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US marines S of buffer zone brace themselves for new enemy onslaught after ambush of convoy in which 19 Amers were killed, 70 wounded; 10 enemy dead found after attack; scattered action in other areas reptd; US troops continue to encounter resistance in Queson Valley
Middle East: Survey of rising USSR power
Sen Mansfield reiterates support for surcharge
Sen Mansfield doubts travel penalty tax would be good, doubts Cong would pass it; sees it hitting students and teachers
Admr Ginsberg repts seeking private support to set up welfare research council that would sponsor studies to solve welfare problems, int; has asked city for $300,000, fiscal '69, to start research and evaluation program
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 10, 1968, covering January 15, 1968.
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Monkees
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Beatles
1968Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer[†]
Charles Davis Lowe II is an American actor and director. He is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe. He won an Emmy Award for his supporting role in Life Goes On as a young man living with HIV. He has had recurring roles on ER, Melrose Place, and Now and Again. Lowe played Deputy White House Chief of Staff Reed Pollock on the sixth season of 24, and played Byron Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars.
1968Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1938)[†]
William John Masterton was a Canadian–American professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota North Stars in 1967–68. He is the only player in NHL history to die as a direct result of injuries suffered during a game, the result of massive head injuries suffered following a hit during a January 13, 1968, contest against the Oakland Seals.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]