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San Francisco U study based on '66-67 Gallup Poll finds large majority of Caths who use contraceptives are staying away from sacraments
Wallace fails to top Nixon's crowd turnout, Chicago, as he hoped
ILA strikes E and Gulf coasts as talks with NY Shipping Assn break Down; Pres Johnson invokes Taft-Hartley Act; names 3-man inquiry bd; says strike endangers natl health and safety; strike effects detailed; mil cargoes exempted; AFL-CIO, Maritime Port Coordination Council and Teamsters back ILA
threatened strike temporarily postponed after union leaders conf with Goldberg; union to decide what action to take; DeLury says men are 'hot' about being asked to work after midnight deadline
Humphrey pledges to stop bombing of N Vietnam if elected Pres, but only if Hanoi gives some sign of being willing to begin serious peace talks, TV s; says before taking action, he would look for sign of Communist willingness to restore demilitarized zone; Humphrey aide says Humphrey, in mentioning zone, means only to give example of kind of sign that might be forthcoming; aide says Humphrey tries to give Hanoi as much latitude as possible while still acting 'with responsibility'; some members of Humphrey entourage picture Humphrey as irrevocably committing himself to bombing halt, but s is said not to support view; Humphrey said to feel his new pub stance on bombing is noticeably softer than Johnson's; statement said to be unacceptable to N Vietnam because it contains conditions; White House is silent on s
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 25, 1968, covering October 1, 1968.
The Rascals
The Doors
Jose Feliciano
Big Brother And The Holding Company
Johnny Rivers
1968Rob Collard, English race car driver[†]
Robert John Collard is a British auto racing driver from Hampshire, best known for racing in the British Touring Car Championship, winning two races in a West Surrey Racing MG, and claiming the Independent's Cup title in 2003. In 2008, he returned to running the series full-time, driving for the Motorbase Performance team, where he remained for 2009, before returning to West Surrey Racing. Collard also owns his own demolition firm, R Collard Ltd.
1968Phil de Glanville, English rugby player[†]
Philip Ranulph de Glanville is a former English rugby union player who played at centre for Bath and England.
1968Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter[†]
Mark Durden-Smith is an English television presenter best known for presenting ITV shows such as I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! and This Morning Summer, Sky 1 shows such as The Match and Double or Nothing, and Channel 5's rugby union coverage.
1968Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Kevin Michael Griffin is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Better Than Ezra, with whom he has released nine studio albums. He has also issued one solo record.
1968Jon Guenther, American author and engineer[†]
Jon Guenther is an American author of nearly forty novels in a variety of genres. In addition to books under his own name, he has written many novels in The Executioner series created by Don Pendleton about the fictional character Mack Bolan. He is also creator of the Christian Pulp brand and genre.
1968Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor[†]
Jay Underwood is an American actor and pastor. Beginning a prolific career as a teen actor in the mid-1980s, he is perhaps best known for his starring feature film roles; portraying Eric Gibb in The Boy Who Could Fly, Chip Carson in Not Quite Human, Grover Dunn in The Invisible Kid, Sonny Bono in The Sonny and Cher Story, Bug in Uncle Buck, and Ernest Hemingway in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He also portrayed the Human Torch in the 1994 unreleased film Fantastic Four.
1968Romano Guardini, Italian-German Catholic priest, author, and academic (born 1885)[†]
Romano Guardini was an Italian, naturalized German Catholic priest, philosopher and theologian.
1968Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.[†]
National Communications Network (NCN) is a national, state-owned television and radio broadcasting corporation in Guyana. It was formed in 2004 through the merger of the government radio service, Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), and the government-run television service, GTV. NCN's studios are situated on Homestretch Avenue in Georgetown.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]