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Cuban Refugees Leaving Atlanta Prison for New U.S. Lives
Fifteen Cuban refugees freed from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary amid cheers from many of their 1,800 countrymen remain behind bars. Thirteen wore government supplied shirts and slacks as they boarded a van for new lives across the United States. Additional releases occurred as sponsors collected two more detainees, part of 381 ordered freed by U.S. District Judge Marvin Shoob for entering the U.S. without proper papers.
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Atlanta
Bie
Freedom Flotilla
Vicory
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
United States
William Noonan
U.S
Marvin Shoob
Cuba