Friday, December 18, 1970

From the day

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The Headlines

POLISH DISORDERS SPREAD; POLICE ORDERED TO SHOOT AT RIOTERS AS TOLL RISES

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

The Tears of a Clown

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

#1 at the box office

Scrooge

$555,500

The must-have

Lite-Brite

You Share a Birthday With

• Joseph Stalin (1878)
• Steven Spielberg (1946)
• Brad Pitt (1963)
• Willy Brandt (1913)
• J. J. Thomson (1856)

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)