Secret Letters Reveal Kennedy Khrushchev Cuba Crisis Tensions
Letters from Kennedy and Khrushchev during the October 1962 Cuban missile crisis show threats and warnings. The exchange began with Kennedy urging restraint, while Khrushchev warned that Soviet forces were defensive. The 25 ships bound for Cuba shifted course as the quarantine and diplomatic pressure escalated.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Kennedy
U.S
Russia
Ultimatum to Peace: Kennedy Khrushchev Letters in Cuban Crisis
The October 1962 Cuba crisis exchange shows Khrushchev pressuring Kennedy with ultimatums while Kennedy softens the reply and seeks Thant mediated cooling. Khrushchev proposes disarming terms and ships not carrying weapons, urging a mutual pledge to avoid invasion. The sequence ends with Khrushchev praising Kennedy’s “reasonable” peace move.
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Kennedy
Robert
Moscow
Soviet Union
Cuba
United States
U Thant
U.N
Khrushchev
Thant
USA
Three policemen suspended after fatal shooting scene
In Los Angeles three officers were suspended after a weekend shooting in a billiard parlor killed 54 year old Isaiah Michaels and 15 year old Kim Sanders. Parlor owner Lindsay Jackson said Michaels raised a gun during evictions and police, arriving at a doorway, opened fire.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Isaiah Michaels
Kim Sanders
Michaels
Lindsay Jackson
Jackson
Isaiah
Allan Hancock College choirs to present Christmas program
Allan Hancock College will stage a Santa Maria Christmas concert on December 19 and 20 at 8:30 p.m. in the PACT Theater. The A Cappella Choir and Central Coast Chorale will perform unaccompanied pieces followed by Handel’s Messiah, marking Hancock’s first full rendition of the work.
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Santa Maria Inn
Allan Hancock College Performing Arts Center
Holly Lodge
Vermont
Greg McCaslin
Campus
Music Box
Lompoc
Carol Brolaski
Boyd Gaines
Mark Harlik
Mark Herrier
Evelyn Hughes
Jeff McCarthy
Collene McGhee
Carol Miller
Belita Moreno
Gina Piazza
Michael Paca Thomas
Jill Taylor
Debbie VanDewark
Stephanie Voss
Lloyd Holcomb
Gian Piazza
Bill Alloway
Bruce Levy
Allan Hancock College
Pact Theater
Hancock
Glenn Montague
Central Coast Chorale
Yale
A Capella
Chorale
Supervisors face pressure over water system permits South Coast
County Supervisor James M. Slater says some board members faced pressure from development interests and attorneys not to support a resolution advising the health officer against issuing small water system permits on the South Coast. The 3-2 vote opposed Slater and Catterlin's proposal to reject such permits, citing concerns for Goleta Montecito residents amid restricted supplies.
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James M. Slater
Board of Supervisors
Slater
Charles F. Catterlin
Joseph T. Nardo
Goleta and
Montecito Water District
Catterlin
Slater and Catterlin
Slayings in State Prisons Share Safety Classifications Move
California corrections workers begin a week long lockup easing plan at four prisons after a rise in violence. About 500 inmates daily will be ranked on safety, with restricted privileges and tighter security measures planned.
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San Quentin
Calif
UPI
California
Folsom
Soledad
Devel Vocational Institute
Folsom Prison
J.B. Gunn
State Department of Corrections
Devel
Jessica Mitford
San Francisco
State Corrections
Raymond Procunier
Deuel
Procunier
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