May 9, 1971

P Thomson article on the 55 persons who have completed all 2,025 miles of Appalachian Trail from Mt Katahdin, Me, to Springer Mt, Ga; describes experiences of E B Garvey and others, illus; map

events in present crisis revd; Eur reptdly must adopt programs that will discourage recurrent bouts of speculations by people hoping to realize quick, riskless profits

US and S Vietnamese troops begin 24-hr truce in S Vietnam in hon of Buddha's birthday; enemy announced a 48-hr truce; US command announces 1 truce violation so far, S Vietnamese rept another; US and S Vietnamese say their troops will continue to provide 'dynamic security' of their base areas during truce

The Knicks started their “rebuilding” program with the announcement yesterday that they had traded Cazzie Russell to the San Francisco Warriors for Jerry Lucas.

excerpts from Acctg Principles Bd chmn P L Defliese int with NY Times financial and business news staff on work of bd; summary of board's actions since '60; illus

Soc Services Dept puts welfare roll rise at 13,960, Mar, compared with Feb increase of 7,011; increase, which reflects sharp rise in number of parents who lost their jobs, brings total number of recipients to 1,195,603; trend will force city to borrow on budget notes to meet welfare costs for remainder of fiscal '71; table shows number of recipients in 8 welfare categories, Feb and Mar

there is some speculation in EEC circles in Brussels that Pompidou decision to invite Heath for conf is result of growing rift between France and W Ger in current monetary crisis

Withers Stakes: Bold Reasoning wins

C Monzon TKO's ex-champ N Benvenuti to retain title

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Mariner 8 spacecraft crashes into Atlantic Ocean after Atlas-Centaur rocket begins tumbling wildly 5 mins after flawless lift-off; launch officials say problem probably was caused by malfunction in rocket's flight control electronics system; failure seen bitter disappointment to NASA scientists; NASA planetary programs dir Kramer says Mariner 9 could accomplish many of Mariner 8's planned objectives, including mapping of Martian surface, news conf; rocket was built by Gen Dynamics Corp; cost of Mariner 8 and Mariner 9 project put at $153.6-million

article on Wrigley Co, now multi-million-dollar corp whose 3 most famous chewing gum flavors comprise nearly half of US mkt and can be found in almost all parts of world