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Monday, August 5, 1968

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The Headlines

22 HELD IN MELEE IN WASHINGTON SQ.; Disorders Set Off by Arrest of Boy Who Climbed Tree to Get Pet Squirrel 22 Arrested, 8 Hurt in Washington Square Melee Touched Off by a Squirrel in a Tree

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Hello, I Love You

The Doors

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

21,123 days ago

(57 years, 318 days)