Special from the United Nations: Russian Revolution on admission of Red China turned down, Yakov Malik, Russian delegate, makes statement and walks out of UN, Council attacks "Kuomintang Clique."             

UN troops evacuate Seoul before onrushing Communist troops.            

UN General Assembly Meeting.

Highlights: United Nations General Assembly meeting, continued, Abba Eban of Israel defends Israeli actions.

                                                 

 An Egyptian delegate accuses Israel, France, and England of aggression on Egypt, urges the United States to stop the invasion of Egypt.
Live coverage at the United Nations.                                                    

United Nations Security Council meets on the Congo crisis. Independence movement taking place across Africa. Independence movement also taking place in Belgian Congo later to become Zaire and later, The Republic of Congo. 

Preliminaries, take-off, and post-flight from all three networks.

  
NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE
A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov: 

Date                   GLENN        TITOV          GAGARIN
 
Launch              Feb. 20, 1962  Aug. 6, 1961   April 12, 1961

Altitude (Miles)  100-160         110-159        110-187.75

Distance (Miles)  81,000          435,000          26,000

Speed (MPH)       17,350          17,750           17,400

Flight Time    4 Hrs. 56 Min.  25 Hrs. 15 Min.    1 Hr. 45 Min.

No. of Orbits     Three             17               One

Weight of Craft  4,200 lbs.       10,430           10,460

Craft Name      Friendship 7      Vostok 2        Vostok 1

Rocket Thrust   360,000 lbs.    800,000 lbs.    800,000 lbs.

Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins.   89.1 Mins.                                   

Live coverage  from all three networks of the "Aurora 7"  fourth USA spaceflight launch with naval officer Scott Carpenter. Joined in progress at T-15 minutes (7:19 AM EST.). Carpenter was the second American astronaut to orbit in space.  
From Mercury Control, Shorty Powers. CBS TV coverage by Walter Cronkite. ABC and NBC reports with correspondents Jay Barbee, LIsa Howard, Bill Ryan. There is a "hold" at 11 minutes because of fog. Charles Von Freud earlier interview with John Carpenter. Countdown is picked up. Launch time 7:45 AM EST. count down at T-5 minutes and counting.
                                     

September 16, 1961-June 2, 1963
A Sunday half-hour weekly news magazine for teenagers, hosted by Robert Abernethy 

Background and progress as the US prepares for a moon trip.                           

The United Nations Security Council session on the Middle East crisis.             

Proceedings in the United Nations about Middle East war.   

Duplicate of #19556.                      

Proceedings in the United Nations about Middle East war.             

The United Nations declares sanctions on Iran.