Navy Resumes Blockade of Cuba Amid Crisis Talks
U S Navy ships restart the Cuba blockade at dawn with air surveillance to resume after Fidel Castro spurned U N inspection talks. Thant reports Soviet missiles to be removed by Friday, with U S photo recon planes to operate as arrangements proceed. Maj Rudolf Anderson Jr reported missing after the fighter incident.
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Washington
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.N
U Thant
Thant
Havana
White House
Pierre Salinger
U.S
Castro
Soviet Union
Salinger
United States
New York
Air Force
Rudolf Anderson Jr
Greenville
S.C
Anderson
Defense Department
Castro Bitter Over Bypass in Cuba Missile Dismantling
Fidel Castro angrily rejects U.N. inspection of Soviet missile removal after Khrushchev bypassed him in agreeing with Kennedy on U.N. verification. Thant seeks to resume peacemaking as U.S. resumes naval blockade and aerial surveillance of Cuba.
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United Nations
N.Y
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
U.N
Castro
Kennedy
Cuba
U Thant
Tax Notices Mailed for 1962 County Taxes
Erie notices for personal property and real estate will be mailed this week. County taxes are due now with a December 20 deadline for half payment without penalty. County Treasurer Mrs. Freda Locke notes the notices accompany a reminder to present them at payment time for faster service.
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Erie
Freda Locke
Boxcar Shortage Reported in Kansas Harvest
The Santa Fe Railway reports a boxcar shortage for Kansas harvests, following a similar shortage noted in the Chicago area.
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Kansas
Topeka
Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
Fire loss in October totals $400
Fire Chief C. W. Brennan said October loss here was about $400. For the ten months through October the total is $37,800, compared with $47,750 for the same period last year. The department has 137 runs so far this year, two more than last year.
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C. W. Brennan
Wellington Homecoming Queen Killed in Crash
Virginia Alder the Wellington High School homecoming queen died when a car rammed a dead end barricade and plunged 25 feet. Kenneth Nuss Lana Brand and Russell Johnson, all from Wellington, suffered severe facial cuts.
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Wellington
Kan
Virginia Alder
Wellington High School
Virginia
Kenneth Nuss
Lana Brand
Russell Johnson
Halloween events mark 16th Kiwanis Spook Parade
The 16th annual Kiwanis Spook Parade drew large crowds along Main Street with kindergarten to sixth grade winners in each grade, Royster and Murray Hill participants, and trophies awarded at the Memorial Building. UNICEF drive totals reached $396.01 as Royster students turned in funds. The event featured spook shows, a parade, a dance, and a community fund drive, with costs about $465 funded by local civic groups.
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Main
Memorial Building
Royster Junior High
Royster
Unicef
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reported For October
Topeka AP reports traffic fatalities in Kansas over the last 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday with monthly totals. November shows 1 death and October records 54. The year 1962 totals 485 with 443 deaths in the comparable 1961 period.
Castro flares at U Thant during Cuba talks
Cuban leader Fidel Castro reportedly vented anger at U Thant during a first meeting in Cuba. Sources said he claimed he was not consulted on Moscow's missile base dismantling and pressed five demands including U.S. withdrawal from Guantanamo before any U.N. inspections.
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Castro
Havana
U.N
Washington
U Thant
Khrushchev
Thant
United Nations
Cuba
Moscow
U.S
Guantanamo Naval Base
Bay of Pigs prisoners release terms revealed
The Miami News reports Castro seeks conditions for prisoner release including one year's blood plasma supply, detention of Captain Manuel Artime Buesa, and a pledge that the United States will not participate in any repeat of the Bay of Pigs invasion. James Donovan negotiates on behalf of the prisoners amid Castro's demands. The retail value of drugs and medical supplies cited by Castro is $100 million, with earlier figures from Castro listing $62 million in goods. Hal Hendrix notes the newspaper’s coverage of the evolving negotiations.
