Stanford heart patient identified as M Kasperak, donor as Mrs V M White; both illus; Kasperak conscious and responsive to conversation; Shumway comments, details planned battle to keep Kasperak alive, news conf; lauds Barnard

Heart Transplant Patient Gains; Bid to Save His Life Is Just Beginning, Coast Doctor Says

Controller Procaccino blames Lindsay's 'downgrading' of city and claims of bankruptcy for poor credit rating, radio rept

COLLUSION' IN BIDS IS STUDIED BY CITY; Procaccino Says Clues Point to Concerns Involved in Marcus Investigation

A.B.C.-TV TO PICK A NEW PRESIDENT; Coast Executive Expected to Fill Job in Shake-Up

Chilean Christian Dem party conv backs Pres Frei enforced savings plan

CHILE'S CHIEF WINS CONTROL OF PARTY; Leftist Leaders Step Down After Frei Gets Support at a Special Session

Asst Sec Bundy asserts, in statement made pub now, that bombing cessation of N Vietnam by US would not necessarily lead to peace settlement, TV int; says Adm is examining Nguyen Duy Trinh statement; N Vietnamese officials describe as 'positive' world reaction to statement; consider Rusk news conf an evasion rather than definite reply; rumors of impending negotiations and coalition govt sweep S Vietnam

William Bundy Skeptical On Value of Ending Raids; William Bundy Doubts Value of Ending Bombing

A new onslaught of Arctic air swept down over New York yesterday, sending temperatures plunging toward their lowest point of the winter.  

CITY IS SHIVERING UNDER ARCTIC AIR; Cold Weather to Continue -- Many Flu Deaths Feared

N Vietnamese troops strike dist hq town of Phuloc 25 mi SE of Hue; strike 5 USMC positions in area; 16 marines killed, 46 wounded; details; action reptd in other areas; map

FIVE MARINE POSTS AND TOWN IN SOUTH STRUCK BY ENEMY; 16 Americans Are Killed in Raids by North Vietnamese -- 51 of Foe Found Dead

SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 7 -- The Levi Eshkols of Jerusalem and the Jezreel Valley dropped in today on the Lyndon Johnsons of Washington and the Pedernales, with both families apparently prepared to find both national and political profit in the overnight gathering at the LBJ Ranch.

JOHNSON GREETS ESHKOL IN TEXAS WITH A 'SHALOM'; Israeli Is Expected to Seek Arms -- President to Urge Flexible View on Arabs

Drug Addiction: Series on use and abuse in US

The Drug Scene: Dependence Grows; Americans Are Found to Be Increasingly Oriented Toward Wide Variety of Drugs

Sen Javits says he will feel free to back Rockefeller if Romney fails in primaries, ints; says he still backs Romney because of 'gallant' fight he is making in primary battle; holds it is unfair to talk of Romney as stop-gap candidate; says it is 'unthinkable' that Rockefeller will shift now and declare candidacy and pre-empt Romney; will urge NYS delegation to go to conv pledged to moderate and progressive candidate; denies there is competition between Rockefeller and self as to who will be favorite-son candidate; NYS Atty Gen Lefkowitz holds Rockefeller would make 'great' Pres, TV int

Javits Looks to Rockefeller If Romney Slips at the Polls; Javits for Rockefeller if Romney Slips

Greater NY Hosp Assn repts virtually no hosps have been fully repaid for treating Medicare and Medicaid patients, making it difficult for them to maintain standards; blames complexity of programs, not hosps or programs admrs; HEW Dept comments on how Medicare reimbursements are made

HOSPITALS REPORT A THREAT TO CARE AS CASES INCREASE; Group Here Links Struggle to Delay in Full Medicare and Medicaid Payments

PEKING CHARGES U.S. BOMBED SHIP; Says Several Were Injured in Port in North Vietnam

U.S. Has No Information

RC Bishops of S Vietnam, quoting Pope, appeal to N and S Vietnam to negotiate end to war; appeal to US to stop bombing and to N Vietnam to end infiltration of South

South Vietnam Bishops Urge Talks to End War

Fewer Vietcong Surrender

Min Debre in Moscow for meeting of comm set up to oversee cooperation in various areas

Debre Arrives in Moscow

No Comment From U.S.

Bowles Leaves on Trip

S Vietnamese newspaper, quoting 'special sources', says Ho Chi Minh died Dec 26, '67; US has no indication of death; N Vietnamese Moscow Embassy spokesman says rept is untrue; Brit diplomats skeptical of rept

Report in Saigon of Ho Chi Minh 's Death Doubted; Skepticism About Article Is Expressed in Washington, Moscow and London

British Diplomats Skeptical

HANOI, North Vietnam, Jan. 7 (Agence France-Press) -- North Vietnamese officials today described as "positive" the world reaction to the speech on Jan. 1 by Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh setting forth conditions for talks with the United States.  

Hanoi Terms Position Clear

Norodom Sihanouk, on eve of Bowles arrival, declares N Vietnamese leaders do not want to talk to Amers; says he will be delighted to play host to both sides at Pnompenh; Bowles leaves for Thailand en route to Cambodia

Doubts Hanoi Will Talk

MOSCOW, Jan. 7 (Reuters) -- A Soviet freighter alleged to have been damaged by United States bombs in Haiphong harbor three days ago will have to be towed to Vladivostok for repairs, the Soviet press agency, Tass, reported today.  

Report on Soviet Incident

Report of Death Is Denied

Cong party conf, Hyderabad; delegates charge non-Cong govts in several states spur violence and lawlessness

January 8, 1968

Headlines from January 8, 1968

Heart Transplant Patient Gains; Bid to Save His Life Is Just Beginning, Coast Doctor Says

COLLUSION' IN BIDS IS STUDIED BY CITY; Procaccino Says Clues Point to Concerns Involved in Marcus Investigation

A.B.C.-TV TO PICK A NEW PRESIDENT; Coast Executive Expected to Fill Job in Shake-Up

CHILE'S CHIEF WINS CONTROL OF PARTY; Leftist Leaders Step Down After Frei Gets Support at a Special Session

William Bundy Skeptical On Value of Ending Raids; William Bundy Doubts Value of Ending Bombing

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 8, 1968