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Tuesday, December 16, 1969
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The Headlines
HOUSE APPROVES 15% PENSION RISE EFFECTIVE JAN. 1; Backs Senate's Figure but Defers Further Increase in Minimum Benefits RAISE VOTED BY 397 TO 0 Mills Announces It Will Be Attached to Tax Measure Now Under Negotiation House Approves 15% Pension Rise Effective Jan. 1
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Peter, Paul and Mary
#1 at the box office
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
$290,000
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
20,625 days ago
(56 years, 185 days)