Communist party newspaper poll of readers shows 2/3 favor pub opinion based on press freedom

Czech Poll Favors Opposition Parties; CZECH POLL BACKS OPPOSITION GROUPS

newsmen return to work but are sent home and told to await individual calls; unions charge lockout, set stoppage June 30; officials reaffirm pledge of no reprisals for strike; Paris broadcast staff remains on strike

Debre Sees Discrimination In U.S. Trade Retaliation; DEBRE CRITICIZES U.S. TRADE STAND

Sen Judiciary Com, 7-5, decides to postpone any action on Adm's gun control legis until July 9; Tydings sees delay as 'real defeat' that weakens chances for passing responsible legis; Dodd and Dirksen take more optimistic view; believe delay may help situation; Dirksen says he is willing to accept some sort of licensing controls corresponding to those enaacted om Illinois

Senate Panel Delays Action On Gun Curbs Until July 9; Move Seen as Victory for Opponents of Stiff Controls -- Tydings, Leading Fight, Calls Vote 'Real Defeat'

ex-Sec Gardner urges Cong not to cut funds for antipoverty jobs; Sen, for 2d time, adds $75-million to summer jobs budget

Gardner Sees Peril In Poverty Aid Cuts; GARDNER WARNS ON POVERTY CUTS

RAY TELLS COURT HE IS NOT GUILTY IN DR. KING DEATH; U.S. Says at London Hearing His Fingerprints Were on Rifle and Binoculars

Sen Repubs accuse Johnson of practicing 'cronyism' in nominating Fortas and Thornberry; promise filibuster, if necessary, to block confirmation; Griffin and 17 other Repubs sign statement opposing nomination, plan for filibuster; Sen Judiciary Com unsure whether vacancy exists in light of Johnson lr to Warren saying he would accept his decision to retire effective at such time as a successor is qualified; asks Atty Gen Clark to clarify issue; Dirksen, ranking Repub on com, indicates he will support apptmts; Sen Eastland, com chmn, says com will open hearings on nominations after Clark testifies

'CRONYISM' SCORED ON COURT CHOICES; Johnson Assailed in Senate for Naming 2 Old Friends -- Filibuster Plan Gains

SIC rapt on its 14-mo probe of affiliation program says goals of program have not been realized and that program is full of 'shocking' evils; says munic hosps remain in state of crisis; proposes major reorgn under single comprehensive agency; neither backs nor opposes affiliation program; rejects proposal that city turn over munic hosps to voluntary insts; proposals detailed

City Hospital Pacts Criticized by S.I.C.; HOSPITAL PACTS 'SHOCK' THE S.I.C.

US expected to act quickly on USSR bid; White House welcomes it; Vice Pres Humphrey hails it if it constitutes acceptance of US offers; Sens Jackson, Mansfield comment

U.S. ENCOURAGED BY SOVIET STAND; Expected to Seek an Early Meeting on Missiles

Nixon urges thorough reappraisal and substantial revamping of Fed system to help arrest 'epidemic disorder' in US, radio s; holds anger of those who are alienated from Amer soc or otherwise unhappy with it stems in part from growing sense that power to control decisions affecting one's life is vanishing; proposes Fed Govt relinquish some of its powers and responsibilities to state and local govts; proposes govt reorgn comm to seek means of decentralizing Govt

NIXON URGES CUT IN FEDERAL POWER; Wants Responsibility Closer to People to Help Arrest 'the Epidemic Disorder'

MOSCOW OFFERS TO START TALKS ON MISSILE CURB; Gromyko Tells Parliament Soviet Is Ready to Meet on U.S. 1967 Proposal

Orlando indicted by NY County grand jury on charges of bribing pub officers; Fried, not indicted, arrested and charged with bribery; Orlando also arrested; Orlando had been scheduled to testify before Fed grand jury; timing of indictment and arrest held further straining Morgenthau-Hogan relations; C F Luce, Consol Edison bd chmn, issues statement saying that co's probe shows no money, either directly or indirectly from Consol Edison went to Marcus in return for approving engineering plans to rebuild 20-mi segment of transmission line, that Marcus did not grant approval and that co has not yet obtained approval to rebuild it; says that Fried's approaches to co purportedly on Marcus behalf were made to G R Hadden, vice pres for construction, that Hadden did not reveal extortion efforts to his superiors, that Hadden was relieved of post Jan 8 and resigned on Jan 31; details of Orlando indictment; charges against Fried allege he paid Itkin, Marcus and 'others' $20,000 to obtain Marcus permission for Consol Edison to build transmission line; Orlando pleads not guilty, released on own recognizance; Fried also released on own recognizance; Councilman Koch urges Morgenthau and Hogan to end rivalry; P Beary calls on Bromley to probe also Queens Repub leader Archinal

