January 21, 1969

Pilsen brewery worker J Hlavaty sets himself afire; Svoboda announces act in TV s urging young people to 'stop these terrible acts'; thousands of people in Prague pay tribute to Palach; memorial march and ceremony held; illus; participants wear ribbons and carry flags symbolic of natl unity and patriotism; Govt announces Soviet delegation has arrived to discuss 'questions' arising out of troop accord

Pres Johnson approves filing of land orders by Sec Udall to add 1.2-million acres to Natl Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska; orders would establish 265,000-acre Cape Newenham Natl Wildlife Refuge on peninsula in Bering Sea and add 1-million acres to existing 1.8-million acre Clarence Rhode Natl Wildlife Range; map

USSR, on day of Nixon inauguration, affirms its readiness to start talks on missile controls, Foreign Min statement; min aides L M Zamyatin and K V Novikov rev 9-point disarmament plan proposed by Kosygin in '68; deny statement and their news conf on it were timed deliberately for Nixon inauguration

J Reston, commenting on Nixon inaugural s, notes that war should be settled as soon as possible to halt div in US