March 23, 1969

V Canby article lauding film, R Reed article scoring it

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.

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.

comment on lumber price rise and effects on housing construction

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

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.

Bay Shore Stakes: Reviewer wins

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

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.

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.

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.

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