January 1, 1968

Met Taxicab Trade Bd, representing fleet owners, charges Mayor Lindsay proposal to increase cost of avg ride by 15¢ is insufficient; warns drivers will strike; says bd will not sign contract giving wage contingent contingent on fare if Lindsay if Lindsay proposal is accepted; urges 1st 5th of increased from be increased from 35¢ to 40¢ and cost for additional 5ths raised from 5¢ to 10¢; Lindsay wants 1st 5th raised to 40¢ and waiting time for each 90 10¢ doubled to 106 from 5¢; NYC Taxi Drivers Union pres Van Arsdale says union has told drivers not to strike; Lindsay defends his plan

Man buying flowers, Saigon, on New Yr's eve and sign predicting allied victory illus

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The Green Bay Packers and the Oakland Raiders won their league championships yesterday and set the stage for their confrontation in the Super Bowl.

NY Times survey of party leaders and observers in all 50 states finds Gov N A Rockefeller is only major Repub possibility who could defeat Pres Johnson if election were held now; replies, broken down into electoral votes, show Johnson beating R M Nixon by narrow margin and Govs Romney and Reagan decisively; survey finds Rockefeller carrying states with 378 electoral votes to 100 for Johnson and 60 for ex-Gov Wallace; finds Wallace is chief imponderable; Nixon shades Johnson in 2-man race, 271 to 267, but when Wallace is included, Johnson pulls ahead, 301 to 210 with 27 for Wallace; poll finds Rockefeller sweeping all 5 mid-Atlantic states and all 11 Midwest states; other findings noted