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Confusion
Over
Two
‘Extra’
Precincts
By A. W. MALDONADO
-|
The Cristian ‘Action Party, unofficially
one of its 11 lost precincts |
recovered
The Christian Action Party
qualified
Guaynabo — last night through a recheck of | dent
commissioner,
senator-at-large,
rejected petitions, but found out two new | large. However, the CAP is not yet precincts
exist
that
two
new
precincts
such
confusion
Department, ful
were
natures, nounced
that they
the confusion lawyers
faithsig-
the officials would sleep
anon
covery
was
cretary
of
old party, the Justice Department said the CAP canPdidates ‘will appear on the
ballot as “candidates by petition.”
talk to their | §
This
morning.
The: announcement made
Asst.
Nicolas
is
Se-
Almi-
roty. He cited an amendment to the election law dated Aug. 15,
56 of the tricts.
1952, which shows that “San Juan II,” previously regarded as one precinct, is actually three
Cancio |
raises in
the
which
a
The
in
law
must
order
qualify.
states that
three
cent
it
60
is
to
61-%.
61
or
62
precincts
to/|
qualify.
made
Almiroty (See
Page
CONFUSION,
21)
Lumumba
ey were still counting names late last night when this picture
was
taken.
Here
but being reconsidered.
CAP
Escapes
By ANDREW BOROWIEC ‘The
Conge
said (#
The
‘It
was
a close
shave.”
second
attempt
to
kill
him
-Co. Joseph Mobuto’s gendarmes came when Lumumba was led last night rescued panic-stricken out of the mess with the protection Patrice Lumumba ftom the hands] of the U.N. troops. Rifle-carrying of sereaming Congolese soldiers Ghanians led him out soon after who clamored “‘kill him, kill him.” nightfall. It
his
was
the
second
life yesterday.
attempt
| -
followers
go
over
lists
on
Z
Screaming
many.
in full
Congolese
battle
soldiers,
dress,
broke
Earlier, the soldigts Broke into the cordon of guards as. Lumumthe officers mess of the Ghana ba was pushed into an Army U.N.
Congo
Action,
Page
2)
But,
be
the
the
1956
electoral
above-named
total
candida-
on the ballot. Ruling Justice
Hiram
names
Luis
Feliu
previously
rejected
Pesquera,
Manuel
truck,
Francisco Espinosa. Cancic said that although the CAP is not a registered party, they will be allowed
to have
their
party insignia on the ballot and the voters will only have
to make
one “x” to vote for the governor, (See CAP, Page 21)
Cuba Seizes US Embassy Secretary
Thousands Here See Polaris Over P.R.
HAVANA (AP)—Agents of Fidel'_Castro’s secret police seized a U. S. embassy Secretary in a predawn raid on her downtown apartment yesterday.
Patrick Henry- successfully laun-
| The
out
secretary,
nox, 26, of San detained despite
Marjorie
CAPE
CANAVERAL,
(AP)—The
Len-
, was her identi
fear showi inly in his' tion’ as an’employe of face? wind aml | basy’s economic section. His white sport shirt was torn. U: §. Ambassador Philip United Nations unit; and tried to lynch the deposed’ premier. He The truck finally whisked behind) sal protested the arrest, a fence of bayoneted rifles and/ orally and in a note to the had taken refuge there. Ghana troops protecting Lumum- left, leaving the screams of the ban Foreign Office. Lumumba backers An embassy spokeman ba succeeded in pushing the Con- once-faithful golese out of the building but one behind. They shook their first in the agents forced their way British officer of the Ghana Army (See CONGO, Page 20) (See
of
From léft to right are Jose
Two Lynch Mobs LEOPOLDVILLE,
an
because
liberal possible’. The rulings were written by Assistant Secretary
Martin Maldonado, candidate for senator; Baltazar Cerrada, director of the electoral organization committee; Eduardo Flores, party secretary, and Mrs. Martin Maldonado, seated. (STAR photo by, Jose Garcia.)
announce-
the
not
Cancio describe the Justice De partment’s rullings as ‘‘the most
.
No one could say last. night whether this meant that a party|
needed
dis-
Hiram
is
party
Liberal Secretary of
preeincts—under |
raised
CAP
districts,
tes will appear
previous knowledge, Im light of | the additional two, the magic!
number
island
get at least 10 per electoral vote in the
60
of
vote,
fourths of the total are needed, making
in
cause jt did achieve over ten per-
register
to
60
political
required
reports 80. Fur-
of precincts
party
successfully
CAP,
Justice
the
it failed to cent of the
Ba
automatically
number
of
said
official
This raised the island's total precincts to 82, contradicting all ther, the discovery
the
required
Secretary
precincts.
previously published that the island had only
because
garnering 70,445 certified signatures—-788 over the total needed—managed to qualify in only
of the dis-
by
State
party,
miracle for the three-month
check
and
this
the
party to.
political
according to the Department of State. In what is considered a major victory and a minor
created
State
where
to appear
representative-at-
official
to
at the
gathered
and
an
were
not previously known party officials. The “discovery” of
yesterday
on the ballot this Nov. 8 with their candidates for governor, resi-
—
‘ emBonboth Cu-
said into
(See SEIZED, Page 20) _
ched
nuclear
-a Polaris
Fila.
submarine
missile
from
be-
neath the Atlantic over Puerto Rico last night. Thousands of people throughPuerto
Rico
witnessed
indi-
rectly, the successful launching as the Polaris blazed across the island, The Navy said the launching, at 8:25 last ‘night, buoyed hopes that the U. S. soon may get the missile combat ready. The
four trick
shot
was
scheduled Henry.
the
second
from The
the
first
of
Pafailed
Tuesday, the Navy said. In Puerto Rico, hundreds
of
calls ‘were received at military and civilian aviation agencies as viewers reported seeing the missile. The
calls
came
from
through-
out the island. At the San Juan STAR, dozens of persons reported the passage of
what
was
variously
as a rocket,
jet and
Most
viewers
parently
were
to see the into a final
in
described
meteor,
San
Juan
fortunate
ap-
enough
missile as it went stage, and described
the’ change like a star bursting in the darkness
overhead