October 23, 1968

campaigns at rallies in Ft Worth, Dallas, Austin, Tex

enthusiasm and defiance mark teaching staff at Ocean Hill-Brownsville schools; high pupil absenteeism rate and lack of experienced supervisory personnel are major problems affecting school dist; illus

Nguyen Van Thieu, in response to Humphrey statement urging him to cooperate with Johnson in seeking peace, says he does work in close cooperation with US in effort to establish just and honorable peace, statement; says he will drop his opposition to bombing halt when there is 'good reason to believe' N Vietnam would talk directly with S Vietnamese Govt and join allies in scaling down level of war operations; S Vietnamese and Amer officials speculate on reasons why Nguyen Van Thieu issues statement; N Vietnamese and Amer negotiators to meet tomorrow; Min Debre lauds Johnson proposal but speaks with guarded optimism on possible success of talks, int

HOUSTON, Oct. 22 -- The Apollo 7 astronauts, their mission accomplished, brought their 11-day earth-orbiting flight of 4.5 million miles to a successful conclusion this morning with a safe splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

Arias arrives, Washington, installs himself in Panamanian Embassy; illus; says he is still const Pres, will seek OAS Council support, news conf; denies US pressured him to leave CZ; urges OAS impose econ sanctions to oust mil regime; US reptdly will follow Latin-Amer nations and recognize mil Govt; officials see no Johnson meeting with Arias, view him as 'private visitor'; Amb to US Velasquez reptdly resigned following coup; Sec Gen Plaza Lasso says he will transmit to OAS Council any Arias message