Russia Vetoes Local Stop on Editors' Tour

Chances of 11 Russian student newspaper editors accepting invitations to appear in Cambridge practically vanished yesterday when the official line from Moscow failed to include Boston or Cambridge among areas it desired the group to visit.

Members of the Institute of International Education, which is arranging the tour, will meet in New York today with Russian officials at the Red Consulate to straighen out final itinerary details.

"It really does not look like Harvard is going to fit in," Arthur C. Nagle, director of the Department of Special Programs at the Institute, said. He had earlier given top priority to Harvard among schools he expected the student editors to visit.

"The best we can promise," Nagle said last night, "is that we are going to try and arrange something in the New York area for colleges that have expressed interest in the tour, but have not been included on the Russian list."

The Red list of desired stopping points includes New York, Washington, Atlanta, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Group May Swing Back

"There may be a possibility of swinging back from the West Coast via New England instead of New York, but that is pretty doubtful. We thought Harvard would be a perfect place to include on the itinerary, but the Russians expressed no interest in going there," Nagle said.

According to State Department sources, the Russians will not be allowed to visit Atlanta, as previously scheduled. Instead, the editors will be permitted to view the negro college, Tuskegee Institute, in Tuskegee, Alabama, and will then travel northward to the University of Michigan. The State Department gave no reason for the action.