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Dubcek, in nationwide radio-TV s that was canceled by party's Central Com, calls censorship step backward, though temporary; excerpts from s broadcast later with refs to censorship deleted
White House spokesman denies there is conflict between Humphrey statement on US troops withdrawal and Johnson statement that no man can predict when troops will come home; says Johnson remarks were taken out of context by press; White House sources deny Johnson fears any major defection by Humphrey on Vietnam policy; says Johnson, in his recent remarks, was restating US position to dispel confusion that may have arisen in N Vietnam as result of pol turbulence at Dem conv
Zwick implies surcharge will have to be extended past July 1 expiration date, joint Cong com; notes dropping surcharge would cancel $10-billion in added revenues expected to result from econ growth, leaving no new funds to deal with unavoidable spending rise of up to $9-billion
PBA demands end to 1-man patrol cars
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Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 11, 1968, covering September 13, 1968.
The Doors
The Rascals
Cream
Jose Feliciano
Johnny Rivers
1968Brad Johnson, American football player[†]
James Bradley Johnson is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Dallas Cowboys. He is best known for his time with the Buccaneers, whom he led to a Super Bowl XXXVII win over the Oakland Raiders.
1968Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and guitarist[†]
Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr. is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and current musician. He played his entire 16-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees from 1991 through 2006.
1968Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.[†]
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.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]