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The Miami Heraldi
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I-A THE MIAMI HERALD Tuesday January 13 1959 75 Batistans Shot Kidnaper Is Pitied By Father of Baby Criminals As Lined Up Trench And Killed Lonesome Widow 43 Arrested 4 By Hratd Win SANTIAGO de Fresh blood flowed Monday in revolutionary vengeance against henchmen of the Batista dictatorship Rebel firing squads reportedly sent 75 bodies sprawling into one grave near Santiago in a seven-hour mass execution Ev witnesses said the condemned men were shot in two one of 14 persons and one of 61 The scene was the Campo de Trio rifle range dubbed field" after a bull- 5 dorer scooped out the 40-j ard-( long grave Santiago military headquarters declined official confirms- tion but a huge mound of fresh raw earth was found Monday 1 Jjjg afternoon at the site along with cartridge cases and truck tire tracks Rebel officers said the executions ent oil for seven hours This boosted to about 130 the number of known executions by rebel forces since they took over from President Ful-gencio crumbling dictatorship on New Year's Day A A ctcis Press Wirephoto Senate Leashes Filibuster Two-Thirds Vote To End Debate Continued from Page 1 ed by the last election most members simply go along with the idea of letting a bare majority 50 of the 98 senators choke off debate The roll-call vote was 67-28 Nor was the Senate in much more of a mood to raise the magic number to three-fifths of those voting a variable figure that could go no higher than 59 On that the ballot was 58-36 Southern Democrats would prefer no change in the rules at all voted a solid no on both issues The present rule requires the ballots of 66 senators or two-thirds of the total membership for cutting off unlimited debate The longer the debate ran on over the Issue of curbing debate the more apparent it became thit the probable outcome would be compromise as outlined by Majority Lender Johnson That was why Douglas wound up debate on his majority vote proposition by assailing the Johnson plan as a meaningless gesture that would the American people into thinking they are getting something when they are getting nothing at all might just as well put the emblem of King Filibuster over the Douglas said a tobacco leaf on one side and a cotton stalk on the That was a reference to Southern Democrats who have used filibusters in other years to kill civil rights legislation Th? battle began last Wednesday the first day of the new 86th Congress It pitted outnumbered Northern and Western liberals of both parties against the Republican and Democratic leadership and an almost solid array of Southern Democrats For Johnson the outcome was a smashing triumph Sens Spessard Holland and George Smathers of Florida voted against the first two proposals to change the rules on a filibuster but they voted with a few other Southern Democrats for the Johnson resolution In the provision allowing debate limitation by two-thirds of the members present and voting the Senate actually was going back to a standard in effect from 1917 to 1949 a period in which debate was shut off only four times But something new was added Monday night Hereafter this two-thirds rule will apply to motions to change the rules and to all other business Previously there was no way to break a filibuster against motions to amend the rules Just Missed the Campaigning son nine meets infantryman 15 at Camp Columbia Associated Presa Wirephoto Nervous Suspect Hitles Face Mrs Jean lararone faces kidnap charges Has Money Hackers Church Asks FCC For Channel 10 Chips $5 And Worrying? Continued from Page 1 happen sooner or later but this will speed it The Sport Club is a matter of modest pride The escort sent by Martin to conduct new "members" to the club points out the bright new sign over the door and waves a hand grandly toward the anchored boat at the dock he said with a little grin got a boat ready just In case But plainly nobody is very worried Inside the junior-grade casino the small talk so enjoyable at the bar ceases abruptly The cry of the croupier as he calls the play and the muted rattle of dice against the felt is all there is People aren't very chatty when the play is fast and the stakes are high White chips sell for $1 red chips for $5 and the way they get stacked up on every roll shows clearly it is no place for a ribbon clerk One fellow lost $100 in less than 15 minutes The rebel officials said the 75 included military men po- lice officials civilian spies and informers Three priests were reported to have been present when the 'men were lined up along a trench 10 feet wide and 10 feet deep dug by a bulldozer The men were shot with rifles and