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Friday, October 21, 1966

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The Headlines

CONGRESS PASSES POVERTY PROGRAM WITH NEW CURBS; 170-109 House Vote Backs Bill With Limits on Costs, Salaries and Personnel EMPHASIS PUT ON JOBS Slash in Funds Expected Model Cities and School Aid Measures Cleared Congress Approves Poverty Program

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Reach Out I'll Be There

Four Tops

#1 at the box office

Doctor Zhivago

The must-have

Twister

On This Day

  • A colliery spoil tip slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren.

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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

21,777 days ago

(59 years, 242 days)