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Wednesday, July 24, 1968
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The Headlines
Mayor Urges Action Now To Decentralize Schools; Lindsay Proposes a Prompt Decentralization of City's Schools
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Grazing in the Grass
Hugh Masekela
#1 at the box office
The Odd Couple
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
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
21,135 days ago
(57 years, 330 days)