October 1962
October 1, 1962
Escorted by deputy Federal marshals, James H. Meredith, a 29-year-old Negro, was admitted to the University of Mississippi campus last night and was scheduled to register today. His arrival touched off a riot in which three men were killed and six Federal marshals were wounded. (1:8)
With The Mississippi National Guard called into active duty and with hundreds of Federal troops entering the state to enforce the desegregation orders, Governor Barnett said that he would continue the integration fight in the courts. (25:5) (1:5; pg. 23)
President Kennedy made an address to the nation. Invoking the state's honor, he appealed to the people of Mississippi to comply peacefully with Federal law. (1:6-7; pg. 22)
Premier Khrushchev has sent a private invitation to President Kennedy to visit the Soviet Union. The invitation was transmitted by Secretary of the Interior Udall, who recently visited the Soviet Union and conferred with the Soviet leader. (1:1-3)
At a White House luncheon, the President and Britain's Foreign Secretary discussed ways to contain further Communist expansion and subversion in the Caribbean. (1:4)
About 50 ships hurried out of New York harbor as the International Longshoremen's Association called its 75,000 members away from piers from Maine to Texas in its traditional "no contract, no work policy." The I.L.A. called it a lockout, but shippers termed it a strike. Use of the Taft-Hartley Act by President Kennedy was expected. (1:1)
Gen. Taylor to assume command today. (pg. 10)
October 2, 1962
Governor Barnett's acts got scant support from the other Southern governors. (26:3)
Washington charged that a failure of state officials to keep order as promised had bred the riots. (1:6-7)
The Oxford tragedy hung tangibly in the air of the Supreme Court when President Kennedy and his brother the Attorney General, their faces etched with care and fatigue, attended the Associate Justice Goldberg's swearing-in. (33:1)
Mr. Kennedy cabled Paris to express sorrow at the slaying of a French newsman in Oxford. American propaganda dealt frankly with the Mississippi story. (26:8)
Most West European papers praised Washington's action. (27:1)
Diplomats believe the Kremlin has given top priority to consolidating the East European Communist economic bloc. (1:1)
The Senate voted to retain $792,400,000 that the House had slashed from the foreign aid appropriation bill. It also approved continued Presidential discretion to aid Communist nations and countries trading with Cuba. (1:1)
President Kennedy took the first step toward a Taft-Hartley injunction to halt the stoppage for an 80-day cooling-off period. Citing national peril, he named a three-man inquiry board to investigate the contract dispute and report to him by Thursday. (1:4)
Mississippi loses court test in Meredith case. (pg. 24)
Nixon accuses Brown on Hughes loan. (pg. 34)
W. Manchester's Kennedy depiction reviewed. (pg. 37)
Tax agency plans crackdown in "kickbacks." (pg. 53)
October 3, 1962
A Federal court in New Orleans declined yesterday to drop its civil contempt proceedings against Mississippi's Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The officials were given until Oct. 12 to show that they have obeyed the court's directives to keep order at the University of Mississippi and to permit normal attendance there by a Negro, James H. Meredith. (1:8; pg. 29)
Former Major General Walker, who was arrested for his part in the rioting against Mr. Meredith's admission, was ordered put under psychiatric examination at a Federal hospital. (1:8)
President de Gaulle and France's political parties girded to duel for survival. At immediate issue is the President's plan to ask public approval for the election of future Presidents by popular vote, but the broader struggle is over executive authority. (1:2-3)
The Senate approved a $4,422,800,000 foreign aid appropriation after first rejecting, by only two votes, a last effort to trim economic development loan funds by $125,000,000. The 57-to-24 vote on final passage restored 70 per cent of the $1,124,400,000 cut by the House, thus giving President Kennedy a significant victory. The differing Senate and House bills must now be adjusted in joint conference. (1:1)
Senate-House conferees agreed on a bill to increase postal rates and raise the pay of 1,600,000 postal workers. (23:2)
Another conference panel approved a "very strong drug bill." (23:1)
The Soviet Union has withdrawn from the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. The Russians said their move had been prompted by alleged State Department insistence on reciprocal rights to stage an American fair in the Soviet Union. Washington denied such insistence. (1:2)
The 81,237-ton Queen Mary sailed through waterborne pickets and docked safely without tugs, which had left at the request of striking longshoremen. (35:1)
Donovan leaves for prisoner negotiations in Cuba. (pg. 3)
Udall and Mayor to inspect Breezy Point area. (pg. 43)
Government charges Beck got $200,000 "loan." (pg. 49)
October 4, 1962
In a 9-hour, 14-minute journey that produced few troubles or anxious moments, Comdr. Walter M. Schirra, Jr. flew six orbits yesterday around the earth. The 160,000-mile trip was twice the distance of the two previous American manned space flights. (pg. 1:8)
New Yorkers who regard themselves as "old space hands" appeared fairly blasé about Commander Schirra's flight. (26:5)
Foreign ships carrying arms to the Castro regime are to be barred from United States ports. Ships carrying other supplies to Cuba will not be allowed to enter United States ports on their return trips. (1:4)
Hugh Gaitskell placed Britain's Labor party against economic union with Europe on the terms now offered by the Common Market. (1:3)
Southern chairmen of two Senate committees sent investigators to the University of Mississippi campus in the wake of assertions that the troops were violating civil liberties. (1:7)
New materials tested on Schirra's capsule. (pg. 26)
Schirra's radiation exposure is recorded. (pg. 26)
Yugoslavs refuse to back Soviet on Berlin. (pg. 1)
Malaya accuses Red China of genocide in Tibet. (pg. 5)
Senate inquiry on Walker imprisonment asked. (pg. 30)
October 5, 1962
The Gaullist Premier, Georges Pompidou, was overthrown in a censure motion approved by 280 Deputies, 39 more than required. The Assembly's action followed the President's threat to resign if the electorate failed to back him in his struggle with Parliament. (1:8; pg. 5)
United States program to penalize all shipowners who transport Soviet-bloc supplies to Cuba will threaten foreign shipowners with the loss of all United States Government-owned or financed cargo if even one of their vessels engages in such trade. (1:6-7)
A Senate-House conference committee agreed on a foreign aid appropriation of $3,928,900,000, nearer the drastically cut House total than that voted by the Senate. (1:1)
Congress also completed action on the bill to tighten the drug laws, which the House approved by a 347-to-0 vote. (24:3)
On a comprehensive revision of the conflict of interest laws for Federal employees, action was also taken. On that measure, the House accepted Senate amendments by voice vote. (24:1)
President Kennedy said that it would have taken years for the nation and the state to recover from the effect of any injury to Mr. Meredith in the riot. (19:6-8)
A Federal District Judge in New York ordered the 60,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association to return to work. He issued a 10-day restraining order in which he instructed lawyers for the union and the Government to appear next Wednesday for more argument on whether an 80-day cooling off period should be ordered. (1:2)
