FCC statement asking US indus to submit plans for domestic satellite system seen placing burden on AT&T to prove its monopoly on telephone system will not hamper competitive development of satellites

F.C.C. Seeks Ideas On Relay Satellites

Reduction to 225,000 Men Reported to Be Planned in New Defense Budget

10,600 troops begin processing mail in NYC, carrying out Operation Graphic Hand, code name for assignment under Nixon order; illus; postal authorities rept they do 'relatively good job'; handle 7.2-million pieces in 11 main POs on 1st day, compared with normal handling of 34-million in Manhattan alone; troops do not deliver mail; troops relations with strikers friendly; Natl Guardsman illus facing picket sign Don't Scab Postal Workers

10,600 Troops Process Mail in City Post Offices

Says he is committed to elimination of de jure segregation but that he cannot require elimination of de facto segregation until ct provides residential guidelines

A 2‐YEAR PROGRAM

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US officials say Nixon Adm hopes to cut level of Amer forces by more than 1/2 during next 15 mos; say reduction will coincide with plans to turn over full responsibility for ground combat to S Vietnam; say optimistic planning has been written into defense budget for fiscal yr starting July 1; budget assumes total Amer force of 225,000 men in S Vietnam by mid-'71, drop of 229,000 from current strength of 454,000; defense planners estimate cost of war as $28.8-billion for 12 mos that ended June 30, '69; figure is expected to drop to $23.2-billion for fiscal yr ending June 30; after planned pullout, remaining force would be composed largely of air, arty and supply units, with only enough combat troops to provide protection for their bases; US officials stress budgetary assumptions are keyed to continuation of low level of enemy combat; other details on budget and troops withdrawal

U.S HOPES TO CUT FORCE IN VIETNAM 50% BY JULY, 1971

Sen Goodell, announcing Sen candidacy, says he and Rockefeller have 'agreed to disagree, with Goodell to concentrate on natl issues and Rockefeller on state issues to avoid direct clashes; endorses Rockefeller

Goodell Announces Official Senate Bid

Crowley, Donald J (Lt Col): Kidnapped by armed guerrillas from grounds of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, hotel

DOMINICANS SEIZE U.S. AIR ATTACHE

Brit Guiana 1856 1-cent magenta, most valuable stamp in world, sold for $280,000 at auction, NYC, to syndicate represented by I Weinberg, Wilkes-Barre, Pa, collector; he is illus bidding; stamp history, other items sold at auction noted

1‐Cent Stamp Sold for $280,000

Israeli Air Force apparently conducts systematic campaign of day and night air raids aimed at barring installation of SAM-3 missiles within 15 miles of Suez Canal; repts 2 raids lasting total of 5 hrs; senior Israeli officer tells newsmen that Israeli jets have destroyed almost all SAM-2 missile sites near canal, says main purpose of bombings in canal area is to bar reconstruction of sites; holds balance of power would shift if SAM-3s became operational; holds they have never been used in combat; Israelis seen viewing their raids against UAR as defensive because they bar UAR from preparing for war; Israeli sources say USSR conducts mil airlift to Cairo; Israeli radio broadcasts tapes of what are described as conversations between Cairo airport control tower and USSR airline pilots

ISRAELI JETS SEEK TO FOIL SAM‐3'S

Blount invites unions to begin talks immediately, mainly over wage increase demands, if back-to-work with unions, news conf; HR and Sen conferees agree to meet in effort to reconcile differences on postal pay bills each house passed last yr; Meany confs with leaders of 6 postal unions, says unions are interested only in immediate pay rise in talks with Adm; backs stand; some Govt officials fear postal strike may lead to more militant stand by other Fed unions

MAILMEN INVITED TO BARGAIN TODAY

Southern Sens, supported by Sen Ribicoff, protest Sen-HR conferee revisions of Stennis amendments and say they will file motion to return bill to conferees; Sen Scott says bill now reflects Pres Nixon's position on integration and that Sen should accept it

Stennis Bloc Scores Eased Rights Curb

Text of the Nixon message is on Pages 26 and 27.

