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Cuba to Seek.
U.S. Protection
For Airliners
Demand Follows
Death of 17 in Rebel
Hijacking of Plane
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 3 <AP>
—The Cuban government today
planned to demand special pro
tection for Cuban airliners and
passengers in the United States
as the result of rebel seizure of
a plane which crashed and
killed 17 persons.
The three survivors said four
Cuban rebels commandeered
the big Viscount turboprop air
liner Saturday night on a flight
from Miami to Varadero Beach.
87 miles east of Havana.
The wreckage was spotted
yesterday in shallow waters of
the Bay of Nipe near Preston,
in rebel-infested Oriente Prov
ince.
The Cubana Airline said Fidel
Castro rebels seized the plane
to make headlines for their :
movement on the eve of the
Cuban national election today
but they caused it to crash
when they forced the pilot to
attempt a landing in darkness
on an airstrip that was too
small.
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Gunmen Among Killed
Those killed were the four
gunmen, the four Cuban crew :
members, three other Cubans!
and six naturalized Americans
born in Cuba. The three sur
vivors, who were injured, in
cluded another naturalized
American and two Cubans.
The plane was the second
seized in flight since October
21. On that date, an authori
tative source said, two rebels
among the passengers seized a
DC-3 with 12 other persons
Bboard on a domestic flight
from Cayo Mambi to Mao Bay.
The rebels shot that pilot
in the arm and forced him to
divert the flight to Cananove
The crew of three and a Cuban
soldier passenger were reported
.-till held by the rebels, but ,
the other eight passengers were
r, 'lowed to return to their
homes. 1
A spokesman for the Cuban
Foreign Ministry said as a re- ,
suit of the capture of the four
engine Viscount Saturday, the j
Cuban government “will ask of |
the United States the due pro- ■
tection in American airports <
of all Cuban airplanes, their
crews and passengers."
Other Attacks Charged 1
He did not say what his (
government expects the United ■
States Government to do. But i
he claimed that on “several
occasions" Cuban planes had
been attacked at the Miami
airport.
It was understood that a
note asking the protection
would be handed to United
States Ambassador Earl Smith
today.
(The State Department ]
today attacked the hijacking
as an "act of brigandage and
violence.”
(Various American Gov
ernment agencies are inves
tigating the incident and are
seeking ways to prevent a
recurrence, the department
said.)
Ernesto Betancourt, regis
tered as the representative in
Washington of Castro, denied
the Castro movement had any-
See PLANE, Page A-6
Eisenhower Sets
Press Interview
President Eisenhower plans
to hold a press conference at
10:30 am. Wednesday, White
House Press Secretary Hagerty
announced today.
Coming immediately after
tomorrow's elections, this will
be the President's first news
conference since he started ac
tive campaigning for the Re
publicans a little more than
two weeks ago.
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3d Moon Shot Attempt
Likely This Week End
Rocket to Be Similar to Pioneer I;
Chances of Orbit Called 1 in 25
By WILLIAM HINES
Star Staff Writer
Spacemen will make their third attempt, probably this
week end, to place an instrumented rocket in orbit around
the moon.
Plans for the forthcoming shoot were announced today
by Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, deputy administrator of the new
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He whuld
not state publicly the target |
time for the moon-shoot, ]
although it was generally be
lieved the hour would be close
to the previously reported 1:25
a.m. (EST) Friday.
Similar to Pioneer I
Cautioning against over
optimism, Dr. Dryden said ]
NASA scientists estimate “that
the chances of reaching the
vicinity of the moon are
something less than one in 25.”
' NASA spokesmen said the
moon probe will have similar 1
instrumentation to that con
tained in “Pioneer I,” the rocket
which last month soared one
third of the way to the moon
in the deepest space penetra
tion yet achieved. Pioneer con
tained meteor and radiation
counters as well as a crude
television device for scanning
the hidden side of the moon.
The top - shaped instrument
1 container 'weighed about 83 :
pounds.
The space agency officials
would not comment on a pub
lished report that this week's i
rocket also will contain a radio I
relay device which will receive
and retransmit to earth a
long-range radio signal.
