Dr J E Allen, newly apptd Educ Comr and HEW Dept Asst Educ Sec, gives his views on desegregation and methods to achieve it

Allen Gets U.S. Schools Post;; Nixon Hails New Yorker

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- United States officials said today that they considered President Gamal Abdel Nasser's latest proposals for a Middle East settlement positive and encouraging, and hoped that Israel would react the same way.  

U.S. Finds Nasser's Plan Positive and Encouraging; But Israeli Sources in Washington Call Egyptian Leader's Statements 'Cobweb of Half-Truths and Inconsistencies'

Pres team rept headed by R P Nathan calls for transfer of Project Head Start program from OEO to HEW Dept

PRESIDENT MOVES TO RESTRICT ROLE OF POVERTY BOARD; Meets With Urban Council on Taking Some of Major Functions From O.E.O.

Nixon Adm deferring decision on starting missile talks pending test of domestic attitude toward USSR through debate on nonproliferation treaty ratification and test of USSR attitude in proposed 4-power talks on Mideast; early missile talks not expected but some Nixon advisers are urging him not to defer them until summer, as hinted by Laird

U.S. IS DEFERRING ACTION FOR TALKS ON MISSILE CURBS; Decides to Await 4-Power Mideast Parley and Senate Vote on Nuclear Treaty

Sec Hickel, after 2-hr aerial survey of slick, says all cos concerned have complied with his request that they voluntarily suspend drilling in Santa Barbara Channel; asks for suspension until crisis has been studied; says pollution is much more severe than anticipated; does not order halt to drilling in channel; offshore winds hold oil back from beaches; USCG repts slick is 'under reasonable control'; Union Oil workmen seem to have some success in corralling slick with plastic sea curtains floating on foam pillows; Hickel says pollution is as much fault of Govt as anyone; says Govt rules are not rigid enough; says he will seek state cooperation; state spokesman says co will be sued; illus

Secretary Inspects Slick; HICKEL'S REQUEST ENDS OIL DRILLING

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Nguyen Cao Ky says S Vietnamese regime is willing to 'hold private talks now' with reprs of N Vietnamese Govt, news conf; affirms Saigon has already made many concessions; talks with Lodge and Sen Tower; N Vietnamese delegation has no comment on Nguyen Cao Ky offer

MORE CONCESSIONS ARE HINTED BY KY; He Proposes Private Talks and Indicates New Moves if They Prove Fruitful

Cong antipollution forces begin hopeful campaign for new legis as Sen Muskie subcom opens hearings; Muskie announces counsel B Meyer has been dispatched to inspect Santa Barbara, Calif, area, where oil from leaking well poses pollution threat; Meyer will return in time to testify at hearings; Muskie and others are encouraged that Santa Barbara incident will focus attention on pollution issue and improve prospects for Cong action; toughest provision of legis would set up machinery through which Fed authorities could charge cleanup costs of up to $15-million against someone who negligently discharged oil into water; other details on legis; hearings are to nominally deal with 2d bill authorizing several billion dollars in Fed aid for bldg local waste treatment plants, but Muskie will sidestep question now and hold further hearings when he has better idea of how Nixon Adm views subject; Sen Boggs says he has every reason to believe Nixon Adm will be helpful in carrying forward antipollution work

Clean-Water Bill Pushed; Muskie Hopeful on Clean-Water Bill

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Role Changed His Life; Boris Karloff, Master Horror-Film Actor, Dies

Latin-Amer countries participating in Alliance for Progress enjoy '68 upturn in econ growth, rept by Inter-Amer Com of Alliance for Progress to OECD Development Assistance Com meeting, Paris; 5.5% area GNP growth rate reflects increased exports, higher levels of domestic saving; per capita GNP increase cut to 2.5% by 6% population increase; com notes growing concern of Latin-Amer nations over possible aid cuts

Latin Economy Advances In Alliance for Progress; GAINS MADE IN '68 IN LATIN ECONOMY

