November 16, 1969

Astronauts fire spacecraft's main engine for 9 seconds to slow down craft and send it into longer, curving, 'hybrid' trajectory; course change should enable Conrad and Bean to make lunar landing when sun is rising over Ocean of Storms and when lunar module is in contact with Goldstone Tracking Station; flight controllers, Houston, rept spacecraft is functioning almost flawlessly, say on-bd clock was only instrument damaged during elec power failure shortly after launch; astronaut D L Lind, acting as capsule communicator, tells Conrad he and others saw lightning hit spacecraft; astronauts transmit color telecast from space; check out craft's equipment; illus of Gordon at spacecraft controls during telecast

LIKE public opinion concerning the Administration's Vietnam stand, there appears to be a distinct polarization developing among private economists about Washington's economic policies.

Washington police use tear gas to repel attacks on Govt bldgs by young radicals, led by Yippies, protesting Chicago conspiracy trial; details; map; illus

WHEN he was in burlesque, Bert Lahr carried his savings around his neck in a "boodle bag." Clowning was a struggle for survival, and Lahr never forgot the fear behind the pratfalls.