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-5 1 fill SATURDAY JUNE 27 1992 1UH THE MIAMI HERALD THE AMERICAS Mass transit in Cuba: waiting for it to go Lack of gas has nation nearly paralyzed Be rapst lie UgqEs aD Basil's "Immediate Installation Available DU PONT Authorized Dealer stainmaster: CARPET Certified and warranted by DuPont Stain Resistance neer before available YMojtfh CoMpet cmjmC bad Dense Foot Print Fighter Carpet Installed over 5 rubber padding CsqYd Great for High Traffic Areas Retail S2299 Sq Yd Room Size Rolls from Sq Yd First Quality Carpet Only year-old Nissan at the local Hav-anautos rental agency For a three-day drive from Santiago to Havana it will cost $729 for rental insurance and gas coupons Clerks tell tourists they will have no problem finding gasoline for the rental car No problem? One tourist began his search in Camaguey with the needle just over a quarter of a tank There were plenty of gas stations but at most the hoses were wrapped around the pumps: no gas Five hours from Santiago with less than a quarter of a tank and after stops at six stations with no gas someone suggested returning to Santiago to get gas One filling station had gas but only for army vehicles In the next town with the needle on empty three gas attendants suggested trying the other station in town One man who had stopped to put air in a bicycle tire offered to sell the tourist his bicycle Havanautos said the tank holds 53 liters a little over 13 'h gallons Gas can be bought with coupons in 20-liter increments No change no refund With the gauge registering empty the tank took less than 39 liters The station master shrugged and took the coupons Mary's Carpet guarantees the lowest everyday pnces on all carpets including: MOHAWK LEE'S PHILADELPHIA HORIZON QUEEN EVANS AND IN RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL EXPORT SPECIALISTS 2522511 II756S DooeHway South Miami 261-2511 7775 SW 40 St (Bud Hoad) Miami 8222511 6440W20Ave (Wait Pdmatto) Hidaah 9492511 1761 NE 163rd St North Miomi By TIMOTHY DWYER Knlght-Ridder News Service SANTIAGO Cuba The whole country needs a ride At every bus stop on every corner from this city overlooking the azure sea to the bumpy country roads crisscrossing the fields of the breadbasket to the hot streets of Havana people wait Sometimes for hours Grandfathers on canes mothers and fathers toting children teenagers police officers and even soldiers stand together waiting in the oppressive heat eyeballing every car truck taxi and horse-drawn carriage Thousands of bicycles whiz by pedaled by people with cars sitting at home with dry gasoline tanks Gasoline is rare these days of economic crisis in Cuba The buses still run but they are fewer and farther between At every bus stop government workers in faded gold uniforms stop vehicles and inspect them for extra space in which to stuff a few more passengers But mostly what people do is wait Drive across the country and you can easily go 40 miles without seeing another vehicle Maybe a few horses and donkeys but no trains trucks or cars Tourists can pick up a two- A 1 iCr'x 'W'' A A BLACK Sale Dates June 27th July 3rd 572-2511 2200UnverstyDr (One block North at Sirnse Blvd SunriM Broward Avoiabie a week on the Editorial page lU''' hiUhiisii-i Mon Thur 98 Jim Morin i The Herald's top drawer Subfed to extra labor tnp charges A furniture moving fn ft Sat 9 6 AS Motor Credit Cards Accepted Financing Don't miss hie editorial cartoon five times yn Associated Press MEETS WITH CUBAN EXILES: Sen Connie Mack Cuban exiles urge stronger US support Discuss ways to recover property By PAUL ANDERSON Herald Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Hoping to some day return to Cuba and reclaim homes and businesses about three dozen exiles from Miami and other cities spent Friday debating US policy after Fidel Castro Leaders of associations for exile bankers manufacturers architects sugar growers and others made a case for stronger US government support to key representatives of the State Department the Treasury Department the Commerce Department and the US Foreign Claims Settlement Commission The conference was organized by Jose Manuel Casanova a consultant who formerly served as US director of the Inter-Ameri-can Development Bank He said the discussions included calls for pressure on Russia to remove its 1 1000 or so soldiers and military equipment from Cuba All but one of the sessions took place behind closed doors Reporters and TV cameras were admitted to an emotional meeting with Sen Connie Mack the Florida Republican who has been working to tighten the 1963 economic embargo against Cuba Mack said his amendment to the Export Administration Act would the noose around by cutting off trade by subsidiaries of US companies in third countries Nestor Carbonell of Cuban American Executives thanked Mack but said not He said Congress should require Russia to withdraw militarily from Cuba before giving President Boris Yeltsin aid And Carbonell called for covert US support of dissidents in Cuba Juan Loumiet of the Association of Cuban Industrialists in Exile asked Mack to explore ways Congress can help exiles who hold American citizenship to recover their property Mack promised to study the issue IN THE AMERICAS From Herald Wire Services CU3A Heavy rains kill 2 damages homes HAVANA Two Cubans were killed and an Arab student was missing and feared drowned in torrential rains on western Cuba the last two days Civil Defense officials said Friday The non-stop downpours the heaviest in recent years destroyed or damaged several hundred houses in the provinces of Pinar del Rio and Havana and flooded large areas of state fruit and vegetable farms Cuban army helicopters were used to carry many to safety in the towns of San Luis and San Juan Martinez On the Isle of Youth 16-year-old Dahba Ali Brahim a 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