'69 Nobel Prize in Chem awarded to Profs O Hassel (Norway) and D H R Barton (GB) for work in organic molecules

3 Win Nobel Prizes in Science; Nobels Won by American, Briton and Norwegian

Syria repr M al-Amin repts Syria will continue to give guerrillas in Lebanon all equipment they need and will continue to let them use Syrian soil as sanctuary, int; says Syria will struggle against misuse of Arab arms against commandos; denies Lebanese repts that Syrian soldiers and armor are involved in skirmishes; says Syria will not intervene directly; support seen strengthening Arafat's hand in eventual negotiations; Arafat apparently has not left Damascus for Cairo

SYRIA TO CONTINUE AID TO GUERRILLAS; Official Promises to Supply All Their Needs -- Israel Condemns Damascus SYRIA TO CONTINUE TO AID GUERRILLAS

Pres Nixon attends White House reception for delegates to 2-day conf of Ethnic Groups Div of Repub Natl Com; says he is pleased to have Vice Pres Agnew, with his Greek background, in Adm, s; Agnew hails country's ethnic diversity, s

President 'Proud' to Have Agnew in Administration; President Is 'Proud' of Agnew's Role

Nixon Adm says it will support and enforce Ct's decision; Summer says Miss will carry out order although he insists it will disrupt educ, news conf; Govt sources discount massive or violent resistance

PRESIDENT VOWS TO ENFORCE EDICT ON DESEGREGATION; Mitchell and Finch Also Say They Will Back Court's Call for Action 'at Once' PROBLEMS ARE FEARED But Nixon Declares They Can Be Overcome by 'All of Us Working Together' PRESIDENT VOWS TO ENFORCE EDICT

Nixon proposes to set up new consumer protection div under Asst Atty Gen, message to Cong

NIXON PROPOSES A 'BILL OF RIGHTS' FOR CONSUMERS; Proposes New Legal Powers and Agencies to Protect Buyers From Deception NIXON PROPOSES A CONSUMERS BILL

Sen com hearing; Long pledges to order bill reptd to Sen tomorrow; says it could be passed before Xmas if everybody wants to expedite matters

SENATE UNIT VOTES TAX RELIEF TO ALL; Follows House Suggestions of Rise in Deductions, Aid to Poor and Cut in Rates Senate Unit Votes Some Relief In Tax for All Income Groups

Mass Judicial Ct grants Kennedy right to doted inquest; declines to disqualify Judge Boyle as presiding judge; leaves to discretion of presiding judge whether attys can cross-examine witnesses and offer evidence at inquest; ruling closes all future Mass inquests to press and pub; says decision is intended to 'avoid embarrassment by premature publicity' about such investigations, either to Mass or potential defendants; Kennedy comments; ct, noting case has aroused great pub interest, says if proceedings are public, activities of news media may make it difficult to insure defendant fair trial in any criminal proceedings which may follow inquest

Kennedy Granted A Closed Inquest In Kopechne Case; Kennedy Wins Right to Closed Inquest

40th plenary session; Lodge proposes that delegates to conf meet in closed session to escape present 'sterile' confrontation and begin 'serious negotiations'; N Vietnam and Vietcong reject proposal; Xuan Thuy scores it; Lodge says conf will meet as usual; enemy reiterates 3 basic positions; Lodge illus

Lodge Asks Private Talks; Plea Is Rejected in Paris; Lodge Asks Private Talks, but Plea Is Rejected in Paris

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Over 100 patrolmen call in 'sick' in apparent job action stemming from contract wage dispute; Police Chief Polsen and other top police officials conf with Mayor O'Rourke in an emergency session; Yonkers PBA spokesman Ptl Portanova comments

100 Yonkers Police Call In Sick; 'Only a Handful' of Men on Duty; POLICE IN YONKERS CALLING IN 'SICK'

Sen J J Williams charges White House ordered free transfer of over $2-million in Fed land to nonprofit corp Austin Geriatrics Center during last mos of Johnson Adm and that corp was allowed to use land and 3 HEW Dept cash grants as collateral against $8.5-million Govt loans to build nursing home and housing for aged; charges corp dirs were longtime Johnson friends; urges Justice Dept probe; corp denial

JOHNSON FRIENDS TIED TO LAND 'GRAB'; Senator Says Aides Pushed $2-Million Deal in Texas Johnson Friends Tied to Order for $2-Million U.S. Land Transfer in Texas

Brit scientists, working in cooperation with Russians, have not only verified claim of progress toward hydrogen fusion but demonstrate that Soviet machine, known as Tokamak 3, generates hot electrified gas, or plasma, even closer to conditions required for fusion than Russians claimed (W Sullivan rept); Russians planning larger model, Tokamak 10, that some Brit believe may achieve conditions needed for sustained, self-supporting generation of fusion energy; project described in centenary issue of Nature (pub); roles in joint experiment of Drs R S Pease and Artsimovich noted; US Drs M Gottlieb and H Postma comment

