U S Aerial Surveillance Suspended During Thant Talks
The United States halted aerial surveillance of Cuba and suspended the arms blockade for two days while U Thant meets with Fidel Castro in Havana. Pentagon officials cited careful analysis of reconnaissance material and elapsed time since Khrushchev’s message as reasons for waiting.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
U.N
U Thant
Havana
Arthur Sylvester
Defense
Pentagon
Fidel Castro
Sylvester
U.S
Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Defense Department
Robert S. McNamara
Thant Leaves for Cuba Talks Aimed at Peaceful Settlement
U Thant the United Nations secretary general left New York for Cuba with an 18 member U N team on a mission to secure a speedy peaceful settlement of the U S Soviet Cuban crisis He planned to meet Fidel Castro and seek agreement to dismantle missile bases and end the blockade The White House had indicated it would lift the blockade during his stay and Thant sought to smooth tensions by coordinating with U S Soviet and Cuban officials
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Atlantic
Cuba
White House
U.N
U Thant
Havana
Fidel Castro
United Nations, N.Y
United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
Thant
Idlewild
Khrushchev
U.S
Castro
Kennedy
Havana l
A. Thant
Kenneth B. Keating
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News curbs used as weapon in Cuban crisis strategy
Washington AP dispatch reports Arthur Sylvester, assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, says Kennedy administrations used news actions to pressure Soviet missile bases in Cuba. He cites timing, rank, and one voice messaging as key. He notes 14,000 Air Force Reservists mobilized as warning and cites presidential pledge that further action will be just.
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Washington
Pentagon
Kennedy
Cuba
Arthur Sylvester
Sylvester
State Department
Indian Forces Fight Back As Red Chinese Offensive Slows
Indian forces unleashed mortar barrages and probing attacks as the Red Chinese drive showed signs of slowing in the Himalayas. Battles near Towang and Walong intensified with reinforcements, while India sought American and British arms to blunt the threat.
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Henry S. Bradsher
New Delhi
India
Himalayas
Defense Ministry
North East Frontier Agency
Towang
Walong
Burma
Assam
Jang
Tawang
Senators oppose guarantees shielding Cuba from invasion
Four Senate Republicans warned against any Soviet missile removal deal that could make Castro’s Cuba a permanent sanctuary for communism. They opposed U S guarantees shielding Castro from Western Hemisphere harassment as Khrushchev signaled he would pull missile bases from Cuba.
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Washington
Senate
Cuba
U.S
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Kennedy
U.S.A
Sign Case Is Argued In Raleigh
The State Supreme Court heard arguments that the highway sign influence peddling law used to convict three Raleigh men is vague and unconstitutional. Defendants include Robert A. Burch, his son Bobby, and Kidd Brewer, with Brewer once a lieutenant governor candidate. Sentences range up to 18 months. ruling expected in weeks.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
William T. Hatch
Highway Department
Robert A. Burch
Burch
Bobby
Burches
Kidd Brewer
Wake Superior Court
Brewer
Duke University
Supreme Court
Red China Loses UN Membership Bid in General Assembly
United Nations New York AP report says Red China failed to win UN membership by 42 voting for, 56 against and 12 abstaining, a larger margin than last year and far from a two thirds requirement. Western powers backed the opposition amid concerns over Peiping and Indian border clashes. India voted for the Soviet resolution urging expulsion of Nationalist seats and seating a Red China representative.
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Demehok
Java Pass
United States
V.K. Krishna Menon
Menon
Congress Party
Nehru
General Assembly
U. N
Red China
Peiping
India
Harom
Train Broken In Two After Gravel Truck Crash
Two killed and more than 30 injured when a gravel truck rammed the center of a speeding Santa Fe San Diegan train near Anaheim. The crash derailed four of seven cars. the driver died at the scene and a Navy recruit passenger died at hospital.
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Anaheim
Calif
San Diego
Navy
Army Pfc
Melvin Best
C. R. Robert
Santa Fe
Edward White
Larry Joseph Davis
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Orange County General Hospital
Eugene Miller
Orange County
Disneyland Amusement Park
Los Angeles
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