Natl Hwy Safety Agency proposes Fed standards for state safety programs

U.S. GIVES STATES ROAD SAFETY CODE; 13 Proposals Seek Uniform Traffic Laws and Tests for Driver and Vehicle U.S. GIVES STATES ROAD SAFETY CODE

Ironclad of Farragut's Fleet Found at Mobile Bay; Ironclad of Farragut's Fleet Is Found Buried at Mobile Bay

Implications of Pres Johnson's being enabled by discovery of obscure Govt employe retirement law to retire relatively conservative Reserve Bd member C N Shepardson discussed

SHIFTS POSSIBLE ON RESERVE BOARD; Obscure Law Could Permit Johnson to Gain Majority Old Law Makes Shifts by the President Possible on Federal Reserve Board

Vietcong fires on US minesweeper 8 mi SE of Saigon

13 U.S. HELICOPTERS SHOT DOWN BY FOE, 10 IN SINGLE ACTION; South Vietnamese Report Killing of 255 Vietcong in Same Delta Encounter COPTER LOSS A NEW HIGH Amphibious Drive Begun by 2,000 American Marines in Quangngai Province Foe Downs 13 U.S. Helicopters, 10 of Them in a Single Operation

Gale-force winds hit NE; 2 killed, Rochester

Gale-Force Winds Stagger Northeast; Gale-Force Winds Stagger Northeast, Killing Two

Mrs Powell tells com that she was continuously on Powell's Cong office payroll but got only 4 pay checks in 6 yrs since marriage; says she never gave him authority to cash pay cheeks; says endorsements on checks were not in her writing, that she never signed income tax form, that for 1 1/2 yrs she performed no official services in Washington or NYS as required by law for payment of Cong clerk; says she recd some support for self and son from Powell, explains why she is testifying, statement; urges Cong to seat Powell, testimony details; illus; Powell aide C S Stone is final witness; tells of trips to Bimini to see Powell; says he knows nothing about Huff Enterprises except request by Huff to be incorporator; says he was supposed to get share of stock but never saw it; Celler thanks Mrs Powell; says transcript of hearings will be sent to Justice Dept

Mrs. Powell Says She Got Only 4 Checks in 6 Years; LITTLE PAY WENT TO MRS. POWELL

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5 more orgns revealed to have been getting funds from CIA-connected foundations: Pan-Amer Foundation, Internatl Mktg Inst, Amer Soc of African Culture, Amer Friends of Middle East and Internatl Development Foundation; getting funds from Brown Independence and Rabb Foundations; NSA supervisory bd chmn S Brown says NSA favors break from CIA; denies that bd secretly weighs means to retain CIA subsidy; NSA ex-officer J A Johnson says that, to his knowledge, no CIA funds were used to finance NSA's civil rights activities in South

5 NEW GROUPS TIED TO C.I.A. CONDUITS; Got Funds of 3 Foundations the Agency Aided Student Unit Favors Ending Links 5 NEW GROUPS TIED TO C.I.A. CONDUITS

Hanoi radio broadcasts N Vietnam Govt statement that Johnson Adm changed stand on peace talks after N Vietnam Min Nguyen Duy Trinh had said that talks could begin if US ended bombing unconditionally; US State Dept aide C E Bartch says statement contains nothing new; calls it insincere because of N Vietnamese resupply efforts to South during truce; says US supply efforts were different because they were in S Vietnam only

HANOI ACCUSES U.S. OF SHIFT ON TALKS; Washington Rejects Charge That Stand Was Changed After Peace Offer HANOI ACCUSES U.S. OF SHIFT ON TALKS

Govt white paper outlines continued cuts in defense expenditures and in strength of forces abroad; estimates expenditures for coming fiscal yr will be below $5.6-billion ceiling set for end of decade; 25,000 troops and 6,000 service families to be brought home by Apr '68

Britain Pushing Cut In Troops and Costs; BRITISH CONTINUE TROOP REDUCTION

Red Guard newspaper, Peking, repts mil-Red Guard clash in Kantse Dist; map

Red Guards Report Clash With Chinese Army Units; Maoist Youths Charge Harassment and Beatings by Military Allied With Opposition Forces in Szechwan MAOISTS REPORT CLASH WITH ARMY

