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Dates: during 1950-1959
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HAVANA, Dec. 1--An American exassociate of Fidel Castro appeared before a military tribunal late today to defend himself against a possible death sentence. He is accused of counter-revolutionary activity...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: McElroy Announces Resignation; Gates Named Defense Secretary; 12 Nations Sign Antarctic Pact | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

...second military tribunal was scheduled in Havana tonight, with Rafael del Pino, a naturalized American, and five Cubans on trial on charges of counter revolutionary activity. The prosecutor is demanding the death penalty...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Cuba Renews Military Tribunals, Three U.S. Citizens Face Trial; Red Troops to Stay in Hungary | 12/1/1959 | See Source »

Replying to a question, McCormack explained why he remains on the House Committee on Government Operations. He said that he had been chairman of the committee, but had stepped down to let "a great American," Bill Dawson, the first Negro chairman of a House Committee take over. "I stay on, because I know he'd feel heartbroken if I were to resign," McCormack declared...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Majority Leader Speaks On Politics to HYDC Members | 12/1/1959 | See Source »

...event, when Mr. Eisenhower visits his 13 capitals next month, he will not find the same kind of qualified, experienced diplomat that greeted Mr. Khrushchev on his similar travels a few years ago. The Ugly American may have been the hero of the book, but in the form of the amateur ambassador, he is currently the villain of American diplomacy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diplomatic Dilettantism | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

PANAMA, Nov. 29--Panama police rounded up all known anti-U.S. agitators today after a night of riot, pillage, and stoning of American soldiers standing guard at the Panama Canal Zone...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Red China Charges U.S. Consul With Abduction of Staff Worker; President Seeks Increase in Aid | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

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