31 Oct 1962
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1962
Page
1
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Prime Minister Nehru assumes the defense ministry from V K Krishna Menon after a cabinet decision amid criticism of Menon’s handling of defense. The move follows ongoing border clashes with China near Walong and Towang as India seeks to bolster defenses.
About 120 youths aged seven to eleven will test punting passing and ball handling in a PP&E contest this Saturday morning. Winners receive jackets, footballs, helmets, and chance to regional and national events with state and area winners earning trophies and trips to NFL games.
At the University of Mississippi Halloween scene the Justice Department dispatched Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach as warnings to students. He warned that future arrests for disturbances would incur federal contempt charges, amid ongoing campus unrest and a fresh bottle-throwing incident near James Meredith. The university canceled a Tuesday football rally and prepared for LSU as federal marshals and soldiers remain in place. Dec draft call announced for 6,000 men in December, up from prior months.
A 29 year old Spartansburg man Charles E Earls died at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Erie after six years in a coma from an automobile accident near Austin Texas in July 1956. He served as specialist third class in the U S Army at Ft Hood Texas at the time of the crash. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Earls of Spartansburg and is survived by his parents two brothers and several relatives. Funeral services will be at Burton Funeral Home Erie with interment in Erie County Memorial Cemetery.
Elizabeth B. Ziegler, mother of seven Tech graduates, received an honorary degree from Georgia Tech without attending classes. She noted a long line of Tech-affiliated family, with her husband dying in 1947 and two sons still students during hard years. Her first grandson also earned a degree last year.
U Thant held a second meeting with Fidel Castro to seek UN verification of Moscow’s missiles removal from Cuba. Castro reaffirmed demands including US departure from Guantanamo Bay, and economic measures against his regime. The talks yielded no clear progress, though Thant’s spokesman called them useful.
Washington reports a renewed political clash over the Cuban crisis. Senator Vance Hartke accuses Eisenhower of implying the crisis is ordinary while Democratic leaders demand careful consideration of campaign appearances. A Gettysburg spokesman said Eisenhower was unavailable for comment. Hartke warns that such statements could undermine support for Kennedy's quarantine and missile-bases dismantling.
Erie County urges use of registration blanks for polio vaccine at 30 centers as supply may run low on Sunday. Health leaders credit Type Sabin oral vaccine with a polio-free year so far, noting past cases linked to incomplete Salk vaccination. Citizens should bring completed forms or print names clearly at centers and follow guidelines for high fever or illness.
AP News reports analysts see a difficult period ahead for Khrushchev with pressures inside the Kremlin. The USSR marked the Bolshevik takeover anniversary with little to show publicly as a grim politburo meeting looms. The Cuban crisis lingers, affecting troops and allies, prompting concerns over fresh pressure on West Berlin and overall Cold War stance. Continuous tensions border India China remain a distraction.
Kennedy pledge not to invade Cuba may require U S force if Havana mounts a new threat to the hemisphere. Officials say policy to isolate Castro and prevent communism remains, with defensive measures—up to force—possible if danger reappears. Rickenbacker leads new Monroe Doctrine committee criticizing Kennedy Khrushchev terms.
U S Cuban exile groups say they will press armed action against Fidel Castro despite UN moves and Thant’s Havana visit. The Cuban Revolutionary Council rejects any pact with Castro, branding Cuba a Soviet province and warning that diplomacy will not block force. Anti Castro factions prepare for continued confrontation regardless of Kennedy’s pledge not to invade.
The Navy pulled its Cuban blockade fleet into a tighter patrol zone well inside the original area. The new boundaries were not disclosed, but ships remain on station while the quarantine fleet continues operations. U Thant urged lifting the blockade before talks with Fidel Castro in Havana.
Harrisburg AP reports a new law requiring turn signals for all motor vehicles goes into effect tomorrow but State Police say strict enforcement will be delayed until April. In the interim, the operator or owner will receive a warning to equip the vehicle with turn signals by the next official inspection.
Mrs Liang Mei ying 60 from Communist China traveled hundreds of miles to Maran in a Portuguese colony and smuggled into Hong Kong. She hid under a Junk deck and reached her objective a cab delivered her to her daughter's doorstep where she collapsed and died before ringing the doorbell.
The United States plans a high-altitude nuclear test above Johnston Island tonight for about five hours starting 9:30 p.m. Hawaii time, using a submegaton device similar to a prior quake triggering detonation. The move follows a Soviet blast at Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic in the same power range, with further announcements of additional low-yield shots planned near Johnston Island this week.
Republican Senate hopeful James Van Zandt labeled Joseph Clark a legislative hitchhiker for timing a $1.5 million Erie city hall federal funds release. He criticized Clark for using a Public Works Act provision to aid a campaign and urged GOP gains in Philadelphia Indianapolis and Allegheny County while noting shifting party support among urban voters.
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