Many things have changed since 1962, which was the year that Orchard Junior High opened. Among those things are the average prices of common items such as a loaf of bread, a gallon of gas or even the price of a new house. Below is a chart that will give you an idea of how different life was 30 years ago.
1962 |
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1998 |
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| Average income: |
$5,556 |
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Average income: |
$27,607 |
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| New car: |
$2,924 |
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New car: |
$12,546 |
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| New house: |
$12,550 |
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New house: |
$115,600 |
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| Loaf of bread: |
$0.21 |
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Loaf of bread: |
$0.99 |
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| Gallon of gas: |
$0.28 |
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Gallon of gas: |
$1.10 |
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| Gallon of milk: |
$1.04 |
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Gallon of milk: |
$1.99 |
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| Gold per ounce: |
$35 |
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Gold per ounce: |
$309.65 |
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| Silver per ounce |
$1.08 |
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Silver per ounce: |
$6.17 |
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| Dow Jones Average: |
726.01 |
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Dow Jones Average: |
9,000 |
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| Minimum wage: |
$1.15 |
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Minimum wage: |
$5.25 |
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| Life expectancy (years): |
69.7 |
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Life expectancy (years): |
76 |
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| President - John Kennedy |
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President - Bill Clinton |
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| Vice President - Lyndon Johnson |
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Vice President - Al Gore |
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World News in 1962:
- Cuba sentences Bay of Pigs invaders
- Cuban Missile Crisis brings world to brink of nuclear war
- Satellite sends first world-wide TV show
- U.S. Army units assigned to South Vietnam
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National News in 1962:
- John Glenn is first American to orbit Earth
- The first "tab-top can" is test marketed
- Boeing 727 makes test flight
- Marilyn Monroe is found dead from sleeping pills
- NASA launches "Telstar", a communications satellite, for AT&T
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News from 1998:
- Diamler-Benz and Chrysler merge
- President Suharto of Indonesia resigns
- Music legend Frank Sinatra dies at age 87
- Scottish scientists clone sheep named "Dolly"
- Internet becomes world's latest technology
- India detonates two nuclear bombs
- Pakistan detonates nuclear bombs to show own strength
- Ireland and Northern Ireland sign peace plan
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