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Word: clodomiro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cabanas, 40 miles to the west, Captain Clodomiro Miranda Mendiela, a rebel veteran, defected with 200 soldiers. Castro rushed up 2,000 men and heavy mortars, after 48 hours captured wounded Captain Miranda with ten men. ¶Near Cienfuegos, five minutes after a Cubana Airlines DC-3 took off northward to Havana, 140 miles away, four men and two women passengers produced guns and tried to force the plane to Miami. The ship crash-landed, and the dash to freedom ended. A day later, after a kangaroo trial, the four men were sentenced to die. ¶In Las Villas province...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Spontaneous Combustion | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

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