Yugoslavia and Soviet assail Common Market. (pg. 8)
Kennedy names 13 to radio satellite board. (pg. 1)
Southern Governors elect Faubus chairman. (pg. 21)
Wagner and Udall agree on a Breezy Point park. (pg. 35)
October 6, 1962
The Kennedy Administration is said to regard the possibility of a visit by Premier Khrushchev to the United Nations late next month as "likely." President Kennedy is understood to have decided to meet the Soviet leader if he comes, provided that Communist forces have not staged further serious incidents in Berlin. (1:1)
Moscow announced that President Tito of Yugoslavia would visit the Soviet Union in December. (2:4)
The Soviet Government ordered the expulsion of Comdr. Raymond D. Smith, an assistant naval attach’ of the United States Embassy in Moscow. He was accused of espionage activities. The United States said they were in retaliation for the expulsion of two Soviet diplomats in New York on charges of espionage. (1:2)
General de Gaulle went to eastern France to watch the opening of the most extensive military maneuvers in France since 1938. (1:2-4)
Congress completed action on a bill to increase postal rates and raise the pay of 1,600,000 Federal employees. The 1-cent postal increases are expected to be approved promptly by the President. (1:7)
India sets up Frontier Corps against Chinese. (2)
African in U.N. lauds U.S. racial stand. (2)
Revision in structure of the World Court urged. (11)
President calls growth the top domestic issue. (6)
Congress completes action on war claims bill. (37)
Ex-Truman aide backs nickel deal with Hanna. (37)
A.F.L.-C.I.O. gives sea union right to raid rival. (50)
Dockers ignore court order to return to work. (50)
Kennedy expected to sign student-oath repeal. (2)
Kennedy offers Pope good wishes on council. (3)
Two Soviet pianists play in Cliburn finals. (12)
October 7, 1962
A British military ambulance that sought to assist a West Berliner who was shot yesterday on the east side of the Berlin wall was denied access to East Berlin. The 21-year-old West Berliner shot down by machine-gun fire from East German guards as he was helping an elderly tailor and his wife escape through a tunnel under the wall. (1:8)
The tense Berlin situation was discussed by Secretary of State Rusk and Foreign Minister Gromyko in New York. (1:5-7)
Reports from Havana indicated that an accord was in prospect for the possible release of 1,113 anti-Castro prisoners captured last year. (1:6-7)
Despite growing concern about Communist violations of the accord to neutralize Laos, the United States withdrew the last of its military advisers from the country. (25:1)
Troops of at least four nations--the United Arab Republic, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Britain--were said to be maneuvering on or near the Saudi Arabian peninsula in efforts to influence the civil strife in Yemen. The major towns in Yemen were said to be held by the revolutionary regime. (1:5)
The Mississippi Legislature quashed a state inquiry into violence at the University of Mississippi. The action was a surprise because the Legislature had been assailing the use of Federal troops in the campus rioting last Sunday. (1:2-3)
Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker, who was arrested for leading the rioters, is to be released on bond from a Federal prison in Springfield, Mo. But he still must undergo psychiatric tests to determine his competence to defend himself against charges of seditious conspiracy and insurrection. (1:2)
The National Association of Manufacturers has begun a long-range campaign for Federal legislation to curb what it calls "union monopoly power," that unions have privileges and immunities not granted to business. (48:3)
De Gaulle dissolves Assembly after Cabinet fall. (1)
Ben Bella arrives here for Algeria's U.N. entry. (4)
Red China agreeable to talks on Indian border. (20)
Kennedy, in Detroit, assails G.O.P. over trade. (30)
President acclaims job gains in Michigan. (31)
Kennedy to visit New York City, New Jersey. (31)
Kennedy Administration gambles on farm plan. (32)
Kennedy still wooing West Virginians. (49)
Eisenhower takes stump tomorrow for Nixon. (56)
Javits commends Kennedy for policy in Mississippi. (69)
U.S. studying bits of sputnik found in Wisconsin. (42)
October 8, 1962
The Cairo radio reported that Yemeni troops and planes of the new revolutionary regime were fighting a "pitched battle" against Saudi Arabian forces on Yemen's frontier. (1:8)
In view of the United Nations' failure to induce President Thumbed of Katanga to federate his province with the Congo, the Acting Secretary General is considering whether to ask the Security Council for a new mandate. (1:4)
Ghana's former Finance Minister K. A. Gbedemah accused President Nkrumah of a terrorist regime. (7:1)
President Kennedy returned to Washington after a weekend of ardent campaigning in the Midwest. (12:1-6)
A "Radio Free Dixie" program, apparently directed to Southern Negroes, is being broadcast in Havana. The English-language program praises the Negroes' "revolt" against their treatment in the United States. (1:1-2)
Ben Bella calls upon Cuba's President. (1)
Argentina plans election pact with Peronists. (1)
India spurns Chinese plan on border talks. (9)
Bowles suggests U. S. restrict foreign aid. (1)
Walker returns to Dallas after release on bond. (14)
Regulatory change for banks being weighed. (35)
October 9, 1962
Cuban President Dorticos urged the United Nations yesterday to condemn the American "naval blockade" of his country. (1:8)
The International Longshoremen's Association planned to ask their men not to load cargoes to or from the Soviet Union and to boycott all lines serving Cuba. (1:6)
East and West Berlin police traded fire yesterday when the Communists shot a swimming refugee. An American ambulance sped to the scene, but the swimmer had vanished. (1:7)
West Germany dropped its objections to an international body to control Berlin access. (1:6)
The Supreme Court agreed to rule on the constitutionality of reciting the Lord's Prayer and verses from the Bible in public schools. The High Court refused to upset a lower court's order for the admission of James H. Meredith, a Negro, to the University of Mississippi. (1:4)
Law students at the troubled university gave a standing ovation to the Justice Department's No. 2 man after he warned them "not to hope for a miracle" that would remove Mr. Meredith. (1:3)
In California with Mr. Nixon at his side, the former President accused President Kennedy of seeking "one-party government" in his demands for more Democrats in Congress. (1:1)
Uganda gains independence from Britain. (8)
Quadros trails in early returns from Brazil. (12)
Representative Miller's body found in crash. (30)
Kennedy bills issues in two Jersey races. (32)
Telstar to relay Ecumenical Council's opening. (83)
October 10, 1962
A major build-up of President Tshombe's air power in Katanga was reported yesterday by the top United Nations officer in the Congo, Robert K. A. Gardiner. (1:1)
In his first speech to the United Nations, Premier Ben Bella of Algeria stated a policy of nonalignment for Algeria and urged negotiation of East-West issues. (1:2-3)
United Nations records indicated that Washington had been informing the world body of all launchings of what the Russians call "spy satellites." Moscow has accused the United States of concealing the flights of reconnaissance satellites. (24:6)
