Lindsay calls bd 'sluggish, insensitive and unresponsive' regarding decentralization, int

Mayor Urges Action Now To Decentralize Schools; Lindsay Proposes a Prompt Decentralization of City's Schools

Humphrey says peace quest is big job of next Pres, s, NYC; makes obvious gibe at McCarthy

HUMPHREY VOWS QUEST FOR PEACE; In Speech to 1,000 Here, He Aims a Gibe at McCarthy

Izvestia repts USSR is holding large-scale rear-echelon exercises of support and supply troops, under command of Marshal Bagramyan, in areas from Baltic to Black Sea and in Western regions of repub; map; maneuvers expected to continue until Aug 10; sources suggest moves are linked with Czech crisis

SOVIET IS HOLDING ARMY MANEUVERS NEAR SLOVAK LINE; Exercise by Support Units Ranges Over Wide Area From Baltic to South

Johnson says he is doing all he can to safely and honorably reach peaceful settlement, s, Govs Conf; says his policy is fair; says some ignore 'irreconcilability' of enemy; says enemy 'shows no disposition' to 'meet us at least half-way'; says US with not impose coalition govt on S Vietnam; says he will resist efforts to split US; makes other comments

JOHNSON ASSAILS HANOI WAR STAND; Scores 'Irreconcilability' of Foe -- Vows a Firm Policy Despite Domestic Critics

Nasser s, Arab Socialist Union cong that coincides with 16th anniv of his rise to power; attacks US, making prospects for resumption of diplomatic ties seem remote; hints he may retire if Israel withdraws from areas occupied during war; says UAR has enough food not to be weakened in stand against Israel by econ problems; is elected union chmn by acclamation

Nasser Tells Arabs Not to Be Provoked To Premature War; ARABS CAUTIONED BY NASSER ON WAR

HR, 179-84, refuses to require state licensing of gun owners; adds what floor mgrs call 'serious crippling amendments' to Adm bill; adopts amendments to exclude all ammunition from interstate mail order ban, to continue to let Natl Bd for Promotion of Rifle Practice ship firearms and ammunition to Natl Rifle Assn jr clubs and to let gun collectors be licensed to enable them to buy and sell firearms in interstate commerce; final action on bill postponed

LICENSING OF GUNS BARRED BY HOUSE; Vote on White House Bill's Plan Is 179-84 -- Curb on Ammunition Softened

Pan American World Airways and Mohawk Airlines announced some minor changes in schedules yesterday as a consequence of the increasing congestion at airports.  

2 LINES CUT TRIPS TO EASE AIR JAMS; Pan Am and Mohawk Act -- F.A.A. Studying Curbs

Algerian press agency repts 21 Israeli passengers and crewmen detained, other passengers left for Paris; Thant reptdly discusses incident with Algerian Amb Bouattoura; Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine claims responsibility for hijacking; says Algeria had no advance knowledge of plan; urges Algeria to seize plane, hold Israelis as hostages for Palestinian commandos held by Israel; urges IRC to form comm to probe Israeli treatment of Arab prisoners; charges El Al engaged in transport of arms and mercenaries to Israel; Israeli Govt statement denounces incident, urges Algeria observe internatl law, free plane, passengers and crew; Israeli sources see attempt to embarrass Israel and perhaps to use crew members to obtain release of some saboteurs; Maariv (newspaper) warns of unilateral effort to retrieve plane and crew if internatl efforts fail; Israel appeals to Thant and ICAO to help retrieve plane, El Al appeals to Internatl Aviation and Transport Assn; passengers, arriving, Paris, rept 1 of hijackers landed jet; Amer passengers noted; map

ALGERIANS DETAIN 21 ISRAELIS ON JET; Other Passengers Sent On to Paris -- Arab Unit Says It Carried Out Hijacking

9 killed, 16 hurt when Penn-Reading Seashore Lines passenger train collides with bus, Malaga-Weymouth crossing, Buena Vista Twp; grade-crossing lacked signal fights and barrier; map

BUS-TRAIN CRASH KILLS 9 IN JERSEY; 16 Migrant Laborers Hurt -- No Barrier at Crossing

some of Sen E M Kennedy associates say he will issue policy statements on Vietnam that will take issue with Johnson policy; move will keep Kennedy from clashes over personalities in Pres race and will attempt to move Dem party more toward positions advocated by his bro and McCarthy

