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April 4, 1960 - Ike Heaps Praise - Cuba Heaps Disdain.

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News for this April 4th in 1960 was short and medicinal. President Eisenhower heaped praise on vice-President Richard Nixon as the 1960 Presidential campaign got underway from the Republican camp. The general consensus of opinion was Nixon would be a shoe-in for the nomination.

Meanwhile, violence continued in South Africa with hospitals reporting a shortage of bandages to treat the injured. Protests against the White-Minority government were intensifying, as were the crackdowns.

A board of Inquiry from Civil Aeronautics concluded the recent crash of a National Airlines plane in North Carolina was the object of a bomb planted on board. No clues as to who did it though.

The biggest Communist Youth Rally ever held took place in Havana, Cuba with a sea of Cuba, Si - Yanki, No placards on display. There was seemingly no end to the love for us, particularly in Cuba.

And this night was the night of the Oscars in Hollywood.

All this and some cheery ads for Sylvania Blue Dot Flashbulbs all via NBC News On The Hour.



Che Guevara on Issues and Answers - 1964

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With the renewed interest in Cuba and the possibility of talks a potential reality, not to mention we're coming up on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution and the rise to power of Fidel Castro, I thought it would be interesting to present a Sunday Talk Show from 1964 featuring a rare interview with Che Guevara. ABC's Issues and Answers, in pretty much the same mold as Meet The Press and Face The Nation, this interview, conducted in Havana pulled no punches.

Guevara is heard through an interpreter and now that we have the Crooks and Liars Media player, you get to hear the whole thing, uncut, exactly as presented on March 24, 1964.

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(Had he lived, he'd be 80 this year