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Vol. XLV, No. 4 erring THE BIG BEND of FLORIDA Since 1905 Tallahassee, Florida, Sunday Morning, January 4, 1959 Price: Daily, 5c; Sunday, 15c i i i i it ii i i i ii 11 kef Roc Big mic Manuel Urrutia Made President; Castro Army Head Bearded Rebels Swarm From Hills To Havana HAVANA (AP) Manuel Urrutia took the oath of office as Cuba's provisional president Saturday. He immedi Moon Reportee Hurtles Ahead ately named rebel hero Fidel Castro as head of all the nation's armed forces. The ceremony took place in Santiago, the provincial Toward Sun Satellite Goal capital, as Castro headed toward a victory celebration in Havana.

His route was slowed by a series of tumultuous welcomes throughout the provinces. Bits Of Life Service, Please MiULANU, Tex (A') A 35-ycar-oid man staggered into police headquarters and slapped a dollar bill down on the counter. "Gimme a pack of cigarettes," he told Set. Byron Richardson. Kichardson locked the 'customer" in the city jail on a charge of drunkenness.

MOSCOW (AP) Russia announced its H-ton cosmic rocket zoomed to within its nearest point to the moon Sunday as it hurtled sunward to what the Soviets hope will be man's first artificial planet. Moscow radio which flashed out the word said that the big space ship reached the nearest point at 9:59 p.m. E.S.T. It added that "possibly radio contact with the rocket will cease within 24 hours." The broadcast said earlier that the nearest point at -which the rocket would pass the moon would be 4,660" miles not much greater than the distance between Mos- fwmMpu fa, i 'm-rTi iff -VV- i cow and New York. Th radio said that aa tha rocket passed, a lunar tele-scop aboard, the space laboratory up the pock marks on th moon.

Moscow radio earlier quoted Alexander Topchiev, vice president of the Academy now fully clear that the Soviet moon rocket will become. brought on' by the rebel-called general strike failed to dampen the spirits of the eager Havana citizens waiting to celebrate the arrival of the hero of the two- year revolution that toppled die tator Pulgencio Batista. FOOD A PROBLEM But food was becoming an In creasing problem in this city paralyzed by the walkout which has persisted since New Year's Day. Violence has not subsided in Havana yet. There was a flurry of shooting in Mariano suburb (Continued on Face 2, Col.

2) Admiring girls swarm around troops In the heart of Havana in the capital. (AP Wirephoto) nt of Sciences, as saying, "It is artificial planet." Rocket Stirs i Vonderment, Misgivings LONDON AP)-The Soviet TJn-ten's cosmic rocket spread mingled wonderment and misgiving across Europe Saturday. Radio stations broadcast progress reports as fast as they flowed from Moscow. Newspapers charted the space voyage In front-page displays. As the rocket soared toward th moon, conviction grew that th Russians were unlikely to end up with a flop.

In Communist countries, from East Germany to Red China, com mentators poured out praise for the Soviet Union. Among Western European com mentators, the realization grew that the space thrust could hav far-reaching military Implications. Scientists In general warmly ap plauded the feat of Soviet techni cians. "This Is confirmation of the ability of the Soviet Union to do this kind of thing In a very con fident way," declared Dr. D.

C. Martin, secretary of the British International Geophysical Year Committee. Another top British scientist, Prof. H. S.

W. Massey, said h-expected the m-ton rocket to reach a spot where it would revolve around the sun as the Rus-! Sians predicted. Urrutia also named a cabinet In ceremonies which were regarded as having historical importance for all Latin America. The event marked one of the rare occasions in which a revolution against a dictator had succeeded in Latin America. BEARDED ARRIVE While the inauguration was under way in Santiago, Castro's triumphant, bearded rebel warriors swarmed out cf the hills from Cuba's six provinces and poured inio Havana to the accompaniment of wild demonstrations.

Even the growing food shortage ALL HAIL THE CONQUERORS a- jecpload of Fidel Castro's rebel as the rebels took over patrol duty Many Arrive ft 4 1 In A WORD WITH SAM President Eisenhower gestures as he talks Kh House Speaker Sam Raj burn at the end of a White House ceremony in which the President proclaimed Alaska the 49th state. Rayburn's home state of Texas now is second largest in the union. An aide holds out the new 49-star flag brhlnd the President. Mike Stepovirh, former governor of Alaska, is at extreme righl with Waino Hrndrickson, former acting governor, beside him. (AP Wirephoto).

