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Saturday, June 1, 1968
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The Headlines
HUGHES ASKS U.S. FOR DISASTER AID TO FLOODED AREAS; Tells President of 'Severe' Damage and Health Peril in Six Jersey Counties FIVE PERSONS ARE DEAD Drinking-Water Pollution Is Feared -- Traffic Crowded on Inundated Roads HUGHES APPEALS FOR DISASTER AID
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel
#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
21,188 days ago
(58 years, 18 days)