The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, March 3, 1996                  TAG: 9603030056
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A15  EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY TOM WELLS, ASSOCIATED PRESS 
DATELINE: KEY WEST, FLA.                     LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

STORM LIMITS CUBAN MEMORIAL EFFORTS

[This story is not available electronically. For complete text, please see microfilm.] ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

Above, a Cuban ship sets out to protect its country's territorial

limits Saturday from a flotilla that never arrived. Fidel Castro

said of the downing of two planes: ``We had been patient, but there

are limits.''

Graphic

LOCAL FORCE

In addition to 11 Coast Guard cutters, the Navy had three vessels in

the area, including the Norfolk-based guided-missile cruisers

Mississippi and John L. Hall.

by CNB