Verbatim engaged a strong field in the Gotham Stakes for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct yesterday and won beyond debate. Carrying the Elmendorf silks of Max Gluck and ridden by John Rotz, Verbatim scored by 2 1/2 lengths over Isidor Bieber's Wise Exchange, with the Wheatley Stable's What A Pleasure next in the $60,000 event.  

VERBATIM VICTOR IN GOTHAM STAKES; WISE EXCHANGE 2D; What A Pleasure Third Before 52,605 at Big A -- Winner Pays $19

enemy sanctuary at tip of Mekong Delta is threated by series of forest fires that began this wk; Vietcong makes frantic effort to save supplies; is attacked by US ships; US troops kill 195 enemy in scattered actions; find major enemy arms cache near Khesanh; map

VIETCONG FLEEING HUGE FOREST FIRE; U.S. Ships Shell Guerrillas Forced by Blazes to Leave Stronghold in the Delta

The Liberation of Lyndon Johnson

ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 13 -- Princeton continued to dominate its annual reunion with Navy in heavyweight varsity crew by posting a 2 1/2 length victory over the middies today on the unusually quiet waters of the Severn.  

Princeton Crews Sweep Navy;; Tigers Take 3 Races

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 13 -- Tom Okker of The Netherlands defeated Marty Riessen of Evanston, Ill., 12-10, 6-1, 6-4, to win the men's singles final in the South African lawn tennis champlonships today.  

OKKER WINS TITLE IN SOUTH AFRICA; Netherland Player Defeats Riessen, 12-10, 6-1, 6-4

LOS ANGELES, April 13 -- The Los Angeles Dodgers finally scored a run today, their first since last Oct. 1, and it was enough to defeat the New York Mets and make Don Drysdale the biggest winner in Dodger history.  

Mets Bow, 1-0, to Dodgers; Fairly Slams Homer

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List Soars Up, Up, Up And Away; Stock Market Goes Up, Up and Away

efforts of major business corps to reduce ranks of hard-core unemployed by providing opportunity by relaxing employment standards for Negroes, other disadvantaged groups, starting special training programs discussed; goals of Natl Alliance of Businessmen-Fed Govt program revd

Workaday Story of Negro Progress: More Jobs; Workaday Story of Negro's Progress Is More Jobs

Warm sun, a gentle breeze and the sweet scent of blossoms in profusion are the promised gift of spring for New Yorkers today, when Christians mark Easter and Jews continue their Passover celebration.  

Warmth and Lots of Corsages Promised for Easter and Passover Today; WARMTH, FLOWERS SEEN FOR TODAY

EDGEWATER, N. J. -- The towering ramparts of the Palisades, like the walls of a great fortress, stretch north from here for almost 13 miles along the western bank of the Hudson River. Those who know the Palisades only from the window of a train, or from a car speeding along the eastern bank of the  

The Ramparts That Watch Over the Hudson River

SAIGON, South Vietnam -- In an open-sided tent that passes for the Enlisted Men's Club at the sandy, desolate Marine airfield at Quangtri, five helicopter gunners drank root beer and spoke of peace talks and war last week.  

For the Troops, Peace Is a Pipe Dream

US officials confirm impression gained during recent urban rioting that Fed Govt has evolved a new and humanitarian plan for central of disorders with minimum violence; new concept of police and mil restraint, planned in secrecy and in great detail for riots expected later in summer, places life above property in the suppression of looting and burning and thus accepts property loss to avoid killing; Atty Gen Clark credited with developing new tactics, which were molded by ex-Deputy Sec C R Vance and other strategists; Vance confidential rept after Detroit riots, Pres Natl Advisory Comm rept and other documents relied upon in drawing up new plan noted; Haines describes mil planning

Restraint in Riot Control Result of Long Planning; Restraint in Control of Riots a Result of Long Federal Planning

Leaders of America's four major religious bodies called yesterday on President Johnson and the Congress to take "extraordinary action" toward the enactment of a multibillion-dollar economic bill of rights for the disadvantaged, a goal sought by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

BILLIONS FOR POOR URGED BY LEADERS OF FOUR RELIGIONS; Easter Plea to Johnson and Congress Asks Approval of Goal Set by Dr. King

FINANCIAL markets here enjoyed another exciting and epochal week, despite the suspension of trading on two days. Wall Street took holidays for Good Friday and to honor the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the day of his funeral last Tuesday, but the cessations did not cool off the historic, frenzied and bullish performance of the securities markets.  

Stocks Make History in Three Days; The Week in Finance: History Made in 3 Days

F M Hechinger repts sharp rise in Negro students admitted to Ivy League and Big 7 women's insts; credits recruitment efforts of Afro-Amer groups on schools' own campuses; puts total acceptances by Ivy League insts (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penna U, Princeton and Yale) at 7,725 for freshman class, Sept, up 3,000 (7%) over '67; says Big 7 (Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mt Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar and Wellesley) admitted 4,833 out of 12,367 applications; chart on applications and admissions

More Negroes Accepted by Ivy League Colleges; Afro-American Student Groups Help Ivy League Colleges Recruit Negroes

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WASHINGTON -- If the surge of the stock market is any measure, the expectations of most Americans for an early peace in Vietnam are far ahead of the plodding pace of diplomacy.  

The Talks: A Diplomatic Ping-Pong Game

Gallup poll finds Kennedy leads Humphrey and McCarthy, 1st full-scale survey of Dem voters since Johnson's withdrawal; Kennedy gets 35%, Humphrey 31%, McCarthy 23% with 11% undecided; Kennedy leads McCarthy, 46% to 37% with 17% undecided; leads Humphrey, 45% to 41% with 14% undecided; Humphrey leads McCarthy, 48% to 37% with 15% undecided

KENNEDY LEADING 2 RIVALS IN POLL; Gallup Finds 35% in Party Support Him -- Humphrey Gets 31%, McCarthy 23

First Theater Investing Service, hitherto dealing only in Bway shows, weighs investing in Off Bway

Angels Go Off B'way; Angels Go Off Broadway

Looking Inward -- Bunuel, Bergman; Looking Inward -- Bunuel, Bergman

Copies of Swiss Ger-language paper Neue Zuercher Zeitung go on sale at Moscow newsstands for foreigners only, 1st 'capitalist' paper to appear; is concealed under counters; paper comments

A Capitalist Paper On Sale in Moscow, But Only to Aliens; KEY SWISS PAPER SOLD IN MOSCOW

outcome of dispute between Iran and Western oil cos over oil production seen affecting other oil nations

Iran and Oil Group Tie Each Other Into Knots; Iran Spars With Group Over Wells

Leftist demonstrators storm US hq, Bremerhaven, and tear down Amer flag

KIESINGER WARNS STUDENT LEADERS; UNREST CONTINUES; Demonstrators Block Autos in 11 West German Cities -- 230 Held in West Berlin

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April 14, 1968

Headlines from April 14, 1968

VERBATIM VICTOR IN GOTHAM STAKES; WISE EXCHANGE 2D; What A Pleasure Third Before 52,605 at Big A -- Winner Pays $19

VIETCONG FLEEING HUGE FOREST FIRE; U.S. Ships Shell Guerrillas Forced by Blazes to Leave Stronghold in the Delta

The Liberation of Lyndon Johnson

Princeton Crews Sweep Navy;; Tigers Take 3 Races

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Billboard 200

The Graduate

Blooming Hits

Aretha: Lady Soul

The Dock Of The Bay

Parsley; Sage; Rosemary And Thyme

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for April 14, 1968