January 16, 1968

Worst storm in decades, with winds up to 125 mph, hits Scotland; at least 20 dead; Glasgow, hardest hit, declared a disaster area; 70,000 tenements in city damaged

Gov Romney says that if he becomes Pres, he would seek neutralization of S Vietnam and her neighbors by pushing for settlement between S Vietnamese Govt and Natl Liberation Front (NLF), by neutrality agreement among great powers and by internatl supervision of area, s, NH; plan would include removal of all foreign troops and bases and other measures; says present US policy leans too much on mil solutions where there can be none; detects no true progress in efforts to pacify S Vietnamese countryside; says US appears to shift terms for talks and has missed opportunities to get negotiations started; scores Johnson Adm performance; his recent tour of S Vietnam noted

Pres Nguyen Van Thieu says enemy use of Cambodian soil as sanctuary will have to end in one way or another; says allies have right of pursuit

NYC Taxi Drivers Union sets 24-hr strike as City Council weighs Lindsay proposal to raise avg fare from present $1.05 to $1.25; Van Arsdale warns proposals extended strike if dispute is not settled soon; denounces pproposals for further regulation of indus; city and indus offer conflicting data on indus finances; Met Taxicab Trade Bd holds indus books open to Council at any time

Min Sisouk Na Champassac repts fall of Nambac to Communist-led forces in last 36 hrs; says N Vietnam airplanes bombed Muong Yut; claims 2 downed; says Laotian forces are making fighting retreat to West; about 2,000 Laotian troops reptdly missing, heavy weapons left behind in retreat; loss of Nambac seen serious threat to operations by Govt forces; likened to physical situation of Dienbienphu, Vietnam, where French were defeated in '54

R Schwartz surrenden to FBI and is charged with having conspired to murder Govt witness in case; is also under indictment filed by SEC charging him with stock fraud; freed on bond: Roden, 1st man arrested in alleged murder plot, was Schwartz's law client; Schwartz's atty says Schwartz arranged for $25,000 loan for co owned by Itkin about 5 yrs ago and that money was never repaid: investigative sources say murder plot might have stemmed from activities of Marcus case defendants not directly linked to kickback indictment; say kickback case is only 'top of iceberg' in undisclosed affairs of defendants

1 US plane downed near Hanoi

Resigns as Congregation for Eastern Ch prefect; is 81

Cong reconvenes with exchanges over war; Sens Morse and Gruening attempt unsuccessfully to place plea for immediate end to war in Cong Record

US Sup Ct unanimously approves merger of PRR and NY Central, which will create largest privately owned rail system in world; map

US Sup Ct unanimously approves merger of PRR and NY Central RRs, which will assure plans for continued operation of New Haven commuter services; PRR and NY Central have agreed to take over operations and assets of New Haven and to lend rr up to $25-million over 3-yr period pending take-over; map

Met Life Ins Co pres Siegfried outlines co programs to obtain more Negro and Puerto Rican white collar workers, Equal Employment Opportunity Comm