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Wednesday, March 20, 1968
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The Headlines
HOUSE PANEL BARS QUICK RIGHTS VOTE ASKED BY JOHNSON; Rules Committee Postpones Action for Three Weeks on Controversial Bill DELAY SEEN AS CRUCIAL Leaders Hoped for Approval on Floor Before Dr. King Opens Protest April 22 HOUSE PANEL BARS QUICK RIGHTS VOTE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
#1 at the box office
The Graduate †
The must-have
Hot Wheels
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
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
21,261 days ago
(58 years, 91 days)