Lindsay details recent Cong action he says will cut Fed aid to city by $126.9-million, fiscal '69, conf with NYS Cong delegation, Washington

State Congressmen Back Mayor's Plea on Disorder; BLOC IN CONGRESS WILL AID LINDSAY

episc conf votes to petition Pope to restore permanent diaconate for married and unmarried men of mature yrs; move seen partial answer to priests shortage; Ecumenical Council and papal statements spurring move noted

CATHOLICS SEEK MARRIED DEACONS; U.S. Bishops Petition Pope -- Office Would Include Younger, Single Men Catholic Bishops in U.S. Seek Married Deacons

Johnson s on need for natl unity, Cook County Dem dinner, Chicago; White House stresses s does not violate his pledge not to devote any of his time to partisan causes

JOHNSON PLEADS ANEW FOR UNITY; Nation Cannot Long Endure Divisiveness, He Asserts in Chicago Address JOHNSON PLEADS ANEW FOR UNITY

Pompidou Defeats A Censure Motion; Pompidou Narrowly Defeats a Motion of Censure

Sen Judiciary Com clears for floor action the anticrime bill including ltd controls on gun sales; provisions fall far short of Pres Johnson recommendations

LIMITED CONTROL ON SALE OF GUNS GAINS IN SENATE; Anticrime Measure Cleared by Panel Bars Mail Order Revolvers but Not Rifles DEBATE DUE NEXT WEEK Bill Also Backs Police Aid and Easing of Wiretapping and Confession Curbs CONTROL ON GUNS GAINS IN SENATE

S Vietnamese Govt, heavily aided by US funds, begins to make good on its promise to provide bldg materials and new homes for scores of thousands of refugees left homeless after enemy offensive; urban refugee problem eases steadily; Amer officials estimate Saigon refugee population dropped to under 60,000 from 165,000 ten wks ago; problems in dealing with refugee situation discussed

SAIGON PRESSING AID TO REFUGEES; Disruption Caused by Foe's Offensive Against Cities Is Easing Steadily Saigon Is Pressing Aid to Refugees in the Cities

Czech Govt reptd to have warned USSR against interfering in Czech internal affairs, Budapest conf of Communist parties; Dubcek said to have threatened to delay dispatch of amb to Moscow if USSR continues contacts with Novotny, conf with USSR Amb Chervonenko

Top Czech Official, Reviewing Red Rule, Says Economy Lags; Top Czech Official Reports That Economy Lags

Ford Foundation grants $100,000 for Hatcher's munic reform program in next 2 yrs; will help pay salaries of 3 new admrs for housing, pub safety and personnel-fiscal planning; Hatcher also announces Fed, private business aid; program developed by Met Applied Research Center and Urban Amer Inc

Gary, Ind., Reform Aided by Ford Fund; FORD FUND TO AID REFORM IN GARY

Session resumes; Prime Min Ramgoolam takes seat of new member Mauritius

NUCLEAR TREATY OFFERED AT U.N.; DEBATE DELAYED; Draft Sponsored by the U.S., Soviet and Britain Seeks to Bar Spread of Arms NUCLEAR TREATY OFFERED AT U.N.

some 200 workers in London's Smithfield meat mkt leave jobs to march on Commons to demonstrate support for Powell; illus; protest leader D Harmston is member of Sir O Mosley's fascist Brit Union; seeks complete ban on colored immigration and repatriation of all postwar immigrants; 40 immigration officers at London Airport sign petition backing Powell

Marchers Backing Tory Deny Racism; Marchers Backing Ousted Tory Disavow Racism

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Columbia Closes Campus After Disorders; Office of President Is Seized -- Dean Freed but Protest Widens Columbia Closes Campus After Students Seize President's Office During Disorders

boy, 13, held; reptdly admits arson; Deputy Mayor Reilly collapses; exhausted from fire-related duties

Boy Admits Starting Big Fire in Newark; NEWARK BOY, 13, ARRESTED IN FIRE

State Dept discloses US sends to N Vietnam new note in effort to break deadlock over site; does not discuss contents of note; says US does not propose new site; Adm officials discount Thant forecast that talks would start in wk; explain US contacts with N Vietnam; Thant appeals to Washington and Hanoi for quick agreement on site; says Warsaw and Paris are suitable; French Govt says it knows nothing about plans to make Paris site; Min Gorse says no new developments have occurred; Polish Govt appeals to 6 embassies to exert influence in bringing peace talks to Warsaw; Japanese newspaper says US informed Japan that site would be decided upon imminently; N Vietnamese sources are skeptical about Thant prediction

U.S. SENDS HANOI NEW NOTE IN MOVE TO END DEADLOCK; Approach to Issue of Site Is Altered, Officials Say, but List Is Not Expanded THANT MAKES APPEAL He Urges Early Talks and Says Warsaw or Paris Could Be the Host City U.S. SENDS HANOI NEW NOTE ON SITE

Times of Ceylon group pubs suspend after strike over temporary suspension of worker

Newspaper Strike in Ceylon

rescue aircraft continue search for F-111; remaining F-111s grounded so that investigators can determine cause of crash

RESCUERS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR F-111A

Dr G Hakim resigns from foreign service for personal reasons; had been Foreign Min and delegate to UN

Lebanese Diplomat Quits

Budapest conf opens; about 40 of 88 invited parties attend; Yugoslav, Rumanian and Chinese parties absent; Czechs seen only group likely to challenge reassertion of primacy of USSR party; Slovak party pub Pravda says world conf will succeed only if it deepens 'process of democratization'

40 RED PARTIES OPEN BUDAPEST MEETINGS

Japan reverses position held for last 3 yrs and will permit entry of 3 N Vietnamese delegates for conf of Japan-Vietnam Friendship Assn in Kobe

JAPAN WILL ADMIT HANOI DELEGATION

Polish Appeal Reported

Loyalty Day Proclaimed

Vietnam Casualties

Nothing New, Paris Says

Queen Elizabeth to visit Chile, Brazil and possibly Argentina on Nov tour

Elizabeth Plans State Visits

Ashau Valley Battle Reported

Thomas Strunz is a German former professional footballer who played mostly as a defensive midfielder.

April 25, 1968

Headlines from April 25, 1968

State Congressmen Back Mayor's Plea on Disorder; BLOC IN CONGRESS WILL AID LINDSAY

CATHOLICS SEEK MARRIED DEACONS; U.S. Bishops Petition Pope -- Office Would Include Younger, Single Men Catholic Bishops in U.S. Seek Married Deacons

JOHNSON PLEADS ANEW FOR UNITY; Nation Cannot Long Endure Divisiveness, He Asserts in Chicago Address JOHNSON PLEADS ANEW FOR UNITY

Pompidou Defeats A Censure Motion; Pompidou Narrowly Defeats a Motion of Censure

LIMITED CONTROL ON SALE OF GUNS GAINS IN SENATE; Anticrime Measure Cleared by Panel Bars Mail Order Revolvers but Not Rifles DEBATE DUE NEXT WEEK Bill Also Backs Police Aid and Easing of Wiretapping and Confession Curbs CONTROL ON GUNS GAINS IN SENATE

Billboard 200

The Graduate

Blooming Hits

Aretha: Lady Soul

The Dock Of The Bay

Parsley; Sage; Rosemary And Thyme

Notable Births

Historical Context for April 25, 1968