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U.S. BREAKTHROUGH In space trawl came with the successful, safe, triple-orbit of.
the earth by astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. a proud catch-up-with-the-Russians achieve
ment. The space pace stepped tip with two other orbital flights in quick succession.
Here Glenn gives President Kennedy details of bow the Mercury capsule behaved.
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U.S. DISCOVERY of "offensive missile sites" in Cuba, top photo, prompted
President Kennedy to issue a clear peace or war choice to Russia, supplier
c arms to her puppet. A michty armada of U.S. naval vessels, lower photo,
girded the island, blockading shipment of all military equipment to Cuba. The
crisis cased when Premier Khrushchev, adopting th role of "peacemaker,"
slouphed off Castro's protestations and screed to dismantle and remove
the missiles and Soviet jet bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
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sister. Princess Lee Radziwill, exuded good will on an India
Pakistan tour, in route, Airs. Kennedy and her companion
were received in audience by Pope John in the Vatican.
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THE "BRAKES" FAILED on Lieut. Cmdr. M. Scott Carpenter's three-orbit flight
and His Mercury capsule overshot tie designated landing area oy zdo miles, ine
nation was on tenterhooks until he was fished out of the Atlantic Here, Carpenter
bobs in the water aboard life raft with one of the parachutists dropped to aid him.
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POPE JOHN XXIII opened an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic
Church's bishops in Rome, the first since 1869. Council tasks: How to help
achieve world peace and improve relations with other churches, particularly
the 140 million "separated brethren" of the Eastern Orthodox" Church.
THE WALL, symbol of East-West stalemate over Berlin and
Germany, is a year-old failure in intimidation. Despite Scvict
threats, the West stands firm and West Berlin gleams brighter
than ever as a free enterprise showcase deep in Red territory.
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ASTRONAUT WALLY SCHIRRA boosted U.S. pride and prestige with a lx-orbit
flight the most perfect yet in Project Mercury. Schina landed his craft exactly oa
target in the Pacific, almost in the wake of the recovery craft, the carrier Kearsarge. ,
Next: Project Gemini: Two man capsules capable of maneuvering in space.
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WORST SINGLE-PLANE DISASTER in U. S. commercial aviation his
tory came at New York's ldlewild Airport when an American Air
lines Boeing 707. New York to Los Angeles, crashed and exploded in
Jamaica Bay. Dead totaled 95, including many prominent persons.
PENT-IT TENSIONS over the ill-defined 2,500-mile Himalaya border'
' broke out into war as Red Chinese hordes invaded neutralist India.
Disillusioned Premier Nehru, richt, prepared his nation for a lnng
war, fixed Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Wcr.on, Ic.'t, as a (tarter.
tvTFr.BATinv CLASH nvr the enrollment of Neero James H. Meredith at Mississippi U.
pitted the federal government against the state. Rioting flared across the Oxford campus;
two were killed before federal marshals and troops restored order. Gov. Rom Barnett, defy
ing court actions, unsuccessfully led the movement to bar Meredith from the university.