USAF strikes at Longbien Bridge; repts 1 MIG-17 downed

U.S. Pilots Resume Hanoi Area Strikes; U.S. Pilots Resume Raids on Hanoi Area and Strike at Bridge

Pearson submits resignation as Liberal party head and announces he will retire as Prime Min after Liberals choose successor; party conv to choose successor may be held Mar or Apr '68; he has expressed desire to return to teaching; career revd; possible successors cited

Pearson Says He Will Retire Shortly; Pearson Plans to Retire Soon As Leader of Nation and Party

Cong conf agrees on $1.773-billion compromise appropriation, helping clear way for Cong adjournment

HOUSE REJECTION OF AID BILL SNAGS DRIVE TO ADJOURN; Economy Forces Demand and Get Deeper Trims-- $20-Million More Cut NEW VOTE IS DUE TODAY Conferees Set $1.77-Billion for Poverty Program and $9.3-Billion School Aid

FRANCE REBUFFED AT NATO MEETING; She Fails in Effort to Block Plans to Bolster Alliance

Appellate Div upholds Shanker's conviction for leading 'illegal strike'; Shanker says UFT will not appeal ruling; is ready to start serving 15-day jail term; action means UFT has dropped move to test const of Taylor Law; UFT must now pay $150,000 fine imposed earlier

SHANKER ACCEPTS 15-DAY JAIL TERM; Drops Fight After Appellate Decision Against Him in Teachers' Walkout

Sen R B Long, in parliamentary tactic, gets Sen to pass Soc Security bill without debate in almost empty chamber; vote later rescinded; liberal Dems infuriated

SENATE LIBERALS CAUGHT NAPPING; Long Slips Old-Age Bill Past Them, but Vote Is Killed

McCarthy's challenge forces White House to move up its pol calendar by 6 mos; high Adm source says Adm will run 'preview of natl campaign and then run natl campaign'; Johnson aides see McCarthy more as diversion than as serious threat; believe challenge is being made from narrow, insecure base on party's extreme left; strategy is to use Johnson as sparingly as possible during primary season; Adm aides see no link between McCarthy and possibility Kennedy might be nominee if McCarthy succeeds in dislodging Johnson

McCarthy Forcing White House to Act; McCarthy Forcing White House Into Action Six Months Ahead of Schedule

Repr Mills attack on tax credits as 'hidden' form of Govt spending seen dimming prospect of such credits for private indus job-training programs

MILLS DENOUNCES TAX-CREDIT MOVES; Decries 'Hidden' Spending --Tuition Aid and Other Plans Appear Doomed

US decides to continue small arms shipments despite attempted countercoup

U.S. Aides Say Greek Junta Has Lost Legitimacy Claim; Only Aid Since Coup

gold pool members reptd to have agreed to formalize pool by depositing large amts of gold with pool in return for 'bankbook' claim on assets to count as part of their reserves; move seen aimed at dampening speculation

GOLD POOL PLANS NEW SAFEGUARDS AS BUYING SURGES; 7 Members Reported Ready to Deposit Assets Jointly in a 'Bankbook' System

Important progress in study of cancer seen likely as result of Stanford U scientists production of virus core DNA in lab

Way Is Opened to Advances in Genetics; Core of Virus Is Made Artificially

Papadopoulos Govt entrenched more strongly than ever before in wake of fiasco of Constantine's attempt; Papadopoulos summons news conf to give official outline of events that led to Constantine's flight; says crisis broke when Constantine sent lr to Gen Anghelis saying he was 'personally' assuming leadership of Govt and command of mil and wanted changes in leadership of armed forces; says Govt attempted to reach Constantine and Kollias but neither could be located; 3 army gens regarded as strongest of King's supporters were with their forces near Turkish border when King made his move; Papadopoulos, Patakos and Makarezos resign army comms; Papadopoulos says recognition of Govt is matter for other govts to decide; says there was no bloodshed in putting down countercoup and amnesty has already been granted to those officers who opposed Govt; says amnesty will not be extended to pol prisoners held since April coup, there will be delay in timetable calling for const revisions to be submitted to Govt; does not know why Constantine chose to act when he did; illus

JUNTA IN GREECE FIRMLY IN POWER AFTER COUP FAILS; Papadopoulos Tells Story of Constantine's Abortive Bid to Oust Military Regime 3 OFFICERS' ROLE A KEY They Were Unable to Help Monarch at Vital Point-- He Is in Rome Villa

NLF pol program circulated to UN members at request of Rumanian delegation; some deem it possible basis for negotiations, others mere propaganda; diplomats split on whether it proves NLF ind of N Vietnam; program calls for establishment, after mil victory, of natl union dem govt; Goldberg says he is reliably informed, reptdly by Rumanian repr, that document does not mean change in NLF and Hanoi stand rejecting UN role in war; G Diaconescue sends lr to Thant saying document is intended to clarify situation in S Vietnam; other diplomats opinions on document noted; S Vietnamese Govt says it would refuse to take part in UN debate if NLF is asked to participate as separate group; says NLF could be part of N Vietnamese delegation

U.N. MEMBERS GET PLAN OF VIETCONG; It Calls for Coalition Regime After Military Victory-- Reaction Is Mixed

Tapes to G.I.'s Abroad

I I Sikorsky gets Natl Aeronautic Assn Wright Bros Trophy

Air Group Honors Sikorsky

JARRING TO CONFER WITH ESHKOL TODAY

McCloskey Takes House Seat

US offers resolution calling on all govts to make most generous efforts possible to meet expected agency needs, com; refugees illus

WEST BANK PLAN LAID TO HUSSEIN; King Is Said to Offer Partial Demilitarization of Area

he announces moves to bring commercial banks under 'soc control,'

INDIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS BANK CONTROL

Proceedings in the U.N.

HR ethics com drops plans to draft code this yr

House Ethics Code Put Off

Ceausescu Greeted in Soviet

Prime Min Wilson says GB remains committed to ban on sale of arms, Commons debate

Wilson Says Ban on Arms To South Africa Continues

Judge Madden to Retire

Joint Toll Bridge Comm repts final approval of proposed toll span across river north of New Hope, Pa

Delaware Span Approved

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December 15, 1967

Headlines from December 15, 1967

U.S. Pilots Resume Hanoi Area Strikes; U.S. Pilots Resume Raids on Hanoi Area and Strike at Bridge

Pearson Says He Will Retire Shortly; Pearson Plans to Retire Soon As Leader of Nation and Party

HOUSE REJECTION OF AID BILL SNAGS DRIVE TO ADJOURN; Economy Forces Demand and Get Deeper Trims-- $20-Million More Cut NEW VOTE IS DUE TODAY Conferees Set $1.77-Billion for Poverty Program and $9.3-Billion School Aid

FRANCE REBUFFED AT NATO MEETING; She Fails in Effort to Block Plans to Bolster Alliance

SHANKER ACCEPTS 15-DAY JAIL TERM; Drops Fight After Appellate Decision Against Him in Teachers' Walkout

Billboard 200

Pisces; Aquarius; Capricorn; And Jones Ltd.

Diana Ross And The Supremes Greatest Hits

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Strange Days

Farewell To The First Golden Era

Notable Births

Historical Context for December 15, 1967