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In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]
1968Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer[†]
Mari Hiki , better known by her stage name Kahimi Karie , is a Japanese singer, songwriter and photographer. Her music is closely associated with the Shibuya-kei aesthetic. Karie sings in English, French and Japanese, among other languages.
1968Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter[†]
Mark Sayers McGrath is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of the rock band Sugar Ray. McGrath is also known for his work as a co-host of Extra, and he was the host of Don't Forget the Lyrics! in 2010. McGrath hosted the second season of the TV show Killer Karaoke, taking the place of Jackass star Steve-O.
1968Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter[†]
Sabrina Debora Salerno, known mononymously as Sabrina, is an Italian singer, songwriter, model, actress and television presenter.
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US command says Amer casualties in war exceed those in Korean conflict; 19,670 Amers have been killed, 120,131 wounded since Jan '61; allied and enemy casualties figures for wk listed; details on figures
Govt orders stock exchs closed for day at US request after record gold sales; London exch illus
Repr Ford says he will seek to modify rights bill; seeks HR-Sen conf on bill; Dem leaders still seek speedy HR action on bill
Civil Service Employes Assn wins 10% pay raise, to cost state $100-milion, following 3-day intensive bargaining; some 75% of state workers to receive more than 10% rise because present salaries are under $6,000; assn pres Wenzl lauds pact as move toward correcting salary 'inequities' among lower-grade employes; breakdown of accord
NYSE to remain open for day despite gold crisis
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Senator Robert F. Kennedy said today that he could not support President Johnson for renomination and would decide in the next few days whether to enter the Oregon and California primaries as an active Presidential candidate.
Sen com, 10-5 and 9-8, rejects riders to excise tax bill for 10% surcharge and for surcharge linked to $8-billion cut in Fed spending; votes follow Fowler warning that gen tax rise is needed within 30 days to preserve US econ stability and internatl monetary system; Fowler told com he would 'welcome' considerably larger tax rise; votes seen not necessarily reflecting opposition to surcharge; com chmn Sen R B Long, other members hold they do not think Sen should attach amendment of such importance to tax bill; under Const, tax bills must originate in HR; Sen J J Williams, who sponsored amendment linking surcharge and spending, says he will force issue to vote in Sen, s, Sen; debate following s indicates there is substantial Sen support for move; HR Ways and Means Com recesses for 4 days, surprising Washington observers who expected com to reconsider surcharge in light of run on gold in Eur financial centers; Mills says he does not have enough information to comment on run or Fowler warning; Sen com also approved amendment exempting 1st $5,500 of corp's income from plan to speed up tax collections
says Sen R F Kennedy should let him carry through primary challenge to Johnson, int; says if he finds at conv he cannot get majority he could release his delegates to Kennedy
Jagiellonian Univ, Cracow, students boycott classes in protest against failure of local press to pub student resolution adopted Mar 13; resolution sought mainly to have Govt retract accts of riots; students in Cracow and Poznan gather near Mickiewicz statue; students refusal to bow despite party warnings of punishment discussed; Silesian party chief E Gierek outlines party line which branded Zionists and liberal intellectuals as instigators of protests, s, Katowice; repeats charges against Jewish poet A Slonimski, RC writer S Kisielewski and historian P Jasienica; accuses Stalinists and liberal intellectuals of using protests for own ends; growing anxiety among Jews and intellectuals that they will be eliminated as result of pol maneuvering discussed
Janko, Vladimir (Deputy Min)
conservatives and others hold basic cure for monetary and fiscal ills must be tax rise and spending cut, ss, Sen
AID orders new and tighter controls over spending to correct abuses and to placate critics on Sen Foreign Relations Com; Gaud informs com in 3 hrs of testimony; says new rules include creation of new sec in AID to make 'eligibility checks' on shipments, instructions to agency counsel to work out with Justice Dept amendment to present law imposing penalties against suppliers of goods not certified by agency as eligible, and mandatory instructions to all overseas missions to monitor arrivals and storage of all shipments; says pre-audit system will entail recruitment of at least 25 experts at cost of 'several hundred thousand dollars'; com members enthusiastic; Mundt congratulates Gaud; J J Williams suggests extent of financial penalty; some agency officials doubt const of penalty provisions