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Monday, December 16, 1968
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The Headlines
ARRESTS BY BRAZIL IN POLITICAL CRISIS PUT IN HUNDREDS; Army Censorship Is Imposed on Press, Radio and TV -Leading Figures Held NATION REPORTED CALM Deputy Whose Speech Led to Congressional Defiance Believed Out of Country ARRESTS IN BRAZIL PUT IN HUNDREDS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
#1 at the box office
Funny Girl
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
20,990 days ago
(57 years, 185 days)