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 . 