Nguyen Van Thieu, in Natl Day TV s, makes emotional appeal to S Vietnamese people for sacrifice and self-reliance; weeps as he pledges to give up presidency if day comes when his policies are opposed by majority of people or threaten to lead country into Communist domination; asks support of people; speaks of Amer troop withdrawals in terms of yrs

THIEU, IN TEARS, ASKS SACRIFICES; President Defends Austerity Policy and Vows to Quit if Majority Opposes Him

Gunman Flees in Auto With Hostage; Crew Tells of Long Ordeal

Space Flight Chief Said to Quit; Reshuffling of NASA Expected; SPACE FLIGHT AIDE SAID TO HAVE QUIT

USSR repr L M Zamyatin repeats gist of earlier USSR statement, urging all powers to stay out of crisis; says Arab nations alone can solve conflict, says they will not allow selves to be pushed into clash and will not let seeds of enmity be sown among them; says Big 4 have had 'contacts' on crisis; repeats charge that US meddles in Lebanese affairs

Soviet Hopeful on Mideast, But Says U.S. Hinders Pact; It Asserts the Americans Back 'Obstructionist' Position of Israel

Greenberg announces drive to file legal motions to implement recent US Sup Ct decision in 100 of 217 cases pending in Fed Dist Cts in South; says he does not expect vigorous action by Justice Dept's Civil Rights Division; critical that fund, operating at deficit, is obliged to assume responsibilities of Fed Govt

EDICT ON SCHOOLS PRESSED IN SOUTH; Legal Motions Are Filed by Defense Fund Demanding 'Immediate Integration'

Citizens Com for Peace With Freedom in Vietnam says abrupt or premature withdrawal of US troops could have disastrous consequences

Citizens' Panel Sees Peril In Abrupt Vietnam Pullout; Panel Sees Peril in an Abrupt Pullout

Fatah radio repts major guerrilla victory in Army attack on Kfar Kouk, 5 mi N of Rasheiya; ind sources say guerrillas who had sought to take Rasheiya made their stand at Kfar Kouk in face of advancing large Govt force; Govt has not yet acknowledged that battle occured; Govt sources say guerrillas pulled back to area around Yanta and Deir Ashayer; both sides hold their fire in area today; refugees rept skirmish occured at Badawi camp after Army fired on patrol carried out by refugees around camp; guerrillas reptdly raid police post at Mashta Hassan for 3rd time; Army repr says refugee patrol probably was one of number of guerrila units operating out of refugee camps in N which have been attacking police posts; Arafat directs guerrilla operations near Yanta; Nasser's repr in Beirut scores Fatah mil operations; Iraqi Deputy Premier Amash, arriving in Beirut from Cairo, calls for immediate end to hostilities; Beirut Al Anwar, pro-UAR and pro-Palestinian newspaper, scores guerrilla attacks such as recent attack on mil air base; endorses Govt view that 'armed men' started clashes and that Govt only defends self; leftist leader K Jumblatt comes to Govt's support, holding clashes do not serve commando cause; Syria continues to call for 'revolutionary' efforts; Nasser confs with Bustani; reptdly urges cease-fire; his reception of Bustani suggests that he is satisfied with Lebanese compromise proposals; UAR reprs continue to stress that UAR would not become direct participant in Lebanese-guerrilla talks

Guerrillas Claim a Victory; Guerrillas Report a Major Victory in Lebanese Clash

While efforts to resolve the Middle East crisis were pressed in Cairo and Washington, Arab guerrillas asserted yesterday that they had repulsed a major threat by the Lebanese Army in eastern Lebanon.  

GUERRILLAS CLAIM A MAJOR VICTORY IN LEBANESE CLASH; Say They Repulsed Attack by a 2,000-Man Force on Village Near Syrian Line

US Sec Rogers confs with USSR Amb Dobrynin and US Under Sec Richardson confs with Israeli Amb Rabin as concern mounts in Washington over Govt conflict with Palestinian guerrillas; US, reptdly fearing Israel may launch 'pre-emptive strike' at Lebanon if Syria or Syrian-backed commandos win upper hand, reptdly seeks to have USSR prevail upon Syria to refrain from further involvement and seeks to dissuade Israel from any mil movements; Rogers reptdly agrees with Dobrynin's expression of hope that there will be no mil intervention by big powers; many US officials believe Syria may hope to use dispute to end Lebanon's separate identity and create single state; believe USSR wishes to avoid major hostilities but seeks to extract maximum benefit from crisis

