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Monday, September 9, 1968
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The Headlines
LINDSAY ASSERTS SCHOOLS IN CITY WILL OPEN TODAY; UNION INSISTS STRIKE IS ON; 5-HOUR TALK HELD Shanker Says Return of Ousted Teachers Was Not Settled Lindsay Asserts Schools Will Open Today, but Teacher Union Insists Strike Is On CITY HALL PARLEY GOES ON 5 HOURS Shanker Says Issue of 10 Ousted in Brooklyn Zone Was Not Resolved
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
21,088 days ago
(57 years, 283 days)