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Florida sugar boom fuels Cuban exile investors
South Florida expands into a sugar boom as Cuban exiles and American firms build mills and refineries in the Everglades to recoup losses from Castro. Eleven mills join operation or construction. Florida sugar output rises from 80 thousand tons a decade ago to projected 1962 levels above 300 thousand, with 500 thousand planned soon. Land values surge near Lake Okeechobee, reaching up to nine hundred dollars an acre. Major players include U S Sugar Corp at Belle Glade, Clewiston mill, Talisman Sugar Corp bringing in a Louisiana mill, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Glades County Sugar Growers, and South Florida Sugar Corp led by P J Serralles.
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Miami
Fla
South Florida
Fidel Castro
Cuba
U. S
Everglades
Florida
Sugar Bowl
Lake Okeechobee
U. S. Sugar Corp
Belle Glade
U. S. Sugar
Clewiston
Talisman Sugar Corp
Louisiana
Manuel Arca
Luis de Armas
Glades County
Sugar Growers Cooperation Association
South Florida Sugar Corp
P. J. Serralles
Puerto Rico