June 12, 1966

US keeps Cup, 4-3

US planes heavily bomb central highlands ridge where large N Vietnamese force remains entrenched after 2-day battle; over 250 US soldiers reach safety; at least 336 N Vietnamese believed killed in 5 days of fighting; Carpenter describes battle; hails his bn comdrs and men; Sgt Sabalauski singled out as hero of engagement; Carpenter illus

about 15,000 Caths, most in uniform and massed in paramilitary formations, stage rally, Saigon; in declarations and banners thank US for troops and aid; Cath Citizens Bloc sec gen Rev Tran Du reads declaration attacking Buddhist leaders as Communist 'stooges'; scores 'all plots' to negotiate with Communists; 5,000 Buddhists assemble for mass prayer service, Saigon; Tam Chau repeats demands for resignation of Nguyen Cao Ky and Nguyen Van Thieu and announcement of election boycott; 5,000 stage orderly anti-Govt protest, Hue

conv set, Dallas

illus of shooting; Meredith por; biog

comment on bill

13 Cong leaders get White House briefing; Dirksen present, pleased; Rusk and McNamara hold joint news conf later; McNamara gives encouraging assessments of mil situation; says ints with POWs show neither Vietcong nor N Vietnamese confident of victory; Rusk criticizes failure of Soviet leaders to help bring peace talks

mil ct finds Pvt A R Weber guilty of willfully disobeying orders for refusal to bear arms; illus; sentences him to 1 yr imprisonment at hard labor, cuts his rank; Weber, prior to sentencing, asks to be allowed to remain in Army in Med Corps or in a job involved in 'saving lives not taking them'; his father plans appeal; case revd

McNamara stresses US plans no significant troop withdrawals from Ger but expects Ger to observe its arms purchase agreement 'fully'; with Sec Rusk, after conf with Pres Johnson, shows pique at necessity of constantly reassuring Bonn that no 'major' withdrawals are planned; says there were 225,000 Amer troops in Ger as of Dec 31; says withdrawal of support troops and other rotations have lowered total to 210,000, but that 225,000 figure will be reached by yr-end because 3,000 men are being added monthly

O'Brien warns workers 'shoddy service will not be tolerated,' message to Postal Bulletin (pub); stresses concern for individual mail users; notes PO is handling some 75 billion pieces of mail in fiscal '66, 5.4% over previous yr; says service now has 6.2% reduction in delayed-mail complaints over last 6 mos; notes about 1/6 of complaints come from NYC; his current program to improve service note

Johnson attends 2 NY Pres Club dinners, NYC; illus; advance pub notice of plans not given; Johnson accompanied by wife, daughters and P Nugent; 1 dinner is for $100-$1,000 contributors, other for $1,000-and-over contributors; anti-Vietnam war pickets, entertainment, menu, use of domestic wines noted; Johnson lauds members for relieving him of fund-raising chores; says party was $4-million in debt when he took office, is $1.5-million in debt now; dinner guests include ex-Mayor Wagner, Council Pres O'Connor, County Exec Nickerson, H J Samuels; woman who got into ballroom at 1 event and began shouting at Johnson arrested; Johnson party returns to Washington

Ceausescu calls for NATO and Warsaw Pact abolition as way to security in Eur; Tito call for dissolution of both recalled; Ceausescu says pact must heighten its vigilance and defense capacity so long as NATO exists