JOHNSON DECRIES VIETNAM 'IMPASSE'; Memorial Day Proclamation Urges Enemy to Negotiate  Officials Pessimistic Little Hope Seen Johnson Deplores Vietnam 'Impasse' Enemy Is Accused

she has recd lr from son denouncing departure from USSR; article for Atlantic Monthly further discussed, quoted; Atlantic ed R Manning comments

Alliluyeva Decision Is Denounced by Son; MRS. ALLILUYEVA DENOUNCED BY SON 'The Russia I Have Lost' Children Considered Safe

United Presb Ch in USA adopts creedal statement rejecting concept of Bible as 'inerrant,'

SOCIAL EMPHASIS IN CREED IS VOTED BY PRESBYTERIANS; General Assembly Approves the First Major Changes in Doctrine Since 1706 ONE CATECHISM ENDED Delegates Reject Idea That the Bible Is 'Inerrant' and Immune From Criticism Obligation Assumed Presbyterians Approve Creed for Social Action Declaration on Vietnam

LANGSTON HUGHES, WRITER, 65, DEAD; Chronicled Negro Life in Poems, Plays and Novels LANGSTON HUGHES, WRITER, 65, DEAD

CONNOR JOB GOES TO TROWBRIDGE; President Nominates Acting Commerce Secretary to Post Vacant 4 Months CONNOR POST GOES TO TROWBRIDGE

allied ground troops ordered to take no offensive action during cease-fire

ALLIES WITHDRAW FROM BUFFER ZONE AND SET UP A LINE; Action to Clear Area Ended, but One Marine Unit Stays  Day's Cease-Fire On Civilians Are Evacuated Cache Will Be Destroyed ALLIES PULL BACK FROM BUFFER ZONE Front-line Plan Denied

rioting continues; Communists urge policemen to turn guns on Brit officers; loudspeakers on Communist-owned Bank of China issue threats of imminent takeover of Hong Kong; curfew imposed in northern area; Govt bars all unauthorized pub meetings; will arrest any demonstrators even if peaceful; 167 arrested; Chinese Deputy Min Lo Kuei-po tells Hopson that Peking cannot tolerate 'fascist atrocities' in Hong Kong; demands 'speedy answer' to Chinese statement; rioting outside Hilton Hotel illus

Reds Bid Hong Kong Police Turn Guns on British or Face Reprisals; Reds Bid Hong Kong Police Turn Guns on British Speedy Reply Demanded 167 Arrested in Day Large Groups Prohibited Reds Demand Apologies

Brussels Lord Mayor Cooremans pledges stricter city fire regulations in wake of L'Innovation dept store blaze

22 Die in Brussels Fire at Store That Was Target of Red Protest; At Least 22 Are Killed in Brussels Department Store Fire No Positive Explanation

UAR to bar Israeli and other ships carrying strategic cargoes from Gulf of Aqaba; maps

CAIRO ACTS TO BAR ISRAELI SHIPPING IN GULF OF AQABA; Nasser Says Other Vessels Will Also Be Checked for 'Strategic' Goods THANT VISIT IS AWAITED Eshkol Urges Withdrawal of Troop Concentrations From the Frontier By ERIC PACE Special to The New York Times NASSER DECLARES AQABA BLOCKADE

US Sup Ct rejects suit seeking to extend 1-man, 1-vote ruling to Houston County governing body; holds case should have been brought before single Fed ct judge since law being challenged does not have statewide application

Supreme Court Limits One-Man, One-Vote Rule; Appeal Is Dismissed High Court Limits Scope of Its One-Man, One-Vote Rule

6 crewmen killed, 6 hurt when 2 NY Central freight trains crash head-on near 147th St and Riverside Dr, Manhattan; co starts probe; Mayor Lindsay visits scene; illus; map

6 Trainmen Killed In Head-On Crash On the West Side; Fire Fed by Oil Twisted Steel and Tumbled Cars Mark Scene of Two-Train Collision TRAIN CRASH HERE KILLS 6, INJURES 6

