Chinese Reds Launch Massive Attack at Walong Area
AP reports Chinese forces launched substantial offensive near Walong in the Himalayas as Indian troops defend positions after a prior Indian capture of Chinese outposts. Spokesmen noted higher Chinese numbers, ongoing skirmishes, and a shift to broader action following a recent Indian advance.
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Sanford answers foreign press on trade mission and tobacco talks
North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford spoke to international reporters at a Raleigh news conference about a European trade mission. Dr. Matt Blair reported North Carolina businessmen visited eight European countries, courting the European Common Market and potential state trade fair packages. Sanford addressed alcoholism tobacco health concerns and the vague Southern moderate label while noting uncertain links between smoking and cancer.
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Saturn Flight Success Marks Third Straight Test
The Saturn 3 rocket at Cape Canaveral fired its first stage with a full 375 ton fuel load in a brief sub five minute test. NASA reported the flight matched earlier successes as water ballast simulated upper stages, revealing 716 measurements for atmospheric and structural data.
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Florida Scene of War Games on Hutchinson Island
Fort Pierce Florida AP The 1st Armored Division begins a simulated invasion off Hutchinson Island as part of a South Florida war game amid Cuban crisis tensions. About 1 500 troops and tanks sail from Port Everglades to the beaches with LSTs and smaller craft. Col Charles H Hollis of Rock Hill SC leads the brigade and delayed the landing earlier to avoid equipment loss.
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Snow Spreads Into Central Plains Area
The heaviest snow of the season spread from the Rockies into the central Plains while the coastal storm diminishing. Wet weather, mostly rain, covered broad areas from the Rockies to the Ohio Valley and far Northwest. Four inches fell in Cheyenne and two in Denver with lighter amounts in the Dakotas Minnesota and the entire Oklahoma Panhandle. The storm's center moved out of Texas as the system weakened.
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U N makes Castro warning public at United Nations
Castro warns at the U N that Cuban forces would shoot down any U S plane over Cuba and demands a denuclearized Latin America plus exclusion of weapons from Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal Zone. He calls U S reconnaissance flights a violation and insists on no inspections of Cuban territory.
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Mississippi Leaders Face Criminal Contempt Orders
A federal appeals court ordered criminal contempt proceedings against Gov. Ross Barnett and Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson. A county grand jury neared its report on the University of Mississippi integration case, amid investigation of the Sept. 30 riot and the fatal shootings. FBI ballistics tests on 450 guns did not identify weapons used.
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Johnson
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Crisis Near Peak Of Danger In Cuban Crisis
President Kennedy met with top advisers as Cuba moves into a climactic and potentially dangerous phase. Officials say the United States may respond with counter action if Cuba fires on reconnaissance planes while negotiations with the Soviet Union and Khrushchev continue to remove offensive weapons under UN verification.
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Rescuers Seek Missing Crewmen After Storm Capsizes Captain George
Rescuers comb the stormy Atlantic northeast of Bermuda for 18 missing crewmen from the Greek freighter Captain George as flames engulf its cargo of explosives. Seven survivors were rescued by freighters, while U S Navy and Coast Guard units pressed on amid high seas and two miles visibility.
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