Kennedy praised as lucky by Acheson over Cuban crisis
Former secretary of state Dean Acheson says President Kennedy gambled to the edge during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis and won partly because he was phenomenally lucky. He also questions Robert Kennedy's briefing style and recalls opposing the naval blockade in favor of air strikes.
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Parolee and brother held after pistol scare in Phoenix
Two brothers were jailed after one allegedly drew a .25 pistol and pointed it at Officer Wilkie McKnight during a prowler call in northeast Phoenix. Jim Allen Jones, 25, a parolee, faces assault with a deadly weapon, pistol by a convicted criminal, and petty theft charges. Fred, 26, is held for grand theft.
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