F Chichester arrives, Sydney, Australia, after record 107-day, 13,750-mi nonstop solo trip from Plymouth, Eng, in 53-ft ketch; map; he plans return trip by way of Cape Horn

Briton, 65, Sails Ketch to Sydney, Logs 13,750 Miles in 107 Days; BRITON, 65, SAILS ALONE TO SYDNEY

G.O.P. Survey Shows Party Widened Base for First Time in 20 Years; POLL SHOWS G.O.P WIDENED ITS BASE

Kearing orders dept employes to refuse Xmas gratuities

Theft of City Signs Perils Traffic Flow; Theft of City Signs Perils Traffic Flow

FREEHOLD, N.J., Dec. 12--The New York City Chief Medical Examiner testified here today that Lieut. Col. William E. Farber did not die of a heart attack, as shown on his death certificate, but of a neck injury inflicted in a homicide.

Farber Was Killed, Dr. Helpern Tells Coppolino Jurors; Farber Was Killed, Helpern Tells Coppolino Jury

party reptdly replaced by Conservative party as 3d-ranking party in NYS

Conservatives' Vote Put Above Liberals'; LIBERALS FOURTH, TALLY INDICATES

US Sup Ct upholds Ga Const provision for Gen Assembly to choose Gov from 2 top candidates when no candidate gets majority of votes

HIGH COURT BACKS GEORGIA CHARTER ON GOVERNOR VOTE; Holds, 5-4, Legislature Has Constitutional Right to Pick Next Executive MADDOX THE FAVORITE But Experts See Legal and Political Snag in Way of Decision by Lawmakers HIGH COURT BACKS GEORGIA ON VOTE

Goldberg pledges US support for Brit proposal for mandatory selective sanctions and compliance with them despite impact on US econ, s, Security Council; African delegates concerned over his failure to mention possible oil embargo; Senegal Min Thiam doubts Brit measures will prove effective; calls them 'trick' to give Smith more time; Japanese Min Matsui backs GB; says Japan would not oppose oil sanctions

U.S. BACKS BRITAIN ON U.N. SANCTIONS AGAINST RHODESIA; Goldberg, in Speech, Silent on Oil Embargo Sought by African Nations U.S. Backs British on Sanctions Against Rhodesia

US troops seize primitive Vietcong munitions factory near Saigon; Thai forces begin coastal patrol; wk's casualties Listed; map

HANOI SAID TO GET 100 SOVIET MIG'S, DOUBLING AIR ARM; Saigon Sources Report Aid Includes Some of the Most Advanced Types of Jets MORE COMBAT POSSIBLE With New Planes, Foe May Be Less Hesitant to Fight U.S. Raiders in North HANOI SAID TO GET 100 SOVIET PLANES

Portuguese agree to meet demands presented by Kwangtung Prov foreign affairs bur; they include all demands of pro-Communist Chinese orgns in Macao and guarantee that no Nationalist China 'agents' will be allowed to operate in Macao; other demands; de Carvalho and Ho Yin conf; Peking press and Macao newspaper say China is now officially backing pro-Communists

PORTUGUESE YIELD IN MACAO DISPUTE; Agree to Meet Demands of Chinese Province After Hint of Invasion Plan Portuguese Yield to Chinese Demands on Macao

100 Vietcong ambush and all but destroy US inf platoon, 65 mi NW of Saigon; details

PLATOON'S DEATH DESCRIBED BY G.I.'S; Survivors Tell of 12-Minute Ambush by the Vietcong G.I. Platoon Walks to Death in Vietnam Woods

Govf announces shift to decimal system in '71 will be based on 100-penny pound with coins worth half-penny, penny, 2 pence, 5 pence and 10 pence; penny will be worth US 2.8¢; coins described; Callaghan stresses decimal unit will be called penny, not cent; reasons for adoption of penny system instead of 10-shilling pound discussed; 9-billion new coins seen needed; businesses in gen will not be compensated for conversion costs; decimal currency bd to plan changeover named, headed by Sir W Fiske

