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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1962
Page
1
U N and United States press toward verification of dismantling as Khrushchev accepts a Cuban withdrawal plan while Thant returns to New York. Mikoyan travels via London as Thant and Castro seek a peaceful resolution amid air surveillance and a renewed blockade stance.
New Delhi AP reports Nehru ousted defense minister V. K. Menon after a cabinet meeting amid debates over India's wartime preparedness. Nehru, 73, took over the post with heightened urgency as India faced Chinese attacks in the north and a broader undeclared conflict. U.S. meanwhile announced airlifted weapons to aid India's defense efforts.
A garbled report indicates Nehru faced internal party pressure after defense failures and a push to replace Menon as his closest associate. It suggests ministers complained of weak defense, with recent Chinese incursions near Towang heightening calls for leadership changes within the Congress.
In Oxford Mississippi soldiers and policemen conducted a dormitory search at Lester Hall near Baxter Hall. They hauled out a pistol a dismantled rifle and several tear gas grenades while bayonets fixed guarded the building. More than 100 rooms were searched and a crowd of students protested outside as a cherry bomb injured a soldier. James H Meredith 29 a Negro was present during the operation.
In Columbia South Carolina AP report, a U S District Court hearing faced a crowd as soldiers ringed the campus. The order sought to admit Negro students at the University of South Carolina, with police and military presence reported as the scene unfolded.
A two stage Thor Able Star launcher hurls the 35 pound Firefly satellite into a nearly circular orbit 1735 miles above Earth. Beacons flash red to identify Anna while scientists at Applied Physics Lab Johns Hopkins work to determine orbit and data collection. Defense aims staged to avoid misperception as hostile weapon. Officials report all systems functioning. See SATELLITE Page 2A.
A wide range of scientists discuss memory as chemical activity inside brain cells. The theory, described by H W Magoun of UCLA, compares memory to a ringing beacon and signals could be detected by observers with equipment. Defense Department funding is noted as backing further study. memory see Page 2A.
Defense Ministry reports exchange of fire Tuesday at a key Himalayan pass. The Red Chinese have breached defenses along 13 northern border points threatening Assam plains. Manon, aged 65, who has shown friendship to Peiping, seeks new weapons from the United States and Britain after Soviet support shifted to the Red Chinese.
Washington AP reports the nation's job situation improved moderately in October. Employment rose 225,000 to a record 68,993,000 while unemployment fell 218,000 to 3,940,000, a three year low. The idle rate dropped to 5.5 percent, near prior levels, with October usual strength. Secretary Wirtz said the job picture is brighter than a year ago and substantially better than the recession.
First Deputy Rusk and Premier Mikoyan travel to Havana to discuss the Cuban crisis. Mikoyan and a 15 member party stop in New York en route to Havana with plans to brief Havana leaders on Kremlin thinking and seek Cuban compliance.
United Nations Secretary General Thant said Cuba agreed to return the body of U S pilot Maj Rudolph Anderson Jr 25 of Greenville S C downed on a recon mission The Defense Department had reported him missing The Cuban gesture was described as humanitarian and occurred during Thants Havana stopover in Idleyild Airport remarks
Washington announces the naval arms quarantine of Cuba will resume at daybreak Thursday and air reconnaissance of Soviet missile sites in Cuba will restart. President Kennedy met with advisers after U Thant's Cuba visit, as U.N. verification attempts failed. Press secretary Salinger avoided timing specifics, citing safety and lack of U.N. arrangements. The White House canceled a Thursday news conference and indicated continued hemispheric consultation. Blockade operations and scope resemble those in effect Monday.
In Miami AP reporting, editor Arthur Sylvester and Lee Hills of Knight Newspapers condemn government control of news during the Cuban crisis. They warn such manipulation threatens informed democracy and label administration actions as dangerous propaganda. The Times editor adds there is no doubt government influence limits public judgment. The piece also touches on forecasted weather in North Carolina with rain and cooler conditions.
Partly cloudy and cool in Virginia Thursday with a high near 30 to 35 degrees and a low around 3a. Southeast portion may reach 35 by morning. Friday remains cloudy and cool with a chance of rain in the southern portion.
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