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Saturday, October 11, 1969
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The Headlines
SENATE UNIT BARS CUT IN TOP TAXES ON EARNED INCOME; Committee Rejects Effort, Backed by Administration, to Fix Maximum at 50% HOUSE HAD APPROVED IT Longer Capital Gains Period and End to Deduction on Gas Levies Defeated Senate Committee Rejects Cut In Top Taxes on Earned Income
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
$501,000
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884)
- Amitabh Bachchan (1942)
- François Mauriac (1885)
- Bobby Charlton (1937)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758)
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
20,692 days ago
(56 years, 252 days)