South Viet Nam Breaks Ties With Laos Over North Issue
Saigon announces severed diplomatic relations with Laos after Laotian accessions to North Vietnamese ambassador credentials. The move follows Saigon recalling its envoy in September and Laos accepting the North Vietnamese ambassador in Vientiane. Tokyo reports Saigon asked Japan to represent its interests in Laos.
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Souvanna Phouma
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Indochina
Indochina Peninsula
Tokyo
Japan
Soviet Union presses Castro five demands in Cuba crisis
At the United Nations Adlai Stevenson reports talks with Soviet negotiators on Castro five-point demands and issues including bomber removal and on-site inspections. Castro says Cuba owns the bombers and missiles are being moved while Khrushchev aides stand by. The U N source says Moscow hardens its stance awaiting invasion guarantees.
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Fidel Castro
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Tijmenev
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Caribbean
Khrushchev
Castro
Moscow
United States
Guantanamo Naval Base
Stevenson
United Nations
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Menon to Remain Nehru’s Foreign Policy Link Despite Resignation
Indian officials say V. K. Krishna Menon will keep serving as Nehru’s chief adviser on foreign policy and likely remain the United Nations spokesman. Nehru accepted Menon’s resignation due to ongoing controversies but Menon still lives near the prime minister and is viewed as indispensable for foreign affairs.
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Nehru
United Nations
Educational TV To Be Discussed By School Board
Vermont's three channel educational television network will be discussed at the November Board of Education meeting. The ETV facility would be funded by federal and state money and be key when the Legislature opens in January. The board will also review about $40,000 in building aid applications including $30,000 for Williamstown Elementary School.
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Peabody Volpe Seek Recount In Massachusetts
In Massachusetts the governor race tightens as Peabody and Volpe file recount petitions. Ballots under guard in several cities. state police protect machines and absentee ballots while officials await official totals.
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Volpe
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Boston
U S Missile Strength Shines In British Report On ICBMs
London AP reports the British Institute for Strategic Studies estimates US ICBMs at 450 to 500 versus 75 for the Soviets. The institute notes Soviet rockets of this type could carry larger warheads, with plans for an advanced ICBM next year. It also cites Soviet medium range rockets and broader force levels, including air power and manpower figures.
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Selective Service
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R. W. Richardson
U S Ships Move To Verify Cuba Missile Removal
U S Navy ships moved into position for a rendezvous with Soviet vessels to verify on the spot removal of Red missiles from Cuba. Officials say cooperation is expected to be smooth and that the operation aims to confirm dismantling at sea.
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Navy Intercepts Five Russian Ships Leaving Cuba
Defense officials say five Soviet vessels outbound from Cuba were intercepted at sea. Missiles or components were seen on at least three ships, with four intercepted this morning and a fifth contacted Thursday. U.N. discussions and a Khrushchev letter to Kennedy are noted as channels remain open.
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Democrats Secure Largest Senate Margin Since 1938
In the 88th Congress the Senate will feature 68 Democrats and 32 Republicans, a gain for the Democrats over the outgoing 64-36 split. The House outcome gave Democrats 258 seats to 176 for Republicans, with Alaska still undecided. Overall shifts were modest despite some gains and losses due to reapportionment.
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Alabama
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Hill
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Gruening
Ted Stevens
Rhode Island Ballot Recount Begins Monday
The recount of about 6,500 mail ballots from Rhode Island’s governor race is set to start Monday morning along with a possible recount of all machine ballots. Gov. John A. Notte leads Republican John H. Chafee by 47 votes, with 160,615 to 160,568. About 550 servicemen’s ballots could still arrive by Nov. 21, delaying a final result. Voting machines are being returned to Providence under police surveillance.
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Rhode Island
John A. Notte
John H. Chafee
Notte
Chafee
New York Daily News Resumes Printing After Strike
The New York Daily News began publication again after an eight day strike ended. Guild members accepted a new two year contract with wage increases averaging eight dollars a week in two installments plus other benefits.
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NEW York
New York Daily News
New York Newspaper Guild
Pilots Fined for Inattention to Flight Duty
The FAA fined 13 airline pilots between 300 and 600 dollars for inattention to flight duty after a congressional probe revealed cockpit photos of pilots asleep or distracted. Nine captains and four co pilots were fined. Eastern Airlines ordered to submit a plan to prevent recurrence.
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Eastern Airlines
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FAA
Fatigue and anger fuel Nixon’s sharp press rebuke
The article reports that Richard Nixon’s post election criticism of the press stemmed from extreme fatigue and anger after about 48 hours with little sleep. He spent 17 minutes venting to reporters before retreating from public view.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
Herbert G. Klein
Two Die in Estaboga Train Truck Crash in Alabama
A Southern Railway passenger train from Atlanta to New Orleans crashed into a heavily loaded gasoline truck at a crossing in Estaboga, injuring the truck driver Roy McCurry. Fireman Harold L. Bolden and engineer J. S. McWhorter, both of Birmingham, died. Passengers aboard The Southerner were unharmed.
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Birmingham
J. S. McWhorter
Roy McCurry
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