Sec Romney confirms that HUD Dept has imposed 'across the bd' cutback in some urban renewal grants that many cities had regarded as commitments, press conf; development comes to light after Mayor White complained that several urban renewal projects in city could not be completed because dept had drastically slashed what he considers to be $70-million commitment; Boston has received and spent about $144-million in last several yrs and expected to receive $70-million more to complete its projects; White has been told that funds will be stopped after 1 more grant of between $15-million and $20-million; Romney says that in Boston, cost of original commitments has increased 240% already and additional amendatories would bring increase to 420%

U.S. CUTS GRANTS ON RENEWAL WORK BEGUN IN 50 CITIES

2 MORE G.I.'S FACE SONGMY CHARGES

TWA craft on Baltimore-Rome flight hijacked by Frenchman identified as C Belon and forced to fly to Beirut; Belon seized; map

T.W T.W.A. Airliner Hijacked To Beirut by a Frenchman

MTA Chmn Ronan hopes pub will notice service improvements by end of yr, int; officials see equipment failures, late trains, overcrowding and dirty subways as products of at least 15 yrs of neglect by dollar-squeezed Auth; attribute plight of subways to calculated risk taken by NYCTA in '50s to cut normal maintenance of cars and stations to save money and maintain fare; also note unanticipated number of retirements of skilled workers under '68 contract and difficulty replacing them

Improved Subways Unlikely Till 1971, According to Ronan

NYS audit rept finds MTA lax in supervising LIRR maintenance and train crews; recommends improved supervision

JOB ABUSES PUSH L.I.R.R. COSTS UP, LEVITT CHARGES

Negroes in several counties organize for econ boycotts of white merchants, Adams, Wilkinson and Amite Counties, who support all-white private schools; Fayette Mayor Evers says over 400 black people met in Woodville to support selective buying campaign; sends wires to US Justice Dept and State Atty Gen requesting investigation into repts of illegal transfer of pss equipment and supplies to some private schools; gen pattern has emerged across state with whites generally staying in pss where they are in majority and leaving schools where they are in minority; Gov Williams says about 100 private schools are being organized; Dunbaugh says most white students are staying in pss in 11 dists which have reopened; 25 members of Covington County Com for Local Control of Educ picket schools urging white students to stay away; Repr R Herrin says about 75% of county's white students are attending pss

MISSISSIPPI FACES NEGROES' BOYCOTT

Agnew Winning Praise on Diplomatic Trip

museum opens $25-milllon fund-raising drive; seeks to enlarge and improve facilities; drive, 1st in museum's history, is 2-yr, short-range program to meet musuem's urgent needs; museum, in longer-range program for '70s will seek additional $35-million for major capital improvements; funds raised in initial campaign will provide for new library, greatly enlarged educ program, new equipment and renovations; museum dir Dr T D Nicholson comments; museum holds kickoff dinner for campaign; museum pres G D Stout and centennial campaign chmn O Elliot s, Mayor Lindsay attends

American Museum Seeking $25‐Million

NJ Gov Hughes scores transcripts release; charges they endanger Amer concepts of personal freedom, victimize innocent people and 'did not put a single hood in jail'; does not attack Shaw or Lacey by name; ACLU backs Hughes's view; urges Lacey to seek indictments against FBI agents who bugged De Carlo's hq and officials who ordered it; says it will help those persons named in indictments to bring libel suits against Mafia figures who mentioned them; De Carlo trial continues despite defense attys request that Judge Shaw disqualify himself because he has 'shown malice' against defendants; Hughes and De Carlo illus

HUGHES CONDEMNS RELEASE OF TAPES

Shultz orders full-scale probe of election; move follows UMW announcement that it will waive all legal rights under Landrum-Griffin Act and cooperate in investigation, which it earlier opposed

Inquiry Is Ordered Into Mine Election

US and China agree to resume formal amb meetings in Warsaw after 2-yr suspension; accord reached by Amb Stoessel and Lei Yang during 'cardial' 2-hr conf in Warsaw; State Dept says 1st meeting will be held at Chinese Embassy and then meetings will alternate between Chinese and US Embassies; arrangement is shift from meetings under Polish auspices; Stoessel and Lei Yang to represent 2 Govts; 1st meeting will be 135th in series dating from '55; 135th had been scheduled for Feb 20 '69 but was canceled by China; status of Taiwan discussed as key issue involved in relations

