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From Fidel Castro's Armed Forces Ministry one day last week came a high-pitched communiqué. An invasion force, said the ministry, landed on the north shore of Oriente province and was engaged by the militia. In the fight Invasion Leader Armentino Feria, described as a follower of Batista Gangster Rolando Masferrer, was killed. Captured, according to the communiqué, were two of his men, plus a U.S. flag, a U.S. Army manual, a U.S. Army uniform, seven U.S. carbines and three muleloads of ammunition. The remaining invaders, totaling 24 men, escaped to the hills. Inevitably the ministry...
...British contingent is headed by Mrs. Tighe Nickalls, known familiarly as Tiger, a ten-year veteran of traipsing from feria to feria; Colonel Christopher Beckett, who started in the prewar days of Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon, and thinks the art has declined since Manolete's time because now "the matadors want to live until tomorrow"; and Nora McAlpine, owner of London's Dorchester Hotel, who this year brought her 16-year-old daughter to the fights...
...international contest at which their excellencies assisted was a sparkling new feature of Peru's annual Feria Nacional, which included such other attractions as bullfights and a country fair...
...fight Miuras; some will not. Many breeders have bred smaller bulls at the behest of cautious matadors, but if a bull is too small he is whistled out of the ring. For those who wish to judge bulls before they reach the ring two occasions are important: the feria (fair) at Seville in the spring and the July encierros at Pamplona...
Following is the program for the pop concert in Symphony Hall this evening: Boston College Night. 1.March, "For the Country," Milloecker 2. Overture, "Hans Heiling," Marschner 3. Waltz, "Les Chanteurs des Bois," Fahrbach 4. Selection, "Orfee aux enfers," Offenbach 5. Suite, "La Feria," Lacombe (a) In the Arena. (b) Under the Balcony. (c) In the Theatre. 6. Ballet Music, "The Queen of Sheba," Goldmark ('Cello Solo, Mr. J. Keller). 7. Selection, "Tosca," Puccini 8. Ride of the Hussars, Spindler 9. Overture, "Roman Carnival," Berlioz 10. Serenade, Mowskowsky 11. Waltz, "Santiago," Corbin 12. March, "Progressive," Morcan