June 26, 1968

B Bromley, P M Brown and a 3d prominent Repub will probe alleged link between Albano and Ruggiero and figures involved in Marcus case; Lindsay discloses probe, news conf; Ruggiero resignation as law com chmn disclosed; Albano phones Bromley from Albany and offers all records to him; says he has requested probe; June 6 testimony in which names were mentioned revd

Lindsay, in wake of Kennedy assassination, agrees to have increased police protection but rejects many of Police Dept proposals; meetings between his staff and police noted; Lindsay to continue walks through city this summer with 2d bodyguard and with advance search of bldgs along route; says he feels safer in Harlem sts than in City Hall, radio int

Abernathy given 20-day jail sentence; lectured by judge on allegience to 'higher law'; pleads no contest, as do most of others arrested; others get sentences of 10 to 15 days; Williams and white min Rev J P Adams plead not guilty 'to test the law'; Resurrection City being dismantled; illus; capital calm; curfew lifted; campaign leaders pleased that nonviolent climate is restored; mule train makes trip through Washington; illus; leader W Bolden decides to avoid planned confrontation with police; demonstration by 300 clergymen, announced by Young, does not materialize; Abernathy, from jail, calls on nation's clergymen to demonstrate in Washington

5 US helicopters crash near Saigon; 36 killed, 19 of them Amer soldiers, 16 Thai Army volunteers, 1 S Vietnamese interpreter; 4 helicopters were involved in accidents, 1 was downed by enemy gunners; US troops kill 12 enemy near Saigon; 7 Amers killed, 16 wounded