U.S. AND RED CHINA AGREE TO RESUME WARSAW PARLEYS

Statement signed by pres McKay's top aides H B Brown and N E Tanner and distributed to ch leadership reaffirms theol policy barring Negroes from priesthood while endorsing equal rights for Negroes under civil law; all Mormon males except Negroes are expected to become priests; statement reptdly is aimed at explaining to local congregations Stanford Univ's cancellation of athletic events with ch's Brigham Young Univ because of ch's race policy; passages in ch writings that are thought to be source of ban noted

Mormons Reaffirm Curb on Negroes

acting chief of Amer delegation to Paris talks P C Habib, at session of talks, reads statement saying US prefers to follow path of negotiation

U.S. PLAN ON TALKS SPURNED BY HANOI

Govt spokesman D Vujica charges USSR with 'manipulating historical fact' in new, revised history of Soviet Communist party; charges revised version reverts to Stalinist view that Yugoslavia caused '48 Yugoslav-USSR break

BELGRADE ASSAILS NEW SOVIET VIEW

28 profs at W Berlin's Free Univ strike to protest alleged 'student terror'; strike follows series of disruptions of lectures by radical student groups; univ pres Kreibich is charged by both students and faculty with having failed to take action to avert confrontation; Kreibich says he is opposed to students' action but urges faculty to meet some of their demands; faculty members say they will resist move

West Berlin Faculty Strikes to Protest ‘Terror’ by Students

Czech journalist D Havlicek, close Dubcek associate, granted pol asylum by Swiss Govt; Czech press agency CTK says it will sue Havlicek for failure to return office funds after he left agency

SWISS GRANT ASYLUM TO CZECH NEWSMEN

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

BAR HARBOR, Mc., Jan. 8 (AP)&#8212;Trustees of the College of the Atlantic, which will open in 1971, announced today the appointment of Edward G. Kael ber, 45 years old, as its first president. He has been associate dean of Harvard's graduate school of education for six years.

New College Names Chief

France dismisses Cazelles and Bonte from Natl Defense Council posts; Limon is to return to Israel tomorrow

French Dismiss 2 Aides Who Had Gunboat Role

Lawrence takes issue with ct-martial charges, news conf; says order he was supposed to have disobeyed was unlawful and would have required him to neglect his broadcasting duties; Army has charged Lawrence with disrespect to superior and with absence without leave because he refused to drive truck as ordered by sgt; Lawrence illus

ARMY NEWSMAN DISPUTES CHARGES

Sweden set to sign accord with USSR for cooperation in peaceful uses

Soviet‐Swedish Accord Set

B‐52's Strike Suspected Enemy Positions

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (AP) &#8212;The Defense Department to day listed the names of the following servicemen from the New York area as having been killed in Vietnam:

Vietnam Casualties

Austrian and Ital police, in coordinated action, reptdly break up internatl ring stealing autos in West to be smuggled into Eastern Eur; Vienna newspaper identifies Bulgarian A Tonchev as likely 'boss' of ring; operation of ring described

West‐East Car Smuggling Ring In Europe Is Reported Broken

Air Marshal Asghar Khan says he will re-enter pol as an independent

Asghar Khan Plans to Run

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January 9, 1970

Headlines from January 9, 1970

U.S. CUTS GRANTS ON RENEWAL WORK BEGUN IN 50 CITIES

2 MORE G.I.'S FACE SONGMY CHARGES

T.W T.W.A. Airliner Hijacked To Beirut by a Frenchman

Improved Subways Unlikely Till 1971, According to Ronan

JOB ABUSES PUSH L.I.R.R. COSTS UP, LEVITT CHARGES

Billboard 200

Abbey Road

Led Zeppelin II

Willy And The Poor Boys

Let It Bleed

Tom Jones Live In Las Vegas

Notable Births

Historical Context for January 9, 1970