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Sunday, October 1, 1961
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Monday, October 2, 1961
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Tuesday, October 3, 1961
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Wednesday, October 4, 1961
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Thursday, October 5, 1961
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Friday, October 6, 1961
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Saturday, October 7, 1961
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Sunday, October 8, 1961
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Monday, October 9, 1961
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Tuesday, October 10, 1961
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Wednesday, October 11, 1961
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Thursday, October 12, 1961
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Friday, October 13, 1961
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Saturday, October 14, 1961
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Sunday, October 15, 1961
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Monday, October 16, 1961
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Tuesday, October 17, 1961
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Wednesday, October 18, 1961
SOVIET OFFERS DELAY ON BERLIN;
U.S.BIDS KHRUSHCHEV DROP PLAN FOR TESTING A 50-MEGATON BOMB
FALL-OUT DECRIED
White House Sees 'No Purpose' in Big Blast—Silent on Berlin U.S. Calls on Khrushchev to Drop Plan for Testing 50-Megaton Nuclear Bomb WHITE HOUSE SEES A RISE IN FALL-OUT Says Blast Would Serve 'No Legitimate Purpose'—No Comment on Berlin Delay
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—The United States called upon the Soviet Union tonight to reconsider the planned explosion of a fifty-megaton atomic weapon.
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Thursday, October 19, 1961
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Friday, October 20, 1961
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Saturday, October 21, 1961
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Sunday, October 22, 1961
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Monday, October 23, 1961
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Tuesday, October 24, 1961
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Wednesday, October 25, 1961
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Thursday, October 26, 1961
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Friday, October 27, 1961
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Saturday, October 28, 1961
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Sunday, October 29, 1961
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Monday, October 30, 1961
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Tuesday, October 31, 1961
SOVIET EXPLODES BIGGEST A-BOMB, BUT 50-MEGATON FORCE IS DOUBTED;
U. S. JOINS IN WORLD-WIDE PROTEST
TEST DENOUNCED
White House Asserts Purpose Is to Incite 'Fright and Panic' Soviet Explodes Biggest A-Bomb, but 50-Megaton Force Is Doubted by U.S. Aides TEST DENOUNCED BY WHITE HOUSE 'Fright and Panic' Held Aim—Fall-out on Russia Is Hinted by Low Altitude
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 — The Soviet Union detonated the most powerful man-made explosion in history today by setting off a hydrogen bomb with a force of up to fifty megatons.
