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...Hispanos, Billy Graham con nosotros," the signs proclaimed in buses and stores and the old favorite hymns they sang would have startled many a Bible-belter: The Old Rugged Cross was La Cruz de Jesus, What a Friend We Have in Jesus was Oh, Qué Amigo!, and Wonderful Words of Life was Oh, Contádmelas Otra...
...circulation by 62%, to 800 million pesos. The peso, nominally worth $1, has depreciated to 52? on the New York market. In the space for the National Bank president's signature, the new bills say simply "Che." (AntiCommunist Cubans put a small cross before the Che, making it cruz-Che, which pronounced rapidly sounds like Khrushchev.) When Che took over the bank, he found that its gold and dollar reserves were deposited in the U.S. He transferred them to Switzerland...
...Willie!" They embarked in June 1898, bound for Siboney, Cuba. By his account, it was the third notable amphibious operation in U.S. history. (First two: Washington crossing the Delaware and the landing at Vera Cruz during the Mexican War.) Since the troop transports were commercially chartered, the skipper could choose his own disembarkation point, which ranged up to a half-mile offshore. The horses and mules panicked, with the result that the Rough Riders rode in name only. The first quasi action of Post's outfit was to rush up and relieve the Rough Riders who had got themselves...
BALTASAR A. CRUZ-VIDAL...
Sharp. In Santa Cruz, Calif., Roger La Jeunes and Harvey Stovall were arrested after they put up 36 signs along the beach: "Please do not feed the sharks...