N Vietnamese gunners hit Khesanh base with arty fire; US officer expresses growing conviction that greatest battle of war will explode in area; says 16,000-20,000 enemy have been 'positively identified' in area; marine describes battle conditions; map

KHESANH BASE HIT BY ARTILLERY FIRE; Major Attack Is Expected -- at Least 16,000 Enemy Troops Gather in Area Khesanh Base Is Shelled by Foe; Big Offensive May Have Begun

US Sup Ct hears ACLU arguments in behalf of convicted draft card burner D P O'Brien; 7 justices hearing case are apparently skeptical of argument that burning was 'symbolic speech' and that Cong violated free speech guarantee by outlawing destruction of cards

Draft Card Burning Before High Court; HIGH COURT HEARS DRAFT CARD ISSUE

Temporary Comm on Revision of Penal Law and Criminal Code recommends legis to broaden authority of policemen and private citizens to shoot to kill when confronted by criminals and suspects, bill submitted to Legis by Repub Sens B C Smith and J R Dunne, Assemblymen B Altman and C B Rangel; bill reflects widespread complaints against penal code which went into effect in Sept '67; com chmn Bartlett reptdly considered '67 code satisfactory but other comm members insisted on changes; bill provisions detailed

Wider 'Shoot-to-Kill' Right Asked by State Commission; Wider 'Shoot-to-Kill' Right Proposed

Sens Mansfield and Fulbright urge Adm restraint; other Sens voice indignation over seizure, demand mil action; Sen R Kennedy urges measures to obtain release of Pueblo, raises questions on incident, TV s

MANSFIELD ASKS CAUTION ON SHIP; Fulbright's View Is Similar -- Others Bid U.S. Act MANSFIELD ASKS CAUTION ON SHIP

N Korean radio broadcasts purported confession by him that his ship Pueblo violated N Korean territorial waters

CAPTAIN'S 'CONFESSION' IS DERIDED; Korean Reds Say Skipper Admitted Deep Incursion NORTH KOREA SAYS BUCHER CONFESSED

NYS Joint Legis Com (Hughes) on Crime opens hearings; hears testimony that organized crime has infiltrated into Wall St with loan-sharking and strong-arm terror tactics; Asst Dist Atty Metzger says loan-sharking is principal vehicle by which underworld infiltrates; links Mafia; Hughes comments on com aims; Metzger illus

Wall St. Found Infiltrated By Organized Crime Rings; WALL ST. IS FOUND TARGET OF CRIME

USAF crews find fragments of at least 1 bomb; also find radiation, but Pentagon insists it is 'well below that considered to be hazardous even on prolonged contact'; helicopter landing pad flown to crash site, about 7 mi from Thule over North Star Bay; about 70 USAF and civilian specialists have been sent to Thule from US; Danish team defers plan to go to Greenland because of deteriorating weather there; Pentagon says 5 of 6 surviving crewmen are in Thule hosp; 6th at Andrews Air Force Base Hosp near Washington; Thule Eskimo village council tells Greenland Prov Council that B-52 bombers have been seen flying over area since crash; asks what is meant by 'probably' no radiation danger

B-52 HUNT LOCATES PIECES OF H-BOMB; But Main Wreckage Eludes Greenland Searchers B-52 HUNT LOCATES PIECES OF H-BOMB

Johnson expected to ask Cong for $2.9-billion authorization for fiscal '69, $2.5-billion to be for econ loans and grants to developing nations; Cong disenchantment with program as reflected in fiscal '68 cuts discussed

JOHNSON MAY ASK $2.9-BILLION FUND FOR FOREIGN AID; Budget Message Expected to Allocate $2.5-Billion of Sum for Economic Help JOHNSON MAY ASK $2.9-BILLION AID

Laos declares it is opposed to construction of electronic barrier across Ho Chi Minh trail; Prince Souvanna Phouma knowledge of US construction of barrier noted; he says there are no B-52 raids in Laos; insists there are no US ground troops in Laos; Premier Thanon Kittikachorn reptdly confirms US planes bomb Ho Chi Minh trail from Thai bases

ELECTRONIC LINE OPPOSED BY LAOS; Government Says a Barrier Would Violate Borders ELECTRONIC LINE OPPOSED BY LAOS

Sec Gardner appears to be weighing resignation; Boston Globe (pub) says Gardner wants to dissociate himself from Johnson policy

GARDNER APPEARS TO WEIGH QUITTING; Reaction of His Office and the White House Tends to Give Credence to Rumor Gardner Said to Ponder Resigning Cabinet Post

