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San
Juan, Puerto
Rico, Friday, August
26, 1960
Second-ciass postage paid at San Juan. Puerte Rice
Drivers Puzzled, Patrolmen|Herter Blasts Fidel Busy With Ne w Traffic Law For His Soviet Ties By MANUEL SUAREZ The new traffic hie was written to end slaughter on the hi ays and to supply g the police with a “co prehensive” weapon with which to punish violators, °is creating more than a little confusion among motorists, truck drivers, publico operators, government officials, and—the Police. A spokesman for La Fortaleza said
time.
the the
wilf
‘be
given
to
truck
drivers
By JACK RUTLEDGE
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) --S ecretary of State Christian A. Herter cha rged last night Cuba has rejected the inter-Ame rican system and swung its allegiance toth e Com-
Mmunist world. He ignored+ Roa accused the United States what appeared to be a sort of meddling in Cuban affairs and of afterthought offer by Cuba to negotiate with the creating Caribbean tensions but declared in a surprise climax that United StAtes. the Castr
that buy
to
new equipment required by the act, while commander of the metropolitan area police,
William ed to:
Santana,
said yesterday
no such order and his officers make immediate arrests for
he had receiywill
continue
Herter said the Fidel Castro regime continues to exhibit “a
violations. Patrolman Ernesto Plumey said that something had to be done to cut down on the auto
deaths.
ment:
The
he
law
said.
teeth
had not opinion.
read
“What
the
traffic
law
and
law?
vacation,” said one. Another pulled a
back
“I
into
traffic
and
said:
I
only
just
ROME (®—The XVII modern Olympic games opened vesterGay in intense heat and amid colorful Pageantry before a crowd of nearly 100,000 in Reme’s new Olympic Stadium. tempo-
was
War
rarily halted in the Eternal City as nearly 8,000 athletes from 85 natiens gathered in friendly
rivalry
Sports. The honored dent Giovanni Republic
of
te
vie
in
18
Italy,
who
entered
the stadium to the strains of the Italian National Anthem. The United States will be in close eompetition with the Soviet Union during the games. Indications top
good
events
that
chance
the
of
boxing
got
and
meets Brazil. Puerto Rico’s top
S.
winning
water
is was
eight
polo
underway — yester-
day, Puerto “Rico Olympic competition when its basketball
team Brazil
U.
honors.
team
The
are
enters today team
basketball
unseeded whereas seeded among the
and
is
the
defend-
ing world champion. : For complete Oi:ympic coverage, turn te the sports pages.
Announces
By FREDERICK Barry B. Yellen, the San Juan the
past
veiled
who
two
an
Drama years,
ambitious
San
Juan
Drama
sponsored
Festival
for
yesterday
un-
plan
for
a
Festival
Inc.,
into a new venture,” Theater Development Corp., which will present annual seasons of musi-
comedies,
operas,
and
The
which
will
project
charges
were
made
in
statement issued Foreign Minister
is
budgeted
annually,
producer said. Included in the
the eight plays drama festival, Spanish Dramas shows
at
Yellen
said.
tion
of
American
ministers
States’
foreign
conference.
from
private
known
winter,
as
a
Rico the
will
season
be
of the winter a _ series of musical and_ zarzuelas
program
in
of
the
four
sented
in
the
in
Yellen said he hopes to have completed a cycle of productions by November, 1961. The first project of the new corporation
will be next winter’s Drama tival. The
organization
permanent
of
have
about
a
300
persons divided roughly between 200 performers and 100 business executives and workers.
