SCHOOL REFORMS PUSHED IN FRANCE; Plan to Decentralize Control Is Adopted by Cabinet -- Curb on Franc Lifted SCHOOL REFORMS PUSHED IN FRANCE
Govt sets tax measures aimed at spurring econ while curbing inflation
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Govt sets tax measures aimed at spurring econ while curbing inflation
FAA, to ease congestion at 1 Chicago, 1 Washington and 3 NYC Met Area airports, proposes curbing number and types of flights; rules would restrict total of flights made in any hr, curb private craft and require all flights to reserve runways in advance; curbs geared largely to weather conditions; detailed; Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn 'shocked but not surprised'; deplores 'attempt to deliver pub airports' to commercial lines; NY Port Auth pleased with curbs
Johnson meets with Security Council
comments on approval by NYC Educ Bd of citywide school decentralization plan
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 4, 1968, covering September 5, 1968.
The Doors
The Rascals
Cream
Jose Feliciano
Johnny Rivers
1968Serhiy Kovalets, Ukrainian footballer and manager[†]
Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets is a Ukrainian former footballer and current manager of Podillya Khmelnytskyi.

1968Dennis Scott, American basketball player and sportscaster[†]
Dennis Eugene Scott Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) small forward from Georgia Tech, and the 1990 ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Scott was selected by the Orlando Magic with the fourth pick of the 1990 NBA draft after being the leading scorer on a Yellow Jackets team that made the Final Four, and comprising one portion of Georgia Tech's "Lethal Weapon 3" attack featuring Scott, Kenny Anderson and Brian Oliver.
1968Robin van der Laan, Dutch footballer and coach[†]
Robertus Petrus van der Laan is a Dutch former football player and manager.
1968Brad Wilk, American singer-songwriter and drummer[†]
Bradley Joseph Wilk is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer of the rock bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Prophets of Rage (2016–2019).
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]