April 24, 1969

ITHACA, April 23 -- The Cornell faculty, facing the threat of building seizures by militant students and by some of its own members, reversed itself today and nullified disciplinary action against five Negro students.

student disorders force closing of Tilden HS and Bushwick HS; disorders also reptd at 3 other hss; Tilden incident follows refusal of school principal J Shapiro, on orders from Educ Bd, to allow controversial IS 271 teacher L Campbell to speak to Afro-Amer Club; previous Negro demonstrations at hs in support of 11 demands noted

UFT, Repub and Dem Legis leaders rept tentative approval of bill; bill details; 4 intransigent advocates of community control. Assemblyman Kretchmer and Rangel and Sens Patterson and Ohrenstein, drawn into talks; Assemblymen Passannante and Blumenthal and Sens Stewart and Bronston credited with keeping talks going

HR com hearing

N Korea accuses US of having committed a 'massive provocation' across demilitarized zone by firing 'thousands of bullets and shells' into Chuk-dong and Sewun-ri area; US denies it