April 25, 1971

“Going Into Commission” brings out a new breed. A man on his boat is not the same man off it. He may look the same (despite the clothes), but he isn't. The legend of the sea backs this up.

At the end it looked like the climax of a Fellini movie: Rain falling heavily, lightning flash ing, papers swirling around haphazardly, people standing around feeling frustrated and empty.

Soyuz 10 makes unexpectedly early return to earth after docking with Salyut craft for 5 1/2-hr joint flight; Tass repts mission's objectives of testing improved systems for search, rendezvous, docking and separation of 2 craft were fulfilled; it is now clear that USSR is not yet ready to assemble and operate a manned space workshop; such an achievement would have beaten US effort to orbit manned Skylab workshop by 2 yrs; Tass repts docking was achieved in 2 stages, with Soyuz brought within 590 ft of Salyut automatically and docking performed manually; Soyuz landing made in zone 75 mi NW of Karaganda in Kazakhstan

Eyen, in form of diary, humorously discusses some of his fantasies

ANTHONY SHAFFER, who recently collected a Tony for his smash hit, “Sleuth,” has another thriller in store for us. It's called “Play With a Gypsy” and present charts call for a course similar to that follow ed by “Sleuth.” It will be of fered first in London (how soon remains to be deter mined) with Michael White as the sponsor. Then, be cause no one at the moment seems to have any doubt about its success, it will emi grate to New York under the banner of Helen Bonfils, Mor ton Gottlieb and White, the local pilots of “Sleuth.”