The Federal Government has reserved $65-million for the Model Cities program in New York City.  

65-MILLION GRANT ALLOTTED TO CITY FOR SLUM PROJECT; Federal Action Is Disclosed at Hearing on Model Cities Program Request Here FULL PLANS REQUIRED Fund Being Held in Reserve for Work in Harlem, South Bronx and Brooklyn $65-MILLION GRANT ALLOTTED TO CITY 

ECONOMIST PICKED AS TREASURY NO. 2; Charls Walker, Executive of Bankers Association, to Be Under Secretary ECONOMIST PICKED AS TREASURY NO. 2

escapees describe flight; US guards arc not allowed to fire at Cuban guards; regular flow of refugees into base noted

Cubans Who Fled Tell of Desperation; Cubans Assert Desperation Spurred Their Flight

Pres Gen Advisory Com on Foreign Assistance Programs urges creation of Fed overseas investment corp to take over and expand investment guarantee and promotion functions of AID

FOREIGN AID RISE IS URGED ON NIXON; Johnson Panel Fears Wave of Violence in Poor Nations if U.S. Scants Funds FOREIGN AID RISE IS URGED ON NIXON

Mirrored U.S. Ideals and Changes Since Its Birth in 1821; The Post (1821-1969) Mirrored the Ideals and Changes in Life in America

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., most Jan. 9 -- The recent Soviet plan for Middle East peace, according to qualified Western and Israeli sources, proposes the substitution of a political settlement sponsored by the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union for a negotiated peace between Israel and the Arab states.  

IMPOSED ACCORD HELD SOVIET AIM FOR MIDDLE EAST; Israeli and Other Sources at U.N. Say Plan Would Bar Negotiated Peace GUARANTEE MENTIONED Moscow. Said to Push Idea Now in Hope Nixon Will Be Unable to Reject It Imposed Accord Said to Be Soviet Aim for Middle East 

Capital Hails 'History's Boldest Explorers'

Johnson reptdly wants extension but will not recommend move unless he is sure Nixon supports decision; reptdly weighs proposing unattainable cuts in budget to avoid having to propose extension; options open to Johnson discussed; Cong and Adm sources hold main decision will be Nixon's, hold he will not have to make decision until spring; Sen Dirksen says Johnson would like to extend surcharge but 'would like to have some company'

President Striving For Nixon's Assent To Keeping Surtax; PRESIDENT WANTS NIXON TAX ASSENT

Hundreds of magistrates and lawyers score legal system as bankrupt, demonstration in pub sq, Rome; denounce specific shortcomings as Pres Saragat opens new judicial yr in Palace of Justice; Dr Duni, equivalent of US Atty Gen, concedes system is faulty

LAWYERS IN ITALY ASSAIL INEQUITIES; Legal System Denounced as Bankrupt at Protest -- Judges Among Critics Lawyers in Italy Denounce Inequities in the Legal System During Demonstration in Rome

BLS repts decline in farm employment was negligible in '68, halting long-time trend of loss of 100,000 workers a yr

' 68 JOBLESS RATE DECLINED TO 3,6%, A 15-YEAR RECORD; Negro Unemployment Down From 7.4 to 6.7% -- Total of Hard-Core' 323,000  68 JOBLESS RATE DECLINED TO 3.6%

Astronauts N A Armstrong, Col Aldrin and Lt Col Collins named crew; Armstrong and Aldrin may become 1st humans to set foot on moon; Capt Lovell, Lt Col Anders and F W Haise named backup crew; 'launch window' for scheduled flight opens July 15; NASA says moon landing will be attempted only if no problems arise on Apollo 9 and Apollo 10 missions; if landing is tried, Armstrong and Aldrin will descend to surface in Lunar module; they will explore for 21 hrs, pick up samples of moon, take still and TV pictures and set instruments, which will be left behind; they will then take off in module for rendezvous with Apollo 11; long series of tests on cabin sec of lunar module begin, Cape Kennedy

2 Who May Land On Moon Selected; NASA Names Men Who May Land on the Moon

illus at joint Cong session hailing Apollo 8 astronauts

Crew of Apollo 8 Is saluted By President and Congress; President, Congress and the Public Hail 'History's Boldest Explorers' in the Capital

Bonn Will Not Seek A Rightist Ban Now; BONN WON'T SEEK RIGHTIST BAN NOW

subscription lists to be sold to Life (pub) and other pubs

Front Page 1 -- No Title; Magazine Company to Merge With Lin Broadcasting The Saturday Evening Post Will Cease Publication Today

Front Page 2 -- No Title

Karami attempts to form Govt; diverging policy views of possible Cabinet members noted

FEARFUL LEBANON COUNTS ON NIXON; Expects U.S. Policy Shift -- Karami Works on Cabinet

Dayan Weighs the Effects Of French Arms Embargo

Cong party ex-pres K Kamaraj makes strong pol comeback by winning parliamentary by-election by wide margin; had suffered humiliating defeat at hands of student leader in '67 election

KEY POLITICIAN WINS IN INDIA BY-ELECTION

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 -- The 47-year-old Premier-designate of Lebanon in the crisis with Israel, Rashid Karami is not only the country's most prominent Moslem leader but also one of its most prominent bachelors.

Lebanon's Choice Again; Rashid Karami

Lindsay Critical of U.N. For Condemning Israel

The Proceedings1 In the U.N. I

Israeli official says Israel has not signed treaty because Govt is studying its various implications

Israeli Bomb Is Doubted

PARIS, Jan. 9 -- The French Government stepped up tonight its campaign for active intervention in the Middle East by the Big Four powers.  

Debre Says Arab-Israeli Peace Can Come Only From Outside

US informants discount repls Israel plans to accelerate weapons development preparations; White House and State Dept draw attention to Israeli denial of repts; Jerusalem sources deny repts Israel has built bomb

Withdrawal Called Key

15 Killed as Forest Fires Burn Unchecked in Australia

Simone Bagel-Trah is a German businesswoman who serves as chairwoman of the Supervisory Board and of the Shareholders' Committee of Henkel.

Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson

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Sampurnanand was an Indian teacher and politician who served as the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1954 until 1960, and later as Governor of Rajasthan. Serving for five years and 344 days, he had the longest single tenure of any Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister until surpassed by Yogi Adityanath in 2023. 

January 10, 1969

Headlines from January 10, 1969

65-MILLION GRANT ALLOTTED TO CITY FOR SLUM PROJECT; Federal Action Is Disclosed at Hearing on Model Cities Program Request Here FULL PLANS REQUIRED Fund Being Held in Reserve for Work in Harlem, South Bronx and Brooklyn $65-MILLION GRANT ALLOTTED TO CITY

ECONOMIST PICKED AS TREASURY NO. 2; Charls Walker, Executive of Bankers Association, to Be Under Secretary ECONOMIST PICKED AS TREASURY NO. 2

Cubans Who Fled Tell of Desperation; Cubans Assert Desperation Spurred Their Flight

FOREIGN AID RISE IS URGED ON NIXON; Johnson Panel Fears Wave of Violence in Poor Nations if U.S. Scants Funds FOREIGN AID RISE IS URGED ON NIXON

Mirrored U.S. Ideals and Changes Since Its Birth in 1821; The Post (1821-1969) Mirrored the Ideals and Changes in Life in America

Billboard 200

The Beatles [White Album]

Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations

Fool On The Hill

Wichita Lineman

Beggars Banquet

Notable Births

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