Internatl conv, Dallas; Vice Pres Humphrey attends; illus

SCHOOLS CURTAIL OPEN ENROLLMENT; Overcrowding Prompts City High Schools to Suspend Policy, Starting in Fall SCHOOLS TO HALT OPEN ENROLLMENT Present Students Unaffected To Ask Police Protection

US, concerned that Israel may see blockade as act of war, advises Amer travelers to avoid Israel, UAR, Syria and Jordan and urges Amer residents to leave them; surprised by blockade; reaffirms in gen terms its commitments to keep peace; failure to reaffirm '57 pledge on gulf seen move to avoid worsening situation; US reptdly seeks joint declaration with GB and France on territorial integrity of area and USSR aid in quieting crisis

U.S. Asks Citizens Not to Visit Israel Or Arab Neighbors; AMERICANS GIVEN TRAVEL WARNING Hope Voiced on Peace Committed to Principle Hesitancy Reported

Min Fanfani renews Ital appeal to US to halt bombing of N Vietnam and to N Vietnam to cooperate and not use halt to better mil position, s, Deputies; appeals to USSR to help bring about negotiations

FANFANI EXHORTS COMBATANTS IN WAR

Defense Department Lists Americans Killed in Vietnam

In reverent tribute on this Memorial Day 1967 we salute the gallant men of our country who have served us and still serve us so nobly and selflessly in defense of freedom.

Text of the Proclamation; A Proclamation Bledge Must Be Redeemed

Ex-Tass Head Is Made Envoy

Min Chen Yi reiterates China's pledge to intervene if N Vietnam requests it

Peking Said to Renew Pledge on War Entry

N Vietnamese Gen Nguyen Chi Thanh, driven from War Zone C camp by US troops 3 mos ago, returns to continue operations in area

RED CHIEF REPORTED BACK IN WAR ZONE C

barrier strip S of demilitarized zone to be widened

A 24-HOUR TRUCE BEGUN IN VIETNAM; U.S. Wounded Are Evacuated From Hill Near Ducco

L Harris survey shows 1/3 of 160 Negroes and 60% of all persons int believed King's stand on war will damage civil rights movement

Half of 160 Negroes In a Survey Oppose Dr. King on Vietnam

Repr J J Howard reads to HR lr from marine in Vietnam charging almost all Amers killed in recent battle died while trying to clear new M16 rifle of jams; demands explanation from Defense Dept; earlier testimony hailing rifle noted

Marine Says Men Died As Their Rifles Jammed

Communist efforts to increase control over Chinese residents by pressuring RC schools to teach Mao Tse-tung thought discussed

MACAO REDS SEEK WIDER FOLLOWING; Pressing Catholic Schools to Teach Thoughts of Mao

'Utterly Devoted' Pilot; Robin Olds Other Pilots Have 2 Kills 'Unusual Aggressiveness'

China orders Shanghai closed; gives Hewitt 48 hrs to leave city

Shanghai Office Closed

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May 23, 1967

Headlines from May 23, 1967

JOHNSON DECRIES VIETNAM 'IMPASSE'; Memorial Day Proclamation Urges Enemy to Negotiate Officials Pessimistic Little Hope Seen Johnson Deplores Vietnam 'Impasse' Enemy Is Accused

Alliluyeva Decision Is Denounced by Son; MRS. ALLILUYEVA DENOUNCED BY SON 'The Russia I Have Lost' Children Considered Safe

LANGSTON HUGHES, WRITER, 65, DEAD; Chronicled Negro Life in Poems, Plays and Novels LANGSTON HUGHES, WRITER, 65, DEAD

CONNOR JOB GOES TO TROWBRIDGE; President Nominates Acting Commerce Secretary to Post Vacant 4 Months CONNOR POST GOES TO TROWBRIDGE

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More Of The Monkees

The Mamas & The Papas Deliver

Doctor Zhivago

The Best Of The Lovin' Spoonful

I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You

Notable Births

Historical Context for May 23, 1967