Washington Aides Confer With Soviet and Israeli Envoys on Lebanon; Aides See Soviet and Israeli Envoys

Rheault, apparently bitter over his treatment in Green Berets case and unsure of his future, retires from Army; Pentagon officials say he was offered several options on choosing new assignment but made 'personal decision' to retire; por

Beret Case Colonel Retires From Army; Beret Case Colonel Leaves the Army

Haynsworth's rejection indicated in separate tallies showing 52 to 54 Sens committed to voting against him, about 38 committed to vote for him and some 10 still undecided; some Sens, reptdly including Sen Scott, are hopeful that Nixon will withdraw his name and be spared embarrassment for himself and some party members; Sens Schweiker, Hatfield and others voice resentment against White House pressure exerted through major campaign contributors in their home states; Repub Sens Packwood, Pearson and Saxbe have recently shifted from undecided status to oppostion to nominee

Rejection of Haynsworth Indicated in Senate Tallies; Rejection of Haynsworth Indicated in Senate Tallies

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Nixon, calling for 'more mature' hemispheric partnership, says soc and econ progress will henceforth depend less on US than on initiatives of Latin Amers, but pledges US will help create conditions under which local initiative can flourish, s, IAPA; does not ask for total revision of Alliance for Progress but calls it 'Action for Progress in the Americas'; makes it clear that henceforth existence of a dem regime will not be condition for US aid or sympathy; stand represents sharp break from original Alliance for Progress concept; his aides concede that decision to treat govts more or less equally, as well as other important elements of s, owe much to Rockefeller rept; concede his proposals are modest and deliberately low-key; Nixon announces that US will no longer require that 90% of funds lent through AID be spent on products made in US; invites suggestions on helping Latin Amers lift burden of external debt; pledges to pursue course aimed at increasing Latin-Amer access to world mkts and contributing thereby to domestic econ development; suggests steps; proposes to turn over to Inter-Amer Com for Alliance for Progress increasing share of responsibility for distribution of aid funds; to ask Cong to raise to rank of Under Sec present Asst Sec of State for Inter-Amer Affairs; s televised by commercial satellite in 10 Latin-Amer countries; Rockefeller lauds s, TV int; in ref to external debt, suggests postponing, but not canceling, existing debts to US if Latin Amers agree to pay money into a development fund; Inter-Amer Com chmn Sanz calls s 'very constructive'; Nixon, in s, says US is ready to help trend toward econ integration

PRESIDENT URGES LATINS TAKE LEAD TO SPUR PROGRESS; Nixon Says U.S. Must Shun Political Interference but Assist Economic Gains

The regular Republican club covering the Little Italy and Chinatown sections announced yesterday that it was switching its support from State Senator John J. Marchi to Controller Mario A. Procaccino because "a vote for Marchi is a vote for Lindsay."  

Downtown G.O.P. Club Drops Marchi to Support Procaccino; Downtown G.O.P. Club Drops Marchi

Cpl R Minichiello, AWOL US marine, hijacks TWA jetliner en route from Los Angeles to San Francisco and forces it to fly to Rome, Italy; illus; map; he frustrates efforts by police, FBI and Irish security agents to intercept him at Denver, NYC, Bangor, Me, and Shannon Airport; flees from Rome airport in auto with policeman as hostage; abandons auto on hwy to Naples; Minichiello took over craft as it began approach to San Francisco, ordering crew at rifle point to fly to NYC; allowed all 39 passengers and 3 stewardesses to leave craft during refueling at Denver; stewardesses illus; Minichiello fired warning shot to drive away FBI agents posing as mechanics when craft landed at Kennedy Internatl Airport to refuel and take on pilots R H Hastings and B N Williams, who are qualified for trans-Atlantic flight; Capt D Cook, flight capt, describes hijacking and 17-hr flight; illus with Williams and T Coleman, stewardess who volunteered to stay aboard

Hijacked on Coast, Jet Lands in Rome;; Fugitive Marine Forces Plane to Fly 17 Hours

