THE BEARD ARRIVES FIDEL CASTRO SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN ALL CABLE AND

TELEPHONE LINES BETWEEN HAVANA AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD FOR 24 HOURS LAST

WEEK AND SECRETLY HOPPED A GIANT SOVIET TU-114 JET FOR A NONSTOP TRIP

TO MURMANSK . AT THE AIRPORT TO GREET HIM WAS HIS OLD PAL OF THE CUBAN

MISSILE CRISIS LAST FALL, ANASTAS MIKOYAN . WAITING FOR HIM IN MOSCOW

WAS NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, WHO PROMISED TO SHOW HIM OFF TO HIS COMRADES IN

A TUMULTOUS MAY DAY CELEBRATION THIS WEEK .