suffers 1st- and 2d-degree burns when he falls into coals of dying cookout fire, Hawaii Is; given emergency treatment; flown to Honolulu for further treatment; illus

John F. Kennedy Jr. Burned by Hot Coals; JOHN KENNEDY JR. BURNED BY COALS

TITO'S CHIEF AIDE IS OUSTED AS FOE OF PARTY POLICY; Vice President Rankovic Out  He Opposed Yugoslavia Economic Reform Plans SUCCESSION NOW OPEN Deposed Leader Accused of 'Struggle for Power' in State Security Service YUGOSLAVS OUST TITO'S CHIEF AIDE

COUNCIL VOTES INCOME TAX AFTER ALBANY'S APPROVAL; MEDICAID'S SCOPE REDUCED; Legislators End Stalemate But Put Off Adjournment Assembly Passage of Lindsay Tax Plan Clears Way for Ending Session  Recess Until Tuesday Is Called LEGISLATORS END TAX STALEMATE

Medicare Is Off to Smooth Start; No Overcrowding Is Reported; MEDICARE IS OFF TO SMOOTH START

rise seen certain as City Council adopts $253-million tax pkg, less than 1/2 Lindsay's original request; Council votes transfer of $84.3-million to NYCTA in move to block rise; Councilman Baum scores transit subsidy; Council Pres O'Connor pleads for 15¢ fare

OTHER LEVIES PASS; But Low Yields May Force an Increase in Transit Fare TRANSIT FARE RISE BELIEVED CERTAIN Yield of the New Imposts Is Less Than Half of Sum Lindsay Requested

Govt pub nationalization bill; terms include payment of £484-million in Govt bonds for shares in 13 cos; Conservatives, Liberals and indus score bill

Wilson's Steel Bill Scored by Industry; WILSON STEEL BILL ANGERS INDUSTRY

J Balaguer fakes office as Pres; illus; pledges regime of reform and econ austerity; says he does not put on 'boots of Trujillo'; plans no wholesale dismissal of Govt workers, as in past, but will oust illegal strikers and those who use positions for pol purposes, swears in Cabinet; Maj Gen Perez y Perez Defense Min, G Herrera Baez Foreign Min; others listed; Vice Pres Lora sworn in

Balaguer, at Inaugural, Pledges Economic Reforms; BALAGUER SWORN; PLEDGES REFORM

NYS Assembly passes 4 compromise amendments; provisions; agreement between Legis leaders includes written pledges by Rockefeller and others on various issues

Medical Benefits Changed By Assembly Amendments; Assembly Amendments Reduce Medicaid's Scope

Gens McConnell and Disosway warn war has strained Tactical Air Command to limit of its resources, testimony released by Sen subcom

VIETNAM STRAINS TACTICAL AIR ARM; Gen. McConnell Says a New Emergency Would Force Air Guard Call-Up VIETNAM STRAINS TACTICAL AIR ARM

HLBB removes all curbs on interest rates paid by assns; bd has no direct control over rates, but had denied home loan bank credit to assns paying higher rates than it recommended; major impact of move seen in Calif; HLBB chmn Home renews plea for Cong action to give bd direct control over rates

U.S. Eliminates All Curbs On Rates of Savings Units; RATE CURB ENDED FOR SAVINGS UNITS

Sen, 51-11, passes $400-million expansion bill; provisions detailed; opponents sought tuition charge similar to state univ system

CITY U. EXPANSION VOTED IN ALBANY; Bill Guarantees Admission to the 2,278 Freshmen Previously Rejected City U. Expansion Is Voted in Albany

official canvass gives Farbstein nomination over Weiss by 151 votes, 17,567-17,416; Weiss charges fraud; Comr O'Rourke sees no fraud or irregularity; Farbstein comments; Weiss says that at least 200 Repubs voted in Dem primary at urging of Farbstein workers; explains why he did not make charges pub earlier

FARBSTEIN VICTOR IN 19TH, NOT WEISS, ON OFFICIAL COUNT; Councilman's Margin of 61 Ballots Turns Into a Loss to Congressman by 151 FARBSTEIN WON, VOTE BOARD FINDS

US planes sink 3 N Vietnamese torpedo boats threatening 7th Fleet ships in Tonkin Gulf; 18 N Vietnamese crewmen rescued; US bombs Dongnham oil storage depot, 15 mi from Hanoi; 1 US plane downed elsewhere, pilot rescued; illus of N Vietnamese unit which downed US planes during June 29 raid; map

