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Thursday, January 13, 1966

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The Headlines

NORMAL SERVICE TO TAKE 12 HOURS; Mayor Warns Travelers on Delay Bus Runs Can Resume in 3 Hours T.W.U. COMPLAINS OF ONE-WAY PLANS Calls Them 'Inconvenience.' Water-Main Break, Ice and Fires Slow Travel

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

We Can Work It Out

The Beatles

The must-have

Twister

On This Day

  • Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1966

  • Beam me up, Scotty

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

22,059 days ago

(60 years, 159 days)