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No. 135,
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‘Munoz’ Voting] Idea Draws .
Te areome!
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Rise In Traffic Deaths Brings Strong Action.
Mixed Opinion|
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By HAROLD
:
an
J, LIDIN'
The vice president of the Popular.
Party,
House
Ernesto
ni,
a
day
had
on
Speaker
of - the
Ramos
Antoni-
comment
yester-
terse
the
Y
Luis: Mufioz Marin* that, Puerto Ricans be given the right to vote “T
have
gay.,”
absolutely
remarked
;
nothing
Ramos.
President
of
less
is what
ewe Ties er Eee, Tae
lapse”
the
Commonwealth
Mujfioz-sponsored status.
If Puerto Rico participates in Presidential Concepcion,
elections, warned island politics wi
become just “the tait of the kite”. of
mainland
political
develop-
(See VOTING, Page 23)
fic
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C
(AP)
ea
law
reck-
the
against
drivers.”
majority
want,
that
of
that
the
not
be
is
what
forcefully
the
accidents
(See
police
blamed and
asforce
for
other
traf-
“social
said, does
“It seems not seep
Page
POLICE,
RAMON
23)
TORRES
:
-..
BRASCHI gets
tough
|Plans For Tallest Building |! SURVEYIN’ early
IN THE
afternoon: sent
area scurrying
RAIN—A most
wet late morning
persons
in
the
and
metropolitan
for shelter yesterday, but one man
with
an outdoor job remained on the job. He is Raul Marxuach, a surveyer for the architectural firm of Guillermety and
Given To PR Planning Board 3
By FREDERICK HARMON Preliminary plans have been submitted to the Puerto Rico Planning Board for the construction of, a 28-story building at Stop 18, Ponce
Poe
B diga£0sfo t. proposed ed b idi ilding |“ beach umbrella over him and his transit provided the would be the tallest on the _buisland and .one of the. tallest buildings Ortiz,
Inc., who
had
prepared
himself
well.
The
large
corner: of Ashford Ave. and Barranquitas St. with a spark lof color. (STAR photo by Beb Bone.)
{born Porumbeanu
nal romance with a.simple wed-jsummer
CSA TRS LORI
the
irresponsible
has “failed,” he that education
ignored
fami-
Gamble Benedict, heiress, and | ly objections and legal obstacles Andre Porumbeanu, an ex-chauf-|to marry late Tuesday. feur, climaxed their internatio-} The couple slipped into this
resort center, 20
Register
of
—
Deeds
Marshall
Watterson questioned the validity of Porumbeanu’s three-week-
old Mexican
divorce
and
called
miles in the Henderson County attor@ing service at a mountain hunt-| south of Asheville, in the after. _ .ing lodge near here. The groom|noon. They took the requited ney, Arthur d..Reddend, for, advice. Reddén consulted with the wore a borrowed. shirt. physical examination and blood ‘The 19-year-old runaway heiress | tests at a. local hospital, then and the 35-year-old, Romanian- applied for a_ marriage - license. {ca
espe-|..
evils’ in Puerto Rico. + The attempt to educate drivers |
Gamble, Andre Now Married 4)
of
they
serted
.
of
participate,
will be done.” Torres Braschi should
de
Ramon
drivers obey only the punitive action of the law, and if that
“It would be a logical growth of the Commonwealth status,” Quifones enthused, adding that the Mufioz. idea has his “100% endorsement.” a But spokesmen for both minority parties, the Independence and the Statehood parties, joined in’ denouncing the Governor's Gilberto Concepcion
and
reality -that
Senate
Gracia, head of the Independence Party, said the develop~ ment betrayed “the total col-
Police
‘Punitive’ Action Understood “It is sad to say, but it is a
also vote for President. * | “A Logical Growth”
Sen:
should
weight
Samuel R. Quifiones, gaye full support to the Munoz recommendation that island residents
proposal,
MALDONADO
cially Transit Division person-|: nel, in a systematic and stable way, applying with a strong hand -without second-thought, all the
Antonini:
the
A.W.
Saperinte: lontgf
: Torres Braschi yesterday is.ued a warning to all drivers in Puerto Rico that the: police force will conduc t an “emergency” campaignto combat an “extraordinary” increase in traf\fic fatalities this year,
police
to
The Governor voiced his pro‘ “~posal Wednesday in Washington, in‘a surprise appearance before the House Judiciary Subcommittee. Mufioz’s statement came ' during hearings on the demands of Washington D.C., residents | fora vote in national elections. But another Popular Party leader,
By
angry
. Torres Braschi, speaking at a news confer ence at central police offices in Hato Rey, announced that an order has been sent ie all area commanders outlining the course of action. The order states; “AH our =
proposa}._of- Gar,
ii Presidential elections.
wy
North Carolina attorney general and cleared the way for is-
suance of the license. .
A
in the Caribbean area. It would house a motion picture theater. The $5 million building is also
Wakefiel7 d ‘Pays = //
Visit To A Medium
aTentative plans call for at’ least the top five floors of the building
“The believers in the spirits of the water had gathered at a ninth-floor apartment of the East River housing project to celebrate, a feast of saints.” With this opening
to
sentence;
designed
office
be
to include
space,
used
condominium |
and
a
for
a
commercial
commercial
hotel and restaurant:-San Juan Tower Corp., is presently in: negotiation for an operator. for the hotel, which would contain about 100 ‘rooms,
A theater
1,000-seat has} been
motion _ picture planned
for
(See BUILDING, Page 23) Is x.
i
i}
Si
the
author
Dan
Wake-
field takes you into a meeting. held-by a medium named Ferina. For a fascinating description of this semi-religious, semi-social -gathering turn t@ page 8 for today’s installment
City.”
of
“Island
fm
the Oh
Pea sever ne emenen Bye SEEMED
rdered