Washington officials shocked by enemy attacks; implications of attacks discussed

Vietcong's Attacks Shock Washington; Washington Is Dealt Hard Blow By the Successes of the Vietcong

ACLU aide Reitman says orgn's decision not to defend individuals who refuse to regis for mil service should not be interpreted as stand against civil disobedience; orgn defines disobedience

A.C.L.U. Bars Help To Draft Resisters; A.C.L.U. BARS HELP ON DRAFT REFUSAL

Nixon formally announces candidacy for Repub Pres nomination, lr to NH voters; por

NIXON ANNOUNCES FOR PRESIDENCY; Discloses Plans in a Letter to New Hampshire Voters -- Opens Drive Today NIXON JOINS RACE FOR PRESIDENCY

Dr B Bucove named Admr; Health Comr O'Rourke notes major adm problems of morale and salaries

WESTERNER GETS CITY HEALTH POST; Dr. Bucove of Washington Will Succeed Dr. Brown WESTERNER GETS CITY HEALTH POST

Comr Heller, Consol Edison pres Luce and Sen R F Kennedy call on Interior Dept to lift Fed quotas to allow importation of low-sulphur fuel

Bond Issue Sought To Clean State Air; BOND ISSUE ASKED FOR CLEANER AIR

Higher Educ Bd announces community coll will be built in Bedford-Stuyvesant sec, Bklyn, designed to 'equalize educ opportunities for minority-group youths, Bklyn Boro Hall ceremony attended by Mayor Lindsay, Sen R F Kennedy, Boro Pres Stark and community leaders; coll is 1st of type to be selected for slum area; univ chancellor Bowker says similar coll will be built at 144th-149th Sts and Pk and Morris Avs, Bronx; in addition to liberalized admissions policies community colls will also seek to increase community service programs

CITY U. WILL BUILD IN BROOKLYN SLUM; Community College to Rise in Bedford-Stuyvesant City University to Build College In Slums of Bedford-Stuyvesant

Johnson urgently appeals for passage of 10% surcharge, Econ Rept and statement; asks action on bill in next few wks

PRESIDENT ASKS PAY-PRICE CURBS AND RISE IN TAX; INFLATION FEARED Economic Report Says Failure to Act Risks a 'Feverish Boom' President Asks Pay-Price Curb and a Tax Rise

HR approves, 382-4, 'truth-in-lending' bill aimed at giving consumers full and clear data on how much they pay in interest and other charges on loans and credit purchases; Pres Johnson lauds H R, urges quick resolution of differences with Sen version

HOUSE, 382-4, VOTES HELP TO CONSUMER; ' Truth-in-Lending' Measure Now Goes to Conferees HOUSE, 382-4, VOTES HELP TO CONSUMER

Sec McNamara repts USSR more than doubled its ICBM force in '67, raising it to 720, annual rent to Cong on US defense posture; says US and USSR have reached nuclear stalemate in which each has strategic forces capable of withstanding surprise attack and retaliating overwhelmingly; expects USSR force will continue to grow over next few yrs but at much slower pace; says USSR continues to expand antimissle defenses around Moscow, but doubts system has been extended to other parts of country; says US presses development of multiple warheads and other devices to penetrate defenses

M'NAMARA SAYS SOVIET DOUBLED ITS ICBM'S IN '67; But Secretary, in Farewell Report, Tells Congress U.S. Force Is Bigger McNamara Tells Congress Soviet Doubled ICBM's Last Year

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Hanoi radio declares Vietcong attacks are part of gen offensive aimed at overthrowing Saigon Govt; Vietcong repr Nguyen Phu Xoai comments on attacks; Hanoi observers feel Natl Liberation Front (NLF) has achieved position of strength for eventual peace talks; official N Vietnamese reaction to raids noted

Hanoi Says Aim of Raids Is to Oust Saigon Regime; HANOI ASSERTS AIM IS FALL OF REGIME

Pres Johnson says enemy has been met and matched and will be thrown back at Khesanh; pays tribute to US troops killed defending US Embassy and those awaiting enemy at Khesanh

JOHNSON PLEDGES NEVER TO YIELD; A RESOLUTE STAND President Won't Halt Bombing -- Predicts Khesanh Victory Johnson Pledges Never to Yield in Vietnam and Predicts a Victory at Khesanh HE SAYS BOMBING WON'T BE HALTED President Declares Raids in North Will Continue With 'Precise Restraint'

Lindsay submits $996-million fiscal '69 budget to Estimate Bd and City Council; sharply cuts school, other allotments to keep within debt limit; terms it 'tight' but 'realistic'; total is $86-million under fiscal '68; only 1 new project proposed; major requests, cuts listed; $300-million left in reserve to improve city credit rating

