U.S. Asks an Accord In U.N. on Assisting Downed Astronauts; U.S. ASKS ACCORD FOR ASTRONAUTS
US State Dept adviser L Meeker asks UN members agree to aid space vehicles or astronauts in distress and return to launching nation any forced to land elsewhere, UN subcom; calls for treaty on legal and financial liability for injury caused by space vehicle accidents; G I Turkin (USSR) backs 1st proposal; NASA aide H Newell proposes internatl launching site be estab near Equator