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Vol. I No. 259
‘ot Gan Sean. Penene Siew
ivil War Called Dangerous, Winds At 135 MPH Hurricane
Donna,
a gale-packed
storm center with winds up to 135 miles
‘per hour, was slowly moving towards Puerto Rico last night from its cradle deep in i the South Atlantic.
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\U.N. Troops Open Fire For First Time By LYNN HEINZERLING LEOPOILDVILLE, The Congo
civil war, anarchy and possibly a Communist-style dictatorship last night. For the first
2ikeep
the Windward Islands. Donna would pass remain
pioneer
‘ Angel
Ramos,
publisher
of
rison,
N.
Y.
He
was
58 years
old.
Ramos, pioneer journalist § in Puerto Rico, was co-founder of the influential Inter American Press Association and was regarded throughout the hemisphere as a (See RAMOS, Page 21)
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ca will prove
to| Cuba
for
the
friendly nations of Latin Ameri“without.
Statehood
*
ae
ee
hate
that pro-
and
Republican
havoc,”
Party
gu-
aid
pro-
hopeful Luis A. Fe-
said yesterday.
While.
pushing
the
gram for nation-members of the
‘Pefr
Ferre,
might
be best. left to the
swiftly, and Cubans.
gress can be made
Orghieuen of American States,
-added, the| United States
bok
i
i
forces of
Kalonji.
fire
on
a_
belligerent
to
his
martial
regime
(See
threatens
diplemats
CONGO,
in
the
Page
21)
ca
Since 1954 Ferre has repeatedly recommended for White House action an economic aid
program.
based on the common
Latin American market and an international code of social protection, The Ferre plan would also (See FERRE, Page 21)
By HAROLD K. MILKS HAVANA (AP) Fidel Castro last night announced Cuba’s intention to establish diplomatid¢ relations with Red China. The revolutionary prime minister asked a so-called assembly of the Cuban peo-+
ple for aproval
of the step
and then said: “From this moment end our relations with
we the
regime of Chiang Kai-shek.” Chiang is president of the Nationalist Chinese government on Formosa. Blaming Yankees for the ills
of Cuba and ali Latin American nations,
ba’s
Castro brandished of Soviet aid-as
answer
to
actions
Organization of American
Before
f eee
sionist
army seces-
Fidel Inflames Giant Rally; Rips Up Cuban-U.S. Defense Treaty should hold to a “stand-by and
program
where Congolese have been fighting Albert
of
mining
center i troops
Veteran
LUMUMBA
.. civil war
Can Be Toot Agai A eae economic aid
PATRICE
action”.
US. Latin Aid Against Castro
Ferre: §
streets
by throwing political opponents in jail. The activity came after the Congolese government charged that the opposition Puna party attempted te assassinate President Joseph Kasavubu and Premier Lumumba. .
and “dangerous”, the bureau warned the public to keep in touch with bulletins to be issued and to be “ready for quick
Mundo newspaper in San Juan, died of a heart attack Thursday night at his summer home in Har-
diamond
opposition
Listing the hurricane as “severe”
El
the
the
killed. In Leopoldville Premier Pa trice Lumumba proceeded vigorously to wipe out political
Puerto Rico.
Dies Of Heart Attack At 58
littered
Bakwanga,
group of armed civilians. .First reports said one civilian was
The Weather Bureau reported Donna as over 1,000 miles east southeast of
Angel Ramos
order.
Bodies
opened
ured at over 18 miles in diameter.
RAMOS
African
base of Thysville in Leopoldville province, U. N. Moroccan troops
unchanged. The hurricane eye was meas.. Newspaper
U.N.
1U. N. officials counted at least 270 dead. At Moerbeke, near the army
below the south coast of Puerto Rico and would not reach this general area before ANGEL
time
forces resorted to gunfire to
At last night, the San Juan Weather Bureau said it is headed directly for
72 hours if its speed of 20 mph
(AP)--The
Congo careened crazily and bloodily toward
t
of
the Cu-
the
States.
a huge rally. in Haya-
na’s Civic |Plaza, Castro tore up the Cuba-U. S. Mutual Defense Treaty of 1952 and threw away the
pieces.
Then he told the throng to hold “for an opportune time” the question of the big U. 8. Naval base at Guantanamo. A'crowd estimated at more than 300,000 people filled the square to hear Castro denounce the United States and the OAS. “In
case
this
island
is invaded
militarily by an imperialistic force, do you accept the aid of (See CASTRO, Page 21)