The San Juan Star (May 2, 1960)

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DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Vol.

I

Tel. 3-8400

No.. 154

San Jaan, Puerto Rico, Monday, May 2, 1960

Secend-class postage

paid

at

Rico

Sen

Juan,

Puerte

man: Die?

Will Ches

Awaits Answer Gas Chamber Beckons Today For Nint h Time By LEIF E RICKSON SAN QUENTIN,. Calif. (AP)—Caryl Chessman prepared yesterday for a suspenseful last night of vigil in the waiting room outside S an Quentin’s gas chamber. The hour set for his execution is today at 3 p.m. Puerte Rico time (10:00 a.m. California time). It is Chessman’s ninth date wit doom in 12 years. Seven California Supreme? Court justices will convene at 8

am.

California

time

(1

p.m.

Puerto Rico time) just two hours earlier, to give their decision on the

convicted

sex

last stay petition. voted, 4-3, three

kidnappers’

The court has times against

clemency. Chessman’s new serting innocence,

in

the

petition, asasked delay

execution

until

NEW YORK (AP)—The Russians marched soldiers, tanks and

attorney

general’s investigators could find three men Chessman declared

rockets

light

lovers’

bandit

The

MALDONADO Luis

Mufioz

land’s

Marin

warned late last night of a possibility that Puerto Rico may be controlled in private endeavor by outside interests because the is-

Mystery Bullet Kills P.R. Housing Official By

HORST

wound

in

office Saturday.

his

head

at

latter expressed fear that increas-

ing capital and outside influence

might

convert.

“policy

followers

tention

the

island

and

not

into policy

Proceed

Stressing he was not preaching the exclusion of outside capital and know-how, the Governor said Puerto Rico must proceed to “‘balance” the situation through acceleration of the island’s own pro-

gram.

About 250 -members of the Police yesterday were still investigating whether the shooting Puerto Rico Federation of Clubs (See MYSTERY Bullet, Page 12) , of Business and Professional We-

don’t

Hotel.

and

mund

largest

women’s

orga-

By

BETTY

Blood

sltce

(3 p.m. said. “I

myself

of

a plate

charity

affair was held April 22 at the Caribe Hilton Hotel to benefit the newly-formed league, but turned. out to be the most elegant flop

in recent San Juan social history. The League was called inte

up

Long

Wait

weeks

ago

Chessman

G. Brown’s

60-day

reprieve

AWAITS,

at

principals

mittee

Red

this

work to

formed, as

out

The

with

chairman,

cut

the

Friday

for

of

com-

Richard and

has

it accord-

chairman:

1. Meet with Dr. Guillermo Arbona, Commonwealth Secre-

tary of whether Bank

Health, a need

League

to determine for a Blood

exists

Kishi

in

ef-

China’s

here.

(The

League was incorporated 25, after the hal}

Apr.

these

Castro.

reigned

in

Peiping,

capital. and

other

cities,

mil-

Parades,

rallies

and

to

speeches

marked

the holiday. East German Reds Jack-booted troops and armored units of Communist East Germany’s 110,000-man army through East Berlin in

marched a parade

that U.S., British and French commandants in West Berlin declared in a statement to be “a threat to public order.” Mayor Willy Brandt of

West

Berlin drew cheers from 700,000 West Berliners at a rally in front of

the

(See

Page 12)

affair.

Red

lions turned out yesterday celebrate May Day.

Bank

meeting the

was

Santaella ing

a of

Fidel

Carnival

capital

in the gas chamber’s waitroom when Governor Ed-

question

Léague

Puerto Rico—the ‘charity for which the Imperial Ball was recently held—is under investigation by a “steering committee.” Ball, a $50

of

Ball's Blood

KNORR

Bank

10

(See WORLD

nization in Puerto Rico.

Imperial

issue

to

The was ing

The

intend

Just

is the

the

_in little pieces in the meantime.”

The Federation has about 800 members throughout the island

The

on

Nobusuke

Minister

In

until 10 a.m. tomorrow Puerto Rico time),” he

men heard the Governor’s speech at the San Juan Intercontinental

makers.” Must

his

it to bring in

dinner, the Governor cited a recent speech by banker Enrique Campos del Toro, in which the

BUCHHOLZ

Frederick W. Lang, assistant director for development of the Puerto Rico regional office of the Public Housing Administration was found dead from a bullet

need “forced

outside capital and know-how.” Speaking at a business women’s

Los

office said agents were around the clock trying

punishment, rated his chance to escape death a ninth time as the 50-50 odds of a coin flip. He said he was determined. to remain calm. “I don’t start dying

Industries By Outside Interests A. W.

general’s

Moscow’s

figy. Cubans thronged by the thousands into Havana to hail Prime

Chessman, convict-author whose fate has stirred worldwide at-

Munoz Fears Control Of P.R. _ By

Minister.

Petition

Saturday.

Davis, who has fought for years to save Chessman, said yes-

terday the State Supreme Court’s decision to wait until two hours before execution time today to issue its final ruling constituted “cruel and unusual punishment.” (AP photo)

_ Governor

Angeles

to check out the men named in the petition filed with the court

IROUE Uda EMR belt LULL

LONG FIGHT ENDED?—Caryl Chana: right, confers with attorney George T. Davis at San Quentin prison Feb. 20 when Chessman was granted a 60-day reprieve

by Gov. Edmund Brown.

Out

attorney

Angeles working a tamer

Los

lanes.

Checking

DULL

of

through

Square. Tokyo demonstrators hanged President Eisenhower and Prime

could prove he was not the 1948 ‘red

May Day Celebrated By Millions

old

MAY.

Reichstag

DAY,

building

Page

12)

Probed 2. If the meed does exist, conduct a study as te what type

organization it should be. 3. Submit a ‘report en the findings to the P. R. Medical Assn. If the association deems. the findings satisfactory, the committee will elect. a board of governors and begin a series of fund-raising activities.

“If the survey reveals that such an organization as the Blood Bank

(See IMPERIAL BALL, Page 12)


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