Castro offers halt to base construction if UN blockade lifted
Fidel Castro proposed to stop building major military facilities in Cuba if the United States ends the arms quarantine. The U N and U S reportedly rejected the offer saying missile sites must be rendered inoperable first. Castro invited U Thant to Cuba for direct crisis talks in a message to the UN chief.
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Cuba
United States
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Castro
Washington
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U Thant
Thant
Raul Roa
New York
Khrushchev
Turkey
Florida Beaches Bristle With Guns And Missiles
Anti aircraft missiles line Key West beaches as Army units occupy hotels and a baseball park. Army motor pools deploy from a rail line as naval and air units bolster the garrison amid a Cuban crisis atmosphere.
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Missile Site
Army
Sam Hyman
Key West Naval Station
Florida Straits
Cuban gunfire prompts U S troop carrier callup to 14 000
The Defense Department summoned 14 000 airlift troops from 24 reserves squadrons after Cuban forces allegedly fired on unarmed U S reconnaissance planes. One American plane missing. officials caution no invasion implied. McNamara cites O A S resolutions and continued reconnaissance as essential.
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Cubans Brace For Invasion As Troops Ring Coast
Fidel Castro's regime moved to deter an invasion by deploying army and militia along Cuba's 2,500 mile coastline. Women in militia uniforms knitted sweaters as guards faced brisk winds in Havana. Heavy troop movements were seen on main highways and gasoline was tightly rationed to armed forces officials doctors and travelers. In Havana a two gallon limit was reported per customer.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro blasts UN observers in Cuba missile standoff
Castro says UN observers should come armed to Cuba as the United States urges Security Council verification that Soviet missile bases are dismantled. Thant repeats plea for suspending missile installations during negotiations.
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Chinese Continue Advance Threatens Indian Frontier
AP reports a 10,000 man Red Chinese invasion force moving from Tawang along a jeep trail in the eastern Himalayas. Indian troops resist with stiffening defense as two more posts fall, while Nehru seeks foreign arms and rejects cease-fire demands unless China retreats to Sept. 8 positions. Khrushchev reportedly urged talks and a 122 mile pullback.
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Albemarle Wreck Fatal To Five
Five people were killed and at least one injured in a head on collision near Albemarle North Carolina on the Aquadale Albemarle road six miles south of town. Names and details were not immediately available per Highway Patrolman D R Fisher.
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Albemarle Road
Crisis Over Cuba likely to worsen despite Khrushchev proposal
Washington officials see the Cuban situation likely to deteriorate before improvement. Khrushchev offered to withdraw Soviet missiles from Cuba in exchange for U.S. missiles from Turkey, but the White House demanded Russian withdrawal from Cuba first. The mood at federal centers is calm but wary, with late hours as President Kennedy eyes possible traps and pursues negotiations.
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Russia
Kennedy
Missing Pilot Vet of Korea
Maj Rudolph Anderson the Clemson College graduate and former textile plant worker served as an Air Force pilot. He flew a Super Sabre in Korea and earned two distinguished service citations. He disappeared on a highly secret mission over Cuba, with his father confirming the news.
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Cuba
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Clemson College
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Korea
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Defense Department
Crisis casts shadow over final days of election campaign
Washington AP reports campaign officials seek nonpartisan tone as Cuba crisis looms. Kennedy's quarantine of offensive arms shipments raises risk of further actions before Election Day, with Republicans cautious on political impact and Democrats maintaining control projections. The piece recalls 1950 partisan shifts after Korea.
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Cuba
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