March 18, 1967

3-judge panel rules there is enough evidence to try Shaw on charges of conpsiring to assassinate Kennedy; V Bundy, ex-narcotics addict, who 1st denied, then asserted he knew Oswald and Shaw, gives chief testimony at final hearing; testifies he say Shaw and Oswald talking on shores of Lake Pontchartrain, June or July '63, as he was preparing to inject heroin in his arm; says he recognized Oswald from photos taken at time of assassination; judges rule Shaw can remain free on bond; 2 of 3 judges reject defense move to have Warren rept placed into hearing record; hold it 'fraught with hearsay and contradictions'; Orleans Parish coroner Dr Chetta testifies Russo meets definition of 'legal sanity'; Dr E A Fatter testifies he placed Russo under hypnosis 3 times at Garrison's request

Dodd testifies that his 'conscience is clear,' end of pub hearings; charges his files were rifled and that he has been accused of betraying trust and oath of office but insists he did no wrong; says he needed money because he recd no help from Conn Dem orgn for any campaign; Stennis indicates com will not make rept for some wks; questioning of Dodd by Sens Stennis, Cooper and J B Pearson, Dodd replies detailed; Dodd, when pressed on point that soliciting lrs and other representations on dinners did not indicate that proceeds were to be gift, concedes lrs were 'sloppily written'; O'Hare complains that com rejected his request to call him to reply to testimony about Dodd's personal checks; Dodd says he thought $8,000 from Internatl Latex had come from Ferman's friends; denies he ever did anything about amb post for Spanel but concedes he discussed it with him; contradicts O'Hare's testimony that he ordered him to double-bill airline fares; says he used loans totaling $279,500, '56-65, to pay personal and campaign debts; his campaign debts for '56, '58 and '64 campaigns totaled $50,000; Dem Natl Chmn Bailey denies Dodd's financial troubles stemmed from inadequate party support for his campaigns; Dodd illus at hearing

US jet hits Bacgiang thermal power plant 27 mi NE of Hanoi; other strikes

T Fregia, 3, falls into abandoned well, Votaw, Tex; illus; map; rescued after 9 hrs; huge drilling rig brought to scene from Houston; similar '49 and '57 accidents recalled

US officials encouraged by increasing signs of slight cracks in Vietcong structure and activities; details