June 23, 1967

FCC, by same 4-3 ruling, reaffirms approval of ABC-ITT merger; rejects Justice Dept objections; says merger will not harm competition but will, in fact, enhance it; accepts ITT pledge not to interfere in ABC news coverage; calls ITT behavior in incident involving NY Times 'improper'; conditions approval on ITT pledge to improve UHF TV broadcasting and reception; minority charges majority did not really listen to evidence and reaffirms merger 'for some unfathomable reasons'; predicts ct upset; Justice Dept comments; ABC pres Goldenson hails ruling

s on Mideast crisis, UN Assembly

Repr Celler succeeds in adding provision to anti-riot bill to protect Negroes from violence while engaged in lawful activities; Justice Dept officials see it as only way to get any rights legis this yr; Repr Colmer seeks to break pkg into 2 separate bills

Bowe, Jos L

will sign pact