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1968 Top News Headlines 1969

News Headlines 1968

North Korea seizes "Pueblo" And Crew
Martin Luther King Assassinated In Memphis
Robert Kennedy's assassin Sirhan Sirhan Arrested
James Earl Ray Arrested in Murder OF Marten 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

In The News 1968


Viet Cong begin Tet offensive in Sigon
1968 Civil Rights Act is passed
Actress Jane Mansfield dies
Wide ties are in
For Women rings on all fingers is the style
Dr. Benjamine Sock indited for his anti-draft advice
Bille Jean King wins third Wimbledon Title

NewHeadlines 1969

Sirahan Sirahan Convicted Of the Assassination Of Robert Kennedy
Ted Kennedy Admits To Part In Chappaquiddick Death Of Mary Jo Kopechne
Neil Armstrong First Man Tom Walk On The Moon
Fred Hampton Black Panther Leader Killed In Chicago Police Raid
Lt. William Calley To Be Tried For MY Lai Massacre
Charles Manson Cult Charged With Murder Of Sharon Tate and 3 others
400,000 Attend Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel NY

In The News 1969

Giant oil slick contaminates Santa Barbara coast
James Earl Ray sentenced to 99 years for killing Marten Luther King
Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger appointed by Nixion
First Draft Lottery is held
Dwight D. Eisenhower dies
Horror film actor Boris Karlof Dies
First commercial 747 airplane goes into service
Concord makes first Trans-US flight Seattle to New York


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US President 1968

Lyndon B. Johnson

US Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey

Population: 200,706,052
Life expectancy: 70.2 years

Dow-Jones
High: 985
Low: 825

Federal spending: $178.13 billion
Federal debt: $368.7 billion
Inflation: 4.2%
Consumer Price Index: 34.8
Unemployment: 3.8%


 

US President 1969

Richard Milhous Nixon

 

US Vice President
Spiro T. Agnew

Population: 202,676,946
Life expectancy: 70.5 years

Dow-Jones
High: 952
Low: 769

Federal spending: $183.64 billion
Federal debt: $365.8 billion
Inflation: 5.7%
Consumer Price Index: 36.7
Unemployment: 3.6%

 

1968 & 1969 Prices
 
Bread: $0.21/loaf  
Milk $1.10/gal  
Eggs: $0.62/doz  
Car $2,275  
Gas $0.35/gal  
New Home $27,900.00  
Stamp $0.06/ea  
Avg Income $8,389/yr  
Min Wage: $1.15/hr  
     
     

Top Songs for 1968

Top Songs for 1969
1. Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells
2. Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
3. Dock Of The Bay, The (Sittin' On) - Otis Redding
4. People Got To Be Free - The Rascals
5. Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin
6. Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers
7. Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops
8. Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
9. Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express
10. Horse, The - Cliff Nobles & Co.

Top Albums
Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel (CD)
Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holdings Company (CD)
Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles (CD)
The Beatles - Beatles (CD)
The Graduate - Soundtrack (CD)

Grammy Awards
Album of the Year: By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Glen Campbell
Best New Artist: José Feliciano
Best Pop Duo or Group: “Mrs. Robinson,” Simon and Garfunkel
Best Pop Female Vocal: “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” Dionne Warwick
Best Pop Male Vocal: “Light My Fire,” José Feliciano
Record of the Year: “Mrs. Robinson,” Simon and Garfunkel
Song of the Year: “Little Green Apple”

1. Aquarius - 5th Dimension / Let The Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
2. Dizzy - Tommy Roe
3. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
4. Crimson And Clover - Tommy James & Shondells
5. Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James & The Shondells
6. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
7. Take A Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
8. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
9. Time Of The Season - The Zombies
10. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver

Top Albums
Abbey Road - Beatles (CD)
Blood Sweat and Tears - Blood Sweat and Tears (CD)
Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival (CD)
Hair - original cast (CD)
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin (CD)

Grammy Awards
Album of the Year: Blood, Sweat and Tears, Blood, Sweat and Tears
Best Contemporary Song “Games People Play”
Best New Artist: Crosby, Stills and Nash
Best Pop Duo or Group: “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” 5th Dimension
Best Pop Female Vocal: “Is That All There Is,” Peggy Lee
Best Pop Male Vocal: “Everybody's Talkin',” Harry Nilsson
Record of the Year: “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” 5th Dimension
Song of the Year: “Games People Play”

On TV in 1969
1 ) Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
2 ) Gunsmoke
3 ) Bonanza
4 ) Mayberry R.F.D.
5 ) Family Affair
6 ) Here's Lucy
7 ) The Red Skelton Hour
8 ) Marcus Welby M.D.
9 ) Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
10 ) The Doris Day Show
11 ) The Bill Cosby Show
12 ) The Jim Nabors Hour
13 ) The Carol Burnett Show
14 ) The Dean Martin Show
15 ) My Three Sons
16 ) Ironside
17 ) The Johnny Cash Show
18 ) The Beverly Hillbillies
19 ) Hawaii Five-O
20 ) The Glen Campbell Hour
Hot New Toys in 1968
Top Books in 1968 Top Books in 1969
Fiction Best Sellers
Airport - Arthur Hailey
Couples - John Updike
The Salzburg Connection - Helen McInnes
A Small Town in Germany - John Le Carre
Testimony of Two Men - Taylor Caldwell
Preserve and Protect - Allen Drury
Myra Breckenridge - Gore Vidal

Nonfiction Best Sellers

Random House Dictionary of the English Language - ed. Laurence Urdang
Listen to the Warm (poetry) - Rod McKuen
Between the Parent and the Child - Haim G. Ginott
Lonesome Cities (poetry) - Rod McKuen
The Doctor's Quick Weight Loss Diet - Erwin M. Stillman, Samm Sinclair Baker
The Money Game - Adam Smith
Stanyon Street (poetry) - Rod McKuen
The Weight Watcher's Cook Book - Jean Nidetch

Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth
The Godfather - Mario Puzo
The Love Machine - Jacqueline Susann
The Inheritors - Jerome Robbins
The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton
The Seven Minutes - Irving Wallace
Naked Came the Stranger - Penelope Ashe
Ada, or Ardor - Vladimir Nabokov

Nonfiction Best Sellers

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, ed. William Morris
The Peter Principle, Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull
The Graham Kerr Cookbook
In Someone's Shadow (poetry) Rod McKuen
Between Parent and Teenager - Dr. Haim Ginott
The Selling of the President, 1968 - Joe McGinnis
My Life and Prophecies - Jeanne Dixon with Rene Noorbergen