Pr id nl John on Loda si .,. ,, d into lau - I It a I 11 e 11 1 t 11 n ,z d a ha l f b i l lion do l la r ho u in g ntX b i ll . F alttrin amo11g other thin s - a program of fed ral ub idi - lo h el p lite poor pa th ei r rent. This mea ure - aid lhe Pre ident - "the ingle mo t aluabl housing legisla . tion in our history." A major breakthrou g h - said he "in the drive to see that e v er y fa mi l y in A me r i ca - lives in a ho me of di gn i t y - a neighborhood of prid - a community of opportunity - and a city of promise and hope." CONNOR F L LO TV H O SING I II o m 1 h a I I lz e a 111 e e i 11 - Co m m e r c e e c re t a r John Con nor todaJ urged the pa a re o f :Ji: legislation - Iha/ uould ban bill board fr om the nation' highway . A l o e tab l i It ,n i 1li m tt 111 con tr o l - o e r r oad id e ju nk y ard . While fx'lttxtf pro iding additional federal funds for the c on truction of s ce n ic roads. All I/tis - said Co n no r - Io t tt r n o ttf h i g h i a y s in to "open wind o w s " - c le an windows - to the beauty of our e•• cou1itry. Too often i11 the past - said lte, "the view from our ltiglii ays has been marred by barren landscapes, automobile gra e yards, a conglomeration of billboat 's and other unsightl, , clutter, a careless destruction of our God-g t en and man-made beauty." Tlte public - he concluded - i ants something better and ought lo get it. FORTAS The ena/e Judiciary ommitlee loda unanimou ly appro d lhe ,zominalion of Ab Forla - a an Associate Justice of /he Suprem Court. Al o th nomination of lb Thur TO Od Marshall - a Sol icitor General of the United Final c:onfirmalion b y 1/ze full Senate - expe ted later this i eek. On the opposite side of Capil.ol Hill - the House Commerce ot»•,m Committee today approved legislation to s e I up a Federal Boxing Co ni miss i o 11 • Kill re e member J body th a t w o u l d b e au tho r i z e d to re gu la l'e th e sport - from water boy to world cham , pi on. _ .-f'n such a way as to ) clean ii up - i e hope. MISSILE ---- --- - R s ue t orker today hauled fifl')-lhree bodies - from th shallered def>llt of that Titan-Two mi sile silo - near Searcy, Arkansas. The dead - all me,r1bers of a ci ilian con lructio,i crew. ~apped below ground in a iolenl explosion - followed by searing fire and blinding smoke. The nation's t orsl disaster to dale involving space-age materials. A full investigation - ordered by President Johnson. BOAT - --- -- From ~ifiami loday - a grizzl Lal of ma · murd r on Th ~ S en ea . A Cuban seaman aboard tit d alh hip in that h e killed hi · captain - th fir I m a I , and I Ir re f e l lo , c r 1 me m b e ,, . ...!rt th e lz e i g h t / of a h aled political argument - prompted b Iii admiration for lite Castro regime ill Cuba. The seaman - Roberto Ramirez. ,,Picked up I before dai n Loda - by the German freighter Bellavia - about sixl miles from Miam~ln a skiff he stole from the Se v e ,i Se as - in a Jut il e bid to escape ca /J tu re . Now ~ - he'll face a charge of murder. VIET NAM In Vi > I Nam - a ma s i 1h r e mil , c olumn of 01 r11me11I for s - pu h d Jorn ard loda lot ard Du Co; In an /fort lo break the Commu11i I i ge of a S p cial fore camp. ,,, a I o ern111enl toe hold in lit e Le Th an Di Ir i c l - a 11 d s o le re 111 a in in g u b I a c le to com pl e t e R d dominatio11 of ital highway nineteen. - - ~ A I la t rep o rt s - t It e re s c r~ e c o l u m "A w i th in five to e en miles of its goal. _ ,But barely inciting alo,ig against / the fierce resistance of to: Viet Cong - armed witlz everytliing from spears to hea , cannon. -rl'ff' short - a grinding fight - / tlial could b ' , ell become one of the biggest battles of the SINGAPORE ----------- Newly independe,it Singapore - today formally announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with Malaysia. A move apparently intended to quiet western fears - that Singapore miglit be drifting toward the Communist camp. The island state stressing its desire for •--- renewed trade - with Indonesia and the Communist bloc of n a t i o n s . ~ ,,) I , E m p h a s i z i n g ~ that it will co,tlinue to \ cooperate with Malaysia - on all matters of defe,tse against outside aggression. INDONESIA ----------- As for ln,lonesia - that nation today a,rnounced plans to ••6 nationalize two western oil refineries - before the end of Jhe ,•rz year. One - the American ow,red Stan v ac Refinery. The other a Shell installation - o,o,red by British and Dutch interests. PAKISTAN P k · t · · · 1 r ~ a is ant ci v i ,~ . - calling themselves "freedom fighters" - clashed witli Indian troops today near the city of Srinagar in Indian Kashmir. Fighting also reported - a hundred miles soutlz of Sri,aagar. c ~ - in hr )•Fl the last three days. Indian so u r c es b la ming the vi o le n c e o ,a the s mji.l•~ infiltration of nearly three tl,ousand Pak is ta"~• ./aid to be bent on - sabotage a,ad terror. But •«It« according to Radio Pakistan. ,/¾imply "the i,aevitable reaction of a lo,ag oppressed people - agai,,st a tyra,ulical and unacceptable rule." ~ HOO VER Some twenty thottsand persons gathered today - lo honor the memory of the late President Hoo v er AJ .) llre--:e:c«s.u.:,..s:>4•~ W e st Branch, low~ /here lie was born ninety-two years ago - and where he now lies buried. 7 - ~ . On hand for the occasion -I\ Hoover's t11Jo so11s - Allan and Herbert Jr. Also former President Eise,eho•er. I J .Affd, former Vice President Nixon. TIie Post Office further marking the occasion - by releasing the first of more Iha• a h,,,1dred millio11 Hoover commemorative stamps. Nixon ;,. a speech delivered at West Bra,eclr, and President Joh,rso11, ha a message read to tlle a11die,ece - both urging a rele11tless quest of peace - "in tire great lrumanitaria11 tradition of Herbert Hoover." CUSHING Richar Cardi nal Cush1n of Boston brou ht the House down today at Dro heda, Ireland at the dedication of a new half million dollar irl's school - built with funds he raised himself. Commenting on the deliberations of VU& Vatican councils in Rome - conducted entirely in Latin, the Cardinal sald he had even offered to pay for the installation of a multi-language translation system - Warren. Because - said he - " whenever I g o there - I can't tell what in the name of Heaven they're all talking about." Cardinal Cushing set the tenor of his remarks in Int Ireland, today when he sprinkled holy water out over the crowd of on-lookers and remarked: " That'll drive the Devil out of ye. T Fr. T n on on , to m n n an ca rr in bu e -- a P e at t oor of n pp r t m nt oc u l ed b the B a onP. · cer -C ~, ur hill h t y · r ol w1 o · o" t' t e . r n t on. T h m en announclng -- "we're h ePe to lean he winos." But no such th in. Instea they cleane out jewel bo x -- c on Lai nlng four thousan ollars worth o ems.