Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving Across World Amid Cuban Crisis
The Associated Press notes Americans worldwide observe Thanksgiving with prayers feasting and family reunions. President Kennedy praises freedom arm strength and faith and thanks servicemen for duty and sacrifice. In Florida many host families welcome troops. Navy Secretary North visits Guantanamo. Iowa reenacts Plymouth feast. Virginia dedicates 1619 Berkeley memorial.
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Florida
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Fort Lauderdale
Secretary of the Navy
Fred North
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Thanksgiving Observances Worldwide From Plymouth To Leyden
Thanksgiving activities span continents with Salvation Army and St. Joseph House of Hospitality serving meals in Pittsburgh. Plymouth Mass marked its first Thanksgiving with church services and Pilgrim history. Italian and Dutch celebrations included proclamations read by U S diplomats in Milan Leyden and Delfshaven, honoring Pilgrim heritage.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
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Salvation Army
St. Joseph House of Hospitality
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Holland
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Rice
Kennedy
Pieterskerk
Leyden
Barr W. Washburn
Delfshaven
America
Buildup For Cuba Rapidly Uncoiling
Washington AP dispatch describes the U S military reducing its Cuba crisis alert after a month of high readiness. Destroyers cruisers carriers return home as air force reservists resume civilian status while thousands of Army troops and jet fighters remain on standby in the Southeast. Analysts note the China India clash may signal a hidden Sino Soviet rift affecting future policy and global security dynamics.
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Hoffman
Washington
United States
Cuba
Florida
Talks Over Cuba Reach New Round At United Nations
U S negotiators prepare for fresh Cuba talks with the Soviet Union in New York. Adlai Stevenson says progress exists but issues remain and more meetings are needed. Mikoyan may visit. Castro agrees to remove 30 jet bombers but refuses on site U N inspections. Cuba seeks release of an attache amid immunity dispute. UN General Assembly urges Geneva disarmament talks to continue toward agreement with broad backing and France abstains.
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Cuba
Adlai E. Stelvenson
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Coordinating Committee
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Moscow
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Mikoyan
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U Thant
Carlos Lechuga
Roberto Santiesteran Casanova
FBI
Santiesteran
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Geneva Disarmament Committee
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New Delhi
Washington
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Gen Walker Lane to Stand Trial for Sedition
Edwin A Walker former Army major general is ruled mentally competent to stand trial on sedition and insurrection charges. Judge Claude F. Clayton ended a two day hearing determining probable cause for a mental examination. Walker, 53, was arrested Oct 1 after desegregation riots at the University of Mississippi. Earlier Clayton ordered U.S. Marshal James McShane released from Lafayette County jail after surrender on state charges of inciting a riot and breach of peace.
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Edwin A Walker
Army
U.S
University of Mississippi
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Walker
James McShane
Lafayette
McShane
Joe Ford
Kennedy Thanksgiving gathering at Cape Cod compound
Twenty seven Kennedys spanning three generations gather for Thanksgiving at the Cape Cod compound. The Cuban crisis mindset eases as President Kennedy and family share a turkey dinner while elders lean on family leadership. John F Kennedy Jr. turns two this weekend.
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Kennedy
I P. Kennedy
Nantucket Sound
White House
Kennedys
India studies Red China terms amid border cease fire move
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament India is studying Peking’s cease fire terms and a troop pullback as 32 day Sino Indian border war shows signs of ending. He did not confirm a full Indian halt, while editors weigh the offer as possibly an ultimatum. Nehru vows to drive Chinese from Indian soil.
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India
Peking
Nehru
Parliament
People’s Daily
Hindustan Times
Slaying Suspect Found After Three-State Hunt
In Columbus Ohio sheriff's investigators report Frank Terris Clark 24 of Cortland New York admitted to killing David Eugene Mason 22 of Newark and dumping his body near a farmhouse. Clark who waived extradition faced first degree murder and robbery charges after a three state chase led to his capture in Cortland. Mason a Newark city engineering student was hitchhiking from Texas when Mason was killed. The motive remains unclear as Clark described driving Mason's car and shooting him during a long drive from Wood River Illinois. The body was found November 13.
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iClyde Mann
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Cortland
N.Y
David Eugene Mason
Newark
Mann
Frank Terris Clark
Mason
Columbus
Clark
Cortland County
Robert W Sloan
Newark City
Texas
Wood River
Ill
Chuckle Says Some People Stop At Nothing
A lighthearted line about human persistence. It notes that certain individuals press on no matter what, turning stubbornness into a comic observation. The item captures a humorous take on determination and its sometimes overbearing nature.
China seals gains near Assam in four day push
In the four days before a cease fire Chinese shock troops moved to the edge of the Assam Plains on the northeast boundary and finished occupying almost all the 51,000 square miles claimed by China in the northeast and northwest. Some Indians believed Beijing sought the pause to consolidate if peace proposals failed. Nehru released letters with Premier Chou Enlai dated November 4 and November 14 noting basic disagreements persist despite the halt.
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Assam Plains
China
Peking
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Winds Of Change The Crisis Shaping World Politics
Three simultaneous crises in Cuba India and the Sino Soviet split signal a shift in global power. Kennedy and Khrushchev confront potential arms control or wider conflict while Nehru weighs neutrality against alignment as Moscow and Beijing press for influence and leadership in Asia and Europe.
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National Press Club
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