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Saturday, January 8, 1966
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The Headlines
TRANSIT BOARD SEEKS $322,000-A-DAY FINE; WAGE DEMAND CUT But Outlook Is Gloomy for Quick Settlement of Week-Old Strike Transit Board Seeks $322,000-a-Day Fine and Rejects Freeing of 9 Union Leaders OUTLOOK GLOOMY ON END TO STRIKE New Offers Made but Both Sides Remain Far Apart on Settlement Terms
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
We Can Work It Out
The Beatles
#1 at the box office
Thunderball †
The must-have
Twister
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Fiber Optics, Handheld Calculator Concept & Fuel Injection.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
22,063 days ago
(60 years, 163 days)