Development of fast-reaction fleet of up to 50 warships able to rush to any crisis spot in N Atlantic being studied; defense mins, in Nov Brussels conf, tentatively approved concept of detailed contingency plans and specific force allocations; Sup Allied Command, Atlantic, instructed to work out specifics; projected working of plan discussed

EMERGENCY FLEET WEIGHED BY NATO; Quick-Reaction Unit Studied -- Soviet Scores U.S. Plan for Black Sea Cruise EMERGENCY FLEET WEIGHED BY NATO

Govt seeks to eliminate shantytowns around Buenos Aires by undertaking 8-yr program to relocate 72,000 squatter families in better housing

Liberals in Argentina Fearful Of Growing Controls by Police; Argentine Liberals Are Increasingly Fearful of Growing Police Controls

Various cities and mil installations shelled in what allies believe is attempt to discredit new stress on pacification; 15 places struck with little effect; map

Enemy Guns Shell Vietnamese Cities With Little Effect; CITIES IN VIETNAM SHELLED BY FOE

police escort union teachers to PS 39; illus; Wilson leads all other teachers out of school; says 'union has captured school' but community has 'captured teachers and children'; closing of school is in direct conflict with Donovan order; Massive Econ Neighborhood Development (MEND) and Harlem Tenants Council hack local bd

7 TEACHERS ENTER P.S. 39 WITH POLICE, BUT FIND IT EMPTY; East Harlem Board Insists Upon Boycott Until Union Members Are Removed J.H.S. 271 REMAINS SHUT Students Call Off Strike Over Make-Up Time -- Principal to Stay Despite Threats 7 TEACHERS ENTER P.S. 39 WITH POLICE

US reptdly has told USSR it is ready to begin missile control talks and has asked whether talks should begin with conf between Johnson and Kosygin

U.S. SAID TO NOTIFY SOVIET IT IS READY FOR MISSILE TALKS; Moscow's View Is Asked on Time, Place and Level for Delayed Meeting SUMMIT MOVE STUDIED Nixon Reported to Agree to Johnson's Initiative for Restricting Weapons U.S. TERMED READY FOR MISSILE TALK

22 parking meter collectors and drivers, over 1/2 of collection force, arrested in probe of theft of some $5-million from meters in last 4 yrs; arrests culminate 10-mo probe led by detective posing as collector: $4,400 in stolen dimes and qrs recovered in search of suspects; Comr Fraiman says coins were stolen at rate of $5,000 a day; Admr Perrotta says Wells Fargo Armored Service employes will temporarily aid collections

22 Arrested by City In Meter Robberies Put at $5-Million; CITY ARRESTS 22 IN METER THEFTS

Pres-elect Nixon and Finch both hint broadly in ss at dinner, Los Angeles, that Finch will be HEW Dept Sec

Nixon Hints Finch Will Get Welfare Job in the Cabinet; NIXON HINTS FINCH WILL JOIN CABINET

Nguyen Cao Ky tells S Vietnamese chances are good that talks will succeed in ending war, radio-TV s; says Saigon delegation will show it is 'full of goodwill, yet firmly determined'; urges domestic stability at home during talks; Saigon Legis expected to endorse participation in talks after Sup Ct rules that joint session must vote on issue; Nguyen Cao Ky and Pham Dang Lam set to leave by plane

KY TELLS VIETNAM CHANCE OF PEACE AT TALKS IS GOOD; Delegation Determined, but 'Full of Goodwill,' He Says -- Seating Still an Issue KY SAYS CHANCE OF PEACE IS GOOD

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incidents between pickets and supervisors diminish; co repts 2 acts of sabotage; supervisors illus

A 2D WEEK LIKELY IN CON ED STRIKE; Company Reports 2 Minor Acts of Sabotage -- Talks Set to Resume Today A 2D WEEK LIKELY IN CON ED STRIKE

Owners dismiss Eckert as comr with 4 yrs to go on 7-yr contract; 2-man com named to modernize game, restructure high command and find new comr

