Thursday, August 16, 1962
Top News Headlines This Week:
Aug 16 - Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer   Aug 17 - attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector   Aug 17 - Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr   Aug 18 - Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer"   Aug 19 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament   Aug 19 - Homer Blancos plays the finest round in golf, shooting a 55  
Top Songs for 1962
Telstar by Tornadoes     Big Girls Don't Cry by Four Seasons    
Peppermint Twist by Joey Dee & the Starliters     Hey! Baby by Bruce Channel    
Sherry by Four Seasons     I Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles    
Duke of Earl by Gene Chandler     Roses Are Red by Bobby Vinton    
Soldier Boy by Shirelles     The Twist by Chubby Checker    
1962 Prices US President
Bread:  $0.21/loaf John F. Kennedy
Milk:  $1.04/gal US Vice President
Eggs:  $0.94/doz Lyndon B. Johnson
Car:  $2,275 Academy Award Winners
Gas:  $0.31/gal
Best Picture: Lawrence Of Arabia
  Directed By David Lean
Best Actor: Gregory Peck
  in To Kill A Mockingbird
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft
  in The Miracle Worker
House:  $19,000
Stamp:  $0.04/ea
Avg Income:  $6,670/yr
Min Wage:  $1.15/hr
DOW Avg:    652
People born on August 16
1932 - Eydie Gorme Bronx NY, singer (Tonight Show, Bossa Nova)
1945 - Suzanne Farrell Cincinatti, dancer (Don Quioxote)
1958 - Madonna, [Ciccone], Bay City Mich, singer/actress (Like a Virgin)
1960 - Timothy Hutton actor (Turk 182, Ordinary People)
On TV in 1962
The Defenders    Sing Along with Mitch    The Virginian   
The Dick Van Dyke Show    The Joey Bishop Show    The Lucy Show   
To Tell the Truth    The Beverly Hillbillies    Ben Casey   
The Donna Reed Show   
Hot New Toys in 1962
King Zor Dinosaur    Colorforms - Miss Weather    King Zor   
Little Audrey Breakfast Time    Mystery Space Ship    The Exciting Game Of The Kennedies   
The Great Garloo    Deluxe Aggravation    Odd Ogg   
Top Books in 1962
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare     The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman    
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess     Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov    
Patriotic Gore by Edmund Wilson     Silent Spring by Rachel Carson    
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn    

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