Economy
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
Population: 200,706,052
Life expectancy: 70.2 years
Dow-Jones
High: 985
Low: 825
Federal spending: $178.13 billion
Federal debt: $368.7 billion
Inflation: 4.2%
Unemployment: 3.8% |
Prices
Cost of a new home: $26,600
Median Household Income: $7,743
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.34
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.53
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.07
Cost of a first-class postage stamp: $0.05 ($0.06 effective on 1/7/68) |
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