semi-automatic weapons As each group was shot the informants said officers in charge passed along the trench to give each a coup de grace in the head The executions were supposed to have been carried out over a seven-hour period starting about 3 am Meanwhile American tour-jsts w'ere returning to quiet Havana in droves Hotels empty for weeks beginning to fill up Airlines reported many flights from Miami filled to near capacity War Castro Jr FidcV Lone Com let Wheel By STEPHEN TRUMBULL Berald Staff Writer Ralph (Whitey) Martin' now connected with a big gambling layout back of the Hafway House at Islamorada is a veteran at that trade from Miami's old days From the bootlegging days of the 30s on up until just before the Kefauver cleanup of 1950 Martin was a familiar figure in the horse parlor baseball numbers and crap shooting circles He was picked up in a variety of gambling raids but his lone conviction is a Prohibition Era rap a $100 fine for possession of alcoholic liquor" in 1930 Most of his activities in the 1940 decade were in the 200 block on NE First St a block which at the time probably held a record for illegal gambling unpaid tax claim against Spinella But under an agreement the money will be held in escrow until the tax claim has been tried in court An indirect result of the sale may be the appearance here of Meyer Lansky former big time gambler who operated in Cuba until downfall of the Batista government Lansky is under subpena to appear Thursday to be questioned by attorneys about his interests in the motel He also is believed to have a one-fourth interest in Plantation Key Properties Inc of Hollywood which operates the resort Because of this reported interest in the corporation Lansky was made a party in the tax suit as were others with mortgages or other interests and Mild The heavy ram pattern from tha eastward sweeping Pacific moisture has crowded into the Sierras as the west winds arrived in the San Francisco Bay afta Showers have continued to creep down the California coast to Santa Maria while the gtormy pattern of the north blankets the northern Sierras and heavy snow is reported in the mountains of northern Oregon With the showers moving eastward to the northern Continental Divide heavy winds gustlng to nearly 60 miles per hour are lashing the northwest coast of Washington 4 Cooling Pacific air will be pushing showers and scattered snows across the west to a position from North Dakota to northern Arirona Tuesday while clearing is indicated for California and only a few showers or snow flumes should remain in the northwest Colder air from Canada will bruh across the Great Lakes region with possible snow flurries out most areas east of the Rockies will remain generally Lair and mild FogTla forecast to develop again from the mid Mississippi Valley to the southern plains and rain forecast for Texas should fall mainly near the coast Ctralb Ph PR J-4U Classified Art FR 9-3711 Subscription Rates iBr Carrier) Ion Whiley of Old 5 Ralph Martin cheerful equalled in no other block in America The lookouts in this block were better known to most passersby than was the mayor and the chief of police Martin was credited with amassing his biggest bundle of folding stuff with a crap game and horse parlor layout upstairs at 235 NE First St On a day in May 1949 business was so good in this parlor that a Miami Herald reporter told of the necessity for bringing a bigger crap table into the place The game at that point was reported to be $75000 'ahead" After Sen 'Estes Kefauver brought his Senate Crime Investigating Committee to town he said officially what The Herald had been reporting for several years that gamblers had pretty well loused up law enforcement in this area The Cume Commission of Greater Miami also had been telling the citizens just about this same story When the Senate probers spread the story to newspapers across the nation there was an immediate public demand for a cleanup Many like Martin lay low for a time and then migrated to other spots in Florida Continued from Page 1 affectionate to care for her she deserves to be able to see our baby" Mrs father reflected the compassion the whole family felt for the alleged ahduetress must he a good woman for the way she took care of Lisa" Mr John Fumo said He continued: of what kind of night it was and how well she took care of the baby (the weather was slightly above freezing) don't want anything to happen to that woman She must be very very lonesome "She didn't take the baby for ransom but because she must need someone "I think she should get away without punishment but they ought to help her Maybe she belongs in a place where she can take care of children like in a foundling home" rolice had aet up a special