The claw machines are like slot machines and are programmed to pay off only a very limited time. The PSI of the claw is regulated to drop the toy most of the time. They were regulated as gambling devices until that was dropped due to the low value of the prize.
The cars are usually big fin late 50s models, no middle class kid in the late 60s wore jeans with pant legs rolled up, few schools in the 60s would have allowed his brother’s long hair/facial hair.
In my grade school we had to line up and walk to the cafeteria, those who were getting the school lunch lined up in front, brown baggers in back. When we got to the cafeteria the food trays were already on the table and our teacher would dismiss the class after 30 minutes and check to make sure those getting the school lunch cleaned their tray/plate. Also we were not allowed to talk while at the table. This was in Fresno, Ca. 1957-64.
In this election w have the real possibility of being visited by Krampus bringing a lump of coal and a switch.