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Tuesday, December 5, 1972
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The Headlines
RUMSFELD CHOSEN AS ENVOY TO NATO Cost of Living Panel Chief to Succeed David Kennedy —New Moves Due Today
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Am Woman
Helen Reddy
#1 at the box office
Lady Sings the Blues
$581,600
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
You Share a Birthday With
- Walt Disney (1901)
- Martin Van Buren (1782)
- Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901)
- Józef Piłsudski (1867)
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
19,541 days ago
(53 years, 196 days)