Orbital flight postponed, Russians say the flight was called off due to "fear of failure," Kennedy visits King Savol of Arabia.             

U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for Rudolph Abel, a Russian spy, comments from the man-on-the-street, George Romney will run for the Governor of Michigan,             

An NBC news special on the flight of Colonel John Glenn. 

Host: Frank McGee     

    
NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE
A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov: 

Date                   GLENN        TITOV          GAGARIN
 
Launch              Feb. 20, 1962  Aug. 6, 1961   April 12, 1961

Altitude (Miles)  100-160         110-159        110-187.75

Distance (Miles)  81,000          435,000          26,000

Speed (MPH)       17,350          17,750           17,400

Flight Time    4 Hrs. 56 Min.  25 Hrs. 15 Min.    1 Hr. 45 Min.

No. of Orbits     Three             17               One

Weight of Craft  4,200 lbs.       10,430           10,460

Craft Name      Friendship 7      Vostok 2        Vostok 1

Rocket Thrust   360,000 lbs.    800,000 lbs.    800,000 lbs.

Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins.   89.1 Mins.              

OAS stirs bloody rioting in Algeria killing over 100, Sweden neutrals call for a moratorium on nuclear testing, Castro to try invaders.            

The crisis in Algeria following a truce.  Secret army (OAS) terrorizes country to keep it French.                        

Boxer Benny (Kid) Paret may not recover from a serious brain injury suffered during his middleweight boxing bout vs. Emile Griffith,
French troops occupy downtown Oman to curb the OAS, Mrs. Kennedy rides a camel in Pakistan.                                                                

France to vote on Algerian peace, OAS kills three French officers in order to break the ceasefire. South Vietnam battle with government troops victorious, test ban debate in Geneva, possible dictatorship in Argentina, scientists link cancer to cigarette smoking.                         

Jockey Eddie Arcaro to retire, boxer Benny (Kid) Paret dies of a brain injury he suffered in his middleweight boxing fight vs. Emile Griffith in Madison Square Garden in New York City ten days ago, OAS terrorists keep up the violence in Algeria, Elizabeth Taylor to divorce Eddie Fisher, she is romancing with  Richard Burton.  

NOTE: Emile Griffith's career was overshadowed by the fatal beating he gave Benny "The Kid" Paret in their 1962 title bout. The outcome darkened the world of boxing even prompting some network television stations to stop showing live fights. It also cast Griffith as a pariah to many inside and outside the sport. Emile Griffith went on to have a successful career after that fatal fight, but Griffith acknowledged later in life that he was never the same boxer. He would fight merely to win, piing up the kind of decisions that praised by purists but usually jeered by fans hoping for a knockout.                                                 

The first live satellite test transmissions  via Telstar from Europe to the United States. Presented by Eurovision, Europe's International TV Network.

NBC News aerospace correspondent Roy Neal in Andover, Maine with Merrill Mueller as anchorman in New York. 
Telstar from Europe to the United States. Presented by Eurovision, Europe's International TV Network. 

Televised and transmitted on the NBC TV  Special. First TV program from France.




 
                                                  

The second Russian spaceman is launched, twin spacemen may possibly rendevous in space, both spacemen are in identical orbits, US space officials are silent, newsman notified a Nasa official about the spaceflight, the first time the official hears about it, Dr. Robert Soblen's attorney warns Britain not to sneak Soblen back to the US.                        

A recap and discussion on the latest Russian space feat...twin spacemen, report from Moscow, discussion of U.S. position and future space plans                          

4500 die following Iranian earthquake, mammoth rescue, a brawl in London between British Nazis and Jews, Ahmed Ben Bella tests the mettle of rebels in Algeria, report on Cuban exile shooting raid 
in Havana, Cuba, Soviet technicians and troops believed to be in Cuba. 
Sander Vanocur reports.                                                                 

The US debates whether to attack Cuba in light of Soviet military and (confirmed by Moscow) to Cuba, President Kennedy is against an armed attack, man-on-street comments, between three and eight thousand, die in Iran quake, Russia sets off atmosphere nuclear bomb, simulated-air defense attack is successful.            

"The observance was made for man, and not man for it." Addressed by Rabbi William Spigleman, (1918-1994). President of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California.                                       

The Venus rocket responds to signals to steer it near Venus.                                       

Communist China says two US planes flew over its territory, President Kennedy to inspect the space centers, two negro girls are shot in Mississippi, Dr. Robert Soblen commits suicide in London, attorney James Donovan to go to Cuba to negotiate the release of 1100 invasion prisoners, the Soviets warn the Us not to intervene in Cuba.  

Herbert Kaplow reporting.           

From the Penthouse in Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation regarding the arrival of James Meredith on the campus of the University of Mississippi where he will enroll tomorrow.                                      

Topics: The US sends Federal marshalls to register James Meredith at Mississippi University over protests by Governor Ross Barnett, President Kennedy to speak on this crisis, a storm threatens Walter Schirra's space flight, anti-Nasser demonstrations in Jordan.                          

James Meredith registers at Mississippi University, rioting on campus by students, and outsiders-two killed Ex-Mayor General Edwin Walker is arrested by US marshalls as a leader of the rioters.                          

Live news coverage of the 1962 Mercury Seven orbital spaceflight with astronaut Walter Schirra aboard. 

