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Friday, January 23, 1970
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The Headlines
DISTRICTING PLAN FOR STATE PASSED BY 1‐VOTE MARGIN
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
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
$384,598
The must-have
Lite-Brite
You Share a Birthday With
- David Hilbert (1862)
- Stendhal (1783)
- Édouard Manet (1832)
- Derek Walcott (1930)
- Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Floppy Disk, Digital Watch & Boeing 747 (Service).
Style of 1970
Silhouette: Long and lean
Material: Polyester and corduroy
- Maxi dresses
- Platform shoes
- Leisure suits
Cost of Living (1970)
Loaf of Bread
$0.25
Gallon of Gas
$0.36
Average Home
$17,000
New Car
$3,450
Time Elapsed
20,588 days ago
(56 years, 148 days)