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Old 10-13-2005, 09:32 PM
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look to see the big jump in gas prices between 1960 to 1970
a whole 5 cents in ten years




1960 Economy / Prices
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Economy
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon

Population: 180,671,158
Life expectancy: 69.7 years

Dow-Jones
High: 685
Low: 566

Federal spending: $92.19 billion
Federal debt: $290.5 billion
Inflation: 1.4%
Consumer Price Index: 29.6
Unemployment: 5.5%

Prices
Cost of a new home: $16,500.00
Cost of a new car: $
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.31
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.57
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $0.49
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