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eer
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Other Parties For Collusion ators,
and
eluding
the
Vol. I
air-
a local
of
line and a former president of Citizens for State 51, yesterday came out in favor of the new Christian. Action Party (CAP) Caribair chief Dionisio Trigo and former State 51 president the signers of a statemertt which defended the CAP as a “poli-j. tical weapon” to restore Christ “has
party
new
The
.a_ pose not” (See CAP, Page
should
-
°
to
a A
i
society.
Rican
Puerto
values
‘and-
principles
ian
Secoud-class postage paid at San Jean. Puerte Rice
19, 1960
‘o Condemn Trujillo
|.
among
were
Cordova
Luis
Jorge
and
not,
10¢
inisters Prepared
promeduc-
businessmen—inhead
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, August
“No. 246
J. LIDIN
A™~ cross-section, of 41 doctors, lawyers, inent
ns Endorse CAP
“the San Juan Star
Group Attacks By HAROLD
te
religious 21)
Union Carbide Caribe Gets Tax Holiday
Herter Asks Supervision Of D.R. Voting By JACK RUTLEDGE SAN
other
plant’s
south
coast
ethylene
its
pelene. The company producing these late
1962.
by-product,
Carbide
and
concern,
(STAB
THE
intends |
to add
which
Tempest
another
when
began
pro-
annual
sales
of
$25 million. The company
estimates
This
75
bid& tax
Carbide
Caribe,
subsidiary
of
a wholly
Union
Car-
glycol 1959.
production
in
the
Office
effort
to
win
Rs
to make
that the.cubber
it known
tree standing
at
the north €nd of Nun’s Plaza will
mation
of the
general
public
and
from
the
San
Juan
Cathe
Correspondent
pay
of
thousands
A
compromise
(See
WAGE
amendment
BILL,
Page
the
cement
and
the
brickwork along the path.” It
appears,
according
Herter
was
asking
Rafael
Trujillo’s
regime
republic.
The foreign
the
dispateh, that the ancient rubber tree (which has been shading souls in the little plaza for as long as anyone can remember) rent
restoration
of the
plaza
and
new Hotel Convento. It also interferers with the view of San Juan Cathedral. To compensate for the disposal of the
single
tree, four
Queen
of
Flowers trees have been planted on the site. The Cultural Activi-
of
of-
21)
ties
Office
states
that
these
new
trees grow rapidly and “will bear
beautiful flowers, adding
to the
charm. of the historic plaza.” A
made
second
request
specifically
to
has
the
been
on
the
of an
McKinley
Perpetuo
old,
St., in
Socorro
Page
like the young American who approached a cherry tree too
jury
Americas
of
the
of the
cenferees
shows
zuela’s
charges
against
ing
public protested to Mayor Rincon de Gautier when TREE,
history-making ministers
of
that
Vene-
the Doml-
off diplomatic relations and impos-
Miramar.
(See
Fereiga
late last night
nicans aré true on most counts. However, some may not ge along with Venezuela’s demand for cutting off Dominicans from the rest of the hemisphere, which would be the result of breaking sanctions.
Argentina’s Diogenes
(See
21)
foreign
Taboada,
minister,
said
MINISTERS,
yesterday
Page
21)
Soviets Hint Powers To Get Off Lightly Due To Apology By PRESTON MOSCOW
GROVER prosecution
Soviet
(AP)—The
hammered
persistently yesterday on the theme that Francis Gary , Powers knew in advance the full meaning of his U-2 flight over Soviet territory. But elsewhere, hints were dropped
that the court would
deal lenient-+
resi- ly with the American flier. The
dents of the north side of the plaza. Four other trees will be replaced when consent is granted by the people whose houses face the four trees. If the Public Works Department proceeds in a manner un-
e
of
Church,
The Felisa
disposal
tree
Rea
is deciding on the sanctions te be imposed against the Dominican Republic. The unofficial poll
Last September a tempest ‘in a flowerpot was provoked over gnarled
—Cuban
Raul
Herter suggested that a committee be appointed to supervise free electio there.
hastily with an axe, it is because of previous incidents.
the proposed
JOSE
asked the Western Hemisphere foreign ministers te impose sanctions against beth the United States and the Dominican Republic.
little to
Rico do have a
front to
does not fit the plan for the cur-
S. PRIEST
future
last minute support for his bill,
wish
breaking
Washington
further
“We
Culture—issued the foldispatch “for the infor-
Puerto Rican workers today was all but in the hands of a joint House-Senate conference committee. Seemingly headed for almost sure Senate passage was legislation asking insu-* Democratic presidential candidate Jar employers to match an John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) gave increase in the mainland ground slightly and agreed to a mailand minimummi- d x compromise exempting some. wiinimum wage from $1.00 860,000 employes in hotels, moto $1.25 an hour on-a per- tels, restaurants, and automocentage basis in Puerto Ri- bile establishments from _ provision of the labor-backed bill. co. an
By AL DINHOFER tree, the people of Puerto
Rican lowing
By WALTER
In
A.
Minister
Ahead?
have to be cut down. This tree has very strong roots that are
street dral.
De-
WASHINGTON—The
Garcia)
it into lumber?
Department. of Public Works and the Institute of Puerto
New Wage Bill Affecting PR Heading For Joint Committee STAR
Pot
Jese
+
oft
specifically the residents. of Caleta de las Monjas, across the
Corp. of N. Y., received éxemption on income from its
ethylene cember,
week
Cultural Activities—working in ‘conjunction with the
land.
Union
Flower
By
about its destiny. The San Juan Municipal Office of Cultural Activities has learned from experience that if it wishes to remove a single tree from a street or public area, it is advisable to notify the people before any uprooting is attempted.
per cent of its polyethylene products will be sold to foreign condimers, with the balance divided hetween here and and the main-
ow
A
to turn
Puste
say
the
65 per cent and
In
TREE—Progress
While only God can make a
new products at the contemplated rate of. production will run about
that between
the
SAN
City Whets Axe For Old Tree
in
ducing ethylene glycol here in July, 1959, will use about 25 acres adjacent to its present 75-acre site in Pefuelas for the expansion. Projected
aggression.
BULLETIN
250 people to its payroll full production. _ The
in
3am
expects to begin products here by
Union
expansion
of
Presiand of
unofficial poll proved S. Secretary of State
condemn
dri-|
to invest an additional $30 million in machinery and equipment for this
Rica
the Organization of America States foreign ministers meeting here to
exemption covers the of high-pressure polyand
an U.
Christian
loca-
tion.
The tax production
acts
As this,
wealth government, clearing the way for a $30 million expansion
the
Costa
to assassinate Venezuela dent Romulo Betancourt
Caribe, Inc., of n , Carbide Unio Pefuelas, has been granted a new tax exemption by the Common-] at
JOSE,
(AP)—The Dominican Republic yesterday in effect stood condemned of trying
trial may end today. Time after time jn the second day of the trial technical wit-
of
the
he the
testimony.
told
the
Soviet
But
once
more
military
section
of
Supreme
Court
he
repented his flight. The pilot, has pleaded guilty to spying, who nesses repeated that the May 1 very “very, regretted he said “premeand planned was flight that he had made the much” link to attempted and
ditated,” Powers directly
with
the
U.
S|
had
military. Powers
disagreed
with
some
and
flight,
done (See
expressed
his
own
POWERS,
belief
country Page
21)
he
a