L. T. BUit;K, t<'I3HER. ~'RIDAY, JULY~, 1 bo GOOD ~ V l • , N JN G E V E RYR UY : Ex p l od 1np ot l t a nk · sent ball s o r f lam h nareds of feet i nto th e air an d set off a riv e r or fire in New York h a rbor to d a . . The d isaster occ u rr e d alon g a narrow chann e l or wat~r which sep rates N w Jerse ~ from Staten I sland. Ftrs t report said at least three were injur~d -- two critically. The first explosion came on the New Jersey side when a pipeline burst, touching off a chain or exploding oil tanks belon g in g to the Hess 011 Company. Towering columns of black smoke and flame visible twenty miles away. T h e fire leaped across the channel and for a time -- threaten ert to reach the huge Socon,v oil tank field on Staten Island. ~iremen converged on the scene b y land anri sea, comin g from both sides o f t he n tion's busiest harbor. STRIKE Th e s 11 111 m e 1· I r a ,. e I p I a II s of I I, o " s a n tl s of A m e ,. i c a II s u e ,. ~ I h ,, o 11 • 11 i II Io c I, a o s I o ti a y I, .\' I I, e 1, i Kg e s / slrik in A111erica11 commercial airlitt<' ltislory. Mo1·e I h a 11 I It i Y I y -f i ,. e I h o " s ll 11 <l m e 111 b e r s o / / It e m o c /li n i s Is 11uio11 u all.•~o.ff lltei r jof> · lf•ilh fi I e major trixY:d.ZJ. airlin es earl_\ this 111or11i11g - and 1a1rr' ■ 110 indication of on early e11d to lite lie-11/J. ~ T It e s tr :cs ll 11,, Ii n ' r Ea s I e r11. -rwt Nor l It u 1 e S/, N n Ii O' 11 a I , f'• ,nA "- 'ff s . J • a llll Uni I e d . Co ,z Ir a c t talks are sclleduled lo resume lomorrou ) 111or11i,zg in an effort lo break lite deadlock o ver wnge 011<1 fringe benefits.-- lite mai,1 issues. A s I It e fi k e I Ii 11 es m or c 1l e d a r o u II d lite air po rt s , Iii o u s 011 d s of Io u r is Is • bus i,1 es s me 11 , and b i g c i I y ,·on, etzlioneers scr ambled for seals on other oirli11es, b tt s es a,, d I r a i 11 s . A I New Yo r k 's K e ,u, e d }' ht/ e r 11 a Ii o ,,, al airport, an elderly execuli e reminisc ,; d abottl the days w It en I r a i n s 1 e r e k i II g b y s tt -v in g - "f l-y i n g i s I h e o 1t l Y , a }' Io g O 11 o tc , /Ju I I ' 111 a I i 111 e d tt b i o u s a h o u I i I I o cl a y , ' ~ 'G . - ( ~ ~ .. ~ . - \ \I<' 111 h e rs of I It e m a c h in is Is 1111 i o n Ac a 1· r i e d I It e i r n i r I i n e s I r i k e I o I It e s p ,, c e c e n I e r n I C ,, p e K e ,, 11 e d y , disrupting some II ork 011 the p,•oj ccl Apollo moo11porl. 7t:,cl-;.. - ~ Mor e lha11 a thousand machinists slruc!• against -rw~ rx ■Ni t id which pro, ides support ser1 ice al the space center. B U CHAREST Tht! se1 • c11 Commuuisl Warsall' Pact nations hat ·e ca/It'd f ur a summit co11fere11c:e of all European po 11 • e rs - Io e II d I It e co l d u a r a 11 d fia'<,)l...;"'ll!Xt for Ke a las ling - ~ p e a C e O II / ,, e C O II / i ll l' II I . Tlt ev al ' so called for lite abolition . " - of b o I I, II, e n ,, rs au • Pac I and N n Io III il i I a r y al l i a ,i c e s . Diplomatic: obsencrs in Bucharest' sa .yl /he 11u11zifeslo . ~ a pp a 1· en ll .\ ' ~ a i me d a l d r i ,. i 11 g ~ e d Ke II• ts• • be I' we en /1,e United Slat es a11d its Nato allies. I TNAM U. N. mbas. nnor i " rtrur Goldber g met w1 th Pope Paul and ItaJ1an ~ov rnment l aders ln Rom today -- ln an effort to all~.v any anxjety over the Jlmer1can bombing of otl depots 1n North Vietnam. Ambassador Goldberg neclined to omment on hJ.s f'orty-five mtnute private audt nee with the Pop , but he's understood to have explain d President Johnson's re sons for the air raids w ich have been sharply criticized in off1.c1al Vatican newspapers. /\ . mbassador Goldberg also met with the Italian Premier and President. The Rome overnment also had expressed concern over the bombings. ---------~oo------~--- Britain and ft'r::1nce have announced agreement on the belief that a settlement of the Vl tnamese war can only b reached through the Nineteen Fifty-Four Geneva Agreements. ~ - Pn ort'tr.ial communique to this effect was issued 1n VIF.TN M--? T~n~on -- after thr~e rlays or talks