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January 29, 1968

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Headlines from January 29, 1968

French Submarine With 52 Is Missing; French Submarine With 52 Men Missing in West Mediterranean

By John L. Hessspecial To the New York Times

Minerve (French submarine): Disappears in Mediterranean with 52 aboard

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TRAVIA JUDGESHIP IS EXPECTED SOON; Johnson May Name Speaker of Assembly to Bench as Early as Next Month Travia Expected to Be Named a Federal Court Judge Soon by President

By Sydney H. Schanberg

Speaker Travia expected to be named Fed judge but swearing-in may be delayed until after current Legis session; Dem intraparty battle seen if Sen R F Kennedy and state chmn Burns cannot resolve M M Weinstein-S Steingut rivalry for Speaker post

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U.S. IS CONTINUING MILITARY BUILD-UP IN PUEBLO CRISIS; Administration Still Hopeful of Diplomatic Support for Return of Ship and Crew 2D TASK FORCE SHIFTED Pentagon Declines to Name Units Alerted -- Chinese Back North Koreans U.S. Presses Build-up in Pueblo Crisis

By Peter Grosespecial To the New York Times

US solicits diplomatic support but continues mil build-up; Defense Dept repts US has alerted certain units for possible after Las taking precautionary measures to strengthen forces; issues statement after Las Vegas Review-Journal article describing build-up; declines to identify units under alert; Govt, in pinpointing of coordinates on location of the Pueblo, reveals intelligence information normally not disclosed; Dirksen, Mansfield and Sen Stennis suggest procedure that US might follow; The Canberra, cruiser equipped with guided missiles and an escort vessel steams out of Yokosuka for undisclosed destination; S Korea rejects possibility of trading captured N Korean infiltrators for Pueblo and crew; Communist China voices firm support for N Korea; illus of Enterprise being followed by a Soviet ship

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150 OF FOE KILLED AS MARINES UPSET VIETNAM AMBUSH; Battle Near Buffer Zone -Khesanh Is Shelled Anew Despite Cease-Fire AN ENEMY AMBUSH UPSET BY MARINES

By Special to The New York Times

US marines upset N Vietnamese ambush near buffer zone, touching off battle in which 19 marines are killed, 90 wounded; 150 N Vietnamese killed; enemy continues to shell Khesanh; US troops there are reinforced by bn of 300 S Vietnamese; enemy force attacks S Vietnamese regimental hq, Dakto; map

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INTENSIVE TALKS CONTINUE AT U.N.; Goldberg Sees Morozov and Others -- Reports Differ on Action by Russians Intensive Consultations Go On At U.N. on Mediator Proposal

By Sam Pope Brewerspecial To the New York Times

Security Council members, in small private groups, continue intensive work over weekend on Canadian proposal for a neutral mediator to solve crisis; Goldberg confs with Morozov; he and Ignatieff play active roles in private talks; Council members reptdly believe that any action taken must be outside UN because of N Korean hostility to orgn and for that reason Sec Gen Thant has not been approached

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 24, 1968, covering January 29, 1968.

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Magical Mystery Tour (Soundtrack)
The Beatles
Last week
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Peak
1
Weeks
6
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Their Satanic Majesties Request
The Rolling Stones
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Peak
2
Weeks
6
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Pisces; Aquarius; Capricorn; And Jones Ltd.
The Monkees
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Peak
1
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10
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Diana Ross And The Supremes Greatest Hits
Diana Ross & The Supremes
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Peak
1
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18
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Herb Alpert's Ninth
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
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Peak
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6

Notable Births

1968Edward Burns, American actor, director, writer, and producer^[†]

Edward Fitzgerald Burns is an American actor and filmmaker. He rose to fame with The Brothers McMullen (1995), his low-budget independent film that became successful worldwide. His other film appearances include Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Holiday (2006), 27 Dresses (2008), Man on a Ledge (2012), Friends with Kids (2012), and Alex Cross (2012). Burns directed films such as She's the One (1996), Sidewalks of New York (2001), and The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012). On television, he appeared as Bugsy Siegel in the TNT crime drama series Mob City and as Terry Muldoon in TNT's Public Morals.

1968Monte Cook, American game designer and writer^[†]

Monte Cook is an American professional tabletop role-playing game designer and writer, best known for his work on Dungeons & Dragons.

1968Aeneas Williams, American football player^[†]

Aeneas Demetrius Williams is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback and safety in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He played college football for the Southern Jaguars and was selected in the third round of the 1991 NFL draft by the Phoenix Cardinals, where he spent 10 seasons. During his final four seasons, he was a member of the St. Louis Rams. Williams received eight Pro Bowl selections and three first-team All-Pro honors, as well as being on the second NFL 1990s All-Decade Team. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

Historical Context for January 29, 1968

In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people^[†]

Headlines from January 29, 1968

French Submarine With 52 Is Missing; French Submarine With 52 Men Missing in West Mediterranean

TRAVIA JUDGESHIP IS EXPECTED SOON; Johnson May Name Speaker of Assembly to Bench as Early as Next Month Travia Expected to Be Named a Federal Court Judge Soon by President

U.S. IS CONTINUING MILITARY BUILD-UP IN PUEBLO CRISIS; Administration Still Hopeful of Diplomatic Support for Return of Ship and Crew 2D TASK FORCE SHIFTED Pentagon Declines to Name Units Alerted -- Chinese Back North Koreans U.S. Presses Build-up in Pueblo Crisis

150 OF FOE KILLED AS MARINES UPSET VIETNAM AMBUSH; Battle Near Buffer Zone -Khesanh Is Shelled Anew Despite Cease-Fire AN ENEMY AMBUSH UPSET BY MARINES

INTENSIVE TALKS CONTINUE AT U.N.; Goldberg Sees Morozov and Others -- Reports Differ on Action by Russians Intensive Consultations Go On At U.N. on Mediator Proposal

Magical Mystery Tour (Soundtrack)

Their Satanic Majesties Request

Pisces; Aquarius; Capricorn; And Jones Ltd.

Diana Ross And The Supremes Greatest Hits

Herb Alpert's Ninth

Notable Births

Historical Context for January 29, 1968