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Sunday, August 1, 1976
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The Headlines
Lye Hurler Killed, 16 Policemen Hurt In Battle in Harlem
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John and Kiki Dee
#1 at the box office
The Exorcist (reissue)
$950,000
The must-have
Stretch Armstrong
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
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
18,205 days ago
(49 years, 320 days)