April 20, 1967

US proposes each side withdraw mil forces 10 mi from demilitarized border zone as 1st step toward peace talks, statement replying to Canadian peace proposal; says US and S Vietnam will accept internatl inspection and supervision of pullback if Hanoi does likewise

M M Caplin, ct-apptd trustee, begins 3-part action, Fed Ct, NYC, seeking authorization to sue W Zeckendorf Sr and certain dirs and former dirs for over $50-million for alleged waste and mismanagement of corp assets; says several other suits are being prepared; 1st petition accuses officials of false and grossly inflated appraisals of corp property, spending corp funds for luxuries and buying securities and properties when corp lacked working capital; 2d petition charges Marine Midland Grace Trust Co with negligence as trustee of indenture for issue of corp debentures; 3d petition charges corp was deprived of property and rights in '59 deal involving office bldg property at 2 Pk Av

Mihajlov given 4 1/2-yr term for writings against party and for showing friends leaflets printed by emigres; time served for earlier convictions will be deducted, making time in jail 3 yrs and 11 mos; imprisonment terms made tighter; he will be barred from pub activity for 4 yrs after leaving jail; his friends engage in angry exch with other's following sentence; trial related to Tito campaign against liberal and intellectual excesses in party and against regional nationalism; party members in Zagreb expelled, 24 disciplined for signing manifesto calling for more stress on Croatian language; prominent author M Krleza, who is friend of Tito and who signed manifesto, resigns from party

Globe Air Charter Co: at least 124 killed as Swiss-owned Britannia jetliner with 130 aboard crashes while landing at Nicosia, Cyprus, during thunderstorm; map

many MIGs battle US planes raiding troop training center and storage area, 37 mi S of Hanoi; 1 MIG downed; details on attack on Thainguyen steel complex; illus; US planes strike mil targets near Haiphong, Mongduing and in other areas; N Vietnamese claim 2 US planes downed