Thursday, October 8, 1970

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The Headlines

LEFTIST ASSUMES POWER IN BOLIVIA

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Cracklin' Rosie

Neil Diamond

#1 at the box office

$727,200

The must-have

Lite-Brite

On This Day

• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Sigourney Weaver (1949)
• Ursula von der Leyen (1958)
• Matt Damon (1970)
• Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
• Juan Perón (1895)

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)