Continuing news reports on the Mercury Seven Orbital Spaceflight of astronaut Walter Schirra. 

President Kennedy cuts political tour because of a cold, returns to Washington, Chinese communists overrun Indian post at the border, a possible tax-cut in 1963, Egypt sends troops to Yemen in Middle East revolt.              

The state department announces will stop, search, and even sink ships continuing offensive military weapons to Cuba, this will even include Russian ships, photos show missiles in Cuba aimed at the US, President Kennedy sends a note to Nikita Khrushchev.             

An NBC special report on the Cuban missile crisis.                         

The Soviet Union issues a serious warning to the US concerning the Cuban blockade will bare the responsibilities of the consequences says Cuban missiles are purely defensive, Cuban armed forces alerted, the OAS meets about US resolution for the dismantling of the Cuban missiles.                         

Highlights: late word- The US Navy hunts a large Russian ship carrying guided missiles to Cuba.             

President Kennedy signs a formal declaration putting forth a blockade, confrontation soon by the US Navy with thirty-five Russian ships now on the way to Cuba, the Russians charge "provocation and piracy on the high seas."                       

Topics: The Us demands that Soviet missile bases be dismantled, if not peacefully, then the US military will do it, the US thinks Khrushchev's intent was to "blackmail" the US before the world with Cuban missiles, a report on the military buildup in Key West, the Soviet ship "Bucharest" carrying oil, is allowed to pass on into Cuba.                          

The US intercepts and inspects second Russian ship.             

The news, October 27th-29th, 1962

October 27th- Cuban Missile Crisis 
Cuban antiaircraft gunners open fire on low-level reconnaissance planes over San Cristobal site #1. 

October 28th, 1962- Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev announces that Soviet missiles would be dismantled and removed from Cuba.
In sports- Giants quarterback YA Tittle throws a then record seven touchdown passes against the Washington Redskins in a 49-34 Giant route at Yankee Stadium.

October 29th, 1962- The Cuban Missile Crisis between the United States and Russia ends peacefully as Russia dismantles and removes Soviet Missiles from Cuba.  

Highlights: Khrushchev backs down will remove missiles from Cuba
and send them back to Russia provided the US will not invade Cuba.             

Topics: The Cuban crisis, the Sino-Indian conflict. 

Ray Scherer reports.                                      

Fidel Castro won't permit a UN inspection of Cuban arms but will dismantle missiles.            

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt dies, Billy Sol Estes is sentenced to eight years in prison.                          

In South Africa, Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison. Partway through his sentence, he was convicted of other crimes and given an additional twenty two years in jail. In other news, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt dies in her New York City home. 

  Commentator Alex Kendrick talks about the "Der Spiegel" affair scandal related to West Germany's defense forces. German government seizes and arrests staff of "Der Spiegle" weekly political magazine which criticized on deficiency German military projects. Treason case in England. Vassel Britsih Admiral spy caper with moral implications.    

Signals are received from Mariner 11 as it approaches 21,000 miles from Venus.             

The Cuban invasion prisoners begin to arrive in Miami, Florida.
CMCA (from Havana, Cuba).            

Comment on Indian-Red China conflict and future possibilities, comment on Peking-Moscow rift, the war in South Vietnam, and Laos.             

  WOR AM newscast and commentary by John Wingate who worked as a reporter for WOR radio and Television from 1947 to May 1977.                          

The New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther chooses the ten best films of 1962. Jack Gould comments on this year's TV programs.  

Broadcast on WQXR radio.                                                

Topics: British Labor Party leader Hugh Gaitskell has died, the East Germany communist conference, Peking official Wu Yuchang is derided and booed, President Kennedy will go to Europe ( Italy and Germany) in the Spring but will avoid France, more ransom money is sent to Castro's Cuba, Washington DC holds an inaugural anniversary party for President Kennedy, Carol Burnett tells about it.              

The life and death of Russian dictator Joseph Stalin are examined by the host and narrator Chet Huntley, in this first of two parts NBC special.  

Narrator: Chet Huntley        

Topics: Howard Taubman comments on current Broadway plays, Jack Gould talks about proposed half-hour TV news broadcasts, best sellers in books.

This is a radio news broadcast.                                        

Drew Pearson gives news commentary on De Gaulle-Khrushchev relations, Senators convene and curb filibuster, behind the scenes in Washington, some predictions.             

An NBC White Paper special on the rise of Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev. 

With Joseph Stalin's death in 1953, a struggle for leadership of the Communist world began. Considered best bets at the time: 
Malenkov, Molotov, and a a man little know to the outside world- Nikita Khrushchev. This documentary report, produced by Fred Freed, traces the five year path to power that Khrushchev followed. Chet Huntley narrates this documentary with historical film and accounts from journalists, government officials and both Communist and former Communist observers.                                  

The Canadian government falls as the result of a nuclear row with the US, elections due. 

Bulletin on the Scott Muni Show on WABC radio.  
The intro song "Pretty Little Alice" is heard.                         

Topics: James Reston comments on the new "hiking craze" brought on by President Kennedy, TV critic Jack Gould does TV reviews for Channel 4, random notes from Washington. 

Broadcast on WQXR radio.                                                             

Topic: News commentary from radio Moscow criticizing US Senator's comments on their anti-Cuba policy.                        

A special report on the New York City newspaper strike which has continued into the 11th week, comments by President Kennedy and others.