April 18, 1968

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., April 17 -- Secretary General Thant has suggested to the United States and North Vietnam several sites that he believes would be acceptable for initial peace talks.

B-52s bomb Ashau Valley

Sec Rusk says N Vietnam should not lose opportunity to join in peace talks by indulging in propaganda or miscalculating Amer resolve to achieve honorable settlement, s, Amer Soc of Newspaper Editors conv, Washington; says Johnson, makes giant step toward peace; reiterates some Johnson statements; draws contrast between 'serious' Amer efforts and N Vietnam's response; Sen Fulbright, during panel discussion held in connection with conv, urges US to accept Hanoi's proposal for meeting in Pnompenh; Under Sec Rostow amplifies Rusk warnings; other comments of Fulbright and Rostow noted; ABC news commentator H K Smith debates with Fulbright

com recommends that LeClair lose several of her campus privileges but does not urge her expulsion; coll repr says school has recd several lrs from alumnae critical of LeClair but that no one has threatened to withdraw financial support from coll

IBM Corp to convert warehouse, Bedford-Stuyvesant sec, to computer cable factory; illus; map; Lindsay lauds move

Police Dept repts '67 murders numbered 746, 14.1% above '66, out lowest of nation's 10 largest cities; puts rate at 9.6 for each 100,000 population; other data

NYS Appeals Ct rules all pub employes, regardless of status, liable to removal for refusing to waive immunity in grand jury probes, C Perla Sr case; rejects contention that provision applies only to elected officials and top adm posts and violates self-incrimination clause of US Const

appeals for world boycott to aid in toppling Greek regime

Johnson confs with Pres Park, Hawaii; assures Asian allies of US commitment; Johnson and Park issue joint communique; Johnson says whatever settlement is agreed upon would respect wishes and aspirations of S Vietnamese; gives account of efforts to arrange talks; describes effect of bombing curtailment; Park expresses satisfaction with developments; Park feeling that peace talks and mil operations have same objective of expelling Communist aggression noted; illus

Warsaw newspaper attacks Jewish state Theater for not denouncing alleged worldwide Zionist campaign against Poland; cites statements by Jewish novelist H Grynberg who defected from troupe after US tour

FBI charges Galt with conspiracy in King slaying; says Galt conspired with man 'alleged to be his bro' to injure King; Tenn issues 1st-degree murder warrant for Galt; source repts FBI has concluded Galt is probably fictitious name; controversy develops among witnesses over whether FBI por of Galt is man they know as Galt; Galt por

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