The rocket will be fired from
Cuba Votes as Troops
And Police Stand By
HAVANA. Cuba. Nov. 3 <AP).|
—Cubans risked rebel threats
of being shot to vote today
for a new president and
congress.
Voting was light in the first
few hours after the polls opened
but voting in Cuban elections
usually does not really get
under w'ay until afternoon.
A cry of fraud came from
Rebel Leader Fidel Castro even
before the first ballot was cast.
The rebels, who have warned
Cubans to boycott the election
at the risk of being slain,
charged in a broadcast “the
results have already been pre
pared in army barracks.” Presi
dent Fulgencio Batista has al
ways had the backing of the
Cuban army.
The voting took place under
the shadow of guns. The na
tions 34.000-strong armed
forces were mobilized, held in
barracks but ready to move
quickly in the event of a rebel
uprising.
Streets Roped Off
Clusters of blue uniformed
police armed with automatic
pistols, rifles and truncheons
guarded the nation’s 8.521 pre
cincts. Police roped off streets
around polling stations to pre
vent any hit-and-run attacks
by rebels in fast cars. No re
ports of disorder in Havana
were heard in the early hours.
But in the easternmost Ori-i
ente, the center of the revolu
tion. rebels intensified shooting
attacks on highway and rail
transport. There were some
clashes with government troops.
Despite the rebel threats, the
government predicted a heavy
turnout among the 2,870.000
eligible voters
Gen. Batista’s candidate for
Strike Call Postponed
At Eastern Airlines
A midnight strike threat by
mechanics against Eastern
Airlines was postponed today to
allow th<; union to consider
a new company offer.
The Issues in the contract
dispute between the line and
the International Association
of Machinists are the same as
those which brought Capital
Airlines operations to a stand-
I still 18 days ago.
In a new development, six
major airlines have banded to
| tether to share the financial
; burden of future strikes against
any one of them.
The unprecedented agree
ment. announced yesterday,
will return to a line closed down
by a walkout whatever extra
net revenues are gained by the
: other lines still operating.
The signers of the mutual as
sistance pact are Eastern, Cap
ital American. Trans World.
United and Pan American
World Airways. The six also
invited other airlines to Join the
agreement.
The announced purpose ot
the pact is “to counteract the
effects of excessive laboi de
mands which result in shutting
down a vita! -evment oi the Na
tions. transportation system."
| tt Jennie, con.a into effect when
a stJis.’ iH.cui' after procedures
of ihr * .pi v ay-airlinc labor act
are e>t:i«r.rd.
The erre T.ient was filed to
day with the Civil Aeronautics
Cape Canaveral, Fla. If all
goes well, a signal from Hawaii
will trigger a final stage inside
the instrument carrier that
will send the device into orbit
around the moon. This signal
will be sent “2.6 day*” after
launch-time, or about 3:45
p.m. Sunday, November 9.
time of Great Import
* As with the two previous
shots, the time factor is of
great importance. Only about
15 minutes on each of three
days are suitable for launching.
Thus, if the rocket cannot be
fired within a few minutes of
the scneduled Friday target, it
will have to be held until early
Saturday. The last possible
time this month for a launch
with any hope of success will
be around midnight Saturday-
Sunday. it is understood.
Authoritative sources say
that if the forthcoming shot—
operationally under the Air
Force—is successful, the Army
will be given an opportunity to
shoot the moon early in
December and again just about
New Year's Day.
1 president, former Premier An
dres Rivero Aguero, was gen
erally expected to win. The op
position is divided among three
candidates former President
Ramon Grau San Martin, Car
los Marquez Sterling and Al
berto Salas Amaro'. And sus
pension of constitutional guar
antees had curtailed campaign
ing.
Candidates Threatened
Supporters of Castro seeking
pre-election headlines were
blamed for the crash of a big
Cuban turboprop airliner com
mandeered Saturday night in
which 17 persons were killed.
Castro's .rebels threatened to
shoot any of the 10.000 candi
dates on sight and warned all
who voted that they also risked
their lives.
They have killed five candi
dates, including four running
for congress. They* have at
tacked polling places, destroyed
registrations and warned that
the election would be bloody in
all six provinces.
The government in turn
warned that voting is obliga
tory for all men and women
over 21. It declared it was de
termined to protect voters and
candidates by the use of the
34.000-man army and the 7,500
national police.
