The San Juan Star (June 15, 1960)

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2 Believed Grabbed InComduile To Top Day’ s Strike Violence

Guns, Bombs | Play Part In Tesrorism Bombs fired at

two

people

and shots were employes homes,/|

were

kidnapped, automobile

and was

reported

one man’s burned, as

violence on the El Imparcial strike

front

moved

to

suburbs yesterday. Late

last

night

Sonia

and

RE x IS IIIbsp wp wlan ETAL Re 8

LET

Tera

on

A

ran

vast

throng

of

wildly

visit. Only the hot, humid weather

“An-

marred

the

occasion.

as

lion.

they

walked

Condado.

home

54,

respect-

on

a

Ashford

Munoz Inks $21,500 For, Waifs’ Home By AL

DINHOFER

Gov.| Luis Mufioz Marin yesterday signed a bill appropriating $21,500 to be used, in making the payments for the land in Rio

Grande

which

will

be

the

site

of the new ‘Deborah Home for orphaned and abandoned children.

The Deborah Home will receive five annual payments of $4,300 from the Commonwealth govern‘ment, according 'Lp a Fortaleza spokesman. Elated At Prospect Mrs. Regina Tomlinson, newly-elected president of Dollars for Deborah, Inc., said “this

meaas

that

half

payments

on

forty-six-and-a-half|_ acres (See MUNOZ, Page 25)

the of

to ‘two

and

‘Large

port

waiting for

| The world

Like many

theirs iidPitrede

by

Bob

a flight.

The

group

had

reservations

Bone)

|Airport Just About By BOB BONE International Airport was close to becoming strike-bound yesterday as more dis tled would-be air passengers discovered that not only were flights to the States impossible, but they couldn’t get a taxi to San Juan, either. |

“A

pilots’

strike

has

cancelled

centered

ing passengers to the other airlines, arent capacity. Spread

Is

in

all of East-

ern’s flights at San Juan,

throw-

counters of ked to

Rumored

Rumors flew, to the éffect. that other major airlines might join the

pilots

strike

“American: World

including Pan

Airways,

turn-

a

and

half

mil-

Crowds

greeting leader,

given

who

once

to

the

was

Sta-

tione here as an obscure Army officer, matched the one that greeted Kisenhower in New Delhi last December. The president

test measure by the pilots against a ruling by the Federal Aviation Agency

allowing

its

(See AIRPORT,

flight

of around two million that Erpeted him. But the Filipinos — freed’ by.

the

Socked-In By Strikes

Miami

the

Livingston, and, Peter Livingston, himself said that ‘he had “never hing like the crowd their baggage at International Air- see

on Eastern Airlines, now crippled by a pilot’s strike (STAR Photo

of

a million a.

:

brother to Eugenio Soler, chief of the El Imparcial ‘composing room. An area-wide alarm was sent out. An eyewitness at the scene testified tothe kidnapping. First’ news of the kidnapping STRANDED HERE rejighed police headquarters about |‘Rer: Berglund, Mrs. Carol » (See GUNS, Page 25) 5-l4, left right, sit on

inspec-

Page 25)

face,

which

ap-

presidential

the president’s

from

and

his.

ly delighted with

out ranged

23

down

peared to grow more ruddy above the white flower lei an aide to President Garcia had hung around his neck on his arrival. The sun blazed down and

ively, were reported kidnapped by three men in) a black limousine

Soler,

joyous

Beads of perspiration formed Ejisenhower’s forehead and

Filipimos, sometimes surging out of police ‘control, has given President Ei ower perhaps the biggest | | elcome of his career. | Eisenhower, his perspiring face peppered with. confetti and gaily colored serpentine streamers, rode 10 miles through Manila, yesterday crowds | lining

the way, cheering and absolute.

the

’ Police said they are niece and

Ee MRS SAO Bin Perna sap 0

By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH | MANTUA, Wednesday (AP)—

estimates

Ave.,

ERE ie £4 1 EY Dea en Yl

Equal All Greetings Accorded President

Official

tonio

RAR

Festive Filipinos

United

States

only

14

years

ago from generations of first Spanish and: then American colonial rule—were ‘in a joyous, festive Homecoming mood. People leaned out of windows and stood jon balconies to get a glimpse of Eisenhower.’ They senorit yat Atlas missile bases walks along some stretches of route. Many waved small American and Filipino flags. There were cheers and handclapping.

the

temperature

was

in the

mid-

80s. Unofficial cars squeezed inte the motorcade from time te

time,

slowing

its car

progress. often

The

moved

at

(See FILIPINOS, Page 25)

Japan Leans To Optimism On lke Safety By JOHN RODERICK TOKYO (Wednesday) (#—Security

officials

were

optimistic

to-

day that President Eisenhower’s arrival here Sunday wili come off without . violence. “We are saying a prayer and keeping

our! fingers

crossed,”

aa

American officer said. Fears for the personal safety of the President eased. with reports that — of Socialist groups have taken |a sober second: look at earlier plans to mass , gigantic throngs

of

anti-American’

Strators to |meet the airport. |

Security as

officers

demon-

Eisenhower

described

at

that

encouranging. The

changed

(See

strategy

JAPAN,

apparent-

Page

25)

Taxi Strike Bogs Down Transportation As Cabbies P; otest Metro ‘Monopoly’ __ By GUNTER. An area-wide taxi ‘strike ‘pull-

ed

all taxicabs

off the. streets

here yesterday and’ crippled transportation at hotels and tHe

International Airport. The “walkout” of cabbies took

aj-pro- hold. completely, after being -call-

inight by the Assotiaion or

The

‘axi

association,

tes more! than

testing against

which

800

“a

to pick-up passengers at area hoe

tels.

Owners.

opera.

cabs, is pro-

monopoly.”

The association claims Metro Taxi Co. has:exclusive contracts

The. Metro Taxi been

Mrs.

on.

strike

Blanca

Co., itself has against

Tirado

owner

since

last

week, demanding a union recognition

electién,

‘, (See.

saying

TAXI,

Page

they want

25)


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