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Saturday, July 27, 1968
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The Headlines
FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPECTED TO GET 500 NEW MEN SOON; Action by Lindsay Due to Come Before Threatened Slowdown Next Week COST PUT AT $5-MILLION Declining Morale a Factor -- Alarms Up Sharply as Manpower Is Unchanged City Is Expected to Add 500 Firemen
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
- Giosuè Carducci (1835)
- Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929)
- Murad IV (1612)
- Hans Fischer (1881)
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
21,132 days ago
(57 years, 327 days)