Police manning barricades
around polling stations were
•armed with submachineguns.
■ Troops in their barracks were
on the alert, ready to rush to
the scene of any disorders.
Police and army squads car
ried out searches for hidden
arms up through the election
eve. They arrested scores of
' suspected subversives and
searched all cars entering or
leaving Havana.
Board, although prior board
approval is not required, ac
cording to airline officials. A
CAB spokesman said, however,
that the board will have to con
sider the agreement and could
disapprove it.
Further contract talks with
Capital a(c being held up while
union members ballot on the
company’s latest offer. The
offer calls for a 30-cents-an
hour .increase now and 8 cents
more next October 1. Capital's
top mechanics now average
$2 54 an hour.
The offer is 10 cents higher
than the figure recommended
by a White House emergency
fact-finding board, but union
leaders were not optimistic
that the strikers would accept
it.
Balloting will take at least
until Thursday among the
union's four largest unit*—in
Washington Pittsburgh. De
troit and Chicago.
Even if the strikers accept
the oflei airline operations
could not resume before next
we«k end
Eastern's offer tqday report
edly would bring top mechanic*
pay to 82 80 an hour compared
to <2 84 In the Capital offer
Four other airlines have
similar mechanics disputes but
do not face immediate strike
threats. They are National.
Northeast, Northwest and
TWA.
Heaviest Fire
Since Sept. 11
Hits Quemoys
Over 36,000 Shells
Hammer Islands
On Even Date ,
TAIPEI, Nov. 3 (AP).‘-Com
munist guns poured /Tells on
the Quemoys today in the
heaviest bombardment in near
ly two months.
The Nationalist Defense Min
istry said 36,431 shells fell on
the offshore islands between
noon and 6 p.m. and then
dwindled to sporadic peppering
Are. That was the highest
shell count since September 11.
The firing included 9,500
rounds on the little Tan Islets,
which are far more vulnerable
to invasion than Quemoy and
Little Quemoy. It was the
hardest shelling those little
dots of land had taken since
the offshore island clash began
August 23. Nationalist defend
ers on the Tans live entirely
underground.
For the first time, Peiping
Radio gave a report on the
number of rounds fired. It said
12.000 shells were aimed at the
offshore islands between noon
and 4 p.m.
Warning Is Broadcast
The broadcast also announced
that it had beamed the follow
ing broadcast yesterday to the
shelled regions:
“Military and civilian com
patriots on Quemoy Islands,
please pay attention:
I “Today. November 2, is an
| even date. We have not fired a
i single shell and you have got
supplies.
"Tomorrow, November 3, Is
an odd date; you must not
come out in any circum
stances." .
Then today's broadcast add
ed: "Today is an odd date. Up
to 4 p.m., the people's libera
tion army units on the F’ukien
front fired a dozen thousand
and more rounds on the Que
moy Islands, vigorously bom
barding military targets in
these places."
The Nationalists said they
.returned the fire.
Quiet for 36 Hour*
The shelling started after
more than 36 hours of quiet.
There was sporadic Are at
dawn, and again at midday
Then in the afternoon came
the heaviest shelling since Sep
tember 11, when the National
ists said 58.000 rounds were
fired.
On October 20. the day the
Reds broke their 15-day-old
cease-fire, they fired 11,520
shells. They started the every
other-day order of firing on
October 25.
Unofficial reports said a Na
tionalist convoy was en route
to Quemoy at the time of the
first heavy barrage. The De
fense Ministry said only that
there were no Nationalist ships
on the Quemoy beach.
This was an odd-numbered oi
“shelling day” under the day-on
day-off firing timetable pro
claimed by Peiping October 25
Red China then advised the
Nationalists to send supply con
voys only on even-numbered
days of the month. The Reds
promised to withhold artillery
fire from beaches and airstrips
on even days but said they
might fire at them on the odd
days.
The guns had been silent
since Saturday afternoon.
Supply Convoy Lands
The Nationalists yesterday
took advantage of the even
numbered day, the lull in the
<helling and clearing weather to
land a large supply convoy on
Quemoy. It was the first to ven
ture across the turbulent For
mosa Strait in two weeks.
