fighting continues on fringes of Saigon; enemy troops shell some cities and mil installations across S Vietnam; shell Tansonnhut air base; US repts 44 mil personnel and civilians killed yesterday, 308 wounded; repts over 600 enemy killed yesterday; wounding of Nguyn Ngoc Loan noted; Brig Gen Sidle notes enemy attacks are not nearly as intense as Jan offensive; details on fighting in Saigon and other areas; Col Luu Kim Cuong killed; map; illus

VIETCONG PRESS SAIGON ATTACKS;; AIRFIELD SHELLED

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McCarthy accuses Citizens for Kennedy of distorting and falsifying some parts of his voting record; refers to press release and brochure listing his and Kennedy's votes on certain issues; also refers to lr written on citizens hq stationery by Mrs R S Feuerlicht to Mrs A J Greenbaum in which Mrs Feuerlicht accuses McCarthy of having voted against many bills backed by liberals and having failed to vote on many others; Salinger denies brochure and lr are linked to Kennedy campaign; statements in brochure and Feuerlicht lr, together with description of bills involved and votes of McCarthy and Kennedy as recorded by Cong Qrly outlined

M'CARTHY SCORES KENNEDY BACKERS; He Says Citizens' Campaign Office Distorted Portion of His Voting Record

Houston team under Cooley performs simultaneous heart and kidney transplants from W J Brannon, 15, to J B Cobb, 48; Thomas condition

New Heart Transplant in Texas;; Kidney Also Transplanted

allied mil men ponder with new interest Pres Nguyen Van Thieu prediction that US could start sending troops home by end of yr; changes in S Vietnamese Army discussed

U.S. Officers Find Some Improvement In Saigon's Army; U.S. Officers Find Some Improvement in South Vietnam's Army

Rockefeller, in NYC, names top campaign aides

Rochefeller Names Aides For Nomination Campaign; Rockefeller Designates Staff Aides for Nomination Campaign

4 newsmen (J T Cantwell, B S Pigott, R B Laramy and M Y Birch) killed by Vietcong in Saigon; 5th newsman, F J Palmos, escapes death by pretending he is killed; describes attack; 5 had argued over which route to take before being attacked; illus

4 NEWSMEN SLAIN; Surviving Reporter Tells How 4 Died; Bonn Aide Is Killed

Israel imposes restrictive measures against Ramallah, occupied Jordan, as punishment for protest strike against parade enforced by munic authorities; sets up checkpoints S of city, barring commerce with Jerusalem or Israeli towns beyond; indicates residents will not easily be allowed to bring in relatives from Jordan, engage in trade there or visit Jordan; describes moves more as removal of privileges than imposition of penalties; Israeli official notes that Nablus lost much business when restrictions were imposed on town following school strike, says Nablus mayor soon sought end to curbs; map

ISRAEL PUNISHES WEST-BANK TOWN; Restricts Travel of People of Ramallah Following Protest Strike There

Johnson Adm officials say N Vietnam has made 'desperate effort' to rush men and supplies into S Vietnam in last few mos in attempt to improve bargaining power for preliminary talks; G W Ball says N Vietnamese infiltration of S Vietnam totaled 80,000-100,000 men this yr; US officials explain there is no sure estimate of enemy infiltration; say recent attacks are 1st discernible reflection of buildup; express discouragement at trend; Ball recalls pattern followed before '54 talks; says he will not like to predict how much patience US will show in Paris; says Joint Cs/S are not happy about infiltration

BALL LINKS TALKS AND INFILTRATION; He and Other Officials See Effort by Hanoi to Raise Its Bargaining Power

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Rickover, in his testimony, disclosed that USN pays about $400,000 more each yr in gen and adm expenses for work at 2 AEC labs than AEC would pay for equivalent work; said additional fees for USN is proof of how regulations are being used by mil services as 'device to protect indus' and to increase profits of defense contractors; did not name labs but apparently alluded to Westinghouse-operated Bettis Atomic Power Lab near Pittsburgh and GE-operated Knolls Atomic Power Lab near Schenectady; disparity in payments detailed; was underscored in Gen Acctg Office '67 probe, rept on which supports Rickover complaint and is still unpublished; USN says it has no alternative under more liberal Defense Dept regulations but to pay larger fees

Navy Pays More Than A.E.C. For Same Work at Same Place; NAVY PAYS MORE FOR SAME WORK

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Columbia Coll faculty decides to end formal classes immediately and allow individual teachers and their students to determine how best to use remaining time of semester, statement; also cancels all formal final exams giving students option of taking either passing or incomplete grade instead of usual lr grade; calls for greater student-faculty role in univ affairs; hails efforts of faculty exec com; Truman calls coll faculty action 'sensible'; charges SDS tried to bring about downfall of univ, Newsweek magazine int; faculty action to bring about univ reforms seen possibly weakening student strike

EACH UNIT VARIES; Policy Up to Faculties -- Examinations Off, Marks Optional

5 TO STUDY CRISIS; Cox, Head of Inquiry, Will Open Hearings on Wednesday

Old-New Synagogue (Prague): 700th anniv and 1,000th anniv of Jewish settlement in Prague marked by exhibition at Jewish State Museum, Prague

JEWISH CULTURE HAILED IN PRAGUE; Millenium Is Marked With State Museum Exhibition

Cabinet meets with Nasser to plan implementation of reform program

Egyptian Cabinet Meets To Plan Political Reforms

Israeli mil patrol, E coast of Sinai Peninsula, reptdly has seized over a ton of drugs valued at over $560,000

Israelis Seize Ton of Drugs

Western analysts rept Brezhnev has apptd K F Katushev to supervise relations between USSR and other E Eur govts

A NEW SOVIET AIDE IN HIGH PARTY JOB; Katushev in Charge of Ties to Communist Nations

Rains in Cuba Raise Hope Drought May Be Near End

Plane Crash Toll Up to 85

Seven Teen-Agers Killed In British Columbia Crash

Sen Proxmire releases Defense Asst Sec Morris reply to Cong subcom charge of waste in multibillion dollar programs; invites defense officials to discuss issue at pub hearings; Morris says charges are based on 6-yr-old transactions that are no longer repr of system used by Pentagon; says $15-billion have been saved since '62

PENTAGON REJECTS CHARGE OF WASTE

Columbia U conf recommends internatl agreement to prohibit deployment of nuclear arms on ocean floor; proposes exploitation of resources beyond natl waters be regulated by internatl agency; proposes that territorial waters be as narrow as possible

Parley Asks Ban on Deployment Of Nuclear Arms on Ocean Floor

M A Suslov, charging that Mao has distorted Marxism, says it is duty of world movement to defend Marxist theory 'through collective efforts,' s, Kremlin rally hon Marx

Mao Scored at Soviet Rally

Marx Honored in London

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May 6, 1968

Headlines from May 6, 1968

VIETCONG PRESS SAIGON ATTACKS;; AIRFIELD SHELLED

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M'CARTHY SCORES KENNEDY BACKERS; He Says Citizens' Campaign Office Distorted Portion of His Voting Record

New Heart Transplant in Texas;; Kidney Also Transplanted

U.S. Officers Find Some Improvement In Saigon's Army; U.S. Officers Find Some Improvement in South Vietnam's Army

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