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Friday, August 12, 1966
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The Headlines
Few Negroes Here Are Being Trained For Nursing Posts; RECRUITING URGED FOR NEGRO NURSES
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
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
21,847 days ago
(59 years, 312 days)