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On the date
Wednesday, May 22, 1968
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The Headlines
FRENCH STRIKES STILL WIDENING; TEST VOTE TODAY; LES HALLES SHUT Central Bank Closed -- Pompidou Victory in Assembly Seen French Workers Are Widening Strike; Test Vote Is Due in Assembly Today CENTRISTS REFUSE TO BACK CENSURE Les Halles and the National Bank Are Shut -- Unions Say 7 Million Are Out
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Tighten Up
Archie Bell & the Drells
#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
21,198 days ago
(58 years, 28 days)