Eckert Dismissed by Owners As Commissioner of Baseball; Owners Dismiss Eckert as Baseball Commissioner, Citing Need for Change STRONG EXECUTIVE SOUGHT FOR POST 2-Man Committee Named to Study Ways to Modernize Game, Find New Chief

Comment on current scene; growth in documents discussed; illus

A High-Rise Fountain at the U.N.

strike virtually paralyzes Rome region; student strikes continue; Govt seeks to avoid bloody confrontations in handling of protests

Italy Is Back to 'Normal' as Only Students Strike

J Adamek, Fed Chancellory's news agency minor official, sentenced to 10 mos in jail for giving pol information over period of several yrs to Czech intelligence service

Austrian Guilty in Spy Case

J Smidmajer named TV dir; journalistic indus sees no press freedom threat in apptmt; continued TV outspoken criticism of Soviet actions noted

Czechs Deny Rift Over Paper Led to Aide's Shift

TRADE RISE IS SET BY TWO GERMANYS; East's Assurance on Access to Berlin Is Indicated

Rehse acquitted, 2d trial; case revd; verdict seen blocking prosecution of 60 other Nazis who served in ct as judges or prosecutors

ACQUITTAL IS WON BY EX-NAZI JUDGE; Man Who Sent 230 to Death Is Slapped After Verdict

Conservative Brit MP E Powell urges GB to grant Rhodesia independence

Powell Bids Britain Accept Independence of Rhodesia

police use tear gas and clubs to break up student protest parade, Rawalpindi; some policemen seriously hurt

Pakistani Police Break Up Students' Protest Parade

Lt Gen M Azam Khan, former Cabinet member and E Pakistan Gov, announces decision to campaign against Govt; charges Ayub regime is not true representative of people and prevents development of free dem institutions; is 4th prominent Pakistani to enter opposition, following Justice S M Murshed and ex-Min K A Qayyum Khan; Ayub Khan says he does not intend to be Pres for life or continue in office indefinitely; says he will name person to succeed him

Another Prominent Pakistani Is Opposing Ayub

about 200 students parade, Karachi, to press for educ reforms

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US and N Vietnam agree on some procedural issues for expanded talks; major outstanding difference reptdly concerns table or tables to be used because of concern of N Vietnam to seat NLF with their reprs and of US to seat S Vietnamese with their reprs; date of 1st meeting of 4 delegations uncertain until this issue is settled; Vance reptdly will stay in Paris about a mo after Nixon takes office as Pres on Jan 20 to facilitate change of adms at time when thorny issues are expected to arise at sessions; details on procedural points settled

December 7, 1968

Headlines from December 7, 1968

EMERGENCY FLEET WEIGHED BY NATO; Quick-Reaction Unit Studied -- Soviet Scores U.S. Plan for Black Sea Cruise EMERGENCY FLEET WEIGHED BY NATO

Liberals in Argentina Fearful Of Growing Controls by Police; Argentine Liberals Are Increasingly Fearful of Growing Police Controls

Enemy Guns Shell Vietnamese Cities With Little Effect; CITIES IN VIETNAM SHELLED BY FOE

7 TEACHERS ENTER P.S. 39 WITH POLICE, BUT FIND IT EMPTY; East Harlem Board Insists Upon Boycott Until Union Members Are Removed J.H.S. 271 REMAINS SHUT Students Call Off Strike Over Make-Up Time -- Principal to Stay Despite Threats 7 TEACHERS ENTER P.S. 39 WITH POLICE

U.S. SAID TO NOTIFY SOVIET IT IS READY FOR MISSILE TALKS; Moscow's View Is Asked on Time, Place and Level for Delayed Meeting SUMMIT MOVE STUDIED Nixon Reported to Agree to Johnson's Initiative for Restricting Weapons U.S. TERMED READY FOR MISSILE TALK

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Historical Context for December 7, 1968