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Watson cancels scheduled service cutbacks after HR and Sen approve exempting postal workers from mandatory job cutbacks
Pres Johnson signs comprehensive housing bill authorizing $1.4-billion for urban renewal, effective July 1, '69
slowdown averted temporarily as city accepts Collective Bargaining Office proposal to put firemen on overtime pay schedules until 500 new men are added; dispute goes to fact-finder
Johnson releases lr he sent to HR Speaker McCormack and Sen majority leader Mansfield in which he calls steel price rise 'clear and immediate threat to our efforts to restore price stability'
Nixon submits statement on war to Repub platform com; moves to dovish position by calling for new strategy permitting 'phasing-out' of US troops and negotiated settlement; says war must be ended; offers no specific prescription on how war should be ended, but says it must be ended honorably, consistent with Amer's limited aims and with long-term requirements of peace in Asia; says until war can be ended, new strategy should be followed that would permit war to be waged more effectively with fewer men and at less cost; calls for greater emphasis on small-unit actions and on strengthening S Vietnamese forces; rejects mil escalation; outlines failures of Adm policy; other details on statement; Sen Scott and Gov Chafee block Sen Tower from personally reading summary of statement to platform com; Javits applauds statement; Gov Romney says platform must include positive program for peace
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 31, 1968, covering August 2, 1968.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Cream
Simon & Garfunkel
Soundtrack
Aretha Franklin
1968Stefan Effenberg, German footballer and sportscaster[†]
Stefan Effenberg is a German former footballer who most recently acted as sporting director for KFC Uerdingen 05. A midfielder, he was known for his leadership skills, passing range, shooting ability, and physical strength, but was also a temperamental and controversial character.
1968An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.[†]
The 1968 Casiguran earthquake occurred on 04:19:22 local time on August 2 with a moment magnitude of 7.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The thrust earthquake's epicenter was in Casiguran, Quezon. A small non-destructive tsunami was generated and at least 207 people were killed. The majority of the deaths occurred in the collapse of a six-story building in Manila.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]