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August 20, 1968

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Headlines from August 20, 1968

Hanoi Aide, by Silence, Viewed As Favoring McCarthy Position; HANOI'S FAVORING OF M'CARTHY SEEN

By Hedrick Smithspecial To the New York Times

Western diplomats see Nguyen Thanh Le, by his silence, giving more favorable treatment to latest McCarthy Vietnam proposals than to those of other leading Pres contenders whose stands Nguyen Thanh Le recently criticized; latter scores US thrusts into buffer zone, news conf; brushes aside repts that Le Duc Tho arrived in Paris to give Harriman assurances that N Vietnam would refrain from using buffer zone if US would do the same; Harriman says he does not expect talks to be broken off, TV int

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DEMOCRATS CLASH OVER CREDENTIALS; Panel Indicates Defense by Mississippi's Regulars Is Too Little and Too Late Democrats in Clash Over Credentials at Hearing

By Max Frankelspecial To the New York Times

Credentials Com opens hearings, Chicago; illus; Miss delegates defend what they call 'dramatic' and 'remarkable' progress toward full Negro participation in Miss party; C Clark and State Sen Burgin testify for regulars, A Henry, H Carter 3d, C Evers testify for insurgents; McCarthy forces, charging all possible violations of conv rules, demand Humphrey disown Ga delegation picked by Maddox and back delegation whose majority backs McCarthy; also want 'fair-play' ruling that challenged delegations be denied floor vote until their status is settled; com chmn, R J Hughes, rules question is out of order; insists fair play is aim of his entire credentials effort and gets unanimous acceptance of rule that com members might vote on all matters except challenges affecting their state's delegations

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ALLIED SOLDIERS PURSUE VIETCONG SOUTH OF TAYNINH; Repulse Enemy Assault on City -- Level of Fighting in Country Declines Allied Troops Pursue Foe Near Tayninh After Savage Fighting

By Bernard Weinraubspecial To the New York Times

allied troops pursue enemy S of Tayninh after crushing attack on city; tempo of fighting around Tayninh and in other areas decreases markedly; details on fighting in Tayninh; mil and civilian casualties listed; enemy shells 2 isolated allied camps near Cambodian border; action in other areas reptd; map; illus

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JOHNSON BARS, IN HIS TERM, ANY MORE DE-ESCALATION UNLESS THE ENEMY JOINS IN; REAFFIRMS POLICY ' Foolhardy Gestures' Ruled Out as Peril to U.S. Forces Johnson Reaffirms Policy on Vietnam

By Edwin L. Dale Jr.special To the New York Times

Johnson rules out any change in his policy before the Dem Conv or after, s to VFW, Detroit; says US has made a reasonable offer to N Vietnam which has not been accepted, that US will not move further unless N Vietnam gives evidence of de-escalation, that next move must be by N Vietnam

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 14, 1968, covering August 20, 1968.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Wheels Of Fire by Cream

    Wheels Of Fire

    Cream

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits by The Rascals

    Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits

    The Rascals

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for Aretha Now by Aretha Franklin

    Aretha Now

    Aretha Franklin

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Graduate by Soundtrack

    The Graduate

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    23
  5. 5
    Album cover for Beat Of The Brass by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Beat Of The Brass

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15

Notable Births

1968Brett Angell, English footballer and coach[†]

Brett Ashley Mark Angell is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

Abdelatif Benazzi

1968Abdelatif Benazzi, Moroccan-French rugby player[†]

Abdelatif Benazzi is a French-Moroccan rugby union player who represented both Morocco and France. He played as a lock or back row forward.

Sandy Brondello

1968Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball player and coach[†]

Sandra Anne Brondello is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the Australian women's national team. Brondello played in Australia, Germany and the WNBA before retiring to become a coach. The 5’7” Brondello is one of Australia's all-time best shooting guards. She played on Australia's "Opals" national team at four Summer Olympics, has coached the team at two more, and won three medals as a player and one bronze medal as a coach. She attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 1986–1987, and was inducted to the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.

Klas Ingesson

1968Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (died 2014)[†]

Klas Inge "Klabbe" Ingesson was a Swedish professional footballer and manager. He spent most of his career as a midfielder in Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Italy and France. Ingesson represented the Sweden national team on 57 occasions, including the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 1992 European Championship. He was the manager of IF Elfsborg from 2013 until his death in October 2014.

1968Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer[†]

Yuri Shiratori is a Japanese voice actress and singer.

Bai Yansong

1968Bai Yansong, Chinese host[†]

Bai Yansong is a Chinese news commentator, anchor and journalist for China Central Television (CCTV). He has become one of the most recognizable figures in China, serving as the lead anchor on stories such as the Sydney Olympics and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Bai worked in the newspaper industry before moving to televised news and eventually became an anchor for Focus Report and Oriental Horizon, where he had a reputation as a politically incisive journalist. During his time with CCTV, Bai has been involved in the establishment of several news commentary programs including Timeline and News 1 + 1, the first live news commentary program in China. He has also been the anchor on several more news programs and was a host on the talk show Tell It Like It Is.

Historical Events

Cold War

1968Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.[†]

The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy.

Historical Context for August 20, 1968

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