Evening star., 1960-12-09
CUBA
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persons, including two middle
aged women, attempted to seize
the airliner.
The man killed in the battle
was identified as Ramiro Rod
lrigueZ Verda, %. Of Holguin, q
passenger believed to have been
one Of the group.
Three of the insurgent group
were captured when they hid
in a cane field after the crash
landing. and a fourth member
who was believed wounded. was
reported surrounded by militia
men.
The pilot. Capt. Francisco
Martinez, So. a 30-year veteran
with Guiana, was grayely
wounded. Co-pilot Francisco R
Frago Lombana and Purser
Jesus Ripoll MILAN also were
wounded.
A total Of II persons were
aboard the plane. q twin-en-
gined IC-3, all Cubans. The
flight 6 iginated in Santiago.
Chunks Up to 40 Pounds
The note delivered to Unitec
States Charge d'Affaires Dan.
lei Braddock's suburban resi-.
dence after midnight protested
that the United States cas- en-.
dangering Cuban lives ane
property by launching its space
rockets over this island.
Chunks of the rocket weigh.
ing up to 40 pounds fell in ar
unpopulated area 500 mile.
east Of Havana after 1t was
launched from Cape Canaveral
and then destroyed because Of q
malfunction.
The note said that rockets
were being shot over Cuba be-
cause Of the pride and ire
sponsibility' Of American off,
cials.
1t made no mention of a
United States State Depart
,ment request for the return OF
the rocket fragments so they
might be identified.
The Armed Forces Ministry's
only announcement OF any kind
concerning welter Of reports
Of armed clashes breaking out
over the island claimed that
the capture of a band Of in
surgents In the western prov.
ince Of Pinar del Rio or
"Wednesday represented "a new
failure for mercenaries spurrec
by imperialism"
The previous army announce.
ment Of the capture gave thu
number in the band as IL, but
the ministry communique listec
only 10. The communique sale
one insurgent was killed, tive
were wounded and seven wer,
captured after a battle at Oligs
Ranch in the Sierra Delos Or
ganos Mountains, near Cabanas
about 80 miles west of Havana
Capt. Clodomiro Mirand,
Mendiela. one of the wounded
has been reported by unofficia
lsources to have been leading .
band of about 200 deserter
from the Castro forces. TIL,
government safd~most of thos,
in the band were members o
Capt. Miranda's family.
Canadian Bank Taken Over
The Presidential Palace
meanwhile, announced officiall.
that the National Bank o
Cuba had taken over all opera
tions Of the Royal Bank o
Canada in Cuba.
| The palace statement did no
refer to naturalization Of tn
bank, as reported by CANADIAN
bank officials here. nor to sal
of the bank as announced II
Montreal.
1t said only that the tw'
banks had contracted "in
spirit of liberty and harmony
for the transfer Of all opera
tions and properties.
The terms Of the transfer
involving an estimated $16'
million in assets and about al
equal amount in liabilities
were not disclosed.
The Cuban government ear
lier this year nationalized al
banks except two Canadian
ones-the Royal Bank of Can,
ada and the Bank of Nov;
Scotia. Since the nationaliZa
tion and the issuance Of de-
crees channeling all loan
Through the National Bank o
Cuba. commercial bankin,
business here has been diff
lcult.