Admr Hoving closes Central Pk to traffic for 'snow happening,'

What Happens at Snow Happening? Well, It Snows; SNOW HAPPENING? MOSTLY IT'S SNOW

SLOUCHING against a wall in the miniature lobby of the Pocket Theater at Third Avenue and 13th Street during the intermission of a recent perform  ance of the highly successful "America Hurrah" was Joseph Chaikin, the man largely responsible for bringing this trio of...  

He Doesn't Aim to Please; Joseph Chaikin: He Doesn't Aim to Please

Council signs contract with F L Wright Foundation for bldg civic center-auditorium inspired by late F L Wright; 1st phase to be ltd to $5.5-million approved by voters in '54 referendum; details; comment on Wright relations with city

Madison, Wis., Begins Center Inspired by Wright; City Project Is Started After a 12-Year Controversy

DANDY Sandy, Big Jim and Old John each called it a legend in 1966, the sports year in  which the enemies married, an exile became king and the No. 1 question was unanswered.  

1966: A YEAR OF DECISIONS

truce marred by incidents; most serious one involves Vietcong attack on US troops 15 mi from Danang; US soldier illus reading Xmas card; map

MINOR INCIDENTS MAR THE FIRST DAY OF VIETNAM TRUCE; Allied Officers Don't Regard Dozen or So Engagements as Violations by Enemy

Article on USN efforts to conquer problem of barnacles that encrust ships and cost millions yrly in added fuel costs; illus

Navy Waging War on the Ubiquitous Barnacle; Scientists Hatch Bivalves in Tanks in Effort to Cut Ship Costs and Raise Speed

There was a large measure of good cheer in Wall Street last week, but little of it was related to the present state of the economy or the latest performance of the stock market.  

The Week in Finance; As Stocks Ease and Economy Slows, Wall St. Finds Some Christmas Cheer

New control and sensing method that serves function similar to electronics but utilizes flow of fluid to perform many tasks accomplished by flow of electrical current discussed; various uses and potential noted; illus

Fluid Controls Take Aim at the Electronics Market; New Industry Shows Vast Promise

Thai Govt and US press drive against insurgents in NE sec; Sakonnakhon, prov capital, reflects effort; Patriotic Front, insurgent group, activities and techniques discussed; Amers and Thais stress need to increase security; map

THAIS PRESS DRIVE IN INSURGENT AREA; Royal Army and Americans Making Presence Felt in the Northeast Provinces

EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 2-- Wyoming's defense and a hardrunning tailback, Jim Kiick, combined to turn back Florida State, 28-20, today in the 32d annual Sun Bowl.  

Wyoming Beats Florida State; North Sets Back South, 14-9; Seminoles Bow, 28-20

Tass repts craft achieves soft landing in Ocean of Storms, relays data; diagram of landing site

2D SOVIET ROCKET SETTLES ON MOON; Luna 13, Believed Carrying Cameras, Starts to Relay Data After Soft Landing

fund mgrs growing interest in closed-end split investment cos discussed; latter's difference from mutual funds noted

THE SPLIT FUNDS: RAGE ON WALL ST.; Five Investment Concerns File With the S.E.C.

Urban Land Inst rept on success of open space (cluster) developments; summary of bldrs attitudes

OPEN-SPACE IDEA FOUND TO PAY OFF; Developers Who Plan Pools, Parks and Playgrounds Call It Profitable BUT JOB IS NOT EASY Recreational Features Won't Overcome Basic Defects, Builders Warned

MIAMI, Dec, 24--Sikkim, J. W. Hanes's 3-year-old gelding, won the $16,125 City of Coral Gables Handicap at Tropical Park today before a crowd of 10,607.  

SIKKIM CAPTURES DASH AT TROPICAL; Winner, Ridden by Moreira, Returns $4.60--Quinta 2d

Soviet leaders hope to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution next year by giving their people simultaneously more guns, more butter and more housing as well as more television sets and more washing machines.  

SOVIET PLANNING GUNS AND BUTTER; Increases Are Scheduled for Spending on Military and Consumer Goods

Somewhere, this Christmas morning, someone perhaps found a Mediterranean villa under the Christmas tree. Not a real villa, of course, but a gift certificate  for one. Or for a Dutch houseboat or a Colorado ski lodge. Previews, an international real estate company that handles glamorous properties ...  

Did You Get a Gift Certificate For a $300,000 Villa in Capri?; GIFT CERTIFICATES USED FOR REALTY

in Hanoi, N Vietnam; describes damage from US bombing

A VISITOR TO HANOI INSPECTS DAMAGE LAID TO U.S. RAIDS; A Purposeful and Energetic Mood in Embattled Capital Found by a Times Man 2 RECENT ATTACKS CITED Witnesses Certain American Bombs Dropped Inside City Dec. 13 and 14 The writer of the following dispatch is an assistant managingeditor of The New York Times,who reached Hanoi Friday.

THE OPENINGS

LAUREL, Md., Dec. 24--In the words of Frank Brady, the general manager and treasurer of the Laurel Race Track, "the reindeer beat the horses today." Such was Brady's seasonal way of elaborating on his announcement, made early this morning, that the racing program at Laurel was canceled because of the snow.  

Racing at Laurel Canceled by Snow For Second Time; RACING AT LAUREL CANCELED BY SNOW

library bldg complex wins Concrete Indus Bd of NY award; illus

Concrete Industry Cites Hofstra; HOFSTRA COMPLEX CITED FOR DESIGN

comment on PCs sale to trust funds device and speculation on Johnson's use of it; Govt decision to suspend PCs sales, Sept 8, and current decision to resume discussed

JOHNSON WEIGHS BUDGET JUGGLING; White House Has Found a Way to Cut Deficit Figure --Move Tied to Taxes SPENDING NOT AFFECTED Device Involves 'Selling' of Fanny May Participations to Federal Trust Funds

Nassau County Planning Comm repts growing land scarcity in county as population rises

BUILDING ACTIVITY EBBING IN NASSAU; Vacant Land Grows Scarce as Population Rises

article on $2-billion in pub and private renewal under planning Comm exec dir E N Bacon since '49; illus

A $2-Billion Renaissance; Pushed in Philadelphia

Christmas Truce; But No Peace For Vietnam

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24-- Here at Christmastime in the snowless land of oil and aerospace, a corporate history may be repeating itself.  

Another Rescue by Signal Oil?; Offer to Aid Douglas Could Be Prelude to Control

Toshihiro 'Toshi' Arai  is a Japanese rally driver and team owner. He is the first Japanese FIA world champion.

December 25, 1966

Headlines from December 25, 1966

What Happens at Snow Happening? Well, It Snows; SNOW HAPPENING? MOSTLY IT'S SNOW

He Doesn't Aim to Please; Joseph Chaikin: He Doesn't Aim to Please

Madison, Wis., Begins Center Inspired by Wright; City Project Is Started After a 12-Year Controversy

1966: A YEAR OF DECISIONS

MINOR INCIDENTS MAR THE FIRST DAY OF VIETNAM TRUCE; Allied Officers Don't Regard Dozen or So Engagements as Violations by Enemy

Billboard 200

The Monkees

Doctor Zhivago

SRO

Parsley; Sage; Rosemary And Thyme

The Sound Of Music

Notable Births

Historical Context for December 25, 1966