August 11, 1966

US strategists plan to place large US force in Mekong River delta; feel delta serves as primary source of rice, men and money for Vietcong; foresee new tactics because of difficult terrain; details

US jets kilt 24, including at least 8 civilians and possibly some Vietcong, in strike on 2 Vietcong-controlled hamlets near Contho; 84 wounded; S Vietnamese capt had requested raid; US adviser Lt Col Wallace comments; says disciplinary action against those responsible is possible; says probe shows Vietcong prevented peasants from fleeing when they saw US spotter plane; says peasants 'were undoubtedly Vietcong sympathizers' who could have left earlier if they were loyal to S Vietnam Govt; map

Treas stops printing $2 bills; to retire existing bills as they wear out; bills have been unpopular because many think them unlucky

Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Bd repts 70% cut in auto exhaust pollution after 1st yr of use of control devices; adopts limit for nitrogen oxide emissions, legally effective when auto mfrs devise equipment; Ford and Amer Motors to offer improved controls in '67 model cars for Calif

Loses post in Cabinet reshuffle; named Labor party leader in Commons

Atlas-Agena rocket places 850-lb craft in 115-mi-high orbit, reignites 28 min later to send craft toward moon; 2 antennas, 4 solar-cell panels deployed; officials say error in trajectory can be corrected; craft to take 300 pictures of moon from as close as 26 mi; drawing of craft

Lefkowitz files antitrust suit, NYS Sup Ct, charging Milk Handlers, Wisch, 8 others with seeking to fix retail prices, allocate customers and eliminate competition; 16 corps in assn could be fined $50,000 each; Wisch comments; Kearing repts on conf with Wisch, 3 other assn reprs on gen indus conditions; sees no collusion; urges curbs on 'abrasive' competition in wholesale and distribution areas; group of Manhattan and Bronx home delivers charge they were threatened for trying to buy directly from bottlers

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The city faces a projected deficit of $400-million in the 1967-68 fiscal year, the Temporary Commission on City Finances said yesterday in its final report.

2 white men wounded after they shouted racial slurs at Negroes and attempted to chase them out of white area, Flatbush, Bklyn; T Watson, Negro, said to have admitted shooting

HR com tentatively approves bill; Meany hopes for Cong rejection or veto; says Pres would act against labor if he signed it; com action follows false repts that union reprs had agreed to proposal, approved by carriers, to resume work under interim pact and to submit differences to binding arbitration