U.S. Drops High Altitude A-Bomb Over Pacific
The United States detonated a sub-megaton nuclear device at 30 to 40 miles altitude near Johnston Island, lit the Pacific with colored flashes, and disrupted some Honolulu communications. The Thor missile, despite prior failures, performed, while the test aims to study nuclear blast effects on communications amid the Dominic series.
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Honolulu
United States
Pacific
Thor
Johnston Island
Hawaii
Snow Blanket Covers Wide Area Two Months Early
Wintry weather blankets the eastern half of the nation two months before winter. Temperatures plunge into the teens in the northern Midwest and into the 20s toward Kentucky and Missouri with some areas near freezing in the Deep South. Snow belts stretch along Lake Michigan from Cassopolis to the Straits of Mackinac, with nine inches in Paw Paw and six in Kalamazoo. Snowfalls spread through Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New England regions.
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Kentucky
Missouri
Deep
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Michigan
Cassopolis
Mich
Lake Michigan
Straits of Mackinac
Battle Creek
Paw Paw
Kalamazoo
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New England
District of Columbia
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Illinois
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
California
Delaware
Maine
Nevada
Panhandle
Maryland
Iowa
Indiana
Vermont
Wisconsin
Washington
Minnesota
Oregon
Virginia
New Attacks Launched By Red China
AP reports Chinese Communist troops extend strikes on two fronts along India's northeast border and in Ladakh. Defense ministry says Poets near Chushul repulsed. advances threaten supply lines. Radio Peiping cites Indian counterattacks as border tensions widen across Longju and Towang areas.
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India
Nehru
Ladakh
Defense Ministry
Poeet
Chushul
Radio
Peiping
Longju
Bhutan
Burma
Towang
Tibet
Diverted Soviet Vessels Believed Weapons Carriers
Washington AP reports most returning Soviet freighters suspected of carrying offensive material. A large missile transporter was among them as blockading ships patrol the Atlantic. Defense officials say about 13 cargo ships remain on course toward Cuba and may be intercepted.
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Cuba
U.S
Atlantic
Defense Department
Red
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
Arthur Sylvester
Europe
Sylvester
White House
Kremlin
United Nations
Clocks Go Back an Hour Sunday Across Large Areas
About 90 million Americans will set clocks back one hour this Sunday ending daylight saving time. The change happens at 2 a.m. in many places, restoring standard time and giving a 25 hour day in effect. The shift affects the East, Midwest industrial belt, and West Coast, with farm regions keeping sunrise to sunset schedules.
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United States
Midwest
West Coast
Western Plains
Postal Inspectors Probe $1.5 Million Plymouth Robbery
Boston AP reports postal inspectors and U S marshals surveil a North Weymouth home and two parents homes tied to a August Plymouth robbery. Seven Boston residents are under watch or sought as suspects. A man claimed to hold a million in stolen cash but only $330, a shotgun, pistol and gear were found.
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Boston
Plymouth
Mass
Weymouth
Thomas R. Richards
U. S
Watertown
Richards
North Weymouth
Cape Cod
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Thant Opens Talks With US and Others Over Cuban Crisis
Acting UN Secretary-General U Thant met US representatives to arrange negotiations ending the Cuban crisis. He planned separate talks with Soviet and Cuban diplomats, while Washington pressed for removal of Soviet missiles and continued the blockade.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
United States
U.S
United Nations
Francis T.P. Plimpton
Charles W. Yost
Thant
Adlai E. Stevenson
Washington
Valerian A. Zorin
Mario Garcia-Inchaustegui
Stevenson
Kennedy
National Security Council
White House
Moscow
Cuba
Soviet Union
Second Soviet Ship Boarded by U S
The U S Navy intercepted the Soviet chartered freighter Maruela bound for Cuba in the first reported boarding under the Cuban blockade. The 7 268 gross ton vessel was boarded 180 miles northeast of Nassau at 6 50 a m with cooperation reported as good and no difficulties expected.
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Bucharest
U.S. Navy Sentinel
Cuba
Sylvester
U.S
Washington
Department of Defense
U.S. Navy
Navy
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Bipartisan Criticism Marked Cuba Briefings for Congress
Lawmakers from both parties clashed over secrecy at state and defense briefings on Cuba held for congressmen and governors in New York City and other cities. Some MOCs accused officials of propaganda while others praised the intelligence effort, with governors urging a tougher, uncompromising Cuba stance.
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Washington
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
New York City
Fort Worth
Tex
Atlanta
Chicago
Defense
State Department
Thomas M. Pelly
R-Wash
Pelly
Defense Department
Department of State
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Goldwater Backs Kennedy Action In Cuban Crisis
Senator Barry Goldwater voiced support for President Kennedy's Cuba policy, telling the Associated Industries of Massachusetts he doubts Russia would back a war over a small island. He urged fiscal responsibility and policies to expand investment capital to tackle unemployment.
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Boston
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
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Tampa, Fla
State Dept
San Francisco
Richard J. Hughes
Clark
Steven Derounian
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
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Town
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
John Steinbeck
Stockholm
Sweden
Steinbeck
Sag Harbor
Long Island
N.Y
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