Saturday, August 9, 1969

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The Headlines

SOVIET AND CHINA IN A RIVER PACT; Moscow Reports Accord on Shipping on Frontier Soviet and China Reach Pact on Border Shipping

World Mood

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

In the Year 2525

Zager and Evans

#1 at the box office

$935,500

The must-have

Nerf Ball

On This Day

• Tate–LaBianca murders: Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Whitney Houston (1963)
• Jean Piaget (1896)
• Romano Prodi (1939)
• Gillian Anderson (1968)
• Amedeo Avogadro (1776)

Slang

Tech Check

ARPANET (Internet Precursor), Moon Lander & UNIX.

Cost of Living (1960)