon of Gas

$0.31

Average Home

$11,900

New Car

$2,600

Time Elapsed

22,090 days ago

(60 years, 190 days)