Pres Johnson says assuring every Amer opportunity to get all educ he can is basic freedom US must strive to achieve, s, Houston, Tex

JOHNSON, REPLYING TO CRITICS, TERMS NATION 'HEALTHY'; In Speech to Negro Doctors, He Says He Rejects View Country Is on Deathbed LISTS 'FIVE FREEDOMS' Asks 'Jobs, Homes, Health, Education' for Everyone 'Without Discrimination' Johnson Declares Nation Is 'Healthy'

Tobin and TWA pres Tillinghast issue joint statement noting their agreement on need for 4th jetport; deny reptd disagreement between Port Auth and some airlines on need for airport

U.S. to Limit Air Traffic If Lines Fail to Ease Jams; Boyd Says Some International Flights May Be Diverted From Kennedy -- Private Planes Also Face Curbs U.S. MAY RESTRICT AIR TRAFFIC HERE

organized labor cuts off financial support for Gilligan Sen campaign, acting on Vice Pres Humphrey complaint that Gilligan refuses to back his bid for Pres nomination

HUMPHREY USES PRESSURE IN OHIO; Gilligan Funds From Labor Stop for Lack of Support Ohio Labor Stops Its Funds to Gilligan

NYC chief med examiner Helpern repts addiction-related diseases cause more deaths among New Yorkers 15-35 yrs old than murder, suicide, accidents or natural causes; repts 450 deaths, Jan-June, compared with 670 in all of '67; repts '50 total was 57; repts 90% of fatalities caused by reaction to injected substance, remainder linked to unknown virus, endocarditis and tetanus; repts about 90% of drug fatalities are men, 50% are Negroes, 30% Puerto Ricans and 20% whites; repts avg age has dropped to 27

NARCOTICS DEATHS ON INCREASE HERE; 450 Fatalities to June 30, Most in 15-35 Age Group NARCOTICS DEATHS ON INCREASE HERE

Breakthrough on Biafra Relief Is Foreseen by U.S. Officials; BIAFRA AID GAIN FORESEEN BY U.S.

Amer negotiators are unsuccessful in 17th session of Paris talks to get N Vietnam to say it intends current battlefield lull to have some diplomatic significance

TALKS ON VIETNAM STILL IN IMPASSE; CHARGES TRADED; After 3 Months, Each Side Continues to Accuse Other of Blocking Progress TALKS ON VIETNAM STILL IN DEADLOCK

W J Sheridan, former Justice Dept employe and aide of late R F Kennedy when he was Atty Gen in '64, testifies that Kennedy's bro-in-law S E Smith provided $3,000 in cash that was 'loaned' to R Vick, Govt witness in '64 trial of Hoffa's atty, Z T Osborne Jr; says Kennedy was not told of transaction, which took place in Dec '64, about 3 mos after Kennedy resigned as Atty Gen; says money was given to Vick, key Govt witness in jury-tampering conviction of Osborne, because Vick lost his job as Nashville policeman after he testified against Osborne; says he took money back 1 day later after deciding that transaction might be misconstrued; denies Vick threatened to recant testimony unless he was given money; charges Hoffa aides offered Vick bribes; makes statements in sworn deposition expected to be introduced as evidence in hearing on Osborne's motion for new trial; Osborne, now serving 31/2-yr jail term, holds his conviction should be overturned because Vick told jury he had not been paid or promised anything by Govt

Kennedy Aide Tells of a 'Loan' To Witness Against Hoffa Man; Kennedy Aide Tells of a $3,000 'Loan' to a Witness Against Hoffa Lawyer

candidates and aides believe conv is being set up in accordance with Johnson's orders; McCarthy forces hold arrangements favor Humphrey; Sen McGovern, now declared candidate, and Humphrey aide O'Brien say Johnson is neutral; O'Brien says Humphrey is having same trouble as McCarthy in getting space, rooms, phones, gallery and floor passes; Criswell insists White House and Adm personnel of Cabinet level are playing no role and says facilities are being allotted without favor; evidence of Johnson's hand in planning noted

Johnson Seen Calling Tune; Candidates Sure That Johnson Is Calling Signals on Convention

Planning Comm, Transportation Adm and Budget Bur urge modifications in parts of MTA transit plan, rept to Estimate Bd; hold 2d Av subway should have 2 instead of 4 tracks and should be built in tunnel drilled through Manhattan bedrock, instead of open cut, to eliminate 'havoc' caused by opening up 2d Av; urge high priority for bldg 48th St crosstown subway, 'cornerstone of entire expansion plan'; disapprove in its entirety proposed New Lots line extension in Bklyn; routes approved in rept listed; heads of agencies, Chmn Elliott, Comr Sidamon-Eristoff and Dir Grossman, discuss rept, news conf; believe objections will be resolved in negotiations