telephone line for tips on the kidnaper Over this Sunday night came a report from a carefully guarded source It led officers to Mrs Iavarone's neat but humble Brooklyn apartment where she lived alone It was only 14 blocks from St Hospital There asleep in an old-fashioned wicker crib was Lisa Rose safe and healthy Said Assistant District Attorney Kenneth McCabe: "As far as we know never left the house with the child" Drugstore Thief Lost Out in Race Bv TONY PATRUS Bereld SUff Writer An unemployed visitor with money in his pocket and a pistol in his belt got up from a snack in a downtown drugstore Monday night and held up the cashier But a fleet-footed police officer Harold Whitaker who is a former high school track star outran and nabbed William Holodnak 30 of Bridgeport Conn in less than a block as they raced through thick throng of shoppers Holodnak admitted the holdup in which he fled with $85 from Walgreen's 1 Flagler St Holodnak was booked on a charge of armed robbery In a holdup attempt elsewhere Mrs Lillian Childress barmaid at Penny's Post Inn 2900 VV Second Ave Hialeah seared off a would-be robber when she screamed and fainted She told detectives she thought the man kidding" but that she couldn't help screaming when he showed her a gun Off to Antarctic CAPETOWN South A group of 63 Soviet and Polish scientists and other specialists left for the Antarctic aboard the Russian ship Michail Kalinin Monday after stopping here for stores and fuel Solunar Tables AH PM Mia Mil Mia Mil Today 9 05 Ml 9 20 Wednesday 9 15 10 05 Thursday 10 25 4 to 10 45 Friday 11 10 4 Ml 11 25 The ichedule of aolunar period! printed above heve been taken from John Alden Knlyht'i Soluner Teble Plan your days eo thit you will ba llshlny In food territory or huntlny In yood eover during these times if you wish to find the best (port that earh day has to offer The Major Periode are thon tn bold fact type These beein at the time rhoan and last for an hour and a halt or two houre thereafter The Minor Periods ehown In reiular type are of eometthat (horter duration ID IK 4 3a IS Tides Miami Barbor Entrance (Between Jetties) BICB LOW Lansky Subpcnaed In Spinella Tax Case Fencc Wrecked During Riot By AL FINKFLSTEIX Hermit SUff Writer A new Miami church with only 150 members Monday asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to take over and operate controversial television channel 10 The Miami Church of Religious Science said it has commitments of between $500000 and $750000 frpm unidentified Miami banks and other financial sources to operate the station The FCC Is reconsidering its grant of Channel 10 to Publio Service Television Inc a National Airlines subsidiary because of alleged influence involving for- to let off scores of passengets including skiers from weekend trips They wound up fighting to get off while the commuters weie trying desperately to get aboard About 300 commuters finally succeeded in boarding the express before it pulled out of the station leaving thousands behind IVkrumali Returns ACCRA Ghana iffl Premier Kwame Nkrumah returned to Ghana Monday after a visit of almost three weeks in India Commuters Mob Train mer Commissioner Richard A Mack of Miami Mrs Catherine Youngs chairman of the board of trustees said "There will be no trouble at all financing the Organized here three years ago the group has no church of its own but holds services at the Miami Club 1737 Bayshore Dr The church a non-sectarian non-profit corporation told the FCC its purpose in seeking a TV outlet is "to advance the knowledge and practice of religious science among all The minister is the Rev Norman Lunde It was founded by Ernest Holmes who originated the congregation's Los Angeles headquarters 18 years ago The church is a branch of the International New Thought Alliance The decision to apply for a permit was "a sudden thought" he said are no gimmicks we have nothing In view but the good of the Special FCC examiner Horace Stern former Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court has recommended that the FCC set aside the license of Public Service now operating WPST on Channel 10 In another action the Justice Department went a step farther and recommended that all but one original applicant for the license Wilson Inc of Cincinnati be disqualified from further proceedings TUESDAY IQiOS AM Tuesday 1053 pm ed over One man pounded the fence with a wrench Others joined him and they succeeded in tearing down about eight feet of the fence Meanwhile the express backed up so that its four passenger coaches would be in line with gaps in the fence A big shout arose from the scrambling commuters who apparently thought the ti'ain was about to move from the station The scene assumed mob