Off To A Good Start

Daley issues 77-page rept upholding his actions and those of police; Repr Pucinski backs rept; ACLU scores it; rept finds forceful methods used by police were provoked by demonstrators led by 'revolutionaries' who came to Chicago from other cities; Daley refuses to answer questions on rept; rept says newsmen sometimes encouraged protesters to prolong confrontations with police; says some news personnel were uncooperative with police; other details on rept; some figures in rept at variance with figures from other sources; rept includes thumbnail sketches of 5 organizers listed as principal planners of demonstrations; Police Supt Conlisk defends police actions

REVOLUTIONARIES' BLAMED BY DALEY; He Issues Report on Melee -- Liberties Union Terms It 'Utterly Dishonest'

Who would have dreamed that three nonprofessionals, including a pair of American amateurs, would reach the men's singles semi-finals of the first $100,000 United States open tennis championships?  

GRAEBNER, ROSEWALL AND MRS. KING GAIN IN TENNIS; RALSTON IS OUSTED

To Turn Down The Buildup; THE ESSENCE OF SECURITY. Reflections in Office. By Robert S. McNamara. 176 pp. New Yorl: Harper & Row. $4.95.

Gallant Bloom "all the way" was the cry at the $100,860 Matron Stakes at Aqueduct yesterday. The King Ranch filly, trained by the 88-year-old Max Hirsch and ridden by the dependable Eddie Belmonte, won the six-furlong dash for 2-year-old fillies by nine lengths over the Wheatley Stable's Irradiate, with Queen's Double of the Meadow Stable next by two more lengths.  

Rich Big A Sprint To Gallant Bloom; Gallant Bloom, Leading From the Start, Romps to an Easy Victory in the Matron Stakes at Aqueduct

Leaders of 3 Parties Here Rebuff Screening Panel on Judgeships; 3 PARTIES REBUFF JUDGESHIP PANEL

F M Hechinger comment on nation's mood of angry activism marking start of '68 school yr

Education; A Storm Gathers Across the Land

COLORADO SPRINGS -- By the first week in October, snow and sub-freezing temperatures will have gripped nearly all of Colorado's timberline country, that hard and treeless terrain above 11,00 feet. From then until next June the timberline will be submerged in another long winter and accessible only by skis and snowshoes.  

Exploring Colorado's Timberline

Genesco Says Its Business Is to Manage Change; Genesco Says Its Job Is Management of Change

New York City's school system, the country's largest, represents the extreme case of the urban dilemma. It enrolls more than one million children in 900 schools, administered from a central headquarters in Brooklyn. Its 60,000 teachers are represented by the United Federation of Teachers, the largest trade union local in the nation.  

A New York Crisis in Black and White

A gorgeous full moon climbed up from behind the Bronx County Court House last night and the Yankees did everything but jump over it.  

YANKEES CONQUER SENATORS TWICE; Stottlemyre Wins, 16-2, for His 19th in First Game -- Peterson 10-0 Victor

Kuznetsov and Chervonenko conf with Dubcek, following talks with Svoboda and Cernik, in efforts to reconcile conflicting viewpoints; Prague radio rept indicates officials remain at odds; illus of Kuznetsov and Cernik; list of 14 points, presented at closed briefings of party orgns throughout notion, made known; suggest leadership has balked at some USSR conditions; seen in Czech delay in issuing required pub declarations on need for stationing of Warsaw Pact forces on W Ger border and on illegality of liberal party cong; acct of accord, presented to party orgns, requests illegality declaration be made only when troops leave country, indicating 1 of unresolved pts in Moscow talks; Govt, although removing Sik and Pavel, has kept Hajek despite USSR attacks on him; press censorship, although formally instituted, has been circumvented by extensive use of double entendre; seen in Rude Pravo rept on UN Security Council session on Middle East; USSR Amb Malik's statement on Arab hostility toward Israeli occupiers cited; despite lax censorship USSR troops evacuate all major newspaper offices except Mlada Fronta; newsreel on 1st days of occupation banned by USSR; foreign Communist sources indicate Kuznetsov may remain in Prague indefinitely, but see presence as 'positive event' leading to settlement; following talks, Dubcek delegation expected to visit Moscow again; planned Dresden conf on gradual troops withdrawal to be postponed pending outcome of 2d round of Moscow talks; in new move, USSR marine detachments guard embassies of 5 occupying powers; Pelnar assumes control of security forces, including secret police, and publicly guarantees that Czech laws will be respected; also turns over to Justice Min disposition of rehabilitations involving ex-pol prisoners in step planned before invasion; E Eur observers view Kuznetsov's visit as new phase in USSR policy marked by more 'draconic' line toward occupied country

MOSCOW'S ENVOY AND DUBCEK TALK ON CZECH COURSE; Kuznetsov Sees Party Chief in an Effort to Reconcile Conflicting Viewpoints

N Vietnamese regulars attack Amer arty base in central highlands in what 1 senior officer says appears to be prelude to renewed siege on Special Forces camp at Duclap; enemy attacks S Vietnamese bn 2 mi N of camp; details on attacks; allied officials rept Vietcong terrorists struck 7 times in 24-hr period, killing 10 persons, wounding 74; some incidents noted; action in other areas reptd; civilian casualties noted; map; illus

ENEMY ASSAULTS OUTER DEFENSES OF DUCLAP CAMP; Attack Viewed as Prelude to a Renewal of Siege -- Saigon Hit by Terrorists

CLEVELAND, Sept. 7 -- Professional football staged a mammoth preseason double-header before 84,918 tonight and the New York Jets touched off the proceedings by defeating the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, 9-6.  

