Stock market prices rose briskly yesterday to reach their highest level in two years. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange boomed to 21.11 million shares, the second busiest session on record.  

Turbulent Market Highest in 2 Years

Humphrey Visits West Virginia, Hoping to Reverse 1960 Defeat; HUMPHREY TOURS IN WEST VIRGINIA

HOUSE DROPS CURB ON DESEGREGATION; Rejects Earlier Bid to Block U.S. Efforts to End Dual School Systems in South House, in Major Shift, Drops Earlier Curb on U.S. Efforts to Desegregate Schools in South

Repub Pres candidate Nixon, in lr circulated privately to large corps and banks and others interested in overseas investment, says he would ask repeal 'at earliest possible time' of Govt curbs on investments abroad by US corps

Nixon Would Aid Airways And Overseas Investments; Nixon Would Aid Airways and Overseas Investment

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3 -- Mickey Lolich tied the World Series with flair today by pitching and batting the Detroit Tigers to an 8-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.  

Tigers Set Back Cardinals, 8-1, Drawing Even in World Series; TIGERS TOP CARDS AND EVEN SERIES 

Min Gromyko says that USSR continues as 'convinced advocate' of finding possible areas of cooperation and even joint action to prevent new world war, s, UN Assembly; urges conf of all Eur nations on 'urgent problems of consolidating peace in Eur'

GROMYKO, AT U.N., ASKS ARMS TALKS AS STEP TO PEACE; Seeks 'Serious Exchange of Views' With U.S. on Curbs for Strategic Weapons SPEECH IS CONCILIATORY But He Terms Occupation of Czechoslovakia Vital to the 'Socialist Commonwealth' Gromyko, at U.N., Urges Arms Talks With U.S.

Educ Bd member Rev Galamison, in bid to avert new teacher strike, issues plan calling for linking of dist to Harvard U and insts in NYC and providing local dist with same powers exercised by ind school dists throughout state; says disputed teachers and other teachers in dist would be eligible for Harvard fellowships; plan detailed; Shanker calls plan dangerous and unacceptable unless significantly modified; UFT repr says pattern of discrimination is developing in dist against 83 teachers; NY Amsterdam News ed scores violence in Ocean Hill-Brownsville dist as playing into hands of decentralization opponents

NEW SCHOOL PLAN STIRS PEACE HOPE; Galamison Idea Would Link Ocean Hill to Harvard and Other Universities A New School Plan Stirs Peace Hope

DEATHS PUT AT 49 IN MEXICAN CLASH; 500 Wounded After Troops Fire on Students at Rally -- 1,500 Taken Prisoner Deaths Put at 49 as Mexican Troops Open Fire at Student Rally

Comr Fraiman announces arrest of Mrs Lewis, Los Angeles, on charges of embezzling $22,912.60; says funds did not come from Youth Corps, that she was bonded for $5-million; funds allegedly were taken from emergency 'imprest fund' set up by adm execs to lend money to employes awaiting 1st paychecks; Dist Atty Hogan's office announces probe of adm

EX-FISCAL OFFICER IS SEIZED ON COAST IN CITY FUND THEFT; Dismissed Director of Human Resources Agency Accused of Embezzling $22,912 Ex-City Aide Seized in Theft Of Human Resources Funds

Gen C E LeMay becomes Wallace's Vice Pres running mate; says he would use nuclear weapons if he found it necessary, news conf; says he does not think it would be necessary; Wallace, at news conf, appears perturbed over LeMay remarks; says US can win without use of nuclear weapons

GEN. LEMAY JOINS WALLACE'S TICKET AS RUNNING MATE; Says He Would Use Nuclear Bomb, but Rules It Out as Unnecessary in Vietnam EX-GOVERNOR IS UPSET Declares Former Air Force Chief 'Prefers Not to Use Any Sort of Weapon' GEN. LEMAY JOINS WALLACE'S TICKET

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 3 (Reuters) -- Argentina has granted President Belaude political asylum, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said tonight.  

Asylum in Argentina

The New Cabinet List

mil, which helped Belaunde to power in 62 coup and believed in his pledge of 'new pol', now seen disillusioned, strongly nationalistic and hostile to pol parties; Belaunde program seen weakened by inflation, pol bickering, soc protest by urban poor and demands or nationalization of Amer-owned oil fields

Military Disillusion Lies Behind the Coup in Peru

QUITO, Ecuador, Oct. 3 (Reuters) -- At least seven women were killed and three injured when an adobe hut laundry in which they were washing clothes collapsed during torrential rains last night.  

Collapse of Hut Kills 7 in Quito

Nuclear Test in Nevada

LISBON, Oct. 3 (Reuters) -- Dr. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, the 79-year-old former Premier of Portugal, showed a slight improvement today following a blood transfusion last night, hospital sources said. He has been in a coma since Sept. 16 after a stroke.

Salazar Shows Slight Gain

Dec quota is 17,500; USMC to take 2,500, 3d time this yr corps has taken inductees

December's Draft Call Is Set at 17,500 Men

about 400 detained by Paris police following demonstration and clash in support of Mex students

Police in Paris Seize 400

Johnson confs with Vance on talks, White House; White House press sec calls meeting 'just a regular conversation'

Johnson and Vance Confer On Talks With North Vietnam

theol student charged with arson after allegedly throwing fire bomb in abbey

A Fire Bomb Is Hurled In Westminster Abbey

Mil tribunal gives Saigon student leader 3-yr suspended sentence; student was arrested recently when police closed Student Union hq

Saigon Student Chief Tried

A Lewis comment on low-key, old-fashioned atmosphere of conf; finds scene 'curiously refreshing

British Party Meeting Is Low Key, and Curiously Refreshing

BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct. 3 (Reuters) -- The five surviving Thorns sextuplets were "throwing their arms and legs about quite a lot" at a maternity hospital here today. A spokesman said "every hour increases their chances slightly."

5 Surviving Sextuplets Active, Hospital Says

11 killed, 32 missing when truck plunges into river near Pracmuap Khiri Khan

Thai Truck Plunge Kills 11

Brit Labor party narrowly approves resolution condemning USSR invasion of Czech and affirming that Brit security is tied to NATO; leftists sought simple condemnation of invasion

LABORITES OPPOSE POLICY ON RHODESIA

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October 4, 1968

Headlines from October 4, 1968

Turbulent Market Highest in 2 Years

Humphrey Visits West Virginia, Hoping to Reverse 1960 Defeat; HUMPHREY TOURS IN WEST VIRGINIA

HOUSE DROPS CURB ON DESEGREGATION; Rejects Earlier Bid to Block U.S. Efforts to End Dual School Systems in South House, in Major Shift, Drops Earlier Curb on U.S. Efforts to Desegregate Schools in South

Nixon Would Aid Airways And Overseas Investments; Nixon Would Aid Airways and Overseas Investment

Tigers Set Back Cardinals, 8-1, Drawing Even in World Series; TIGERS TOP CARDS AND EVEN SERIES

Billboard 200

Waiting For The Sun

Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits

Feliciano!

Cheap Thrills

Are You Experienced?

Notable Births

Historical Context for October 4, 1968