RFK recalls 1962 Cuban missile crisis in posthumous book
Robert Kennedy recounts the 1962 Cuban missile crisis with intimate notes on his brother President Kennedy and the decision to impose a quarantine rather than strike. The manuscript sold for about 1 million, with McCall’s publishing it in expanded form.
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Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
McCall’s Magazine
Cuba
Soviet Union
United States
New York
New York Times
Times
McCall Corporation
W. W. Norton & Co
McCall Corp
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
American Independent Party
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert §. McNamara
Lee Rfk
Point Mallard Topic Discussed by Decatur Council
Former Decatur mayor Gilmer Blackburn met with the city council to outline Point Mallard Park plans and the city’s role in the multi million dollar project. The Point Mallard Authority would borrow funds and issue bonds later to finance most of the recreation project on the Tennessee River at Flint Creek.
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Decatur
Gilmer Blackburn
Point Mallard Park
Rutledge Thomas
Blackburn
Point Mallard
John Penny Rambler
Harold Smith
Onassis and Kennedy Onassis wed in rain at Scorpios
Newlyweds Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Aristotle Onassis faced rain and wind as guests departed Scorpios Island after a Greek Orthodox ceremony. The couple returned to the Christina yacht with Alexander Onassis and a select party aboard. Weather kept travel plans uncertain as the honeymoon began aboard the yacht.
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Scorpios Island
Greece
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Christina
Paradise
John F. Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
Alexander
Onassis
Caroline
John
Jacqueline
Lee Radziwill
Patricia
Peter Lawford
Stephen Smith
Goodby
Leukas Island
Akteon
Alexander Onassis
Levkas
Ionian Sea
Wallace calls for concession tied bombing halt stance
George C. Wallace opposes a North Vietnam bombing halt without reciprocal concessions and says any deal should be public. He spoke in Bristol Tennessee and planned events in Iowa and Illinois while LeMay cited a continued Communist buildup and lack of good faith in Paris talks.
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Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Bristol. Tenn
George C. Wallace
North Vietnam
South
Tennessee -Virginia
Bristol
Midwest
East
Davenport
Iowa
Moline
Ill
Wallace
NBC
Curtis E. LeMay
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Paris
Johnson
LeMay
Air Force
Washington
Onassis to Move Back to New York After Wedding
The newly married Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy plan to return to New York City in about two weeks. A secretary said they had not decided where they would live. Police reported five bodies found in a fire at a home connected to the case.
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New York
Aristotle Onassis
New York City
Jacqueline Kennedy
Christina
Turkey
Apollo 7 Crew Calm After Feud Closes In On Return
Apollo 7 astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham eased tensions after a day of ground quarrels and fired the engine to steer toward Earth. They plan to parachute into the Atlantic near Bermuda at 7 12 a m EDT Tuesday ending an 11 day mission.
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Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
United States
Markets Mixed as Commodities Show Small Shifts in Trading
Los Angeles markets report mixed stock activity with cotton down while Chicago grain futures edge higher for wheat and soybeans lower amid light trade. Livestock receipts show hogs down and steers steady as the blast described in space notes hints at flight telemetry and splashdown timing.
Two Escape From Lawrence County Jail
Law enforcement across North Alabama searched for two convicted burglars who lowered themselves from the third floor of the Lawrence County Jail and fled early today. Homer Bivens, 23, and Billy Joe Melson, 26, were identified as the escapees after the bars of their cell were cut with hacksaw blades found in the room. The escape occurred after midnight and was discovered at 6 a.m. during breakfast.
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Bob Dunnavant
Moulton
North Alabama
Lawrence County
Lawrence
Pete Rutherford
Homer Bivens
Athens
Billy Joe Melson
Danville
Rutherford
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Robert F. Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Joneses
Earth Tuesday
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NASA Colorphoto
Rockwell Corp
Aristotle
Mrs. Onassis
Frigidaire
Robinson Fantere
Chicago
Houston
Mexico
Apollio 7
L’rence
Scorpios
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