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Illegal Cuban Border Crossings Raise U S Officials’ Hurdles

Miami AP dispatch reports hundreds of Cubans enter the United States from Mexico by boat, bus, and raft with about 500 crossing Texas to Arizona in the first four months of 1919. Despite tougher enforcement and new visa limits, illegal entries persist as Cubans seek refuge and work delays in Mexico. A Cuban dentist describes a smuggling route to Nogales, crossing the Rio Grande, paying up to 600, and evading deportation once inside U S territory. In separate notes, Arnold Palmer gifted President Nixon a six hole synthetic putting green for his Key Biscayne home.