V Canby article lauding film, R Reed article scoring it

I Am Curious (No)';  I Am Curious (No)'

The State Legislature will be asked tomorrow to create a committee to investigate the city's hospital crisis and report within 10 days on whether the state should take over the 20 municipal hospitals, superseding the city.  

LEGISLATORS SEEK INQUIRY BY STATE IN HOSPITAL CRISIS; 4 Democrats Urge a Study of Take-Over From City -- Lindsay Is Scored

NOW that Chaucer has had a chance to amuse Broadway with his "Canterbury Tales," Swift -- Jonathan -- will get his chance with "Gulliver's Travels." The Gerald Frow-Sean Kenny adaptation of the famous tourist's travels all the way from Lilliput to the country of the Houyhnhnms should be on a local stage in the fall, sponsored by Kermit Bloomgarden.  

Gulliver Travels to Town; News of the Rialto

comment on lumber price rise and effects on housing construction

Lumber Price Rise Slowed; Price Rise in Lumber Runs Into Some Knots

article on effects on mgt personnel involved in mergers; W G Hamilton Jr, H Suslak, L Epstein, L Perlmutter and S T Saunders comment

Merger Expendables: Men; Merger Expendables: Some Men at the Top

SARASOTA, Fla., March 22 -- Just when people were beginning to say nice things about them, the New York Mets made eight errors today and suffered a 14-8 thrashing at the hands of the mild-mannered Chicago White Sox.  

Mets Make Eight Errors In 14-8 Loss to White Sox; METS' 8 ERRORS ASSURE 14-8 LOSS

Tuesdee Testa Finishes 2d And 7th; Reviewer Wins; Mrs. Testa's Horses Finish 2d and 7th at Aqueduct

J Ickx (Ford GT-40) wins Sebring 12-hr endurance race

Ford GT-40 Wins 12-Hour Sebring Race; Sebring Endurance Race Tests Drivers' Ability as Cars Spin Out of Control on Turn

SALT LAKE CITY -- Railroaders, rail enthusiasts, historians, Federal officials and curious travelers will be crowding trains -- and planes -- destined for Utah this spring and summer to join in Golden Spike Centennial events commemorating the completion of the nation's first transcontinental railroad.  

Rail Fans' Pilgrimages to Promontory; Rail Fans' Pilgrimages to Promontory

WASHINGTON -- This is Vietnam weekend on President Nixon's crisis calendar, not because he is ready for a big bold decision but because the pressures on all sides -- and even the mere passage of time -- are starting to limit his opportunities to end the conflict.  

Nixon Is Forced to 'Negotiate' on Three Fronts

When the heavy equipment starts rolling down to the foot of Wall Street, and the piledrivers begin stabbing at the muddy bottom of the East River late this year, they will be creating the foundation for more than a new securities exchange.  

Big Board, Getting Bigger, Gears for the Stresses of Growth; Big Board Gears for New Stresses

several hundred angry demonstrators scuffle with Lee, prevent him from entering his office in 1st flare-up of violence; Lee retreats after receiving several blows, is uninjured; says situation has deteriorated; insists demonstrators do not represent majority opinion and were goaded into action by small group of extremists

Hundreds of Angry Anguillans Scuffle With British Occupiers; BRITISH SCUFFLE WITH ANGUILLANS

mil sources in Saigon say increased contact between US and enemy in no way constitutes escalation of war; view is shared by Amer diplomats; several factors contributing to increase in Amer-initated contacts discussed

New U.S. Tactics Intensified Fighting; Shift in U.S. Tactics Increased the Vietnam Fighting

Supt Donovan orders hss to set up councils of student, parent and faculty reprs to advise principals on ways to head off student-power demonstrations; says plan is based on recommendations of 17-member com headed by Deputy Supt Lester; holds action will only be meaningful if principals use results of such discussion as guide to school policy; com rept was also in part response to recent US Sup Ct ruling that ps officials may not interfere with students' rights to express pol opinions in nondisruptive manner; also recommends restructuring of student council and student govt orgn in each hs to provide for reprs of both 'in' and 'out' groups

