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Johnson congratulatory message to Nixon, elected Pres, stresses desire to aid in power transfer; transition process and machinery described; briefing documents noted
Nixon takes note of div in US and pledges to bend every effort to restore unity, victory statement; recalls campaign poster held by teen-ager during Deshler, Ohio, rally that read Bring Us Together' and says that will be Adm's aim; says his will be open Adm, 'open to new ideas, open to men and women of both parties, open to critics as well as those who support us'; Nixon, while pledging to bring in 'fresh team,' is also seen eager to insure some continuity with past and to include 1 or 2 Dems in Cabinet; his present campaign staff aides seen forming core of his personal White House staff; task forces he has at work studying major problems noted; Nixon illus holding facsimile of Pres seal embroidered by daughter Julie
Eban gives Jarring memo holding Israeli attitude toward UAR boundary problem will be governed by her security needs and maintenance of protection of Israeli navigation in Tiran Strait; memo is 1st Israeli definition with any precision of position on Sinai Peninsula; does not apparently link demand for Israeli use of Suez Canal to boundary issue; seen aimed at rebutting Riad charge that Israeli policy is expansionist; Western diplomats see it meaning Israel would not reject returning demilitarized Sinai to UAR; memo poses series of questions on UAR peace position; details; Eban asks for meeting with Riad under Jarring auspices to discuss all points at issue; strategic and econ importance to Israel of Tiran Strait discussed; Riad gets memo from Jarring; holds it contains nothing new on withdrawal from occupied areas, says situation remains deadlocked, int; plans to leave for Cairo for consultations; says 'door remains open' for Jarring efforts; says his departure is not a breaking-off of talks by UAR
Humphrey-Muskie defeated in 1 of closest campaigns in US Pres history; Muskie seen emerging as 'exciting' new natl figure
NYC police arrest Brakefield and about 125 students who refused to obey coll adm order to vacate student center; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 6, 1968, covering November 7, 1968.
Big Brother And The Holding Company
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Jose Feliciano
The Rascals
The Chambers Brothers
1968Russ Springer, American baseball player[†]
Russell Paul Springer is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Springer made his major league debut on April 17, 1992, with the New York Yankees. He also pitched for the California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, and Cincinnati Reds. He was a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks when they won the 2001 World Series, and was a member of the Houston Astros when they went to the World Series in 2005.
1968Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer and coach (born 1901)[†]
Gordon Richard James Coventry was a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
1968Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, cryptographer, and academic (born 1906)[†]
Alexander Osipovich Gelfond was a Soviet mathematician. Gelfond's theorem, also known as the Gelfond–Schneider theorem, is named after him.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]