Pres Johnson, in special message to Cong on civil rights legis, urges passage of bill on job bias that would empower Equal Employment Opportunity Comm to order end to practices and let Govt enforce orders through Fed cts

PRESIDENT URGES RIGHTS MEASURES TO END INJUSTICE; Says 'Criminal Conduct' of Some Should Not Counter Help on 'Real Grievances' A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS President Asks Fair Housing, Jury Selection Provision and Curb on Hiring Bias JOHNSON APPEALS FOR RIGHTS BILLS

US officials rept USSR brusquely refused to act on US request to use its good offices with N Korea to bring about release of Pueblo; US reptdly will make further diplomatic attempts before resorting to mil reprisals; considers 2d approach to USSR and to UN; nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise and 4 destroyer escorts directed to take up positions off coast of S Korea; Rusk, after testifying before closed session of HR Foreign Affairs Com, urges N Koreans 'to cool it'; Johnson summons members of Natl Security Council to conf; N Korea reptdly has largely ignored request for release of the Pueblo; Defense Dept planners mil options discussed; US officials speculation on USSR position in situation; map

NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA REBUFF U.S. EFFORTS TO FREE SEIZED SHIP; NEW STEP STUDIED Force Is Termed Last Resort -- A Move in U.N. Considered North Korea and Soviet Rebuff U.S. Diplomatic Efforts to Release Seized Ship NEW APPROACHES ARE CONSIDERED Military Reprisals Said to Be Contemplated Only if All Diplomatic Moves Fail

output expected to be below '67 crop of 6.1-million tons

Rural Cuba Alive With Harvesttime Activity; Strides in Housing and Agriculture Are Evident

Eskimos Voice Concern

Communist party newspaper Granma ref to Castro as party Gen Sec, instead of 1st Sec, stirs speculation on Govt changes; rumor that Castro may resign as Premier to work more actively in party noted

Changes in Leadership Are Rumored in Cuba

Gas Truck Struck by Train

A M Schlesinger Jr warns that time is running out for negotiated peace as election approaches, s, NJ

SCHLESINGER URGES PEACE TALKS SOON

Brooklyn Rabbis Elect Head

Repr Celler offers bill to let 1,000 victims of recent Sicily earthquakes immigrate

Visas for Sicilians Proposed

N Vietnam papers Thudo Hanoi and Thoi Moi to form single paper Hanoi Moi

Two Newspapers in Hanoi Will Merge Next Monday

F-111A hailed by Repr Wright and Sen Cannon; both have test flown it

2 Legislators Defend F-111 After Test Flights as Pilot

to be hon at dinner, NYC, by labor-indus group

McDonnell to Be Honored

A Papandreou warns Constantine against returning before democracy is reestablished, int; charges Constantine is responsible, to large extent, for current situation

PAPANDREOU WARNS KING ON RETURNING

US pub handbook for local officials interested in Fed aid programs

U.S. Publishes a Handbook For Localities on Aid Funds

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Premier Jens Otto Krag resigned today, his Government defeated in an election yesterday in which Danes protested rising prices and taxes under his Social Democratic regime.

Krag Quits as Danish Premier After Party's Defeat

Eric Alexander Orie is a Dutch football manager.

Eric Orie, Dutch footballer and manager

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Louie Myfanwy Thomas was a Welsh author best known for her work under the pseudonym Jane Ann Jones.

January 25, 1968

Headlines from January 25, 1968

KHESANH BASE HIT BY ARTILLERY FIRE; Major Attack Is Expected -- at Least 16,000 Enemy Troops Gather in Area Khesanh Base Is Shelled by Foe; Big Offensive May Have Begun

Draft Card Burning Before High Court; HIGH COURT HEARS DRAFT CARD ISSUE

Wider 'Shoot-to-Kill' Right Asked by State Commission; Wider 'Shoot-to-Kill' Right Proposed

MANSFIELD ASKS CAUTION ON SHIP; Fulbright's View Is Similar -- Others Bid U.S. Act MANSFIELD ASKS CAUTION ON SHIP

CAPTAIN'S 'CONFESSION' IS DERIDED; Korean Reds Say Skipper Admitted Deep Incursion NORTH KOREA SAYS BUCHER CONFESSED

Billboard 200

Magical Mystery Tour (Soundtrack)

Their Satanic Majesties Request

Pisces; Aquarius; Capricorn; And Jones Ltd.

Diana Ross And The Supremes Greatest Hits

Herb Alpert's Ninth

Notable Births

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