Economy
President: John F. Kennedy
Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Population: 186,537,737
Life expectancy: 70.1 years
Dow-Jones
High: 767
Low: 723
Federal spending: $106.82 billion
Federal debt: $302.9 billion
Inflation: 0.4%
Unemployment: 6.7% |
Prices
Cost of a new home: $18,200
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.31
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.54
Cost of a gallon of milk: $0.49
Cost of a first-class postage stamp: $0.04 |
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