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Miami
Fla
AP Caspete
Miami News
Castro
James Donovan
New York
Hal Hendrix
News Latin America
Donovan
Manuel Artime Buesa
United States
Dairy Store Blast Fatal in Ponca City Hotel
Mrs. Dale Hamm aged 45 from Arkansas City Kansas died in a Ponca City hospital after injuries from a Wednesday dairy store explosion. The incident occurred at a Ponca City dairy store, with authorities reporting the blast and subsequent fatality.
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Ponca City
Okla
Dale Hamm
Arkansas City
Kan
Job Picture Brighter As Unemployment Dips
The Labor Department reports October employment rising 225,000 to 68,893,000 and unemployment falling 218,000 to 3,294,000, the lowest since 1959. The idle rate drops to 5.5 percent, while Wirtz says the economy is moving ahead though work remains to be done. The GOP counters that current unemployment parallels September 1960 levels under Kennedy.
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Washington
Labor Department
W. Willard Wirtz
Kennedy
Wirtz
Republican National Committee
GOP
UF Leaders Urge Reports On Drive Progress
Chanute United Fund leaders urge division chairmen to turn in advance gifts reports for the classified solicitation. Publicity chair M. L. Morton notes many reports missing while residential pledges progress shows $14,026 of a $19,688 goal.
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Chanute United Fund
M.L. Morton
Businesses In Moves In Chanute Shuffle Occupancies
Farm Service Store at 112 E Elm moves to 217 W 7th in the Brown Manufacturing building between Seventh Street Grocery and Santa Fe tracks. Jayhawk Glass Co moves to 16 N Grant. new tenant at former Farm Service site will offer Western wear saddles and leather goods run by John O Squire Humboldt R2.
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Farm Service
E. Elm
W. 7Th
Brown Manufacturing
Seventh Street
Santa Fe
Farm &Service
Jayhawk Glass Co
N. Grant
Chanute
John O. Squire
Humboldt
Absentee Ballots Issued by Clerk
Erie officials report 54 ballots issued for sick or disabled voters and 41 out of state ballots for the upcoming general election. In the previous presidential year the office handled 169 out of state and 71 sick or disabled ballots. Any ballot must be vetted and returned to the clerk by Monday noon to count.
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Erie
Marion Showalter
Weather outlook for Topeka and Kansas through Friday
Cooler temperatures moved into Kansas with repeated cold fronts likely. Today highs range 50 in the northwest to near 60 in the southeast, and tonight lows 25 to 40. Friday highs expected 50 to 55 with partly cloudy skies and light rain traces in eastern Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Enterprise
Rash of Accidents In Traffic Here
Police reported a busy day with a string of traffic incidents. Ercil Hutchison, 55, of 1318 N Wilson was arrested for driving while intoxicated after a collision involving a parked car. Other crashes included a 7:25 am collision on 8 W Walnut injuring Janice Brenner and damaging multiple vehicles.
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Ercil C. Hutchison
N. Wilson
Walnut
Jack E. Gill
N. Highland
Clyde R. Brenner
Franklin
Brenner
Gill
Janice
Ellen F. “Willis
S. Tennessee
Opal
W. Main
Willis
Clyde Hinkle
Hutchison
Oden Smith
Earlton
Charles W. Fairbanks
Okla
Leon Hutchison
Chard
Chanute
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National Security Council
Security Council
Mahmoud Riad
United Arab Republic
Ghana
Council
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Carlos Lechuga
Lechuga
Adlai E. Stevenson
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Guantanamo
Havana University
Ray Collier
S Cott
Jeff Erickson
Alcott
Linda Carter
Murray Hill
Ry Barnhart
St. Patrick's
Lincoln
Sth
Steve Brattan
Sue Bratton
Laverne Tripp
Debbie Farrow
Randle Wells
Hutton
Jane Chauncey
Gregory Willis
Debra Tummey
Kim Kesner
Layne Offenbacker
Kathy Carter
Bobby Huffman
Susan Elder
Nancy Gibson
Kim Childers
Ed Abbuehl
Mark McCune
Ricky Good
Buddy Kihm
Doug Pennington
Robert Jack
Susan Tolbert
Gayla Lindsey
Larry Soderquist
John Brotton
Martin McGee
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Mr. K
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Harold J. Mount
Joe Turner
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