Saturday, December 19, 1970

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The Headlines

Senate Unit Calls F‐111 a Fiscal Blunder And Criticizes McNamara and Gilpatric

#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

• Édith Piaf (1915)
• Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
• Albert A. Michelson (1852)
• Pratibha Patil (1934)
• Philip V of Spain (1683)

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)