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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
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hello, I Love You
The Doors
#1 at the box office
The Odd Couple
The must-have
Hot Wheels
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
21,123 days ago
(57 years, 318 days)