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News from 40 Years Ago, Today — As seen in tomorrow’s New York Times Cover of The New York Times, February 5, 1974. Late City Edition. 15 Cents.
So, forty years ago tomorrow, the headlines covering today’s news focus on gas rationing in New Jersey, President Nixon offering a budget, and China renewing its Cultural Revolution. Miners in Britain also voted overwhelmingly (81%!) to strike.
There’s also no URL telling me to check out the newspaper online and it cost only 15 cents.
February 4, 1974, was a pretty eventful day!
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TQE : That Queer Expatriate I'm an American living in Berlin, Germany -- which makes me an expatriate, not an ex-patriot. Before landing in Germany, I've lived in Denver, Colorado; Laramie, Wyoming; Bloomington, Indiana; and Weimar, Germany. If you want to write to me, feel free! The username is elmadaeu on the gmail.com service.
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Feb. 5 was too! 🙂
I find it astounding to look back and see how much the world has changed since I was turning 14. Mao still alive, Nixon still in office, gas rationing, and a paper for only 15 cents.
It’s amazing how it has changed, yet it hasn’t. 🙂