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Wednesday, January 01, 2014

55 years ago today...



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Jan. 1, 1959. 
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BATISTA, AIDES FLEE CUBA

By JAY MALLIN
Correspondent of The Miami News

HAVANA, Jan. 1 - President Fulgencio Batista lost his bully's 
grip on Cuba today and fled the revolution-torn country.
The dictator, along with his immediate family and top members
of his government, reportedly flew to the
Dominican Republic. 

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Jan. 2, 1959.
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HAPPY HAVANA AWAITING
FIDEL'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY

By JAY MALLIN
Correspondent of The Miami News

HAVANA, Jan. 2 - Rebel leader Fidel Castro today
is in complete control of the republic of Cuba.

With the Batista dictatorship toppled and all the principal
cities of the nation in rebel hands, it appears that the bloody
two-year-old civil war has come to an end.




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