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Saturday, July 13, 1968

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The Headlines

PRAGUE TO OFFER BILATERAL TALKS ON REFORM STEPS; Hajek Suggests Meetings as Alternative to Rejected Plan for Bloc Parley SOVEREIGNTY STRESSED Kosygin Discounts Reports of Pressure by Moscow on the Czechoslovaks Prague to Offer Bilateral Talks With Its Allies on Reform Steps

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

This Guy's in Love with You

Herb Alpert

The must-have

Hot Wheels

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1968

  • Sock it to me!

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

21,146 days ago

(57 years, 341 days)