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#As Quakes Rock Chile SANTIAGO,
series guakes
of.
Chile
(AP)—
heavy
earth-
jolted
southern
and};
entral Chile for the second sfeday yesterday, and the death
ifount climbed to 174. .Ji@
The Interior Ministry decreed a
‘imptate of emergency in the southern ‘i fprovince of Malleco asa panic. | Mcontrol measure. The province was ‘placed under command of military authorities. The ministry said the death of pight more persons injured in Saurday’s
quake
in Concepcion
pro-
ince raised the total to 174. The death toll was expected to [mount with restoration of wrecked
: ‘\
ommunications.
Widespread Reports Earth shocks were felt the width Argentina,
from
the
Andes
to
{fhe Atlantic, from 2:30 p.m. to 2:50 \Wp.m., EST. Ceiling lamps swayed &
tall
0
buildings
casualties
in
Buenos
were
CATHOLIC RALLY—This was the scene veiderdy in front of the Capitol on Ponce de Leon Ave. as between 65,000 and 100,000 massed in favor of a religious instruction bill. Catholics heard the Most Rev. James P. Davis,
Aires.
reported,
Bishop of San Juan, tell them they were free to form a new
but
ome damage to residences eported in Esquel, Chubut
was pro-
Bishop Tells Crowds|| Non-Catholics Rally Politics Open Field || Against Religion Bill
ince. Seismic recording needles ‘et La Plata, near Buenos Aires jumped off the recording paper aMget
the
start
Cientists
of the
could
quake, so
that
register
the
tremors
also
not
fgiolence. i
Extremely
(See
heavy
Quakes,
Page
A massive
4)
against
med Handling mf C-47 Case WNot Clear Yet By
CARL
BERLIN
—
The
plane
ae
ist
i
forced
than mbicine
48
Mufioz Rivera Park to the Capitol
in
old
\
C47
afte)
landed
>
geper
it was
not
Moscow
atter,
or
ractice,
would
in
clear
it
East
the
ne.
_
The SS. n
a
unarmed,
(See
twin-engine
Air Foree transport was flight from Copenhagen,
‘"@enmark, BeeTRRS ET?
regi-
C47
to
Hamburg, CASE,
Page
West 21)
parochial
school
have
hour
off
for school children religious instruction
granted
an
to in
the creed of their parent’s choice. The bill was tabled last week.
the
German
in
buses. They waved yellow and white flags and many carried placards supporting the now defunct Bill 84, a measure which
wht past
to
Many
weekly receive
with
over
cars,
would
handle
keeping
turn
ommunist
yet
Puerta de Tierra. Estimates of the crowd by police ranged from. 65,000 to 100,000... The Catholics came from all parts of the island in private
n\ne
‘W@amerieans just inside East Gt'r‘any,
P. Davis, Catholic
diocese, spoke these words to a throng which. gathered from
down, on
hours
Thousands of Protestants and other non-Catholics ral-
of island Catholics, protesting
of a religious
_ The Most Rev. James Bishop of San Juan’s
~Rus-
territory,
gathering
defeat
themselves into a political party.”
ians took their time yestetday eciding whether to make \\ maor incident of the latest \Ame-
ican
the
instruction
bill in the|lied
Saturday
afternoon
behind | Sixto
legislature, were told yesterday they were “free to organize against religious instruction bill No. 84.
HARTMAN
(AP)
political party.
Bishop Davis Speaks Bishop
Davis,
speaking
from
a
platform on Ponce de Leon Ave. on which an altar, a huge white cross,
and
a
life-size
Pope John, XXIEL mounted, told the (See
BISHOP,
picture
of
had been throng not Page
21)
‘Copter Crashes On Race Track At El Comandante By PETER ANDERSON A helicopter lost a photo finish at. El Comandante race track yesterday in the most unnusual race of the
day. But
to witness The
only
a handful
of spectators
were
present
the fast finish.
helicopter—composing
a
one
entry
field—hit
the photo wire over the finish line an hour before post time. Phil Cesani, the craft’s pilot, was unhurt after the reter
the
blade
was
helicopter
damaged
by
the
wire
and
plummeted
15 feet onto the racing<strip. In The Stretch
Cesani was delivering “‘Cinco-seis” betting slips fron agencies, in Caguas. He approached the finish line from the northwest in a small Brandtly B-2 helicpter. The craft carried one passanger, Santiago Aldrich Diaz, 15, of Caguas. Diaz suffered only a scratch on his
right
breaking
shoulder
the
when
landing
gear
the
-copter
and
landed
tipping
on
violently
its side,
—
Both the pilot and Diaz were shaken up but walked away from
the freak
accident with
no apparent anursee
The story according to young Diaz: “We didnt see the wire until we were ‘(See
HELICOPTER,
Page
almost on the 21)
The 30,000
Escobar
crowd, to
Stadium
estimated
50,000,
from
demonstrated
against the bill allowing one hour timeé-off from public school for voluntary
religious
instruction.
The bill was branded as an attempt to violate the - principle of separation of church and state. Hipolito
Marcano,
Popular
De-
mocratic Party Senator and labor leader, said at the rally that the
Catholic
Church,
strong
sup-
porter of the bill, should use its authority to have parents send their children for religious instruction on Sundays and on their: other free time. ‘A delegation of demonstrators went into the Capitol building to
express
their
opposition
the bill to a special mittee, by
House
to
oy
Df
.
com-
The committee, presided over Popular Party floor leader
Rep. Efrain
Arcilio
Alvarado,
gave
Rivera
Maldonado,
a local
attorney,
an
tify asa
private
opportunity
citizen.
Rivera
charged
that
(See es,
to
tes-
the
bill
P. 21) }