to offer bill to create NYS authority to take over Blue Cross and set up statewide system with standard benefits and rates based on population; Controller Levitt completes pilot audit of Albany Blue Cross; Blue Cross execs comment on Rockefeller plan

State Unit Sought To Run Blue Cross; STATE UNIT SOUGHT TO RUN BLUE CROSS

Pres Johnson faces decision whether to increase US mil aid to Congo, with likely adverse reaction elsewhere in Africa, or see situation deteriorate; US aid detailed

Johnson Facing Decision On More Arms for Congo; Increase in Aid for Tshombe's Regime, Despite Protests of Africans, Is Held Necessary to Meet Rebel Gains JOHNSON IS FACING DECISION ON CONGO

behind-scenes efforts to end strike collapse; Wurf, Tepedino rept to union meetings; score city refused to guarantee not to invoke Condon-Wadlin penalties; Dumpson says 5,000 new relief applicants recd emergency aid since strike began; says only small number of 4,500 persons who normally go off rolls in 2 wks have been removed

PEACE TALK FAILS IN WELFARE TIE-UP; Unions Attribute Breakdown to City's Refusal to Bar Penalties for Strikers

use and effects of sales taxes in these states surveyed, analyzed; estab taxes seen permanent

37 States Use Levy; 37 States With Sales Taxes Regard Them as Chief Source of Fiscal Stability

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World Council of Chs officials see easing of Govt attitude in Kommunist (pub) article noting increasing opportunities for Marxist-Christian cooperation

Soviet Said to Ease Christianity Stand; A SOVIET EASING ON RELIGION SEEN

Johnsons fly from Tex ranch with Gov and Mrs Connally and Tex relatives and friends who will attend inauguration

PRESIDENT PLANS 88 NEW PROJECTS TO FIGHT POVERTY; $101 Million Is Allocated to 33 States -- New York Area Will Get Million RANCH VISIT IS ENDED Johnson to Outline Defense Objectives in Message to Congress Today PRESIDENT PLANS POVERTY PROJECTS

US depts have quietly started seeking compliance with '64 Civil Rights Act Title VI permitting US to cut off funds from Fed-aided programs if racial discrimination is practiced; 300-400 programs carried on by 23 depts and involving billions of dollars yrly are covered; drafting of regulations nearly finished; 2d phase of seeking assurance from aid recipients that there is no discrimination in their programs has begun; efforts to avoid bureaucratic snarl noted

U.S. Uses Power of Purse To Spur Rights Progress; U.S. Uses the Power of the Purse to Stimulate Compliance With Rights Act

Y R Okamoto returns as personal photographer on part-time basis

PITTSBURGH GETS FORD SCHOOL AID; $2.5 Million Grant to Go to All Schools in System -- City to Add $2 Million

condition worsens; Queen prays for recovery; Pope sends message

Churchill Described As Losing Ground; Whole Nation Prays; CHURCHILL EBBS; ALL NATION PRAYS

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Jan. 17 -- The Secretary General, U Thant, will present a bleak picture of the United Nations financial position when the General Assembly reconvenes tomorrow.  

U.N. TO RECONVENE TODAY WITH THANT CITING FUND CRISIS; Secretary Expected to Tell Assembly It Must Provide for February Payrolls

Wagner, Weinstein, Jones, Travia unsuccessfully conf on possible compromise candidate for Sen leader; Wagner seen unable to keep his forces in line; Sen Wilson to switch from Mackell; Begley says he is not candidate, int; McKeon sees Bronston backers implementing caucus plan; Thaler sees Wagner forces boycotting caucus; Wagner seen believing he cannot win in caucus, that his pol future is threatened and therefore decided to attack McKeon; Kennedy bars involvement; Bronston belittles Wagner's charges; claims he reneged on caucus plan

WAGNER SEEKING NEW COMPROMISE IN ALBANY FIGHT; Fails in Secret Meeting to Pick Senate Candidate -- Mackell Backers Waver

2,000 students and Buddhists demonstrate, Hue; demand Tran Van Huong ouster; 500 demonstrate, Dalat, clash with police; 4 students shot and injured

4 DEMONSTRATORS SHOT IN VIETNAM; Hue and Dalat Crowds Call for Ouster of Premier -- Vietcong Ambush Fails

Rockefeller seen leaning toward sales tax as key to balancing budget

Governor's Program; 1 OR 2% SALES TAX REPORTED GAINING

attends baptism of Sen R F Kennedy's son Matthew; illus

Kennedy Baby Is Named in Honor of Maxwell Taylor?; KENNEDYS' BABY IS GIVEN 3 NAMES

Sato, Back in Japan, Voices Satisfaction on Talks in U.S.

bond sets $100 million as '65 goal upon request of Premier Eshkol; uses for funds described by Schwartz and S Rothberg

Goal of $100 Million Set for '65 Israeli Bond Sale

Lebanese Govt to ask Parliament for power to invite troops of other Arab states into Lebanon if necessary to help defend diversion projects; other states conceded at Arab League heads-of-govt conf that Parliament approval was necessary; Min Takla tells Cabinet of ltd conditions under which troops would come; immediate concern is pumping station at Wazzani springs, 2 mi from Israeli border, which would divert waters from Hasbani River system by canal to Baniyas River in Syria and then by another canal to Yarmuk River in Jordan

LEBANON TO SEEK ARAB-TROOP HELP; Parliament Will Get Issue Raised by Jordan Project

Crash Kills 6 in Argentina

Israeli policeman wounded in exch with Jordanians, Mt Scopus, Jerusalem; Israeli armistice dir Kidron confs with UN truce chief Lt Gen Bull

JORDANIANS WOUND ISRAELI POLICEMAN

Soviet Aides Here Reminded of Jews' Plight; Synagogue Opposite Office on 67th St. Unveils a Plaque

Pres Bourguiba scores Communist China for exploiting nationalism in SE Asia, int

Bourguiba Praises U.S. And Criticizes Red China

Tshombe's Popularity; His Support Strong, But Congo's Winds Shift Frequently

Sets up library of tapes on basic controversial issues of US life

TAPES RECORD TALKS ON BASIC U.S. ISSUES

Cuban exile orgn says it bombed sugar mill and set fire to cane fields, Pinar del Rio Prov

January 18, 1965

Headlines from January 18, 1965

State Unit Sought To Run Blue Cross; STATE UNIT SOUGHT TO RUN BLUE CROSS

Johnson Facing Decision On More Arms for Congo; Increase in Aid for Tshombe's Regime, Despite Protests of Africans, Is Held Necessary to Meet Rebel Gains JOHNSON IS FACING DECISION ON CONGO

PEACE TALK FAILS IN WELFARE TIE-UP; Unions Attribute Breakdown to City's Refusal to Bar Penalties for Strikers

37 States Use Levy; 37 States With Sales Taxes Regard Them as Chief Source of Fiscal Stability

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Billboard 200

Beatles '65

Where Did Our Love Go

Mary Poppins

Beach Boys In Concert

A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack)

Historical Context for January 18, 1965