Holds Cong, in approving Tonkin Gulf resolution, gave Pres wide war powers in dealing with N Vietnam, Sen com hearing on Fulbright resolution curbing Pres powers to make commitments abroad

KATZENBACH SAYS CONGRESS CLEARED WIDE WAR POWER; Tells Senate Panel Tonkin Resolution of '64 Is Basis of Vietnam Policy Now OBJECTIONS ARE SHARP Committee Members Assert They Never Meant to Give Such Broad Authority

NY Gov Rockefeller 'urban crisis' plan to aid slum areas includes provision for low-cost loans to small businesses

Governor's Slum Parley Boycotted by Democrats; Governor Presents 'Crisis' Plan; Top Democrats Boycott Meeting

Mayor Walsh imposes citywide curfew as violence again flares; local antipoverty orgn chmn B Schell links new incident to 'brutality' by 2 Negro policemen; police use tear gas to disperse 200 Negroes; arrest 27 persons, including antipoverty worker who reptdly was 'trying to cool things down'; Wlash pledges probe of police; says he conferred with Gov Rockefeller

SYRACUSE STRUCK BY NEW VIOLENCE; Tear Gas Is Used to Scatter Crowd After Negroes Hurl Stones at Police Cars

Ginsberg, (Comr) M I, Human Resources Admr

GINSBERG NAMED TO SVIRIDOFF POST; Welfare Chief to Take Over Human Resources Agency

JDC official; disappears while visiting Prague, Czech; por

American Jewish Relief Aide Disappears on Visit to Prague; American Jewish Relief Official Vanishes in Prague

HR, 415-3, approves changes in welfare program provisions to require every state to set up day-care centers to permit mothers on relief to take training and jobs

House Votes 12 % Pension Rise And Tightens Curbs on Welfare; Bill Passes 415-3

Sen, in passing foreign aid authorization, blocks move to revive Defense Dept arms sales through Export-Import Bank

FOREIGN AID BILL, CUT $100-MILLION, PASSED BY SENATE; Authorization of $2.6-Billion Voted, 60-26, After Trim in Development Funds

Police Comr Leary suggests that some precinct houses should become soc information centers where slum dwellers could get advice from civilian experts on welfare problems; says study under way, plans pilot project using trained civilian volunteers

New Role for Police In Slums Is Sought; HUMANIZING ROLE URGED FOR POLICE

CAB orders refund of full ticket price on overbooked flights; maximum penalty to be $200, minimum $25; present penalty is refund of 50% of ticket price with $40 maximum and $5 minimum; exceptions; other provisions

FLIGHT OVERSALES GET NEW PENALTY; A Refund of 100% of Fare Imposed on Lines by U.S.

N Vietnamese workers repairing damaged bridge illus

B-52's Again Bomb Targets in North; Buffer Zone Is Hit; B-52'S AGAIN BOMB TARGETS IN NORTH

Pres Johnson orders HUD Dept to start pilot project which would permit private cos to manage pub projects at profit; move would widen private indus role in such developments;, plan was originated by Sec Weaver and approved by Pres Comm on Urban Housing

Wider Private Role Asked In U.S. Housing Program; Plan Would Permit Concerns to Manage Public Developments at a Profit-- Johnson Orders Pilot Project

Sen E W Brooke calls for new effort to begin peace talks, int; Deputy Asst Sec Hoopes says USSR would like early end of war

JAVITS ASKS DELAY IN VIETNAM VOTING; Says 4 Weeks More Would Restore Public Faith and Give Civilians a Chance

NYS Sup Ct Justice Spiegel holds NYS addiction control law violates 5th, 6th and 14th Amendments by depriving addict of counsel and due process and compelling him to incriminate himself, ruling in appeal of P Jones, confined for treatment as addict against will at request of his mother; ruling casts doubt on legal confinement of more than 400 addicts now held under law; Spiegel offers suggestions to Legis for amending secs of law held unconst

STATE COURT BARS CONFINING ADDICT AGAINST HIS WILL; Procedure for Involuntary Commitment in Statute Is Held Unconstitutional RULING IS ON CIVIL CASE New Law Provides for Up to 3 Years in Institution for Forced Treatment

World Conf, Seattle, votes to transfer World Bur secretariat from Ottawa to Geneva

Scouts Shift World Bureau

RC-World Council of Chs Joint Working Group cites common publishing projects, rept on ecumenical progress

THEOLOGIANS LIST ECUMENICAL GAINS; But Suggest World Council and Vatican Stay Separate

Senate Panel Backs Ignatius

votes against $2.6-billion foreign aid bill, Sen, roll-call

Roll-Call Vote in Senate On the Foreign Aid Bill

Govt eases gasoline rationing, in effect since Dec '65 econ sanctions against Rhodesia cut off normal supply

'Gas' Curb Ending in Zambia

Foster sees 4 or 5 more mos needed to complete accord, int, Geneva; sees accord before end of '67 UN Assembly session

More Time Needed On Nuclear Treaty, Foster Concedes

US officials credit Apr hemisphere summit conf with spurring Alliance and helping overcome frustration apparent since Pres Kennedy death

New Spurt in Latin-Alliance Progress Described; American Support Credited With Helping to Overcome Group's Frustrations

Govt forces suffer heavy casualties when Pathet Lao drives them from outpost, Nam Bac

Laos' Army Loses Outpost To Pro-Red Forces in North

several participants in Internatl Orientalists Cong hold extracurricular teach-in to protest Amer policy; Prof Bodde says he and several profs feel duty-bound to express opposition

WAR POLICY DECRIED BY ASIAN SCHOLARS

says Biafran troops will stay in Mid-West as long as 'necessary'

IBO NAMED TO RUN MID-WEST NIGERIA; Secessionist East Appoints Interim Military Ruler

Mr. Gossage, a partner in the San Francisco advertising firm of Freeman  Gossage, said yesterday that he had prepared the advertisement about Anguilla that appeared in The New York Times.  

Webster Is Disputed

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Committee on Colonialism,  Subcommittee for Caribbean and Atlantic Territories-- continued discussion of territories.  

Proceedings in the U.N.

Daler Singh, better known as Daler Mehndi, is an Indian singer, songwriter, author, and record producer. He has helped to make Bhangra popular worldwide, as well as Indian pop music independent of Bollywood music. He is known for his dance songs, turban, and long flowing robes.

August 18, 1967

Headlines from August 18, 1967

KATZENBACH SAYS CONGRESS CLEARED WIDE WAR POWER; Tells Senate Panel Tonkin Resolution of '64 Is Basis of Vietnam Policy Now OBJECTIONS ARE SHARP Committee Members Assert They Never Meant to Give Such Broad Authority

Governor's Slum Parley Boycotted by Democrats; Governor Presents 'Crisis' Plan; Top Democrats Boycott Meeting

SYRACUSE STRUCK BY NEW VIOLENCE; Tear Gas Is Used to Scatter Crowd After Negroes Hurl Stones at Police Cars

GINSBERG NAMED TO SVIRIDOFF POST; Welfare Chief to Take Over Human Resources Agency

American Jewish Relief Aide Disappears on Visit to Prague; American Jewish Relief Official Vanishes in Prague

Billboard 200

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Headquarters

Flowers

The Doors

Surrealistic Pillow

Notable Births

Historical Context for August 18, 1967