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Mayor Lindsay outlines plans for pks on Welfare Is, NYC, modeled after Tivoli Gardens
Perrotta says city will try to raise income tax on commuters to level of tax on residents and try to persuade state to collect tax, TV int; does not rule out rise in income tax rates
bitterness and dejection sweep Lebanon; loss put at $43.8-million; 2 Israeli reconnaissance jets fly over airport, forcing troops to take cover; Lebanon's AA guns and Air Force take no action; illus; US Amb Porter offers aid of US officials in approaches to Amer plane mfrs and financial circles to help restore air services, meeting with Helou and Premier Yaffi; says US 'cannnot understand or condone' raid; Helou and Yaffi conf with Ambs of Security Council permanent members; Ghorra to seek immediate Council session; Hussein, Kuwait, Pan Amer, Aeroflot (USSR) offer aid; Tunisian Pres Bourguiba message to Helou conveys hope that raid will stir world's conscience; Middle East Airlines chmn Allamuddin repts fine will carry on business as usual with own resources while collecting ins from Lloyd's of London; airline officials conlude 8 Israeli helicopters were used in raid; aircraft losses detailed; Lebanese Internatl Airways lost 3 planes
Manned Spacecraft Center officials see crew motivated by scientific curiosity about space travel; Lt Col Perry, psychiatrist who int candidates for space missions, 64-67, says Apollo 8 crew seems 'much more scientifically oriented' than earlier astronauts; tendency of 3 astronauts to shun controversy noted; Borman reptdly offered Christmas Eve prayer to express strong desire for peace
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Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 25, 1968, covering December 30, 1968.
The Beatles
Glen Campbell
Big Brother And The Holding Company
Steppenwolf
Judy Collins
1968Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer[†]
Bryan Burk is an American film and television producer.
1968Adam Dale, Australian cricketer[†]
Adam Craig Dale is an Australian former cricketer who played in two Test matches and 30 One Day Internationals between 1997 and 2000. He played in first-class and List A cricket for Queensland Bulls and in club cricket for North Melbourne Cricket Club, Heidelberg Cricket Club, Northcote Cricket Club, Old Paradians Cricket Club and Research Cricket Club. Dale was a part of the Australian team that won the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
1968Sandra Glover, American hurdler[†]
Sandra Glover is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 400-meter hurdles. She was a medalist in that event at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003 (silver) and 2005 (bronze). She also represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was the national champion at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships for four consecutive years from 1999 to 2002. She had five victories on the IAAF Golden League circuit during her career.
1968Albano Mucci, Australian activist[†]
Albano Mucci, known as Al Mucci and Wildlife Al. Albano is a champion for environmental management and animal conservation and social justice for Australia's Indigenous Peoples.
1968Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1896)[†]
Trygve Halvdan Lie was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first secretary-general of the United Nations.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]