June 20, 1968

AMA and Natl Research Council rept that there is no evidence that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol

convicted by Fed jury in Marcus bribery conspiracy case

over 50,000 Amers hold orderly Solidarity Day march, Washington, to stress their demand for just share of affluence and dignity for Negroes, Spanish-speaking minorities, Amer Indians and poor whites; 50,000 attendance is police estimate; some put figure at 200,000 or more; Tucker puts it at 100,000; impact on Washington, Cong and nation remains in doubt; most speakers warn that impoverished people are giving affluent and powerful a 'last chance'; Abernathy delivers militant 65-min s; says poor will stay in Washington until needs are met; notes some 'concrete achievements' already gained; other speakers include D Height, C Robinson, W P Reuther, R Wilkins, W M Young Jr; Sec Wirtz among handful of Govt officials and Cong dignitaries present; Humphrey present; booed and cheered; McCarthy gets ovation; Rockefeller represented by brother David; H E Stassen present; line of march closely patrolled; police rept only 2 incidents; participants illus around Reflecting Pool

USSR commentator declares there are many reasons, besides war, why USSR is wary of responding favorably to Johnson appeal for improved US-USSR relations; holds war is major obstacle; recent rejection of Johnson gestures by another commentator noted

Penn Central RR, architect M Breuer and bldr M Saady disclose plans for $100-million, 55-story office bldg that will be 'floated' atop landmark Grand Central Terminal waiting room behind 42d St facade to create companion skyscraper to Pan Am Bldg, 175 Pk Av; bldg plans detailed; Planning Comm chmn Elliott scores project; plans expected to revive debate which greeted 1st disclosure in Sept '67; bldg sketch and diagram of pedestrian traffic walks planned for lower levels

Levin is jeered off stage, Hunter Coll, during tr of his s denying existence of anti-Semitism in USSR: Korn also jeered; council sponsored meeting

50-block renewal program, Marcus Garvey Pk Village, to be started in Brownsville sec, Bklyn, as 1st venture under Model Cities Program; map; plan calls for city to acquire bldgs, collect rents, then transfer ownership within 3 yrs to local corps of area residents; Lindsay hails plan, lauds area dir Monancie, news conf; Estimate Bd will be asked to clear way for securing $18-million in Fed funds under program approved by Cong in '66; city has committee; $55-million in capital funds for 3 designated areas

O'Dwyer says O'Dwyer-McCarthy victory in NYS and Humphrey's support of war persuade him that Humphrey should withdraw from race and leave it to McCarthy; attributes victory to antiwar mood

Senator Eugene J. McCarthy's campaign chiefs here, elated by his solid primary victory, called on the Democratic State Committee yesterday to reflect this popular will in picking the more than 65 delegates-at-large to the August nominating convention.

Johnson signs omnibus crime control bill with controls only on sale of handguns; urges Cong to hastily follow it up with stricter controls

Amer and N Vietnamese negotiators step up mutual pub recriminations, but at same time prospects improve for moving to secret bargaining; 9th negotiating session produces no break in deadlock; both sides withhold virtually all details of informal conversations during 40-min recess in talks; Xuan Thuy accuses Johnson of pretending to limit bombing while increasing attacks; makes other charges; Harriman scores shelling of Saigon; Maj Gen G Seignious to replace Lt Gen A J Goodpaster as senior mil adviser to Harriman; Harriman to return to US to attend family wedding; Harriman illus