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S Korea reptdly presents strong protest to Amb Porter and Gen Bonesteel against US unilateral negotiations with N Korea, demands US give equal priority to N Korean infiltration into S Korea
US and N Korean reprs conf, 3d time, Panmunjom; US Adm officials rept no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough; State Dept denies S Korean rept that crewman's body has been handed over to US; Asst Sec Bundy denies S Korean rept that an accord has been reached, TV int; Rusk and McNamara statements in TV int bring new wave of Cong criticism of Adm handling of situation; Sen Fulbright sends lr of questions to Rusk that could pave way to Sen com probe; Repr Ford voices concern
Fed-prov conf called by Prime Min Pearson opens, Ottawa; Premier Johnson demands new Const to recognize '2-partner' Canada, presumably Que and Ottawa govts; Pearson warns nation may not endure without great new 'accommodation'; holds most French complaints justified; other Premiers views noted; anti-Johnson picket illus
allied forces carve wedge between enemy units in Hue, secure municipal airstrip and free 22 Amer mil advisers and 2 civilians who had been trapped since Wed; fighting is brightest for allies in 6 days; enemy losses described as heavy; USN role in fighting in city noted; battle for city could last long time; attack on city described; illus
The city moved yesterday to have the striking sanitationmen's union fined up to $10,000 a day for each day of the current work stoppage.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 31, 1968, covering February 6, 1968.
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Monkees
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1968Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer[†]
Adolfo José Valencia Mosquera is a Colombian retired footballer who played as a striker.
1968Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer and producer[†]
Akira Yamaoka is a Japanese composer, musician, producer, and sound designer who composed for Konami's Silent Hill video game series from 1999 to 2009, and 2024 onwards. He also produced many of its installments, and composed for its three film adaptations.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]