Jets Shift to Key West as Cuba Jet Threat Grows
The United States moved a squadron of 12 F4B Phantom fighters to Key West Florida on October 6 in response to an apparent Cuban buildup of advanced MiG jets. Pentagon officials note this is not a broader redeployment, but a single reinforcement to deter potential air threats from Cuba. The Phantoms, based at Oceana Virginia previously, are among the Navy’s fastest and longest range fighters armed with Sparrow and Sidewinder missiles.
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Washington
Cuba
Florida
Defense Department
Key West
George W. Ball
Congress
Ball
Pentagon
U.S
Oceana Naval Air Station
Norfolk
United States
Caribbean
Robinson Calls For Cuban Blockade at Picnic Rally
Republican congressional candidate J. Kenneth Robinson urged a Cuba blockade and a firm stand against the communists at a free barbecue in Izaak Walton Park. About 1,000 attended as Robinson claimed he led his Democratic opponent in statewide canvass results and criticized national apathy and a one party system. He defended state's rights, mocked foreign aid as waste, and described the race as a battle between a man and a machine.
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J. Kenneth Robinson
Izaak Walton Park
Cuba
Berlin
Congress
Rt. 50
Horace E. Henderson
McLean
Robinson
John O. Marsh, Jr
Strasburg
Burr P. Harrison
Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Marsh
Ori
Florida Citrus Commission approves $12.5 million ad budget
The Florida Citrus Commission adopted a record 12.5 million advertising and merchandizing budget to promote a projected citrus harvest. Florida forecasts 118.7 million boxes of oranges 37.5 million of grapefruit and 4.5 million of tangerines for the season.
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Lakeland, Fla
Florida Citrus Commission
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Florida
Gown Crier M4 NAW apple marketing and a youngster shot tale
National Apple Week features George B. Whitacre promoting trust in public buying at Whitacre's Fruit stand on Route 522. The stand runs self service by night with 200 bushels of apples and 50 gallons of cider. occasional thefts occur. A nearby shot incident involving Russalee Goundie is recounted. Also a mileage sign discrepancy between Winchester and Berryville is noted.
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George B. Whitacre
Frederick County
Whitacre
Russalee Goundie
Fred Goundie
Warren Gregory
Russalee
Winchester
Berryville
Kennedy Gromyko meeting foreshadows K talks on Berlin
President Kennedy met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the White House a day after a Moscow session with Fay Kohler. The talks signal a planned Kennedy Khrushchev meeting on the Berlin crisis next month if the Soviet leader travels to the United States for the United Nations gathering. Khrushchev asked for further discussions on Berlin and indicated a personal talk with Kennedy would be desirable. The session followed a Kohler-Khrushchev exchange in Moscow and featured a relaxed atmosphere despite the Berlin withdrawal demand.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Kennedy
Andrei A. Gromyko
White House
Khrushchev
Berlin
Fay Kohler
U.S
Moscow
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Gromyko
New York
Dean Rusk
Kohler
West Berlin
Ranger 5 Aims for Moon Landing and TV Returns
Cape Canaveral launches Ranger 5 on a 70 hour, 231000 mile voyage to photograph the Moon and test an active instrument package. The craft seeks to reveal moonquakes meteor impacts and surface features near Copernicus crater.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ranger 5
Ella
Kennedy gets both cheers and boos during coast to coast tour
President Kennedy enjoyed a mixed reception on a campaign day with enthusiastic Waterbury crowds and a booing New Haven stop. He continues a three day trek toward Seattle highlighting the drive to elect a Democratic Congress in November.
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Washington
Kennedy
Connecticut
Seattle
Waterbury
Algerian Leader Castro See Eye to Eye on Guantanamo
Premier Ahmed Ben Bella and Prime Minister Fidel Castro reached a pact on Guantanamo stating the base is to be claimed through international law, not by force. The communique stressed shared views on world affairs and national sovereignty amid ongoing tensions.
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Havana
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
Fidel Castro
U.S
Guantanamo
Cuba
Ella Churns Atlantic Into Fierce Seas
Ella, a slow-moving tropical storm, churned the Atlantic from southern Florida to New Jersey with 90 mile per hour winds forecast to rise. Gale warnings stretched from Nags Head to Georgetown as small craft were urged to stay near shore and vessels reported seas to 11 feet offshore.
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Miami
Fla
Ella
Atlantic
Florida
New Jersey
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Nags Head
Georgeton
S.C
Cape May
N.J
Carolina
Daytona Beach
Georgetown
Carolina Capes
Weather Bureau
U.S. Mainland
French Parachutist Crosses Channel Under Kite Tow
Gil Delamare a 42 year old French parachutist crossed the English Channel from Calais to Dover in 95 minutes suspended under a 30 foot kite and towed by a motor boat. After reaching Dover he boarded a small escort boat and began the return to Calais despite heavy fog it took seven hours to complete the trip back.
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Calais
France
Gil Delamare
English Channel
England
Dover
Delamare
Storm Ella Aims at Carolina Coasts Similar to Hazel
Forecasters monitor Hurricane Ella as it strengthens near the Atlantic, posing possible landfall near the Carolina Capes or veering away. Historical notes compare it to 1954’s Hazel, which caused extensive apple crop damage and power outages in the region.
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Atlantic Ocean
Equator
Carolina Capes
North Atlantic
Ella
Carribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Hazel
North Carolina
South Carolina
Middle Atlantic States
Winchester
Washington
Biochemists Win 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Three scientists share the prize for discoveries on nucleic acid structure and genetic information transfer. James Watson of Harvard, Francis Crick of Cambridge England, and Maurice Wilkins of Kings College London are cited for advancing heredity knowledge. Wilkins also works at Sloan-Kettering in New York.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Harvard
James Dewey Watson
Harvard University
Francis Harry Compton Crick
Institute of Molecular Biology
Cambridge
England
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
King’s College
London
Wilkins
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
New York
Dr. Watson
Indiana University
Copenhagen
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Democratic
Florida Citrus Group
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Earth
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Calif
New Haven
Yale University
Yale
President Kennedy
Castro
Guantanamo Naval
Revolucion
STORM
Doug O’connell
Star
Tropics
Reliance
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Connie
Diane
U.S. Weather Bureau
Leggett’s
Truck Service Center, Inc
Eee
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