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There were still more than 1,500 American boats of all sizes waiting last week with restless crews and anxious relatives in Cuba's single refugee embarkation port of Mariel, 27 miles west of Havana. Those skippers who are finally permitted to load and sail under Castro's slow and erratic selection of exiles will have greater U.S. protection on the sometimes perilous 110-mile voyage than those hapless earlier captains whose boats were swamped by high winds. The U.S. Navy has the landing ship Boulder and the amphibious assault ship Saipan patrolling the Florida Straits. The Saipan...
While the past waves of Cuban refugees proved hard workers who not only helped each other but strengthened the communities in which they settled, some fears about the latest influx are developing in Cuban-American areas. As the U.S. enters an economic recession, the new load on schools, local services and taxes is not welcome. A few protest rallies have already been held in South Florida. Asks Miami Builder Hank Green, incoming president of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce: "Who takes them in? Who feeds them? I told my family last night, be prepared to be bilingual...
Montgomery, who teaches three upper-level Government courses also affiliated with the Kennedy School of Government, said he will not change his course load next year, but he added he will reevaluate it after a year as chairman...
That came in the bottom of the sixth inning with the contest scoreless. With runners on first and second, Yale's Dan Costello singled to left, but Eli coach Ron Krause held his runner on third to load the bases...
Undaunted the Crimson midfield shouldered a load of the contact and came out on top. Controlling momentum by scooping up those ground balls--Wigglesworth and Predun snatched 12 and 10 respectively--the stickmen foiled the Wildcat drives time after time...