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Rockefeller to modify plan in order to give communities greater role in project decisions but reptdly ignores Lindsay's proposed changes which would give local govts virtual veto power
Cracow students, ignoring Gomulka appeal to return to classes, stage sit-in, Jagiellonian Univ; other student dissatisfaction with Gomulka's promises to consider their grievances seen in vote by 3,000 Polytechnic School students to begin 48-hr sit-in, Warsaw; sit-in reflects student threats of defiant actions unless Govt pub their resolution and corrected 'slanderous' accts of riots in press; Polytechnic students demand they be given radio and TV time to air their position; student sources hold renewed defiance was spurred by Gomulka's accusations against 'revisionist' liberal profs at Warsaw Univ; Wroclaw newspapers rept boycotts or sit-ins took place at all 8 higher learning insts; anti-Zionist campaign reptd evaporating in wake of Gomulka s; seen replaced by renewed pledges of support for Gomulka; confusion of many Poles over his moderate tone noted
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Kennedy, in response to Sen Sparkman question reminding him of Johnson call for natl austerity to win war, says he would like to see change in spending for war
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 20, 1968, covering March 21, 1968.
Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra
Aretha Franklin
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Soundtrack
Bob Dylan
1968Cameron Clyne, Australian businessman[â ]
Cameron Clyne is an Australian businessman, who served Group CEO of the National Australia Bank Group.
1968Andrew Copeland, American singer and musician[â ]
Sister Hazel is an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida, whose style blends elements of jangle pop, folk rock, classic rock, and Southern rock. They are best known for their 1997 single "All for You."
1968Greg Ellis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter[â ]
Jonathan Rees, known professionally as Greg Ellis, is an English actor who has worked in film, television, video games, and theatre. He is, among other roles, known for playing Chief Engineer Olson in Star Trek (2009), Theodore Groves in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean, and Trevor Wilcox in Touch (2013), as well as voice roles such as Anders in Dragon Age: Origins â Awakening (2010), Cullen in multiple Dragon Age games, and Jet-Vac in the Skylanders video game series, as well as in the series Skylanders Academy.
1968Johan Garpenlöv, Swedish ice hockey player[â ]
Johan Kjell Garpenlöv is a Swedish former ice hockey left winger and ice hockey coach. He also starred for several years in his native Sweden. He was drafted in the fifth round, 85th overall, by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.
1968Tolunay Kafkas, Turkish footballer and manager[â ]
Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. He is currently managing Fatih KaragĂŒmrĂŒk.
1968Gary Walsh, English footballer and coach[â ]
Gary Walsh is an English football coach and former professional player who is a goalkeeping coach at EFL League One club Port Vale. He played as a goalkeeper in a 21-year professional career, making 282 league and cup appearances. He was also capped twice at England U21 level.
1968Scott Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster[â ]
Scott Christopher Williams is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6' 10", he was capable of playing as a power forward or a center. Early in his professional career, Williams earned three NBA Finals rings as he contributed off the bench during the Chicago Bulls' first three-peat championships from 1991 to 1993. He developed into a front-court reserve during his fifteen seasons in the NBA, where he was known for his hustle and strong defense. Since his retirement, Williams has coached in the NBA Development League and NBA as well as commentating for a variety of NBA teams. Williams is currently the color analyst for the Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team.
1968Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.[â ]
The Battle of Karameh was a 15-hour military engagement between Israel and the combined forces of Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the Jordanian border town of Karameh during the War of Attrition on 21 March 1968. It was planned by Israel as one of two concurrent raids on PLO camps, one in Karameh along the Jordan River and the other in the distant village of Ghor es-Safi south of the Dead Sea.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[â ]