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VIENTIANE, Laos, April 10 -- United States officials conferred with the North Vietnamese today and said later that a meeting place for preparatory talks for a conference to end the war in Vietnam would be decided upon in two or three days.
Com warns that sharp aggravation of Communism-capitalism ideological struggle has arisen, endorses intensive campaign to combat 'subversive' efforts by West
bill signed; Rockefeller discloses that he forced passage of bill by threatening to stop doing 'personal favors' for legislators, statement at ceremony
US mil command announces largest allied offensive of war, involving over 100,000 troops to dear enemy forces out of 11 provs surrounding Saigon; only scattered and minor action reptd in 1st few days of operation; details on plans in operation and troops participating in it; action in other areas reptd; US issues rept on cost of recent enemy offensive; US troops retake camp at Langvei; map
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 10, 1968, covering April 11, 1968.
Soundtrack
Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra
Aretha Franklin
Otis Redding
Simon & Garfunkel
1968Sergei Lukyanenko, Kazakh-Russian journalist and author[†]
Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian. His works often feature intense action-packed plots, interwoven with the moral dilemma of keeping one's humanity while being strong. Some of his works have been adapted into film productions, for which he wrote the screenplays.
1968US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.[†]
Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963. A Southern Democrat, Johnson previously represented Texas in Congress for over 23 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1937 to 1949, and then as a U.S. senator from 1949 to 1961.
1968A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage.[†]
Alfred Willi Rudolf Dutschke was a German sociologist and political activist who, until severely injured by an assassin in 1968, was a leading charismatic figure within the Socialist Students Union (SDS) in West Germany, and that country's broader "extra-parliamentary opposition" (APO).
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]