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Thursday, July 8, 1976

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The Headlines

The New York Times/Don Hogan Charles Dr. Paul J. Anderson, professor of neuropathology Mount Sinai School of Medicine, serving up chicken gravy as a volunteer in the hospital's kitchen.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Afternoon Delight

Starland Vocal Band

The must-have

Stretch Armstrong

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1976

  • You talkin' to me?

Tech Check

Apple I, VHS VCR & Inkjet Printer.

Cost of Living (1975)

Loaf of Bread

$0.36

Gallon of Gas

$0.57

Average Home

$39,300

New Car

$4,950

Time Elapsed

18,229 days ago

(49 years, 344 days)