U. S. Senator
Assails
Status Law
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Vol.
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No.
206
Tel.
3-8400
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, J uly 4, 1960
| Private Housing Plan
that
the
“Congress
PONCE—Govy,
ambitious
program
for
attempting
“to
be held as soon senator State
said 51
rally
a at
Intercontinental by
250.
San
Hotel
‘And
(See
the
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CHAVEZ,
semi-rural
received
Page
he
attempted
an
with
83
and
him
to
Marlboro.
Serkin
founded
the Marlboro music school. Casals said he was “not here to play, but to listen.” He vigorously applauded what he heard. Accompanying him are his -attractive young Puerto Rican wife. Martita, and violinist Alexander Schneider.
Casals
plans
to
remain
houses The constructed to
Murad.)
A Grim
his
those associated
the festival
Ayala,
private
impending fight between the teen-ager Antonio Carrion Cruz, 42, was b roken
formance.
for
a
per-
sale 2—The public housing ing in it. In
Munoz
said,
through
its
Housing (See
will allow
walks
be-
specially be expansion as
HALL (AP)—Con-
gress adjourned for the July political conventions yesterday after
an
ali
night
wrangle
over
legislation demanded by dent Eisenhower to cut sugar
PresiCubana
imports.
The
sugar
bill, aimed
at curb-
ing the
the flow of U.S. dollars te anti-American Castro regime
in
Havana,
was
finally
passed
after a series of post-midnight Senate votes and a Senate-House conference that ran through the early hours.
The
Senate
am.
adjourned
(EST),
after
session, until Aug. quit
at
7:51
am.
at 17:33
a 22 %-hour 8. The until
House
Aug.
15.
It is taking an extra week because its debate-limiting rules
permits.
normally er when
of all government to the families livorder to do this,
next month was a series of major bills which Demecrats hope
the Urban
government. Renewal
and
Left to
enable it to move in session.
behind
make
fall
liquidate must Corp., MUNOZ, Page 18)
‘Fourth Of July’ Serves
here
JOE
for
potent
fast-
consideration issues
in
meal,
Witnesses
police
reported.
The leftover measures inclu(See ADJOURNS, Page 18)
reported
19, refused
to
to pay
polic e that for his meal
Jose Antonio at about 1:45 and restaurant up by a third
Guzman a.m. An proprietor person.
Fatal Fireworks
Guzman
left the
bar,
but
returned
about
15 minutes
later,
witnesses said, armed with a dagger and threatened Carrion. The proprietor allegedly pulled a gun and shot Guzman. A third
man, it
David
Gonzalez,
42, was
injured
passed through Guzman’s body. Police said they would interview
submitting
the case
to a judge.
the
campaign.
Show
for
hope
income
family
The owner of the ‘‘Fourth of July” restaurant in Hato Rey and killed a customer Satu rday who earlier had not paid
they
in San Juan,
home.”
of each
shot
said
Listed
tween the lots instead of the ‘‘conventional design of streets in front
until mid-July as teacher and guest at the festival. While he is not expected to play in public,
with
Projects
with pedestrian
blocks’’
STATEH | BOOSTE OOD R—Sen. Denn is Chaver (D-N.M.) with daughter, Mrs. Jorge Tristani, in the latter’s Magdalena Ave. home yesterday. The senator spoke out sharply against Commonwealth status, and for statehood during a statehood dinner: last night. (STAR photo by Anthony
By
WASHINGTON
Ponce and Mayaguez. These projects will incorporate new concepts in urbanization projects in which the buildings will street ‘‘giant in organized be
unobtru-
from
yesterday an
Senate, House Adjourn For — Conventions
Commonwealth
the next few months”
(®—Al-
self-exiled
homes.
The governor said the govern ment will broaden its slum clear. ance program with the following new projects: 1—Low-cost housing projects will be built in every urban area in Puerto Rico. Pilot projeets, with for houses _ selling five-room about $6,000, will go up ‘‘within
our
Franco's Spain, flew from Puerto Rico and through error landed at Philadelphia. There he was met by his long-time friend and noted pianist Rudolf Serkin, who drove
and
Federal New
sive side door entrance, Pablo Casals, world famous cellist, touched off a spontaneous ovation at the Marlboro Music Festival yesterday.
Casals,
project
their
funds.
Pablo Casals though
to
for
18)
Vermont
titles
the
Spontaneous Ovation Given MAREBORO,
housing
The families had formed a cooperative to purchase the homes built
Juan
that
Castro
de
Baldorioty
the
attended
hope
2,500
aceremony in people at which 523 families living in
plebiscite
Citizens
¢*
here
about
to
yesterday
shove”
as possible,”
at
in it.
spoke
governo®
The
Commonwealth “down the throats of the people.” “I, for one, urge that a congressionaly-authorized
announced
to wipe out slums on the island and
milies living
as
merely a transitury status,” the New Mexico Democrat sharply attacked the Popular Democratic
Party
designed
to tranfer governme nt ownership of all public housing to the fa-
con-
Commonwealth
Luis Mufioz Marin
sorron--aeentecheandienineenaneraniereatiin
Claiming
siders
By A. W. MALDONADO
Fea meapecen—e
By A. W. MALDONADO U. S. Senator Dennis Chavez tore into Gov. Luis Muiioz Marin’s plebiscite law last night as a “measure passed by political trickery” and “loaded ... in favor of Commonwealth status.”
Program Transfers Ownership FromGovernment T oI ndividual: Slum Clearance Projects Set
by the same
about
bullet after
five witnesses
before
Nicestane
Sen. Chavez Claims Status Bill Favors Commonwealth
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