British Verify Russians' Strides Toward Taming H-Bomb Power; British Verify Russians' Strides Toward Taming H-Bomb Power

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Procaccino says if he were elected Mayor, he would 'camp on the steps of the White House' if he had to to bring about end to war, news conf; says he will try to persuade NY Cong delegation 'of all parties' to join him in effort to end war; accuses Lindsay adm of using war as 'subterfuge' in campaign

PROCACCINO VOWS TO HELP END WAR; Says He Will Camp on White House Steps if Necessary -- Nonpartisan Aid Asked PROCACCINO VOWS TO HELP END WAR

Govt troops fight 12-hr battle with guerrillas around Aiha and Rasheiya; Army uses arty and tanks to shell guerrilla positions in Aiha, while guerrillas attack soldiers entrenched in Rasheiya with rockets, mortars and machine guns; carloads of women and children abandon Rasheiya; Karami meets with Helou on growing conflict; Lebanon repts predawn guerrilla raid on Qlayat mil airfield, N of Tripoli; denies Fatah rept that Army sought 24-hr cease-fire, holds Fatah invents rept to create impression that Army is engaged in offensive operations; holds Army has at all times kept to defensive and exercised restraint; Arafat sends messages to all Arab chiefs of state charging that Army attacks commandos with arty, tanks and aircraft and urging them to bar attempt to suppresss commandos; Lebanese repr sees commandos reacting to their mil failure in attack on Rasheiya and to indications that Nasser is moderately sympathetic to Govt's position; Bustani delegation and UAR delegation meet again, Cairo, to seek mediation plan; USSR Foreign Min sets news conf on situation; map

LEBANESE CLASH WITH GUERRILLAS IN 12-HOUR BATTLE; Beirut Says Troops Killed 5 in Later Action Around 2 Villages in the East HOMES ARE ABANDONED Airfield in North Attacked -- Efforts at Mediation Resumed in Egypt LEBANESE CLASH WITH GUERRILLAS

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Ongania to Visit Paraguay

2 POWERS PRESENT NEW ARMS DRAFT; Critics of Seabed Proposal Will Seek Changes at U.N.

Internatl Ct of Arbitration rules France does not have right to open mass graves at camp in effort to identify and exhume remains of Frenchmen who died there

Tribunal Bars Plan By France to Open Nazi Camp Graves

unrest besetting Latin Amer on eve of Nixon's broadcast discussed; those who talked with Rockefeller during his visit wait to see if s will reflect their complaints

Nixon and Latins' Mood; Despite Disillusionment, Foreign Offices Await Speech in State of Expectancy

Army has reptdly stockpiled over 20,000 bullets containing Botulinum, toxin that produces highly fatal disease of nervous system; secret memo prepared in '66 by Chem Corps officers for Sec Resor reptd that bullets were produced and stockpiled at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark; there is no evidence that bullets were ever used; it is not known whether Army is still producing them

20,000 Poison Bullets Made and Stockpiled by Army

battle near Tayninh reptd; enemy gunners shell isolated US camp in central highlands; other action reptd; map

2 Clashes Erupt on Cambodian Border

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

price index, in S days since luxury taxes have been imposed, jumps 10 points, cost of living now stands almost 30% higher for yr; almost everyone said to be unhappy with tax program, which may not work; price increases affect essential items; Govt sets up special com to check on illegal price increases

October 31, 1969

Headlines from October 31, 1969

3 Win Nobel Prizes in Science; Nobels Won by American, Briton and Norwegian

SYRIA TO CONTINUE AID TO GUERRILLAS; Official Promises to Supply All Their Needs -- Israel Condemns Damascus SYRIA TO CONTINUE TO AID GUERRILLAS

President 'Proud' to Have Agnew in Administration; President Is 'Proud' of Agnew's Role

PRESIDENT VOWS TO ENFORCE EDICT ON DESEGREGATION; Mitchell and Finch Also Say They Will Back Court's Call for Action 'at Once' PROBLEMS ARE FEARED But Nixon Declares They Can Be Overcome by 'All of Us Working Together' PRESIDENT VOWS TO ENFORCE EDICT

NIXON PROPOSES A 'BILL OF RIGHTS' FOR CONSUMERS; Proposes New Legal Powers and Agencies to Protect Buyers From Deception NIXON PROPOSES A CONSUMERS BILL

Billboard 200

Abbey Road

Green River

Through The Past; Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)

Blind Faith

Johnny Cash At San Quentin

Historical Context for October 31, 1969