India and China poised for a big battle over strategic airfield
Reports from New Delhi state Indian and Red Chinese tanks are massed on the Himalayan frontier around the Chushul airstrip in Ladakh amid claims of a looming clash. Indian forces airlift tanks to bolster defenses as both sides strengthen positions near Rudok in Tibet. Chinese units reportedly armed with AK47s, while U.S. aid efforts accelerate with arms airlift nearing completion. Prime Minister Nehru announced civil servants are developing automatic weapons for large-scale availability next month.
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New Delhi
India
Chushul
Ladakh
Aoorces
Rudok
Tibet
Shakesman
U.S
Rudak
Washington
Defense Department
Department
John E. Keily
Nehra Tald
AEA undecided on financing after defeat
Arkansas Education Association says it has no plan yet on how to proceed after its school financing proposal failed in the general election. Hubert Blanchard notes proposals will be submitted to the 1963 legislature while no immediate steps were planned. Gov Faubus warns public education will face major financing issues next year.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Education Association
Hubert Blanchard
AEA
Orval E. Faubus
Cross Approves Two Mill Tax for Wynne Courthouse
Cross County voters in Wynne approved a two mill tax to fund a $467,000 courthouse. The tax covers half the construction cost with the rest from the public works acceleration act. Voters approved the build 1,173 to 718 and the tax 910 to 896 in two sections.
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Wynne, Ark
Cross County
Wynne
Weather totals show 1962 rainfall at 43.33 inches
Total precipitation through October 1962 stands at 43.33 inches, compared with 46.46 inches for the same period last year. Expect clear to partly cloudy skies and a mild warmer day and night ahead.
Cliff Hanger in Massachusetts Governor Race Tightens
In Massachusetts both candidates pressed recount petitions as state police prepared for machine audits. Democratic nominee Endicott Peabody led unofficially by 2,163 votes from about 2.1 million ballots, with final tallies showing Peabody 1,049,649 to Volpe 1,047,388. Recount filings await official results from the State Election Division, likely next week.
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Boston
Endicot Peabody
Secant
John A. Volpe
Peabody
Valpe
State Election Division
Pilot Fined for Entertaining Gals
The Federal Aviation Agency fined 13 airline pilots for inattention to flight duty after a congressional probe uncovered cockpit photographs showing pilots asleep reading or with stewardesses in their laps. Nine captains and four copilots were cited. Eastern Air Lines was ordered to create a corrective plan.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern
FAA
May Be a First in Jurisprudence in Arkansas
In Little Rock AP reports a Perry Mason TV twist where the prosecuting attorney will deliver a speech instead of the defense attorney. Raymond Burr was scheduled to speak for the Mid South Conference of the ABA but was ill, and William Tallman will deliver the address titled Justice-A National Problem.
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Little Rock
Wilam Tallman
Perry Mason
Raymond Burr
Attorneys Mason
Burr
American Bar Association
Tallman
Margaret's New Grecian Hairdo Wows London Ballgoers
Princess Margaret’s sparking Grecian hairdo draws chatter at the Docklands Ball in Mayfair. The Mayfair crowd whispers the style is not entirely her own, but the royal hair and pink gown captivate guests. Proceeds aid Dockland charities serving the aged and youth.
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London
Margaret
Dockland Settlements
Dockland
Camden Man Dies in Wreck in Ouachita County Shop
Camden, Ark. AP report states Orvin R Smith, 51, of Camden and Ouachita County mechanic, died when a truck he was greasing in the county highway shop fell on him. His body was found by night watchman M C Hamaker upon duty.
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Camden, Ark
Orvin R Smith
Camden
Ouachita County
M. C
Hamaker
Smith
Ue Tuck
Old Cottage Organ Re Conditioned A Prized Possession
Mrs. W R Alexander preserves a Wells Fargo tagged cottage organ dating to 1879 with eight stops. Rebuilt by Guy Grigg it measures 44 inches wide and five feet tall, once in a Flat River church, later in a relative's home, and now set for renewed use in a local house. Alexander, visiting Miami, is expected home soon with her daughter Martha Ann Alexander likely spurring renewed interest. Bond suit filed over Lafayette County industrial bond election outcome seeks Supreme Court review of session legality with White & Co. joining as intervenor. vote 1,205 to 88.
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W. R. Alexander
Missouri
Guy Grigg
Wells Fargo
Alexander
Vermont
Miami
Fla
Martha Ann Alexander
Keats
Lafayette Co
Little Rock
Lafayette County
State Supreme Court
C. C. Adams
J.T. Stewart
J. L. Pritchard
J. M. Tackett
Lafayette
White & ‘Co.,' Inc
Legislation to Regulate Traffic Around State Institutions
LITTLE ROCK AP The attorney general's office says legislation is needed to allow state institutions to regulate traffic around their buildings. State Police Captain Melvin De Long said the agency favors institutions using their own security forces for traffic problems so troopers can focus on highways. Currently police are called to clear fire lanes and handle other traffic changes.
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Little Rock AP
Attorney General's Office
Melvin Dee Long
Americans Vote for the Personality in 1964 GOP Outlook
In Washington AP analysis, Republicans won big by personalities. Rockefeller, Romney, and Scranton emerge as top prospects while Taft Jr and Matfield show limited VP potential. Nixon, central to California bid failure, bows out amid sharp press critique.
