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THE nation's high-flying economy, for the most part, continues to soar upward -well beyond the turning point envisioned by most economic observers last June when a program of fiscal restraint was finally harnessed to it.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 12 -- Frustration piled on frustration for Notre Dame today before it came up with a late attack that defeated Northwestern, a team rocky but spirited following losses to Southern California and Purdue.
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 12 -- Despite a lacerated left eyebrow, which required five stitches in] the first quarter, Brian Dowling treated 29,511 spectators today to the most spectacular individual offensive performance in Yale's distinguished football history.
The United States Steel Corporation may be opening a Pandora's box.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 9, 1968, covering October 13, 1968.
Big Brother And The Holding Company
The Doors
Jose Feliciano
The Rascals
Glen Campbell
1968Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress and singer[†]
Tisha Michelle Campbell is an American actress and singer. She made her screen debut appearing in the 1986 rock musical comedy film Little Shop of Horrors, and later starred on the NBC musical comedy drama Rags to Riches (1987–1988). She has appeared in films including School Daze (1988), Rooftops (1989), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Boomerang (1992), and Sprung (1997). She received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for playing Sidney in the comedy film House Party (1990). She reprises the role of Sidney in the sequels House Party 2 (1991) and House Party 3 (1994).
1968Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (born 1906)[†]
Beatrice Benaderet was an American actress and comedienne. Born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, she began performing in Bay Area theatre and radio before embarking on a Hollywood career that spanned over three decades. Benaderet first specialized in voice-over work in the golden age of radio, appearing on numerous programs while working with comedians of the era such as Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, and Lucille Ball. Her expertise in dialect and characterization led to her becoming Warner Bros.' leading voice of female characters in their animated cartoons of the early 1940s through the mid-1950s.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]