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Saturday, September 7, 1968
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The Headlines
BOARD STEPS UP EFFORT TO AVERT TEACHER'S STRIKE; Round-the-Clock Talks Open as Union Delegates Vote for Walkout Monday ACCORD HELD UNLIKELY Shanker and Ocean Hill Unit Both Reject a Compromise on 'Ousted' Teachers TALKS STEPPED UP ON SCHOOL STRIKE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
People Got to Be Free
The Rascals
#1 at the box office
2001: A Space Odyssey
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
21,090 days ago
(57 years, 285 days)