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Wednesday, August 31, 1966

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT SAYS U.S. CAN'T IGNORE CHINESE THREATS; Tells Legionnaires Vietnam Is Meant by Peking Only as an 'Opening Salvo' COMMITMENT IS DEFINED It Goes Beyond the Fighting to an Attack on Causes of War, He Declares PRESIDENT WARNS ON PEKING'S STAND

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

The must-have

Twister

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

21,828 days ago

(59 years, 293 days)