Sunday, August 30, 1970

From the day

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The Headlines

Influx of Soviet Weapons For Egyptians Reported

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

War

Edwin Starr

#1 at the box office

Getting Straight

$568,500

The must-have

Lite-Brite

You Share a Birthday With

• Ernest Rutherford (1871)
• Alexander Lukashenko (1954)
• Warren Buffett (1930)
• Mary Shelley (1797)
• Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)

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)