And further evidence the 70's were just as haywire as every other decade. The news from June 14, 1978 was proof.

In the continuing series of accusations and denials, President Jimmy Carter alleged he had irrefutable proof that Cuban advisers were heavily involved in the rebel uprising in Zaire, from intelligence gathered that Cuban troops were training rebels in bases from neighboring Angola. Castro flatly denied it. The saga dragged on.

Meanwhile, Carter pressed to put negotiations with China on the fast track in an effort to get full normalization of relations as soon as possible.

On Capitol Hill - Questions were being posed to Israel regarding their future status of the Gaza Strip and the Occupied West Bank. The inquiry set off a rift in the Knesset, causing a three-way split in the Israeli cabinet.

The United Nations was wrestling with the Lebanon situation. Southern Lebanon was going relatively smoothly, but it was Northern Lebanon that was the cause of concern. Tensions were high in that region over the killing of the son, daughter-in-law and grand-daughter of former President Sulieman Franjileh by Phalangist gunmen, and fears of an outbreak of violence during the funeral put everyone on the alert.

Japan was weighing their Oil Storage policy as the result of serious damage done to several Oil tanks and the resultant spill of millions of gallons of crude at facilities in Sendai, which had been hit hard by a recent earthquake.

And Jimmy Carter was meeting on this day with Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai for talks regarding U.S.-India relations. The two got on famously, even though there were areas of disagreement.

And the news ended with a roundup of recent Primary election results around the country.

And that's how life rolled, this June 14, 1978 as reported on The CBS World News Roundup.

Equally as fascinating as it is to look at the world on a particular day in history, it's also fascinating to see just what was going on locally, how the average American city fared in the events of any given day. How much has changed in the urban makeup and how much hasn't.

In Los Angeles, the joke was if you left for two weeks and came back, it would all change. Sometimes that was true, most of the time it wasn't.

Los Angeles, like most urban centers around the U.S. had its fare share of upheavals and civic agendas in the 60's. And on this particular June day it was no different, even down to the weather.

From the Breakfast Report on KMPC-AM for June 14, 1968 comes this little snippet of daily life. Starting with the rash of tornadoes and flooding throughout the Mid-west, the never-ending quagmire of Vietnam, the trashing of a local high school (since June 14th in 1968 came on a Friday, it seemed apropos since it was the last day of school for the summer anyway). The investigation of the Robert Kennedy Assassination, which was still pretty fresh in everyone's mind in L.A. - and the traffic. Freeways clogged, Sigalerts issued, alternate routes suggested. Fog and low clouds burning off to hazy sunshine in the afternoon - high of 80, low of 65.

Welcome to summer in L.A. Welcome to another day in the life . . . .

But, you gotta admit, the commercials are rather bitchin.