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Friday, October 3, 1969
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The Headlines
MARCHI FOR UNITY IN FIGHT ON CRIME; Asks 6 Northeast States to Set Up a Panel to Attack Mafia's Wide Influence
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Sugar, Sugar
The Archies
#1 at the box office
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
$500,608
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
20,699 days ago
(56 years, 259 days)