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June 25, 1968

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Headlines from June 25, 1968

PRESIDENT CALLS FOR REGISTERING OF ALL FIREARMS; PLEA TO CONGRESS Bill, Due Today, Also to Require Licensing of Gun Owners PRESIDENT URGES NEW GUN CONTROL

By Max Frankelspecial To the New York Times

Pres Johnson asks Cong to require natl regis of every firearm and a license for every gun owner whose state does not enforce Fed license standards, message to Cong; proposals, which will be submitted as a bill, require natl regis to permit Natl Crime Information Center of the FBI to compile a comprehensive computer file of every gun in US punish states that do not establish effective license systems for gun owners by depriving them of funds from Wildlife and Conservation Trust Fund; Tydings hails bill, has formally offered his own like proposals; Col J H Glenn Jr leads many prominent citizens in nationwide write-in-campaign organized by Emergency Com for Gun Control; com discloses Vice Pres Humphrey and Gov Rockefeller have responded favorably to its request for support from all Pres candidates; orgn's exec com to be composed of T J Watson Jr, A Stevenson 3d, J W Gardner, C Evers, J V Bennett

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HUMPHREY'S CALL REBUFFED BY THUY; Hanoi Aide, at Paris Lunch, Spurns Cease-Fire Idea -Pope Also Asks a Truce Humphrey's Cease-Fire Call Rebuffed by Thuy

By Hedrick Smithspecial To the New York Times

Xuan Thuy brushes aside Humphrey suggestion that US and N Vietnam seek immediate cease-fire to create positive atmosphere; says 1st and most important thing is that US stop bombing and all other acts of war; asserts 1st 9 sessions have not produced any results; blames US; satirizes suggestion that informal talks during recesses are important; calls topics trivial; appeals to world opinion to condemn US; N Vietnamese newspapers reject Amer demand for mil restraint in return for bombing halt

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TROOPS ORDERED INTO WASHINGTON TO CURB OUTBREAK; Guardsmen Go Into Streets as Vandalism and Looting Erupt in Negro Section MAYOR IMPOSES CURFEW Disorder Follows Closing of Poor Camp and Arrest of Abernathy and 300 Others Troops Are Ordered Into Washington to Put Down Outbreak

By Ben A. Franklinspecial To the New York Times

police dose Resurrection City; arrest 119 persons in process; illus; Abernathy and 223 others arrested near Capitol in voluntary act of civil disobedience; acts followed by vandalism and looting in Negro sec of Washington; Natl Guard troops ordered into sec; Regular Army troops alerted; Mayor Washington imposes curfew

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 19, 1968, covering June 25, 1968.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Graduate by Soundtrack

    The Graduate

    Soundtrack

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    Peak
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    15
  2. 2
    Album cover for Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

    Bookends

    Simon & Garfunkel

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    Peak
    1
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    9
  3. 3
    Album cover for Beat Of The Brass by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Beat Of The Brass

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

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    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Birds; The Bees & The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Birds; The Bees & The Monkees

    The Monkees

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    7
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    Album cover for Honey by Bobby Goldsboro

    Honey

    Bobby Goldsboro

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    10

Notable Births

1968Adrian Garvey, Zimbabwean-South African rugby player[†]

Adrian Christopher Garvey is a former Rhodesian-born South African rugby union player. He played as a tighthead prop, and was known for his mobility and ball skills.

1968Vaios Karagiannis, Greek footballer and manager[†]

Vaios Karagiannis is a former Greek professional footballer who played as a defender and current manager.

Notable Deaths

Tony Hancock

1968Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (born 1924)[†]

Anthony John Hancock was an English comedian and actor.

Historical Context for June 25, 1968

In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]