Friday, November 03, 1961
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News Headlines This Week: |
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Nov 3 - General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general
Nov 4 - Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece
Nov 5 - India's premier Nehru arrives in NY
Nov 5 - St Louis Cards Bill Stacy, returns 2 interceptions for TDs vs Dallas
Nov 6 - US govt issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith
Nov 7 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
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Songs for 1961 |
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
by Tokens
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Big Bad John
by Jimmy Dean
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Pony Time
by Chubby Checker
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Take Good Care of My Baby
by Bobby Vee
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Tossin' and Turnin'
by Bobby Lewis
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Calcutta
by Lawrence Welk
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Runaway
by Del Shannon
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Wonderland By Night
by Bert Kaempfert
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Blue Moon
by Marcels
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Runaround Sue
by Dion
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| 1961 Prices |
US
President |
| Bread: |
$0.21/loaf |
John F. Kennedy |
| Milk: |
$1.05/gal |
US
Vice President |
| Eggs: |
$0.92/doz |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Car: |
$2,275 |
Academy Award Winners
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| Gas: |
$0.31/gal |
| Best Picture: | West Side Story |
| | Directed By Robert Wise |
| Best Actor: | Maximillian Schell |
| | in Judgment At Nuremberg |
| Best Actress: | Sophia Loren |
| | in Two Women |
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| House: |
$18,800 |
| Stamp: |
$0.04/ea |
| Avg Income: |
$6,471/yr |
| Min Wage: |
$1.15/hr |
| DOW Avg: |
731 |
| People born on November 3 |
| 1954 - Adam Ant [Stuart Goddard], punk rocker (If I Strip For You) |
| 1949 - Larry Holmes heavyweight boxing champ (1978) |
| 1933 - Michael S Dukakis (D-Gov-MA) (1988 Presidentidential Candidate) |
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On TV in 1961 |
| Perry Mason |
Leave it to Beaver |
Bonanza |
The Andy Griffith Show |
The Flinstones |
| The Twilight Zone |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
I Love Lucy |
Gunsmoke |
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Hot New Toys in 1961 |
| Frosty The Sno-cone Machine |
Slip 'N Slide |
Dick Tracy Wrist Radio |
| Stratego |
Lie Detector |
Little Red Spinning Wheel |
| Mr. Mix-It |
Beany Copter |
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Top Books in 1961 |
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
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A House for Mr. Biswas
by V. S. Naipaul
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The City in History
by Lewis Mumford
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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
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The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
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Art and Illusion
by Ernest H. Gombrich
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