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Tuesday, December 10, 1968

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The Headlines

RUSK WILL ASSUME FOUNDATION POST; Will Return to Rockefeller Organization After Jan. 20 as 'Distinguished Fellow' RUSK WILL ASSUME FOUNDATION POST

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Marvin Gaye

The must-have

Hot Wheels

On This Day

  • Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.

    Wikipedia →

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

20,996 days ago

(57 years, 191 days)