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Cuban Crisis Tops 1962 News in AP Year In Review
The Cuban missile crisis dominated the AP year end awards as Kennedy announced the quarantine on October 22 after tense weeks of mobilization. The top ten list also highlights John Glenn’s milestone flight, Meredith’s Ole Miss enrollment, thalidomide concerns, stock market shocks, Sino Indian border clashes, steel pricing, political shifts, spaceflight milestones, and Estes investigations with ties to major figures and events of 1962.
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Kennedy
Associated Press
U. S
Cuba
Khrushchev
Russia
U. N
Castro
Sherri Finkbine
Phoenix
Europe
Sweden
Frances Kelsey
Food and Drug Administration
United States
West Germany
India-Tibet
Nehru
Krishna Menon
Britain
America
India
Assam
Justice Department
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