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Cuba Sees Economic Graft While People Seek Better Life
Harold Morrison reports from Havana that Cuba shows economic gains under Castro yet still faces harsh limits. Averages include 85 peso minimum wage, rationed food, job guarantees, and state housing. cars are scarce but state transport expands. Officials link aid from the Soviet Union to daily life while planning a 6 percent annual production rise for the next decade and nickel expansion to aid growth.
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Harold Morrison
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Sierra Maestra
Santiago de Cuba
Oriente
Russia
Castro
Soviet Union
Latin America
U.S
Nixon