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By HAROLD J. LIDIN A planned boycott here against Dominican cargo ane nounced last. Tuesday by jisland AFL-CIO head Sen.
By .FRANK ALBERTS
The Commonwealth of Puerto*Rico is almost totally
unprepared for defense against warfare ini the Age of the
Atom. -You, your family, your neighbors, your friends— in
|TV Performer
‘inhabit this Ysland have, at this writing, little more than
Badly Injured
all, the 2,300,000 people who
good will~and paper plans standing between yourselves
-and death by blast, fire, fallaut, and radioactivity. These
are
facts.
They
are
veri-
fied by Director Agustin Mercado Reverén of the Commonwealth Office of Civil Defense. In an interview with Mercado, the STAR learned the following:
(1)
The
Commonwealth
Legis-
lature has. budgeted slightly more than seven cents per ‘Puerto Rican for civil defense during the year 1960— a total of $170,000. The United States government | budgeted $52,885,000 for civil defense during fiscal 1960— about $0 cents per person.) (2) Not one “public shelter” for protection during atomic or nuclear attack exists in Puerto Rico, nor are there plans to construct one. (3) Puerto Rico’s first line of defense against radioactive fallout —the real-killer in atomic -warfare— is its prevailing easterly winds... provided that the enemy is considerate enough to drop its nuclear bombs _ where civil defense authorities expect them to, in the western sector of
the island.
.
(4) Puerto Rico does not possess the “Conelrad’? emergency radio
(AP)—USS.
said yesterday the United States on May § will attempt to launch a communications sat-
ellite designated Echo, that when
BESO
people
fully developed will completely revolutionize the methods of talking over great distances. In a speech prepared for. delivery before the opening session ofthe State Junior Chamber of Commerce Convention, Johnsor. said: “This aluminium sphere, 100 feet
to
in
allow
diameter,
radio
is
waves
designed
to
be
re-
flected or bounced from its sur(See SATELLITE,
Page
20)
terfront.
riding crashed the San Hotel.
TV
were
into
Juan
and Mercedes Luzén, of San Juan, were looking forward
a tree near
yesterday to getting out of our rain and into New York’s They are hurrying to board their, plane. fair weather. ‘(STAR photo by Gunter Hett.)
Intercontinental
Others Injured Also
injured
were
Gladys
Vil-
lafafie Irrizary, 29, who fractured both legs; Marcelino Miranda, 27, and Cristobal Berrios, 28, both of whom received minor in-
juries. Miranda was driving the car, Police said, Paiz.is at Municipal Hospital in
Santurce.
‘Police said they found halfempty’ bottle of brandy in the Marines Lawrence Jackson, 21; Eugene S.. Bender, 32; Jerome Frankowski,
21,
and
Patrick
Anthony O’Kely, 22, all stationed. at Roosevelt Roads, were injured when:the car in which
they were riding smashed into
the rear of'a truck at Km. 3, 65th Infantry Road, Driving the
car was Luis 22,
of
ce-who
970
Gonzalez Gonzalez,
Verdejo
St.,
Santur-
police said was not an
authorized
motor-vehicle
opera-
tor. Hit And Run In Rio Piedras Municipal Hos:
pital, Ruben 1480 Almira
Sila Ramos, 39, of St., Caparra Hgts., si
a victim of! a hit and run accident, when his motorcycle and
a car collieded remained in critical
condition. Sila was struck by a car, about 9:30 ‘a.m. yesterday as. he | (See TRAFFIC, Page 20)
unions
of
Figr®
Puerto
%:Do-
Violation Last March ILA
Venezuelan Rebel Chieftain At Large; Troops Pursue
nizer
“ILA
tro Leon, an ambitious ex-general in the Air Force. His band slip-
sued
neighboring
Two
troops
leaders
tured- by
and
peasants.
were
reported
peasants
wielding
chetes, but the is at large. Late reports rising at San launched by a spirators under
rebel
chief
indicated the Cristobal handful of Jose Mario
cap-
ped
across
With
fhe
the
border
from
Colombia yesterday, collapse
of
the
re-
flight
for
ma-
volt,
still
the border, now sealed on both sides by Colombian and Venezuelan troops.
