STRIKE Some lhirleen thousand workers today struck th e natio11' s second larg es t shipyard - al Groto11, Con11ecticut. Til e El ec tric Boat Di vi sion of Gen e ral Dynamics -- also the 11ation's Prime producer of nuclear submar i n es. The walkout followin g a breakdown in contract talks - al Wasl,ington . POSTAL P os tma s t e r Ge n e ral Joh11 Gro 11 0 11 s ki toda y ord c 1 ·e d /h e hold e r s o f sec o11d a11d third c la ss mail permits - to c o,, v e rl f ull y to Ill e u se o f z ip c od es b y Ja11uar y F i r s t , Nin e t ee n S ixty S e v e n. Th e Postmas te r noting tllat ""'1 tl,es e 11s e rs - a cc o,,,,1 f or abo11I l w ent y - seve 11 million p i ec e s of mall a y ear . Much of it - so- c all e d " } unit mail" . VO TING ----- -- Th e Hous e Rules Commitle e today approved al last - the bi-partisa,i v oting rights bill. ,After a futile ) final flurry -- of southern oratory. General house debate to begin next Tuesday -- with full House approval expected before the week is out. The bill - virt ually identical to voti11g .-Mi rigltt• - legislation - that passed the SeJ1ate in MayA f'f ,0011ld 011tla• poll taxes - prohibit tlle use of discrimi11atory voter registration tests - and pro vi de stiff prison pe11altles - for aJ1yone who tries to intimidate pote11tial voters. ROOSEVELT - -- - -- - ---- Fra11klin D e lano Roos e v e lt Junior - today bowed out of cont e 11tio11 in the ra c e for mayor of New York City. F D R J101 io r telling a Washington news co ,tference - that he has a "s11perior obligation" to remain in his prese"t post. ,,.:n,at of chairman - of the n e w Federal Commtasio,r I on Eq11al Employment opportu11ity. He added that anyway there are already five t4<f declared candidates - for the Democratic 11omi,.ation for - mayor. And that's a-plenty, said he . RUftRK B o b Ruar k -- be st - se llin g autho r a n rt sy n dica t e n ewspa , , er co lumni st -- dien today n a Londo n hospi tal ; wher e h e h a rl be e n co n fi n ed f o r t h e la s t two days. Ruar k - - a pro lifi c a n d s o m et im es controve r s ial writer. Perhaps be s t known for liv e ly colu mns a n d hi s boo k -- Something of V al ue, ' about the Mau M au terrorism in K e n ya. And he wa s on l y forty-nin e. - VIET NAM --------- Tlt e government of South Viet Nam today appealed lo Ille U'1il e d Stales - to b egi n a B e rl i n - type airlift. Betwe e n Saigon a,id five major South Vietnamese cities all isolated by the Communist Viet Cong. Also from Saigon - 11ews of Premier Ky's first public i11terview. In u. , hich he said lie is ready to exec11te perso,aally - an y member of his new gover,.ment fo11nd g111lty of corrflption or war profiteeri11g . Ky addi,rg that if 11ecessary to e"sure political stability - he will also ba,a all politicia11s to the provinces of Kontum or Q11a11g Ngai. PAeH sce11es of some of the hea vi est , figl,ti11g -- of late . Wlaile i" the ,oar itself - a detachme11t of five leundred marines la,aded today at Q11i Nllo11 - ,aearly tiree hu,.dred miles norlll of Saigo11. ,/l'o llelp defend tl1at coastal > city - a g a i" s t ardca~ . . . . . . . . . it:t i" c re as i ng Co ,,, m" 11 Is t pressure. NORTH FOLLOW VIET NAM --------------- ---- ------ Meantim e, Communist Nortl, Viet Nam today rejected - at k« least for now - a meeting ttr with that proposed British Commonwealth pea ce mission. Radio Hanoi expressing doubts as to what it called - British . 