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Fireworks over the East River have always been a magnet for Malcolm S. Forbes and his sumptuous 126-foot yacht, the Highlander. The tradition continued Wednesday night, when Mr. Forbes treated 111 guests, including a group of visiting Soviet journalists, to a cruise around lower Manhattan and ringside seats for the annual July 4 sky show. [...] Among the guests, who boarded the yacht to the sound of "Yankee Doodle" played on a bagpipe, were Louis S. Auchincloss; Clay Felker and Gail Sheehy; Henry A. Grunwald; Robert M. Morgenthau and his wife, Lucinda Franks; Dr. and Mrs. Paul Marks; Louise Melhado; Mr. and Mrs. John Pierrepont; John T. Sargent; Laurence A. and Billie Tisch; Donald and Ivana Trump, and three generations of Forbeses. [...] The Soviet journalists, who had been invited here by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, seemed more interested in the scene along the dock at 23d Street and the East River, where the Highlander tied up for the fireworks. Noting the contrast between the well-dressed guests on the yacht and the masses of ordinary New Yorkers lining the dock, Vitaly Kobysh, a columnist for the weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta, took out his camera and said, "This is the best shot of the trip: the two worlds." (New York Times, July 6, 1984)