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Wednesday, June 29, 1966

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The Headlines

MARGIN DECISIVE; Senator Is 'Pleased' by Victory Over Klein in Primary Test Silverman Wins Surrogate Race by Wide Margin, Bolstering Kennedy's Party Role VICTOR WILL FACE KLEIN IN ELECTION Defeated Candidate Urges Friends to Cross Party Lines Next November

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Strangers in the Night

Frank Sinatra

The must-have

Twister

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Hippie

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Surfer

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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

21,891 days ago

(59 years, 356 days)