January 20, 1969

Palach dies; told colleague at end that his act had fulfilled its purpose, pleaded against sacrifice by others; nation deeply affected; candlelight ceremony held in St Wenceslas Sq; leaders, including Svoboda, Dubcek, Cernik and Smrkovsky, send telegram to Palach mother saying they are deeply moved; radio and TV broadcast appeals for calm; youth hero L Pachman appeals against further sacrifice

Paris Fire Dept helicopter removes Vietcong flag from spire of Notre Dame Cathedral; Vietcong spokesman denies group had any connection with incident; illus

Eastern plane with 171 aboard on NYC-Miami flight forced to fly to Cuba by youth with hand grenade; craft and passengers returned to Miami; Ecuadorian Airlines craft with 88 aboard on Quito-Miami flight forced to fly to Havana by 4 gunmen

Capitol illus in readiness for Nixon inauguration as Pres

Harriman returns home from talks; to retire after more than 3 decades of pub service under 4 Presidents; more than 200 of Washington's most prominent pol personalities welcome him at Md airport; some in crowd noted; Lodge is among them; Harriman says it is good omen that Repub Adm acts so quickly on talks; Lodge says US is in Harriman's debt for getting talks started; Harriman expresses satisfaction that procedural problems are ironed out; acknowledges some disappointment that 8 mos of talks have not produced more; Vice Pres Humphrey greets Harriman; Harriman said to have little lattitude in talks; other details; illus