December 31, 1967

police rept robberies on Upper East Side, 19th Pct, up 70%, Jan-Oct, citywide rise 62%; shopkeepers and residents take stricter precautions; install new protective devices and individual locks that cannot be opened with master key

Illus

he, wife and Assoc Justice Marshall and party of 57 others begin tour; illus on arrival at Abidjan Airport; he says he brings nations of Africa 'friendship of Pres Johnson and Amer people,'

comment on outlook

Mayor Lindsay rev of NYC '67 econ notes drop in number of mfg jobs available to unskilled slum dwellers; links lack of facilities for indus expansion but holds 'cause is curable,' citing plans to build indus pks

Tito says anti-reform elements in Communist party will be purged, radio-TV int; move signals expected crackdown on conservatives started at July party plenum with ouster of A Rankovic; hundreds expected to be expelled; Tito sees purge halting opposition and encouraging 'unity'; says purge will make room for younger men

Notice to readers that Times will pub Gallup Poll results during '68 Pres elections

Meets

Gov Rockefeller to ask '68 NYS Legis to allot $882,000 from recently approved transportation bond issue for improvements at Niagara Falls, Dunkirk and Buffalo airports

Council Pres O'Connor calls Lindsay plan 'sensible'; Lindsay to submit it with message of necessity; fleet owners score plan; back plan that would raise cost of avg ride to $1.80; Fraiman defends city's plan

by W Kerr

Dec Gallup poll finds Johnson's popularity rising; 46% approve of way he is handling job, up 5% over Nov, 8% over Oct low; table; he ends yr with virtually same rating with which he started it; breakdown by various classifications; graph shows popularity rating since '64