Monday, October 16, 1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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'Che' Guevara's death confirmed by Castro
MIAMI —(UPI)— Cuban Premier Fidel Castro said Sunday night he believes it is "painfully true" that his former right-hand man, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, was killed in Bolivia last Sunday.
His voice soft and quavering with emotion, Castro said "it would seem impossible" for anyone to amass all the evidence of Che's death unless it were true.
He said he studied the evidence—including photographs and a diary—and our judgment is that it is impossible to falsify these proofs.
"We have arrived at the conclusion that the . . . news relative to the death of Maj. Ernesto Guevara, is true," Castro said in a special two-hour nationwide radio and television broadcast monitored in Miami.
Castro said the Argentine-born revolutionary leader may have been betrayed by a deserter from the Bolivian guerrilla movement. Guevara was probably executed after being wounded in a battle with Bolivian troops, the premier said.
It was Castro's first statement on Guevara's death since it was reported Oct. 9 that Guevara had been killed the day before in a battle between a small band of revolutionaries and U.S.-trained Bolivian forces.
The 39-year-old Guevara dropped mysteriously from sight two and one-half years ago. Castro would only acknowledge that he was performing a revolutionary "mission."
Occasional reports during this period told of Guevara's death, and apparently for this reason Castro took pains Sunday night to outline his reasons for believing the reports from Bolivia.
"What with all the problems Bolivia has, it would be impossible for those in that regime to reach agreement on a lie of this nature," he said.
Castro remarked that "the first photographs didn't look authent—especially the diary—found on tic," but added that later evidence the body convinced him.
Castro was apologetic several times for having to make "this painful report" to Cubans. He said it was "especially painful to have to express a conviction based on news from a government which is an enemy of the revolution."
Guevara was last seen in Cuba in March, 1965, after a propaganda tour of new African nations. An ideological split developed between the pro-Chinese Guevara and the pro-Russian Castro, and he dropped from sight. Castro compounded the mystery by not mentioning Guevara for months, but he finally admitted his former Industry Minister was elsewhere in Latin America.
Paul reprimands bad interpretation of Church beliefs
VATICAN CITY —(UPI)— In an apparent lecture on the birth-control issue, Pope Paul VI Sunday reprimanded Catholics who "boldly turn aside from tradition" to challenge the teachings of the church and interpret religious beliefs to suit themselves.
Observers said the Pope's 30-minute address in St. Peter's Basilica was a clear rebuke to Catholics who have demanded the easing or ending of the church's ban against artificial contraception.
The 70-year-old Pope spoke to members of both the Synod of Bishops and the World Catholic Laymen's Congress after a special mass where women for the first time took part in the service with the Pope.
American astronaut Col. James McDivitt and his wife led 100 of the laymen in receiving Holy Communion from the Pope during the mass which a number of non-Catholic observers from the Laymen's Congress attended.
Special Hoch Concert Committee Interviews
Applications for Special Hoch Concert Steering Committee are now available in the SUA office. Positions include:
General ChairmanSecretary
Arrangements Chairman
House Manager
Usher Chairman
Hospitality Chairman
Tickets Chairman
Off-campus Sales
On-campus Sales
Publicity Chairman Complimentary Tickets Off-campus Publicity On-campus Publicity
Applications must be returned to SUA office by Friday, Oct.20.
Where does an engineer intern?
Before you decide on the job that's to start you on your professional career, it's good to ask a few point blank questions . . . like:
- Will this job let me rub shoulders with engineers doing things that haven't been done before, in all phases of engineering?
- Will I be working for an engineering oriented management whose only standard is excellence?
- Will I have access to experts in fields other than my own to help me solve problems and stimulate professional growth?
- Will I be working with the widest range of professional competence and technological facilities in the U. S.?
- Are engineering careers with this company stable . . . or do they depend upon proposals and market fluctuations?
Why not ask these questions about Bendix Kansas City when Mr. R E Cox visits the
University of Kansas Campus October 24-25,1967 February 21-22,1968
Or you may write Mr. Cox at:
Box 303-EE, Kansas City, Mo. 64131
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