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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

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

21,132 days ago

(57 years, 327 days)