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In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]
1968Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player[†]
Francisco Javier Clavet González de Castejón, known as Pato Clavet, is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won eight singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 1992 Indian Wells Masters and the 1999 Miami Masters, and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 18 in July 1992. He reached No. 16 at the Champions Race, after winning in Scottsdale in 2001.
1968Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator[†]
Mark Daniel Walton is an American storyboard artist and voice actor who has worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, Blue Sky Studios, Warner Animation Group, and other companies. He currently works for Illumination, as of 2023. Walton also voiced Rhino the hamster in the 2008 animated film Bolt.
1968Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic[†]
Robert Elliott Wilonsky is an American journalist, and the former host of Higher Definition, an interview program on the cable television network HDNet.
Exec bds of Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative) and Central Conf of Amer Rabbis (Reform) meet for 1st time, NYC, and agree to cooperate in developing 'liberal religious alternative' to Orthodox Judaism in Israel; participants hold Orthodoxy fails to meet needs of many young Israelis and drives them away from religion entirely
Cardinal Cushing defends marriage, rejects suggestions that wife is 'excommunicated' from ch and is a 'pub sinner'
27th session; US does not receive satisfactory answer from N Vietnam to its proposal; Amer spokesman says US remains hopeful; allied diplomats say door is still open; Amer spokesman puts generally pessimistic interpretation on session, but refuses to interpret anything said by N Vietnam as categorical rebuff of US initiative; Harriman raises speculation about possibility of secret contacts between both sides; says 'we're going to meet tomorrow'; officials describe remark as slip of tongue; Xuan Thuy renews demands that US recognize and negotiate with NLF; Harriman accuses Xuan Thuy of extravagant claims in behalf of NLF; N Vietnam raises objections against S Vietnamese Govt; Nguyen Van Thieu and Bunker meet in long talk; US has kept USSR informed on diplomatic efforts to achieve breakthrough; meetings between Rusk and Amb Dobrynin noted; US stand on bombing halt and secret contacts with N Vietnam noted
2 Repub-sponsored polls show Nixon leading Humphrey in NYS but differ sharply in trend they appear to indicate; poll taken for Repub State Campaign Com gives Nixon 47%, Humphrey 42%; Campaign Opinion Studies poll commissioned under Repub auspices ind of Nixon orgn shows Nixon's lead has narrowed to 2%, 41% for Nixon, 39% for Humphrey, 9% for Wallace with 11% undecided; NY Daily News straw poll finds Nixon's lead has dropped to 2%
Nixon says Humphrey's campaign behavior confuses talks, s, Mich
firemen start job action, refusing to perform nonemergency duties; Lindsay again confs with all parties
T Hayden tells Pres comm on violence that student movement will accelerate using any tactics that seem suitable to stop war
table shows trend of voting in East since '36
astronauts fly to Cape Kennedy; spacecraft to be returned to N Amer Rockwell Corp, Downey, Calif, for inspection, particularly of balky elec system; Johnson approves Eisele's promotion to lt col in line with established policy of promoting astronauts after their 1st space flight; illus of Cunningham on 9th day of flight and expended Saturn 1-B stage 125-mi above Cape Kennedy
Czech Acad of Sciences issues document denouncing USSR explanation of Czech invasion; scores USSR reservation of right to intervene in other socialist states
at rallies at Alamo, San Antonio, El Paso, Harlingen, Tex, and in Watts sec of Los Angeles