Friday, April 17, 1970

From the day

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The Headlines

Nixon Revises Postal Plan; Calls for an 8c Letter Rate

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Let It Be

The Beatles

#1 at the box office

$553,000

The must-have

Lite-Brite

On This Day

• Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
• J. P. Morgan (1837)
• William Holden (1918)
• Sean Bean (1959)
• Thornton Wilder (1897)

Slang

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)