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Vol. I No. 193
Tel. 3-8400
_ San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, June 18, 1960
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‘Commerce Department | \Cuban Aide Also Announces Sugar - For - Oil Trade Treaty Bill Introduced e
In House
‘By HAROLD A Mufioz-backed bill that Rico was introduced yesterday to Ramos Antonini. The bill, which includes an keeping, will be considered in
By A. I. GOLDBERG
‘* MOSCOW (AP)—Cuban Premier Fidel
J. LIDIN
would create a Department of Comnierce for Puerto into the House of Representatives by Speaker Ernes-} appropriation of $50,000 to set up departamental housethe current session. + Jorge Font Saldajfia, vice
Castro is to visit Moscow. The visit will repay a previously announced visit to Cuba by Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchey. “The
president of the House, told the
STAR
for
the
that
a
new
Secretary
department]
Heads
of
departments yearly.
Long The
Antonio merce
$14,000
| administration
of
to
trip
Mufoz
create
a
De-
complained
LEAVE
HEADQUARTERS
—
Members
of
the
Soler
family are shown as they left police headquarters Thurs-
day midnight for home after questioning. Looking out the auto window with her finger to her mouth is Sonia. In the middle is her younger sister, Ivonne, and at far left is Mrs. Soler.
phase
(See
that
of.
the
that
COMMERCE,
Soler, 54,, and his daughter So-+ nia, 23, that they were kidnaped by two men and forced to stay jncommunicado at the Ponce Intercontinental Hotel for two
|
nights: ~ But
the
police
ing
what
they
case
at this
were
thought
point,
nor
not
say-
of
the
did
they
say ‘why the Solers were kidnaped, or if they were kidnaped. Major Jorge Camacho, who heads the police probe, said only
that
placed suspects
there
against fitting
were
no
anyone, Soler’s
charges
and
descrip-
tion of his abductors. Soler, a former linotype chanic
daughter
at
El
Sonia,
Imparcial,
his
no
wife
mehis
and
another daughter Ivonne, were released by polsce late Thurs(See ‘KIDNAPING’ Page 21)
of
Marin’s
Party
(AP)—Daring
Popular
and
the
members
of
the
he
State-
the Senate yesterday sent hood and Independence Parties. The Senate passed the bill President Eisenhower:,a bill to raise the pay of 1% million. along the same lines late Thurscivil service and postal workers day night, 18-9. by about $746 million 4 year. | (See Also Story on Press ConSenate passage came on a ference, Page 3) vote.
House
Two
passed
days
this
ago,
the
very
same
measure
by
a
277-40
count.
The
measure
would
give a
million
federal
boost of 7% dition, half employes
increases
workers’
The
for
bill
his
now
goes
signature: way
that,
the
and
one
open
to
pay
Rico’s status either by summoning on the part
it
on
has are
Puerto direct of the:
political
hor
the
Premier
celebration.”
also told news-
for
other
be to-
Communist
suggest
par-
the
prompt
of diplomatic rela other Communist
starting
with
Hungary.
He said the. Cuban ambassador .jto the Soviet Union has already been appointed, but_he did not reveal his name and neither FIDEL
CASTRO
(See
CASTRO,
Page
21)
Ike Pledges America's Solidarity With Taipei TAIPEI
(AP)—President
Eisenhower
pledged
Amer-
ica’s “steadfast solidarity” with Nationalist China today hours after Red Chinese guns hurled a record breaking, death-dealing bombardmenton the Nationalist. island of Quemoy.
President
Ve
Eisenhower|Y
landed in Taipei at 10:02]
=
———
Communist imperialism.
The Chinese Communists poure
a.m. after a helicopter flight; |}Quemoy ed nearly complex 86,000 rounds on night the Friday from the cruiser St. Paul. i] while Eisenhower traveled here (See other story on Quemoy aboard the cruiser St. Paul. Unconfirmed reports said 19
page
4)
| Chinese Nationalists on Quemoy Eisenhower, arriving for a 24-| Were killed and many wounded,
your good will visit, said East-|
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,
West tensions demand “increased|
salary
The
bill
provides
that
wher
‘igilance
8.4 per-cent:!
(See
PLEBISCITE,
Page
21)
a the face
receive
averaging
Mufoz
means
a plebiscite
per cent. In adpeople or through a million postal ty methods.
would
to
When
set,
Khrushchev’s
could come to our
July
will
lands,
a veto
62-17
of
setting up tions with
were
minority
been
countries. It will first go to Warsaw, them to Berlin for: talks with the Czechoslovakia. Nufiez Jimenez announced that
Represent-
against
if
Nufiez Jimenez
/morrow
Democratic
14
for
unspecified) will be signed fore the delegation departs
21)
atives approved the bill by a straight party line vote of 44-14. The 44 voting for were all members of Gov. Luis Mufoz
Senate Votes Pay Bill, Daring Veto WASHINGTON
House
‘his
}men that a Cuban sugar for }Soviet oil agreement (ameunts
com-
The Commonwealth Legislature yesterday completed passage of an administration-sponsored plebiscite bill the
time
pleased
126th
Plebiscite
when
in
Castro’s | pom
yet
(Khrushchev)
Bill Gets ‘Kidnaping’ Remains Mystery As Police Continue Probe HouseOK The so-called kidnaping of Antonio Soler’ and his daughter remainedas mysterious as ever yesterday. Police, who originally branded the kidnap accaunt as “fishy,” continued their investigation into the story of
now
of
not
the
very
agency
Page
Jiménez,
visit to Cuba been fixed. But ‘Nufiez Jimenez, director © jof Cuba’s agrarian reform pro\gram, declared: “We would be
the Chamber of Commerce and other civic and business entities. Although the present Agriculture Department is properly called the Departmént of Agriculture and Commerce, businessmen mercial
date has
has
partment of Commerce climaxes a long campaign in its favor by
have
delegation
The
the
Nitfiez
city.
Campaign
decision
lead-
leader of Fidel Castro’s come
Commonwealth
receive
Cuban
invitation was disclosed at a news conference here) by
,
would “presumably” -be named before the end of the year.
bearded
er’s acceptance of the Soviet
and
¢loser
President
cooperation
of threats
met
imposed
(See
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fy
of Nationalist | China,
Eisenhower
IKE,
at Taipei’s
Page
21)
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