Special to The New York Times WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The United States expressed its concern to the Soviet Union today about what appeared to be a mounting Soviet and East German campaign to impede access to West Berlin.  

U.S. Voices Concern On Berlin to Soviet; U.S. EXPRESSES BERLIN CONCERN 

USSR charges W Berlin factories secretly mfr arms for W Ger forces, suggests that E Ger halt their shipment over autobahn, note to E Ger on issue of W Ger-W Berlin traffic

NEW BERLIN CURBS BACKED BY SOVIET; ROADBLOCK PUT UP; Moscow Bids East Germans Restrict the Shipment of Industrial Products ARMS FLOW IS ALLEGED Warsaw Pact Commander Confers With Ulbricht -- Mayor Urges Calm New Berlin Curbs Backed by Soviet; Roadblock Up

Mayor Lindsay announced yesterday that the city had reached an agreement with a municipal employes' union that would require nonunion city employes to pay the union a "service fee" equivalent to the dues that union members pay.  

Agency Shop Won By Municipal Union; CITY, UNION AGREE ON AGENCY SHOP 

NIXON, IN FRANCE, CALLS FOR AN END TO 'OLD QUARRELS'; De Gaulle Greeting Is Warm -- Presidents Meet 2 Hours in 'Cordial' Discussion MORE TALKS DUE TODAY Exchange of Views to Cover Wide Range of Subjects, Including the Mideast Nixon, Arriving in Paris From Rome, Asks End to 'Old Slogans' and 'Old Quarrels' Ties to U.S. Are Praised By de Gaulle

Party pub Rude Pravo, in article marking 50th anniv of Comintern, rejects USSR doctrine of ltd sovereignty and implicitly condemns USSR occupation

PRAGUE REJECTS A DICTATED UNITY; Party Paper Terms Concept of Blind Obedience to Moscow 'Outdated' PRAGUE REJECTS A DICTATED UNITY

enemy gunners shell about 30 targets; Amer troops fight day-long battle with enemy near Saigon; enemy offensive continues at subdued pace; members of US mil command are uncertain about reasons behind reduction in enemy activity; doubt it is related to US warning about bombing-halt understanding; allies estimate nearly 6,000 enemy killed since beginning of offensive; nearly 300 Amers have died during same period; 21,000 people have been made homeless; details on mil action; US troops kill 60 enemy near buffer zone; find weapons cache near Laotian border; US mil analysts say 4 N Vietnam divs have crossed into S Vietnam from Cambodia; State Dept still studies offensive; map; illus

G.I.'S BATTLE FOE ON EDGE OF SAIGON IN DAY-LONG CLASH; Enemy Found 6 Miles From Center of the Capital -- Offensive Slows Further Battle Erupts Six Miles From Saigon

Census Bur issues study of soc and econ trends in 212 major met areas since '60; study finds met population totaled 128 million, '67, up 14% since '60

SOME GAINS FOUND FOR URBAN NEGRO; U.S. Report Shows Income and Education Improving Some Gains Found for Urban Negro

Sirhan interrupts trial to demand that he be allowed to change plea to guilty and to request hit execution; Walker denies request, threatens to have him restrained physically; Sirhan also says he wants to disassoc self from his counsel; defense attys again offer to resign; Walker denies offer; Pasadena ps aide J T Harris testifies on Sirhan's grades; defense seeks to bring out abysmal living conditions in Jerusalem and some of Sirhan's boyhood traumas

SIRHAN PLEA TO DIE IS DENIED BY COURT; Judge Rejects Request After Jordanian Tries to Admit Guilt on All Charges SIRHAN IS DENIED EXECUTION PLEA

he develops pneumonia while convalescing from surgery; condition

Eisenhower Is 'Weaker' As Pneumonia Develops; Eisenhower Has Pneumonia; Doctors Report He Is Weaker

acquitted of charge of conspiring to assassinate Pres Kennedy

SHAW ACQUITTED OF 'KENNEDY PLOT'; Jury Out 50 Minutes After Summation by Garrison Shaw Acquitted in Conspiracy Trial

Special to The New York Times THE HAGUE, Feb. 28 -- The seven Roman Catholic bishops of the Netherlands have agreed to experiment with a new kind of religious ceremony in which married priests are allowed to preach.  

