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Wednesday, January 31, 1968

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The Headlines

STATE UNIVERSITY SETS DRUG CURBS; Gould Issues New Controls in Reaction to Raid on Stony Brook Campus STATE UNIVERSITY SETS DRUG CURBS

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Green Tambourine

The Lemon Pipers

The must-have

Hot Wheels

On This Day

  • Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1968

  • Sock it to me!

Tech Check

Computer Mouse (Demo), Boeing 747 & 911 Emergency System.

Cost of Living (1960)

Loaf of Bread

$0.20

Gallon of Gas

$0.31

Average Home

$11,900

New Car

$2,600

Time Elapsed

21,310 days ago

(58 years, 140 days)