Raymond Elmore
Kidnaped by Castro Rebels
[Reference: HOMESTEAD LEADER-PERRINE POST
Homestead, Fl., Thursday, July 3, 1958, Page 3]
Dade Grove Owner Captured by Rebels in Cuba
Among the Americans captured within the past week by Cuban rebels is a
Raymond Elmore, South Dade property owner who is well known in this
area.
Elmore, whose home is in Haynesville, La., has lived in Cuba for many
years as executive of a large sugar refining company. For some
ten years he has owned and operated grove properties in South Dade and
has visited the area once or twice each year to look after his holdings.
The Leader learned yesterday from E. J. Norman, grove manager for FEC
Fertilizer Co., that that company serves as caretaker for Elmore's
groves which include a 40-acre avocado grove at Redland Rd. and Avocado
Dr. and a large lime grove east of Princeton.
According to latest dispatches at press time, Elmore was still among
the 30-odd Americans for which the U.S. State Department was seeking
release.
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[Reference: HOMESTEAD LEADER-PERRINE POST
Homestead, Fl., Thursday, July 10, 1958, Page 1]
Cuban Rebels Release Local Grove Owner
Dispatches from Cuba yesterday reported that Raymond Elmore, Cuban
sugar plant executive and South Dade grove owner, has been brought by
helicopter to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo after more than a
week's imprisonment by the Castro rebels.
Elmore, whose home is in Haynesville, La., was among the more than 40 Americans kidnaped by the Cuban insurgents.
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