High Schools Here Will Form Councils To Preserve Peace; PANELS PLANNED BY HIGH SCHOOLS

UCLA wins NCAA champ record 3d yr in row; 1st team to win champ 5 times; L Alcindor, playing final game for UCLA, is 1st player to be named most valuable player in tourn 3 yrs in row

U. C. L. A. DEFEATS PURDUE, 92-72, FOR N. C. A. A. TITLE;; ALCINDOR EXCELS

FORT LAUDERDALE, March 22 -- The Yankees won an encouraging game today from a team they will play 18 times during the regular season. The victory was encouraging because it happened just the way the Yankees would like to visualize a victory over the Washington Senators.  

YANKEES DEFEAT SENATORS, 3 TO 0; New York Combines Speed, Clutch Defensive Plays to Shut Out Washington

MONTREAL, March 22 -- The Montreal Canadiens skated to an easy 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers tonight and in the process tied one league record and one club mark.  

Canadiens Win, 3-1, But Rangers Clinch Position in Playoffs; CANADIENS SCORE OVER RANGERS, 3-1

Epigrams cannot do the work of analysis, but it is tempting to say of the left in the United States that as its numbers grow, its strength ebbs. More Americans are deeply dissatisfied with our society than at any time since the thirties, yet as the ranks of the discontented swell, they simultaneously break into fragments.  

The Agony Of the American Left; By Christopher Lasch. 212 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $4.95.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 22 -- Ray Floyd, who owns racing thoroughbreds and enjoys a good golf race, rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt at the last green today to take the lead in the $100,000 Greater Jacksonville open by one stroke.  

FLOYD TAKES LEAD BY SHOT WITH 207; Gets 18-Foot Birdie Putt for 68 -- Dickinson, Weaver Next at Jacksonville

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19-1 SHOT SCORES IN $126,400 STAKE; Court Recess Wins by Nose -- Nodouble 2d in Florida

lr scoring Nixon decision to deploy Safeguard

Missile Debate; Pro and Con on the 'Modified' ABM

BROTHER OF RAY ASSAILS LAWYER; Quotes Prisoner as Saying Foreman Pressured Him Into a Plea of Guilty

Agr Dept chief demographer C L Beale repts about 7.5-million persons 14 yrs or older lived on farms in Jan '69, no change from Jan '68 level; puts total farm population at 10-million; says figures indicate great migration from rural to urban areas, '40-67, may be over; reasons for migration revd; migration from South accounted for about 2/3 of nation's total migration in peak yrs of '50s and '60s

Farm-to-City Migration Near End in U.S.; Migration From Farms to Cities Appears to Be Nearing Conclusion in U.S.

Nixon scores use of 'physical intimidation' to remedy campus grievances, but holds task of dealing with student protestors should be left to colls, statement; Sec Finch says univs should bear primary responsibility for carrying out existing Fed laws shutting off Fed aid to students convicted of crimes in campus disorders, lr to coll and univ admrs; pledges full encouragement and support of Fed Govt to admrs who enforce laws

March 23, 1969

Headlines from March 23, 1969

I Am Curious (No)'; I Am Curious (No)'

LEGISLATORS SEEK INQUIRY BY STATE IN HOSPITAL CRISIS; 4 Democrats Urge a Study of Take-Over From City -- Lindsay Is Scored

Gulliver Travels to Town; News of the Rialto

Lumber Price Rise Slowed; Price Rise in Lumber Runs Into Some Knots

Merger Expendables: Men; Merger Expendables: Some Men at the Top

Billboard 200

Wichita Lineman

Goodbye

The Beatles [White Album]

Ball

Blood; Sweat & Tears

Historical Context for March 23, 1969