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N Vietnamese delegation at Paris talks distributes document in which rephrasing by N Vietnam of previous insistence that any pol settlement be strictly 'in accordance with' NLF pol program is regarded by some Western diplomats as potentially important move
PATH to move hq from 30 Church St, Manhattan, to 10-story office bldg in planned $45-million transportation complex, Jersey City
Johnson welcomes Nguyen Van Thieu, Honolulu; says Amer pledge to help S Vietnam resist aggression will stand firm 'against any deception'; Nguyen Van Thieu says conf will allow rev of problems; other Johnson comments and opinions of pol observers on conf noted; Nguyen Van Thieu, in departure s, Saigon, says he will not allow US to impose solution harmful to S Vietnamese natl interests; bars coalition with Communists; illus
WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Senator Strom Thurmond pressed questions upon Justice Abe Fortas for more than two hours today, forcing the jurist to decline repeatedly to answer on the ground that current Supreme Court issues were involved.
Yugoslav party issues declaration defending Czech liberal regime as making significant contribution to gen affirmation of socialist system; holds any intervention by other Communist powers would be harmful for further development of socialism; M Djilas compares action against Czechs with that against Yugoslavia in '48; sees USSR trying to establish legal principle of right to interfere in affairs of other socialist countries
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 17, 1968, covering July 19, 1968.
Simon & Garfunkel
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
Richard Harris
Sergio Mendes
1968Robb Flynn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Robert Conrad Flynn is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for heavy metal band Machine Head and also the only member to feature all Machine Head releases. Flynn formed the band along with Adam Duce, Logan Mader and Tony Costanza after leaving Bay Area thrash band Vio-lence.
1968Pavel Kuka, Czech footballer and manager[†]
Pavel Kuka is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented his national team on 87 occasions, scoring 29 goals. At club level Kuka started in 1987 with Rudá Hvězda Cheb in the Czechoslovak First League before transferring to Slavia Prague two years later. During the 1993–94 season he moved to Germany, where he played in the Bundesliga for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1. FC Nürnberg and VfB Stuttgart. In 2000 he returned to Slavia, where he spent a further five years before retiring from top-level football in 2005.
1968Jim Norton, American comedian, actor, and author[†]
James Joseph Norton is an American comedian, radio personality, actor, author, and television and podcast host. Norton has been the co-host of the podcast UFC Unfiltered with Matt Serra since 2016, and the host of Jim Norton Can't Save You since January 2025. He is well-known for co-hosting morning radio shows Opie and Anthony, Opie with Jim Norton, and Jim Norton & Sam Roberts on SiriusXM Radio from 2004 until 2025, and The Chip Chipperson Podcast from 2017 until 2023.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]