THE CULTURE of 1968

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GOVERNMENT & THE ECONOMY

ENTERTAINMENT

Lyndon B. Johnson

PRESIDENT - Lyndon B. Johnson*

VICE PRESIDENT - Hubert H. Humphrey

 

N.J. GOVERNOR - Richard J. Hughes

Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon

The Doors

TOP SONGS OF 1968

 

"Mrs. Robinson" - Simon & Garfunkel*

"Judy in Disguise" - John Fred & His Playboy Band

"Green Tambourine" - Lemon Pipers

"The Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding

"Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro

"This Guy's in Love With You" - Herb Albert

"Grazing in the Grass" - Hugh Masekela

"Hello, I Love You" - The Doors*

Richard M. Nixon

 

1968 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WINNERS:

PRESIDENT - Richard M. Nixon*

VICE-PRESIDENT - Spiro Agnew

 

1968 U.S. Population - 200,706,052

1968 Life Expectancy - 70.2 years

1968 Average Yearly Income - $7,850.00

1968 Federal Debt - $368.7 billion

1968 Federal Spending - $178.13 billion

1968 Unemployment Rate - 3.8%

1968 Inflation Rate - 4.2%

1968 Consumer Price Index - 34.8

1968 US Gross Domestic Product (in 1998 dollars) - $910.6 billion

Roddy McDowall in Planet of the Apes

Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate

TOP MOVIES OF 1968

 

Planet of the Apes*

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

The Valley of the Dolls

The Odd Couple

Rosemary's Baby

The Jungle Book

Yours, Mine, and Ours

The Green Berets

The Graduate*

1968 PRICES:

1968 home

average new home - $14,950.00

average new car - $2,822.00

average monthly rent - $130.00

gallon of gasoline - $0.34

first class stamp - $0.06

movie ticket - $1.50

 

1968 PRICES IN MORRIS COUNTY, NJ:

3 bedroom home, Hanover Township - $39,900.00

2 family home, Morristown - 19,500.00

efficiency apartment, Dover - $135.00/month

1 bedroom apartment, Parsippany - $155.00/month

air conditioner, 5000 BTU  - $99.00

gas range, 30" - $130.00

refrigerator, 11.6 cu ft  - $200.00

transistor radio - $3.49

lawn mower, 19" - $40.00

men's wool sport coat - $40.00

women's knit dress - $20.00

diapers, box of 30 - $1.50

shampoo, 11.5 oz bottle - $1.00

frankfurters, 1 lb - $0.59

hamburger rolls, 8 oz package - $0.25

peanut butter, 18 oz jar - $0.45

peaches, per lb - $0.19

Hickman Hill and James Arness in Gunsmoke

Hal Kanter, producer, and Diahann Carroll in Julia

TOP TELEVISION SHOWS OF 1968

 

Gunsmoke*

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Mayberry R.F.D.

Family Affairs

The Dean Martin Show

Here's Lucy

The Beverly Hillbillies

Julia*

Gore Vidal

John Le Carre

TOP BOOKS OF 1968

 

FICTION:

Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal*

Airport by Alex Hailey

Couples by John Updike

Testimony of Two Men by Taylor Caldwell

The Salzberg Connection by Helen MacInnes

Preserve and Protect by Allen Drury

A Small Town in Germany by John Le Carre*

 

NON-FICTION:

Between Parent and Child by Haim G. Ginott

Lonesome Cities by Rod McKuen

Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book

The Money Game by Adam Smith

AWARDS

 

ACADEMY AWARDS

 

PICTURE - Oliver!

DIRECTOR - Carol Reed, Oliver!

Anthony Harvey, Barbara Streisand, and Jack Albertson  

EMMY AWARDS

 

COMEDY SERIES - Get Smart

ACTOR, COMEDY - Don Adams*, Get Smart

Don Adams, Lucille Ball, and Bill Cosby

ACTOR - Cliff Robertson, Charly

ACTRESS - Barbara Streisand*, Funny Girl  AND

Katherine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter

 

 

ACTRESS, COMEDY - Hope Lange, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES - NET Playhouse

ACTOR, DRAMA - Carl Betz, Judd for the Defense

ACTRESS, DRAMA - Barbara Bain, Mission Impossible

MUSIC OR VARIETY SERIES - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

TONY AWARDS

 

PLAY - Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead

MUSICAL - Hallelujah, Baby!

