This information came from a book called Kansas City And Its Schools National Education Association Department
of Superintendence Kansas City Missouri 1917 February 26 to March 3, 1917
Excerpt from page 19: Elementary School Teachers Rule 87. Teachers in the grades and home economics shall
be paid $600 for the first year's service, $650 for the second, $700 for the third, $750 for the fourth, $850 for the fifth,
{my note...wonder why the bigger jump here and not any other year?} $900 for the sixth, $950 for the seventh, $1000 for the
eighth, provided each year's service shows advancement satisfactory to the supervision in teaching and governing.
Saturday, June 01, 1968 Top News Headlines This Week: May 30 - Beatles begin work on their only double album "The
Beatles" Jun 1 - Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1 Top Songs for 1968 The Dock
of the Bay by Otis Redding I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye Hey Jude by Beatles Love Child
by Diana Ross & the Supremes Love Is Blue by Paul Mauriat Honey by Bobby Goldsboro This Guy's
In Love with You by Herb Alpert People Got to Be Free by Rascals Tighten Up by Archie Bell & the Drells
Mrs. Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel 1968 Prices US President Bread: $0.22/loaf Lyndon B. Johnson
Milk: $1.21/gal US Vice President Eggs: $1.12/doz Hubert H. Humphrey Car: $2,450 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.34/gal Best Picture: Oliver! Produced By John Wolf Best Actor: Cliff Robertson in Charly
Best Actress: Katherine Hepburn/barb Streisand in Lion In Winter/funny Girl House: $26,600 Stamp:
$0.06/ea Avg Income: $9,670/yr Min Wage: $1.60/hr DOW Avg: 944 On TV in 1968 The Beverly Hillbillies
I Dream of Jeannie Bewitched Hogan's Heroes Lost in Space Star Trek Green Acres Get Smart
The Monkees The Andy Griffith Show Hot New Toys in 1968 Don't Break the Ice Skip-Bo Hot
Wheels Lite-Brite Spirograph Ants in the Pants
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