New Flag Unveiled Alaska Becomes 49th U.S. State iLC-li VfJ vtaJ I WASHINGTON (AP) of the union Saturday by proclamation cf President Eisen-hower. The President signed the historic document and unveiled the new 49-s tar flag at a five-minute White House ceremony beginning at noon. a satellite of the sun, the first "The velocity and direction of i the flight make It possible to say with confidence the space ship will never again fall back on the earth," Topchiev declared. The Ta.ss statement announced: "On the 4th of January, 5:59 a.m.

Moscow time the Soviet cosmic rocket passed the nearest point to the moon on its trajectory. "Instruments and transmitters of the rocket continue to work nor mally and are reporting to earth receiving stations valuable scientific material. The scientific tasks set before launching of the cosmic rocket have been completely car ried out." Premier 1 1 1 a Khrushchev hailed the project, saying tt proves tne Russians are tne nrst in tne world to map out the way from the earth to the moon." SCIENTISTS PRAISED A message from the Central Committee of the Communist par ty and the Soviet Council of Min isters praised Soviet scientists. "The first interplanetary flight by the Soviet cosmic rocket opens a glorious page in the study of cosmic space and demonstrates to all mankind the creative genius of the Vee Soviet people," the mes- gfure said. Moscow radio said later the moon rocket will reach the point nearest the sun about 91ty million miles away on Jan.

14. It will take the rocket 15 months to orbit the sun, the broadcast added. Moscow radio said the maximum diameter of its orbit around the sun will be 214 million miles. "According to preliminary calculations, bhe Soviet artificial planK will complete an orbital movement close to the circumference of the sun," the radio said. "Its eccentricity will be equal (Continued on Page 2.

Col. 4 3 Housewives Make Attacks On Textbooks 'Glorified Pornography' By HENDRIX CHANDLER MARIANNA (AP) Three Dade County housewives poked criticism at Florida textbooks Saturday as part of an effort to demonstrate that some books are adopted for use in the schools without a thorough examination. The presentation, made at the request of the legislative Interim committee on education to get the parents' viewpoint, drew a mixed reaction from committee members. One said the study was a waste of time. Others took the position that It would make textbook committees more alert to possibly dangerous content in school books.

PORNOGRAPHY' CHARGE Some of the criticisms by the three women were that personalized anatomy illustrations In eighth grade physical hygiene books were "glorified pornography," that some textbooks ques tioned parental authority, that some authors and quotations were by persons on subversive lists, and that a strong Federal government was emphasized over States Rights. -Singled out for special criticism was the high school social studies problem book, "American Problems Today," written by Robert RIenow, Albany, N. professor and published by D. C. Heath and Co.

ROBIN HOOD ROLE Mrs. N. J. Carden of Key Bis cayne, one of the three house wives, said the book pictured the American Civil Liberties union in a "Robin Hood role" and advo cated FEPC and other forms of Integration. Sen.

John Rawls of Marianna, a committee member, said he wts particularly disturbed be cause the book in his opinion taught principles which were completely opposite to basic constt-tuional standards. OUT OF CONTEXT But Fred Turner of the state department of education said the matter quoted was taken out of context and was merely set forth as one line of argument. He said the book was adopted as an elective book In response to many demands and throughout It sought to develop both sides of major social problems In order to teach the students to think logically. The committee asked Turner to prepare a rebuttal to the report by the housewives and submit It at the next meeting. Rep.

Robert Mann of Tampa, who contended that the commit tee could spend its time more profitably on broader aspects of the educational field, proposed (Continued on Page 2, Col. 7) unuuiiajA, KinMil have planned to go home over the holidays. They are Raul Pedi ero, who did apply with university officials for a re-entry permit to allow him to come back Into the United States, and Deanna Morris, who live in Havana. "Both Pediero and another Cuban student, Dan Huerta, did apply for re-entry permits," said Mrs. Laurence Carroll, FSU Foreign Student Advisor, "but Huerta changed his mind at the last minute because of the situation In Cuba, and said he was going to West Palm Beach Instead." No other Big Bend residents or FSU students are known to be in Cuba now.

