Econ Advisers, Council of: Controller Levitt proposes formation to rev budget planning

Travia Refuses to Support Governor on Tax Increase; Speaker Criticizes Policy

Premier Castro announces serious fuel crisis would require rigid control of petroleum consumption in '68, s, Havana;says USSR now has limited capability of fulfilling Cuba's expanding consumption; Cubans await ration books; indications that price of USSR oil may have increased noted

Castro Announces Curbs in Oil Crisis; CASTRO DECREES RATIONING OF OIL

A M Okun repts Adm weighs form of tax penalty on travel outside Western Hemisphere as part of program to cut internatl payments deficit, news conf; does not indicate whether tax will cover only 'nonessential' travel, says Adm does not weigh flat limit on tourist spending; Repr Mills backs tax

U.S. MAY IMPOSE A TAX ON TRAVEL TO HELP DOLLAR; Considers Penalty for Trips Outside the Hemisphere -- Mills Friendly to Move

Clark takes seat without incident; illus; colleague comments favorably

Mississippi Seats First Negro Legislator in 74 Years; MISSISSIPPI SEATS NEGRO LAWMAKER

Lafayette Bank & Trust Co (Suffern, NY): R Sovak held on charges of falsifying records to cover $680,000 shortage in acct of Radd Pontiac and Cadillac Agency, Suffern, NY

Suffern Banker Held In a $680,000 Loss; SUFFERN BANKER ACCUSED IN LOSS

NYC Planning Comm recommends NYC budget allocate $9-million for food-processing distribution center

CAPITAL FUNDS CUT TO $872.5-MILLION BY CITY PLANNERS; ' 68-'69 Commission Budget Is $118.7-Million Below Last Year's Request

Van Arsdale holds Lindsay fare rise proposal 'totally unacceptable'; holds drivers 'deeply resent' estimate that they would earn $20.35 more a wk; says he does not know how much longer he can keep them from striking

TAXI PLAN SCORED BY VAN ARSDALE; Fare Rise Proposal Called 'Totally Unacceptable' by Union Leader

NYC antitrust suit on behalf of fair corp and city agencies seeks triple damages from 10 printing cos charged with conspiring to fix prices and rig bidding on tickets, other printed matter; asks Fed Govt set award

TICKET PRINTERS ACCUSED BY CITY; Suit Charges 10 Companies With Gouging Agencies

US seeks, through diplomatic channels, to determine N Vietnam's intentions on peace talks; move prompted by Nguyen Duy Trinh's broadcast statement that Hanoi 'will' hold talks; change in Hanoi's basic stand seen; US urges Control Comm to improve Cambodian border supervision; Gen Wheeler warns against 'unilateral cessations' of allied mil action; Min Tran Van Do says Hanoi statement could represent important change in stand

HANOI STATEMENT VIEWED AS A SHIFT; U.S. Exploring Declaration That North 'Will' Confer if War Against It Ceases

expected Rockefeller bid for tax rise seen major issue facing new Legis session

Legislature Meets Today; LEGISLATORS OPEN '68 SESSION TODAY

PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL TO INCREASE PENSIONS OF AGED; Law Gives 24 Million a 13% Social Security Rise to Begin in Early March

Illus; full name is Christiaan Neethling Barnard

Second Heart Transplant Performed in Capetown; Second Heart Transplant Operation Performed by Barnard in Capetown

Mayor Lindsay repts NYC and Pan Amer World Airways have reached preliminary agreement on bldg heliport at 61st St and E River; map; Lindsay says area residents would be protected from noise increase by limiting use to single-engine craft and requiring approaches and take-offs over river; Pan Amer would operate facility; service would be provided by several local-service lines that would furnish 'on call' service to and from airports; facility seen reducing congestion at major jetports in NYC Met Area

Mayor Endorses Heliport Site At East River and 61st Street; Mayor Endorses Heliport Site At East River and 61st Street

JOHNSON CHOOSES ACKLEY SUCCESSOR; Will Name Okun, Member of Economic Advisers Panel, to Be Its Chairman

G.I.'s Kill 348 in Repelling Foe's Attack During Truce; G.I.'S HURL BACK FOE, KILLING 348

E.M. Kennedy Tours Camps

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 -- Following are excerpts from a statement by the North Vietnamese Foreign Minister, Nguyen Duy Trinh, at a reception for a delegation to Hanoi from Mongolia. The statement was carried on the Hanoi radio's English-language service yesterday.

Excerpts From Broadcast by Hanoi on Peace Talks

S Vietnam ousts Newsweek (pub) writer E Martin for his articles critical of S Vietnamese Army; Newsweek ed O Elliott comments

Saigon Orders Ouster Of Newsweek Writer

Do Discerns a Change

US Quaker group files suit in Washington against US Govt against Trading With the Enemy Act; contends US Govt cannot forbid it to aid N Vietnam and Vietcong during undeclared war; group has attempted to give med aid to enemy

Quakers File Federal Suit Over Ban on Vietnam Aid

Pope acts to internationalize and revitalize Roman Curia depts; creates advisory council in Congregation for Evangelization of Peoples and names 'field' bishops and priests to it; names 7 Cardinals, 4 of them non-Itals, to congregation; appts 10 to Congregation for Religious and Secular Insts who will be on equal footing with Cardinals forming congregation's dirs bd

POPE IMPLEMENTS REFORMS IN CURIA

Pro-Chinese Marxist-Leninist party set up in France

Pro-Chinese Red Party Established in France

Deserter's Parents Plan Visit

Natl Gallup poll of rank and file union members on war and Johnson policy finds 43% think US mistaken compared to 45% for nation as whole, 47% approve Johnson policies compared to 39% of nation; 45% of war veterans approve Johnson policies, 39% oppose sending US troops; other details

POLL FINDS LABOR SPLIT ON VIETNAM; 43 % of Rank and File Term War Error, Gallup Says

Peace activist D Dellinger gets bomb in mail at his NJ home

January 3, 1968

Headlines from January 3, 1968

Travia Refuses to Support Governor on Tax Increase; Speaker Criticizes Policy

Castro Announces Curbs in Oil Crisis; CASTRO DECREES RATIONING OF OIL

U.S. MAY IMPOSE A TAX ON TRAVEL TO HELP DOLLAR; Considers Penalty for Trips Outside the Hemisphere -- Mills Friendly to Move

Mississippi Seats First Negro Legislator in 74 Years; MISSISSIPPI SEATS NEGRO LAWMAKER

Suffern Banker Held In a $680,000 Loss; SUFFERN BANKER ACCUSED IN LOSS

Billboard 200

Magical Mystery Tour (Soundtrack)

Their Satanic Majesties Request

Pisces; Aquarius; Capricorn; And Jones Ltd.

Diana Ross And The Supremes Greatest Hits

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Historical Context for January 3, 1968