26 OCTOBER 1962, page 3

Trial Of Strength

HE West faces a grave situation. It would be T absurd to think that the showdown on Cuba is only a Soviet-American affair. Rather it is the testing-ground of the determination......

Portrait Of The Week— 'the Best Laid Schemes Of Mice

and men gang aft agley': as America and Russia played cl iff- top politics, both sides began treading danger- o usly near the brink, and a slip by either could mean disaster. On......