3 AGENCIES OF CITY ASK MODIFICATION OF 2D AVE. SUBWAY; Report to Estimate Board Calls for Tunnel, Not Open Cut, and Only 2 Tracks RIDER COMFORT SOUGHT Officials Believe Talks Will Resolve Their Objections to State Body's Plans 3 City Agencies Ask State Body to Modify Its Plans for Second Ave. Subway

LIRR cancels 33 morning trains; list; Ronan holds rr mgt is counting on Fed ct injunction to end what he terms 'illegal slowdown', news conf; says he and MTA bd have been keeping constantly abreast of situation; scores union charge that he had started 'union busting' campaign; Speno says Legis com will not intervene until Fed ct has acted

Record 33 L.I. Trains Cut From Morning's Schedule; L.I. Road Cancels 33 Morning Trains

Dem chmn from 6 Southern states seek to maintain strong position for platform planks on school desegregation

Southern Democrats Offer 7 for the Vice-Presidency; SOUTHERN BLOC TO SUPPORT SEVEN

Western diplomats say UAR privately presses proposal to end state of belligerency once agreement on settlement has been worked out by Jarring through parallel but unilateral declarations of nonbelligerency; say UAR suggests declarations be filed with Security Council, which would formally take note of them, and be endorsed by US, GB, France and USSR; say UAR sees move as way of getting around Israeli demand for signed peace treaty; UAR reptdly urged idea on Jarring

NEW PEACE PLAN ASCRIBED TO CAIRO; ' Declarations' to End State of War Reported Urged A NEW PEACE PLAN ASCIRBED TO CAIRO

proposes natl housing program, saying existing programs help only rich and middle class and are insensitive' to needs of poor; returns to Washington from Western tour

M'CARTHY URGES HOUSING PROGRAM; Calls U.S. Plans Insensitive to the Poor -- He Wants Suburbs Opened to All M'CARTHY URGES HOUSING PROGRAM

Educ Bd drafts 'immediate' decentralization plan whereby local bds would have power to choose dist supts and, according to city bd source, also have authority to hire and dismiss teachers according to present law; plan would reassign local supts not retained to city bd and would raise status and salary of local admrs; would also provide for election of local bd members; Galamison and Shapiro comment; UFT pres Shanker charges plan will open system to 'bigots and racists'

30 SCHOOL BOARDS TO HIRE TOP AIDES; Local Superintendents Here Will Be Shifted if Panels Want New Leaders 30 SCHOOL BOARDS TO HIRE TOP AIDES

TV execs and McCarthy forces charge Daley persuaded IBEW to work at conv hall only because events away from conv may prove disorderly; TV coverage of hotels where coms meet and candidates hold news confs will be restricted because of lack of microwave relays

Size of Hall Is Cited; CONVENTION BARS GENERAL PUBLIC

Biog; por; full name is Richard Anderson Falk

Professor Whose Cause Is Peace; Richard Anderson Falk

4 Princeton U profs propose plan for neutralization of S Vietnam that would include formation of new govt in Saigon that would accept ban on pol or mil alliances; details

4 Princeton Professors Urge Neutralized South Vietnam in War Settlement

Pakistan's 21st Birthday

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Vietnam Casualties

does not plan any staff cuts at Peking mission

No Cuts Planned, London Says

Silva Henriquez lifts suspensions after 9 pledge obedience to ch

Suspension of 9 Priests In Chilean Protest Lifted

Maoists rept they have set up revolutionary com in strategic Yunnan Prov

MAOISTS PROCLAIM VICTORY IN YUNNAN

Australian admrs of Papua concerned by W Irian rebel activity against Indonesia; map

West Irian Rebels Worry Australian New Guinea; Some Have Already Crossed Border to Seek Asylum Canberra Striving to Avoid New Tensions in East

BOMBING IN NORTH CURBED BY STORM; Heavy Seas Bring a Halt in Strikes From Carriers

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August 15, 1968

Headlines from August 15, 1968

JOHNSON, REPLYING TO CRITICS, TERMS NATION 'HEALTHY'; In Speech to Negro Doctors, He Says He Rejects View Country Is on Deathbed LISTS 'FIVE FREEDOMS' Asks 'Jobs, Homes, Health, Education' for Everyone 'Without Discrimination' Johnson Declares Nation Is 'Healthy'

U.S. to Limit Air Traffic If Lines Fail to Ease Jams; Boyd Says Some International Flights May Be Diverted From Kennedy -- Private Planes Also Face Curbs U.S. MAY RESTRICT AIR TRAFFIC HERE

HUMPHREY USES PRESSURE IN OHIO; Gilligan Funds From Labor Stop for Lack of Support Ohio Labor Stops Its Funds to Gilligan

NARCOTICS DEATHS ON INCREASE HERE; 450 Fatalities to June 30, Most in 15-35 Age Group NARCOTICS DEATHS ON INCREASE HERE

Breakthrough on Biafra Relief Is Foreseen by U.S. Officials; BIAFRA AID GAIN FORESEEN BY U.S.

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