US officials see little new in his proposals; skeptical of ban on orbiting nuclear weapons

WASHINGTON COOL TO GROMYKO PLAN; Not Much New, Says Capital --Similar Proposal Made by Khrushchev in '62 Text Will Be Studied WASHINGTON COOL TO GROMYKO PLAN Talks to Ailles Prepared

French support for unification linked to policy to support development of neutral states outside Eur

Paris Said to Favor More Neutral States; PARIS SAID TO SEEK NEUTRAL REGIMES French Goal Pondered

Wallace releases 500 Natl Guardsmen, Birmingham

KENNEDY NAMES 2 TO EASE TENSIONS AT BIRMINGHAM; Picks Royall, Ex-Secretary of Army, and Blaik, Former Coach at West Point NEGROES APPLAUD MOVE Drop Appeal for Troops and Accept Panel to Attempt to Bridge Racial Gap Negro Leaders Assured Useful Role Is Sought KENNEDY NAMES 2 TO EASE TENSIONS Mayor Proposes Talks Army Reserve Officers Appointments Welcome Royall Has No Comment

at least 1 million tons of US wheat sought

U.S. Voices Interest In Soviet Grain Deal; U.S. IS INTERESTED IN SOVIET TRADE No Plans Being Made Interest Is Recalled Domestic Market Buoyed

Min Erningpradja repts Shell refinery, Palembang, seized by anti-Malaysian Fed workers and turned over to dist govt; Pres Sukarno reptdly will form comm to supervise refinery

JAKARTA PLEDGES BRITONS' SAFETY; REGRETS ATTACKS; British Evacuate Women and Children From Jakarta

Goldwater says he will 'risk pol suicide' and vote against treaty, s, Sen; says it brings only 'illusion of peace'; objects to halting high-yield tests, in which USSR leads, and permitting low-yield tests, in which USSR lags; Sen Hruska to vote for, Lausche against treaty; Lausche voted for it in Foreign Relations Com; some proposed reservations offered

GOLDWATER SAYS TEST BAN CREATES ILLUSION OF PEACE; Tells Senate He Will Risk 'Political Suicide' to Vote Against Ratification Notes Political Factors Hruska Favors Pact Goldwater Says Test Ban Pact Offers Only an Illusion of Peace

Statues at NY City Hall, Custom House, Fed Hall Memorial and other Downtown NY bldgs defaced by vandal hurling paint-filled light bulbs; 1 illus

Paint Vandal Defaces Five Statues; PAINT THROWER MARS 5 STATUES

Com to Draft Gen Clay formed; seeks prominent pol figure to head it; believes Clay could unite party, beat Kennedy; H Fish, com sec, says Clay is receptive to draft; holds neither Rockefeller nor Goldwater can be nominated and, if nominated, could not win; Clay says he will not seek nomination and is skeptical of draft, int; indicates he would accept 'genuine' draft

CLAY SKEPTICAL ON '64 DRAFT STEP; General Is 'Proud' Friends Back Him, but Declines to Seek G.O.P. Nomination 100 on Committee CLAY SKEPTICAL ON '64 DRAFT STEP A 'Genuine' Draft Registered Republican

A Alexander, Rockefeller cousin, to seek Repub nomination on expected retirement of Repr Wharton; conservative cast of dist seen posing problems for him

Alexander Aldrich, a Cousin Of Governor, to Run for House; Alexander Aldrich, a Cousin Of Governor, to Run for House

SOVIET PROPOSES SUMMIT MEETING ON ARMS IN 1964; U.N. HEARS APPEAL Gromyko Extends Bid --Stevenson Calls Speech 'Welcome' A 'Favorable Wind' Careful Study Promised SOVIET PROPOSES SUMMIT MEETING Safeguards Offered U.S. Role is Hailed Eased Tensions Hailed Schroder Disputes Gromyko

boatswain's mate H D Lane charged with opening flood valve of drydock, Bklyn, resulting in sinking of dock and cutter Tamaroa and damage of over $1 million; ct-martial opens