proportions Local and railroad police were unable to cope with the crowd The express had backed up East of Rockies But Miami Airport Miami BF Pk Frost to Nip at Florida (Moonns8 Moonset By ARTHUR JOHNSEY Berald Staff Write A luxury motel in the Florida Keys may help pjiy the huge income tax bll Uncle Sam says racketeer Mike Spinella piled up prior to his deportation to Italy in 1953 Its sale may also give a little more insight into Spinella's circle of friends The motel is the plush Plantation Yacht Harbor motel on Key Largo 60 miles south of Miami Spinella is said to have had a one-fourth Interest in the place The federal government says it has agreed with shareholders in the corporation owning it that the properties may be sold for about $350000 The government wants the money to go toward a $576000 Fair Forecasts For Today MIAMI AND VICINITY Generally fair today and Wednesday High in lower 70s Mostly northeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph SMALL BOAT RI'LIETIN North-pMtrlv winds 10 to 20 mph nodrat and bay light chop Fair wrathcr FLORIDA Generally fair today and Wrtdnttdftv Little warmer to-tia and tonight High 65 to 70 north 70 to 75 south MARINE Jacksonville through Florida Straits and East Gulf Variable wind 5 to 12 mph north and northeasterly winds JO to 20 mph south Fair weather WFSTERN CARIRRIAN Northeast and east winds 20 to 30 mph Partly cloudy with a lew showers mostly extreme south and along Central American coast Statistics 7 mi a 30 37 77 January 12 Barometer Mnches) Fe alive Humdity Highest past 12 hours Lowest past hour 48 Mean Temperature 60 Formal Temperature 69 Accumulated deltnency in temp this month degrees 33 Accumulated deficiency in temp since Jo 1 degrees 3g Loral rainfall for 24 hours ending at 00 0 Fa nfail this Month in inchea 10 Rainfall deficiency this Month tn inchea 69 Rainfall since Jan 1 in Inchea 10 Deficient since Jan 1 tn inchea 69 Oppr Ken Liththousea 7 00 im Cerrfnrt (ZJJ Agitator M12 7 rn 30 36 61 77 STAMFORD Conn (UPI) Several hundred enraged commuters thrown far behind schedule by wreck -caused delays on the New Haven Railroad ripped up part of a four-foot-high iron fence Monday and stormed the New York-bound State of Maine Express Many of the several thousand commuters milling in the station had waited more than an hour when the express arrived Scores of commuters leaped from the station platform and rushed toward the train Some tossed brief cases over the fence barrier and climb 67 58 65 21 69 35 63 25 68 33 67 38 63 40 55 27 66 30 43 25 49 20 60 22 41 25 41 25 41 14 32 15 43 28 32 17 58 31 37 18 39 16 56 34 67 50 63 38 73 45 59 28 48 43 42 21 66 39 72 64 82 69 ARROWS WEST WIND 7Z MILES PER West Tallahassee Beach Louisville Rock Orleans Savannah Apalachicola Clewiston Cross City Daytona Beach Ft Myers Jacksonville Asheville Atlanta Charleston Charlotte Jackson Miss Knoxville Albany NY Baltimore Boston Buffalo Montreal Chicago Cincinnati Clev eland Des Moines Detroit Albuquerque Bismarck Brownsville Denver Laredo Tex Las Vegas FLORIDA 57 34 67 41 64 21 62 70 33 Key Ocala Orlando Tampa 62 27 Vero SOUTH 50 21 58 27 53 32 55 21 69 36 42 23 Little New Norfolk Raleigh EAST 31 10 45 18 40 20 34 22 24 12 New Toronto MIDWEST 38 27 48 28 40 15 51 25 37 18 Duluth Kansas St WEST 45 25 30 10 67 62 56 28 75 56 63 37 Los Phoenix Salt Seattle York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington City Milwaukee Mpls-St Paul Louis Today Wednesday Thursday Friday Note For tides at other point! add or subtract these corrections In hour and mlnutei to the Miami time Fort Pterco (city dorks) add 2 00 (Inlet) subtract 0 15 8t Lucia Inlet (Jetties) subtract 0 20 Pelra Beach (ocean i eubtract 0 20 Hillsboro Inlet add 0 25 Port Everglades entrance (Jetties) no ehanie County causeway east end add 1 15' mr Yacht Basin Blscayne Bay add 14CJ Cape Florida (weat side) Key Bis-cayn add 0 55 Soldier Key add 105 Baeyed Keye Blscayne Br add 2 00 Antelflsh Key add 0 251 Pumpkin Key Card Bound add 001 Carden Cova Key Laryo add 0 551 Inrio Bound Key Lario add 3 20: Tavernier add 0 35 In the eastern pert of Florida bay tha periodic tide UBtilldbl Angeles Oklahoma City Lake City Sheridan Wyo 1 WVlt I Month 3 Mnnthi 6 Mont ha I Year Subscription Rates (Be Mail) and Possessions Dally Daily Sunday Sunday USiS 18 Mi? Mj I Year1 jg Mall subscription art payable In advanea br post office or express money order bank draft or personal ohrk Send to Miami Herald Miami Fla Entered os OCOOd ClAAA AAtt hOf 30 1710s FU I HOUR 9 CALM 13 47 8-13 13 18 19-24 2531 3238 3946 4754 5563 64-75 AIOVI 75 PAN AMERICA Trujillo Balboa CZ Havana 76 71 88 75 74 63 Mexico Nassau San City Juan PR 0 L-.

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