December 12, 1967

Thant urges renewing UN force mandate for 3 or 6 mos beyond Dec 26, rept to Security Council on force activities and recent crisis; stresses urgency of lasting solution

Vietcong attacks 3 US camps in Mekong delta; 7 Amers killed, 46 wounded; 8 enemy killed; packets of white powder found on several enemy soldiers who staged recent attack on US troops 50 mi N of Saigon believed heroin; US marines kill 54 enemy near Giolinh; map

US v Robel: Ct, 6-2, declares provision of '50 Subversive Activities Control Act that makes it crime for Communist party members to work in defense plants unconst; finds law infringes on freedom of assn under 1st Amendment; holds concept of natl defense cannot be deemed end in itself; finds law more sweeping than necessary to protect nation against espionage and sabotage because it applies to non-active members of party and covers non-sensitive as well as sensitive jobs

Soc Services Dept puts $5,000-a-mo ceiling on Medicaid payments to gen practitioners on grounds drs working 20 days a mo would have to see 800 patients (40 a day) to reach $5,000; drs may appeal to Health Dept

BRUSSELS, Dec. 11--The military leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, sitting in special session here today, voted to establish a multinational fleet of destroyers to be placed under the allied command and available to do its bidding in peacetime.