July 11, 1978

Article on changing role of test pilots; their main role now is to promote safety; test pilots Richard Lamprecht, M K Osterhout, Bernie Hughes, John J Ryan and center dir Robert L Faith comment; Osterhout, Ryan illus (M)

correction of July 10 article; closing date will be Apr 15, '79 (S)

correction on July 8 article (S)

Polish-speaking mechanic, Wladyslaw Fraczek, carrying what he says is 80 lbs of dynamite, holds 4 persons hostage for more than 10 hrs in NYS Workmen's Compensation Bd office in World Trade Center, NYC; is subdued by police and his hostages; is at bd for hearing because checks for injuries he suffered in indus accident in '75 stopped; seized hostages after Judge Louis Jerome adjourned his case for 2 mos because Fraczek had to bring in med records (M)

Strauss predicts that GATT negotiators can take substantial package of agreements to econ summit meeting in Bonn; says there will be no overall pact unless there is satisfactory package in agr; indicates progress has been made by major trading powers on drafting of fair-trade rules aimed at eliminating or reducing obstacles, other than tariffs, to entry of foreign products; EEC Exec Comm vp Wilhelm Haferkamp assures developing countries that negotiations will not be concluded in 2 or 3 days; Japanese negotiator Nobuhiko Ushiba and Yugoslavia spokesman Petar Tomic comment; illus of Ushiba, Haferkemp and GATT dir gen Olivier Long (L)

Rockefeller, John D 3d

Govt approves $500-million program for production of new 70- to 110-passenger airliner to be used by airlines serving small cities and towns; estimates world mkt for about 1,200 aircraft by 1990; plane, designated Brit Aerospace-146, can be ready for 1st delivery by '82; described; illus; Govt also approves controversial proposal by Brit Airways to purchase fleet of 19 Amer-mfd Boeing 737 jetliners to replace Brit-mfd Tridents; opposition of Brit labor unions noted; Min of State Gerald Kaufman comments (M)

Francis X Clines article on activities during typical day at YMCA day camp in Greenwich, Conn (M)

Scene described; differing attitudes of inhabitants of lowlands and central highlands discussed; drawing

Article on popularity of cocaine in Hollywood film indus and its effects on films made by those under its influence; dir Ha) Ashby, publicity agent Al Ebner and public relations exec Michael Maslansky comment; drug-related charges against Anjelica Huston, Louise Lasser, Gail Fisher and Linda Blair noted (M)

Sec Cyrus Vance's decision to go ahead with strategic arms talks despite trial of Soviet dissidents draws sharp pol criticism from Coalition for Dem Majority and Sen Henry M Jackson; Vance illus (M)

Shell Oil says its first effort to find oil or gas off NJ coast failed; indus analysts disagree on significance of announcement; map; illus (M)