Coast Guardsman Goes on Trial In Sinking of Cutter in Drydock; TRIAL IN SINKING OF CUTTER OPENS

US interested in sales but says USSR has made no approach

SOVIET SAYS CHINA BARS INDIA ACCORD; Assails Refusal of Peking to Negotiate Settlement of Border Quarrel Warning to Peking Seen SOVIET SAYS CHINA BARS INDIA TALKS

President Kennedy flew here from Washington last night on a 24-hour visit that will include an address to the United Nations General Assembly this morning on the nuclear test-ban treaty.  

PRESIDENT HERE FOR A DAY'S VISIT; Wagner Fails to Greet Him --Kennedy's Parked Car Splattered With Paint Vandals Get Away PRESIDENT HERE FOR A DAY'S VISIT Speculation Stirred Stratton a Factor Flight From Maryland Picketing Today Planned To Fly to Newport

Members of Birmingham Panel

DEFECTOR TERMS SOVIET LIFE 'UGLY'; Seaman Tells House Panel He Was 'Grain of Sand' Studying English Here

Pakistani ex-officer A Masud gets 5-yr jail term for spying for India

Pakistani Gets 5-Year Term For Giving Secrets to India

Annual cong, Rome; Dr Valdoni elected pres

Surgeons Honor Pope's Doctor

addresses Interparliamentary Union; illus

Mrs. Nhu Has Busy Day in Belgrade

MISSION IN SAIGON DEBATES FUND CUT; Political Impact and Better Public Image Foreseen Special Forces a Target Resentment Noted

Govt to increase '64 spending by 7.5% but plans lowest deficit since '52; figures

FRANCE FORESEES RECORD SPENDING; But 18.5-Billion Budget Calls for Deficit Cut in 1964

Rahman says he will conf with Sukarno and Macapagal but only in Kuala Lumpur; Malaysian youth invade Indonesian Amb's home, Kuala Lumpur; detain some officials and remain several hrs

MALAYSIAN CHIEF OPEN TO MEETING; But Insists Indonesian and Filipino Come to See Him Reverses His Position Envoy's Home Invaded

Ceylon Chief to Visit Soviet

Premier Ikeda (Japan) to try to seek solution

Ikeda to Seek Accord

Khrushchev, citing cheap power in Siberia, urges new indus there, s, Astrakhan; says hydroelec works to be built on lower Volga is last big power source in Eur part of USSR

Khrushchev Urges Growth Of Industries in Siberia

Met Chrysostomos criticizes Athenagoras for calling conf

Greeks Reproach Patriarch For Calling Church Parley

Anil Dalpat Sonavaria is a Pakistani former cricketer and coach. He was a lower-order batsman and wicketkeeper, and represented Pakistan for a brief interval in the early 1980s, when Wasim Bari was injured. He was the first Hindu ever to play Test cricket for Pakistan.

September 20, 1963

Headlines from September 20, 1963

WASHINGTON COOL TO GROMYKO PLAN; Not Much New, Says Capital --Similar Proposal Made by Khrushchev in '62 Text Will Be Studied WASHINGTON COOL TO GROMYKO PLAN Talks to Ailles Prepared

Paris Said to Favor More Neutral States; PARIS SAID TO SEEK NEUTRAL REGIMES French Goal Pondered

U.S. Voices Interest In Soviet Grain Deal; U.S. IS INTERESTED IN SOVIET TRADE No Plans Being Made Interest Is Recalled Domestic Market Buoyed

JAKARTA PLEDGES BRITONS' SAFETY; REGRETS ATTACKS; British Evacuate Women and Children From Jakarta

Billboard 200

My Son; The Nut

Trini Lopez At PJ's

Bye Bye Birdie

Peter; Paul And Mary

(Moving)

Notable Births

Historical Context for September 20, 1963