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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1962
Page
1
A Las Vegas reader emphasizes the vital role of travel and warns against careless talk that leaks troop movements. He notes slogans like Loose Lips Sink Ships and urges newspapers to balance freedom with national security while highlighting Nellis Air Base and Mercury as key defense assets. (Continued on Page 2)
At the Sind annual World Travel Congress ASTA delegates stayed energized despite the Cuban crisis. Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges canceled his keynote and sent remarks read by Voigt Gilmore. President Kennedy’s telegram urged travel as a force for world peace.
Washington reports U.S. and Soviet ships faced a possible showdown as President Kennedy ordered interdiction of weapons bound for Cuba. The proclamation authorizes U S naval and air power to stop, search, and seize ships near Cuba and warns of custody for noncompliant vessels or redirected cargoes.
The USSR cancels all troop leaves and delays rocket troop discharges in response to the U S blockade of Cuba. Moscow orders Warsaw Pact leaders to meet and directs bloc forces to heighten land and naval readiness amid accusations of U S aggression.
Daylight savings time ends Sunday at 2 a m when clocks in southern Nevada are set back one hour. Nevada joins California in reverting to Pacific Standard Time.
New Delhi reports Chinese Communist troops advancing beyond recognized boundaries under Peiping orders. Indian forces put up stiff resistance as frontline positions faced continued pressure yesterday.
The Organization of American States voted 19 to 0 to back a US resolution calling for armed force to deter further Cuban missile buildup and to dismantle missiles already in Cuba. Uruguay abstained, Peru switched to support, and members warned cities remain targets amid Cold War tensions. Khrushchev and Nehru reportedly exchanged communications as border conflicts continued.
US Ambassador Adlai Stevenson told the Security Council that Cuba has opened a bridgehead for expansionist communism in the western hemisphere and that the United States will not retreat. He urged UN action to dismantle missile sites and halt arms shipments to Castro's island.
Dick Tiger of Nigeria captured the World Boxing Association middleweight title with a unanimous decision over Gene Fullmer in San Francisco. Tiger cut Fullmer badly, with judges scoring 9-5, 7-5, and 10-1, as Fullmer fought through heavy facial wounds and a nose bleed despite a one-pound weight advantage and Fullmer's late body attack.
Continued clear with gentile winds. High 6 below zero. Low 33 below. Yesterday's high 4 below. Noontime relative humidity ID per cent. Sunrise 6 55. Sunset 5 92.
State Department lawyers say blockade and quarantine share the same practical meaning. They note the terms differ mainly in tone with quarantine framed as an act of force but not war. They cite Kennedy’s use of quarantine and say international law treats blockade as warlike unless justified by self defense.
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