Communist Chinese lr to Soviet Communist party Central Com notes concern over USSR econ, offers aid

PEKING REJECTS CALL BY MOSCOW FOR CONFERENCE; Warns That a World Parley Might Lead to Open Split in Communist Movement; OFFER OF AID SURNED; China Says It Can't ‘Trust’ Russians on Assistance—Charges Trade Abuse

Johnson addresses Ga legislators, Atlanta, and crowd of over 40,000, gainesville; visits poor families; triumphantly recd; returns to Washington

JOHNSON APPEALS IN SOUTH FOR END TO RACE BARRIERS; In 2 Georgia Speeches, He Asks the Burial Forever of Sectional ‘Dead Issues’; HUGE CROWDS TURN OUT; Atlantans Line Streets to Cheer President—He Gets Ovation in Gainesville

Pres Johnson orders Sec Wirtz to enter dispute; Meany sends AFL-CIO civil rights dept dir D S Slaiman and asst dir W G Davis to get data; local again denies dispute is racial

President Enters Plumbers' Dispute

NYS Sup Ct Justice Chimera orders Powell arrested for contempt of ct after Cong adjourns; finds substantial support for position that Cong member is privileged from civil process during session

POELL'S ARREST ORDERED BY COURT; But He Is Immune Till House Adjourns, Judge Rule  —Representative Pleased

Kennedy and Dirksen optimistic on reaching accord on Title II; Dirksen reveals his proposed amendment to it; enforcement provision differs mainly from HR bill version in barring Atty Gen from initiating legal action; differences detailed

Rights Accord Near On Accommodations

major distillers notify NYS retailers they will try to enforce minimum retail prices when SLA controls end; Schenley Distillers and '21' Brands assurances cited; distillers will act under Feld-Crawford Fair-Trade Act, negate intent of new law

DISTILLERS MOVE TO KEEP UP PRICE OF RETAIL LIQUOR; Will Use Fair‐Trade Act in Attempt to Void Effect of Rockefeller Program

tape-recording reptdly indicates pilot end other crewmen were shot at controls; FBI had revolver found in wreckage; bone with hole possibly caused by bullet found; passenger and crew list

Pilot Reported Calling, ‘I’ve Been Shot,’ Before Crash That Killed 44 on Coast

NYS virtually guarantees NY Blue Cross avg 32.92% rate rise as Supt Stern rejects application for new method of setting rates but pledges 'immediate consideration' of new rate rise application without proposal for new rating method; he sees rate rise vital to enable Blue Cross to survive through '65

BLUE CROSS WINS STATE ASSURANCE OF 32% INCREASE; Rise for 7.4 Million Pledged if Plea for a New Rating System is Postponed

Cambodian armored vehicle destroys S Vietnam armored troop carrier that strayed 1/4 mi into Cambodian territory in pursuit of guerrillas; map; Nguyen Khanh concerned; hopes to avoid crisis

Vietnamese Vehicle Blasted in Cambodia

SHAPE reptdly sees force not yet operational, contradicting French impression

France Is Disputed On Combat Ability Of Her Atom Force

Members of com that H S Truman headed as Sen during World War II give him dinner on his 80th birthday

TRUMAN, 80 FETED, AND HE CHOKES UP; Receives Standing Ovation as He Speaks in Senate—Is Chipper on Walk

House Speaker Thompson, 25 others indicted in probe of crime and corruption in Govt; indictments include 137 counts chiefly charging bribery and conspiracy; 9 small loan cos and officials and 1 ad agency also indicted; indictment details not released; those indicted include ex-Speaker C Gibbons and 3 previously indicted on other counts; they are suspended State Police head Giles, Exec Counselor Crimmins, Small Loans Div suspended Dir Hanley

Massachusetts Speaker and 25 Indicted in Corruption Inquiry

Front Page 1 -- No Title

Dir Shriver asks business to help train workers under Govt antipoverty program, s, Business Council; says Govt weighs subcontracting much of training program

Business Is Asked To Give $30 Million To Combat Poverty

LEOPOLDVILLE, May 8 (UPI)&#8212;Seventeen of 22 prisoners died of suffocation when they were locked in a small cell without windows in the South Kasai Province town of Mweneditu, the Congolese press reported today.

Article 2 -- No title

Govt begins granting exit visas for 175 in asylum in foreign embassies since coup

Brazil Begins the Exiling Of Refugees in Embassies

ex-clerk T Paczula says guards were rewarded for slaughtering prisoners; identifies J Klehr as killer; says E Hantl did not commit individual acts of brutality; L Czekalski identifies over half of defendants

Nazis Rewarded for Slaughter In Auschwitz, Camp Doctor Says; Witness at Trial of 21 Ex‐Guards Tells of Extra Pay for Wholesale Killing—Some of Accused Identified

Thanat Khoman says Thailand may be forced to reassess position as guarantor of '62 Geneva accords, notes to GB and USSR; holds Pathet Lao violations threaten Thai security; Souvanna Phouma defies opposition, repts plans for Cabinet reshuffle

THAIS WARN BRITAIN AND SOVIET ON LAOS

Special Committee on Colonialism &#8212; Began discussion of nine&#8208;nation draft resolution on Aden; heard petition of Mrs. Janet Jagan, Minister of Home Affairs in British Guiana.

The Proceedings In the U. N.

De Gaulle Marks V‐E Day in Paris

Card's salvage delayed by mech difficulties

Salvage of Card Delayed

3 USSR warships in Copenhagen to prepare for Khrushchev's arrival June 16 for 15-day tour of Scandinavia

Soviet Navy Visits Denmark

Sec Rusk in Brussels for talks prior to Mins Council conf

BONN AGAIN URGES UNIFIATIO TALK; Presses Allies to Bring Up Issue With Moscow

3 priests flee Kivu mission after terrorist attack

3 PRIESTS IN CONGO ESCAPE TERRORISTS

purchase of indus equipment in 6 Western countries reptd

May 9, 1964

Headlines from May 9, 1964

PEKING REJECTS CALL BY MOSCOW FOR CONFERENCE; Warns That a World Parley Might Lead to Open Split in Communist Movement; OFFER OF AID SURNED; China Says It Can't ‘Trust’ Russians on Assistance—Charges Trade Abuse

JOHNSON APPEALS IN SOUTH FOR END TO RACE BARRIERS; In 2 Georgia Speeches, He Asks the Burial Forever of Sectional ‘Dead Issues’; HUGE CROWDS TURN OUT; Atlantans Line Streets to Cheer President—He Gets Ovation in Gainesville

President Enters Plumbers' Dispute

POELL'S ARREST ORDERED BY COURT; But He Is Immune Till House Adjourns, Judge Rule —Representative Pleased

Rights Accord Near On Accommodations

Billboard 200

The Beatles' Second Album

Meet The Beatles!

Hello; Dolly!

Glad All Over

Honey In The Horn

Historical Context for May 9, 1964