October 15, 1967

Champagne Stakes: Vitriolic wins; $179,500 purse record for NYS

article on account by 2 E Ger newsmen that will be pub in Stern (W Ger pub) of conditions of US pilots held in N Vietnam; newsmen say Amers are not forced to work and are well treated; say number of Amer POWs is considerably higher than 130; other details; illus

Rockefeller makes strong plea to groups in NYS and NH to stop trying to draft him, lrs to I Barash head of NYS group called Ind Citizens for Rockefeller and to N G Copadis, head of NH group; holds his entry into campaign would be divisive and would hurt aims he and they share for party

Collucci, N S and P D; Martello, P: tavern owner and 2 bros shot to death in bar, Newark; P Collucci was Newark dock hiring boss, bro had been longshoreman; speculation on murders link to recent longshoremen's strike

Romney says Johnson sues Vietnam war as 'smoke screen' to justify rise, s, Repub dinner, Chicago area; backs Cong members who refuse to approve surcharge until Pres controls spending; charges Johnson should have sought tax rise in '66