Peak of Missile Gap Crisis in 1960
The 1960 period marked the peak of the missile gap scare with officials warning that 300 ICBMs could wipe out U S nuclear capacity in 30 minutes. Re evaluations by Eisenhower and successors showed fewer ICBMs than feared, while new satellites and missiles like Samos 2 Midas and Minuteman 2 expanded U S intelligence and strategic forces.
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Washington
Thomas Power
Strategic Air Command
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Francis Gary Powers
United States
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Department
John F. Kennedy
White House
Robert S. McNamara
Samos
Midas
Wiesner
Kennedy
McNamara
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Canada
U S Soybean Deal With Russia Surfaces After Wheat Sale
Continental Grain Co. secured an 11 million dollar soybean export to the Soviet Union, the first major soybean sale to Moscow and a move that pushed Chicago futures higher. The deal follows the 1963 wheat sale and could indicate growing demand amid uncertain licensing as exporters note soybeans’ wide industrial use. Shipments likely to depart from Gulf Coast ports with cash payment terms.
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New York
Soviet Union
Continental Grain Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Commerce Department
Continental
Continenta
Gulf Coast
Free Food Scam Drafted From Armour & Company Order
In Mobile Alabama Armour & Co detectives traced a hoax large order placed by a man posing as a real estate company employee. A man picked up a 148 dollar order including ham chitterlings spiced ham chopped ham steak turkey chicken sausage bologna salami garlic bologna and cheese and left without signing.
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Mobile
Ala
Armour & Co
Engine Out But Plane Lands Safely
A Braniff twin engine plane carrying 28 aboard diverted safely to Little Rock after an engine failed in flight. Wally Green, Braniff district sales manager on board, called the landing exceptionally smooth and said the malfunction’s cause was not yet known. The aircraft has a 44 passenger capacity and approached wider than usual to protect the operative engine.
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Little Rock
Braniff Airlines
Wally Green
Braniff
Green
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New Bedford
Mass
Jerome Wiesner
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Congress
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Boston Celtics
Wayne Embry
Tom Hawkins
Cincinnati
Belvedere
Plymouth
Plymouthland
Nunn -Pentecost Motor CO
Russia
Arkansas
DeSoto
LaSalle
Gary
Jimmy Brown
Cleveland Browns
Charley Taylor
Washington Redskins
NEA
Bert Bell
Petrocelli Inc
Philco
Collie
East Third Street
Hope, Arkansas
Collier’s
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