May 12, 1965

city to hire 5,000 needy youths for summer jobs

US planes hit Vietcong occupying Song be; revised figures raise casualty repts; participating S Vietnamese troops illus; accts of battle in Haunghia-Binhduong area indicate S Vietnamese troops became terrified of their own planes overhead, broke and ran; Vietcong in Binhduong area inflict heavy losses on S Vietnamese

8.9-million gift to Juilliard School from J D Rockefeller Sr trust fund brings center to within 6 million of 160.7-million goal

US seeks to establish basis for interim coalition govt of both factions until elections are held; Caamano and Imbert would be key figures; US believes Communist elements could be isolated in coalition govt; Weasin y Wessin removal seen prerequisite to accord; US officials insist US is neutral, despite cooperation with junta; deny State Dept barred contacts with rebels; score rebel sniping at US forces; peace com members return

Sen, 49-45, rejects Kennedy amendment to ban poll taxes in state and local elections; Mansfield-Dirksen victory achieved through support of Southern Dems and Repubs; liberals did obtain provision directing Atty Gen to test poll tax const; Kennedy seen winning moral victory in view of pressure exerted by Sen leadership and by White House through Vice Pres Humphrey; attempt by Humphrey supporters to place liberals defeat on Repubs seen unlikely to be accepted by civil rights groups in light of Katzenbach's opposition to outright poll tax ban; King scores vote