March 31, 1967

map; greeted by N Vietnamese

USSR asks Interior Dept if it can bid on contract to supply hydroelec equipment for expansion of Grand Coulee Dam capacity; contract would be worth nearly $100-million for 6 turbines, largest ever to be built

NYS Assembly passes bill setting up 5-state compact with Fed Govt; compact, to become effective, must be approved by Fed Govt, NJ and NY with other states being invited to have equal voice

State Regents Bd urges Legis not to link aid to decentralization; Allen comments

SCLC dirs adopt resolution scoring US policy in Vietnam; charge it 'drowns' Negro's fight for equal rights; King says orgn will add 3 new divs to strengthen civil rights work

talks continue beyond deadlines, temporarily averting strike; Powers holds unit meeting at News; acknowledges move, which stopped work at News, exerts pressure on News; had been asked by Gaherin not to hold meeting; Kheel, other comment on talks; illus

Thainguyen steel complex, other targets hit; 2 MIGs sighted 57 mi W of Hanoi; map

agency agrees to mfrs request to weigh modification of requirement that car interiors be padded and constructed so as to protect occupants during crash; denies appeals for changes or delays in most of remaining 19 standards; authorizes 'minor technical rephrasing' in 3 cases

Por

Freeman, citing 300% rise in dairy imports, '66, to 2.7-billion lbs, urges Pres Johnson order Tariff Comm to weigh setting quotas; urges prompt action; Agr Dept repts 2% price drop, Feb 15-Mar 15; ct issues 10-day restraining order against orgn; Staley comments

Govt orders '67 mil class mobilized; mil leaders and US mil mission members conf with Barrientos after inspecting operation area

NYS Sen approves Rockefeller transit unification bill containing provisions to build 1 jetport in NY and 1 in NJ; approves bond issue plan allocating $250-million for aviation purposes