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ran? Miami NEW; Final Home Edition Tuilby Don't put away that umbrella yet! Cloudy with a scattering of showers. High near 80. Complete Weather Pace 2A THE BEST NEWSPAPER UNDER THE SUN Fire Cents Established fa 1896 Telephone FR 4-6211 Miami, Fla Wednesday, April 20, 1960 Rebels Grab (0) la ii ir Jl o) hi Venezuelan Army Post Wa Bcnrtaa of The Miami Kcwa FULL PAGE OF PICTURES ON 6D Aircraft Stolen Near Hollywood -1 1 1 CARACAS, Venezuela Rebels crossed Vene zuela's western border from Colombia at dawn today, seized the military barracks in San Cristobal and de manded the surrender-of the city. A disgruntled Venezuelan general was proclaimed leader of the invasion force, which was trying to spark a nationwide revolt against President Romulo Betan- By MILT SOSIN Three men died screaming early today in the fiery wreckage of a stolen plane at North Perry Airport near Hollywood. The bodies were burned beyond recognition, making immediate identification impossible.

The trapped victims cries for help were heard by a security patrol officer who watched helplessly as th men tried to claw their way out of the blazing wreckage. court a moderate government. Two boatloads of armed Domin-1 ican Republic mercenaries were! 2 Newsmeii reported off the coast Fighting was reported between ft "One man was trying to call out," said Leon Gagliardi of the Kicked Out loyal and insurgent troops at San Cristobal, 500 miles southwest of Caracas, but few details were announced here. Betancourt broad West Hollywood Security Patrol "but he only raised a muffled, cast an ultimatum to the, rebels to surrender or be bombed into By Cubans HAVANA (AP) Fidel Castro submission. CIVILIAN'S WARNED government detained CBS corres The Defense Ministry made ur pondents Richard Bate and Mario Biasetti overnight, then deported gent radio broadcasts to civilians living in the area around the Boli rvv.

Uiem today. var garrison at San Cristobal to leave immediately because loyal planes would begin bombing and Porumbeanu And Gamble Arrive Here Andrei Porumbeanu and his heiress bride, the former Gamble Benedict, arrived in Miami today where Andrei will start work as a hotel public relations man. They flew here from Saa Antonio, where they spent part of their honeymoon. The couple eloped and were married April 6 at Henderson-ville, N.C., in spite of the objections of the heiress' socialite grandmother, Mrs. Henry Harper Benedict, of New York.

Associates of the Cuban prime minister said the two correspondents were placed aboard a plane .1" gurgling cry and died. THIRD MAN QUIET "Another man shouted, "help me, help me' before the flames silenced him. didn't hear the third man make a sound," Gagliardi added. "I wish I had not seen it" i Gagiardi drove into the airport at 3 a.m. to make his usual security check.

A minute later the plane, a single-engine PA-12 Piper Cub Supercruiser, crashed and burst into flames. The fierce flames singed Gagli-ardi's hair and drove him back when he sought to reach the victims. TWO-PLACE PLANE The heat was so intense that strafing the rebel group. to Miami. The uprising was believed di Bate's interviews with Castro figured in the news the past sev rected by Gen.

Jesus Maria Castro Leon, a former government official who fled into exile in New York City after failing in an at eral days. NO EXPLANATION tempted coup d'etat in July, 1958. There was no immediate explanation for the expul National Guard Chief Col. Car fci ii naii MttS iiiiMI Jfc fir miT i .1 Mi'fc'Hi iwl rtWi flu II IT iiifi ill i ii'mrti riarn i sion, which was handled by agents of the Military Investigation De los Luis Araque announced his men has captured a small rebel army group at Colon on the Pan- Flame Envelops Small Flane Willi Three Men Trapped Inskle American Highway 25 miles north partment. The U.S.

Embassy said it had been told that Bate and Biasetti were being held overnight of San Cristobal, preventing their escape across the border into and then expelled. Colombia. The two interviewed Castro at the metal covering the wings and fuseage was melted. There was no explosion. The plane was a two-place job with the seats one behind the other.

The third man was crouched in the luggage compartment behind the rear seat Broward County Deputy Sheriff Jim Spears said the person in the New Riots In Korea ARMS, MERCENARIES Defense Minister Gen Josue Yegg Shot In Rooftop Capture By CHARLES O. KRUEGER El Canel in Oriente Province on Sunday and reported he said that private talks with President Eisenhower or Secretary of State Christian Herter could result in Lopez Henriquez said units of the Navy and Air Force had been ordered into action against two fishing boats bringing arms from Spain and mercenaries hired by called for early' restoration of tetter relations with the United Miami Kwi Win Scrrlm SEOUL New anti-government luggage compart mennt was small In his public appeal, the 83-year old Rhee who was sternly rebuked by the United States for his government's law and order by loyal troops and police who have killed and wound and may have been a boy. States. JUST ANSWERING' the Dominican government. Armored vehicles fired yesterday at pointblank range into crowds of students demonstrating against the Rhee government and protesting that the recent elec- riots swept the length and breadth of South Korea today and ed hundreds of Koreans.

