January 10, 1965

MONTREAL, Jan. 9 -- Bill Hicke, traded away less than a month ago by Montreal, scored three goals, including the winning one, tonight to give the New York Rangers a 6-5 victory over the Canadiens.

leaders near accord on leadership; Bliss seen succeeding Burch and Natl Com will take 'positive action' to reaffirm party's faith in Goldwater as major Repub figure; com will also express desire that Goldwater's hard-core conservative backers continue to be active in party; several principals in negotiations say Goldwater thinks his detractors seek to repudiate him as natl figure and to ruin his chances of being elected to Sen again; Goldwater's friends phone non-Goldwater leaders to urge truce on pub statements for next few days to avoid possible anti-Goldwater outbursts; Minn Repub Central Com votes to back no-confidence stand against Burch

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President Sukarno of Indonesia has been called shrewd manipulator of men and events. He has also been called erratic, irresponsible and, according to one British official, "dotty." At home his efforts are concentrated on holding a balance between the two most powerful forces in the country -the Army and the Communist party.

IN New York a neighbor could drop out of sight for months and not be missed. Back in September these pages carried a fistful of Actors Studio Theater plans including a revival of Clifford Odets's "The Flowering Peach" to have been directed by Lee Strasberg who, with Cheryl Crawford, guides the organization's destinies. So, what happened? A fair question, Miss Crawford and Mr. Strasberg agreed.