Travel agency officials here said Saturday they had not any bookings for Havana In several months. Well, NEW HAVEN, Conn. OP) Newspaper offices get. some odd questions. A lady telephoned city editor Edward Barthelmes and asked: "Could you tell me if a 10-quart bucket will hold $1,000 worth of dimes?" Barthelmes is still looking for the answer to that one.

Thimk, Now BALTIMORE Claude B. Ilcllmann, who goes out of office as secretary of state in January, will go down in history as the secretary who issued a state catalog in which his own name Is misspelled. 1957-58 Maryland Man lists it on page 28 as "Hellman." Wolfson Said Facing Trouble TAMPA (AP) The Tampa Tribune reported Saturday that Florida industrialist Louis E. Wolfson Is running Into trouble in his venture Into the garbage collecting business In Broward County. The newspaper said that "Wolf-son's garbage collecting firm, which has been granted an exclusive contract to operate In non-incorporated areas of Broward, Is being boycotted.

"Angry over granting of the franchise by the county commissioners, more than 20,000 Broward citizens have signed a petition which asks Gov. LeRoy Collins to Investigate the county's deal with Wolfson," the Tribune said. MAJOR RESENTMENT The Tribune said major resentment against the Wolfson firm, Affiliated Services, is a clause in the contract which authorizes a one dollar fee for one trash collection a month. It said Independent garbage collectors previously made trash pickups free. "Wolfson could not be reached for comment," the article said.

"His associates, however, said they were not dismayed "by the trouble In Broward, and planned aggressively to seek garbage con- tracts in other areas of Florida and the nation. "Raymond Barnes, Orlando at-: torney representing Affiliated. said the firm has had at least 25 inquiries from municipalities 1 and county commissions regard- i lng a garbage disposal contract." Wintry Weather Is Americans U.S. KEY WEST (AP) Hundreds of bewildered Americans and celebrating Cuban patriots returned to their respective homelands by sea and air Saturday in the wake of Rebel victory in Havana. actually the Cuban guards helped us every way they could," Ferro said.

The City of Havana was loaded to capacity and the cabin accommodations were limited. The elderly and sick were alloted staterooms while the rest of the passengers slept uneasily on the deck. Alaska became the 49th state U. S. Speeds Its Rocket Booster Plan HUNTS VILLE, Ala.

(AP) Development of a rocket super-booster producing 1 million pouixls of thrust is proceeding 03 an accelerated basis, the Army said Saturday. Thrust of such power would hurl a heavy space ship Into orbit around the earth, the moon or even beyond them to the sun. Such a space ship could carry many Instruments which would report back to earth by radio, or a human crew, SIMPER-BOOSTER The announcement by the Army Ordnance Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal said the super- booster was a project assigned by the Advanced Research Projects Agency. The powerful thrust would be achieved by clustering Jupiter type liquid ftiel rocket engines. Another project under way at the Army's Redstone guided missile and rocket center during the coming year will be testing of a cargo transport missile system.

Army missile men have said In the past that rocket transportation of troop eventually will be entirely feasible and make landing of needed military units anywhere on the globe within several hours. of New Year's holiday deaths usu- ally Is smaller because fewer cars are on the highways than at Christmas. ALL-TIME RECORD ttWition there wr 106 fir deaths and 105 from miscellaneous accl dent. The count was made for comparative purposes. The City of Havana, a giant ferry that carried the first boatload of 508 weary and hungry Americans here earlier, debarked for Havana with 500 Cuban Rebel sympathizers.

FLED COUNTRY The Cubans fled their country as long' as 25 months ago when the rebellion ignited against Dictator Fulgencio Batista. The City of Havana was expected to return to this port at tne tip of Florida with more fleeing Americans Sunday. A special flight service on Cubans Airlines was resumed when two Viscount planes landed at Miami Airport with still more tourists who had been locked inside their hotels for days as the revolt reached a climax. OR MORE FLIGHTS At least five flights were scheduled at the request of Rebel Leader Fidel Castro who assured safe conduct for all Americans. The U.

S. Embassy stood by lis policy of not advising U. S. citizens to leave the embanied Cuban capital unless they wished The time coincided with the ex piration of the 85th Congress which approved Alaskan statehood after a 42-year struggle by the vast territory. Welcoming the new state and its people, Eisenhower extended "best wishes and hope for prosperity and success." BV A PEN STROKE By a stroke of the pen, the chief executive extended the boundaries of the United States 1,500 miles to the west, to within seeing distance of the S3viet mainland.

