Wednesday, May 18, 1960

Top News Headlines This Week:
May 18 - Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs) May 18 - Jean Genets "Le Balcon" premieres in Paris France May 18 - Richelle was born

Top Songs for 1960

Running Bear by Johnny Preston	Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Elvis Presley
Stuck On You by Elvis Presley	Teen Angel by Mark Dinning
It's Now or Never by Elvis Presley	My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own by Connie Francis
Theme from A Summer Place by Percy Faith	Cathy's Clown by Everly Brothers
Save the Last Dance for Me by Drifters

1960 Prices

US President

Bread:

$0.20/loaf

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Milk:

$1.04/gal

US Vice President

Eggs:

$0.90/doz

Richard M. Nixon

Car:

$2,275

Academy Award Winners

Gas:

$0.31/gal

Best Picture:	The Apartment
	Directed By Billy Wilder
Best Actor:	Burt Lancaster
	in Elmer Gantry
Best Actress:	Elizabeth Taylor
	in Butterfield 8

House:

$18,500

Stamp:

$0.04/ea

Avg Income:

$6,227/yr

Min Wage:

$1.00/hr

DOW Avg:

616

People born on May 18

1912 - Richard Brooks Philadelphia PA, director (Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood)

1960 - Richelle

1897 - Frank Capra Palermo Sicily Italy, movie director (It's a Wonderful Life, Arsenic & Old Lace)

1951 - James Stephens Mount Kisko NY, actor (Paper Chase, Devil's Island)

1904 - Jacob K Javits (Senator-R-NY)

1964 - Will Wolford NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers)

1911 - Joe Turner, KC, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll)

1912 - Perry Como, [Pierino], Canonsburg Pa, singer/TV (Perry Como Show)

1928 - Pernell Roberts Waycross GA, actor (Adam Cartwright-Bonanza, Trapper John MD)

1934 - Dwayne Hickman Los Angeles CA, actor (Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini)

1947 - John Bruton Prime Minister (Republic of Ireland)

1939 - Glen Hardin Texas, rocker (Crickets)

1946 - Reggie Jackson "Mr October" baseball rightfielder (Yankees, A's)

On TV in 1960

Alfred Hitchcock Presents	The Flinstones	The Ed Sullivan Show	The Andy Griffith Show	Leave it to Beaver
Bonanza	The Twilight Zone	I Love Lucy	Gunsmoke	Perry Mason

Hot New Toys in 1960

Aggravation	Atomic Cape Canaveral Playset	Barbie
Hi-Ho! Cherry-O	Etch-A-Sketch

Top Books in 1960

The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell

Onion John by Joseph Krumgold