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| US Economy |
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- President - Lyndon B. Johnson
- Vice President - Hubert H. Humphrey
- Population - 196,560,338
- Life expectancy - 70.2 years
- Dow-Jones - High: 950 Low: 744
- Federal spending - $134.53 billion
- Federal debt - $328.5 billion
- Inflation - 2.7%
- Consumer Price Index - 32.4
- Unemployment - 4.5%
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- Cost of a new home - $23,300.00
- Cost of a first-class stamp - $0.05
- Cost of a gallon of regular gas - $0.32
- Cost of a dozen eggs - $0.60
- Cost of a gallon of Milk - $0.99
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| In the News |
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- California begins pollution standards for cars
- Medicare federal insurance program went into effect.
- Men spend on how they look, No longer fashionable to look like you just had a hair cut
- Mini Skirts and Bell Bottoms are the in dress code
- The US stock market began (in February) a 9 month decline of 25%.
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