ACTOR, PLAY - Martin Balsam, You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running

ACTRESS, PLAY - Zoe Caldwell, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

ACTOR, MUSICAL - Robert Goulet, The Happy Time

ACTRESS, MUSICAL - Patricia Routledge, Darling of the Day AND

Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah Baby!

DIRECTOR, PLAY - Mike Nichols, Plaza Suite

DIRECTOR, MUSICAL - Gower Champion, The Happy Time

 

GRAMMY AWARDS

 

RECORD - "Mrs. Robinson" - Simon and Garfunkel

SONG - "Little Green Apples" - Bobby Russell

Glen Campbell and Jose Feliciano

ALBUM - "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" - Glen Campbell*

MALE VOCALIST - "Light My Fire" - Jose Feliciano*

FEMALE VOCALIST - "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" - Dionne Warwick

BEST NEW ARTIST - Jose Feliciano*

     
NOBEL PRIZE

 

CHEMISTRY - Lars Onsager

LITERATURE - Yasunari Kawabata*

Yasunari Kawabata   PULITZER PRIZE

 

POETRY - The Hard Hours by Anthony Hecht

FICTION - The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron*

William Styron

PEACE - Rene Cassin

PHYSICS - Luis Walter Alvarez

PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE - Robert W. Holley, Har Govind Khorana,

and Marshall W. Nirenberg

 

HISTORY - The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Memoirs by George F. Kennan

GENERAL NON-FICTION - Rousseau and Revolution, The Tenth and Concluding Volume of The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant

MUSIC - Echoes of Time and the River by George Crumb

FASHION

 
fashion from Fontana Sisters' fashion house of Rome twiggy models mini dress by Mary Quant fashion from Yves Saint Laurent swimsuit fashion from Catalina fashion from Oscar de la Renta

FASHIONS OF 1968*

BROWNS & GREENS, LEATHER, SWEATERS WITH MOCK TURTLENECKS,

CARDIGANS WITH AND WITHOUT BELTS, PLEATED KILTS, SCARVES,

MINI, MAXI, AND MICRO SKIRTS, VELVET EVENING WEAR, BIG JEWELRY,

PLAID JUMPERS, DROPPED WAISTS, A LINE SKIRTS, FLEECE PARKAS,

FANCY KNEE SOCKS, SMALL PURSES, TOGGLED TRENCH COATS

 

AUTOMOBILES

 

NOTABLE DEATHS

       
Jaguar Pontiac GTO Volkswagen Beetle

POPULAR AUTOMOBILES OF 1968*

Cadillac DeVille, Jaguar, Pontiac GTO, Volkwsagen Beetle, AMC Rebel, Ford Torino, Rambler American, Chrysler Town & Country, Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Thunderbird, Chevrolet Impala

SEATBELTS  NOW STANDARD EQUIPMENT IN ALL CARS

seat belt
 
         
 Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator Martin Luther King, Jr, civil rights activist Helen Keller, writer and speaker, was the first blind and deaf person to earn a Bachelor's degree John Steinbeck, American author Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut, was the first man in space

ROBERT F. KENNEDY*, U.S. Senator

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.*, Civil Rights Activist

HELEN KELLER*, Author and Speaker - first blind & deaf person to earn B.A.

JOHN STEINBECK*, American Author

YURI ALEKSEYEVICH GAGARIN*, Russian Cosmonaut & first man in space

 

PHOTOS USED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

County College of Morris opened its doors in September of 1968. Join us in celebrating 40 years of connecting learning and life. Read about THE EVENTS that shaped the times, remember THE CULTURE, and join the founding CCM students, staff, and faculty as they share with us THE MEMORIES of those early days.

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