18 Oct 1962
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1962
Page
1
Khrushchev appears to avoid a Berlin showdown by delaying action beyond the U.S. elections. Soviet media suggest the Kremlin wants to postpone a major crisis while Western stance is tense. Internal pressures at home and Cuba involvement add to Kremlin caution about risks.
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a warmer night with a low around 4. Tomorrow’s high is expected in the high 60s after yesterday’s official high of 64 at 2 30 p m and overnight low of 40 at 7 30 a m today.
The Navy shifted a 1,400 mph F4B Phantom squadron to Key West Florida on Oct 6 near Cuba, amid estimates of up to 30 Soviet MiG fighters in Cuba. Officials say this is not a pattern, just reinforcement for U S forces in the Caribbean. The Phantom is billed as the Navy's fastest longest range fighter with high firepower.
An explosion at Hercules Powder Co. in Bacchus Utah killed three men and wounded 18. Names of dead were Larry Larsen Charles Butsler and Grant C Terry. The blast damaged nearby buildings and shook homes five miles away. Plant officials said production of solid propellant for missiles would continue.
A Minuteman missile off course eight seconds after launch destroyed itself on range safety command. Debris showered a wide area injuring a photographer slightly as a Jupiter missile nearby suffered extensive damage. No pieces reached the photographer.
Six members of the University of Washington Elephant Racing Club will compete in an elephant derby at Ann Arbor on October 26 during homecoming weekend. Washington Illinois and Adams State College of Alamosa, Colorado enter this out of state event where riders will use rented elephants.
In Damascus Saudi King Saud calls brother Prince Faisal from New York to form a new government amid rising unrest linked to Yemen's revolt and Nasser backed propaganda. The old cabinet is dissolved and defections among air force officers have occurred as Nasser’s UAR pressures Riyadh.
President Kennedy meets with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the White House as U S officials plan a possible Kennedy Khrushchev Berlin summit next month. Khrushchev urges talks and may visit the United States for the General Assembly. Schroeder says talks are better than fighting.
Ella, a slow moving tropical storm the season’s fifth, churns from southern Florida to New Jersey with 90 mile per hour winds forecast to rise. Gale warnings extend from Nags Head to Georgetown as small craft are urged to stay near port and ships report 11 foot seas. If Ella reaches the mainland, it would be the first tropical storm to do so this year.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP A towering rocket aims to send Ranger 5 to the moon for photographic and seismic data over a 231 500 mile 70 hour flight The mission follows six prior failed moon attempts and a postponed start due to a spacecraft technical problem amid Ella weather conditions.
Algerian Premier Ahmed Ben Bella and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro agreed Guantanamo must go, but the joint statement said Cuba would pursue the withdrawal through international law. The communique avoided typical anti Yankee rhetoric and followed Ben Bella's visit after talks with President Kennedy.
A witty quip notes a bachelor as a rolling stone that has gathered no boss, riffing on independence and the humor of single life.
Stockholm announces three laureates: James Watson from Harvard, Francis Crick from Cambridge England, and Maurice Wilkins of Sloan-Kettering. They win for revealing the three dimensional structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, the gene's molecular form, with prizes worth 257 219 Swedish crowns.
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