Pres Johnson proposes bill to require ind audits of private welfare and pension funds, full disclosure of their financial activities and limits on amts invested in participating cos, special message to Cong; legis would also give Labor Sec enforcement powers and allow beneficiaries to sue for damages resulting from fraudulent activities

PRESIDENT URGES AID TO CONSUMER IN WIDE PROGRAM; Message to Congress Asks Protection for Shoppers, Investors and Patients CONTROVERSY IS LIKELY Johnson Plan Would Also Seek to Avert Power and Natural Gas Accidents PRESIDENT URGES AID TO CONSUMER

Mayor Lindsay asks Legis to double number of lotteries to 8 a yr and refund revenues to communities from which they were collected, s, NYS Legis; move would give NYC about $20-million a yr

MAYOR PROPOSES STATE TAX LIQUOR 90C MORE A FIFTH; Also Asks Albany to Permit Sales Levy on Services and More Lottery Aid MAYOR, IN ALBANY, SEEKS TAX RISES

ALBANY, Feb. 16 Mayor Lindsay suggested today that the City University should become an "autonomous unit" of the State University, with the state assuming the costs of operating the local system.

LINDSAY SUGGESTS MERGER OF CITY U.; State University Take-Over Is Asked in Report to Joint Albany Session LINDSAY SUGGESTS MERGER OF CITY U.

Nationalist China repts Communist gunners fired 171 rounds at Quemoy Islands in heaviest shelling since '60

Quemoy Shelled Heavily

Manila Executes Three

HONG KONG, Feb. 16 The Nhan Dan article said nobody could sit at a conference table with the United States when it continued its acts of war against North Vietnam.  

'Elementary Principle'

would serve as mediator if asked, int, NYC

ETHIOPIA WILLING TO BE MEDIATOR; Haile Selassie Says Here He Would Lead Peace Effort

Defense Dept sources indicate most call-ups will be from control groups; reservists whose units were deactivated in econ or reorgn moves will not be called

PENTAGON DETAILS RESERVE CALL-UP; Most of 25,000 Will Come From Inactive Units

Pss to be closed, Que, as teachers attend meeting on proposed legis restricting their right to strike and bargain collectively; law aimed at striking RC school teachers

PROTEST TO CLOSE QUEBEC'S SCHOOLS

Serial numbers to be replaced by Soc Security numbers; changeover, beginning July 1, linked to Defense Dept decision to set up computerized pay system

Armed Forces Adopt Social Security Digits

Fordham U repr J T Farley Jr scores conf as 'stacked' by critics of US policy; says Fordham group will submit resolution to support war, may stage walkout; St John's U repr J Saintsbury backs walkout threat

COLLEGE WAR PARLEY CALLED VIETNIK-RUN

World Council of Chs exec com urges US end bombing of N Vietnam as move toward peace talks; says N Vietnam should indicate readiness for talks; regrets US resumption of bombing

World Council of Churches Asks Cessation of Bombing

Chinese party pub Jenmin Jih Pao calls Kosygin and Wilson chief accomplices of 'US imperialism,'

CHINA TELLS PUBLIC SOVIET ASSAILS MAO

Maoists reptdly ordered by party aide to stop burning old literature

February 17, 1967

Headlines from February 17, 1967

U.S. GIVES STATES ROAD SAFETY CODE; 13 Proposals Seek Uniform Traffic Laws and Tests for Driver and Vehicle U.S. GIVES STATES ROAD SAFETY CODE

Ironclad of Farragut's Fleet Found at Mobile Bay; Ironclad of Farragut's Fleet Is Found Buried at Mobile Bay

SHIFTS POSSIBLE ON RESERVE BOARD; Obscure Law Could Permit Johnson to Gain Majority Old Law Makes Shifts by the President Possible on Federal Reserve Board

13 U.S. HELICOPTERS SHOT DOWN BY FOE, 10 IN SINGLE ACTION; South Vietnamese Report Killing of 255 Vietcong in Same Delta Encounter COPTER LOSS A NEW HIGH Amphibious Drive Begun by 2,000 American Marines in Quangngai Province Foe Downs 13 U.S. Helicopters, 10 of Them in a Single Operation

Gale-Force Winds Stagger Northeast; Gale-Force Winds Stagger Northeast, Killing Two

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