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Yugoslav Min Nikezic hails Czech movement away from USSR-guided orthodox Communism, news conf, Prague; refuses to discuss, however, possible formal alliance among states rejecting USSR leadership; consultations among bloc leaders on Czech liberalization continue
Johnson Adm, in response to C M Roberts article in Washington Post saying Adm is ready to give Communists pol role in S Vietnam regardless of protests of S Vietnamese Govt, reiterates it seeks peace in S Vietnam in which all S Vietnamese would be free to chart their pol future without outside interference; recalls Johnson pledges to this effect and cites offers of S Vietnamese Govt to give full rights of citizenship to enemies in NLF if they accept const processes and forgo violent pol action; Sec Rusk and Harriman statements noted; Harriman says US opposes coalition govt
city announces plans for 1st phase of Cathedral Pkwy sec of project; plans to take over 7 sites including 2 owned by Columbia U, W 115th St, Bway and Riverside Drive, and 1 owned by Consol Edison Co, Cathedral Pkway; A M Frame apptd Cathedral Pkwy area dir
Czechs renew call for return of Carpatho-Ukraine territory, seized by USSR in '45, pub forum, Prague; Czech historians, in reply, hold Czech leaders under ex-Premier Fierlinger, who handed region over to USSR, responsible for loss
State Civil Rights Div charges businessman J C McDonough violated state anti-bias law by allegedly blocking sale to Jewish lawyer M S Lehman of home next door to his own, Essex Fells; McDonough denies charges, int; div dir Pfaus says case is 1st in which neighbors who violate anti-bias law could be liable to same penalties that have been applied to persons directly involved in real estate sales; B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League NJ unit dir Kohler hails action
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 15, 1968, covering May 16, 1968.
Soundtrack
Simon & Garfunkel
The Monkees
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Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra
1968Ralph Tresvant, American singer and producer[†]
Ralph Edward Tresvant is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the lead singer of R&B group New Edition. As a solo artist, Tresvant released his double platinum-selling debut album Ralph Tresvant (1990). In 2008, he began touring with Bobby Brown and Johnny Gill in a new group named Heads of State. On February 3, 2023, Tresvant became host of the syndicated radio show Love and R&B, heard on WOSF.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]