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PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 9 --The nation's Republican Governors, unable to unite behind a Presidential candidate for 1968, are shifting from men to issues in an effort to put the party on the winning track next year.
Rockefeller says he will name study group to help prepare state for soc effects that end of Vietnam war will produce
article on Hershey and Selective Service System
Vietcong force hurled back by US bn 50 mi N of Saigon; 100 Vietcong dead; fighting continues in Mekong delta; 103 enemy soldiers killed 15 mi S of Danang; action in other areas reptd; illus; map
Pres Advisory Comm on Rural Poverty, in rept submitted in Sept but just made pub, calls for Govt to provide jobs for all willing and able to work who cannot find private employment; also calls for thorough reshaping of manpower programs
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 6, 1967, covering December 10, 1967.
The Monkees
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Doors
The Beatles
The Mamas & The Papas
1967Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1941)[†]
Otis Ray Redding Jr. was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Nicknamed the "King of Soul", Redding's style of singing drew inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His vocal style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]