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Tuesday, July 26, 1966
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The Headlines
RIGHTS BILL WINS FIRST HOUSE TEST BY CLOSE MARGIN; 200-to-180 Vote Bringing Measure From Rules Panel Lessens Backers' Hopes CELLER DEBATES SMITH Brooklynite Supports Action --Virginian Decries 'Fear of Negro Revolution' RIGHTS BILL WINS FIRST HOUSE TEST
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wild Thing
The Troggs
#1 at the box office
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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
21,864 days ago
(59 years, 329 days)