Chinese Reds Widen Attack On Border In Himalayas
New Delhi reports Chinese Communist troops have widened their bridgehead in northeast India and threaten Towang. Indian forces were pushed back seven to eight miles near Bhutan as Bum Pass became a new focal point while fighting continued with no major position changes elsewhere. China denied Indian claims of crossing the McMahon Line and offered talks as Nehru rejected mediation proposals.
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India
Towang
Indian Defense Ministry
Bhutan
Bum Pass
Peiping Radio
McMahon Line
Nehru
Red China
Peiping
Tibet
Chlorine Tank Raising Delayed to Wednesday in Natchez
Natchez officials postponed the first of four sunken chlorine tanks from the Mississippi riverbed until 8:30 a.m. Wednesday due to extra sand. Col. Warren S. Everett said dredge Nelson would remove the sand, and the city will issue more gas masks to residents as a precaution.
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Warren S. Everett
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Everett
Corps of Engineers
Nelson
John J. Nasser
City Auditorium
Jefferson Street
Williams and Williams
Pine
St. Catherine Streets
U N Security Council Open to Cuba Crisis Move
Soviet Delegate Valerian Zorin is expected to call a quick Security Council meeting on a U S resolution demanding immediate withdrawal of all offensive weapons from Cuba and to veto it. the United States may then take the issue to the General Assembly. Zorin presides over the council in October as Adlai Stevenson asks for emergency session today.
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Rusk
Cuba
United States
Communist System In the Western Hemisphere
Leaves Canceled as Soviet Forces Halt Discharges
The Soviet Union canceled all leaves for military personnel and halted further discharges across several armed forces branches, Tass reported.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Soviet warning ties Cuba crisis to possible war
The Soviet government condemned Kennedy’s Cuban quarantine as a step toward thermonuclear war and defended Soviet missiles as defense. Moscow called U.S. action a gamble breaching UN standards and threatening peace, after presenting its protest to the U.S. envoy at the Foreign Ministry.
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United States
Kennedy
Cuba
Tass
United States of America
United Nations
Britain Backs Kennedy Cuba Quarantine Push
Britain endorsed President Kennedy’s naval quarantine of Cuba and backed UN Council steps to end the danger. The move drew praise and concern across Europe while Czechoslovakia and Soviet allies criticized the action as provocative.
Baby Paul Leslie Main Born at Glenwood Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. William Main welcomed a son, Paul Leslie Main, weighing six pounds 10 ounces, born Sunday at Glenwood hospital. Main works as a pressman for the News-Star World and hails the birth as a proud first edition.
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William Main
Paul Leslie Main
Glenwood Hospital
Main
News - Star —World
Nation divided as Cuba crisis sparks war talk
Across the United States residents reacted to President Kennedy's naval quarantine of Cuba. Supporters urged swift action to stop communism while others warned of potential war and debated the risks and consequences for families and national security.
Rusk appeals to OAS for JFK Cuba quarantine support
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged the Organization of American States to back President Kennedy's Cuba quarantine. He cited evidence of Soviet missile base construction in Cuba and pressed for regional backing at an emergency OAS meeting.
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U.S
Czechoslovakia
Fidel Castro
Communist Party
Rude Pravo
Kennedy
East Berlin
U.N
New York
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Dean Rusk
Washington
Organization of American States
Bolivia
Rusk
OAS
JFK
Cuban Forces Mobilize Amid Blockade Declarations
Havana broadcasts said hundreds of thousands mobilized as the United States blockade Cuba is deemed an act of war. Fidel Castro to address the nation with important declarations. El Mundo editor and foreign ministry adviser accuses Kennedy of falsehoods about Cuba. Mario Garcia-Inchaustegui seeks UN Security Council urgent meeting.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Luis Gomez Manguemert
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Foreign Ministry
United States
United Nations
Mario Garcia-Inchaustegui
Security Council
Castro
Kennedy adjourns Cuban crisis campaign amid GOP cautious response
Kennedy announced an arms blockade around Cuba and cancelled remaining campaign barnstorms for the November 6 vote. Vice President Johnson also scrapped speeches for Democrats. Seven Republican leaders met at the White House and gave a lukewarm endorsement, saying they supported the President but were not consulted beforehand.
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Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
GOP
Senate
House
White House
Evacuation of Guantanamo Families Reaches Norfolk
Hundreds of wives and children from Guantanamo Naval Base were flown to Norfolk aboard five Marine transports. 321 evacuees arrived at Norfolk, later housed at Little Creek in a three story barracks. Civilians and Red Cross workers aided, with sailors rocking babies and preparing formulas.
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Guantanamo Bay
U.S
Norfolk
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Marine Corps
Little Creek Amphibious Base
Red Cross
Naval
Guantanamo
Middle
South Atlantic Seaboard
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Kennedy
Mary Chapman
Washington, D.C
Navy
Key West Proximity Highlighted in Gazetteer
The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World notes Key West Florida as the United States southernmost city. It lies roughly 130 miles south-southwest of Miami and about 100 miles north-northeast of Havana, Cuba.
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Key West
Fla
United States
Havana
Miami
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer
Fleet Fans Out To Halt Soviet Ships
U S war fleet spreads across the Atlantic to intercept Soviet cargo ships bound for Cuba as Kennedy’s blockade tightens. Naval forces hail stop search and, if needed, sink vessels that resist inspection. The Defense Department warns force will be used against any ship defying orders. Military alert rises globally with SAC missiles and jet bombers in heightened readiness.
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Hemisphere
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Dallas
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Detroit
Jack Young
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Jim
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Howard T. Owens
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