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MIAMI BEACH, Aug. 4 -- The Republican party was presented today with a platform ambiguously peace-oriented on Vietnam and moderately liberal on domestic issues.
Israeli jets strik e alleged guerrilla enclave 12 mi NW of Amman, near Salt, for 3 hrs; Israeli C/S Lt Gen Bar-Lev says raid is answer to 3 cease-fire violations a day by terrorists operating from Jordan; calls action 'substantial and unexpected blow'; hopes it will help Jordanians realize cease-fire violations will bring reprisals; says all Israeli planes returned safely, no Jordanian planes were seen; jets also drop leaflets addressed to saboteurs; Israeli army issues list of 98 incidents it says occurred along Jordanian border; repts Jordan started tank and arty clash with Israeli forces across Jordan River during raid; Eban recent s to Labor party Secretariat warning of reprisals noted; Amman radio repts 23 civilians, 5 soldiers killed in raid, 76 civilians and 6 soldiers hurt; says Jordanian AA guns shot down Israeli bomber, 2d Israeli plane is believed hit; repts 2 Israeli tanks and 2 arty positions on west bank destroyed, Israeli forces suffer casualties near Jericho; Jordan and Israel notify Security Council of raid; map
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 31, 1968, covering August 5, 1968.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Cream
Simon & Garfunkel
Soundtrack
Aretha Franklin
1968Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that year. Both it and its two follow-ups, 1996's Just the Same and 1998's How I Feel, were certified platinum in both countries, and produced several Top Ten country hits.
1968Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist[†]
Tokimitsu Ishizawa, better known by his ring name Kendo Kashin, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a two time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, a one time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, and the winner of the 1999 Best of the Super Juniors. He is also known for his forays into mixed martial arts, most notably for Pride Fighting Championship (Pride), where he defeated Gracie Jiu Jitsu fighter Ryan Gracie at PRIDE 15. He currently wrestles for Pro Wrestling Noah.
1968Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician[†]
Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen is a French lawyer and politician. She served as the president of the far-right National Rally party (RN) from 2011 to 2021, and ran for the French presidency in the 2012, 2017 and 2022 elections. She has been the member of the National Assembly for the 11th constituency of Pas-de-Calais since 2017. She has been parliamentary party leader of the National Rally in the Assembly since June 2022.
1968Oleh Luzhnyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager[†]
Oleh Romanovych Luzhnyi is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
1968Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (died 2007)[†]
Colin Steele McRae,, was a British rally driver. He was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion, and in 1995 became the first British driver to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title.
1968John Olerud, American baseball player[†]
John Garrett Olerud Jr. is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1989 through 2005, most notably as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays team that won two consecutive World Series championships in 1992 and 1993. He also played for the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox.
1968Luther Perkins, American guitarist (born 1928)[†]
Luther Monroe Perkins, Jr. was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash. Perkins was an iconic figure in what would become known as rockabilly music. His creatively simple, sparsely embellished, rhythmic use of Fender Esquire, Jazzmaster and Jaguar guitars is credited for creating Cash's signature "boom-chicka-boom" style.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]