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Wednesday, April 17, 1968
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The Headlines
U.S. OPEN TO MOVE BY A THIRD PARTY ON SITE FOR TALKS; Officials Assert They Would Welcome Idea to Help End the Impasse With Hanoi COMPROMISE IS SOUGHT Diplomats Say Paris Might Be Proposed as a Capital Acceptable to Both Sides U.S. Is Open to Proposal by Third Party on Talks
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Honey
Bobby Goldsboro
#1 at the box office
The Graduate †
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
- Sean Bean (1959)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
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
21,233 days ago
(58 years, 63 days)