British Pound in '71 Will Have 100 Pence; 100-PENNY POUND IS SET FOR BRITAIN

Sen Clark and DC United Planning Orgn spokesman testify; Kennedy defends Johnson against critics

KENNEDY DEFENDS JOHNSON ON POOR; He Calls President 'Man of Compassion' Clark Says Poverty War Is Starved KENNEDY DEFENDS JOHNSON ON POOR

US Sup Ct upholds right of police, within proper limits, to use agents and informers to obtain evidence, ruling upholding '62 jury-tampering conviction of Teamster pres Hoffa

Hoffa Conviction Upheld In Jury Tampering Case; HOFFA CONVICTION UPHELD BY COURT

bd, in unofficial meeting without Lindsay, threatens ct action to force NYCTA to accept subsidy; in effect tells NYCTA to join with O'Dwyer in statement of facts to Appellate Div on subsidy issue; approves O'Dwyer lr to Rankin accusing him of trying to block bd's earlier move for ct determination of case

BOARD THREATENS FARE SUBSIDY SUIT; Estimate Unit May Attempt to Force Transit Agency to Accept City Funds BOARD THREATENS FARE SUBSIDY SUIT

Finlandia afire and sinking, Baltic; 4 crewmen rescued, 4 aboard with body of 5th

Greek Ship Afire in Baltic; 4 Crewmen Still Aboard

United Arab Press, new Egyptian news agency, to begin operation in Jan

New Egyptian News Agency Will Begin Service on Jan. 1

Govt confirms power struggle has produced violence, blames Mao opponents, Hung Chi ed; Japanese newsman repts Guards produced and denounced Peng Chen at Peking rally from which foreigners were barred

RED CHINA CONFIRMS BLOODSHED IN PURGE

Portugal silent; Premier Salazar reptdly met with foreign and overseas mins; spokesman denies rept Govt empowered de Carvalho to accept demands; says conditions have worsened because Macao officials have rejected some demands

Lisbon Noncommittal

Article on sidewalk galleries and studios, Jakarta, Indonesia; illus

Sidewalks Are Art Galleries and Studios in Jakarta; Stonecutters Set Up in Business Next to Fruit Vendors Pay Is Much Better Than for Work on State Monument

Philippine press and veterans groups oppose letting Japanese build memorial on Bataan, tentatively approved by Pres Marcos and a Philippine veterans com; Japanese spokesman in Manila denies Govt plans memorial

FILIPINOS OPPOSE JAPANESE SHRINE; Plan for Bataan Monument Is Fought by Veterans

Denial by Japanese Embassy

Pres Kenyatta frees over 3,000 prisoners to mark 3d anniv of Kenya independence

Kenya Frees 3,000 in Amnesty

$27.5-million Saigon system inaugurated; financed with help of $17.5-million loan from US AID

Saigon Water System Opens

Italian Miners Strike

US Sec Rusk meets with Chagla, New Delhi, during brief stopover

December 13, 1966

Headlines from December 13, 1966

Briton, 65, Sails Ketch to Sydney, Logs 13,750 Miles in 107 Days; BRITON, 65, SAILS ALONE TO SYDNEY

G.O.P. Survey Shows Party Widened Base for First Time in 20 Years; POLL SHOWS G.O.P WIDENED ITS BASE

Theft of City Signs Perils Traffic Flow; Theft of City Signs Perils Traffic Flow

Farber Was Killed, Dr. Helpern Tells Coppolino Jurors; Farber Was Killed, Helpern Tells Coppolino Jury

Conservatives' Vote Put Above Liberals'; LIBERALS FOURTH, TALLY INDICATES

Billboard 200

The Monkees

Doctor Zhivago

The Supremes A' Go-Go

The Sound Of Music

The Mamas & The Papas

Historical Context for December 13, 1966