Lions Lose, 9-6, to Jets; Packers Top Browns, 31-9

The Miniature Daffodils; Daffodils

HARTFORD, Sept. 7 -- Professional Golfers' Association executives are considering proposals for the operation of the pro circuit that are designed to mend the break with the touring pros, but it appeared today that chances for a settlement were decreasing daily.  

Pros Shaping Own Tour; Drive to Start Today

Steel imports to US put at 8.4-million tons, Jan-June, 54% above '67 level; US indus officials predict '68 imports will total 17-million tons, 15% of natl consumption; leading US producers reptd pushing hard in Cong for imposition of quotas on imports to prevent foreign producers from capturing larger share of US mkt

Outlook for Steel Is Bleak; Imports Causing Concern; Imports Add to Bleak Steel Pictures

Aircraft carrier John F Kennedy commissioned, Newport News Shipbldg, Newport News, Va; late Pres Kennedy's daughter Caroline officiates; gives ship copy of sword worn by G Washington; illus; Kennedy family members and top Navy officials attend; ex-Sec McNamara s

Carrier Kennedy Is Handed Over to Navy by Caroline; CARRIER KENNEDY IS COMMISSIONED

comm planning new 5-yr plan urges new spirit of self-reliance to replace dependence on foreign aid; proposes that aid be cut by half in 5 yrs; many feel terms of aid are onerous and demeaning; also stiffen resistance to new indus collaborations with foreign corps; shift in outlook results largely from darkening prospects for aid from US and other Western nations; Min Singh advocacy of self-reliance noted

Many in India Call For Self-Reliance As Aid Substitute; Self-Reliance Now a Growing Theme in India

IN any garden hardy bulbs more than pay their way with brilliant colors and variation in form, size and bloom season. They are especially rewarding for novice gardeners since they give such quick returns and are so easy to grow.  

Best Bulb Buys For Beginners

Lindsay releases Econ Development Adm rept showing gains in employment, retail sales, other areas, Jan-June; predicts continuation of trend for entire yr; details

CITY'S ECONOMY UP IN MOST INDEXES CITY'S ECONOMY UP IN MOST INDEXES; Job, Rent and Retail Rates Found Rising in Study by Mayor's Advisers

HARTFORD, Sept. 7 -- Billy Casper, whose keen putting has led him to four tour victories this year, found the greens to his liking as he assumed the S4-hole lead in the $100,000 Greater Hartford open golf tournament today.  

Casper Leads at Hartford; A Balding Taken III

The cop has moved into the center of urban turmoil across the nation. To some, mainly poor blacks and white radicals, the police are "neo-colonialists," imposing "the system" on its subjects, often with brutality. To others, the police are a bastion of security, the upholders of "law and order," the first line of defense against "crime in the streets."  

Police; Are They Villains or Victims?

McNamara book The Essence of Security, in which he details effort to stem missile race with USSR and controversy over Sentinel antimissile system, revd by R Kleiman

M'NAMARA OFFERS MISSILE-CURB PLAN; Contends On-Site Inspection Is Not Vital to a Pact To Halt or Slow Race

Pray by Blecht, A: To be new name of musical called The Exception and the Rule

1776, 'Like It Was'; The Rialto: 1776, 'Like It Was'

Wolfram Klein is a former German footballer.

Wolfram Klein, German footballer

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Raymond Wilson is a Scottish singer and guitarist, vocalist in the post-grunge band Stiltskin and in Genesis from 1996 to app. 1999.

September 8, 1968

Headlines from September 8, 1968

Off To A Good Start

REVOLUTIONARIES' BLAMED BY DALEY; He Issues Report on Melee -- Liberties Union Terms It 'Utterly Dishonest'

GRAEBNER, ROSEWALL AND MRS. KING GAIN IN TENNIS; RALSTON IS OUSTED

To Turn Down The Buildup; THE ESSENCE OF SECURITY. Reflections in Office. By Robert S. McNamara. 176 pp. New Yorl: Harper & Row. $4.95.

Rich Big A Sprint To Gallant Bloom; Gallant Bloom, Leading From the Start, Romps to an Easy Victory in the Matron Stakes at Aqueduct

Billboard 200

Waiting For The Sun

Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits

Wheels Of Fire

Feliciano!

Realization

Notable Births

Historical Context for September 8, 1968