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In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]
Ho Chi Minh visits N Vietnamese AA gun crews; illus
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Harper & Row and Mrs Kennedy agree to delay ct hearing until Jan 16 and to press for settlement in meantime, joint statement; say talks have been progressing toward settlement despite Manchester's absence because of illness; Mrs Kennedy will not press for temporary injunction; Harper & Row agrees not to publish before Apr 1, even though there is no ct order forbidding prior pub; Look files notice of discontinuance in Sup Ct, thus removing it from among other defendants; Mrs Kennedy, R F Kennedy send get-well messages to Manchester; he is taken off critical list; Manchester friend J W Paton says he spent several wks last fall at psychiatric inst because of exhaustion suffered while working on book
1,200 S Vietnamese paratroopers begin drive against Vietcong, Mekong delta; action may be prelude to major US invasion; Amer spokesman says N Vietnamese troops that attacked US outpost, 280 mi NE of Saigon, after cease-fire ended moved into position during truce; map
Agr Min Matskevich repts output at record 171-million metric tons, news conf; links agr reforms, denies good weather was main factor; says purchases in West will continue for at least 2 yrs
Rubin says Powell has over $1-million on deposit with HR Sgt at Arms; asked several Reprs to introduce resolution to attach account; says Speaker McCormack refused prior requests to sponsor resolution
Castro reptdly will allow some 800 US citizens and dependents to leave on special airlift to New Orleans; US silent; Mex, intermediary, reptdly won agreement; Castro reptdly specified New Orleans to avoid exile demonstrations in Miami; US reptdly pledged no ransom
H E Salisbury series, from Hanoi, on N Vietnam
Adm plan to cut troop build-up will free Army training facilities for backlog of reservists
12 killed when B&M passenger train strikes fuel truck on st crossing, Everett
Reserve Bd revokes Sept 1 directive to banks to curb business loans; cites changed credit conditions; officials confirm move is green light to expand business loans although bd continues some restraint on credit availability; bd ends policy of permitting banks to keep Fed Reserve borrowings outstanding longer than under normal conditions; bankers welcome move as sign of easier money but see little effect on lending practices until Reserve supplies banks with funds for loan expansion
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