June 26, 1969

passport applicants reptd having to wait in lines for 1 1/2 hrs during busiest periods, Passport Agency office, NYC; illus; similar situation reptd at passport offices across nation; agency official attributes problem to sharp rise in applications, inadequate number of passport offices and insufficient personnel and equipment; officials, Washington, rept applications, June 1-18, are 35% above '68 level

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The United States reserved comment today on Peru's sweeping new land-expropriation law because, diplomatic informants said, it hopes to reach agreement with Peru shortly on the controversial fishing issue that has strained relations between the two countries.

Fed Hwy Adm, charging 'flagrant' and repeated violations of Fed safety rules, asks ICC to suspend operation authority of Safeway Trails; charges co violated rule prohibiting drivers from working over 70 hrs in 8-day period over 6,000 times in last 9 yrs; complaint is 1st by Adm, which assumed enforcement of safely rules on interstate buses in '67

Torres, R (Mrs): She and 7 children stabbed and beaten to death, Jersey City home; husband, free on bail in Feb murder case, held; suffers heart attack and is taken to hosp; his bro arraigned as material witness, released in bail; Torres illus

USN turns over to S Vietnamese Navy 64 river patrol gunboats valued at $18.2-million in what is described as largest single transfer of mil equipment thus far; Gens Abrams and Cao Van Vien are at ceremony; Abrams comments; illus