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Tragic coincidences are not uncommon in Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's Dominican Republic. Last week Trujillo's mouthpiece, El Cáribe, reported another: the curious case of three wellborn sisters noted for their opposition to the Dictator. They were found dead near the wreckage of a Jeep at the bottom of a 150-ft. cliff on the north coast of the tight little island. Said El Cáribe: "The accident in which Driver Rufino Cruz and the sisters Patria Mirabal de Gonzáles, Minerva Mirabal de Tavárez and Maria Teresa Mirabal de Guzman...
There was much to the story of the three Mirabal sisters that El Cáribe did not tell. The story began with Minerva, 32, who reportedly caught the Dictator's eye some years ago when she was a pretty university student. When Trujillo tried to exercise his Dominican version of droit du seigneur, Minerva's response was a stinging slap on the face. Shortly thereafter, both Minerva and her middle-aged father were jailed, Minerva briefly, her father for two years before he was released -to die 15 days later of a combination of malnutrition, beatings...
After shooting the highest single round in Harvard history--1406 points--and inisbing its season with an eight-and-four record, the sophomore-studded varsity ribe team anticipates an even brighter future. Its success this past winter was all the more impressive because the team was built from scratch--and had no coach...
...hits at New Haven yesterday while his teammates were garnering seven, but the Crimson seconds were beaten 3 to 2 when Yale scored two runs in the seventh without a hit. Two bases on balls and a wild pitch put men on second and third, and both scored when Ribe made a wild throw to the plate...
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