The Nationalists insist that
Quemoy is well-stocked now
with supplies and ammunition
Reliable estimates said the off
shore island has at least a 90-
day stockpile.
While the Red guns were
silent, Nationalist headquarters
reported unusual activity by
Red China's Russian - built
MIGs.
Panama Troops
Fire on Students
PANAMA. Panama. Nov. 3
<AP i .—-Troops fired on rioting
students today and student
leaders said two youths had
been wounded. There was no
immediate government confir
mation of the casualties.
The shooting began after
hundreds of students stoned
troops marching in Panama's
independence day parade. Tje
troops fired to break up the
i student formations.
A small girl was hurt In the
hand and leg when a small
bomb exploded in pagked
Cathedral Plaza Just after
President Ernesto de la Ouardia
had left a mass salute cere
mony to the Panamanian flag
University and high school
students long have been warring
with Panama's armed force* as
a result of student casualties in
previous clashes.
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JULIE NIXON FINDS IT COLD IN ALASKA—Vice President Nixon
y comes to the rescue of his 10-year-old daughter, Julie, who lost her shoes
yesterday while trudging through 4-inch snow In the Eklunta Indian
Reservation near Anchorage. Alaska. An escort holds Julie. Indian
Chief Mike Alex (right) expresses amusement.—AP Wirephoto.
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; Clues Probed
> In Strangling
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Other Attacks Offer
Trachtenberg Leads
Police today are pursuing
e two long-shot leads In hope of
e solving the fatal strangling
’ Saturday of wealthy. 63-year
* old Miss Sarah Trachtenberg.
IB Inspector Richard H. Felber,
. Assistant Chief of Detectives.
1 said he has 30 men working on
n the case, concentrating on
" these angles:
e The robbery and beating of
_ a 51-year-old man Saturday
j night near Miss Trachtenberg's
“ office at Fifth and I streets
* N.W.
Two attacks on women
18 recently in which the assailant
hid in the victims' auto
d mobiles
Miss Trachtenberg, who lived
l v at 1515 Webster street N.W..
was found dead at 7 a.m.
! Saturday in the rear floor of
her car in the 100 block of N
y street N.W.
p $2,000 Believed With Her
o Police said there were cuts
o and bruises on the body and
- evidence of sexual assualt. The
- victim was believed to have
had $2,000 with her when she 1
l disappeared Thursday after
K leaving her office at Fifth and
j I streets N.W. about 7 p.m
She had a prosperous real
estate business and ran the
Square Deal Furniture Store.
p The fact that Miss Trachten
s berg was in her car when she
y was last seen recalled two
t similar attacks in September
to police. On September 17.
Miss Laura Olsen, 31. of 2712
■ Wisconsin avenue N.W., secre
tary to Representative Porter,
Continued on Page A-6, Col. 1
; Death Scene Is Great,
i Actor Misses Next Cue
Donald Kramer. 23. a house
r breaking suspect, was captured
A early today after playing a
s death scene as realistic as
e those of the great stage stars.
0 Pvt. Alton L. Hlghsmith said
he surprised Kramer and a
J cohort in the act of forcing
11 the rear door of a store at 4686
d Nichols avenue 8 W. They took
r off down an alley.
* Pvt Hlghsmith said they
• were moving away fast when
I- 1 he pulled his revolver and
>1 started firing. Kramer fell, ap
g patently very “dead."
s The policeman paused briefly
a 1 for a look.
Then he snatched Kramer s
| *
Riggs Merger OKd
By Lincoln Bank
Move Approved 36,997 to 55;
Final Action Is Due January 13
By WILLIAM A. MILLEN
! b Bt»r Stiff Writer
Lincoln National Bank shareholders at a deferred meet
! ing today overwhemingly approved the proposed merger with
. the Riggs National Bank. The vote was 36,997 for and only
■ 55 opposed, out of a possible total of 40,000 shares.
The session, held at Lincoln's headquarters, Seventeenth
i and H streets N.W., lasted an hour. While the meeting
was closed to the press, officials
co i/4 t Loro iroro no fii’ou'ftvlro 1 zu. n
said there were no fireworks.
