January 28, 1967

Hong Kong analysts see disunity and confusion in army in wake of order to aid Maoists; no confirmation reptd of Peking poster rept that Sinkiang and Inner Mongolia troops opposed order; provincial broadcasts indicate formation of pro-Mao 'rebel' corns in army units; press and radio, largely under Mao-Lin control, rept contest runs in Mao favor and that army responds to order to aid; rept pro-Maoists displaced party aides in at least 8 provs; map

2-day storm, Chicago, leaves over 23-in fall, record, and over 26-in fall, southern suburbs; illus; all transportation halted; 10-yr-old Chicago girl shot and killed by police while reptdly looting store; Gary, Ind, declares emergency after 24-in fall; 35 Chicago youths held for looting

500,000 left without heat or hot water; Gov Rockefeller orders all NYS armories opened to accommodate residents; talks resumed by Feinstein, auth chmn Washington, other auth officials; auth says tenants should phone for emergency service

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Dr R H Dicke tells NYC astrophysics conf of his observation that sun poles are oblate, holding phenomenon, if true and correctly interpreted, would explain perihelion rotation of Mercury without recourse to relativity, thus invalidating Einstein's theory (W Sullivan rept); comments on gen relativity theory and his experiments; diagrams show instrument used to determine sun's shape and compare rotation of Mercury around spherical and oblate suns

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city reaches pact with UN delegation to ease towaways of diplomatic vehicles; plans to provide more on-st spaces and to chase 'squatters' out of areas already reserved for diplomats; reserves right to tow away vehicles that create hazard; Barnes comments; Traffic Dept repts plan for 15 new city-owned garages, Manhattan, to attract 'short-time' parkers; Councilman Modugno to offer bill to give license comr right to fix commercial garage and lot rates to bar 'excessive charges,'

banks across country cut prime rate to 5 3/4%; Chase spokesman says bank does not intend to adjust rate; confirms bank discussed rate change with NY Reserve Bank and Treas before announcement; bankers view failure of other banks to cut rate as much as Chase as 'stinging rebuke'; say it is 1st time indus has failed to follow rate change by major bank; see move premature

Haney says films and recordings of astronauts made during simulation were sealed immediately after fire, will be given to inquiry bd; space officials from Houston and Washington fly to Cape Kennedy; Haney says astronauts were in pressurized suits being fed pure oxygen, indicating fire burned inside suits as well; repts craft 'heavily damaged'; fire burned 4 min before crew could open hatch; bodies still in craft 4 hrs after fire while photos were made

accident seen serious blow to Apollo program; NASA officials have warned budget left no room for failures

election set; polls indicate Premier Sato party, Liberal Dems, will retain Govt control with reduced majority; forecasts for other parties; Socialists, seeking to abrogate Japan-US security pact, make it chief campaign issue

Peking Jenmin Jih Pao, assailing USSR for fracas, says days of 'filthy Soviet revisionist swine' are numbered; plays up official Govt protest and message of 'regards' to students from Premier Chou Enlai and Min Chen Yi; Chinese say 69 students were beaten, 8 so badly they were unable to resume trip