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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1960
Page
1
The Red China coast islands Quemoy and Matsu fuel a campaign clash as Kennedy backs evacuation to avoid war while Nixon holds to defense. The dispute debates whether protecting Formosa requires defending the offshore islets and how this impacts U.S. pledge and peace.
Los Angeles report previews Nixon and Kennedy third round in a televised debate. Nixon arrives more confident than after the first meeting, while Kennedy stays in New York. The piece discusses anticipated pacing and potential sharper exchanges with both campaigns aiming to claim strength.
A flag waving lantern carrying crowd of 17 000 students and workers marches through Tokyo to mourn slain socialist party chairman Inejiro Asanuma. The vast gathering reflects national shock at the death of the political leader.
A Republican publication quotes Adm. Arthur W. Radford warning that Sen. John F. Kennedy’s stance on defending the Chinese offshore islands could provoke a war if the Red Chinese believe it.
New York Senator John F Kennedy says Richard Nixon would risk nuclear war with a trigger happy stance on the Quemoy and Matsu islands. He warns the nation would fight the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time and vows no American deaths on these islands if elected. Kennedy spoke at a Democratic fund raising dinner amid a campaign battle over peace and defense policy.
Herbert Nixon, third cousin of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, was named vice chairman of the Citizens for Kennedy committee in Vinton County Ohio as presidential campaigning swirled through the region.
Three mice Sally Amy and Moe rode in a miniature space cabin aboard an Atlas nose cone that launched at 4 35 a m EST and landed 25 minutes later off Ascension Island in good condition The cone was recovered by Coastal Crusader from the South Atlantic 5000 miles from Cape Canaveral and the fate of the mice awaits examination by Air Force officials and the School of Aviation Medicine.
Officers of the largest General Electric Co local of the International Union of Electrical Workers were authorized to continue or suspend a week long strike against GE's home plant in Schenectady New York.
The United States backs a full UN Assembly debate on a Soviet proposal for freedom in colonial regions. Francis Wilcox announced the stance, aligning with Africa and other new nations on ending colonialism. Scene followed a tumultuous session with Khrushchev banging his desk with a shoe and Boland using a borrowed gavel.
A 27 year old American Anthony Zarba of Somerville Massachusetts and twelve Cuban invaders were executed by firing squad in Santiago for plotting to overthrow Fidel Castro. Five more Cubans were said to have been executed in Santa Clara, with two rebels reported among the leaders. The five man military tribunal condemned Zarba and seven Cuban companions after a one day trial for landing with a 27 man group on Orien province’s northeast coast last week. Zarba had a wife and child in Miami. The U.S. embassy urged clemency and a stay of execution but was ignored.
Nixon and Kennedy clash again in a transcontinental third debate. The split screen hour long show starts at 6 30 p m Eastern with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in New York City. Radio networks carry the debate simultaneously across time zones.
In Pittsburgh the seventh and deciding World Series game is set at Forbes Field with the Yankees favored after a must-win 12-0 victory. Vernon Law will start for the Pirates against either Bob Turley or Bill Stafford for New York as Danny Murtaugh downplays the shutout.
Victor Jaanimets, 29, a Baltic Sea defector from Khrushchev era Khrushchev liner Baltika, is granted political asylum by federal officials and released to begin a new life in the United States. He will be protected by immigration authorities with no special guard planned and expects to find work as a machinist. He expressed relief and gratitude to the American people as he starts his new life.
Premier Khrushchev departs New York nursing verbal wounds after a chaotic UN General Assembly session. His shoe waving and heated exchanges left delegates stunned and raised questions about Soviet gains in Africa, Hungary, Tibet, and disarmament.
In Leopoldville Col. Joseph Mobutu, the Congolese strongman, stated he has no plan to wage war against the United Nations over the ousted premier Patrice Lumumba. He reaffirmed commitment to stability and warned against external interventions.
Union locals at two Westinghouse Electric plants authorize the IUE to strike if negotiations fail to deliver a new contract by midnight Saturday.
The Scripps-Howard chain endorsed the Republican ticket of Vice President Richard M Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, signaling support for their candidacy.
A homemade bomb exploded in a Times Square subway station injuring at least 34. It was the third device in 11 days in the Times Square area, with witnesses reporting two powdery youths fleeing the scene. The blast damaged a photo booth and a metal locker, and rattled nearby windows.
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