Two Contractors Accused By State in Marcus Case; TWO CONTRACTORS ACCUSED BY STATE

Johnson proposes const amendment lowering voting age to 18, message to Cong; holds US can no longer ignore 'reality' that 18-yr-olds are ready 'by educ, by experience, by exposure to pub affairs' to exercise voting privilege; amendment would be 26th, would extend franchise to over 10-million aged 18 to 21, would take effect when passed by 2/3 of both houses of Cong and 38 state legislatures; 21 is now voting age in 46 states, 18 in Ga and Ky, 19 in Alaska, 20 in Hawaii; Pres aide Califano says Adm hopes Cong will act on measure in current session but most sources doubt possibility; proposal seen Johnson move to encourage rebellious youth to channel protests through traditional pol channels; message urges Cong act to show young people they are respected and trusted; Gallup poll shows 64% of pub now approves move; proposal identical to bill sponsored by Sens Mansfield, Dirksen and 36 other Sens

JOHNSON SUBMITS PLAN FOR VOTING BY 18-YEAR-OLDS; Sends Congress Amendment to Assure Nation's Youth 'That They Are Trusted'

US planes raid; USN plane downs MIG near Vinh

UNITS NEAR SAIGON FIND 126 ROCKETS; 3 Enemy Caches Unearthed in Dikes of Rice Fields -Clash Flares at Quangtri

Electronic Locator Used

police free school authorities being held hostage at private univ, Tokyo; arrest 170 students, including 13 girls

Japanese Hostages Rescued

Premier Eshkol revs problem, Israeli Labor party Central Com; calls for settling refugees 'among their bros'

PEACE OFFER NOW BARRED BY ESHKOL; He Says Bids Would Become Minimum Arab Demands

Vietnam Casualties

neither US nor N Vietnamese delegations comment on statements by D Dellinger and W Burchett

DELEGATES IN PARIS SILENT ON 2 REPORTS

Decision Called Military

Widow Accepts Medal

Fighting Near Quangtri

US mil command gives many reasons for abandonment of Khesanh; says mil situation in area has changed and best way to cope with enemy infiltration is through 'mobile offense' of several bns that move from route to route in attempt to find and destroy enemy; some officers delighted with move; estimates of casualties at base vary; White House says abandonment of Khesanh is mil decision and was not made by Johnson; other details; map

Decision to Abandon Khesanh Explained in Saigon; U.S. Aides Say Position Is No Longer So Valuable on War

Natl Student Assn repts 100 former presidents of coll student bodies and campus eds have pledged to refuse mil service as long as Vietnam war continues

CAMPUS LEADERS TO REFUSE DRAFT; 100 Foes of War in Vietnam Sign Student Group Pledge

R Schoenman arrested in GB and served with deportation order

Britain Arrests Schoenman And Orders Him Deported

group of Quakers rebuffed in efforts to turn in draft cards, Phila

Draft Protesters Rebuffed

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June 28, 1968

Headlines from June 28, 1968

Czech Poll Favors Opposition Parties; CZECH POLL BACKS OPPOSITION GROUPS

Debre Sees Discrimination In U.S. Trade Retaliation; DEBRE CRITICIZES U.S. TRADE STAND

Senate Panel Delays Action On Gun Curbs Until July 9; Move Seen as Victory for Opponents of Stiff Controls -- Tydings, Leading Fight, Calls Vote 'Real Defeat'

Gardner Sees Peril In Poverty Aid Cuts; GARDNER WARNS ON POVERTY CUTS

RAY TELLS COURT HE IS NOT GUILTY IN DR. KING DEATH; U.S. Says at London Hearing His Fingerprints Were on Rifle and Binoculars

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