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...threat presumably was prompted by statements of some U.S. congressmen that the State Department should act to halt the executions which have followed the fall of President Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship...
Asked by newsmen as he left his quarters in the Havana Hilton Hotel whether the shooting of Fulgencio Batista's accused henchmen would be called off, Castro replied swiftly: "No. To the contrary, we have given orders to shoot every one of these murderers. And if we have to battle world opinion to mete out justice we are prepared...
...Havana, Correspondent Bruce Henderson got a vivid account of Dictator Fulgencio Batista's final banquet and ignominious flight, spent four days and sleepless nights putting together a comprehensive report on how and why he fell. For an analysis of what happened in Cuba, and what may happen now, see THE HEMISPHERE...
...gambling, prostitution and a leaky public till. In disgust and shame, a nervy band of rural guerrillas, aided by angry Havana professional men (plus opportunists with assorted motives), started a bloody civil war that cost more than $100 million and took 8,000 lives. Last week they smashed General Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship...
...government suspended all criminal courts, regarded as a symbol of the fallen dictatorship of President Fulgencio Batista, and was reported preparing a decree abolishing all political parties...