The plane was owned by the In- He said the expedition was di medMii ea uusuiteu iu a lice uc national Builders of Halandale. A day later Castro told another newsman that he had mere heavily armed insurgents battled government troops in the moun A survey of major hospitals in rected by exiled Navy Capt. Ed-uardo Moreales Luengo, an official in the ousted government of the Seoul area showed 123 per Spears said the craft had been taken for a joyride without the ly been answering a question tains just northeast of SeouL from Bate, in the affirmative. mocracy," said: "The government will devote maximum energy to the investigation of these disturbances. Those who are guilty can be as Gen.

Marcos Perez Jimenez, now sons were killed and more than 400 wounded in yesterday's rioting. Five persons were killed to President Syngman Rhee ap in exile in Miami Beach. He said Asked if he was unwilling to Continned on Page 6A, CoL Will Korea Be Invaded discuss U.S.-Cuban relations with the troops themselves came from Miami police surprised a gang of rooftop burglars in the act of cracking a drugstore safe early today and shot one of them when he attempted to flee the scene. The other two were captured as two patrolmen set' their trap neatly by summoning a police sergeant to stand guard with a shotgun while they went after thexobbers. The wounded man, identified pealed to the patriotism of the rebels and pledged to redress their grievances.

He nevertheless day. The final death toll may be much higher. the Dominican Republic, with the two U.S. leaders, Castro said: sured of punishment. Those with which Venezuela broke diplomat "I did not say that, but I want no major grievances can be certain ic relations last summer.

of redress." misunderstanding of what I said. Lopez Henriquez also disclosed Rioting against the Rhee govern Jack And Hubert that a number of persons had ment spread to at least seven been arrested since the announce South Korean cities despite stern ment Sunday of a possible coup repression measures and the im consent of the owner. CUBAN THEORY Police stuck to the theory that the craft was taken for a joy ride but they had not discounted the possibility that two of the men aboard may have been Cubans flown to North Perry in a secret night flight The plane had a flying range of 700 miles. Two Federal Aviation Agency inspector from Miami, F. D.

Line han and Thomas Callahan, said they could not determine in their preliminary inspection if the plane were landing or taking off when it crashed. The wreckage was hauled to a as Ronald Fred Affsa, 21, of 203 SW 10th was shot in the position of martial law. against the government, including retired Lt. CoL Pedro Molina To Woo Florida shoulder. He was reported in good REBELS HOLD OUT Herrera.

lne Heaviest lignting was re condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital REMAIN LOYAL ported in Seoul's northeastern outskirts where 80 heavily-armed The Presidential Palace an By CHARLES F. HESSER Miami Km Pontics Witter nounced that National Guard SPOT LADDER i His companions, Kenneth Les rebels were holding out forces in Tachira State had re Two of the major Democratic Defense Minister Kim Chun Yul fused to join the insurgents and hopefuls for president, Sens. John had retired 21 miles to an air sent trucks with loudspeakers into lie Coe, 23, 17835 NW 49th and Robert Owen Thorpe, 31, 1111 NW 32nd were jailed for investigation of breaking and en Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, Rail Strike Up To Ike WASHINGTON (UPI) The Rational Mediation Board cleared the way today for President Eisenhower to appoint a fact-finding janel to head off a possible nationwide rail strike next month. 'The board formally notified Eisenhower that a dispute between the railroads and 11 non-operating unions threatens to halt essential transportation service and disrupt interstate commerce. If, as expected, the President ntmes an emergncy board to investigate the dispute, his action will delay any walkout for 60 days.

field at San Antonio del Tachira. the area to appeal to the holdouts today agreed to come to Florida to surrender. Other appeals came The government also claimed all hangar for further examination tering. from Rhee's Liberal Party and to woo this state's delegates to Continued ea Page SA, CoL 4 the opposition Democratic Party. Officers R.

M. Brown and J. A. the national convention. by the FAA and the Civil Aeronautics Board.

Other, agencies Continued oa Page (A, CoL 1 SOLDIERS ON GUARD Just Fancy That oov. LeKoy Collins, who an Police and soldiers stood guard porting Kennedy's candidacy was formed recently in Tampa. It is headed by Miami Mayor Robert King High and former County Commissioner Grant Stockdale. A draft-Stevenson movement also 4s under way. It is headed by Miami Attorney Philip E.

Hec-kerling. The goal of this group is to get at least 10,000 signatures to petitions endorsing Stevenson. These petitions will be shown to the Florida delegation in advance of the convention and then will be lumped with others which are being gathered throughout the country to be presented at the Los Angeles convention in July. Florida will have 29 votes at the convention. at major buildings throughout Cox were checking the rear of a row of buildings at SW 17th Ave.

and Coral Way at 3 a.m. when they spotted a ladder against the Weaver Drug Store. nounced their acceptances, said Roy Krnler. San Fran- SeouL Infantry rifle squads ac ciwo parifint, filed kia federal Sens. Lyndon Johnson and Stuart Infome tax return this year but paid only 40 per rent of companied by i tanks roamed through the city looking for Symington also may make their Polish Chief Resting Warsaw (AP) Wladyslaw Go-mulka, first secretary of the Po what he owes.