Dutch Approve Role For Married Priests; Dutch Bishops Agree to Let Married Priests Preach in Experimental Rite 

Hickel calls for tougher laws to protect offshore waters from any pollution, including oil, Sen subcom hearing; promises to seek more authority as needed to clean up US water supplies; suggests Muskie bill be strengthened in several major respects; proposals include safeguards against any pollutant, elimination of limiting liability to $15-million and other measures; Hickel suggests US officials be granted authority to determine when a ship should be destroyed in case of major spill; says US should beef up Geological Survey so it can do independent geological work before private offshore oil leases are granted; is backed by survey dir Dr W T Pecora; Sen Cranston discloses 7 oil cos challenge Hickel's revised liability regulations; Hickel says Atty Gen Mitchell approves new regulations

POLLUTION CURBS PRESSED BY HICKEL; He Calls for Stiffer Laws to Protect Offshore Water -- Plan Praised in Senate POLLUTION CURBS PRESSED BY HICKEL

A Shift of Power In Syria Is Reported; SHIFT IS REPORTED IN SYRIAN REGIME

SCATTERED VIOLENCE ERUPTS ON ARRIVAL

issue of strategy of 'flexible response' and current studies by Brit and W Ger experts for Nuclear Planning Group on criteria for use of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons discussed; past strategic concepts revd

NATOP paring a Report on When, How and Where to Use Nuclear Arms

Nixon car intercepted by elderly Italian who seeks pension aid

Grieved Italian Makes Nixon His Go-Between

Nixon, in Rome conf with Italian Premier Rumor, reptdly expresses interest in Rumor's concept of triangular relationship of Eur and US with Latin Amer to support Latin-Amer econ development and pol stability

President and Italian Leaders Find Wide Agreement in Talks; But Rioting Over Visit Injures Many in Rome

French Insist That Nixon Stay in Palace, Not Hotel

The Proceedings In the U.N.

Communist China charges Japan with aggressive designs on Taiwan; attack follows Premier Sato's meeting with Amb Chen Chih-mai, Tokyo, asking him to reassure Pres Chiang Kai-shek on continued friendly Japanese ties despite any changes that might arise on internatl scene

PEKING DENOUNCES JAPANESE PREMIER

Nixon illus waving to crowds; at dinner with de Gaulle, Mrs de Gaulle, Mrs S Shriver and Couve de Murville; dinner menu

Menu at Nixon Dinner At the Elysee Palace

gets back cuff link lost during handshaking bout with crowds

Nixon Gets Back Cuff Link

antiwar demonstrations staged, Paris, during Nixon visit

Finch, in Israel, Causes Stir With Remark on Nixon Visit

Following are the highlights of the rest of President Nixon's itinerary for his trip to Europe (all European times are local, which is six hours ahead of New York time):  

The President's Itinerary

Portuguese police thwart student demonstration, Lisbon, ostensibly called to coincide with visit

Lisbon Police Keep Students Away From U.S. Embassy

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March 1, 1969

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U.S. Voices Concern On Berlin to Soviet; U.S. EXPRESSES BERLIN CONCERN

NEW BERLIN CURBS BACKED BY SOVIET; ROADBLOCK PUT UP; Moscow Bids East Germans Restrict the Shipment of Industrial Products ARMS FLOW IS ALLEGED Warsaw Pact Commander Confers With Ulbricht -- Mayor Urges Calm New Berlin Curbs Backed by Soviet; Roadblock Up

Agency Shop Won By Municipal Union; CITY, UNION AGREE ON AGENCY SHOP

PRAGUE REJECTS A DICTATED UNITY; Party Paper Terms Concept of Blind Obedience to Moscow 'Outdated' PRAGUE REJECTS A DICTATED UNITY

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