LWF's Birthday

Thursday, June 18, 1970

Top Songs for 1970
I Think I Love You by Partridge Family
My Sweet Lord by George Harrison
American Woman by Guess Who
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head by B.J. Thomas
War by Edwin Starr
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
Close to You by Carpenters
I'll Be There by Jackson Five
Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross
Let It Be by Beatles


US President
Richard M. Nixon
US Vice President
Spiro T. Agnew

1970 Prices
Eggs: $1.16/doz
Bread: $0.24/loaf
Car: $3,542
Milk: $1.32/gal
Gas: $0.36/gal
House: $26,600
Stamp: $0.06/ea
Avg Income: $11,106/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr
DOW Avg: 839

Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: Patton Directed By Franklin Schaffner
Best Actor: George C. Scott in Patton
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson in Women In Love

People born on June 18
1963 - Darren "Dizzy" Reed, US musician (Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine)
1913 - Sylvia Porter financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book)
1942 - Paul McCartney rocker, Beatles, writes silly love songs
1949 - William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor
1957 - Tom Bailey, England, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
1966 - Kurt Browning, Alberta, figure skater (Olympic-5-1994)
1969 - Fernando Valenzula, jockey
1971 - Nathan Morris [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)

On TV in 1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bill Cosby Show
Hee Haw
The Carol Burnett Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
Family Affair
The Flip Wilson Show

Hot New Toys in 1970
Alien Zeroid
Mandy ("My Friends Doll")
Dawn Doll
Masterpiece

Top Books in 1970
Sounder by William Armstrong