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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1962
Page
2
University of Mississippi staff who missed classes during the integration crisis must make up the work themselves after the Academic Council voted not to extend the semester. The council said classes continued and absences will be treated as any other absence.
In San Francisco Civic Center Plaza a scuffle erupted as 1,200 people heard Sterling Hayden and others denounce the Cuba quarantine while counterprotesters voiced support for President Kennedy. Police kept peace with mounted officers dogs and plainclothes units, but no blows were struck.
A brief clipping reports a local event where a figure named in the piece presents a check to support cancer causes. The wording emphasizes charity and community involvement with a ceremonial presentation and local reaction.
Thant met yesterday with Stevenson and Cuban and Soviet envoys after Moscow's radio said Khrushchev agreed to US withdrawal demands. He conferred with Mehmoud Riad, UAR ambassador and non aligned leader, who urged council approval for observers to Cuba and predicted a brief trip to Cuba to discuss observer deployment.
A reader recalls encountering a magazine counter offering "Las Vegas Cat Girl" as a provocative alternative to James Michener's Hawaii. The anecdote contrasts mainstream literature with smutty titles marketed to a curious customer base.
Khrushchev warned the United States president that a Soviet border violation by an American plane could provoke a fatal step amid global tensions. He cited a recent flight over Sakhalin and referenced U2 activity, urging careful steps to avoid war. Kennedy confirmed suspending flights over Soviet territory since May 1960 and said they would not resume.
An Indian spokesman described the undeclared war with China widening into Ladakh’s Damehok region with strong assaults on three to four Indian posts. He said Indian forces repelled most attacks in fierce fighting and that Chang La defenders were forced back by numbers. Heavy Chinese casualties were claimed, with no figures given. Chinese reports claimed Indian forces were repulsed and that Chinese reinforcements were moving in, while Tibet frontier shelling continued. The outlook cited NEFA tensions along a 1,000 mile disputed frontier.
Curtis Hill asked the Bristol court to delay a traffic hearing to November 16 due to being called to active duty in the Cuban crisis. Judge Robert Davis granted the three week continuance but cautioned the request showed optimism about the international situation.
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