Second Spot on Humphrey Slate Reported Offered to Rockefeller; Second Spot on Humphrey's Ticket Is Reported to Have Been Offered to Rockefeller by Peabody
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50 union teachers return to Ocean Hill-Brownsville classrooms without incident; 25 others set to return; 3 suspended principals leave schools after Johnson threatens to close schools; illus; Educ Bd lawyers ask Appeals Ct to overturn lower ct ruling against apptmt of 3; JHS 271 student D Stewart charges F Nauman, UFT chap chmn, injured his finger during altercation; Nauman charges youth attacked him; Educ Bd agrees to retain, at least till Dec 1, 23 teachers hired during strike by Two Bridges School Dist, Lower E Side
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Defense Dept manpower experts rept percentage of coll graduates among new draftees has risen to 16% since July when grad students became eligible for induction; pre-July figure was under 5%; percentage seen increasing further as calls rise to meet larger quotas expected for remainder of fiscal '69
France reptdly stands firm against unilateral devaluation of franc; maintains devaluation would have to be part of worldwide revision of exch rates; French press and TV commentators hold to Govt view that internatl monetary system created at Bretton Woods, NH, in '44 is 'sick' and headed for disaster: argue that system has allowed GB and US to run huge payments deficits, flooding system with paper instead of gold, and that system must be reformed on basis of impartial gold standard; reaction to crisis, Paris, seen generally calm if resigned; scene outside Bourse illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 20, 1968, covering November 21, 1968.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Big Brother And The Holding Company
Jose Feliciano
Steppenwolf
The Rascals
1968Jan Bertels, Belgian politician[†]
Jan Bertels is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of Vooruit, he has represented Antwerp since June 2024. He had previously been a member of the Chamber of Representatives from June 2019 to November 2020. He was a member of the Flemish Parliament from June 2014 to May 2019.
1968Andy Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer[†]
Andrew Richard Caddick is a former cricketer who played for England as a fast bowler in Tests and ODIs. At 6 ft 5in, Caddick was a successful bowler for England for a decade, taking 13 five-wicket hauls in Test matches. He spent his entire English domestic first-class cricket career at Somerset County Cricket Club, and then played one Minor Counties match for Wiltshire in 2009.
1968Alex James, English singer-songwriter, bass player[†]
Steven Alexander James is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Blur. He has also played with the bands Fat Les, Me Me Me, WigWam and Bad Lieutenant.
1968Antonio Tarver, American boxer, sportscaster, and actor[†]
Antonio Deon Tarver is an American former professional boxer and boxing commentator. In boxing he competed from 1997 to 2015, and held multiple light heavyweight world championships, including the WBA (Unified), WBC, IBF and Ring magazine titles, as well as the IBO light heavyweight and cruiserweight titles.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]