'Prime Minister Harold Wilso,i's - "goodwill for peace". Whetlter the Comm11,aists 1t1ould meet witla a • • ' • mission headed by someo11e ollter tllan Wilso• - •ell, llaal remai,as lo be see,a. INDIA In India - a rising tid e of prot es t today - against U.S. fJoli cies in Vi e t Nam . Mark e d by fJro- Communi st student demonstrations - in New Dell,i, Calcutta ~ , ~~ and the/ro vi ncial c afJital of Trivandr11m. About e ight htlndred stude11ts in all - t11volved in the tl,re e demo11strations. Fort11nately - 110 viole11ce. Although Preside,et Jol,11son 111as b11r,eed ,,. effigy - botle - ~~~("-tf.......__ " 1 C - o - t , ~ . ~ _;O at N e111 Dell,i a,ed Tri v a11drum,( A Comm1111ist member of --- Parli am e,e t later arrested ;,. Trtva,edru m - for • • • • s1>arlli11g tlee tt protest tleere. TRANSPORT Pr esident Joh11son loday ordered a s p ee d-up -- in the g o v ernment pro gr am lo build a n ew s upersonic jet airliner. Detailed d esig n of th e air fr ame -- along will, construction of demonstrator engines - lo be completed o v er tl,e ,eext eighteen monllrs 1 -,tt a cost of about a lru,edred and forty millio,e dollars . And that's just the begi,u1h1g. The President's decision - disclosed taq todaj al a Wliile Ro11se ceremony . "1£1 which retired Air Force / Ge,eeral William F . McKee -- 10as later swor,e ,,, as tlee 11e10 lread of Ille Federal Aviatio,e Admi11islralio11. PLANES FOLLOW TRANSPORT -- -------- - ----- - ---------- Mea11/ime, i,z Lo11do,z - Brilain today announced plan s - to buy an undi sclose d number of Am eric an figlrter jets a11d air transports. Tir e noti ce fo llo wi ng c ancellation of lhre e British aircraft projecls - lltat toucl,ed off a storm of protest in th e British aircraft i ndustry. The projected c ost of the Am e rican pla11es - ,eat a11no101c e d . But Prime Mi11ister Harold Wilso,e llas already esti,nated that purcltase of American craft - will save Britain nearly a billion dollars - in de ve lopment costs - over tlle next te11 years. SPACE Tlte Federal Spa ce Agency named Rookie A str onauts Frank Borman and James Lo ve ll - to man Am er ica's upcoming lon ges t flight in space. An earth orbiting mission early ne xt year - expected to last up to fourteen days. Borman - who comes from Gary · , Indiana - to serve as command pilot . Lovell - a native of Clevela,ed, Ohio to attempt another "space ,oalk". Similar to tltat accomplished by Ed White - during the flight of the Gemi,ei-Four last month. RANSOM -- ----- - The story of a strange "ransom" - reported toda y from the Soutlt China S ea. H ere's th e tale: Na vy pilot Eri c Schade of San Leandro, California -- crashing shortly after tak e -off from t~ American carrier Oriskany. "jl(oout eig hty miles off the I coast of North Vi e t Nam . Bui l11cky for Schade - he was plucked fro,n the sea a few minutes later - - by the America11 destroyer Perkins. Lucky, too, for the Perkins - which then decided to bargain for his safe relur · n . ~ - Results of the transaction - ••-JrG•• reported by the Navy as follows: After appropriate negotiatio,cs - said the Navy - "commander Schade was returned to 11,e Oriskany - in return for thirty-five gallons of 1,ome-made ice cream." GAMBLE -------- A social note next - from Clinton, New York. Where typewriter heiress Gamble Benedict was married today to an officer of the New Yo,-k State Police Del'artme,el. ,.,,~ 7'te bride - . . yo,-,_rccall - 1,eiress to a fifly-mlllio,e dollar fort11ne; ;,ri,ose stormy marriage to a Roma,aia,a Romeo - e,eded in a,s a,en11lme,et la•I October. ~ 't:.e Tl,e bridegroom - Tl,omas F. Gallagl,er Ju,elor - tl,e BON of a baseball sco11I for 11,e Clevela,ed INdia,ea .- XI'• also 1,is - secoNd marriage.