Czarist Russia sold the territory of Alaska to this country for $7,200,000 In 1867. History has proved that con temporaries of the then secretary of state were wrong In terming the purchase "Seward's Folly." The new state Is more than twice the size of Texas and has a vast store of untapped mineral, timber, and other natural re sources. IKE FLIES DOWN Elsenhower, who flew down from his Gettysburg, farm for the ceremony, signed the formal proclamation whose key sentence read: "Now, therefore, Dwlght Eisenhower. President of the United States of America, do (Continued on Page 2, Col. S) On The Inside Baby Kidnaped P.

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28 Blamed Earlier Saturday, when the pace jof tralfic fatalities had slowed somewhat after spurting Friday I right, the National Safety Council isaid there was a possibility that tonight. During the fmir-day Christmas hi liday a total of traffic! deaths were counted. The number Wife 'Real Worried1 Quincy Man In Cuba; No Word From Him A Quincy housewife is "real worried" today about her husband, Eddie Hawkins, 30, a farm superintendent for the North Florida Experimental Station at Quincy, who is believed on a plantation just outside Havana, Cuba. to do so. i nine and seven years old, said Most of those arriving were Hawkins went to Cub3 almost two tourists but there also were busl- weeks ago with Senor Servlno nrssmen and a number of gm-j jorge( wealthy Cuban planta-blers whose casinos were on owner, to heto him with to- Auto Death Pace Rises Mrs.

Billie Hawkins, wife of the i local man and mother of two sons, Dacc0 production problems there. 'HA VENT HEARD' "He was supposed to be bark tomorrow (Monday)," Mrs. Hawkins said, "but since this revolution happened we haven't heard a thing, not one word." Hawkins, shade tobacco ex pert, went to Cuba a week ago last Friday on Invitation of Jorge, HOLIDAY DEATHS Traffic Fires Miscellaneous 261 45 66 Totals 172 wrecked by the rampaging Reb- els. The men were bearded and the women and children exhausted. All that many of them had to eat for days wus sandwiches, costing as much as three dollars piece on the black market.

MANY PENNILESS Dave Ferro. manager tne wt Tnrti Fruit and Steamship! the final toll- might be under 400. The all-time toa of traffic death By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS But these encouraging signs fcr any holiday was 706, set dur- Wild wintry weazher over a were wiped out as winter storms ing the four-day Christmas observ-large section of the county con-; enveloped the midcontinent. mak- ance in 19.56. tnbuted Saturday to an ever! lug driving perilous.

The pace of A nonholiday count of traffic climbing toll of traffic deaths over i auto deaths quickened. I v.ctims conducted by The Associ- the long New Year's holiday. The council has estimated a toll aled Press during the 102-hour With the four-day. 102-hour hol- stf 3t0 lives during the period that period from p. m.

Wednesdy. lday about quarters over, started at 8 p.m. local lime Wed-J Dec. 10, to midnight Sunday, Dee. traffic fatalities again were rUing i nesday and continues to midnight -14.

showed 341 persons killed. In THIS MAY BE SOVIET ROCKET OVER SCOTLAND The London Dally Mail and the Evening Standard published this picture, described as showing what appeared to he an Illuminated eloud in the sky. believed to be the Soviet cosmic rocket aa it streaked across th sky over the Edinburgh area. The picture was eredrted free lance photographer Morris Allan, th man who made pictures of th first Russian Sputnik. Allan aid he and a team three other cameramen kept tie ctond In sight for eight minutes.

Russian scientists said the rocket cut loose a sodium eloud resembling a tomet'a tail during the night. (AP Wirephoto via radio from London). Company's ocean going ferry. tfte man. Jorge, ssid many of the Americans were Is quite influencial In hia area, and penniless and all were hungry! Just hope tost everything is all when they boarded the vessel Fri-' right," Mrs.

Hawkins added. night. I Hawkins flew by commercial They were transported to the airliner to Cuba and was to re-dick in convoys escorted by turn here Monday, also by corn-armed Cuban guerillas. -1 merclal flight. "We were worried at first, but! Meanwhile, at least two Florl- at a rate which safety experts feared would exceed the record 409 killed during the four-day 19-56- 57 New Year' observance..