Word: cubans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Federal Penitentiary was one of the longest in the nation's history, and its nonviolent ending was a tribute to the tenacity of federal negotiators. Day after day they put the safety of the 89 hostages above any impatience in dealing with the balky, shifting factions of 1,100 Cuban detainees who had seized control of the prison. Not a single hostage was injured, and when the ordeal finally came to an end at 1 a.m. last Friday, an unusual scene occurred. As the released prison guards began rushing out of the prison, many stopped to embrace their inmate captors...
Through it all, the families of both hostages and captives held vigils near the prisons in an uneasy symbiosis of suffering. The tension between the two groups seemed most acute in Oakdale, a small rural town of 7,200. On Thanksgiving Day, a group of Cuban women made a peace offering to a congregation of hostage families who had gathered in a church hall: a baked turkey adorned with a Cuban and an American flag. Though a few polite hugs * were exchanged, the gesture failed to relieve the resentment and anxiety. "I'll tell you one thing," muttered a sympathizer...
...irony is that the prisoners themselves were not waving the Cuban flag either. In the midst of a torrential downpour last Friday, some 75 Oakdale inmates gathered around an American flag, linked hands and raised their arms above their heads in silent prayer. In the distance, a ragged banner proclaimed FREEDOM OR BLOOD...
Although Reagan and Gorbachev will meet only to sign a treaty on medium- range nuclear missiles, their common interests could lead to better relations. -- The President sticks by Star Wars despite budget cuts and discouraging evidence from laboratories. -- In Atlanta and Oakdale, La., bureaucratic bungling leads to riots by Cuban prisoners. -- Chicago mourns its mayor...
When the prison rioting began, there were nearly 1400 Cuban inmates and about 200 Americans locked up in Atlanta. By the time the takeover ended, 1104 Cuban and 17 American prisoners remained. The Americans are not covered by the pact...