upwas conCas-
the
leaders
Aides
Reports
said
from
peasants,
took
Seized
San _ Cristobal
brandishing
ma-
chetes, seized ex-Col. Juan de Dios Moncada Vidal, one of .| Castro Leon’s top aides, and Maj. Bernabe Serrano, a young officer who joined the rebels. _ Gov. Luis, Mufioz Marin yes- Castro Leon got away. terday sent a message of “deep The rebels evidently hoped to moral backing” to President Ro- set up such a ruckus in San mulo Betancourt of Venezuela. Cristobal, and isolated provinThe Governor’s message read: cial capital, that the rest of the “The people of Puerto Rico country would think a big upwho believe in democracy. and rising was under way and join in. Crowds of citizens attacked the practice it efficiently, send through me their deep moral rebels, their troops defected and Romulo Betancourt backing to you, President Betan-. President court, to the parties that support a rallied such a wave of popular behind his moderate civil government democratically support elected and to the Venezuelan leftist coalition government that people that back them with all the revolt was crumbling within (See REBEL CHIEF, Page 20) their love for liberty.”
Mufioz Sends Message Of Deep Moral Backing
InternatioUnion,
Cited General
Gleason
Orga-
slipped
into
Ciudad Trujillo and quietly handed a charter to the Dominican longshoremen’s union. This step, when eventually discovered by AFL-CIO officials, drew sharp criticism as a violation of the federation’s anti-Trujillo policy. In some waterfront circles, the
CARACAS .(AP)—Leaders of Venezuela’s small scale revolt fled to the hills yesterday pur-
by
Teddy
Rico.
the end of Dominican
stevedores with the j}nal Longshoremen’s
ee
:
5
-
were
actors
represen-
Rico,
It also may hasten the affiliation of
ee = tor, known as “Pulgarcito,” (Lit-|' tle Inch), suffered a skull frac- ESCAPING THE WET WEATHER—Most people come ture when the car in which he to San Juan from New York for. the weather, but Enrique other
Puerto
possibly fleeting solidarity among the often embattled wa-
Ruben Paiz, 38, a midget ac-|"
three
international
in
The Teamster backing for the boycott might create a rare and
hurt. in separate auto accidents | | on wet roads ‘around the island.
and
in
announc-
Chavez, said the teamsters vored a “full shut-down on minican shipments.”
in an accident: on Isla Verde Rd. at 7: am. yesterday.
other
the
yesterday.
tative
as a result of injuries received Fifteen
has
Rico, it was
Hoffa’s
television
U.S. Satellite Sen. Lyndon B, Johnson (D-Tex.)
;
local
S.
Tex.
ed
personality was hovering between life and death last night
(See CIVIL DEFENSE, Page 21)
‘ HOUSTON,
|
wellknown
Marcano
Puerto
ear and added the group was on its way home from a nightclub.
To Use Echo
}
Hipdlito
backing of the Teamsters
in Auto Crash! A
tne
first of two
1 SRT RTGIS EE TINT
(This is the program.)
Creating Rare Union Unity
-fusion
was
interpreted
as
a Trujillo tactic to weaken the impact of the proposed boycott against his regime. It has been reported that ILA executive Gleason also urged
the
teamsters
ter
in
Santo
refused
by
to grant
-a char-
Domingo, James
but
Hoffa,
was union
president.
Marcano
said in a press con-
ference: Tuesday that’ the ILA action in chartering the Dominican longshoremen revealed a crass ignorance of democratic union tenets and practice.
Johnson Would Accept Democratic Nomination HOUSTON
(AP)
—
Sen. Lyn-
don B. Johnson (D-Tex) gave his first definite indication yesterday he would accept democratic nomination for president.
Powell Jury Deadlocked NEW
YORK
Rep.
Adam
come
tax
(AP)—The
Clayton
evasion
jury
Powell’s
trial
ig
ins
reported
itself deadlocked last night but was ordered to “resume deliberations this morning.