Sen com completes work on reform bill, 3d largest tax bill in history; Sec Kennedy lauds com's success in meeting Oct 31 deadline for ordering bill reptd; urges Sen leadership to bring bill before full Sen at earliest possible date

SENATE UNIT VOTES TAX REFORM BILL; Individuals' Cut by '72 Put at $8.9-Billion--Changes Would Add $6.5-Billion

CAIRO, Oct. 31 -- President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic conferred tonight with the commander of the Lebanese Army, Maj. Gen. Emile G. Bustani, and was reported to have urged a ceasefire in Lebanon's conflict with Palestinian guerrillas.  

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guerrillas at Al Fatah and As Saiqa hq in Damascus denounce Govt peace feelers as inadequate; Al Fatah says it has rejected Govt cease-fire offer; Arafat reptdly has decided for moment not to leave for Cairo for talks with Lebanese reprs; Syria has not commented on Lebanese repts that it has massed troops along border and that its arty provides covering fire from across border to aid commandos skirmishing with Lebanese troops; commandos captured by Lebanese Army at Rasheiya illus

Guerrilla Leaders Denounce Lebanese Peace Feelers

JERUSALEM, Oct. 31 (AP) -Denis Michael Rohan told a court in Jerusalem today he had set fire to Al Aksa Mosque in a carefully planned attempt to burn "one of Satan's temples."  

Rohan Says He Set Fire To Burn a Temple of Satan

French authorities discount importance of disclosures; say 3 of 7 arrested have already been released on 'conditional liberty,' that E Rousseau, another, is being held in unrelated affair; Paris press links suicide in Paris of Lt Col C de Jurquet de la Salle and death in auto accident in Bucharest of Lt Col B du Cheyron d'Abzac

ESPIONAGE ARRESTS DISCOUNTED BY PARIS

Maximum age for mil reserve duty to be raised from 49 to 55

Israel Lifts Top Age for Reserve Duty From 49 to 55

Career; illus; full name is Emile Girges Bustani

Man in the News; Diplomatic Soldier

LONDON, Oct. 31 (AP) -Secretary of the Navy John H. Chafee said today that the United States was not eager to land troops around the Mediterranean but could do so if circumstances made it necessary.  

U.S. Is Not Eager to Land Its Troops, Chaffee Asserts

Izvestia prominently displays article from Washington by Y Barsukov cautioning Nixon Adm against linking success in strategic arms limitation talks (SALT) to progress on other issues; Barsukov repts Sen Scott and Repr Ford, after White House meeting, told newsmen that success depends on solving other problems; repts White House press sec Ziegler holds there is definite dependency between problem of arms limitation and pol issues; asks how such statements can be squared with Rogers assurance no other issues were involved; USSR press aide L M Zamyatin holds arms limitation compatible with USSR policy aims; US repr J G Bacon illus in Helsinki

Soviet Criticizes American Views on Arms Talks

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The Pentagon today identified 19 servicemen as having been killed in Vietnam. They included Pfc. John K. Goett of Monroe, Conn., of the Army.  

Connecticut G.I. Killed

Gary R. Alexander is an American former professional basketball player.

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Tahir "Tie" Domi is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Known as an enforcer, he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and Winnipeg Jets over a 16-year NHL career. He is the Maple Leafs' all-time leader in penalty minutes, and he is third overall in penalty minutes in NHL history. He is also the player with the most fighting majors in NHL history, with 333.

November 1, 1969

Headlines from November 1, 1969

THIEU, IN TEARS, ASKS SACRIFICES; President Defends Austerity Policy and Vows to Quit if Majority Opposes Him

Gunman Flees in Auto With Hostage; Crew Tells of Long Ordeal

Space Flight Chief Said to Quit; Reshuffling of NASA Expected; SPACE FLIGHT AIDE SAID TO HAVE QUIT

Soviet Hopeful on Mideast, But Says U.S. Hinders Pact; It Asserts the Americans Back 'Obstructionist' Position of Israel

EDICT ON SCHOOLS PRESSED IN SOUTH; Legal Motions Are Filed by Defense Fund Demanding 'Immediate Integration'

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Green River

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

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Johnny Cash At San Quentin

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