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PRESIDENT - Lyndon B.
Johnson*
VICE PRESIDENT -
Hubert H. Humphrey
N.J. GOVERNOR -
Richard J. Hughes |
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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* |
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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 |
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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:
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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 |
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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* |
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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 |
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AWARDS |
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ACADEMY AWARDS
PICTURE -
Oliver!
DIRECTOR -
Carol Reed, Oliver! |
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EMMY AWARDS
COMEDY
SERIES - Get Smart
ACTOR,
COMEDY - Don Adams*, Get Smart |
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ACTOR -
Cliff Robertson, Charly
ACTRESS -
Barbara Streisand*, Funny Girl AND
Katherine
Hepburn, The Lion in Winter
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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 |
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GRAMMY AWARDS
RECORD -
"Mrs. Robinson" - Simon and Garfunkel
SONG -
"Little Green Apples" - Bobby Russell |
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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* |
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NOBEL PRIZE
CHEMISTRY -
Lars Onsager
LITERATURE -
Yasunari Kawabata* |
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PULITZER PRIZE
POETRY -
The Hard Hours by Anthony Hecht
FICTION -
The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron*
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PEACE - Rene
Cassin
PHYSICS -
Luis Walter Alvarez
PHYSIOLOGY
OR MEDICINE - Robert W. Holley, Har Govind Khorana,
and Marshall
W. Nirenberg
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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 |
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FASHION |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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