The musical shows and operas will be presented at the University of Puerto Rico Theater, Yel-
lists and authorizes capitalization of $15,000 in class A common shares with a $10 par value,
Musicals
while
said,
shows-will
At
UPR
dramatic
the
continue
to
be
pre-
The
and
new
company’s’ prospectus
$35,000
in
$10
par
prefer-
stock.
red
2,000 Greet Davis At Airport As He Returns An Archbishop By
GUNTER
HETT
An estimated 2,000 persons were on hand at International Airport last night to greet the Most Rev. James P. Davis, new-
ly
designated
Archbishop
of
San Juan, on his arrival at 8:24 from New York. Jamming the landing _ strip, the wildly cheering throng gave
the
bishop
what
he
later
called
the ‘“‘greatest reception” years tn Puerto Rico.
nor
guard
of smartly
of his 17 An _ ho-
uniformed
con
de
Gautier
Action
Party
party
chairman
and
leaders
Catholic by
Davila.
Spread out along the landing apron were delegations from re-
prelate stepped
ligious
societies,
waving
zation
banners
and_
out of his plane.
Close to the landing steps were some 60 Catholie priests and a
children
alternately
gathering
cheering
followed
(See
DAVIS,
San
of Juan
dignitaries Mayor
includ-
Felisa
Rin-
Hundreds
of
organicheering.
uniformed
school
chanting the
and
archbishop
Page
and one by Castro Wednesday in which
defiantly vowed friendship the Communist bloc.
Herter
declared
ia he with
Roa's
speech
“shewed clearly that the Cuban government is walking hand im
hand with the Chinese-Soviet bloc.”
“It strongly indicated that Cuba is willing to assist the Soviet Union in snreadine Comm-nism (See MINISTERS, Page 20)
Initially, there will be 8,300 class A common shares outstanding the prospectus said. The shares will be divided between 4,000 shares to be sold by
Yellen to private $10 per share and be
exchanged
shares Jan
and
Juan
investors at 4,300 shares
for
outstanding
debentures
Drama
of
Festival,
(See THEATRE,
the
Inc.
Page
20)
Big Mob Demands. Lumumba’s Death; Conference Starts By
headed
Mario
the right Roa’s
ANDREW
BOROWIEC
LEOPOLDVILLE, The Conge (AP)—Rifle fire and screams of anti-government mobs yesterday marked the opening of
Knights of Columbus lined the landing ramp and brought their swords to salute as the smiling
ing
speech Havana
to
will
payroll
Fes-
in the operas
comedies U. S. musical summer and a series of in the fall.
len
Herter said he is confident
Theater
Theater
Juan.
San
Old
Tapia
regime is willing te U.S.-Cuban differences.
conference will draw “the conclusions” after studying
Year-Round will come
investors and the Puerto (PRIDCO), Co. Industrial
late
marathon address to the Organiza-
Venture
Financing
dra-
mas both in Spanish and English. Yellen will also head the new corporation. $500,0000
JIMENEZ .-. that's the ticket
Get
HARMON the youthful has_
ESTEBAN
$500,000
year-round theater program here. At a press conference, Yellen announced he would merge his
cal guest was PresiGronchi of the
JUAN
it yet.
impresario
antagonism
States
Raul Roa praised the Soviet Union and Red China in a Castro-style
P.R. To
Of Rome Olympics
Cold
Herter’s
off
Yellen
calculated
United
a_ blistering after Cuban
cepy of the law from his
Colorful Opening
a
came
and
the
render more difficult the constant efforts of my country to restore friendly relations with Cuba.”
however, not give an
ceuld
100,000 Attend
has
enforce-
haven’t had time to go throu gh (See NEW TRAFFIC, Page 4 )
The
basic to
What Traffic Law? other policeman queried,
Three
a
puts
o
nepotiate
20)
the Leopoldyille conference of independent African nations. Steel-helmeted Congolese polsurging
crowds
clamoring for the death mier Patrice Lumumba,
ice
fired
over
of Pre host te
11 African
governments
wered his appeal can meeting. An
honor
who
ans-
for an all-Afri-
guard,
lined
up
in
front of the modernistic palace of culture, broke ranks and charged
(See
the
demonstrators
CONGO,
Page
20)
ga
e