Secretary of State Rusk vowed United States aid for Cuban development if Communist rule is ended there, but he said the big issue now was Communist use of Cuba as a military and subversive base. (1:2)
Former President Eisenhower turned his western tour into a vigorous counterattack against the Kennedy Administration and what he suggested was its "callow youth." He called on Americans to reject "any thought that this clique of young, so-called brilliant men have any magic formula through which we will live and prosper." (1:7)
James H. Meredith charged that Army units had been "resegregated" in the University of Mississippi area where they were sent to end rioting over his enrollment. The Army conceded that Negro soldiers had not been used on patrols "to avoid unnecessary incidents," but that troop integration was restored on Saturday. (1:6-7)
The Government brought a civil antitrust suit against three of the largest oil companies--Cities Service, Sinclair and Richfield. (1:5)
An arbitrator appointed by President Kennedy ruled that the Chicago & North Western Railway may abolish telegraphers' jobs after 90 days' notice to the union. (1:6-7)
President of Guinea to meet Kennedy today. (7)
October 11, 1962
The release of the 1,113 Cuban prisoners still held from the unsuccessful 1961 invasion has been delayed pending several more meetings of James B. Donovan of New York with Premier Castro. (1:1)
Under the plan, sought by Washington, West German troops would be made available to the Western commands in Berlin in case of a Communist blockade of the West's land access to the city. (1:4)
President Kennedy signed a bill for tax deductions on income invested in private pension funds by self-employed persons. (1:8)
The President at a Democratic rally in Baltimore accused the Republican minority of "blind and negative opposition." (31:1)
Former President Eisenhower, in a campaign speech in Minneapolis, assailed Mr. Kennedy for an "unconscionable grab of power." (34:3-5)
At a banquet, Mr. McNamara described General Eisenhower as a great soldier and innovator in disarmament efforts. (1:7)
Toure of Guinea discusses aid with Kennedy. (1)
U. S. protests Soviet "assault" on embassy aide. (5)
Anti-crime drive called effective by President. (22)
Garment rally hails Kennedy on Mississippi. (27)
U. S. completing withdrawal of troops in Mississippi. (30)
Kennedy has high stake in Tennessee race. (33)
Dirksen-Yates race viewed as test for Kennedy. (35)
Kennedy to lead Columbus Day parade. (45)
Drug reform bill is signed by President. (31)
October 12, 1962
President Kennedy and his top advisers are making a determined effort to persuade the country, the Western allies and the Russians that they expect a serious diplomatic crisis over Berlin this fall and winter, particularly, Moscow's mounting insistence on an early settlement on Berlin on Soviet terms. (1:4)
The gravest border fighting in three years between Indian and Chinese Communist troops reported fifty casualties. (1:6)
The Foreign Minister of the new revolutionary regime in Yemen said that if the United States did not recognize his Government it might have to turn to the Soviet bloc for support. (2:2-3)
The Federal Government's firm handling of the desegregation crisis at the University of Mississippi registered a favorable impression in African countries. Leaders of Mali and Guinea have praised the President for acting decisively. (1:5)
Robert M. Morgenthau hitched his Democratic-Liberal campaign for Governor to President Kennedy. He met the President at La Guardia Airport when Mr. Kennedy arrived in New York to start a five-state tour this weekend on behalf of Democratic candidates. He reported he had received the President's "unequivocal endorsement." (1:2-3)
John Denson left his position as editor of The New York Herald Tribune. James Gilbert Bellows succeeded him, with the title of managing editor. (17:1)
Soviet renews "troika" demand in U.N. (7)
U.S. aid program defended in U. N. by Dominican. (7)
Newsman's passport conviction stirs protest. (12)
Legion demands U.S. action against Castro. (13)
October 13, 1962
Adenauer stressed Bonn's determination to "fully share the risks" assumed by the Western powers in defending the freedom of Berlin. (1:2)
Britain has discussed with the United States a threat by a Cuban exile group, Alpha 66, to attack all merchant ships carrying supplies to Cuba. Washington indicated it was not yet ready to act against the exiles. (1:3)
Algeria's Foreign Minister denounced at the United Nations any attempts to overthrow the Cuban Government. (1:4)
After 12 hours of savage fighting on the Tibetan border, Prime Minister Nehru announced that the Indian Army had been ordered to oust Chinese Communist forces from Indian territory there. (1:2)
Monaco became a beleaguered territory as France threw up token customs barriers on her border. (1:1)
A Federal appeals court in New Orleans deferred again a decision on whether Governor Barnett and other Mississippi officials were complying with its desegregation orders. (1:5)
Governor Barnett has suggested a plan that could lead to the expulsion of James H. Meredith from the University of Mississippi as mentally incompetent. (12:2-3)
In a speedy tour of the city, a tanned President Kennedy lent a famous smile, a cheerily waving hand and a firm endorsement to Robert M. Morgenthau's campaign for Governor. In New York, and in a two-hour trip to Newark, Mr. Kennedy also pressed his campaign for a larger Democratic majority in Congress. (1:6-7)
The focus of the President's visit to the city was the annual Columbus Day parade. He rode five blocks up Fifth Avenue at the head of the procession and then reviewed it. (9:2-4)
Hundreds of thousands cheered him along the route of his quick visit to New Jersey. (9:1-2)
Moscow ousts second U. S. diplomat in week. (1)
Soviet tanker and U. S. copter save three Cubans. (8)
Kennedy scores G.O.P. record in Pittsburgh speech. (8)
U. S. backs curb on lunch counter segregation. (11)
October 14, 1962
Chancellor Adenauer will visit President Kennedy in Washington on Nov. 7 instead of next spring as originally planned. United States officials believe the mission may have more bearing on West German politics than the Berlin problem. (1:2-3)
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko asserted that tension in Berlin would ease if Western authorities placed guards on their side of the intracity wall. (9:1-2)
A revolutionary overhaul of the Soviet economy appears to be in the making, designed to increase productivity in industry by stimulating the profit motive. (1:4)
George D. Woods, a New York financier, is expected to be the next president of the World Bank. He has been chosen by President Kennedy and is expected to be approved soon by the bank's directors. (1:2-3)
The two-year 87th Session was marked by several major victories, a number of defeats and many compromises for President Kennedy. (1:8)
Mr. Kennedy, campaigning in Indianapolis, called for a more "progressive" Congress next year and also assailed demands for a Cuban invasion. The President declared: "Those self-appointed generals and admirals who want to send someone else's sons to war, and who consistently voted against the instruments of peace, ought to be kept at home by the voters and replaced." (1:6-7)
Despite powerful opposition in Congress, the Administration has decided to proceed with its planned reorganization and cutback of Army Reserve forces, including the National Guard. (1:7)
