Word: santas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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According to Shannon McCune, Provost of the University of Massachusetts, that institution received only about 90 cents per student under the Program. "This is almost silly," he added, "but nobody shoots Santa Claus...
VINCENT A. MIRRIONE Santa Clara, Calif...
Toward the end of 1958, the rebels began moving west. Ex-Dishwasher Camilo Cienfuegos marched a column into the hills of Camagŭey. In December the rebels launched a "battle for Santa Clara"-a city of 150,000 in Las Villas. A column led by Che Guevara quickly took the streets, the Batista army as quickly retreated to its fortress post, and in five days of shooting 60 died...
...revenge against the conquered foe. Last week some 28 lesser Batista officials, left behind when the top dogs fled, were convicted in kangaroo courts and shot; another nine were executed without benefit of trial at all. Typical victims: Santiago's Maritime Police Chief Alejandro Garcia Olayón, Santa Clara's Police Chief Cornelio Rojas (see cuts). After one execution drew a crowd of 3,000, the rebels ruled that spectators would henceforth be barred-but allowed to inspect the bodies afterward...
Divorced. By Donna Atwood, 33, retired professional skater (Ice Capades), U.S. junior women's skating champion in 1941: John H. Harris, 60, producer of Ice Capades; after nine years of marriage, three children; in Santa Monica. Calif...