CBS NEWS EXTRA: U.S. QUARANTINES CUBA (TV)

Summary

In this program, which reviews the latest developments in the Cuban missile crisis, Douglas Edwards reports on the projected U.S. quarantine of Cuba; President John F. Kennedy talks about the capacities of the Cuban missile sites; Roger Mudd reports from the Pentagon; Ralph Rennick reports from Florida on U.S. military build-up in the Caribbean; David Schoenbrun reports from Washington on the significance of the arms quarantine; and proposed U.N. action is discussed, followed by clips of Castro and the Bay of Pigs invasion. Also included are reports by Charles Collingwood, from Helmstadt, on the Berlin crisis; Marvin Kalb, from Moscow, on Soviet reaction; and Daniel Schorr, from Berlin, on reaction there.

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