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In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]
1968Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager[†]
Vickie Lynn Benson, better known as Vickie Guerrero, is an American former professional wrestling personality and manager. She is best known for her tenures in WWE and All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She was born in El Paso, Texas.
1968Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner[†]
Rüdiger Stenzel is a former German middle distance runner who participated in several international championships in the 1990s.
1968Fay Bainter, American actress (born 1893)[†]
Fay Okell Bainter was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1968Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1885)[†]
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go.
London youths, supporting W Ger students, demonstrate at London Daily Mail hq, where Springer's London office is located
Dem Govt Conf meeting in effort to unite behind candidate fails to reach accord on anything but statement Govt say hat little or no effect; Govt sidestep proposal by Southern Govt group led by Connally to remain uncommitted for 2-3 mos; proposal teen effort to slow down Kennedy and promote Humphrey; failure to reach accord teen sign of how deeply wilt party it; statement says Govs will observe events for next mo and then reach 'decision of conscience'; Humphrey, Kennedy backers satisfied with statement; Maddox says he will not back Kennedy or Humphrey if either is nominated; R J Hughes comments; Hoff traveled to meeting on plane supplied by Kennedy
survey of implementation of plans declared by '67 summit conf
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Civilian sources say US resumes reconnaissance flights near Hanoi and Haiphong
Badly hurt during student demonstrations, W Ger; assailant held
Puerto Rican operators of small businesses, NYC, charge Mayor Lindsay has minimized damage done to their business during recent disorders following death of Rev Dr M L King Jr; ask parts of city be declared disaster areas so they can qualify for Fed loans; Lindsay repr comments
NY Mets and Houston play 24-inning night game, major league mark
Natl Cath Educ Assn dir Bishop Primeau calls on RC educators to educate RCs, especially those in middle class, for greater citizenship responsibility, s, assn conv
Cosmos 213 launched; automatically docked in space with Cosmos 212 for 3 hrs and 50 min; separated by radio command; docking said to involve more maneuvering than Oct '67 link-up of Cosmos 186 and 188 since orbital planes of spacecraft varied and they were farther from earth; Cosmos 212, after docking, orbits earth at alts of 124-148 mi in 51.7-degree orbital plane; Cosmos 213 orbits earth at alts of 127-181 mi in 51.4-degree orbital plane; flights said to be 6th and 7th known of spaceships designed to carry men
Astronautics: Survey of shrinking US space program