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1,160 Cubans Sail for Refuge in U S
Havana up the Shirley Lykes carried more than 1,000 relatives of Bay of Pigs invaders bound for asylum in the United States. The ship sailed for Port Everglades with Red Cross aid and a Miami medical team. Debarkation planned for buses to Miami followed arrival in Florida.
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Shirley Lykes
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Port Everglades
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Amerian Red Cross
Miami
der Castro
Cuba
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