Nixon was the VP then. Do you remember victrolas?
I remember being able to walk to the local grocery store at age six and a half together with my five year old sister (crossing one little corner that was not heavily trafficked), to pick up a loaf of bread and a container of milk. In those days people could actually do that and not fear for their children’s safety. We were sent outdoors to play ALL DAY LONG, only coming in for lunch or bathroom breaks (and in those days we could go a long, long, time without needing the latter – halevai the same were true today).