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Jack Bell Washington
John FP. Kennedy
GOP
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Blintze
Rockefeller
Kennedy
George Romney
Michigan
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Robert Taft Jr
Republican
Congress
Ohio
Mark Matfield
Oregon
Wayne Morse
California
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Half of Soviet Missiles Are Enroute Home
Washington reports that more than half of the secretly installed missiles in Cuba are returning to Russia. The rest are due by Monday night, with Khrushchev pulling out thousands of Cuban base technicians. Mikoyan’s Havana mission may fail to secure international verification, while the U.S. maintains the naval blockade and aerial surveillance. United States Navy intercepts Soviet ships carrying rockets, with inspections planned at daylight.
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Washington
Cuba
Russia
Khrushchev
U.S
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Havana
Mikoyan
Fidel Castro
Castro
Washingon
Kennedy
U.S. Navy
Denk
Anosov
Bayry
United States
Atlantic
Anti-Trust Suit Filed in Arkansas
Carter L Burgess president of American Machine and Foundry Co urged less restrictive antitrust rules at the 34th annual Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce meeting He warned against alarm over big business and noted AMF operates a bicycle plant in Little Rock Burgess said AMF would like to grow bigger in Arkansas W M Shepherd was elected state chamber president and Card Stoutoi Bausite was re elected Associated Industries president
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Arkansas
Carter L. Burgess
American Machine and Foundry Co
Burgess
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce
Associated Industries of Arkansas, Inc
AMF
Little Rock
W. M. Shepherd
State Chamber
Card
Stoutoi Bausite
Associated Industries
Senate Still to Question Billie Sol Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee plans to call bankrupt financier Billie Sol Estes for testimony despite his Texas conviction and eight year sentence. Chairman John L. McClellan said no date has been set and may extend inquiry scope after Estes’ appeal, noting the need for Estes to answer questions or invoke privilege.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Estes
Texas State
McClellan
Subcommittee
Jack the Ripper Scare in Indiana
In Charlestown Indiana AP reports a spate of slayings linked by investigators to a Jack the Ripper style killer. Three young Louisville women were found dead in recent months with beatings strangulations and mutilation suggesting a possible link though no culprit is identified.
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Charlestown
Ind
Jack the Ripper
London
White Chapel
Anita Christine Barmore
Nancy Webb
Louisville
Julia Ann Dawson
Here
Jeffersonville
Miss Webb
Edwin Coots
Miss Barmore
Ohio River
Film Producer Carlo Ponti Undergoes Ear Scar Surgery
Film producer Carlo Ponti husband of Sophia Loren underwent a two hour plastic operation today to prevent scars from cuts on his right ear and face after a Paris Rome jet airliner hit an air pocket over the Alps. Surgeons reported the operation a success and Ponti in good condition.
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Rome
Carlo Poti
Sophia Loren
Ponti
Alps
Albanians Blame Khrushchev for World Communist Rift
Enver Hoxha declares Nikita Khrushchev the culprit behind splits in the Soviet Chinese axis and the international communist movement. He accuses Khrushchev of revising Marxist Leninist strategy, hindering anti imperial revolutions, and favoring revisionist allies while limiting Soviet science aid to China.
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International Communist Ant Worker's Movement
Friends
U.S. Tr
Enver Hoxha
Albanian Communist Party
Nikita S. Khushchev
Khrushchev
Hoxha
Tifrants
U.S.S.R
Tito
Vioslaviz
Inhont Hasha
Textol
Voting Over in Four States With Unresolved Races
As votes are counted unofficially in Maine Minnesota Rhode Island and Massachusetts the results remain uncertain. Republican incumbents lead in Maine and Minnesota while Democrats hold slim margins in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In Massachusetts Endicott Peabody leads over Gov. John A Volpe prompting recount papers. Minnesota's race tightens after a 100 vote counting error. final results due November 20 with potential recounts. Rhode Island faces a 47 vote Democratic lead for Gov. John A Notest note and challenges loom as 5 000 absentee ballots await processing starting Monday. </s>
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Larryosstus Waslington
Senate
South Dakota
Alabama
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Maine
Rhode Island
Massachusets
Endicot Peabody
Boston
John A. Volpe
North Woods
Rimer L. Andersen
Andersen
Karl Rolvaag
Thode Island
John A
John H. Chafee
State Board of Elections
Reds Fire at U S Plans Provocations In Cuba
The Communist paper Hoy claims the United States plans more provocations against the Cuban revolution and accuses Venezuela's Betancourt of pushing anti Cuban conspiracy in the OAS. Hoy says Betancourt seeks armed intervention. warns of risk of thermonuclear war. Fidel Castro and Anastas Mikoyan tour farms and tourist centers in Pinar del Rio Province while artillery drills are announced along Havana Province’s northern coast.
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Navana
Hoy
United States
Romulo Betancourt
Venezuela
Organization of American States
OAS
Vemezuela
Betancourt
Cuba
Kennerly
Fidel Castro
Anastas
Mikoyan
Pinar del al
Mikoyan Wuld
Moscow
Armed Forces Ministry
Havana
Train Kills 4-year-old at Lonoke Crossing
In Lonoke Arkansas a Rock Island Lines freight train struck a car on a crossing killing WL. HL Womack a four year old of Cabot instantly. State police said H. L. Cox of Little Rock the engineer told authorities Womack started across the tracks as the train neared the crossing.
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Lonoke
Ark
Rock Island Lines
HL Womack
Cabot
Aaid H. L. Cox
Litle Rock
Womack
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