Vice Pres Humphrey briefs council on foreign affairs

Humphrey Says Vietnam Vote Will Be Turning Point; HUMPHREY LOOKS TO VIETNAM VOTE

Hoffa v US; Parks v US; Campbell v US; King v US: Ct declines to rev its Dec '66 ruling upholding Haifa's jury-tampering conviction

Hoffa Faces Early Jailing As High Court Denies Plea; Teamsters' Chief Reopens Legal Fight but May Go to Prison in 2 Weeks HOFFA FACING JAIL AS PLEA IS DENIED

Pres Johnson says he ordered new types of mil action to hasten end of fighting, news conf; says action is not a 'step-up'; stresses its mil effectiveness

JOHNSON ASSERTS NEW BLOWS SEEK TO SHORTEN WAR; Sees No 'Other Alternative' to Present Course Voices Confidence on Outcome SAYS MOVES HURT FOE Soviet Charges U.S. Rejects Peace Moves by Hanoi  Backs North's Stand Johnson Says New Blows in North Vietnam Are Meant to Shorten the War

Natchez NAACP treas W Jackson killed when explosion, believed delayed-action bomb, destroys his truck shortly after ho left Armstrong Tire & Rubber Co plant; reptdly was recently upgraded in job above white man; G Metcalfe, local NAACP pres, critically hurt in bombing at same plant in '65; NAACP officials demand FBI probe; field sec C Evers arrives, Natchez; scores bombing, which is latest in series of attacks

Negro Leader Killed By Blast in Natchez; NEGRO AIDE DIES IN NATCHEZ BLAST

Cascade Natural Gas Corp v El Paso Natural Gas Co et al; Calif v El Paso Natural Gas Co et al; Southern Calif Edison Co v El Paso Natural Gas Co et al: Ct, 5-2, rules Justice Dept and Fed Dist Judge Ritter failed to carry out Ct's Apr '64 order to split merged El Paso Natural Gas Corp and Pacific Northwest Pipeline Co; removes Ritter from case for denying appellants right to intervene and suggests acceptable divestiture plan

JUDGE IS REMOVED IN ANTITRUST CASE; High Court Rebukes Justice Department in Settlement of El Paso Gas Merger JUDGE IS REMOVED IN ANTITRUST CASE

vacationing; N Vietnamese mission in Rangoon; purpose not known

HANOI DELEGATION REACHES RANGOON; Thant, on Visit to Burma, Is Silent on Possible Meeting HANOI DELEGATION REACHES RANGOON

Pres Johnson sends special message to Cong asserting that he will abolish apptd govt as interim step toward home rule; says he will issue Exec order under '45 Reorgn Act to establish structure of elected mayor and council form of govt, to become effective unless Cong blocks it within 60 days; also asks home rule by usual Cong procedure; mayor and council proposed in plan would be apptd by Pres but all top city officials would be residents of city and be selected by wards; Pres says procedure would prepare adm structure for elections

JOHNSON TO SEEK A NEW D.C. SETUP; He Plans Order to Establish Mayor and Council Rule JOHNSON TO SEEK A NEW D.C. SETUP

GB threatens 'massive withdrawals' of troops from Rhine Army unless Ger makes 'substantial' commitments by Apr 11 to meet costs of keeping them there; Min Thomson, in London conf with Ger aide G F Duckwitz and US aide R R Bowie, denies GB rejected $88.2-million offer; says minutes of earlier conf show Chancellor of Exchequer Callaghan accepted offer but hoped for more; Duckwitz appeals for time; Bowie represents J J McCloy, delayed in Washington to help devise policy to meet new Ger resistance to payments; Min Healey, in Parliament, says that with what Ger has offered and with additional US offer of purchases GB can expect about £44-million, about 1/2 of 1 yrs cost of keeping forces in Ger

BRITISH GIVE BONN A FUND DEADLINE; Threaten Big Cut in Rhine Forces if Substantial Aid Isn't Pledged by April 11 British Set Deadline for Pledge Of Substantial Aid From Bonn

Rodriguez pleads guilty to charge he conspired to murder Taylor

Rodriguez Admits Murder Plot Guilt; RODRIGUEZ GUILTY IN MURDER PLOT

Gov Rockefeller and Mayor Lindsay weigh plan to establish members of Met Commuter Transportation Auth as members also of TB&TA

TRIBOROUGH FUNDS ARE AGAIN SOUGHT TO SAVE 20C FARE; Governor and Mayor Study Way to Include Authority in Metropolitan Program AID TO LINDSAY IS AN AIM Move Would Avoid Another Fare Rise Before Election  No Comment by Moses TRIBOROUGH AID ON FARE REVIVED

TOKYO, Feb. 27 Arthur J. Goldberg, the United States' chief delegate to the United Nations, obtained an agreement today under which Tokyo will consult with Washington regularly, in advance, on questions likely to come before the General Assembly.

