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US, in response to invasion of Czech, informs allies it is prepared to send 4 sqdns of F-4s to Ger for maneuvers in Nov or Dec, to be followed by 2 brigades of mechanized inf early in '69
Comr Barnes dies
Vice Pres Humphrey proposes massive Fed aid to state and local police as part of program to combat rising crime, rept on crime prepared by panel of advisers
Chrysler raises prices on '69 models avg of $89 a car, or 2.9% above '68 models; later '69 models, which will be built with head restraints, will be raised $26.50 more, bringing increase closer to 4%; co exec defends increases; cites substantial increases in costs of materials and labor; examples of rises listed
over 15,000 teachers and supporters demonstrate outside City Hall in support of UFT action; illus; Negro civil rights leader B Rustin attends; says he is backing UFT over issue of due process for teachers; about 150 counter demonstrators appear; no incidents reptd
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 11, 1968, covering September 17, 1968.
The Doors
The Rascals
Cream
Jose Feliciano
Johnny Rivers
1968Anastacia, American singer-songwriter[†]
Anastacia Lyn Newkirk is an American singer-songwriter. Her first two studio albums, Not That Kind (2000) and Freak of Nature (2001), achieved chart success with the singles "I'm Outta Love", "Not That Kind", "Paid My Dues", and "One Day in Your Life". Her third album, 2004's Anastacia, continued her commercial success, while her duet with Eros Ramazzotti, "I Belong to You ", was a hit throughout Europe in 2006. After switching labels, she released her fourth studio album, Heavy Rotation, in 2008, followed in 2012 by the cover album It's a Man's World. She later released Resurrection (2014) and Evolution (2017), which included the single "Caught in the Middle". In 2023, she released an album of German songs translated into English, entitled Our Songs.
1968Cheryl Strayed, American author[†]
Cheryl Strayed is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel Torch (2006) and the nonfiction books Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012), Tiny Beautiful Things (2012) and Brave Enough (2015). Wild, the story of Strayed's 1995 hike up the Pacific Crest Trail, is an international bestseller and was adapted into the 2014 Academy Award-nominated film Wild.
1968Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2014)[†]
Francesc "Tito" Vilanova Bayó was a Spanish professional football central midfielder and manager.
1968Valeri Zelepukin, Russian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Valeri Mikhailovich Zelepukin is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks between 1991 and 2001. Born in Voskresensk in the former Soviet Union, he was drafted 221st overall in the 11th round by the Devils in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play 595 regular season games, scoring 117 goals and 177 assists for 294 points. He also picked up 527 penalty minutes.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]