He aaid he Brown and Cox called for re presidential pitches before the trouble-makers. deducted 60 per cent becauae the government sea the inforcements and Sgt F. H. Geb- delegation. lish Communist Party, has gone money for "genocide." At least 2,000 troops camped Continued ea Page iA, CoL 1 to the Soviet Union for a rest 1 Kennedy and Humphrey likely out at Seoul's Sports Stadium.

Tanks and trucks surrounded the stadium ready to roll if trouble will come the first week in June at a site yet to be determined. should flare again. Once Again? WASHINGTON CAP) United States officials expressed concern today lest strife in South Korea tempt Communists north of the parallel to once again invade that country. American strategists estimate the Communist army posed in the north is even larger and better equipped than the American and South Korean force below the 38th parallel which divides North and South Korea. The 15th Korean Division was released from United Nations control yesterday at the government's request and moved into Seoul to help keep order there.

Meanwhile, the Communist world's newspapers described the riots as an uprising against the regime of President Syngman Rhee and the influence of the United States. The Soviet government organ Izvestia said the demonstrations "foreshadow the inevitable fall of the regime which rests on a double barrier of bayonets their own. South Korean, and imported, American." Communist China's New China News Agency said, "The fight against Syngman Rhee's Fascist rule is now spreading out in South Korea like a prairie fire." It aaid the riots in South Korea's principal cities "are an inevitable result of the U.S. occupation and Syagmaa Rhee's dictatorship." North Korea's Central News Agency carried a detailed report of the riots. It commented that the revolt "proves before the world that no threat of tanks, armored cars and guns can preserve the Syngman Rhee fTODAYlNTHENEWS One probably will meet with the delegates one day and the other the next.

S. African Police Arrest 600 More JOHANNESBURG, South Africa AP) Police and troops, backed by armored cars arrested another 600 Negroes today in raids on settlements. The number of Negroes seized thus far this week rote to 1,000. The meetings with the two can Strozieiy FSU Head, Dies Of Heart Attack didates will be televised nation ally for a 1-hour period, Collins Dear Chas. rjj! Regards, Editor Bill Baggs intercept i some Dp.

Gaulle-Khrushchev cor- said. CHICAGO (UPI) Dr. Robert The appearances of Johnson and At Duncan village, near the Indian Ocean port of East London, I si'mington the state will de M. Strozier, popular president of Florida State died to--day in Chicago of a heart attack. 345 Negroes were arrested.

pend upon the press of congres- sional business. Strozier, 53, became ill last Adlai Stevenson also-was sound ed out But, Collins said, Steven night while addressing, the Wayfarers, a club of townspeople and faculty members of the University of Chicago. son expressed the opinion it was baggs respondence on Page 8A. The Miami News recommends Hollahan and Matthews. Page 8 A.

Alaska has more golf courses per capita than Dade County. Page 4E. Tennessee Williams sees preview of his film here. Page 7B. Strawberries 10 cents a quart.

See Page IE. 1 not a good idea as he could not be regarded as a candidate. Mrs. Strozier, notified that he Most nonwhites went to work watched by police yesterday, and the boycott fizzled. Its failure brought calls from liberal white elements for an end to the emergency regulations, under which the Government raids Negro settlements without search warrants and is holding hundreds in jail indefinitely.

Among those held is David was seriously ill, left by plane The Florida delegation will be pledged to Sen. George Smathers for Chicago without learning of his death. as a "favorite son" on the first It was the second big raid on Dupcan in three days and brought the number of arrests there to 752. In an H-hour trial yesterday, an East London court sentenced 271 of those arrested Monday to prison terms. Police say the raids are to clean out Negroes who have burned their passbooks, agitators, "loafers" and illegal residents.

The raids also were considered a government move to4 prevent the week-long work stoppage whirh the outlawed African National Congress tried to launch this week. ballot but is uncommitted after that Abby 2B Alvarez 4D NAMED IN 1937 Strozier had been president of Pratt, wealthy white English-born the university in Tallahassee since Some support among the dele- farmer who tried to assassinate I gates for Johnson, Kennedy, Sy- Obituaries SB Pattern SB People In New 5B Picture Page 6D Rau 6B Sports 2-5E TV-Radio 4B Wilson 99 1957, when be came from the Comics 4-5D Crosswords SD Editorials SA Golden 9A Keasler 9A Kelly 7B Markets 4-SAA McLemore 6D Movie Clock 7B Prime Minister Verwoerd April 9. mington and Stevenson has been Amusements 5-7B Astrology 4D Baggs 8A Bridge 4D Business 4-5AA By George! 5D DR. ROBERT M. STROZIER Came Te FSU la 1937 Tallahassee last week, but was able to make the trip to Chicago.

He recently had been mentioned Continued oa Page 6-A. CoL University of Chicago to succeed Dr. Doak S. Campbell, who indicated as soon as they are re leased by Smathers. Despite the liberal clamor, the government gave no indication when it would lift the restrictions.

clique, corrupt to the core, or patch up the widening crack in their medieval oppression." Women 1-33 Classified 5-8E statewide organization sup- He had undergone surgery in Marlins Open With Bang See Page 2E.

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