Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...September hurricane moaned in from Cuba, slammed huge seas against the Miami shore, and buzz-sawed on across Florida, killing five people and leaving a $25 million trail of damaged property...
After a last performance in Cuba, Emilio put the circus aboard the ancient, 145-foot Honduran ship Euzkera, then took a plane to Cartagena to see to Colombian bookings and the house in Bogotá. The Euzkera had only two cabins. But the 46 members of the troupe managed somehow, even with all their animals and gear...
...CUBA'S PERIPATETIC PRESIDENT-ELECT Carlos Prío Socarrás, who had already received the full treatment in Mexico (TIME, Aug. 9) and who plans to visit the U.S. after his inauguration in November, turned up in Guatemala City. He and Guatemala's President Juan José Arévalo found a mutual bond in their distaste for the Dominican Republic's Dictator Rafael Trujillo and Nicaragua's Anastasio
...Cromer, England, Edward Atkins explained to police: "I shot my wife because she told me to, and I have always done what I was told." In Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, José Licea explained why he had shot his sister-in-law: he had mistaken her for his wife...
...told. The robbers scooped up hundreds of bank notes and cleaned out the cash windows. Eight minutes after entering the bank, they walked out into the sun-baked Prado, crossed to the shady side where their cars were waiting, and drove away. It was the biggest bank robbery in Cuba's history. Total take...