U S Resumes Blockade as Castro Rejects U N Inspection
U S Navy ships resumed the arms blockade of Cuba at daybreak and air surveillance was renewed after Fidel Castro refused to accept U N inspection of Soviet missile withdrawals. Thant said he was informed Moscow would dismantle missiles by Friday, while U S photo reconnaissance would proceed if U N arrangements are lacking.
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Cuban Said Annoyed By Khrushchev Bypass
Cuban leader Fidel Castro complained about Khrushchev bypassing him in talks on dismantling Soviet missiles in Cuba. U Thant and U.N. officials privately questioned Castro’s stance on U.N. verification while the United States resumed the naval blockade and aerial surveillance of Cuba.
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Eight Points Raised GOP Asks If Jet Bombers To Stay
Republican leaders led by Senator Barry Goldwater and Representative Bob Wilson asked President Kennedy to explain if the proposed Cuba accord allows Soviet jet bombers and military personnel to stay and whether the pact abandons Cuba to communists. They raised eight questions about the agreement, its effect on the Monroe Doctrine and U S policy, and potential abandonment of Cuban exiles.
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Landau Wins 1962 Physics Nobel For Condensed Matter
The 1962 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Lev Davidovich Landau of the Soviet Union for pioneering theories on condensed matter, including liquid helium. Landau, age 54, survived a 1962 car crash and lapsed into a coma. medical teams from Canada, France, and the Soviet Union aided his recovery. Chemistry prize went to John Kendrew and Max Perutz at Cambridge for globular protein studies.
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Barbed Wire Fortifications Up Around Key West During Cuban Crisis
West Florida AP report describes barbed wire barricades and sandbagged emplacements along military sites near Key West as Cuban crisis tensions rise. Armed patrols and radar units guard the area while airfields for fighters show activity. The Marathon airstrip appears quiet, Boca Chica near here remains busy with jets. Civilian traffic resumes as Munson Island hosts filming for PT109 about President Kennedy.
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Russian Fired Rocket Downed U2 Over Cuba
Miami News reports a Soviet SA2 surface-to-air missile shot down a U2 spy plane at about 70 000 feet over the Escambray Mountains in Cuba on Saturday. Major Rudolf Anderson Jr. of Greenville South Carolina, age 35, was killed. The missile is described as heat seeking and similar to the Nike Hercules.
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Bishops Condemn Total War and Back UN Unity
Episcopal bishops condemn total war and call for obedience to laws ensuring equal access to public schools voting rights and economic housing justice. They reaffirm opposition to racial discrimination and urge unity with Protestant and Catholic churches through dialogue despite remaining differences. Page 9A reference note.
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The Days That Shook The World Backstage Memoir
Washington AP recounts the Oct 15 1962 Cuban missile crisis chain from Gen Carroll’s call to Kennedy. Photos taken Sunday suggested Cuban missile sites, prompting briefings at the Pentagon and White House and a widened reconnaissance response leading toward quarantine.
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