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Friday, July 12, 1968
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The Headlines
SENATORIAL FOES BACK AID TO YOUTH; Javits and O'Dwyer Spend Most of News Parley in Agreeing on City Need O'Dwyer and Javits Join in Plea For More Summer Jobs Here
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
This Guy's in Love with You
Herb Alpert
#1 at the box office
The Odd Couple
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Richard Simmons (1948)
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
21,147 days ago
(57 years, 342 days)