The Ranger 5 spacecraft, shaped like a giant insect, is scheduled for launching toward the moon Tuesday to take closeup TV pictures and land instruments to measure moonquakes. Two other Rangers missed earlier this year. (45:3)
Monaco bars new concessions to France. (3)
More lawyers protest libel suits in Alabama. (74)
William Conklin, sportswriter for The Times, died. (86)
October 15, 1962
President Kennedy abruptly changed plans yesterday and flew to New York for a conference with Adlai E. Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson said that he had reported "encouraging" developments in the Congo. (1:8)
Responding to a radio message, the Coast Guard picked up two wounded crew members of a Cuban patrol boat and flew them to a Miami hospital. The Cubans were shot when their craft was sunk by a raiding vessel manned by exiles off the Cuban coast. (1:5)
A Soviet-bloc official has told several non-Communist United Nations delegates that Moscow is prepared to follow "a more moderate" course in Cuba if Washington eases its position on Berlin. (1:6-7)
A Federal budget deficit of about $6,000,000,000 this year is indicated by preliminary assessments. The deficit stems primarily from tax deductions for business and failure of the economy to grow as rapidly as President Kennedy and his advisers expected. (1:2)
In a recorded interview, the President declared that action to strengthen the economy was the major issue of the Congressional campaign. The country must develop fiscal policies that "will help us give the same thrust to our economy that Western Europe does." (17:3-8)
The President was accorded a tremendous welcome as he joined a mammoth Pulaski Day celebration in Buffalo. Mr. Kennedy told the celebrants he regarded Poland as temporarily in a Soviet prison but not lost forever. (19:1)
Swiss chateau donated to U. S. Government. (2)
Ben Bella opposes French atom-test sites. (3)
Red China insists Nehru curb border troops. (3)
Moscow again protests to U. S. on seized cargo. (8)
Negro woman is foreman in Carolina plant. (1)
Treasury aide voices caution on debt. (43)
October 16, 1962
President Kennedy welcomed Premier Ben Bella of Algeria on the south lawn of the White House and later assured him of support for his young war-torn nation. Little Caroline Kennedy and several playmates were allowed to watch from inside the Executive Mansion. (1:5-7)
Moscow showed uneasiness over the Kennedy Administration's measures for dealing with any new Berlin crisis. Some observers suspected that the Kremlin was having second thoughts about its own Berlin policy. (7:1)
Nigeria's Foreign Minister Jajo O. Wachuku proposed that the United Nations administer East and West Berlin as a single free city. (8:4)
Former President Eisenhower in Hartford, attacked what he called Mr. Kennedy's "dreary foreign record of the past 21 months" terming it "too sad to talk about." General Eisenhower also charged the President's brother, Edward, with conducting a "crass, almost arrogant" drive for a Massachusetts Senate seat. (1:8; Text, 31)
In New Orleans, the Justice Department asked a Federal court to fine Governor Barnett of Mississippi $100,000 for his defiance of the court's order in the University of Mississippi's integration trouble. The Government also sought a $10,000 daily fine until Mr. Barnett purges himself of a contempt charge. (1:3; Text, 27)
The number of Negroes in the middle Federal employment grades has risen significantly. (1:2)
U. S. assures Britain on ship attacks. (11)
Soviet beginning new rocket test in Pacific. (17)
Officer Kennedy upheld is impugned by Senators. (15)
Dilworth, Scranton conduct stormy campaign. (22)
Negro girl enters college in southern Virginia. (28)
Kennedy backers seek House seats in Jersey. (43)
Plan for mental retardation given to President. (1)
October 17, 1962
The new United States Ambassador, Foy D. Kohler, spent three hours yesterday in Premier Khrushchev's Kremlin office, where the Soviet leader asked the United States to join in a new, determined effort to negotiate a Berlin settlement. Mr. Khrushchev stressed that Moscow hoped to enter serious talks on the German question after the United States elections. (1:8)
President Kennedy will see Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko tomorrow to review the Berlin situation. (1:7)
For the fourth time in five tries, the United States failed in an attempted high-altitude nuclear test in the Pacific when a Thor rocket malfunctioned. (1:5)
Washington plans to sell France an atomic submarine to fulfill a 4-year-old promise. (1:6)
Premier Adoula of the Congo submitted a new Federal constitution drafted by United Nations experts. It would give the provinces considerable autonomy, including economic concessions to dissident Katanga, but the Central Government would control the army, foreign affairs and finances. (1:7)
At the U. N., 87 countries pledged at least $116,000,000 for aid to needy lands. (1:8)
A Federal grand jury in Baltimore indicted two Democratic members of the House of Representatives on charges of attempting to persuade the Justice Department to drop a case against a man accused of mail fraud, Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland and Representative Frank W. Boykin of Alabama. (1:1)
President Kennedy signed the tax revision bill which included a business expansion incentive. He reiterated that he would seek "over-all tax reform" next year. (1:2)
Governor Barnett indicated that he did not have to purge himself of contempt of a Federal court because he did not consider himself in contempt to begin with. (1:3)
Soviet steel production behind goal for 9 months. (4)
World ship group to meet on Cuba boycott plan. (12)
President chats with Schirras at the White House. (8)
Negro wins run-off in Georgia primary. (26)
October 18, 1962
Sources in Washington said yesterday that the Soviet leader hopes to attend some General Assembly meetings in New York and to confer with President Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy is expected to agree to one or more meetings with him. (1:8)
Poland's Communist leader, Wladyslaw Gomulka speaking in East Germany, said that any accord on Berlin should include a guarantee of access to West Berlin "for everyone." (1:7)
Officials in London said the United States and Britain would warn Moscow again that any interference with access to West Berlin would lead to war. (3:1)
In the Central Pacific, the Russians have successfully fired at least two multistage rockets 7,500 miles. Moscow said that the new type of rocket had reached within "direct proximity" of the target point. (10:1)
India, faced with increasing Chinese Communist military pressure, is understood to be making quiet approaches, toward obtaining military equipment in the United States. The Indians particularly wanted high-altitude transport planes for carrying troops and supplies to remote border areas. (1:5)
Representative Chet Holifield, chairman of the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee assailed the Kennedy Administration's plan to sell an atomic submarine to France. He opposes transferring nuclear weapons and secrets "to nations whose political structure is unstable." (1:7)
The United Nations General Assembly elected Brazil, Morocco, Norway and the Philippines to nonpermanent seats in the Security Council. (1:6)
President Kennedy flew to Connecticut to rally voters behind the state organization that gave him his first push into office. He urged residents to support Abraham A. Ribicoff for the Senate. (1:4)
The President signed a bill repealing the controversial non-Communist disclaimer affidavit that had been required of college students and scientists seeking Federal loans and grants. (1:2-3)
