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The Year In Review 1968 |
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• North Korea seizes "Pueblo" And Crew *Including 1963 Grad, Darrell Dean Wright • Martin Luther King Assassinated In Memphis • Robert Kennedy Assasinated by Sirhan Sirhan After Winning CA Primary • James Earl Ray Arrested in Murder Of Martin Luther King • Nixon Elected by Margin Of 500,000 • Jackie Kennedy Weds Aristotle Onassis • 50,000 March In Capital For Poor People • Soviet Tanks Invade Defiant Prague • Huey Newton Found Guilty In Shooting • Viet Cong Begin Tet Offensive In Saigon • 1968 Civil Rights Act Is Passed • Actress Jane Mansfield Killed In Auto Accident • Wide Ties Are In • For Women Rings On All Fingers Is The Style • Dr. Benjamine Spock Indited For His Anti-draft Advice • Bille Jean King Wins Third Wimbledon Title |
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New Products For 1968 |
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• Virginia Slims Cigarettes Are Introduced By Philip Morris, Inc • The Red Lobster Seafood Restaurant Chain Began In Lakeland, FL • Roy Rogers Family Restaurants Open - Develops Into 800 Store Chain | ||
1968 Prices |
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• Cost of a new home: $26,600.00 • Cost of a new car: Cadillac Elderado $6,605 Comet Cyclone GT ( Lincoln Mercury ) $3,290 Dodge Dart GT $3,065 Ford Fairlane Torino $3,156 Chevrolet Camero SS $2,588 Ford Galaxie 500 $2,881 Ford Mustang Shelby GT $3,995 Oldsmobile Tornado $5,258 Pontiac GTO $3,227 Rambler American $2,024 • Median Household Income: $7,743.00 • Cost of a first-class stamp: 5¢ (increased to 6¢ on 1/7/68) • Cost of a gallon of regular gas: 34¢ • Cost of a dozen eggs: 53¢ • Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.07 • Cost of a Hershey Bar - 3/4 oz 5¢ | ||
Top 20 Songs Of The Year |
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| 01 Hey Jude - The Beatles 02 I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 03 Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat 04 Honey - Bobby Goldsboro 05 People Got To Be Free - The Rascals 06 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding 07 This Guy's In love With you - Herb Alpert 08 Mrs. Robinson - simon & Garfunkle 09 Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes 10 Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells 11 Hello, I Love You - The Doors 12 Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band 13 Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela 14 Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley 15 Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers 16 (Theme From) The Valley of The Dolls - Dionne Warwick 17 Young Girl - Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett 18 Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin 19 The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Company 20 Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf |
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Top 20 TV Favorites |
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01 Laugh-In 02 Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. 03 Bonanza 04 Mayberry RFD 05 Family Affair 06 Gunsmoke 07 Julia 08 Dean Martin Show 09 Here's Lucy 10 Beverly Hillbillies 11 Mission: Impossible 12 Bewitched 13 Red Skelton Hour 14 My Three Sons 15 Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 16 Ironside 17 Virginian 18 The FBI 19 Green Acres 20 Dragnet 21 Daniel Boone 22 Walt Disney 23 Ed Sullivan Show 24 Carol Burnett Show 25 Jackie Gleason Show |
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Sports |
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• Super Bowl III: New York Jets 16 - Baltimore Colts 7 • World Series Champs: Detroit Tigers over St.Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3 |
