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Thursday, October 23, 1969
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The Headlines
MAYOR SIGNS BILL ON $2.50 PAY FLOOR IN CITY CONTRACTS; New Minimum Takes Effect Jan. 1 -- Lindsay Hopes It Will Spur State and U.S. $2.50 PAY DECREED FOR 100,000 IN CITY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Can't Get Next to You
The Temptations
#1 at the box office
Easy Rider
$410,211
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
20,680 days ago
(56 years, 240 days)