The State Department has stopped hiring entertainers for its overseas cultural program. (18:4-6)
Ben Bella backs Castro on Guantanamo. (1)
King Saud names Faisal as Premier. (1)
Bonn buys largest United Nations bond. (3)
Russians rule out any Berlin-Cuba deal. (4)
Betancourt's move eases crisis in Venezuela. (5)
Powell defies G.O.P., backs a Democrat. (1)
Kennedy flies here for N.Y.U. award. (46)
October 19, 1962
At his own request, Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko met with President Kennedy for more than two hours yesterday for another exchange of views on Berlin and other issues. Mr. Gromyko continued his discussions with Secretary of State Rusk at a dinner meeting. (1:1)
Washington's policies on Germany, Cuba and race relations were vigorously defended by Ambassador John Moors Cabot at a spirited discussion in Radom, Poland. (1:1)
There were reports in Moscow of the legal rehabilitation of some of the most prominent victims of the Stalinist political purges of the nineteen-thirties. (3:4-6)
Three biophysicists--two from Britain and one from the United States--were named as winners of the 1962 Nobel Prize Nobel in medicine. The American Nobel Prize winner is Dr. James Dewey Watson, 34, a professor at Harvard. (27:2)
The Federal Reserve Board authorized banks to lend some of the money they now hold in reserve. It reduced the amount of reserves that commercial banks are required to hold against their savings and time deposits from 5 per cent to 4. The action will give the banks $4,600,000,000 more in potential lending power. (1:8)
The United States quietly shifted a Navy squadron of 12 jet fighters to the southern tip of Florida early this month. (1:6)
The Ranger 5 space craft is expected to miss the moon by about 300 miles. Thus, it will not be able to accomplish its picture-taking, data-gathering mission. (1:7)
Cyprus proposes a summit talk at U. N. (3)
De Gaulle renews threat to quit over reforms. (5)
Saudi Prince expects to oust King within year. (5)
Big Soviet merchant fleet growth seen. (62)
Union protests to Kennedy on foreign-flag ships. (62)
October 20, 1962
The big question in Washington yesterday was not whether Premier Khrushchev was coming to the United States but why he would want to come. (1:1)
At the United Nations, 30 countries proposed a resolution that would urge the nuclear powers to halt all weapons tests before Jan. l. The United States and Britain countered with a resolution to ban the tests under effective controls. (1:2)
President Kennedy, bolstered by new tariff-cutting powers, proposed an international conference next February or March to seek ways to remove trade barriers. (1:6)
In a speech in Pittsburgh, Walter W. Heller, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, expressed confidence that business would continue to improve in the final quarter of the year--more than in the quarter just ended. (1:8)
The nation's business leaders predicted an economic downtrend next year and said that the Kennedy Administration was responsible. That from the President's intervention to prevent a steel price increase last April had dampened incentive. (1:7)
A Federal appeals court enjoined the State of Mississippi and its officials against taking any action to prevent James H. Meredith, a Negro, from continuing to attend the University of Mississippi. The court once again deferred further action against Governor Barnett. (1:4)
President Kennedy receiving a roaring hero's welcome as he arrived in the Middle West for three days of campaigning in seven states. (10:1)
Bunche slated to leave on Congo mission. (1)
McGovern has uphill fight in South Dakota. (9)
8 new House seats hotly contested in California. (10)
President signs bill curbing gambling devices. (23)
White House accepts 11 new paintings. (27)
October 21, 1962
Waves of Chinese Communist troops, armed with machine guns and backed by heavy mortars, launched a massive two-pronged attack yesterday on India's frontier. The attacks, on India's northeast frontier and in the Ladakh area of Kashmir, touched off the heaviest fighting in the Chinese-Indian border dispute, which erupted three years ago. (1:8)
The Indian-Chinese border dispute involves 51,000 square miles of rugged mountains and dense jungles along a 2,000-mile frontier. This boundary, called the McMahon Line since it was negotiated by Sir Arthur Henry McMahon in 1914, has never been recognized by Chinese Governments. (7:3)
The explosion, equivalent in power to the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945, was the second successful American test in the upper atmosphere in six attempts this year. (1:2-4)
Faced with complaints from Latin-American nations, the United States is expected to announce increased financial aid to accelerate the Alliance for Progress. The complaints will be included in a report to be submitted today to the Inter-American Economic and Social Council in Mexico City. (1:1)
President Kennedy canceled the remainder of a three-day campaign trip and flew back to Washington from Chicago on the advice of his doctor. He was suffering from a "slight upper respiratory infection." (1:5)
A little red booklet entitled "California Dynasty of Communism" has become an explosive issue in the gubernatorial campaign between Richard M. Nixon and Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Deplored by Democrats and disclaimed by Republicans, the booklet calls Governor Brown a Communist "apologist and appeaser." (73:3-7)
Theodore W. Kheel announced that more than 200 Negroes and Puerto Ricans were among the 1,020 apprentices enrolled by the electrical workers' union for training this year. (118:3)
France asks West Germany for joint planning. (1)
China and Pakistan to seek "no war" accord. (10)
Two Negro candidates in Georgia gain. (67)
2 Congressional races stir interest in Tennessee. (70)
Warren's career is factor in California election. (72)
Dr. Rusk analyzes A.I.D. health objectives. (81)
October 22, 1962
There was an atmosphere of crisis in Washington last night as President Kennedy and top Administration officials were in almost constant conference. In the Caribbean, the Navy and Marine Corps were staging a powerful show of force not far from Cuba. (1:8)
The Pentagon said that the ships and planes converging in the Caribbean were headed for the island of Vieques, off Puerto Rico, in an annual training maneuver. The exercise, involving about 20,000 men, including 6,000 Marines, was described as one of the largest ever planned. (16:2-3)
There is general South American support for policies that isolate the Castro regime, regarded as a Soviet ally, but the idea of collective armed intervention in Cuba is viewed with hostility. (1:6-7)
Indian troops were reported "fighting for every inch of ground" as Chinese Communist troops advanced farther into Indian territory along the Tibetan border. All of India's forward posts in the Tibet sector and two more in Ladakh were lost. (1:5)
The Kremlin has declined to support China's aggression charges against India. (1:6)
Former President Eisenhower declared that current foreign policy was not a proper campaign issue. At the same time, he stoutly defended the Republican party's right to discuss policy matters "that are history." (1:1)
Forty-six conservative candidates for Congress are receiving support from secret professional political organizers, supplied by Americans for Constitutional Action. (l:1-2)
President Kennedy has decided to issue an Executive order banning racial discrimination in federally assisted housing. (1:2)
