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Friday, January 21, 1972
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The Headlines
AIDING LAOTIAN DEFENDERS: An American plane dropping supplies to soldiers Skyline Ridge. It overlooks the military complex at Long Tieng, under attack by enemy.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
American Pie
Don McLean
#1 at the box office
Diamonds Are Forever
$834,600
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Video Games (Pong), C Programming Language & HBO (Cable TV).
Cost of Living (1970)
Loaf of Bread
$0.25
Gallon of Gas
$0.36
Average Home
$17,000
New Car
$3,450
Time Elapsed
19,860 days ago
(54 years, 150 days)