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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Jun 22 12:40:50 2008, in response to Re: Second Ave Alignment Change, posted by MainR3664 on Sat Jun 21 16:22:24 2008. I remember 1968 very well. LBJ announced he would not seek reelection. MLK, Jr. and RFK were assassinated within two months of each other. Riots everywhere.The Mets begin a turnaround under Gil Hodges. The slant R-40s make their debut. The R-10s, still dominating the Alice/Abbott, get repainted in a half-and-half aqua and white paint scheme. The subway fare was 20 cents with the dime-sized token in use. BMT standards still running on the Larry while R-7/9s begin migrating over to the Three Stooges Division. Front end destination signs are phased out on the R-32s and R-38s as well as the R-16s, which also get new side multicolored route curtains. Nixon appears on Laugh-in and deadpans, "Sock it to ME?" to the camera. Humphrey is offered the same slot and declines. Some say it cost him the election, as Nixon wins by the slimmest of margins. |
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