American astronomers have found that one of the Soviet "discoveries" on the far side of the moon does not exist and that another was seen and named about 60 years ago. (31:2)
Moscow renews efforts for Peiping in U.N. (1)
Hussein pledges aid against Yemen's rebels. (3)
Bidault calls off plots on de Gaulle. (7)
Hoffa awaits trial on employer-payments charge. (37)
October 23, 1962
President Kennedy imposed a sea and air "quarantine" last night on the shipment of military equipment to Cuba. Broadcasting to the American people and listeners abroad, he said the Soviet Union was building offensive missile and bomber bases in Cuba. He said the bases could fire medium-range nuclear missiles 2,000 miles. Calling on Premier Khrushchev to withdraw the missiles, he said any launching against a Western Hemisphere nation would be met by retaliation against the Soviet Union. Washington would not stop short of military action to end the "provocative threat." (1:8; Text, 18)
American warships and planes immediately formed a blockade armada and a world-wide alert went out to United States forces. Destroyers, submarines and other units put to sea all along the eastern seaboard to join a large Caribbean fleet, which included 40 ships and 6,000 marines diverted from maneuvers. (1:7)
American ships have orders to attack blockade-runners that resist. (1:4)
An intelligence report brought the news of the Soviet missiles last Tuesday. (19:4)
Chinese Communist tanks extended their assault by opening a new front 20 miles northwest of the Burmese border at the extreme eastern end of India's northern boundary. (1:2-3; Text, 3)
Adlai Stevenson told the United Nations General Assembly that Peking's "naked aggression" against India was new proof of China's unfitness to join the world body. (1:2-3)
In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court held that Federal judges have the right to make state registrars put specific Negroes on the voting rolls. (1:1)
Moscow charges U.S. "armed fist" is over Cuba. (1)
Man in street supports Kennedy's action. (21)
President signs bill on war claims. (14)
Soviet spacecraft were 4 miles apart, Pravda says. (16)
October 24, 1962
With 25 Soviet ships spotted en route to Cuba, Secretary of Defense McNamara ordered them intercepted starting at 10 A.M. today. He also extended all Navy and Marine duty tours. (1:4)
Moscow challenged Washington's right to block any arms shipments to Cuba, ordered greater combat readiness for the Soviet bloc and warned President Kennedy he was courting nuclear war. (1:8; Text, 20)
The American republics formally authorized "the use of armed force" to bar offensive weapons from Cuba. (1:3; Text, 23)
Following the hemisphere's backing, Mr. Kennedy formally proclaimed the arms blockade. (1:5; Text, 21)
Adlai E. Stevenson urged the United Nations to secure the withdrawal of Soviet missiles. (1:6-7; Text, 25)
Nationwide press comment on the President's action was overwhelmingly favorable. (26:1)
The Administration felt that it had caught the Russians off guard and had interrupted a well-mapped Soviet effort to force a humiliating Berlin settlement on the West. (1:7)
But nervous West Germans feared a Soviet move against West Berlin. (20:8)
Chinese Communist troops thrust deeper into Indian areas near Bhutan. (1:2)
Dillon reassures Latin Aid conference. (23)
Japanese Cabinet backs move in U.N.
Kennedy vetoes bill to increase bicycle tariffs. (6)
President signs 3.9 billion foreign aid bill. (18)
Jury-tampering attempt hinted at Hoffa trial. (31)
Sukardjo Wirjopranoto, Indonesian U.N. envoy, died, (39)
Treasury borrows $73,000,000 in Swiss francs. (53)
October 25, 1962
The United States blockade to prevent more offensive weapons from reaching Cuba went into effect. The Pentagon tersely announced that some Soviet-bloc ships heading for Cuba had apparently altered course but that other Communist-bloc vessels were still proceeding. (1:8)
There was speculation that the Russians were holding back vessels carrying military goods and maneuvering to make their first approach to the blockade line with a ship carrying non-military cargo. The diversion of some ships and an unofficial suggestion by Premier Khrushchev for a meeting with President Kennedy were regarded in Washington as signs that Moscow is still weighing its next step in the crisis. (1:8)
Premier Khrushchev's informal suggestion for a summit meeting to avert the danger of a thermonuclear war was made in reply to a letter from Bertrand Russell. The Soviet leader urged the United States not to carry out its blockade of Cuba and pledged that the Soviet Union "will not take any reckless decisions." (1:4; Text, pg. 22)
U Thant addressed "urgent" appeals to Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy to agree to a two-to-three-week "suspension" of their actions on Cuba. The Acting Secretary General urged the President to hold off the blockade and he urged the Premier to suspend the shipment of arms to Cuba. (1:3)
Mr. Kennedy again briefed Congressional leaders on the crisis. He told them to be ready to return to the White House on eight hours' notice. (1:5)
At least six Latin-American countries offered military aid to the United States to carry out the blockade. Argentina offered two destroyers. (1:6)
The White House said the Cabinet members were needed in Washington and that it would be inappropriate for them to make political appearances in a national emergency. (1:2)
India was said to have rejected a plea by Premier Khrushchev for a ceasefire and talks on the Tibetan border dispute. (1:1)
Red China terms United States move "piracy." (pg. 1)
Civil defense aids advise public on action. (pg. 14)
United States urges caution on defense news. (pg. 21)
British welcome Khrushchev letter to Russell. (pg. 21)
Legality of blockade a matter of interpretation. (pg. 21)
Canada searches Cuba-bound plane. (pg. 22)
Turkey pledges support as ally of U. S. (pg. 22)
Goulart of Brazil pleads for coexistence. (pg. 24)
Gloom eases at Alliance for Progress talks. (pg. 24)
Missiles, tanks and jets part of Cuban build-up. (pg. 24)
Newspaper Guild votes strike authority here. (pg. 11)
October 26, 1962
Twenty-two hours after President Kennedy's proclamation of a blockade of offensive arms for Cuba took effect, the Pentagon announced the first interception of a Soviet ship, the oil tanker Bucharest. The vessel was not boarded and was allowed to proceed after the Navy "ascertained" from its appearance that it had only oil aboard. Other Soviet ships were still headed for Cuba, it was said, although 12 have altered their courses, presumably because they are carrying arms. (1:2-3)
Although the United States plans to continue the blockade, President Kennedy agreed to talks between the United States and U Thant on whether arrangements can be made for negotiations. The preliminary talks will begin today. Premier Khrushchev agreed to the Acting Secretary General's appeal for a moratorium, under which Washington would suspend its blockade for several weeks while Moscow stopped shipping missiles to Cuba. (1:8; Text, pg. 16)
The Premier's reply appeared to be another effort for a summit meeting with the President. (1:7)
The President's reply to Mr. Thant was read to the Security Council by Adlai E. Stevenson, who then engaged in a bitter exchange with Valerian A. Zorin, the Soviet delegate. Mr. Stevenson challenged Mr. Zorin to deny that the Russians had installed missile bases in Cuba. When Mr. Zorin failed to reply "yes or no," Mr. Stevenson presented photographs to support the charge. (1:6-7)
