May 13, 1969

CLEVELAND, May 12 -- Fred (Ahmed) Evans, a self-styled black nationalist, was found guilty today of seven counts of first-degree murder arising out of four slayings in the city's Glenville area last July 23.

JERUSALEM, May 12 -- Defense Minister Moshe Dayan warned tonight that Israel might have to take the offensive if the Arabs continued what he called their war of attrition.

China accepts Soviet proposal for meeting of joint Comm for Navigation on Boundary Rivers; suggests it be held in June; blames USSR for delays in holding a 15th meeting

Enemy troops strike throughout S Vietnam with largest number of attacks since '68 Tet offensive; intensity and severity of attacks is far below '68 level; US command repts 159 attacks; US spokesman says more than 1/2 attacks missed target or caused no damage; 7 prov capitals and 21 dist towns come under fire; initial repts say at least 500 enemy killed; some officials see attacks as prelude to new offensive; recent terrorist attacks noted; map

Foster says US intelligence has reason to 'doubt most seriously' earlier assumptions that USSR was merely trying to pull even with US in land-based ICBMs, s, Aviation-Space Writers Assn; says Soviet bldg programs are 'moving even faster than anticipated and, having passed assumed leveling-off point, are continuing unabated'; s is clearly designed to rebut rept by Kennedy group; Foster says rept errs in claiming it would take at least 2 warheads to destroy 1 Minuteman silo and in claiming that missile defense is more costly than missile offense; denies rept contention that Safeguard system could not be given good enough computer to handle all data; sees unacceptable, costly and militarily dangerous delays if system is not deployed this yr