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Tuesday, December 30, 1969
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The Headlines
GOVERNOR DENIES STATEWlDE HELP TO SAVE 20C FARE; Calls Such Aid 'Unrealistic' but Leaves Door Open to Discussing City Levies TALKS HERE CONTINUE Mayor Voices Concern Over Pace of Negotiations to Avert Strike Thursday GOVERNOR DENIES HELP ON 20C FARE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
B. J. Thomas
#1 at the box office
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
$1,370,100
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Kersti Kaljulaid (1969)
- Tu Youyou (1930)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Mike Pompeo (1963)
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
20,611 days ago
(56 years, 171 days)