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In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 6, 1968, covering November 12, 1968.
Big Brother And The Holding Company
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Jose Feliciano
The Rascals
The Chambers Brothers
Jefferson Airplane
Steppenwolf
Arthur
Cream
Glen Campbell
1968Kathleen Hanna, American singer-songwriter[†]
Kathleen Hanna is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. She is the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill and fronted the electropunk band Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since 2010, she has recorded as the Julie Ruin.
1968Sammy Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player[†]
Samuel Peralta Sosa is a Dominican-American former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Chicago Cubs. After playing for the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox, Sosa joined the Cubs in 1992 and became regarded as one of the game's best hitters. Sosa hit his 400th home run in his 1,354th game and his 5,273rd at-bat, reaching this milestone quicker than any player in National League history. He is one of nine players in MLB history to hit 600 career home runs.
1968Aaron Stainthorpe, English-German singer-songwriter[†]
Aaron Stainthorpe is an English singer who is the lead vocalist for doom metal band My Dying Bride and the goth metal band High Parasite.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield in NYS to start program, spring '69, for prepayment of most dental costs; stress will be on preventive dentistry; Blue Cross vp Dr M A Freedman comments
2-mo delay expected to be granted Foreman to prepare defense case; Huie article in coming Look magazine hints Ray contends blond Cuban named Raoul recruited Ray in plot to kill King in hopes of creating dissension between whites and Negroes in US; quotes Ray as saying he was unaware plot was to murder King or anyone else; other highlights detailed
Cabinet orders indefinite suspension of Central Com's own wkly Politika, reptdly for embarrassing party leader Dubcek in his dealings with Russians; pro-Moscow Communists in Central Com to publish own wkly, Socialist World; Wieseler, Reichert, Dexle and Peschke expelled; Mazel forced to leave when Govt declines to extend his visa
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -The nation's Roman Catholic bishops moved today toward a possible effort to ease the consciences of Catholic couples who cannot accept the papal ban on artificial contraception.
McNamara, on way to Kabul, Afghanistan, on IBRD business, stops off at Moscow for conf with Premier Kosygin on unrelated business
dispute over S Vietnam's boycott of talks grows beyond dimensions of formal diplomatic argument and causes deep resentment in Amer community against Saigon officials; highly-placed Amers say this resentment is major reason why Abrams joins Bunker in urging Amers to show understanding toward S Vietnamese and their refusal to participate in negotiations with separate teams representing N Vietnam and NLF; Amer sources say there is official concern that resentment, if it goes unchecked, would effect working relationships with S Vietnamese; say there is despondent feeling among Amer officials who feel chances of allied victory maybe fading; gloom results from S Vietnamese recalcitrance; officials fear impact in US; Abrams and Bunker statements noted; some Amers contend Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky have united against US; are especially resentful because there is no way for Amer mission to 'fight back' without arousing still more Amer anger both in Saigon and in US
enemy soldiers in buffer zone shell US marines in S Vietnam for 1st time since Johnson stopped bombing of N Vietnam; Amer mil spokesman says marines counterattacked with planes and arty; repts 4 Amers killed, 41 wounded; highly-placed Amer sources say shelling is considered serious; details on attacks; White House says shelling should be referred to Gen Abrams; map
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Nixon, after White House meeting with Johnson, says Johnson Adm will speak for his Adm as well as its own on foreign affairs for next 2 mos; suggests 1-voice policy might lead to action and progress toward peace
Shanker rejects new Lindsay proposal calling for special 3-man panel to be set up by Allen which would weigh charges brought by union against McCoy and Ocean Hill-Brownsville principals; cites objections to proposal; Doar reptdly also unhappy with Lindsay plan
Amer negotiators in Paris feel N Vietnam has kept its side of bargain that ended Amer bombing, despite differences over interpreting recent enemy attacks in S Vietnam; Amer officials say they will be 'watching closely' for repetition of recent mil incidents