Ins brokers warn NYC mfrs to tighten shipping procedures or lose policies because of pilferage and hijacking losses now reaching $50-million a yr; most thefts are from sewing contractors who take fewer precautions than do mfrs themselves in showrooms and workrooms; Apparel Indus Interassn Com studies situation; counsel S Korzenik repts conf with Police Dept; notes garments are easily portable, attracting thieves; careless handling of pkg receipts by local truckmen also seen major cause of tosses

THEFTS MOUNTING IN GARMENT TRADE; Insurers Threaten to Stop Issuing Policies Unless Security Is Tightened

given 15-day jail term, fined $250, State Sup Ct, for leading '68 UFT strikes

SHANKER IS GIVEN 15-DAY SENTENCE IN SCHOOL STRIKE; U.F.T. Is Fined $220,000 -- Degnan Gets 3 Days -- All Sides in Dispute Scored

Justice S M Gold rules plan to build $140-million Rye-Oyster Bay span is unconst; holds '67 state law authorizing construction of 6-mi bridge-causeway by MTA is illegal because MTA was not authorized to build bridges or hwys under '65 act that created agency; says MTA jurisdiction covers only trains, planes, buses and boats; Rye Mayor Grainger hails decision; says community will fight project in appeals cts and will oppose any new law to give MTA bridge-bldg power; bridge opponents represented by NY County Dem Com ex-chmn E Costikyan; dispute revd; map

Plan for Bridge Across Sound Blocked by State Court Ruling; State Court Finds L.I. Sound Bridge Plan Illegal

Boris Karloff Dead; Horror-Movie Star

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Offered post of AID admr; says he does not plan to retire as Mich State U pres and will discuss shared-time arrangement with univ trustees

Development Shift Seen

Illich makes public classified documents describing secret appearance before Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, int; reveals he refused to take traditional oath of secrecy, or respond to anonymous accusations; Congregation official refuses to confirm or deny Illich appearance; details; illus

Head of Cultural Center Tells of Secret Hearing in Vatican

The Proceedings In the U.N.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb. 3 -- An uninhabited, 141-acre sandbar has provoked Latin America's latest frontier dispute, ruffling presidential tempers and even prompting muted talk of war.  

Sandbank Stirs Heated Dispute Between Argentina and Uruguay; Reports of Offshore Oil Deposits in Rio de la Plata Spur Rival Claims to Uninhabited, 141-Acre Islet

Hundreds of farm workers, Fondi, Italy, block main rail lines between Naples and Rome for hrs to protest drop in citrus fruit prices; illus

Italian Strikers Block Railroad Tracks as a General Walkout Nears

Parma Asylum Occupied

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3 -- The commander of the stockade at the Presidio, an Army post here, testified at a court-martial today that he was astounded when a prisoner rose from a ring of singing, chanting sitdown protesters to begin to read a list of demands.  

Mutiny Court-Martial Told of Sitdown by Stockade Prisoners

stockade comdr testifies; 3 clergymen and woman demanding end to trials removed from Pentagon

Pentagon Ousts Protesters

9 US 6th Fleet ships in Barcelona on courtesy visit

February 4, 1969

Headlines from February 4, 1969

Allen Gets U.S. Schools Post;; Nixon Hails New Yorker

U.S. Finds Nasser's Plan Positive and Encouraging; But Israeli Sources in Washington Call Egyptian Leader's Statements 'Cobweb of Half-Truths and Inconsistencies'

PRESIDENT MOVES TO RESTRICT ROLE OF POVERTY BOARD; Meets With Urban Council on Taking Some of Major Functions From O.E.O.

U.S. IS DEFERRING ACTION FOR TALKS ON MISSILE CURBS; Decides to Await 4-Power Mideast Parley and Senate Vote on Nuclear Treaty

Secretary Inspects Slick; HICKEL'S REQUEST ENDS OIL DRILLING

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The Beatles [White Album]

TCB

Wichita Lineman

Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations

Fool On The Hill

Historical Context for February 4, 1969