While surfing the internet, I read a few articles about the 60s and 70s and glanced through lists of items, etc.  I decided to collect a couple, in hopes that you may enjoy reading them. You may or may not know all of these facts, but either way, I hope you find some of them interesting.  Prices In 1962 pack of chewing gum .05  candy bar .05      ice cream bar .15    .   Buster Brown shoes 3      tennis shoes 5         movie ticket .50        popcorn at the movie .20  soft drink .10        fast food hamburger .20   45 rpm (single) record 1   music album 3.00        gallon of gas .31       1st class postage .04      pay phone - local call .10  color TV set 400      transistor radio 40      daily newspaper .10       refrigerator 500         doctor's office visit 5      new home 15,000      new car 2,500    medium family income 6,000 per yr minimum hourly wage 1.25 Federal/State/Local taxes 20%   1960: The soviets shoot down a U.S. spy plane; John Kennedy is elected president; and Chubby Checker introduces the Twist.. 1961:  The Russians and then the U.S. put a man into space; the Berlin wall goes up. 1962:  K-Mart and Wal-Mart open; Russian warheads in Cuba bring the world to the edge of war. 1963:  President Kennedy is assassinated; Dr. Martin Luther King declares, "I have a dream." 1964:  President Johnson declares a "war on poverty," ushering in the "Great Society."  But he also plans the huge escalation of a much larger war to be fought half-way around the world. 1965:  Civil disturbances over race and the Vietnam war play in increasingly larger roles in American society. 1966:  The Supreme Court issues it's "Miranda" ruling; U.S. troops strength in southeast Asia reaches 400,000. 1967:  The first heart transplant operation is performed: race riots kill dozens in Detroit. 1968:  Dr. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy are assassinated; President Johnson declines to run for re-elecion; Richard Nixon wins the presidency. 1969:  Th U.S. lands a man on the moon; teens celebrate at Woodstock, then demonstrate in Washington. 1970:  Campus demonstrations close down several colleges: four die at Kent State University. 1971:  The "Pentagon Papers" are published; President Nixon freezes wages and prices. 1972:  President Nixon wins re-election in a landslide; but the break-in at the Watergate seals his fate. 1973:  The military draft ends; the Supreme Court legalizes abortion; the noose around the president's neck tightens. 1974: Richard Nixon resigns; President Ford declares, "One long, national nigtmare is over." The youngest of the boomers are nearly teenagers; the oldest are nearly middle aged. 1975:  "The Greatest" retains his title in "The Thrilla'in Manila"; Saigon falls and the U.S. bails out of Vietnam; but "Jaws scares the living daylights out of us.

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