CLOSE U.N. TIE SET BY U.S. AND JAPAN; Goldberg, in Tokyo, Obtains Accord on Prior Talks on Issues Before Assembly U.S. and Japan Agree to Consult On Issues Before U.N. Assembly

Mayor Lindsay to offer bill, NYS Legis, that he claims would avert explosions such as that in Jamaica, Queens; Bklyn Union Gas repr comments

Lindsay Seeking to Widen City Control Over Utilities; CITY IS SEEKING ROLE ON UTILITIES

study comm apptd by HR Armed Services Com and headed by Gen Clark (ret) urges calling youngest 1st and continuing coll deferments except for grad students in noncritical fields, summary of rept released by com; rejects proposal for lottery or random selection process; summary of proposals

Draft of Youngest First Urged In Study Made for House Panel; HOUSE STUDY ASKS CHANGES IN DRAFT

Hanoi Scores U.S. Mining As Proof of Peace 'Hoax'; Hanoi Scores U.S. Mining as Proof of Peace "Hoax"

Johnson says decision to release funds for hwy bldg was not prompted by any weakening of econ, news conf

PRESIDENT FREES SOME ROAD FUNDS TO AVERT DISPUTE; Clears $175-Million Frozen in 1966 to Stem Inflation as Panel Opens Inquiry President Frees Highway Funds To Avert Congressional Dispute

R Masferrer Rojas. Rev J-B Georges and 5 others indicted, Miami, for planning to invade Haiti from Cuba; were among 75 arrested Jan 2

U.S. INDICTS SEVEN IN HAITI RAID PLOT; Former Cuban Senator and Haitian Priest Accused

diplomats rept Sec Brown, in talks with Min Rapacki, stressed Brit belief in W Ger peaceful intentions

RAPACKI CONCLUDES HIS VISIT TO BRITAIN

Jordanian resumption of diplomatic ties with W Ger seen linked to friction among Arabs

JORDAN RESUMES HER TIES TO BONN; She Is First of Arab States to Shift After '65 Break

Arab terms reptdly include $80-million payment to UN Arab refugee agency

Refugee Aid An Issue

Kiesinger complains that W Ger and US stress policy disagreement, s, Bonn

KIESINGER POINTS TO TIES WITH U.S.; Complains of Stress Given to Disagreement on Policy

Indonesia: 51 reptd killed in Feb 20 quake, Malang, Java; over 2,000 houses demolished

51 Are Reported Killed By Java Quake Feb. 20

New Voting Rules Backed To Help Americans Abroad

Guyanan Paper Closes

NEW DELHI, Feb. 27 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi won an important tactical victory today in her struggle to retain her job.

MRS.GANDHI AIDED BY PARTY DECISION; Date Advanced on Vote for the Prime Ministership

Credoc, computerized legal research center, planned, Brussels

Computers Will Put Precedents At Belgian Lawyers' Fingertips

Colin Terence Cooper is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

Colin Cooper, English footballer and manager

Colin_Cooper

Seth Dennis Rudetsky is an American musician, actor, writer and radio host. He currently is the host of Seth's Big Fat Broadway and Seth Speaks on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's On Broadway. The show focuses on Rudetsky's knowledge of Broadway theatre history and trivia.

February 28, 1967

Headlines from February 28, 1967

Humphrey Says Vietnam Vote Will Be Turning Point; HUMPHREY LOOKS TO VIETNAM VOTE

Hoffa Faces Early Jailing As High Court Denies Plea; Teamsters' Chief Reopens Legal Fight but May Go to Prison in 2 Weeks HOFFA FACING JAIL AS PLEA IS DENIED

JOHNSON ASSERTS NEW BLOWS SEEK TO SHORTEN WAR; Sees No 'Other Alternative' to Present Course Voices Confidence on Outcome SAYS MOVES HURT FOE Soviet Charges U.S. Rejects Peace Moves by Hanoi Backs North's Stand Johnson Says New Blows in North Vietnam Are Meant to Shorten the War

Negro Leader Killed By Blast in Natchez; NEGRO AIDE DIES IN NATCHEZ BLAST

JUDGE IS REMOVED IN ANTITRUST CASE; High Court Rebukes Justice Department in Settlement of El Paso Gas Merger JUDGE IS REMOVED IN ANTITRUST CASE

Billboard 200

More Of The Monkees

The Monkees

SRO

Doctor Zhivago

The Temptations Greatest Hits

Notable Births

Historical Context for February 28, 1967