LINDSAY REDUCES OUTLAY OF FUNDS FOR NEW SCHOOLS; Cites Unused Backlog as He Submits a 'Tight' Capital Budget of $996-Million LINDSAY REDUCES CAPITAL BUDGET

vicious street fighting continues in many S Vietnamese towns and cities; Vietcong attacks prov capitals of Baria, Muchoa and Phucuong; Westmoreland says there is some evidence that enemy's gen offensive is 'about to run out of steam', but concedes enemy can continue campaign for several more days; US command announces 10,593 enemy soldiers have been killed since Jan 21; puts US dead at 281, US wounded 1,195, S Vietnamese dead 632, S Vietnamese wounded 1,588; press release says 208 enemy killed in fight near Pleiku; fighting continues in Hue; Premier Nguyen Van Loc imposes censorship on S Vietnamese newspapers; Gen Westmoreland and Gen Weyand comment on enemy offensive; US command stresses enemy fails to hold any major city; Vietcong says it seizes complete control of Dalat; civilians evacuated from Kontum; details on battles; maps; illus; series of photos showing execution of Vietcong terrorist by Brig Gen Nguyen Ngoc Loan

STREET CLASHES GO ON IN VIETNAM, FOE STILL HOLDS PARTS OF CITIES;; ENEMY TOLL SOARS Offensive Is Running 'Out of Steam,' Says Westmoreland Street Clashes Continue in South Vietnam; Enemy Still Controls Parts of Cities LETUP IS FORESEEN BY WESTMORELAND But He Expects an Assault on Marines at Khesanh -Vietcong Toll Soars

Salvage Plan Termed Ended

Japanese Seek Peking Trade

Min Allon urges Jews from US and other Western countries immigrate, ss, NYC

ALLON, HERE, SEES AN EVENTUAL PEACE

French policies 'contrary to best interest of US' cited in concurrent resolution, HR, signed by 100 Congressmen, calling on US to collect French World War I debt

Resolution in Congress Bids France Pay 1918 War Debt

Fed forces unable to breach Eastern defenses on Bonny Is, key to strategic Port Harcourt

Nigerian Rebels' Defense of Port Harcourt Firm

NEW CABINET NAMED BY DANISH COALITION

RC bishops issue statement charging Cath layman's orgn Pax with supporting repressive drive against Ch during Stalinist period; hold Pax aided in arrest of Cardinal Wyszynski and Poznan Abp Baraniak in '53; charges detailed

Church in Poland Assails Catholic Laymen's Unit; Bishops Charge That Group Helped Intern 2 Prelates During Stalinist Period

Junta dismisses 4 senior ambs, places 2 other diplomats in semi-retirement to give fresh impetus to diplomatic corps and warn other diplomats

GREECE DISMISSES FOUR SENIOR ENVOYS

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Feb. 1 -- The 15 ships blocked in the Suez Canal since last June may be there indefinitely, Secretary General Thant reported today, because of the armed clash Tuesday between Israeli forces and Egyptian launches preparing to clear the waterway.  

Thant Is Pessimistic

Jarring reptdly notes Bull is person to deal with matter of freeing ships stranded in Suez Canal, conf with Eban, Jerusalem; reptdly does not bring any new UAR proposal on ships; Bull has not met with either side since fighting began when UAR tried to survey canal northern sec; Eshkol holds maritime powers who were unwilling to help Israel open Tiran Strait should not complain to Israel about Nasser's closing of canal; Al Ahram repts UAR will not free ships until conflict is settled; Thant tells Security Council that future possibilities of freeing ships are in serious doubt; sees operation showing hazards involved in seeking solutions to relatively noncontroversial matters in which parties are agreed in principle; illus

A NEW STALEMATE ON SUEZ INDICATED; Israelis Find Jarring Lacks Plan to Reactivate Accord

Voters to elect their own chief exec in Nov, 1st such election

Ryukyus to Vote for Chief

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February 2, 1968

Headlines from February 2, 1968

Vietcong's Attacks Shock Washington; Washington Is Dealt Hard Blow By the Successes of the Vietcong

A.C.L.U. Bars Help To Draft Resisters; A.C.L.U. BARS HELP ON DRAFT REFUSAL

NIXON ANNOUNCES FOR PRESIDENCY; Discloses Plans in a Letter to New Hampshire Voters -- Opens Drive Today NIXON JOINS RACE FOR PRESIDENCY

WESTERNER GETS CITY HEALTH POST; Dr. Bucove of Washington Will Succeed Dr. Brown WESTERNER GETS CITY HEALTH POST

Bond Issue Sought To Clean State Air; BOND ISSUE ASKED FOR CLEANER AIR

Billboard 200

Magical Mystery Tour (Soundtrack)

Their Satanic Majesties Request

Diana Ross And The Supremes Greatest Hits

Pisces; Aquarius; Capricorn; And Jones Ltd.

Herb Alpert's Ninth

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for February 2, 1968