Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Francisco Aguirre, 54, labor leader in pre-Castro Cuba, a onetime hotel workers organizer who as Labor Minister in the late '40s swept the nation's unions clean of Communists, in 1951 helped the A.F.L.-C.I.O. found the pro-Western ORIT (Organization Regional Inter Americana de Trabaja-dores), two years later spearheaded a novel agreement by which his union bankrolled the building of the Havana Hilton Hotel, was jailed by Castro in 1959; of unknown causes (Castro's radio merely said "suddenly"); in La Cabana prison, Havana...
...conceal it. The magazine was the first to reveal that U.S. radar had been installed in Tur key to eavesdrop on Soviet ICBM tests. The troubles of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter were first noted in its pages. The first suggestion that the Russians were installing ballistic missiles in Cuba was published by the magazine. Three months ago, it broke the news that the Soviets were shipping surface-to-surface missiles to North Viet Nam to be fired across the demilitarized zone. Russia's top military officers scan every issue. Soviet Aircraft Designer Andrei Tupolev told Hotz...
...riding for Owner Fred Hooper. Within four months, Velasquez won 89 races and set a New Jersey record by booting home six winners in a single day at Garden State Park. His 300 victories last year put him second to Cuba's Avelino Gomez for the riding championship, and so far this season he is well ahead of his closest rival...
...other trial heat. Cuba outpaced Mexico and Paraguay. Cuba and the United States, by winning their respective heats, will go automatically into the finals Saturday night. The other four boats will race again today, and the first three will also enter the finals. The two days of heats are required to eliminate just one boat...
...Harvard crew grabbed a lead of half-a-length right from the start of the race. The Canadians finished five seconds behind Harvard with a time of 6:24, and Argentina finished third at 7:32. In last night's other heat, the Cuba boat--racing the same length and under the same conditions as the Harvard crew--captured first place with an unimpressive...