Moon Folk Turn Off

Early yesterday morning, two more American astronauts prepared to land on the moon, and the New York Times used an eight-column headline.

Sticks and Stones

Later yesterday, the astronauts-Pete Conrad and Alan Bean-did land, picked up some rocks, and broke their television camera by pointing it at the sun.

They were scheduled to walk on what used to be called the forbidding lunar surface once again, early this morning. The New York Times will again use an eight-column headline.

Reliable sources in Washington said parades would be scheduled if the astronauts returned. Equally reliable sources said the world will end if the astronauts again land on the moon, as scheduled in the spring. The New York Times will probably use an eight-column headline for that, too.