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Thursday, August 15, 1968
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The Headlines
JOHNSON, REPLYING TO CRITICS, TERMS NATION 'HEALTHY'; In Speech to Negro Doctors, He Says He Rejects View Country Is on Deathbed LISTS 'FIVE FREEDOMS' Asks 'Jobs, Homes, Health, Education' for Everyone 'Without Discrimination' Johnson Declares Nation Is 'Healthy'
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
People Got to Be Free
The Rascals
#1 at the box office
Rosemary's Baby
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Napoleon (1769)
- Walter Scott (1771)
- Louis de Broglie (1892)
- Sri Aurobindo (1872)
- Gerty Cori (1896)
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
21,113 days ago
(57 years, 308 days)