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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

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#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

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

21,088 days ago

(57 years, 283 days)