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Thursday, August 8, 1968

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The Headlines

CZECHS SEEKING WAYS TO LOOSEN SOVIET TRADE TIE; Aides Are Scouting in West for Cash Loans to Make Industry Competitive Czechoslovakia Seeking Ways to Loosen Soviet Trade Links

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Hello, I Love You

The Doors

The must-have

Hot Wheels

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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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

21,120 days ago

(57 years, 315 days)