September 10, 1959

in London; illus

Mercury test capsule recovered from Caribbean after 1,500-mi flight from Canaveral; condition good; recovery operation smooth although capsule fell short of target area because of Atlas vehicle malfunction; astronaut trainee Lt Comdr Shephard witnesses launching

Wagner names Com on Harlem Affairs under Deputy Mayor O'Keefe to help cut racial tensions; comments

Bank for Savings (NYC): 2 Mosler Photoguard movie cameras take pictures of thug fleeing bank with $505; illus

Sen, 86-7, passes 3d housing bill; bill approved in advance by White House

Gaitskell and Bevan arrive, London; illus

Sen passes bill to require ambs and foreign service officers to knew language of countries in which they serve; Foreign Relations Com rept says standards will be enforced whether or not bill becomes law; disappointed with many current apptmts; says 70% of those entering service and 50% of those now in it know no foreign language; puts training cost at $ 1/4 million yrly; bill-also seeks to end policy of requiring officers to serve in various areas of world before eligibility for top post; also provides housing allowance for personnel assigned to Washington between overseas assignments

survey of various depts indicates problem involves 60,000 youths; types of offenses, case dispositions discussed

Chou En-lai accuses India of 'trepassing and provocations' in frontier area but offers to negotiate dispute, note to Nehru; denies aggression; refuses to accept McMahon Line or India's version of Ladakh boundaries; charges Indian troops pressed forward and altered eastern border in Mar; says border in most places is yet to be defined; blames boundary problem on past Brit territorial expansion into China's Tibet region; indicates China recognizes India as protector of Sikkim and Bhutan; map

sees comparative absence of fear among Russians biggest difference between Khrushchev and Stalin eras; cites disappearance of labor camps and wide rehabilitation of pol prisoners; finds new ind, even defiant, spirit among people

NYS Harness Racing and Investigation Comms to extend probe

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