India Seeks Arms as Sino Indian Conflict Rages in Himalayas
Nehru contemplates foreign arms aid while India fights a 10,000 Chinese force moving toward Tezpur through the eastern Himalayas. Indian troops, outnumbered, withdraw from Jang as Beijing presses toward Assam plains.
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Castro offers halt to Cuban build if blockade ends
Fidel Castro proposed to suspend construction of major military facilities if the United States lifts the blockade. The United States rejected the offer, insisting missile sites be rendered inoperable before any arms embargo is lifted. Castro invited U Thant to Cuba for direct crisis discussions and rejected U.S. observers while signaling willingness to discuss Thant's proposals.
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Kennedy Asks Khrushchev to Halt Cuban Missiles
The Defense Department called up 24 troop carrier squadrons from the Reserves after Cuban guns fired on unarmed U S reconnaissance planes. One plane missing with Maj Rudolf Anderson Jr. listed as missing in action. Kennedy pressed Khrushchev for a two point plan: remove missiles under UN supervision and halt further installs, while the U S would lift the blockade with assurances against invasion.
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Unsuitable Tag Declares Old South Building Not Fit for Miami Uni
Old South School is deemed unsafe as a Miami University branch due to high repair costs. The issue highlights policy changes, a humorous column on Luther Hodges, and a voter round up by the League of Women Voters with features across Valley News and Family Weekly sections.
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Increase Of CD Plans Areed Increase Of CD Plans Areed
The Office of Civil Defense urged state and city leaders to speed nuclear attack preparations. Spurred by the Cuban crisis, officials proposed lowering shielding standards and expanding shelter capacity to 110 to 120 million people from 60 million, using space in additional buildings. Steuart L. Pittman met with nine governors and urban officials at the Pentagon.
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Cuban crisis mood worsens before changes
Washington opinion holds the Cuban situation may grow more dangerous before improving. Khrushchev proposes trading U S missiles in Turkey for Soviet nukes in Cuba, while the White House demands Cuba withdrawal before real talks. Officials report a calm but vigilant atmosphere, with late-night work and caution against traps.
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Turkey
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Kennedy Under Strain After Week of Quarantine Orders
President Kennedy works past 2 a.m. repeatedly as new developments arise while enforcing the quarantine. He still finds moments for a swim. He was in the White House pool Friday night when Khrushchev advised U Thant he would refrain from sending more Soviet ships into the quarantine area. An intimate said he never looked better in his life.
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Explorer XV satellite reaches orbit over radiation belt test
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Explorer XV satellite rode a Thor-Delta rocket to an apparent successful orbit Saturday night to survey an artificial radiation belt from a U.S. high altitude nuclear test last summer. Officials expected the five hour orbital period for one pass and noted no immediate grounds for doubt.
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Not Hostile Launch Planned From Cape Canaveral
The Defense Department announced a northeast directed launch from Cape Canaveral next Tuesday to alert Russia the mission is not hostile. The flashing light geodetic satellite Anna will fire between 3 08 and 5 08 a m to measure earth size and shape. The Thor Able Star rocket may be mistaken for a war rocket amid Cuban crisis tensions.
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Timetable Upset Cuba Gamble Backfires for Kremlin
The piece argues Soviet Cuba strategy stumbled due to the U S blockade making Cuban plans costly and dangerous. It notes Moscow keeps finger on the trigger, U S warnings assign Kremlin as responsible for aggression, and questions Castro’s political power amid growing Kremlin embarrassment.
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