b twe n French Premier Pompldou anrl r1me Mlntster Wtlson. In addition to Vietnam, they also discusse the Co mmon Market, East -West relations, ~nd that lon t aJ ked -about, project to build a tunnel beneath the Eng lish Ch8nnel. ---------00--------- Gettin back to Vietnam -- ~merican Navy Jets attacked ann destro,ved four Communist torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin about twenty-five miles southeast of Haiphong. act ton was 1 ight elsewhere on the fighting fro , nts but the Hanoi R l dio has be g un broadcasting propaganda demands for the execution or captured American fliers. But there's no indication that the p11ota wtll be b r ought to trial. p . uncE - · ----- , - A sfJokesman for the /11,/im - 1 ):Ot enzrnenl in New De/h; says Iha/ Red ~ d eig/11.v-flt-e of its /liJ[/1- . ~ , nmkh , 1g Com mtntis ~ The_, , u e re re po rl'ed lo ha ve b ee11 rlo11•ngnuletl in ,·,111k or expelled from lhei>' }ol>s in a ne1f' campaign lo u. e , ed oul 11 : i,,idesirnbles, ret isionis Is and SUT<ARK : " -------- Fi1•c 11,ousand sltottling and _jeering stude,i/s dc111011sl1·aled i11 Jnko;·/a lod.r1y - de111andi11g that President Sukarno resig11 from office. II 11•ns lite sharpest outburst of anli-Sukar110 se11lime11/ eve, , displayed i11 /lie bzdo11esia11 ca/>ilal. @.ll.O:'fx• Only c, feu ,lays af.{o, the Indonesian Co,, gr es s s Ir i pp c ,J S 11 k a nzo of Id s po we rs , le a v in . g It i m 011ly the figurcheacl title of President. cosuos ------- An 1111111n1111ed Soriet satellite was fired i11to orbit /oday - )ui11i11g tl,e hetu·yu•eigltt sputnik se11/ up I/tree dn_,•s 0 g (J t O S / 11 d .\' Y n di (I t i O II i It O II t l' ,. S p (I C e . I I It' (I S / I, C O ti e - It 1111 d r c d I ,,. e II I y - t I, i r d i 11 I It c C o s m o s s e ,. i e s - t o K n / /1 c r i 11 f o r m n I i o n ,i e e d c d .f o r s p a c e f Ii K It I a 11 ,I - - n c c o rd i II g I o some .A-mer&.c~ oj./ittlN~ - lo SP.\' on lite West. There's s I; l l ,i o tt' o rd o 11 "' It c n R II s s i a ' s n e x I m n n II c d s It o t w i I I c o m c - I, 11 I I It e re i s m tt c It s p e cu l n I i o 11 I It a I I It c So 1 1 i e t s are del•elopi11g n neu· and mammoth f.\'PC ,,;pacecraft. URVEYOR The battery on board America•s Surveyor mooncraft ls showing signs of fading out -- wtth scientists at Pasadena, California, in the meantime frantically trying to get as many pictures as possible. The battery may have developed a short circuit, and its temperature is steadily rising at about three degrees an hour. RIOT P1·isoners al Ille Mar_\ , lnnd penitentiary in Baltimore singed a riot i,i ninety degree {emperat11res today , s e I I i ng /11 Ye e .f; res and loo Ii n g a co m m is s a r y . E er y av a i lab 1 e po li c e m a 11 in I I, e c i I y fAw«•«tl rushed to th e scene and tlte outbreak u as q11elled a Jet ltours l a t e r . ~ / .,Ri, . ndreds of prisoners •••• forced back into their cells by tear-gas. Tlte only casualties~ au: o two injt,red firemen - but damage to the prison . . . conaiderable. Authorities s aJ.,_ I he r i o t a pp a re n ti y ~ · res u l t e d fro m a rec en t inc id e,. t in which the prisoners charged excessive brutaltly by tlte guards. DIVORCE -------- Ninety four year old Mal Robinson_,Jz•• t: ._ granted a di1 orce i,i Ocala, Florida) .,,l'n Ids court petition, a- claimed Iha! ltfs sixty-six year old wife - Charily - had besloued all lier affections and altention on a third part l ' - a dog. He s aid s I, e cooked me al s f o r I he p e t - i11> · 1 v bttl none for him, e en though he picked up the grocery lab. JOHNSON The United States wlll celebrat e its two-hundredth anniversary of Independence in Nineteen Seventy-Six ten years hence -- and President Johnson has signed a b ill creating a commission to s . tart planning for tts observance. In making the announcement at his Texas ranch, the President also issued the annual " captive nations week 11 proclamation, expressing American ho , pe for eventual liberation of ether nations from Connunism. A.nd solong until Monday;