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N Vietnam charges US planes bombed populated area far north of 20th parallel; Defense Dept says it knows of no such raid but is investigating matter; Adm officials do not see charge as major protest; US command in Saigon declines comment; Amer sources say no US air strikes have been reptd near 20th parallel for more than 24 hrs; map
dinner canceled after Vice Pres Humphrey announces assassination of Rev Dr M L King Jr to 2,500 assembled guests; Pres Johnson had canceled appearance
Johnson postpones trip to Hawaii after he hears of assassination of Rev Dr M L King Jr; plans for meeting and his recent activities noted; Westmoreland and aides leave Saigon for Honolulu
Scattered vandalism and looting, led for time by S Carmichael, breaks out on news of assassination of Rev Dr M L King Jr, Memphis; all available police called to duty; Mayor Washington tours city
Most Rev T J Cooke is installed as Archbishop of NY; prays for peace; notes Johnson efforts; addresses Johnson, among spectators, directly; says there are no magic formulas for ending war; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 3, 1968, covering April 5, 1968.
Soundtrack
Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra
Aretha Franklin
Bob Dylan
Simon & Garfunkel
1968Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist[â ]
Paula Dorothy Cole is an American singer and songwriter. After gaining attention for her performances as a vocalist on Peter Gabriel's 1993â1994 Secret World Tour, she released her first album, Harbinger, which suffered from a lack of promotion when the label, Imago Records, folded shortly after its release. Her second album, This Fire (1996), brought her worldwide acclaim, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard 200 album chart and producing two hit singles, the triple-Grammy nominated "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?", which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and "I Don't Want to Wait", which was used as the theme song of the television show Dawson's Creek. Cole was a featured performer in the 1996 prototype mini-tour for Lilith Fair, and also was a headliner for Lilith Fair in 1997 and 1998. She won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1998, and also became the first woman ever to be nominated for "Producer of the Year" in her own right in that same year.
1968FĂ©lix Couchoro, Togolese writer (born 1900)[â ]
FĂ©lix Couchoro was a Togolese writer and educator.
1968Lajos CsordĂĄs, Hungarian footballer (born 1932)[â ]
Lajos CsordĂĄs was a Hungarian footballer. He won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics and was runner-up of the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
1968Giuseppe Paris, Italian gymnast (born 1895)[â ]
Giuseppe Paris was an Italian gymnast who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics, the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Milan. He was part of the Italian team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event in 1920 as well as in the team competition 1924.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[â ]