UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., July 16 Secretary General Thant appealed today to North Vietnam not to put American prisoners on trial lest this lead to a still greater intensification of the war or even to a third world war. His plea also stressed humanitarian grounds.

THANT BIDS HANOI SPARE U.S. FLIERS; Says a Trial Might Intensify War Calls on Both Sides to Observe P.O.W. Rules Thant Warns a Trial of Fliers Might Widen War

Fires break out in dry secs of SI, northern NJ and NYS; illus; NYS Comr Kilborne urges caution by visitors to wooded areas; repts few forest fires, spring

WOODS FIRES RAGE ON STATEN ISLAND; New Jersey and Upstate Also Fight Outbreak of Flames in Tinder-Dry Areas HUNDREDS BATTLE S.I. WOODS FIRES

Nigeria is 1st Eng-speaking nation to become assoc member; pact, reached after 4 yrs of negotiations, seen highly favorable to Nigeria; trade with GB unaffected

Nigeria Gains Role In Common Market; Nigeria in the Common Market With Associate Member Status

1st of two '66 sweepstakes run, Rockingham Pk

Sports News; BASEBALL

NYU selects JHS 57, Bedford-Stuyvesant area, Bklyn, as pilot school to revamp teacher-training for work with needy youths and to recruit students from slum areas for teaching careers; project will also seek to show slum area can be rehabilitated by making school center of reform; is backed by $350,000 Ford Foundation and $100,000 Educ Bd grants; 60 coll undergrads and 2 groups of hs grads to begin project, Sept; other details

N.Y.U. Adopting a School For Brooklyn Slum Study; SCHOOL IN SLUMS ADOPTED BY N.Y.U.

N Vietnam Pres Ho Chi Minh issues partial mobilization order calling up soma reservists, rejects negotiations and calls upon Vietnamese for further sacrifices, s marking 12th anniv of signing of Geneva accord; says Vietnam will fight US until final victory; says US bombings near Hanoi and Haiphong were 'acts of desperation'; analysts see no hope for negotiations

HANOI CALLING UP SOME RESERVISTS; BARS PEACE TALKS; Ho Chi Minh Pledges Fight for '20 Years or Longer' Until Victory Is Won SCORES U.S. AIR STRIKES Calls Them Attempt to Get Out of 'Quagmire' Big Battle Is On in South HANOI CALLING UP SOME RESERVISTS

Negro gangs agree to shift to nonviolent methods to achieve their goals for jobs and pol power after 5-hr meeting with King; 2,000 Guardsmen continue to patrol sts with only scattered incidents reptd; Maj Gen F P Kane, Guard comdr, says his troops have not fired a shot; firemen begin attaching spray nozzles in accordance with King-Daley pact; Daley delines comment on improved racial situation

CHICAGO CALMER AS GANGS AGREE TO END VIOLENCE; City to Keep National Guard for Weekend Scattered Disturbances Continue GHETTO SNIPING HALTED Youths Heed Dr. King's Plea to Shift Tactics in Efforts to Achieve Their Aims CHICAGO CALMER, BUT TROOPS STAY

Suspect Seized in Chicago In Slaying of Eight Nurses; Police Say Seaman Was Captured in a Hotel After Midnight Suspect Seized in Chicago in Slaying of 8 Nurses SEAMAN CAPTURED IN A LOOP HOTEL Fingerprints at Scene of Murder and Study of His Photo Lead to Arrest

workers continue stoppage at Montefiore, return to 4 others; Mt Sinai cancels evacuation plan; Montefiore evacuates 254 of 620 patients; union sees workers return temporary; Lt Gov Wilson orders NYS Mediation Bd chmn enter talks; urges workers return

WORKERS GO BACK AT FOUR HOSPITALS; But Stoppage at Montefiore Continues Mount Sinai Cancels Patient Shift Workers Back at 4 Hospitals; Montefiore Stoppage Continues

Continental Air Command repts it has airlifted over 10,500 servicemen since airline strike began

Airline Parley Hits New Snag as Union Accuses Northwest; AIR STRIKE TALKS HIT A NEW SNAG

