Nixon pledges to submit interim reform pkg soon, news conf

PLAN TO END TAX ON 'POOR'DRAFTED BY WHITE HOUSE; President Intends to Send 'Interim Reform Package' to Congress on Monday A PLEDGE ON SURCHARGE President Asserts It Should 'Be Removed as Soon as We Are Able to Do So' PLAN TO END TAX ON 'POOR' DRAFTED

Nixon dismisses suggestions that he might order 1-sided reduction in Amer war effort, news conf; says he considers no unilateral troops withdrawal; cites 3 factors that would be considered in making reduction in US forces

PEACE PROSPECTS SAID TO IMPROVE; President Attributes Gains to Greater Saigon Stability, but Bars Troop Cut Now PEACE PROSPECTS SAID TO IMPROVE

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The following are the main points of President Nixon's news conference today:  

News Conference in Brief

students vote to end strike for 7-day period; illus; SDS and black students to continue to boycott classes till their demands are met; vote follows Harvard Corp statement backing faculty stand on ROTC; Corp also pledges to work toward meeting students demands for housing and changes in univ's govt; notes Overseers Bd has apptd com to probe univ govt

VOTE AT HARVARD SUSPENDS STRIKE; Corporation Backs Faculty on the R.O.T.C. Program Harvard Students Vote A Suspension of Strike

analysts of Communist affairs believe destruction of plane was part of long-range N Korean plan to undermine S Korea, shake its confidence in US ability or will to defend it and make nation ripe for dissension and unrest that must precede any Communist take-over; hold incident did not necessarily have united support of N Korea's Communist leadership

South Korea Called North's Real Target; In Tokyo, South Korea Is Believed North's Target

Sec Finch cites failure of univs to overhaul their governing structures and to respond to massive changes taking place in Amer soc as among factors resulting in present campus unrest, HR subcom (Green); defends acad freedom and independence of univs and supports their request for time to adjust to new pressures; says in many cases conflict is 'solidly based on legitimate grievances'; recommits Adm to easing of recently enacted Fed legis to curb disorders

Finch Sees Colleges At Fault in Unrest; Finch Sees Many Universities Bringing Unrest on Themselves

Nixon orders resumption of reconnaissance flights off N Korean coast, vows to provide protection for unarmed planes, news conf; illus; charges downing of plane was 'deliberate' and a 'completely surprise attack'; says further action will be determined by what happens in future; indicates N Korea will not again be allowed to attack a reconnaissance plane with impunity; repts N Korea has so far failed to respond to US protest at Panmunjom; attempts to explain restrained nature of US response in noting retaliation could affect 'other parties that might be involved'; notes Soviet cooperation; Navy assembles task force of 3 aircraft carriers, battleship New Jersey, numerous destroyers and other ships; ships are to rendezvous S of Sea of Japan and be prepared to move to support reconnaissance planes; Adm sources say planes will be protected by relays of jet fighters from aircraft carriers in Sea of Japan; continuing US-USSR contact, in Moscow, on Soviet's aid in searching for wreckage of plane, reptd

NIXON DECLARES U.S. WILL PROTECT PLANES OFF KOREA; At His News Conference, He Announces Reconnaissance Flights Will Be Resumed ATTACK IS CONDEMNED Jets to Accompany EC.121's -- Naval Task Force Also to Furnish Support U.S. WILL PROTECT PLANES OFF KOREA

SDS split as 32 members occupy Hamilton Hall for 6 hrs: students voted to leave hall after failing to gain campus and community support; bldg seizure was opposed by SDS leaders; univ officials reptdly seek to avoid any action that might unite 2 SDS factions: 800 faculty members sign statement. 1st issued by 100 sr profs, Mar, scoring campus violence and urging univ to defend itself; SDS and Students for Restructured Univ hold campus rallies; illus; Students Afro-Amer Soc sets deadline for Cordier to accept its proposal for black studies program; plan 'mass evacuation' of campus to allow Cordier to weigh proposal

NEW SIT-IN SPLITS S.D.S. AT COLUMBIA; Faculty Opposition Rises -Petition Against Violence Now Signed by 800 Brief Sit-In at Columbia Splits S.D.S.; Faculty Opposition to Violence Mounts

Nixon asks Amer Bar Assn to make study of comm work and effectiveness; asks rept by Sept 15

