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Tuesday, May 18, 1971
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The Headlines
HOUSE UNIT VOTES $216‐BILLION RISE IN SOCIAL SECURITY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Joy to the World
Three Dog Night
#1 at the box office
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
$357,500
The must-have
Uno
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Microprocessor (Intel 4004), Email & Soft Contact Lenses.
Cost of Living (1970)
Loaf of Bread
$0.25
Gallon of Gas
$0.36
Average Home
$17,000
New Car
$3,450
Time Elapsed
20,108 days ago
(55 years, 33 days)