Kennedy Neutrality Is Foreseen by Associates; KENNEDY IS SEEN STAYING NEUTRAL

Sen com approves exemptions for 754,454 from cutbacks; Watson hails approval by HR and Sen coms

Senate Acts to Exempt 800,000 From Cutback in Federal Jobs; SENATE RELAXES CUTBACK ON JOBS

Sen Foreign Relations Com refuses to restore $970-million cut from authorization bill, cuts another $23-million; raises development loan costs to poor nations by about 40% by adopting Mundt amendment; other cuts detailed; Sen J S Clark will seek to restore econ aid items to HR version level

SENATE UNIT GOES BEYOND THE HOUSE IN FOREIGN AID CUT; Backs Further Reduction of $23-Million and Seeks Rise in Charges for Loans

cong debates efforts to maintain cultural ties with Greece; debate detailed

U.S. Orthodox Group Debates Ties With Greece; Athens Parley Hears Priest Warn of Assimilation, but a Layman Defends It

arrives, New Delhi; includes experts in USSR and Chinese affairs; Bowles privately pressed for conf, arguing that US has not paid sufficient attention to India because of its preoccupation with Vietnam

U.S. TEAM IS IN INDIA FOR TALKS ON POLICY

Pope names Msgr A Tabera Araoz Pamplona Abp, Msgr J M Giararda Lachindo Santander Bishop and Rev J Mendez Asensio Tarragona Bishop; apptmts are 1st since dispute with Govt over Vatican request that Govt renounce right to propose candidates

Three Spaniards Named As Bishops by Pope Paul

Asst Sec Bundy meets with Pres Chung Hee Park and other S Korean leaders to rept on Johnson-Nguyen Van Thieu conf and Paris peace talks; confs with Premier Chung Il Kwon and Min Choi Kyu Ha

Bundy Briefs South Koreans On the Honolulu Conference

stockholders meeting; King calls his ouster conspiracy; Cudlipp denial; says King got yr's pay and retirement benefits

CECIL KING SCORES OUSTER IN LONDON; Tells Press Stockholders It Was 'Squalid Conspiracy'

3 Greek newsmen to stand trial under obscenity law

Greek Writers Face Trial

The Proceedings In the U.N.

IRC-charted plane leaves Geneva to begin mercy shuttle service between Biafra and Fernando Po

RED CROSS ADDS DC-6 TO BIAFRA MERCY RUN

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2 boys, 2 girls born to Mrs J Norris, Spartanburg, SC

Quadruplets in Carolina

Biafran and Nigerian peace teams end 5th preliminary session, Niamey

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Deputy Premier Pak Sung Chul (N Korea) reiterates that crew will not be released until US apologizes for its 'criminal acts'; Mrs Bucher reptdly is dismayed by apparent lack of communication between White House and relatives of Pueblo crew and officers

North Korea Again Asks Apology in Pueblo Case

experiments in 'experiential' worship involving more communication and physical contact among worshippers, conducted on fringes of Assembly by W H McGaw Jr, described; Lilly Endowment finances experiments; illus

Worship-by-Touch Services Held at Uppsala Meeting; ' Experiential' Rites Stressing Contact Stirred Dispute

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July 24, 1968

Headlines from July 24, 1968

Mayor Urges Action Now To Decentralize Schools; Lindsay Proposes a Prompt Decentralization of City's Schools

HUMPHREY VOWS QUEST FOR PEACE; In Speech to 1,000 Here, He Aims a Gibe at McCarthy

SOVIET IS HOLDING ARMY MANEUVERS NEAR SLOVAK LINE; Exercise by Support Units Ranges Over Wide Area From Baltic to South

JOHNSON ASSAILS HANOI WAR STAND; Scores 'Irreconcilability' of Foe -- Vows a Firm Policy Despite Domestic Critics

Nasser Tells Arabs Not to Be Provoked To Premature War; ARABS CAUTIONED BY NASSER ON WAR

Billboard 200

Beat Of The Brass

Wheels Of Fire

Bookends

A Tramp Shining

The Graduate

Notable Births

Historical Context for July 24, 1968