December 28, 1966

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