October 24, 1963

Thursday, October 24, 1963
Top News Headlines This Week:
Oct 24 - "110 in the Shade" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 330 perfs   Oct 24 - Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award   Oct 24 - KRO shows 1st Bonanza   Oct 25 - Anti-Kennedy "WANTED FOR TREASON" pamphlets scattered in Dallas   Oct 25 - Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden   Oct 26 - US performs underground nuclear test at Fallon Nevada  
Top Songs for 1963
Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton     He's So Fine by Chiffons    
My Boyfriend's Back by Angels     I Will Follow Him by Little Peggy March    
Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs     Fingertips (Pt. 2) by Little Stevie Wonder    
Dominique by Singing Nun     Hey Paula by Paul & Paula    
Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto     Walk Like a Man by Four Seasons    
1963 Prices US President
Bread:  $0.21/loaf John F. Kennedy
Milk:  $1.04/gal US Vice President
Eggs:  $0.96/doz Lyndon B. Johnson
Car:  $2,300 Academy Award Winners
Gas:  $0.30/gal
Best Picture: Tom Jones
  Directed By Tony Richardson
Best Actor: Sidney Poitier
  in Lilies Of The Field
Best Actress: Patricia Neal
  in Hud
House:  $19,300
Stamp:  $0.05/ea
Avg Income:  $6,998/yr
Min Wage:  $1.25/hr
DOW Avg:    763
People born on October 24
1926 - Y A Tittle, AAFC/NFL QB (Baltimore, SF, NY Giants, MVP 1963)
1936 - Bill Wyman England, rocker (Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb)
1936 - David Nelson NYC, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet)
On TV in 1963
The Patty Duke Show    The Fugitive    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet   
My Favorite Martian    Petticoat Junction    The Danny Kaye Show   
The Beverly Hillbillies    McHale's Navy    The Dick Van Dyke Show   
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater   
Hot New Toys in 1963
Mouse Trap    Easy-Bake Oven    Air Blaster Gun   
Jetsons Fun Pad Game    Rat Fink    Bowl-A-Matic   
Weird-Ohs   
Top Books in 1963
Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman     The Making of the English Working Class by E. P. Thompson    
The Rise of the West by William H. McNeill     A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle