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Thursday, May 8, 1969
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The Headlines
MORE CITY FUNDS SEEN FOR 3 UNITS; Council Finance Chief Says Help Will Go to Clinics, Schools and Libraries
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
The 5th Dimension
#1 at the box office
The Mad Room
$283,500
The must-have
Nerf Ball
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
ARPANET (Internet Precursor), Moon Lander & UNIX.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
20,847 days ago
(57 years, 42 days)