Justice Dept unit and NYS Human Rights Comm probe alleged discrimination against Puerto Rican migrants, N Collins, NY; PR Labor Dept unit brought charges after arrest of Puerto Rican for traffic violation set off wave of near-violence; workers describe grievances at 2 mass meetings called by PR Labor Dept repr J Colon and Buffalo Community Action Orgn; town officials suprised; Mayor Johengen comments; town human relations com set up; action orgn urges town seek Fed antipoverty funds to aid migrants; Erie County Health Dept closes 2 camps in area; illus

Puerto Rican Migrants Upset Upstate Town; U.S. and State Aides Look Into Charges of Discrimination VILLAGE ROUSED BY PUERTO RICANS

3d Marine Div veterans, at reunion, back US policy, resolution; laud 3d div now in Vietnam

Marine Veteran Reunion Supports Vietnam Policy

TOKYO, Sunday, July 17 (AP)--Following are the texts of the mobilization proclamation by President Ho Chi Minh and the decision of the National Assembly's steering group, as distributed by the North Vietnam press agency: ...  

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TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) Following is the text of an  official translation of President Ho Chi Minh's speech as broadcast by the [North] Vietnam press agency and monitored in Tokyo:

Text of Ho Chi Minh's Radio Statement

Mrs. Gandhi Ends Visit to Soviet; Wilson Arrives

British Medical Team Going to South Vietnam

US marines battle enemy within 2 mi of demilitarized zone; kill 62, capture 1; 10,000 of enemy believed massed in area; map

HARD FIGHT RAGES NEAR ENEMY LINE; Heavy Forces Engaged Just South of 17th Parallel

about 50 S Vietnamese mil officers file for election to const assembly; most enter in constituencies where they will be likely to be elected and provide junta with powerful support; about 720 candidates have regis for assembly seats

50 Military Men Seek Election To South Vietnamese Assembly

begins 30-day protest fast, Tokyo; seeks to raise funds for more anti-war ads

Tokyo Businessman Who Took Peace Ad Plans Another Here

TOKYO, July 16 (AP) Leaders of South Vietnam's National Liberation Front, the political parent organization of the Vietcong, held a meeting recently to review the situation since the United States stepped up the war in Vietnam in mid-1965, the Hanoi radio reported today.  

Foe in South Vietnam Meets for War Review

USSR newspaper repts Steinback rebuffed Yevtushenko appeal to denounce US policy, justified US actions; reprints critical reactions to Steinbeck reply from 3 foreign newspapers; Paris Monde criticism cited; Steinbeck reply revd

MOSCOW REPORTS STEINBECK REPLY; Summary Finds Distortion of 'Obvious' Vietnam Facts

Albion Victory becomes 126th ship reactivated; illus

126th Ship, the Albion Victory, Leaves Mothball Fleet for Vietnam Service

10 young men raid and damage farmhouse hq, Vol-untown, Conn; 16 members of com offer no resistance; chmn Lyttle comments

10 Intruders Damage Pacifist Group's Connecticut Farmhouse

W Gomulka repts many Poles have offered to join a volunteer force to fight against US, s

Gomulka Says Many Poles Would Volunteer for Vietnam

340-yr old Hatsunemori shrine, Tokyo, to be replaced by business bldg; shrine to be 1 floor of bldg

A SHRINE IN TOKYO GOING COMMERCIAL

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July 17, 1966

Headlines from July 17, 1966

THANT BIDS HANOI SPARE U.S. FLIERS; Says a Trial Might Intensify War Calls on Both Sides to Observe P.O.W. Rules Thant Warns a Trial of Fliers Might Widen War

WOODS FIRES RAGE ON STATEN ISLAND; New Jersey and Upstate Also Fight Outbreak of Flames in Tinder-Dry Areas HUNDREDS BATTLE S.I. WOODS FIRES

Nigeria Gains Role In Common Market; Nigeria in the Common Market With Associate Member Status

Sports News; BASEBALL

N.Y.U. Adopting a School For Brooklyn Slum Study; SCHOOL IN SLUMS ADOPTED BY N.Y.U.

Billboard 200

What Now My Love

Strangers In Night

Whipped Cream & Other Delights

If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears

Lou Rawls Live

Notable Births

Historical Context for July 17, 1966