Where's That Missile Gap Revisited In 1962
Washington dispatch analyzes Kennedy defense shifts from 1960 to 1962 and argues no current missile gap exists. It traces claims of past superiority and the administration’s budget increases, noting ongoing nuclear and conventional buildup amid Berlin Cuba Laos crises. It cites McNamara and Gates, Khrushchev meetings, and Strauss Kissinger warnings about deterrence credibility.
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Charles Cord Dry
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
U.S
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
Congress
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Vienna
Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Senate
America
Harper
Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
U. S
Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Robert S. McNamara
White House
McNamara
Pentagon
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Laos
Cuba
South
Viet Nam
Khrushchev
Franz Josef Strauss
Harvard
Henry A
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Armed Services Committee
Gilpatric
Defense Department
Christmas Gift From Overseas Reaches Airman’s Mother
Airman 2 C Alfred E. Elkins Jr. phoned his mother from Turkey, delivering a rare weekend surprise to Mrs. Beulah Lay Darnal of Mount Hope. A political overview follows, recounting Kennedy era debates on nuclear arms, conventional forces, and the defense establishment’s stance amidst past strategic tensions and warnings from military leaders like Gavin and LeMay.
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Beulah Lay
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
Arthur W. Radford
Christmas Visitors Gather Across Several States
Pax PAX RNS reports Mr and Mrs Larry Tyree and children Toni Lynn and Terri Lee of Pennsylvania spend the holidays with Mr and Mrs Frank Tyree Pax and Mrs Charles Puckett Kilsyth. Also visiting in the Tyree home are Mr and Mrs Larry Kile Indianapolis Mrs Rosella Sutton and children Patricia and Howard Paul head to Covington Kentucky to split Christmas with Joanne and Sandra Sutton. George Hamilton Jerry and Judy of Cleveland visit their grandparents in Weirwood and Don Williams of Cittsville. Home for the holidays are Mr and Mrs Larry Kile visiting Clyde Mowell Weirwood. Pamela Hamilton out of school with measles but improving.
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PAX
Larry Tyree
Toni Lynn
Terri Lee
Pennsylvania
Frank Tyree
Charles Puckett
Kilsyth
Tyree
Larry Kile
Indianapolis
Ind
Rosella Sutton
Patricia
Howard Paul
Covington
Joanne
Sandra Kaye Sutton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sutton
Cove
Johnny
Howard Mowell
George Hamilton
Jerry
Judy
Cleveland
Robert Glisson
Weirwood
Don Williams
Cittsville
Clyde Mowell
Kile
Norma Mowell
Pamela Hamilton
Military warns of missile gap and strong U S deterrence
February 1960 hearings show 78 percent WWII vintage fleet and urgency for faster modernization while NATO allies face crises in Lebanon and Formosa. Gen Lyman Lemnitzer and Gen Nathan Twining warn U S strength must deter all out or limited war, amid critics’ missile gap concerns and calls for manpower and rapid upgrade. FBLA at Mullens High School aids needy families with Christmas and Thanksgiving baskets.
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Senate
U.S
Russia
Lebanon
Formosa Straits
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Army
Joint
Future Business Leaders of America
Mullens High School
Carolyn Christian
Alice O’dell
Carol Sue McKinney
Mullens Ministerial Association
FBLA
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Turkey
James M. Gavin
Paris
Gavin
Arleigh A. Burke
Communications Workers OF America
N . Om! Overseas Apmien Forces Telephone Cai
Uso
Istanbul- Turk
United Services Organization
The
Afl-Cio
Elkins
United States Air Force
Karamusel
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs
House
Hotpoint Co
Hotpoint
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