March 10, 1970

announces candidacy for Dem gubernatorial nomination, news conf; por

Souvanna Phouma accepts proposal from Prince Souphanouvong, his half brother and Pathet Lao leader, to send courier to Vientiane with lr citing Pathet Laos peace program; US sources doubt program will be acceptable; US State Dept silent; illus of teenage boys manning guns in southern Laos

Apptd Yale Law School dean

Group of residents on Isle of Dogs, 620‐acre peninsula in E London on Lower Thames, declares dock area's ‘independence’ from London; charges lack of schools, pub transportation, supermkts, hosp and cinema for area's 11,000 inhabitants, most of them longshoremen and their families; T Johns, who spurred ‘secession’ movement, says he was elected ‘president’ by coms of tenants’ groups; illus; map

White House, reacting to Sen criticism, establishes new policy of announcing Amer casualties and air‐craft losses in Laos separately from those in war in Vietnam; such losses had been lumped with those in Vietnam; Symington, in prior Sen debate, charged Adm had presented misleading picture of Amer casualties; Sen Cranston accused Adm of engaging in ‘quibbles’ to cover up combat missions; charged armed Amer troops had been sent into Laos on mil missions from S Vietnam, demanded to know how many servicemen have been lost on such patrols; White House replies that casualties from such missions will continue to be reptd as part of casualties in Vietnam; spokesman for US command in Saigon repts Pentagon has instructed it to begin immediately reptg to pub on Amer aircraft losses over Laos