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new Communist party const reptdly will name Defense Min Lin Piao as heir to Mao; may eliminate formal elections as method of choosing Communist leaders; const is expected to be adopted at 9th Cong; Western sources in Hong Kong obtain draft, describe provisions
Vietcong aide Tran Hoi Nam, displaying sketches of table patterns proposed by US in recent meeting, says 'it is very difficult to be in agreement with those proposals' because they reflect concept of 2-sided conf, which N Vietnam and NLF reject, news conf; does not say if N Vietnam and NLF reject proposals; says NLF will not accept any proposal that would 'indicate 2-sided conf; impression said to remain that enemy stand is intentionally vague; N Vietnamese statement strengthens impression; Pham Dang Lam, after conf with Vance, says reaction to proposals is not clear-cut rejection; expresses confidence expanded talks will start soon; S Vietnam denies French press agency rept that sources close to Saigon delegation suggest part of talks may eventually be moved from Pans; diagram of table shapes proposed by US; illus
Govt, in surprising change of petition, plant legis to restrict unions' right to strike; TUC leaders reptd shocked and dismayed that Min Castle backed proposals; legis reptdly would include provisions to give Govt power to require cooling-off periods before calling of major natl strikes and wildcat strikes and to make collective bargaining agreements reached by mgt and unions legally enforceable; unions would be required to take membership votes before calling strikes that might hurt natl interest; other possible provisions detailed; Prime Min Wilson and Castle support for legis, despite previous positions against Govt interference in labor-mgt relations, attributed to frequency of wildcat strikes, growing pub resentment against strikes and successful pol use of union reform issue by Conservative party leader Heath
Sec Rusk says Johnson Adm is 'anxious to cut through' procedural wrangling in talks, but Hanoi poses difficulties, news conf; ridicules, without denying, press repts that he has differed with Clifford over role of Saigon Govt in deadlock
Rowe returns to US; has applied for reassignment in war zone; voices eagerness co return to Vietnam, news conf; describes what he learned about Vietcong; silent on questions he says may jeopardize prisoners; describes prison camp life; lived in solitary confinement for last 14 mos; 1 of his captors, a defector, describes him as stubborn and uncooperative; Rowe returns to home state of Tex; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 1, 1969, covering January 4, 1969.
The Beatles
Glen Campbell
Steppenwolf
Sergio Mendes
Diana Ross & The Supremes
1969Corie Blount, American basketball player[†]
Corie Kasoun Blount is an American former professional basketball player born in Monrovia, California. He played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1969Kees van Wonderen, Dutch footballer and manager[†]
Cornelis "Kees" Hendricus van Wonderen is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who last coached Schalke 04. During his playing career, he was mostly utilised as a centre back.
1969Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (born 1935)[†]
Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. He was also known for his bowed solos. Chambers recorded about a dozen albums as a leader or co-leader, and more than 100 as a sideman, especially as the anchor of trumpeter Miles Davis's "first great quintet" (1955–63) and with pianist Wynton Kelly (1963–68).
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]