February 10, 1970

Prague students seen forced to retreat from open pol involvement as party focuses attention on students' activities; many respond with only passive opposition to new restrictions for fear of ruining careers; illus

Vatican, in apparent move to check dissent over celibacy issue, asks all priests to reaffirm celibacy vows yrly and publicly at traditional mass on Holy Thursday; Pope, in talk to priests of his diocese, stresses celibacy as part of priestly dedication; Rev P O'Malley, pres of Natl Fed of Priests Council, predicts strong reaction among priests against Vatican statement

Sen Ribicoff urges fellow Northern liberals to drop their 'monumental hypocrisy' and conceded that school systems in North are as racially unbalanced as those in South, s; charges Northern communities have been as systematic and consistent as Southern communities in denying blacks opportunities that exist for whites; says there is no difference between de facto segregation in North and de jure segregation in South; holds more fundamental problem is dual soc in every met area with black soc of inner city and white soc of suburbs; says he will support Stennis amendment for equal application of Fed desegregation standards but will oppose anti-busing amendment, which he sees halting Fed effort to enforce desegregation; later indicates personal opposition to all but most limited busing and says he gave s without consulting either liberals or conservatives because he felt it time someone took stand against dual standard; other Sens comments on s noted

Leading Nixon Adm officials are confident mil situation is now good enough to permit uniterrupted withdrawal of most US ground combat forces over next 18 mos; believe N Vietnam is unable and perhaps unwilling to mount kind of mil challenge that would seriously delay planned troops reductions; some details on mil situation

Coast Guard finds strange substance, probably algae, in waters near where dead birds were found; bird illus