October 29, 1969

Pres Advisory Council on Exec Orgn proposes that Nixon enlarge Urban Affairs Council mandate and presumably that of Moynihan; proposes that Moynihan get deeper staff and broad mandate to design over-all urban strategy and to measure all new program proposals against that strategy; advisory group suggests council be given responsibilities comparable to Natl Security Council's; Moynihan holds main deficiency in Fed response to urban problems is that programs have been proposed and acted on without ref to gen strategic principles of urban development or without sufficient thought being given to their consequences

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Fulbright claims US it engaged in clandestine war without knowledge or authority of Cong, comment after closed subcom hearing; declines comment on testimony of CIA Dir Helms but says he finds nothing substantially inconsistent between it and NY Times descriptions of clandestine Laotian army trained and supplied by US; accuses CIA of having exceeded its authority in supporting Laotian activity, blames those agencies under whose orders it operated; Adm witnesses at hearings reptdly testify that US has no major mil commitments to Laos that are legally binding

Inquirer and Phila Daily News acquired by Knight Newspapers from Triangle Pubs for about $55-million, near-record deal; details

Procaccino proposes multimillion-dollar training program to take 200,000 recipients off city's welfare rolls, welfare position paper; says program could be financed without raising taxes by taking funds from unproductive antipoverty programs and eliminating welfare waste; proposes evening training sessions for underemployed workers now getting supplementary relief; says trainees would be given $20 wkly stipend in addition to benefits; urges creation of 'meaningful' day-care center program for welfare mothers on '1-to-3' basis, with 1 mother caring for children of all 3 mothers while other 2 go to work; other proposals detailed