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Govt bans student march to commem closing of univs World War II; students plan sit-ins at Prague U
Sources in US mission in Saigon rept Vietcong pol agents quietly held elections this summer in hundreds of S Vietnamese villages; say agents told people that 'authority is being returned to people' after more than 20 yrs of struggle; describe elections as efforts by Vietcong to create 'appearance of a quasi-governmental and administrative body' that could participate in coalition govt; quote Vietcong prisoner; Amer officers describe vietcong effort as 'sham'
US Commerce Dept eases rules for direct investments abroad by US cos in '69 so that cos can begin planning but notes program could be changed or abandoned by incoming Nixon Adm; no Nixon repr consulted; new rules increase minimum investment allowance from $200,000 to $300,000, permit optional investment quota equal to 20% of earnings of foreign affiliates in 3 geog areas, permit greater shifting of quotas among areas
Nixon, through intermediaries, has assured Johnson he has no intention of intruding upon his conduct of affairs
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 13, 1968, covering November 16, 1968.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Big Brother And The Holding Company
The Rascals
Jose Feliciano
Steppenwolf
1968Tammy Lauren, American actress[†]
Tammy Lauren is an American film and television actress. She starred in the 1997 horror film Wishmaster.
1968Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (died 2014)[†]
Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. She represented the Allagadda constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for four terms until 2012 when she resigned due to political turmoil in her party. She served as the chairperson of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) and was the spokesperson for Prajarajyam party, having previously been General Secretary and also a state committee member in Telugu Desam Party. In 2012, she left the Prajarajyam party and joined the newly formed YSR Congress. Her husband Bhuma Nagi Reddy was also a politician who served twice as a Member of Legislative Assembly and thrice as a Member of Parliament.
1968Melvin Stewart, American swimmer[†]
Melvin Monroe Stewart Jr. is an American swimming promoter, former competition swimmer and world record-holder who won two gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He is the co-founder and publisher of the swimming news website, SwimSwam, and a producer-director of commercials through his company, Gold Medal Media.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]