Sunday, July 23, 1967

From the day

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The Headlines

HOUSE UNIT BACKS RISE IN TAX RATES ON AGED BENEFITS; Ways and Means Panel Cuts Social Security Payments Proposed by Johnson MEDICARE COSTS CITED Present Plan Would Set Top Taxable Pay at $7,800-- Final Approval Near HOUSE UNIT BACKS BENEFITS TAX RISE

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Light My Fire

The Doors

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Battleship

On This Day

• Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Sergio Mattarella (1941)
• Haile Selassie (1892)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967)
• Raymond Chandler (1888)
• Pope Clement XI (1649)

Slang

Tech Check

ATM (Cash Machine), Heart Transplant Tech & Dolby Noise Reduction.

Style of 1967

Silhouette: Flowing and bohemian (Hippie)

Material: Tie-dye and hemp

• Bell bottoms
• Fringe vests
• Flower crowns

Cost of Living (1960)