F.T.C. Study by Bar Arranged by Nixon; BAR F.T.C. STUDY SET UP BY NIXON

Nixon vows 'to fight as hard as I can' for Safeguard system, news conf; holds it 'absolutely essential for security of country'; reiterates need to protect US 2d-strike capability and preserve nuclear balance; warns that USSR has greatly improved its offensive capability and stresses potential threat from Communist China; says estimates of USSR capability are 60% higher than those at time Johnson Adm decided to deploy antimissile system, and may be increased; insists he has no intention of taking case 'to country' or forcing Repubs to vote for system along 'partisan lines'; hopes issue will be kept free of pol out concedes he vetoed apptmt of Dr F A Long to Natl Science Foundation because of Long's 'very sincere' opposition to system

PRESIDENT VOWS TO FIGHT FOR ABM 'AS HARD AS I CAN'; Warns Against Hampering a Future President With a Second-Class Position Nixon to Fight 'as Hard as I Can' for ABM as Vital

Husak warns that party will not tolerate resistance to its decisions, also warns against 'counterrevolutionary' elements, s to Central Com and released to public; does not say that counterrevolutionary forces existed at time of invasion but says they did exist during March demonstrations in some places; Czechs sad but resigned over Dubcek ouster; some see Husak posibly dealing better with Russians; trade union leaders urge prudence; in apparent move to keep unions calm, Central Com elevates Central Council of Trade Unions chmn K Polacek to Presidium; com announces composition of 11-member Presidium, including Dubcek, Cernik, Svoboda; new member Colotka will become 1st Deputy Premier; Dubcek replaces him as Fed Assembly chmn; Smrkovsky apparently to retain post as Assembly deputy chmn; dropped with him from Presidium are V Slavik, J Spacek, B Simon, V Simecek, A Tazky, J Zrak, K Neubert, J Pinkava, J Hettes, L Hrdinova and V Kabrna

New Chief Warns Czechs He'll Brook No Resistance; New Leader Warns Czechoslovaks He Will Brook No Resistance

Judge Kapelman resigns to run for Bronx Boro Pres

LIBERALS ENDORSE LINDSAY'S TICKET; Delegates Expected to Back Garelik and Perrotta -Procaccino Wins Support Garelik and Perrotta Endorsed By Liberal Party's Leadership

Ital Communist party denounces Dubcek ouster, calls for full restoration of Czech sovereignty and end to all forms of interference; Finnish party leaders A Saarinen and A Aalto support reform program, int

Italian Communists Denounce Ouster of Dubcek; Restoration of Sovereignty Is Asked for Czechs Finnish Party Chiefs Bach Progressives in Prague

Nixon goes out of his way at news conf to condemn USSR over Dubcek ouster and to warn that future actions of same kind can affect US-USSR relations

Nixon Condemns Soviet Over Dubcek

Finnish Communists' View

Cuban Given Death Sentence

MOSCOW, April 18 -- Leonid I. Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist party, warmly congratulated Gustav Husak today on his election as First Secretary of the Czechoslovak party.

BREZHNEV PRAISES HUSAK'S ELECTION; Terms New Prague Party Chief Stanch Communist

S Eur comdr Adm Rivera says USSR Mediterranean fleet will probably observe upcoming exercise

SOVIET NAVY POSES 'PROBLEM' FOR NATO

Praise From Gomulka

W Ger Soc Dem party election platform includes plank calling for signing

Bonn Socialists Unveil a Platform

Mrs. Eisenhower Mail Free

9 killed, over 100 hurt, Sirajganj, about 150 mi N of Dacca

Tornado Kills 9 in Pakistan

O Bovensiepen, former Gestapo chief in Berlin, charged with role in murder of at least 30,000 Jews, W Berlin; will be tried with 7 former subordinates

Ex-Gestapo Aide to Be Tried

The Proceedings In the U.N.

S Vietnamese Govt releases 2 Vietcong POWs as part of program of natl unity

April 19, 1969

Headlines from April 19, 1969

PLAN TO END TAX ON 'POOR'DRAFTED BY WHITE HOUSE; President Intends to Send 'Interim Reform Package' to Congress on Monday A PLEDGE ON SURCHARGE President Asserts It Should 'Be Removed as Soon as We Are Able to Do So' PLAN TO END TAX ON 'POOR' DRAFTED

PEACE PROSPECTS SAID TO IMPROVE; President Attributes Gains to Greater Saigon Stability, but Bars Troop Cut Now PEACE PROSPECTS SAID TO IMPROVE

News Conference in Brief

VOTE AT HARVARD SUSPENDS STRIKE; Corporation Backs Faculty on the R.O.T.C. Program Harvard Students Vote A Suspension of Strike

South Korea Called North's Real Target; In Tokyo, South Korea Is Believed North's Target

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