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Thursday, May 29, 1969
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT ASKS $2.6-BILLION AID TO FOSTER PEACE; Sends Message to Congress With Smallest Request in History of the Program WORLD ORDER STRESSED Capitol Response Mixed -- Appropriations Chairman Says Cuts Are Certain PRESIDENT ASKS $2.6-BILLION AID
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Get Back
The Beatles with Billy Preston
#1 at the box office
The Killing of Sister George
$628,500
The must-have
Nerf Ball
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
ARPANET (Internet Precursor), Moon Lander & UNIX.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
20,826 days ago
(57 years, 21 days)