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Norodom Sihanouk urges his supporters in Cambodia to go underground and promises them weapons, ammunition and mil training to fight 'criminals' who ousted him, statement; calls on Cambodians in Eur to join him in Moscow and Peking for service in natl liberation army or 'united natl front'; scores coup leaders and describes himself as 'legal Chief of State'; Peking refrains from comment on coup while quoting foreign accounts of it; Souphanouvong expresses to Norodom Sihanouk his and Pathet Lao indignation at acts of 'US-paid extreme rightist group', statement

Underground Fight Urged by Sihanouk Against New Rulers

Workers by thousands return to jobs in major cities outside NY, including Chicago, following Pres address; Bklyn Lr Carriers Branch 41 votes to return; NY Repr Biaggi indicates strike leaders are willing to accept mediator; T W Kheel mentioned; pay unions lack funds to support long walkout; natl leaders note they have achieved goal in making pub aware of lr carriers' situation; urge return; Fed Ct finds Lr Carriers Assn Branch 36 and its pres Johnson guilty of contempt for violating Mar 18 injunction against continuing strike; sets fines against both

UNION FACES FINES

Fed grand jury, Bklyn, indicts Colombo for income tax evasion; he allegedly understated his income by total of $58,272 from '63-67, cheating Govt of $19,168 in taxes; income reptdly was derived from earnings at Cantalupo Realty Co; Colombo is listed by authorities as a NY-NJ area Mafia chief

Colombo Is Indicted In Tax‐Evasion Case

proposed US regulations restricting pol demonstrations near White House stem from complicated series of legal actions that started in Sept '67, when young woman was arrested for 'failure to move on' during antiwar demonstration in front of White House staged by Women Strike for Peace; case is being appealed

New Restrictions on Pickets Near White House Fought by Civil Liberties Union

In Tatar Capital, Slow Russification

HR approves bill on arms sales abroad urging Nixon to negotiate Mideast arms limitation with USSR while making sure that adequate arms credits are available to Israel

House Votes Arms‐Sale Credits

State Dept says it does not know whereabouts of Swann nor reason why ship was moved to Cambodian naval base; says sudden radio communications break between ship and USN ship near Cambodia could indicate ship was under Cambodian control; concedes fate of ship is mystery; repts no confirmation that Lt Gen Lon Nol, new Cambodian Premier, has decided not to return ship and cargo as he told Brit newsman; Swann, before flying to Pnompenh, radioed that Cambodia pledged not to board ship in his absence

U.S. Unaware of Whereabouts Of Captain of Hijacked Vessel

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Newsday columnist F Lewis repts serious differences exist between Bunker and State Dept over handling of case; says dept ordered Bunker not to make planned pub statement that no Amer amb had ever been involved in Tran Ngoc Chau's meeting with his bro because it conflicted with recent testimony given at Sen com hearing by J Vann; says Bunker and dept knew proposed statement was untrue

Bunker‐State Department Split On Chau Reported by Columnist

Palestine Armed Struggle Command battles gang of some 20 cigarette smugglers in Beirut suburb of Sabra, area which guerrillas have controlled for nearly 6 mos, for 2 hrs, capturing gang leader and 6 others; plans to turn them over to Lebanese authorities; acts to show that commandos do not shelter smugglers

GUERRILLAS BATTLE BEIRUT SMUGGLERS

HR com approves $527.6-million authorization for Natl Science Foundation, $27.6-million above Nixon request

Science Fund Gains in House

Sit-in to protest dismissal of 2 asst profs ends as police arrest 78 students on trespassing charges

78 Arrested at Maryland U.

Per Henrik Magnus Larsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

March 25, 1970

Headlines from March 25, 1970

F.C.C. Seeks Ideas On Relay Satellites

Reduction to 225,000 Men Reported to Be Planned in New Defense Budget

10,600 Troops Process Mail in City Post Offices

A 2‐YEAR PROGRAM

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Billboard 200

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Hey Jude

Led Zeppelin II

Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe

Santana

Notable Births

Historical Context for March 25, 1970