The Year - 1968
The Family News..:

Patsy Farenga, husband of Margaret (Bagnole), died suddenly of unknown cause on April 1st in Chicago.
LaVerne Bagnole married Frank Stenson on July 27th in Chicago.

The #1 Songs Were .....
Grazing in the GrassHugh Masekela
Green TambourineThe Lemon Pipers
Harper Valley P.T.A.Jeannie C. Riley
Hello, I Love YouThe Doors
Hey JudeThe Beatles
HoneyBobby Goldsboro
I Heard It Through the GrapevineMarvin Gaye
Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)John Fred & His Playboy Band
Love ChildDiana Ross & The Supremes
Mrs. RobinsonSimon & Garfunkel
People Got to Be FreeThe Rascals
(Sittin' on) the Dock of the BayOtis Redding
This Guy's in Love with YouHerb Alpert
Tighten UpArchie Bell & The Drells


AT THE MOVIES....
Best Picture - Oliver!, John Woolf.
Other Nominees - Funny Girl, Lion in Winter, Rachel Rachel, Romeo and Juliet.

Best Actor - Cliff Robertson, Charly.
Other Nominees - Alan Bates, Alan Arkin, Peter O'Toole, Ron Moody.

Best Actress - Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl & Katharine Hepburn, Lion in Winter.
Other Nominees - Vanessa Redgrave, Joanne Woodward, Patricia Neal.

Supporting Actor - Jack Albertson, Subject Was Roses.
Other Nominees - Seymour Cassel, Jack Wild, Gene Wilder, Daniel Massey

Supporting Actress - Ruth Gordon, Rosemary's Baby.
Other Nominees - Lynn Carlin, Kay Medford, Sondra Locke, Estelle Parsons.

Best Director - Carol Reed, Oliver!
Original Screenplay - Mel Brooks, Producers.
Adapted Screenplay - James Goldman, Lion in Winter.
Best Sound - Shepperton, Oliver!.
Visual Effects - Stanley Kubrick , 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Best Song - "The Windmills of Your Mind", Thomas Crown Affair.
Cartoon - Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Walt Disney, awarded posthumous.

In The News..:
North Korea seizes U.S. Navy ship Pueblo; holds 83 on board as spies (Jan. 23).
Tet offensive, turning point in Vietnam war (Jan.-Feb.).
My Lai massacre (March 16).
President Johnson announces he will not seek or accept presidential renomination (March 31).
Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, is slain in Memphis (April 4)�James Earl Ray, indicted in murder, captured in London on June 8. In 1969 Ray pleads guilty and is sentenced to 99 years.
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is shot and critically wounded in Los Angeles hotel after winning California primary (June 5)�dies June 6. Sirhan B. Sirhan convicted 1969.
Czechoslovakia is invaded by Russians and Warsaw Pact forces to crush liberal regime (Aug. 20).

Last updated on Thursday, May 04, 2000