Washington remained grim as it held firm to its demand that the Soviet missile threat in Cuba must be dispelled before there is any respite for East-West negotiations. It was understood that the blockade would be continued until all offensive weapons in Cuba were under international supervision. (1:1)
The United States position was fully endorsed by the Canadian Government. (17:5)
In London, Prime Minister Macmillan declared that when the West moved into negotiations with Moscow, there must be independent verification of Soviet pledges. (19:1)
Havana reported the presence of the vanguard of a 22-nation "International Combat Brigade." It said more volunteers were expected. (20:1)
Premier Castro has kept his forces on a "combat alert," but has avoided incidents with U. S. planes and ships. (20:2-4)
Pope John implored every world leader to do everything in their power to save peace. In an impassioned appeal, he called on them to negotiate "at all levels and at all times" to spare the world from the "horrors of war.'' (1:5; Text, pg. 20)
In response to inquiries prompted by the Cuban crisis, the Pentagon issued a report on the status of the nation's civil defense program. It said it had identified "potential fallout shelter spaces" for 60 million people in more than 112 thousand structures. (1:4)
Governors and members of Congress were briefed on the crisis at five regional meetings, including one in New York. (17:2-4)
A Senate subcommittee set up a year ago has discounted charges that military leaders were being "muzzled" in public discussions of Communism and the cold war. (7:1)
The Chinese Communists captured the key town of Towang at the head of a 100-mile road to the main Indian military base in the foothills of Assam. The Chinese attacked the Buddhist monastery town, 17 miles south of the Tibetan border, from three sides. Indian troops withdrew after a savage day-long battle. (1:2)
John Steinbeck has won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature. (1:4-5)
Bertrand Russell upset at Kennedy's silence. (pg. 17)
Capital asks why crisis arose so suddenly. (pg. 17)
Police break up Brazilian riot on Cuba. (pg. 17)
More military support units now at Key West. (pg. 18)
U. S. sets up system to halt submarines. (pg. 18)
Southeast feels impact of the Cuban crisis. (pg. 18)
Thousands in Prague protest blockade of Cuba. (pg. 19)
British troops recalled to bolster Berlin force. (pg. 19)
United States calls off Algerian aid talks. (pg. 1)
U.N. welcomes Uganda as 110th member. (pg. 2)
Prisoner talks may interrupt Donovan's campaign. (pg. 15)
Jury completed in trial of Hoffa at Nashville. (pg. 9)
Reston discusses Kennedy's new diplomacy. (pg. 30)
October 27, 1962
The United States received new intelligence reports last night that work on Soviet missile bases in Cuba was advancing at a rapid pace with the apparent intention of "achieving full operational capability as soon as possible." (1:8)
High Administration officials warned that the offensive build-up could not be allowed to continue indefinitely. They said that a verified halt in work on the sites was a prime condition for negotiations with the Soviet Union. (Pg. 1:8; Text, pg. 6)
Washington's urgent desire to get rid of the Soviet missile bases reflected its view that their continued presence in Cuba would dangerously tip the nuclear balance in favor of Moscow. (1:7)
The United States was said to consider that the OAS had given it clear authority to use force in dismantling the bases. (1:6)
The United States was somewhat encouraged by Premier Khrushchev's agreement to keep Soviet vessels temporarily away from the United States blockade area. The United States, in turn, pledged to try to avoid a direct confrontation "in the next few days." The pledges were made in reply to a new appeal from Acting Secretary General Thant, who was holding separate talks with representatives of both sides. (1:3)
Earlier in the day, the United States Navy stopped, boarded and searched a Soviet-chartered freighter en route to Cuba after trailing her through the night. The Pentagon said that the boarding party found no offensive arms on the loaded cargo ship of Lebanese registry, and allowed her to proceed. (1:5-6; Text, pg. 6)
A United States industrialist who spent three hours with Premier Khrushchev Wednesday -- two days after President Kennedy announced the blockade-- said that the Premier was still considering a trip to the United States. (8:5)
Because of the crisis, President Kennedy postponed his visit to Brazil next month. (9:3-5)
Brazil's policy in the Cuban dispute continued to be the subject of a raging controversy in Rio de Janeiro between Conservatives and Leftists. In Bolivia, rioting over Cuba caused two deaths. (9:2)
A detailed account of the Kennedy-Gromyko conference last week, disclosed that the Soviet Foreign Minister repeatedly emphasized his "frankness" in asserting that the Soviet military build-up in Cuba was purely defensive. At the same time, the President was gathering what he regarded as conclusive evidence of the installation of offensive missile bases there. (1:4)
For the second time since the Cuban crisis began, East Germany delayed truck traffic to Berlin, holding the trucks for up to four hours. Allied forces in the city remained on alert status. (1:7-8)
In Bonn, Chancellor Adenauer termed the crisis the "most serious threat to world peace" since the end of World War II. (7:5)
In September, before the Cuban crisis, the nation's Consumer Price Index took its biggest jump in more than four years, rising 0.6 per cent from August's level to a record 106.1. The Labor Department attributed the increase mainly to a farmers' meat strike and a large rise in clothing prices. (1:3-4)
Declaring a state of emergency, the President of India issued an ordinance annulling all autonomous powers of the Indian states and suspending civil liberties. The action, putting India on a war footing, came after reports that 10,000 Chinese Communist troops, backed by heavy mortars and machine guns, were advancing toward a major Indian frontier post. (1:1)
India told the General Assembly that the best way to check Communist China's aggressions was to make it a responsible member of the United Nations, subject to the U.N.'s "views and disciplines." (2:3)
Lebanon subject to loss of United States aid. (pg. 6)
Admiral praises land defenses at Guantanamo. (pg. 6)
U.S. says underground tests went undetected. (pg. 4)
October 28, 1962
President Kennedy revealed last night that Premier Khrushchev had offered and then retreated from an acceptable solution of the Cuban crisis. In a letter, the President urged the Soviet leader to stand by an offer made in a private message Friday night pledging to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba under United Nations supervision. At the same time, Mr. Kennedy brushed aside a subsequent proposal from the Premier yesterday offering to eliminate the missile bases in Cuba if the United States removed its bases in Turkey. In an effort to persuade Mr. Khrushchev to revert to his original offer, the President said that if Moscow would agree to remove its missiles from Cuba under inspection, the United States would lift its blockade and "give assurances against an invasion of Cuba." (1:8; Texts, page 30)
The Premier's second offer was broadcast by Moscow before it was received by Mr. Kennedy. (1:6-7)
The President and his top aides spent the day trying to unravel the mysteries of the Soviet leader's two offers. Washington was not sure whether the first, "reasonable" offer was a genuine proposal or merely a delaying tactic. (1:7)
