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Johnson named AP top newsmaker of 1968
Lyndon B. Johnson 60, in his final year as president, tops AP editors’ list of 1968 newsmakers. The year featured his Vietnam war actions and peace talks, a nonproliferation treaty signing, and his public policy pushes. Also noted: Dubcek’s reforms and the Soviet invasion. The package cites Barnard, Ford II, Shanker, Pope Paul VI, McLain, and Kennedy as other movers.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Associated Press
Johnson
White House
U.S
Asia
South Vietnam
Thieu
Honolulu
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Dubeck
Czech Communist Party
Dubcek
Cierna
Bratislava
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Christain Barnard
Henry Ford II
Albert Shanker
Pope Paul VI
Denny McLain
Rowan and Martin
William Styron
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Christian Barnard
Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Barnard