Thursday, February 1, 1968

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The Headlines

HUGHES RULES OUT ANY TAX INCREASE; Plans Bond Issues in Fall to Finance Construction-$1.1-Billion Budget Due HUGHES RULES OUT ANY TAX INCREASE

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Green Tambourine

The Lemon Pipers

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Hot Wheels

On This Day

• Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.

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• Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.

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• The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Boris Yeltsin (1931)
• Clark Gable (1901)
• John Ford (1894)
• Langston Hughes (1902)
• Emilio Segrè (1905)

Slang

Tech Check

Computer Mouse (Demo), Boeing 747 & 911 Emergency System.

Cost of Living (1960)