Tuesday, May 26, 1970

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The Headlines

David Rockefeller Urges Wage‐Price Plea by Nixon

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Everything Is Beautiful

Ray Stevens

#1 at the box office

Airport †

$400,000

The must-have

Lite-Brite

On This Day

• The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Wayne (1907)
• Miles Davis (1926)
• Helena Bonham Carter (1966)
• Pope Clement VII (1478)
• Sally Ride (1951)

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)