Representative James H. Scheuer, one of the seven candidates for the Democratic nomination for Mayor, charged yesterday that former Mayor Robert F. Wagner's administration had been marred by "indecision, evasion, procrastination and clubhouse politics."  

SCHEUER ATTACKS WAGNER'S RECORD; Rival in Democratic Primary Says Former Mayor Was Indecisive and Evasive

Book, The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde, revd

The Artist As Critic; Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde. Edited by Richard Ellmann. 446 pp. New York: Random House. $10.

HALLANDALE, Fla., April 12 -- Petey Anderson, one of the world's most bowlegged jockeys, checked into Gulfstream Park this afternoon not knowing whether to laugh or cry.  

HIBERNIAN SCORES IN $62,600 STAKES; Wins by a Nose From Irish Rebellion at Gulfstream -- Victor Returns $4.40

Nixon repts $1.1-billion cut from Johnson budget

PRESIDENT CUTS BUDGET; SURPLUS NEARS $6-BILLION; Reduction of $4-Billion From Johnson Figure to Bring Biggest Excess Since '51

Prof A M Wells discusses her experiences with theater during short stay in psychiatric hosp; recalls patients performance of E Albee's The American Dream

In Ward X They 'Dream' '; In Ward X, They "Dream' '

Article on rate rises being sought by various Bell System cos; vast funds needed by system for expansion and construction discussed; illus; graph

' Ma Bell' and Children Pressing Rate Rises; Bell System Seeks Rate Increase

Each new technology carries with it a host of unexplored legal implications.  

Legal Trap Is Hurting Computers; Legal Snares Trip Computers

CITIES' RIOT SITES REMAIN DESOLATE; Burned-Out Buildings Stand Unrepaired -- Controversy Slows Rebuilding Drive

Fund mgrs int on outlook; Sept '66-Feb '69 graph on funds' cash holdings

Fund Managers Bullish Bears; Managers of Funds Are Bullish Bears

Article holds US and USSR development of reconnaissance satellites would enable 2 nations to reach arms control agreement without requirement of on-site inspections

Disarmament; Why Inspection May No Longer Be Critical for Arms Control

THE Government's potent anti-inflation medicine seemed, at last, to be showing effects. Credit was becoming tighter and the economy was slowing down, albeit slightly. And yet the stock market gained ground last week.  

Economy Slows As Stocks Rise; Stocks Rise As Economy Is Slowing

If the Hollywood Rajah, the late Louis B. Mayer, could return to the New York headquarters of the company he helped to create, he might recognize the president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., as Charlton Heston. But he would be wrong.  

A New Roar Coming From M-G-M Lion; A New Roar Being Heard From M-G-M's Offices

Govt announces that USSR will send more troops, then, 2 hrs later, says announcement has been withdrawn 'in view of changed facts'; speculation on reasons for shift includes suggestion USSR got party leadership to accept new demands, perhaps including removal of some progressive leaders;Grechko returns after being in E Ger; signs increase that censorship steps have not satisfied USSR; Kosygin reptdly so told Koucky; Tass, with obvious approval, repts Husak attack on leadership

PRAGUE RETRACTS WORD THAT SOVIET IS SENDING TROOPS; Communique on Build-Up Is Broadcast, but Withdrawn on Radio 2 Hours Later

Spring Vacations Part 1

THE Negro Ensemble Company is now wavering between becoming an affectionately regarded community theater and a genuinely professional ensemble. I think It will go one way or the other depending upon the directors it gets.  

So They Will Live Together; So They Will Live Together

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Queens Playhouse: Founder J S Kutrzeba offers to rename group, being planned for Theaterama bldg of NYS Pavilion at former World's Fair site, for person donating $150,000

Wanted: Singing Botanist; Wanted: A Singing Botanist

Editorial Cartoon 1 -- No Title

Defense Dept sends new lottery proposal to white House that would make every qualified draft registrant vulnerable for just 1 yr for induction; plan provides for true random selection of draftees from basic pool of all qualified 19-yr-olds and all older men whose deferments would expire that yr; those not called would be relieved of further obligation except in gen mobilization; Cong believed receptive; Pres Nixon expected to ask Cong for stand-by authority to switch to lottery system whenever he chooses

LAIRD BACKS PLAN ON DRAFT LOTTERY; A Proposal to Limit Youths' Availability for Induction Is Gaining in Washington

WASHINGTON -- Eight days after the inauguration, a noted cartoonist dressed President Nixon in a painter's smock and set him in front of a canvas that contained only an outline of the Nixon face (left). The implication was that before long the Republican Leonardo, having sketched the general dimensions of his policies during the campaign, would soon begin filling in the blank space with specific programs.  

But Few Details Yet On Domestic Questions

State Human Rights Div rules certain questions in recent exam for NYC police capt discriminate against competitors who reed inferior educ in slum schools, finding made in connection with complaint by Negro lt

Slum Schools Fail on a Police Test; City's Slum School Held Failure As Preparation for Police Tests

DETROIT, April 12 -- Mel Stottlemyre doesn't play the organ and he doesn't fly his own plane but he pitched a one-hitter today and beat the man who does those things.  

YANKS WIN, 4-0, ON STOTTLEMYRE'S 1 - HITTER;METS BOW; TIGERS DEFEATED

WASHINGTON -- In his typically methodical way, President Nixon asked a while ago for a secret intelligence estimate on the risks of undertaking a big power effort to arrange a Middle East settlement. Back came the judgment that there were risks all around, but the dangers of not trying were much greater than the danger of trying and failing.  

Action on a Crucial Foreign Issue

participants in Armistice Comm meeting, Panmunjom, fall into silence after 7 1/2 hrs, sit in silence for 4 hrs and then N Korean Maj Gen Lee Choon Sun, who called meeting, abruptly leaves; illus

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San Roque of the Lazy F Ranch finished first in the $57,400 Excelsior Handicap at Aqueduct yesterday. Heliodoro Gustines, adept at guiding horses home in distance competition, steered the 4-year-old son of Sailor to a three-length success over Tropic King II, with John Hersberger's Juvenile John third in the field of nine.  

SAN ROQUE, $10.20, TAKES EXCELSIOR; Beats Tropic King II by 3 Lengths in $57,400 Race Before 51,086 Here

Don  Antonio Ambrogio Gianotti was a Catholic priest and member of the Italian resistance movement.

April 13, 1969

Headlines from April 13, 1969

SCHEUER ATTACKS WAGNER'S RECORD; Rival in Democratic Primary Says Former Mayor Was Indecisive and Evasive

The Artist As Critic; Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde. Edited by Richard Ellmann. 446 pp. New York: Random House. $10.

HIBERNIAN SCORES IN $62,600 STAKES; Wins by a Nose From Irish Rebellion at Gulfstream -- Victor Returns $4.40

PRESIDENT CUTS BUDGET; SURPLUS NEARS $6-BILLION; Reduction of $4-Billion From Johnson Figure to Bring Biggest Excess Since '51

In Ward X They 'Dream' '; In Ward X, They "Dream' '

Billboard 200

Blood; Sweat & Tears

Wichita Lineman

Hair

Donovan's Greatest Hits

Help Yourself

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for April 13, 1969