Svan Juan Sta
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Vol.
I
No. 207
Tel. 3-8400
San Juan, Puerto
Rico, Tuesday,
10¢
July 5, 1960
Second-ciass
postage
Nati onal Guard Pilot Di es In Plane Crash at San
Juan,
Puerto
paig
Die mi ati ee
Rice
By
BOB
‘
tog
‘Air Parade’ Sabre Jet Misses Kids, House In Fall To Fiery End BONE
An F-86D Sabre Jet crashed and bur ned soon after take-off from Internati onal Air-
port here yesterday, killing a Puerto Rico National Guard | lieutenant colonel and narrowly missing a hou Air
and
a group
The
s
of
e#————__
13 children.
41, of 178 Huyke
St.,
Hato Rey, was killed instant. ly as he went down with
his
plane
across
in a thick
the
about the
a
mile
VIEW
Guard Sabre a view from
OF
C RASH—Wreckage of thg| Air National jet lies in a grove of palm trees, as seen in a helicopter hovering over the, crash scene.
(STAR photo by Al Dinhofer
)
Dona Felisa To Attend Democrat Convention By
HAROLD
Mayor
Felisa
J. LIDIN
Rincon
de
Gautier
will attend the Democratic Party national convention in Los Angeles as a delegate. The mayor, who was scheduled to depart early today, said she hopes to help in the fight to oust statehood sympathizer Jose A. Benitez as Democratic state chairman in Puerto Rico.
She also Support
to
is @xpected
in
the
retain
a
to give her
Mufioz-backed
drive
pro-Commonwealth
Plank in the Democratic platform. Deliberations of the Democratic
platform
committee
begin
today,
and the Credentials Committee is scheduled to start hearings July 9. The convention itself conve nes
July
The hand
11.
Slated
Debate
mayor for
said
the
she
Credentials
will be
on
Commit-
tee debate over the seating of the
rival
pro-statehood
monwealth Rico. “That’s Angeles,” The San
companied
factions
from
on
the
chairman
flight
Richard
of
nent
Puerto
Berdecia,
member
of
city
pro-Comfaction. Fernando
another the
by
Durham,
the
monwealth Democratic Secretary of Labor
Sierra
pro-com-
why I’m going to Los she remarked. Juan mayor will be ac-
commissioner
acting
and
promi-
Muioz
ad-
ministration, who} will attend the Democratic conclave, left yester-
day
for
Los
Angéles.
Prominent :Observer He will attend {the Democratic reunion ‘‘as a writér and observer,
not as a delegate,’’ Sierra insiste d
yesterday
in
an
airport
of
the
The
bulk
(See
CONVENTION,
interview.
Benitez Page
pro21)
at
the
a
squadron
end
crash,
about
almost
grove
Lagoon
from The
came
jet
palm
Torrecilla
runway.
happened
AIR
Kennedy Says
pilot, Lt. Col. José A.
Muniz,
of
which
10:15
a.m.,
immediately
after
take-off
to
NEW
nied
part in yesterday’s “air parade” in celebration of Independence Day.
‘One The
Empty
formation
empty
spot—over
route. Airport
personnel
re
aware
that
ng
with
its
som
Muniz's
* was
plane
as
off from the runway. other National Guard
not gain climb-1
altitude only
the did
immediately,
but
slightly
after
blems
at
the
crash
CRASH,
Page
he
was
because
of leadership with new pro-
opportunities.” ready
for
Massachusetts
a
the
televised
Hotel
Kennedy
on the possibility that Muniz’s plane had a ‘“‘flame-out," a term used to indicate th. fuel sud-
(See
new
the
nomina-
him.
sen-tor’s
reply to Truman’s criticism was contained in a statement prepared
suddenly.
followed
tial
presidency
presidency
The ~
reach-
for
Speculation
and
or the
east,
dropped
convention
declared
the
news
conference
Roosevelt.
assertci
“I
do
not
Page
21)
Chop
Tanks
21)
(See
Gutierrez
Up Streets
By A.. W. MALDONADO Everyone loyes a parade. Everyone, that is, but Secretary of Public Works Francisco Lizardi.
KENNEDY,
One of the impressive sights at the highly successful July ‘4th parade yester day in Santurce was a company of massiv e Army tanks
roaring by the-feviewing stand Suddenly, However, a group of CommonWealth cabinet séeretaries, lead by State Depart“ment Secretary Roberto heaping mock scorn on
that the tanks had
Sanchez Vilella, started Lizardi as they noticed
chopped
(See BARADE, i {
up Ponce
Page 21)
de Leon
‘
Assails
in
Santurce,
in
triment
and
warned
Puerto to
the
damage
its
Gutierrez,
discussion
of
Puerto
Catholic
be
a
good
name
of
the
Popular
ora-
de-
the
controversial
Christian
GUTIERREZ,
Page
21)
represents the
terday.
Sightseers
in
circular
seem’ framed
the
aircraft’s
support
frame.
of
(STAR
Senate
Party
the
Phote
Bone)
Bob
by
Israel Holds Firm On Nazi War Criminal JERUSALEM,
Israeli
Sector
(AP)—An Israeli note gentina, handed over by
to Ar Ambas-
sador
Aryeh
Levavi
to
the
Ar
gentine deputy foreign minister yesterday, reiterates Israel’s de
sire
to “preserve
the
traditional
demand
Adolf
the
Ar
answer
of
June
Eichmann,
8
alleged
Nazi World War II murderer of some five million Jews, be sent back
to
agents
official
that
Prime
on
well
the
the
known,
change
raeli
in
the
point
of
said
view
David
Golda
Israeli
Eichmann
ahd
cabi-
affair
there
attitude
af
Ben-Gu-
Minister entire
government. a
Israeli
from.
spokesman
the
Foreign and
where
him
Minister
rion, Meir,
net
Argentina
abducted
An
here
organization
Action
metal
here
Church
yesterday from the usual and launched head-long into
Rico.
«See
Political
Party
twisted
FUSELAGE—Tne
tail section of the body of the airPlane which crashed here yes-
that
grave
moral... authority.”
of the Catholic-backed in
a
“might
former
leader, departed July 4th oratory a
that
Rico
a
Argentina’s
By A. W. MALDONADO Gutierrez Franqui, principal 4
tor yesterday at the 4th of July celebration
Party
ef TANGLED
bonds of friendship with gentine Republic.” But the note does not
New Catholic Party Victor
in-
tend to step aside at anyone's request,”” and he added. “I was the only candidate to risk my
Parades, Humor, Speeches Light Up SJ Fourth Of July Parade
S.
up-
Truman had implied that Kennedy isn’t ready for the presidency
ing the end of the runway over the lagoon. A few seconds later after turning slightly to the southit
for
also
the
Kennedy
presid-
“a new generation was needed to cope
it took
Harry
that
to assure
Kennedy
wro-
Unlike jets, it
president
Democratic tion.
we-
F.
de-
Democratic
fixed
ready
they
Jchin
yesterday
statement
coming
one
(®—Sen.
(D.-Mass.)
former
was
assigned
said
YORK
Truman’s
Spot’
flew—with
Convention Is Not Rigged Kennedy
take
a
of
is
is
no
the
Is-