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assn announces plans for reinforcement of its policy of strict 'by the book' handling of air traffic in met area; move seen raising prospects for traffic snarls during mid-Dec build-up of vacation travel
raises excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, oil and consumer goods by 10%; move will take some $600-million out of home demand
de Gaulle, on 78th birthday, is greeted with bitterness and recrimination from all segments of population under assumption he will devalue franc; criticism directed at him personally, charging he has overplayed policy of independence and that his policy of 'narrow nationalism' has backfired; head-on collision between labor and mgt which might further disrupt econ seen in reactions of Gen Labor Confed head G Seguy and mfrs assn spokesman P Huvelin
BONN, Nov. 22 -- France today lost her monetary battle with West Germany to force a revaluation of the mark. She was expected to announce over the weekend a decision to devalue the franc.
Lindsay visits Jerusalem Mayor Kollek at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 20, 1968, covering November 23, 1968.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Big Brother And The Holding Company
Jose Feliciano
Steppenwolf
The Rascals
1968Miloš Babić, Serbian basketball player[†]
Miloš Babić is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He is a 7'0" 240 lb power forward/center.
1968Robert Denmark, English runner and coach[†]
Robert Neil "Rob" Denmark is a British former middle- and long-distance runner who won a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 1994 European Championships, and a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships. A two-time Olympian, he finished seventh in the 5000 metres final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
1968Anthony Sullivan, English rugby league and union player[†]
Anthony Clive Sullivan is a Welsh former professional dual-code international rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level in the Championship for Hull Kingston Rovers, and in the Championship, and the Super League for St. Helens, as a wing, and representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff RFC, as a wing. He is the son of Wales (RL) international Clive Sullivan.
1968Kirsty Young, Scottish journalist[†]
Kirsty Jackson Young is a Scottish television and radio presenter.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]