23 Oct 1962
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1962
Page
1
Havana reports mobilization of hundreds of thousands of Cuban troops after Fidel Castro declares the U N blockade of Cuba an act of war. Castro to address the nation as U S President Kennedy and Soviet leaders trigger global tensions with missile and quarantine moves.
The Soviet government warned the United States that Kennedy’s Cuba quarantine risks thermonuclear war. Moscow denounced U S actions as piracy and hypocrisy while defending Soviet rockets as defense and announcing an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
Washington officials warned a direct clash between the United States and the Soviet Union could come by nightfall as U S Navy ships blockaded Cuba to halt Soviet missile base buildup. Kennedy outlined a quarantine and urged peaceful diplomacy while preparing for interception of all vessels bound for Cuba.
Citizens in Bennington express full backing for President Kennedy's Cuba arms buildup move. Respondents praise the speech, note timing, and worry about war and family impacts, with calls for firm action and historical context from Roosevelt era.
Florida bristling with air bases and naval operations backed Kennedy’s Cuba blockade. At Key West naval vessels went to sea while an Army bivouac was allowed in a local baseball park. A rapid control tower was rushed to Key West airport and Mayport vessels left harbor. Unusual activity hit MacDill McCoy and Homestead bases as Guard and civil defense units went on alert.
Six U S Marshals and eight postal inspectors converged on a Weymouth home in a widening probe of the $1 551 27 mail truck robbery in Plymouth on August 14 Chief Postal Inspector William F White planned a Boston news conference at 11 a m and said the house had been staked out for some time The robbery yielded no tangible clue after more than two months of inquiry.
London announced full support for President Kennedy's Cuba blockade plan. The government said basing offensive nuclear weapons on Cuba would be provocative and unacceptable.
Western Europe mixed on Kennedy Cuban policy with Britain anxious and France hopeful in the UN, while West Germany backs U.S. moves. Moscow condemns actions as provocative. Britain and Canada monitor bases and shipping, Tokyo hopes UN mediation, and protests rise in London and Vancouver.
The United States urges the UN Security Council to order the dismantling and withdrawal of all offensive weapons from Cuba. A Cuban complaint about a U S naval blockade is also on the agenda, with U Thant asked to send an observer team to Cuba.
Peiping accuses Indian troops of crossing the McMahon Line and vows not to respect the 1914 boundary while offering to negotiate a peaceful settlement. Nehru rejects a mediation proposal by African-Asian powers as fighting continues on multiple fronts in the Himalayan border dispute.
Washington reports a large U S war fleet preparing to intercept Soviet cargo ships en route to Cuba. The plan allows halting searching and sinking vessels that refuse to stop and comply with the blockade aimed at preventing missiles and other weapons from reaching Fidel Castro's regime.
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