July 12, 1960

Bell Telephone System outlines plan for world-wide telephone and TV communications based on network of about 50 earth satellites in polar orbit, rept to FCC; sees direct communication with most major nations without intermediate facilities; puts basic cost at $170 million; rept offered mainly to urge FCC anticipate need to allocate frequencies above 890 megacycles for space communication; Bell Labs pres Fisk, others comment

USSR repts missing RB-47 shot down over USSR waters in Arctic July 1

Air Force C-47 with 18 aboard missing on Bogota, Colombia-Quito, Ecuador flight

Held by USSR as spy after RB-47 craft is shot down allegedly over USSR territorial waters

Platform Com approves platform, including strongest civil-rights plank in party history