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Daily News with headline about Cuban Missile Crisis, 10/30/1962
Daily News with headline about Cuban Missile Crisis, 10/30/1962

Daily News with headline about Cuban Missile Crisis, 10/30/1962

Object number2000.035.0001
Date10/30/1962
ClassificationsNewspapers & Magazines
ObjectNewspaper
Credit LineThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
MediumNewsprint
Dimensions15 1/8 × 10 7/8 in. (38.4 × 27.6 cm)
DescriptionDaily News newspaper from New York with the headline "US Halts Cuba Blockade for 2 Days, Extra!." The newspaper dates to October 30, 1962 and is Vol. 44, No. 109. The front page includes a large black and white photograph of President Kennedy seated with General David Shoup, the Marine Corps Commandant, and Admiral George Anderson, Chief of Naval Operations, at the White House discussing the temporary suspension of the blockade of Soviet ships to Cuba.