Russian SA2 Rocket Downed U2 Over Cuba
The Miami News reports a Russian fired SA2 anti aircraft rocket shot down a U S reconnaissance plane at 70 000 feet over the Escambray region in Cuba Maj Rudolf Anderson Jr 35 of Greenville S C killed U Thant says Castro will return Andersons body on humanitarian grounds U S Navy ships renew blockade and aerial reconnaissance resumes with photos returned
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Cuba
Laysen
Miami
Fla
Miami News
United States
Escambray Mountain
Rudolf Anderson Jr
Greenville
S. C
Hal Hendrix
U. N
U Thant
Fidel Castro
Maj. Anderson
Thant
Anderson
Defense Department
Washington
Indian Students Riot In New Delhi Over Chinese Aggression
About 500 Indian students shouted death to the invaders and stoned a Communist Party office while smashing Chinese shops in central New Delhi. Police struggled as rioters attacked a Chinese restaurant and shops, an effigy of Chou En-lai burned, and V. K. Krishna Menon flew to Tezpur amid the unrest.
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UPI
Communist Party
V. K. Krishna Menon
Tezpur
Jawaharlal Nehru
China
Chou En-lai
China Wall
Menon
Weather forecast notes sunny morning patchy fog
The report predicts sunny conditions with morning patchy fog and a high near 75 by noon today. Calm winds and drying skies expected as the day progresses.
Soldiers guard Ole Miss dorm as firecracker injures one
In Oxford Mississippi a soldier was wounded by a exploding firecracker as the Army sealed Lester Hall near the University of Mississippi dormitory. Troops with fixed bayonets ringed the building amid angry protests from students including bystanders and residents.
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Lester Hall
Ole Miss
Oxford
Miss
Solldiers
James H. Meredith
I Meredith
Ole’ Miss
Deen
L. L. Love
Burns Tatum
Love
Robert Ellis
Georgia town erupts as married football star is expelled
In Gray Georgia the school board expelled star halfback Johnny Arnold and a married student after a marriage scandal. A public meeting turned tense as residents demanded relief while soldiers patrolled Meredith College dorms amid a campus search for fireworks and weapons.
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Gray
Georgia
Frank Childs
Jones County
Childs
J. R. Cochran
Castro
Johnny Arnold
Johnny
Arnold
Frances Arnold
Associated Press
Jones County High School
Gray, Ga
Crisis on the line sparks Cuba tensions and nuclear fears
In October a Defense Intelligence Agency general reported troubling new Cuba photos. Scars on the earth and construction activity prompted a rapid Pentagon response. The chain of events led to heightened alarm and a looming crisis described as a possible prelude to nuclear conflict.
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Washington
Pentagon
Kennedy
Joseph Carroll
Defense Intelligence Agency
Carrolls
Gilpatric
Widow sues over $10,000 husband purchase and failed guarantee
Mrs. Dorothy Altmann of Glendora files in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming she bought Quentin Babcock as a husband for $10,000 with a money back guarantee. She says the agreement collapsed quickly when he returned to his wife and only $3,000 was refunded, while she seeks $7,000 plus $1,800 loaned during the romance.
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Los Angeles
Glendora
Dorothy Altmann
Quentin Babcock
Babcock
High A-Test Lights Weird Color Display over Hawaii
The United States detonated a nuclear device over Johnston Island early today. The blast produced a bright fireball and unusual Halloween-like colors over Hawaii 800 miles away, shocking residents and prompting a delayed official explanation from Joint Task Force.
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Honolulu
UPD
United States
Johnston Island
Hawaii
Joint Task Force
50Th
JTFS
Fidel Castro Rejects U N Inspection of Missile Dismantling
Reports say Fidel Castro refused U N inspectors to verify Soviet missile removal in Cuba after Khrushchev and Kennedy agreed to the plan. High U N sources say Castro balked over not being consulted, while Thant pressed for talks in Cuba and Washington.
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Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
U. N
Castro
Kennedy
Cuba
Washington
Thant
Mikoyan arrives in New York amid heavy security
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan lands at Idlewild guarded by 25 New York Authority police plus city and federal officers. A 15 member Soviet UN delegation greets him as he stops over en route to Havana after talks on Cuban crisis with Castro. No official Moscow statement but State Department says trip approved.
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Mikoyan
Idlewild
Fidel Castro
United Nations
Valerian Zorin
Hae M
Cuba
Caribbean
Havana
Moscow
State Department
Washington
New York Authority
Chicago Hotel Fire Forces 306 Guests to Flee
A small fire in a 16th floor Sherman House room in Chicago’s Loop forced 306 guests to evacuate. About 15 escaped to the lobby while another 15 stood in hallways as firefighters extinguished the blaze in five minutes.
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Chicago
Sherman House
Loop
Brown rails Nixon on death penalty for dope peddlers
A loaded editorial column argues for capital punishment for major drug traffickers, citing deterrence and justice. The piece contrasts political positions and stresses the need for firm statewide policy.
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Brown
Nixon
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