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Saturday, October 19, 1968
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The Headlines
PARENTS SMASH WINDOWS, DOORS TO OPEN SCHOOLS; Nonstriking Teachers Join Them When Custodians Support the Walkout MOST BUILDINGS CLOSED Labor Council Asks Panel of 'Mediators' to Quit -Travia Holds Parley Parents and Teachers Smash Windows and Force Doors to Open Some Schools 2 UNIONS RESPECT U.F.T. PICKET LINE Custodians and Mechanics Keep Most of the Buildings Closed in Walkout
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hey Jude
The Beatles
#1 at the box office
Barbarella
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
- John le Carré (1931)
- Philip Pullman (1946)
- Marsilio Ficino (1433)
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
21,048 days ago
(57 years, 243 days)