Commerce Dept repts steep rises key factor in GNP gain, 1st qr

PRICE RISE SPURS $16.9-BILLION GAIN IN GROSS PRODUCT; 2.4% Quarterly Advance in U.S. Output Is Sharpest of 5-Year Expansion Price Rise Spurs a 2.4% Gain In U.S. Gross National Product

drastically revised $876.6-million budget offered, Sen

Jersey Legislature Gets Bipartisan Bill For 3% Sales Tax; JERSEY TO WEIGH 3% TAX ON SALES

Fire in library stack tower; illus; Fire Marshal Connell probes possible arson

Fire at Jewish Seminary Damages Library Containing Rare Books; Jewish Seminary Fire Damages Stacks of Rare Books in Library

leaders decide to grant members extra 'lulu' (payment in lieu of expenses) of at least $1,000 because of session's unusual length; move would bring pay to $12,000

A 2D $1,000 'LULU' FOR LEGISLATORS; Extra Expenses to Be Given by Both Houses, in View of the Long Session A 2D $1,000 'LULU' FOR LEGISLATORS

NEW YORK, TURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1966. The Secretary of State Defends Aid Bill Against Senators' Attack; Fulbright Wants U.S. Aid Put on 'Impersonal' Basis FULBRIGHT CALLS FOR SHIFT ON AID

5-yr, $8.2-million Food for Peace credit granted by US to buy 50,000 tons; loan carries 4.75% interest charge repayable in dollars

U.S. GIVES JAKARTA CREDIT TO BUY RICE; Pledge Is First Substantial Washington Backing for New Indonesian Regime U.S GIVES JAKARTA CREDIT TO BUY RICE

Ford recalls about 25,000 '66 standard-size Fords and 5,000 Mercuries to correct brake defect

Ford Recalls 30,000 Of Its 1966 Models To Check Brakeline; FORD CALLS BACK 30,000 1966 CARS

US Sup Ct, 5-4, rules loyally oath for state employes unconst, Mr and Mrs Elfbrandt case; decision, by Justice Douglas, holds law is vague and rests on doctrine of 'guilt by assn'; holds person could be convicted under law even if he did not know groups he joined were Communist-dominated; dissent, by Justice White, upholds Ariz right to outlaw knowing membership in subversive orgns; pay loss is only sanction provided by law; couple continued teaching without pay; would have lost right to litigate issue had they resigned

High Court Upsets Arizona Loyalty Act; Douglas Finds Law Is Based on Guilt by Association

B Russell named coach of Boston Celtics basketball team, 1st Negro to direct pro team; estimated $125,001 pay is highest for pro coach or mgr

Bill Russell Named Boston Celtic Coach; BASKETBALL STAR TO DRAW $125,001 Salary a Record for a Pro Coach or Manager He'll Take Over Next Season

Schroeder and Couve de Murville conf, Bonn

BONN-PARIS TALK EASES NATO ISSUE; Opens Way for Discussion of Retention of France's Forces in Germany BONN-PARIS TALK EASES NATO ISSUE

USAF spokesman says US bombers left both missile sites in flames, got heavy AA fire but escaped uninjured; N Vietnam protests to Control Comm that planes bombed Hanoi suburbs; 2 US planes lost over N Vietnam in previous raids

Missile Sites Afire, U.S. Attackers Say; SITES LEFT AFIRE, U.S. PILOTS ASSERT

proposes Japan or Burma take lead in trying to arrange peace talks on Vietnam, statement to Sen

MANSFIELD BIDS JAPAN OF BURMA LEAD PEACE MOVE; Proposes a Parley of U.S., China, North Vietnam and South's 'Essential' Units U.N. FAILURE IS NOTED Ford and Goldwater Attack Johnson Handling of War  Ask More Air Power MANSFIELD URGES NEW PEACE MOVE

leaders agree to revise controversial separation provision but refuse to make major changes in provisions for conciliations and out-of-state divorces; backers of Wilson-Sutton bill seek more changes; Sutton holds separation provision would burden poor

NEW BILL EASES DIVORCE BY WAY OF A SEPARATION; Leaders in Albany Agree to Waive Court Proceeding and Shorten the Wait FURTHER CHANGE ASKED Some State Lawmakers Say That Cost of Marital Split Still Penalizes Poor NEW DIVORCE BILL EASES SEPARATION

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Govt-controlled Baghdad newspaper urges new Pres A R Arif seek union with UAR

Tie to Cairo Pressed

Washington Is Skeptical

CAIRO, April 18 (Reuters)-- Iraq will grant autonomy to the Kurds, President Abdel Rahman Arif said in an interview reported from Baghdad today by the Middle East News Agency.

Iraq Said to Plan Autonomy for Kurdish Rebels; New President Is Reported Moving to End War Baghdad Cabinet Re-formed After 2 Aides' Death

Premier Re-forms Cabinet

Premier Zayen and delegation of econ experts in Moscow on official visit; greeted by Premier Kosygin

PREMIER OF SYRIA ARRIVES IN SOVIET; Zayen Visit Part of Growing Moscow-Arab Contacts

says Budhists do not seek control of natl assembly

MONK BIDS REBELS BACK VOTE PLAN; Tri Quang Shifts Stand and Asks Support for Junta

Sen Saltonstall denies 'alandestine' CIA participation in program to train security police; repts CIA says mission stemmed from '54 proposal by Pres Eisenhower; Esquire magazine article identifies D Fitzgerald as man in charge of CIA espionage activities

Saltonstall Denies 'Clandestine' Links Of C.I.A. and School

The Proceedings In the U.N.

S Vietnam natl police chief urges Vietnamese and foreign newsmen arm selves against possible Vietcong attacks

Vietnam's Police Chief Tells Newsmen to Carry Arms

WASHINGTON, April 18 (AP) The Defense Department today made public the names of 20 United States military personnel who have died in Vietnam. Among them were the following men from the New York area:  

Names of Dead Reported

Cambodia denies S Vietnam rept that N Vietnamese soldiers retreated into Cambodia after battle near Chuprong Mar 30

Cambodia Denies a Report Of Red Troops' Incursion

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Väinö Alfred Tanner was a leading figure in the Social Democratic Party of Finland, and a pioneer and leader of the cooperative movement in Finland. He was Prime Minister of Finland in 1926–1927.

April 19, 1966

Headlines from April 19, 1966

PRICE RISE SPURS $16.9-BILLION GAIN IN GROSS PRODUCT; 2.4% Quarterly Advance in U.S. Output Is Sharpest of 5-Year Expansion Price Rise Spurs a 2.4% Gain In U.S. Gross National Product

Jersey Legislature Gets Bipartisan Bill For 3% Sales Tax; JERSEY TO WEIGH 3% TAX ON SALES

Fire at Jewish Seminary Damages Library Containing Rare Books; Jewish Seminary Fire Damages Stacks of Rare Books in Library

A 2D $1,000 'LULU' FOR LEGISLATORS; Extra Expenses to Be Given by Both Houses, in View of the Long Session A 2D $1,000 'LULU' FOR LEGISLATORS

NEW YORK, TURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1966. The Secretary of State Defends Aid Bill Against Senators' Attack; Fulbright Wants U.S. Aid Put on 'Impersonal' Basis FULBRIGHT CALLS FOR SHIFT ON AID

Billboard 200

!!Going Places!!

Ballads Of The Green Berets

Whipped Cream & Other Delights

The Sound Of Music

Boots

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for April 19, 1966