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Saturday, November 30, 1968

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The Headlines

NEWARK'S POLICE AND FIREMEN 'ILL'; CURFEW ORDERED; Mayor Declares Emergency, Barring Sale of Liquor -- Injunction Is Issued HUGHES REJECTS APPEAL Refuses to Move In State Police -- Stoppage Held as Protest Over Pay Newark Curfew Ordered as Police and Firemen Report 'Sick'

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Love Child

Diana Ross & the Supremes

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

21,007 days ago

(57 years, 202 days)