U.S. PLANES SINK 3 TORPEDO BOATS; Hanoi Vessels Hit as They Head for 7th Fleet Ships Planes of Seventh Fleet Sink 3 Torpedo Boats

Goodman announces income tax withholding will start 1st wk in Sept; says salaried commuter will have to file tax forms by Apr 15, '67; delay in withholding will cause higher initial income tax rate; Goodman says city will dlstrubute instruction book on withholding taxes; says 500 full-time and 500 part-time employes will be employed to collect taxes; issues schedules for business income tax

CITY WITH HOLDING WILL BEGIN SEPT. 1; Delay on Income Tax Means Rate Will Be Higher CITY WITHHOLDING WILL BEGIN SEPT. 1

FAA sets tight curbs on flights; about 50 seen affected; policy will be revd every 90 days; seen cutting daily passenger traffic from 22,000 to 18,000 and limiting many flights to major cities in East, South and Midwest; airlines score policy; fear wide effect despite FAA insistence it is for local situation only

CAPITAL AIR CURBS TERMED 'RADICAL'; Lines Chary of 'Unique' U.S. Policy to Reduce Flights at National Airport CAPITAL AIR CURBS TERMED 'RADICAL'

Nguyen Cao Ky hails US strikes on tanks, int, Bienhoa

KY HAILS STRIKES ON FUEL IN NORTH; Enemy Will Seek Cease-Fire 'Very Soon,' He Says

US doubts Communist China build-up in construction force in N Vietnam portends mil intervention

China Said to Add to Construction Help for Hanoi

SAIGON, Saturday, July 2 William C. Westmoreland, the American commander in Vietnam, asserted today that allied forces were winning the war here.  

ALLIES IN VIETNAM SEEN AS WINNING; Westmoreland Says 'Enemy Is Taking Bitter Losses' 

says they criticize US policy of gradualism and urge quick application of greater power to avoid pressures of impatience and dissatisfaction within US

Gradualism in Vietnam; Many Military Men Believe U.S. Should Wage More Intensive War

Newsman L Finkelshteyn defects while on vacation in GB

Soviet Journalist Defects

The Proceedings In the U.N.

hopes rapid expansion project will expand port capacity from 600,000 cargo tons a mo to 1-million tons within yr

U.S. ECONOMIC AID TO SAIGON HEAVY; $675-Million in Year Was Record for One Country

VIETNAM WORKERS FOR U.S. GET RAISES

L I Brezhnev calls on US policy-makers to give more thought to their 'impulsive action,' s

BREZHNEV WARNS U.S. ON VIETNAM; Calls on It to Weigh Impact of 'Impulsive' Policy

Secs Udall, Freeman, Connor and Wirtz, Under Sec Barr and A M Okun in Tokyo for US-Japanese Com on Trade and Econ meeting

4 U.S. Cabinet Men in Japan For Annual Economic Talks

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July 2, 1966

Headlines from July 2, 1966

John F. Kennedy Jr. Burned by Hot Coals; JOHN KENNEDY JR. BURNED BY COALS

TITO'S CHIEF AIDE IS OUSTED AS FOE OF PARTY POLICY; Vice President Rankovic Out He Opposed Yugoslavia Economic Reform Plans SUCCESSION NOW OPEN Deposed Leader Accused of 'Struggle for Power' in State Security Service YUGOSLAVS OUST TITO'S CHIEF AIDE

COUNCIL VOTES INCOME TAX AFTER ALBANY'S APPROVAL; MEDICAID'S SCOPE REDUCED; Legislators End Stalemate But Put Off Adjournment Assembly Passage of Lindsay Tax Plan Clears Way for Ending Session Recess Until Tuesday Is Called LEGISLATORS END TAX STALEMATE

Medicare Is Off to Smooth Start; No Overcrowding Is Reported; MEDICARE IS OFF TO SMOOTH START

OTHER LEVIES PASS; But Low Yields May Force an Increase in Transit Fare TRANSIT FARE RISE BELIEVED CERTAIN Yield of the New Imposts Is Less Than Half of Sum Lindsay Requested

Billboard 200

What Now My Love

If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears

The Sound Of Music

Doctor Zhivago

Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for July 2, 1966