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Monday, August 8, 1966
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The Headlines
CITY PLAN TO USE CHURCH SCHOOLS DRAWS PROTESTS; Local A.C.L.U. Says New Projects for Disadvantaged Violate Federal Law CITY SCHOOL PLAN DRAWS PROTESTS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Summer in the City
The Lovin' Spoonful
#1 at the box office
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The must-have
Twister
You Share a Birthday With
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Mohamed Morsi (1951)
- Dustin Hoffman (1937)
- Giuseppe Conte (1964)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
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
21,851 days ago
(59 years, 316 days)