It wasn't all an arm full of roses and a basket of kittens, The cold war was in full swing and Vietnam was smoldering. But, you could buy a can of Budweiser beer for .25 cents if you were 21 ... which i was.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)