News & Economy
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
Population: 198,712,056
Life expectancy: 70.5 years
Dow-Jones High: 943
Dow-Jones Low: 786
Cost of a new home: $24,600.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $7,143.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.33
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.49
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.03
News Headlines
Communist China Announces It Has H-bomb
Christiaan Barnard Performs First Heart Transplant in Captown South Africa
US Bombers Raid Hanoi
Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin's Daughter Defects To West
Newark Black Riots End After Six Days 26 Dead
Detroit Riots End after 8 Days 43 Dead
3 Astronauts Die In Apollo I Fire On Launch Pad
US Suffers highest Weekly Casualties
Draft Board Refuses Exemption For Ali
Man Said To Be Boston Strangler Is Recaptured
Stalin's Daughter Defects
Dr. Christian Barnard Does First Heart Transplant In Cape Town South Africa
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Little Bit O' Soul - The Music Explosion
2. Letter, The - The Box Tops
3. Happy Together - The Turtles
4. Soul Man - Sam & Dave
5. Windy - The Association
6. Respect - Aretha Franklin
7. Incense & Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
8. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James And The Shondells
9. Groovin' - The Young Rascals
10. Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
Top Albums
Supremes' Greatest Hits - Diana Ross
More of the Monkees - Monkees
Sounds Like - Herb Albert and the Tijuanna Brass
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
Best New Artist:
Bobbie Gentry
Best Pop Duo or Group:
Up, Up and Away, 5th Dimension
Best Pop Female Vocal:
Ode to Billie Joe, Bobbie Gentry
Best Pop Male Vocal:
By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Glen Campbell
Record of the Year:
Up, Up and Away, 5th Dimension
Song of the Year:
Up, Up and Away
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Movies
Top 4 Movie Money Makers
The Jungle Book -$141,843,612
The Graduate -$104,397,102
Born Losers -$36,000,000
I AM Curious -$20,238,100
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Rod Steiger: In the Heat of the Night
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Best Director: Mike Nichols: The Graduate
Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night
Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy: Cool Hand Luke
Best Supporting Actress: Estelle Parsons: Bonnie and Clyde
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. The Andy Griffith Show
2. The Lucy Show
3. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
4. Gunsmoke
5. Family Affair
6. Bonanza
7. The Red Skelton Hour
8. The Dean Martin Show
9. The Jackie Gleason Show
10. Saturday Night at the Movies
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - Mission: Impossible (CBS)
Best Actor - Bill Cosby, I Spy
Best Actress - Barbara Bain, Mission: Impossible
Comedy...
Best Comedy - Get Smart (NBC)
Best Actor - Don Adams, Get Smart!
Best Actress - Lucille Ball, The Lucy Show
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