Armco and Jones & Laughlin raise prices; Adm publicly silent but sends wires to several cos; Armco holds rise inconsequential

2 COMPANIES JOIN STEEL PRICE RISE; PRESIDENT SILENT; Jones & Laughlin and Armco Match Increase of 2.1% That Inland Initiated ACTION AFFECTS 3 LINES Products Are Used in Autos and Other Consumer Items  Concern Defends Move 2 COMPANIES JOIN STEEL PRICE RISE

ed on s cites reasons USSR does not want to get directly involved in war

Conference Is Urged; THAILAND URGES ASIAN PEACE BID U.S. Approval Guarded

Evelyn Otero, who is 14 years old, was sitting dejectedly on the stoop yesterday in front of her home at 320 East Fourth Street, on the Lower East Side. For her, it has been a long, dull summer.  

Many Voice Frustration; The Poor Tell About Frustration 

USN inquiry bd, after 2 mos probe, recommends ct-martial for personal misconduct for Capt A C Kuntze who called himself 'Amer Mayor of Saigon'; Kuntze headed logistics orgn that spent over $60-million in '65 and employed over 7,000 people; orgn deactivated May 17 and operations shifted; Kuntze now on 30-day leave in San Francisco; illus

Navy Captain Accused in Saigon; Its' American Mayor' Faces Allegations of Misconduct CAPTAIN ACCUSED IN VIETNAM CASE

Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian Chief of State, has suggested that the key to a settlement, of the war in Vietnam may lie with the Vietcong and not with North Vietnam or with Communist China.

Sihanouk Offers Proposal; Sihanouk Says U.S. Ought to Seek Vietcong Talks

article on city's poor as loser in $10.3-million issue; illus

Few Programs Use Quotas; Few Antipoverty Programs Use Quotas $10-MILLION AID UNSPENT BY CITY Only 5 of 35 Projects Have Fully Utilized Funds-- Money Called 'Lost'

Repr Powell says Jones should resign for not pressing for nomination of Negro to NYS Sup Ct

POWELL VILIFIES JONES ON JUDGES; But Party Chief Fires Back at Call He Be Spat On for Not Picking a Negro POWELL VILIFIES JONES ON JUDGES

CITY ENDS FIGHT WITH PORT BODY ON TRADE CENTER; Way Cleared for Early Start on Project as Agreement Is Reached on Payment BASIS IS CURRENT VALUE Sum Will Be $6,175,737 for First Year Annual Review Is Scheduled CITY ENDS FIGHT ON TRADE CENTER

US reinforcements rushed to area near Pleiku to thwart any N Vietnamese drive toward coast; B-52s bomb suspected N Vietnamese base in Chuphong Mts; map

BUFFER ZONE HIT AGAIN IN VIETNAM; B-52's Strike for 3d Time After U.S. Troops Finish Operation Near Border BUFFER ZONE HIT AGAIN IN VIETNAM

Mayor's Panel Ends Drive to Save Met; Fight to Save Old Met Dropped By Panel Appointed by Lindsay

Kearing repts finding evidence of collusion; asks over 30 distributors to conf with him, Deputy Mayor Price in move to get price roll-back; Met Dairy Inst denial and its claim that rises are linked solely to farm prices noted; Northeast Dairy Co-op Fed lauds NYC Council probe, pledges cooperation; denies retail rises warranted, wire to Council Pres O'Connor

City Sees Milk Price Collusion; Calls Dealers for Talks Today; City to Meet With Milk Dealers

EXEMPTION OF 60% IN OPEN HOUSING VOTED BY HOUSE; Bipartisan Proposal Wins by One Vote in a Victory for Democratic Leaders 60% Exemption in Open Housing Voted

hoisting engineers return after 2-day strike; bargaining between union and assn continues

Engineers' Accord Brightens Outlook In Builders' Strike; BUILDERS' TALKS INSPIRING HOPE

Sen leaders work out compromise legis under which Pres and Cong would share responsibility in ending strike; bill calls for Cong to order strikers to return for 30 days and gives Pres responsibility to order any further extensions totaling 150 days and to make proposals to bar strike if no accord is reached at end of 180 days; Morse repts bill was worked out with advice from Atty Gen Katzenbach; says Johnson does not want bill but will probably sign it; Sens R F Kennedy and Javits note growing Cong caution over any legis; Mansfield questions feasibility of legis at this time; Sen rejects Sen Lausche amendment to com bill calling for compulsory arbitration if strike is not settled in 180 days; Dirksen retracts statement that Johnson wants legis after call from Pres; Javits rebukes Sen E M Kennedy for charging he and other Dem Sens who voted for com bill were excluded from talks with Katzenbach

COMPROMISE BILL ON AIRLINES GAINS; Leaders in Senate Agree to Share Responsibility With Johnson in Ending Strike COMPROMISE BILL ON AIRLINES GAINS

Premier Kosygin discloses delay in 5-Yr Plan, s, Sup Soviet; says plan will be completed in near future; holds price disputes and mgt reform responsible for delay; scores 'conservatism' of some officials on reforms; outlines plan goals and pledges retention of increased emphasis on consumer goods

Kosygin Reports Delay in Preparing 5-Year Plan

Rusk Plans News Conference

On behalf of all members of the Government formed by he U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet of the Seventh Convocation and on my own behalf allow me to thank you for the trust in us and the high honor accorded us. We realize ours entire responsibility and will exert every effort to be equal to the high demands made by the people of the Government.

Excerpts From Soviet Premier's Talk

Hanoi radio says N Vietnam grass indus output, Jan-June, is at about same level as '65 period despite bombings

HANOI SAYS INDUSTRY IS HOLDING UP IN WAR

says war makes normalization of ties with US impossible now

KOSYGIN ATTACKS U.S. AND RED CHINA; Tells Parliament Peking's Actions Aid Imperialists

Pathet Lao broadcasts appeal purportedly from downed US pilot Capt DL Hrdlicka calling for freedom and criticizing US policy

Pathet Lao's Radio Broadcasts Appeal By 'American Flier'

Captain in San Francisco

Cambodian news agency charges 2 US planes attacked Cambodian village Thlok Trach, killed 3 persons, wounded 9; says attack was witnessed by Control Comm members, foreign correspondents and mil attaches of several embassies in Pnompenh; US unaware of any attack

August 4, 1966

Headlines from August 4, 1966

2 COMPANIES JOIN STEEL PRICE RISE; PRESIDENT SILENT; Jones & Laughlin and Armco Match Increase of 2.1% That Inland Initiated ACTION AFFECTS 3 LINES Products Are Used in Autos and Other Consumer Items Concern Defends Move 2 COMPANIES JOIN STEEL PRICE RISE

Conference Is Urged; THAILAND URGES ASIAN PEACE BID U.S. Approval Guarded

Many Voice Frustration; The Poor Tell About Frustration

Navy Captain Accused in Saigon; Its' American Mayor' Faces Allegations of Misconduct CAPTAIN ACCUSED IN VIETNAM CASE

Sihanouk Offers Proposal; Sihanouk Says U.S. Ought to Seek Vietcong Talks

Billboard 200

Yesterday And Today

Strangers In Night

Aftermath

What Now My Love

Doctor Zhivago

Historical Context for August 4, 1966