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Saturday, August 24, 1968
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The Headlines
KIRK RETIRING AT COLUMBIA; CORDIER NAMED; TRUSTEES DIVIDED Some Feel Retirement Yields to Pressure From Students Dr. Kirk Is Retiring as Columbia President; Trustees Name Cordier Acting Chief STUDENT UNREST CITED AS REASON Pressure by Board Denied -- Kirk Hopes to Devote More Time to $200-Million Fund
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
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
21,104 days ago
(57 years, 299 days)