Premier Castro was said to be angry over the Soviet proposals. He appeared to be taking an aggressive new line. (1:4)
Evidence that the crisis was "escalating" was seen in disclosures that a U-2 reconnaissance plane was missing and presumed lost over Cuba and that other unarmed planes on surveillance missions over Cuba had been fired upon. (1:3)
The Pentagon said 24 troop-carrier squadrons of the Air Force Reserve were being called to active duty. (1:3)
Adlai E. Stevenson told United States Allies that unless work on the Soviet missile bases in Cuba was halted, Washington would take military action to eliminate them "in a brief space of time." Sources at the U.N. said Mr. Stevenson made clear that the possible action would be an air strike, not an invasion of Cuba. (1:7)
United States officials viewed Moscow's second offer as a serious diplomatic challenge aimed primarily at the disruption of Western alliances around the world. (31:2-4)
The British Government said unconditional dismantling of missile bases in Cuba was the first priority for world peace. (30:2-3)
President Kennedy urged the Governors of the 50 states to help carry out an accelerated Federal civil defense program. He made the plea at a White House meeting with Governor Rockefeller and eight other members of a Governor's Conference committee. They pledged full support. (1:3-4)
Outside the White House, pickets and counter-pickets urged the President variously to get tougher with Cuba or to keep the peace at any price. (1:5)
Britain was rushing urgently needed weapons to India's armed forces, outnumbered and outgunned by Chinese Communist invaders on India's northern frontiers. (1:1)
Frenchmen will go to the polls today to say "yes" or "no" to President de Gaulle in the fourth referendum of his four and a half years in power. (1:2)
Venezuela mobilizes, Mexico moves to back U.S. (pg. 1)
Brazilian proposes compromise on Cuba. (pg. 39)
Wirtz will limit mediation role of Labor Secretary. (pg. 62)
U.S. names panel for tobacco-cancer study. (pg. 73)
October 29, 1962
A break in the Cuban crisis came early yesterday. It was in the form of another letter from Premier Khrushchev to President Kennedy. The Soviet leader again changed his course. He agreed to dismantle Soviet missile bases in Cuba and "to crate and return" the missiles to the Soviet Union under United Nations supervision. (1:5)
The President pledged, for his part, to remove the Cuban blockage when the United Nations had taken the "necessary measures" and that the United States would not invade Cuba. (1:8)
Mr. Kennedy viewed the crisis not as a great victory, but as an honorable accommodation in one area of the cold war. War has been avoided but the Communists retain a sanctuary in the Western Hemisphere. (1:4-5)
Premier Castro demanded that Washington evacuate its naval base at Guantanamo Bay. This is regarded as an effort to salvage his prestige at home and in Latin America. (1:2-3)
Communist terrorists in Venezuela made dynamite attacks against electric power stations in the rich oil-producing region around Lake Maracaibo. (1:3)
In advance of a final settlement of the crisis, the Pentagon was continuing its reconnaissance flights over Cuba and the blockage. (1:7)
Acting Secretary General Thant and his top aides will fly to Cuba tomorrow to discuss arrangements for United Nations inspection of the dismantling of the missile sites. (1:4)
President de Gaulle won France's referendum battle in nationwide voting but lost substantial public support. (1:1)
Turkey gratified at U.S. stand on bases. Page 14
Congressmen praise Kennedy's firmness. Page 21
Robert Kennedy links Cuban and rights crises. Page 10
Mrs. Roosevelt still seriously ill. Page 31
"In order to eliminate as rapidly as possible the conflict which endangers the cause of peace, to give assurance to all the peoples which crave peace, to reassure the people of America who, I am sure, also want peace, as the peoples of the Soviet Union do, the Soviet Government, in addition to earlier instructions on the discontinuation of further work on weapons construction sites, has given a new order to dismantle the weapons, which you describe as offensive, and to crate and return them to the Soviet Union. Premier Khrushchev, in a message to President Kennedy. (16:6)
"I think that you and I, with our heavy responsibilities for the maintenance of peace, were aware that developments were approaching a point where events could have become unmanageable. So I welcome this message and consider it an important contribution to peace." President Kennedy, in his reply to Premier Khrushchev. (16:1)
October 30, 1962
As a courtesy gesture, the White House announced that the blockade would be lifted at Mr. Thant's request during his two-day Cuban mission. (1:4)
In a possible by-product of the Cuban situation, Moscow said that General Pavel I. Batov had been named chief of the Soviet-bloc armed forces. (1:3)
NATO will keep its retiring commander, General Norstad, in his post another two months because of the present crisis. (1:4)
President Kennedy and his aides gave serious thought to a surprise air attack on the Soviet missile bases in Cuba before deciding on the blockade instead. (1:6-7)
The President stood in for his wife to welcome art officials in the Rose Garden while Mrs. Kennedy was at Glen Ora. (15:2)
Prime Minister Nehru made an urgent personal request to the United States for arms to resist Chinese Communist invaders. Washington immediately pledged that weapons would be rushed. (1:1)
On their own initiative, Federal mediators moved formally into labor negotiations in the city's newspaper industry as contract talks approached a strike deadline at midnight tomorrow. (22:3)
Goulart speeds an emissary to Cuba. (17)
Labor leaders form group to aid Morgenthau. (23)
Maritime Union recognized in Navy service. (69)
30 Per cent reduction in ship cost in U.S. cited. (70)
October 31, 1962
For two hours, Acting Secretary General Thant of the United Nations and Premier Fidel Castro discussed the crisis, including arrangements for a U.N. check-up on the dismantling of Soviet missiles. (1:8)
The United States temporarily suspended its aerial surveillance of Cuba amid reports that the Russians had stopped work on the missile sites. (1:5)
Moscow's acknowledgment of Russian rockets in Cuba has had a stunning effect on Brazil's political left. A left-wing nationalist, who said the Kremlin had taken advantage of "the struggle" of the Cuban people for its own ends. (1:7)
A Soviet bid to give Nationalist China's seat in the United Nations to Peking was defeated in the General Assembly. (1:2-3)
Implying that Pakistan should not fear American arms aid to India, President Kennedy told the Pakistanis that the Chinese invasion threatened the whole Asian subcontinent. (2:3)
Secretary of Commerce Hodges advocated that Congress approve a quick tax cut next year, leaving tax reform for later. The official position, however, remained that cuts and reform (loophole-closing) should go together. (1:1)
The Administration plans to end its atmospheric nuclear tests after two or possibly three more blasts over Johnston Island in the Pacific. (1:8)
Poland and Soviet react differently in crisis. (19)
Malraux moves to elect Gaullist majority. (6)
California court bars 3d anti-Brown tract. (1)
Republican gain expected in governorship races. (17)
Donovan clarifies stand after N.A.A.C.P. attack. (25)
Guild gets wage offer from publishers. (22)
New York City Ballet ends Moscow run. (34)
U.S. takes jumps as Garden horse show opens. (42)