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Cuba Trip New York Rally Disrupted by Brawl
A Times Square area rally by 59 students who violated a travel ban on Cuba sparked a 20 minute melee near West 43rd Street. About 80 people fought, eggs flew, and police halted disturbances as 1,400 spectators watched. Eight arrests, with several injuries, followed as anti Castro demonstrators clashed with police and hecklers.
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Associated Press
Rafael Alvarez
Town Hall
New York
Times Square
Cuba
State Department
House Committee On UN
Philip Rivera