The San Juan Star (Aug. 1, 1960)

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the San Juan Star

DAILY

EXCEPT

SUNDAY Vol. I No. 230

Tel. 3-8400

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= ‘San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, August 1, 1960

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10,000 Attend Rally For PR Independence Cintron Says PDP (Munoz Raises Davis Primaries Rigged Labeled

Pope John

To Archbishop Pope

John

XXIII

has

By PEDRO

PONCE--Mayor

an-

nounced the elevation of the Most Rev. James P. Davis, bishop of San Juan to archbishop in a major reorganization of the Roman Catholice

Church in Puerto Rico. The changes are the following:

1. The San Juan converted into the

See

of

Puerto

diction over the Virgin

2. The

Rico

with

all Puerto Islands.

diocese

juris-

Rico —

of

was created from _4-helonging to the

*| Ponce

diocese was Metropolitan and

Arecibo

ares formerly San Juan and

dioceses.

3. Chicago-born Msgr. Alfredo Mendez Gonzalez, 53, was named bishop of the Arecibo diocese. 4. The Virgin Island prelature was created.

5. Msgr.

[

named

chief

here

force

in the race hours before

the selection of a mayoralty candidate took place.

Prominent was

Ponce

nominated

to

businessman

run

for

Juan

mayor

of

Luis

the

Boscio,

second

64,

largest

city in Puerto Rico on the Popular ticket. Boscio, with 137 votes, easily beat Generoso Mourifio with 64 votes and Blas Olivera with 28. Immediately Mourino him and

after the results

of the

angrily charged that elections called for an examination of

Cintron

had

issued

primary

were

announced,

had been “rigged” the primaries.

a prepared -statement

that

he

against

would

not

participate in the primary for mayor or for the House of Representatives because in his “judgement” the “procedures for selecting primary voters were not the best possible.”

Chances The

feeling

in

Ponce

Were

political

Poor

circles

was

that

Cintron

would

prelate

of

of the Ponce

Boscio, born merchants

and

served

the

police

in

in Cabo has

a

municipal

department.

Rojo

long

in

history

1896, of

government,

is one in

He was also president (See CINTRON, Page

dio-

announcement

of Ponce’s

government

work.

the

Senate,

of 21)

the

and

Ponce

leading He

has

in

the

Chamber.

Turncoat By

A.

W.

MALDONADO

The president of the Independence Party speaking yesterday before 10,000 Independence Party members at Sixto Escobar Stadium in San Juan, attacked Gov. Munoz

for

“selling

his

ideal

of Puerto Rican independence for

a bowl

Sen.

of

beans.”

Gilberto

Gracia,

founder

Concepcion

and

president

de

of

the Independence Party, attacked the governor before a spirit-

ed

crowd

for predicting

publicly

that the Independence Party will disappear as a major party after this election. “These words came from a leader who stepped on the flag of independence after he had

told that

the

the

people

of

independence

corner,”

the

Puerto

Rico

was

around

fiery

Concep-

cion charged. “These words are from a man who once in power, turned his back to independence in order (See INDEPENDENCE, Page 21)

ef,

is

as an effort..te rein-

the

structuré.-of

the

church in’ Puerto Rico where about 90 per cent of the population is Catholie. It is also seen

as

a

movement

tion

Reaches 220 On 213th Day

to place his name

,

seen

Traffic Toll

Ponce yesterday were rigged and declined

nomination,

cese.

ARCHBISHOP DAVIS +» «Rew jurisdiction

in

N.

|the Virgin Islands. 6. Msgr. Luis Aponte Martinez, native of Lajas, was named auxiliary bishop of Ponce under the Most Rev. James E. Mc-

Vatican

Cintron

primaries

50-

Y.,

The

Juan

party

Harper,

of

bishop

Carlos

Popular

Brooklyn,

Edward native

Manus,

the

have been an underdog if he had entered the primary. Cintron declined to state till the very end whether he would run for the

year-old

was

charged

ROMAN

within

tive-born

clergy.

Msgr.

Mendez,

can

towards

the

ancestry,

church

of

was

elevaof

na-

Puerto

Ri-

ordained

into

the priesthood. at the ty of Notre Dame in

Universi. 1935. He

served

Texas in Mex-

many

years

in

Two more highway fatalities}. communities predominantly ican. were registered over the weekend, (See DAVIS, Page 21) bringing the yearly total to 220

dead

in the

year. One..

Felix

first

4 victim

213 days

was

nine- year-old

Figueroa

Gonzalez

who was hit while oF of his home at

in front Saturday

near

Carlos

of the

Barceloneta.

Judge charged

Cruz and

Gustave Pas) Ruiz driver Angel Gonzalez

with

involuntary

set a $2,000

Another

bail.

traffic

Bernardo

Highway

2 near Vega

police

said

GOP. Farm Program’ MONTICELLO,” Iowa; . @— Launching ‘a vigorous attack on the

farm

Republican

Chevere

Sen.

Democratic

Lyndon

‘B,

nominee

for

Garcia

vice president, said yesterday the Democrats will push a program

at 7:30

to ‘‘use the produce of our farms and factories to help other people.”’

was

46-

tried to cross Baja

administration's

program,

Johnson,

death

year-old

who

homicide

Johnson Attacks

Johnson said the investment “of p.m. Friday. He was hit by a car driven by’ Carmelo Alvarez corn, wheat, cotton or other comCruz,

who-was

later

charged

involuntary homicide and (See "TRAFFIC, Page

with

held 21)

in

modities

would

be

returned

many

fold, together with millions of new (See JOHNSON, Page 21)

INDEPENDENCE RALLY—Independence Party members carry party president Gilberto Concepcion de Gracia on their shoulders to speakers’ stand at party rally yesterday.

(STAR

photo by José Garcia.)


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