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Leary holds emergence of a militant right wing in the dept reflects similar swing to right in community at large, int; says sentiment for more rigid law enforcement is widespread within dept; in earlier news conf confirms role of policemen in ct melee
Agnew says Humphrey seems to be for 'peace at any price', news conf; says N Vietnam might be out of war if not for 'spiritual assistance' from Amer dissenters, int; says US position is justified; says coalition govt is unacceptable; scores Humphrey statements on US withdrawal and on Dem platform; leaves impression that his primary difference with Johnson's policy is in conduct of war
Humphrey talks about his 'feeling' that talks may become more substantive before end of yr; says, as a result of statements by major Pres nominees, Hanoi will feel it has every bit as good a chance of settling war now as it would after new Pres is inaugurated; urges other Pres candidates to join him in stating in pub that no softer peace terms will be offered no matter who is elected; implies N Vietnam has been stalling negotiations in hope that Nov election will produce Adm more disposed toward easing peace terms; concedes he is not entirely sure of Wallace's views, but says he (Humphrey) and Nixon are in gen agreement; makes clear his speculation on talks is not leak from White House, Saigon or Pentagon; makes other comments
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 11, 1968, covering September 11, 1968.
The Doors
The Rascals
Cream
Jose Feliciano
Johnny Rivers
1968René Cogny, French general (born 1904)[†]
René Cogny was a French Général de corps d'armée, World War II and French Resistance veteran and survivor of Buchenwald and Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camps. He was a commander of the French forces in Tonkin during the First Indochina War, and notably during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. His post-war private and legal conflict with superior General Henri Navarre became a public controversy. Known to his men as Le General Vitesse, and reputable for his military pomp, physical presence and skill with the press, Cogny was killed in the 1968 Ajaccio-Nice Caravelle crash in the Mediterranean near Nice.
1968Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.[†]
Air France Flight 1611 (AF1611) was a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III en route from Ajaccio, on the island of Corsica, to Nice, mainland France, on 11 September 1968 when it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Nice, killing all 95 on board. According to the official report, the crash was non-survivable. The Ajaccio–Nice Caravelle crash is the deadliest aviation incident in the Mediterranean Sea to date.
1968John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir at the Proms.[†]
Sir John Eliot Gardiner is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, especially the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of 2000, performing Bach's church cantatas in liturgical order in churches all over Europe, and New York City, with the Monteverdi Choir, and recording them at the locations.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]
