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Sunday, October 6, 1974
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The Headlines
On the Ganges: ‘a Spy From Another World’
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Honestly Love You
Olivia Newton-John
#1 at the box office
Cabaret (reissue)
$1,345,000
The must-have
Connect 4
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
UPC Barcode, Rubik's Cube & Post-it Notes.
Cost of Living (1970)
Loaf of Bread
$0.25
Gallon of Gas
$0.36
Average Home
$17,000
New Car
$3,450
Meanwhile
- Oil Crisis Recession — OPEC embargo quadrupled oil prices; stagflation begins.
Time Elapsed
18,871 days ago
(51 years, 256 days)