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Last August 24 a group of young Cuban exiles in two small motor launches shelled a waterfront hotel in Havana. The Cubans--members of the Student Revolutionary Directorate (DRE) with head-quarters in Miami--evoked cries of anguish from Fidel Castro by their abortive bombardment and "embarrassment and annoyance" on the part of the United States government...
...camps. He did not think the city was sinking fast enough for anyone to worry. "I think Venetians exaggerate all their problems because they like to have meetings, and this is certainly the most wonderful place to meet. Therefore, let us have many more of them, perhaps in a motor-driven Noah's Ark in the year...
...Minutes after she left, a thunderous explosion blew out the powder-room walls, shattered glass in the lobby, wrecked the interior of the cocktail lounge and injured five persons. Timed to coincide with the Tamanaco blast, a hail of fire from machine guns and mortars poured into an army motor pool on the other side of town. Troops returned the fire, and for two hours many of the expectant mothers in a nearby maternity hospital cowered beneath their beds as bullets ricocheted through the building. A bystander was killed and eight wounded before the attackers scattered and escaped...
...engine that drives the front wheels. Price: $1,500. > Ford of Britain's Cortina, the conservative British version of the Cardinal, has conventional rear-wheel drive, a top speed of 77 m.p.h., and costs $1,600. >West Germany's Opel Kadett, General Motor's newest European entry, features a roomy interior and trunk, is practically indistinguishable from the R-8 or Giulia in its box-tail styling, and sells...
Most of the long evening was spent introducing 30 prominent Democrats, including Peabody's rivals for the gubernatorial nomination, Lieutenant Governor Edward A. Mc Laughlin and Motor Vehicle Registrar Clement A. Riley...