Sep 5 1961

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Authorization for NASA to acquire necessary land for additional launch facilities at Cape Canaveral was approved by the Senate.

In an interview with C. L. Sulzberger, Premier Khrushchev reviewed the world crisis in detail. "In a strange Darwinian interpretation of the advance of nations," Sulzberger reported, "Mr. Khrushchev jokingly considers that the United States is still in the stage of 'jumping' while the Soviet Union has learned how to 'fly.' This refers to the Earth-orbiting successes of the Soviet spacemen, Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin and Maj. Gherman S. Titov."

September 5-7: International Conference on Science and World Affairs held at Stowe, Vt., at which nonofficial proposals for a joint United States-U.S.S.R. space program were considered by delegates of 12 nations including the United States and the Soviet Union.

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