Richard A. Norris, president
of Lincoln, who fought for the
; merger, is slated to become an
executive vice president of
Riggs. Another meeting of thr
shareholders is due Wednesday.
Merger approval by the Con
troller of the Currency is nec
-1 essary.
The next step Is a consoli
dated meeting, of the board of
directors of the two banks, to
b£ held either November 10 or
12. as previously announced by
Riggs’ Chairman of the Board
Robert V. Fleming. He said
then, “there will be a more
complete public statement re
lating to the merger.”
Riggs Meeting Slated
There was no immediate
public pronouncement today
: from Riggs officials. Riggs an
, nual meeting is scheduled for
January 13 and the merger will
be an important item.
The board of directors of
Riggs at a recent special meet
ing, recommended a stock divi
dend of 5 per cent on the capi
tal stock of the consolidated
bank. Lincoln shareholders will
share in this, if approval is
■ identification papers from a
I hip pocket and took off after
the other man. He fired two
' more shots, but the other n.*n
1 got away.
When he returned to the
I body. Kramer was gone,
i A scout car picked up Kramer
strolling along a few blocks
l away—very much alive.
He told police he didn't know
the name of the man who was
helping him break down the
i store s rear door He was
I charged with housebreaking.
“When I heard those bullets
whistling past my head. I fig
ured if I didn t play dead now.
I soon would be—for keeps,”
i Kramer told police.
given by the necessary parties,
t Today's action by Lincoln
f shareholders cleared the way
i for the merger and brought to
f a close a heated controversy
t over the proposal. A District
• Court suit brought by 16 pro
- merger directors of Lincoln
- against the anti-merger bank
board chairman, Floyd E. Da
. vis, sr„ his son. Floyd E. Davis,
f Jr., and son-in-law Charles A.
5 Camalier, Jr„ also directors,
r was recently dropped. The di
y rectors had sought a court or
i der forcing the Davises to vote
j their stock favoring the merger.
SSOO Million Assets
If the merger is finally ap
proved, the consolidated bank
will have total assets of some
. SSOO million. Riggs is already
, Washington's largest bank.
Stockholders of Riggs Na
- tlcnal Bank approved the mer-
I ger in mid-September, with
88 6 -per cent in favor.
t —— —l
Two Justices Get
Guard in Threats
Chief Justice Warren and
' Justice Frankfurter have re
ceived anonymous threats and
are being guarded by the FBI,
it was learned today.
The threatening communica
tions were reported to have
been received about two weeks
ago. about the time that schools
and churches were bombed in
the South and at Peoria. 111.
FBI agents, it was said, have
been accompanying the Jus
, tices to and from the Supreme
, Court building. News of the
FBI action was delayed partly
. because Mrs. Frankfurter has
been ill.
i
Third Polar Link
i AMSTERDAM. Nov 3 <AP’.
—A third polar air link be
i tween Europe and Japan was
inaugurated over the week end
i by the Royal Netherlands Alr
■ lines ' KLM'. The earlier
routes were opened by Air
France and Scandinavian air
lines.
Election
Day Is Due
To Be Mild
By th« Associated Press
The 1958 battle for control
of Congress tapered off today
with Democrats happily pre
dicting a massive victory and
Republicans hoping and work
ing for a last-minute upset.
Some 48 million Americans
will decide at the polls tomor
row which side is right in the
backwash of a campaign that
focused more on personalities
than on any gripping national
issues.
Mild weather—in the 50s and
60s—was the election day fore
cast for most of the Nation.
And just about every politi
cal weathervane pointed to
Democratic gains.
A State-by-State survey by
the Associated Press showed
Democrats favored to capture
8 to 12 G. O. P. seats in the
Senate and 17 to 40 oi - more
in the House, with a good
chance to gain a couple of gov
ernorships as well.
Trend Spotters' Consensus
This is the consensus of
political writers and analysts,
editors and other newsmen
long experienced in spotting
political trends, politicians,
some polls and other soundings
of man-in-the-street sentiment.
Various partisans put forth
their own differing forecasts
yesterday. G.O.P. National
Chairman Meade Alcorn re
peated for a television audience
his earlier prediction of "some
very startling upsets” to help
the Republicans. He said the
G OP. campaign is reaching
“a tremendous peak” £t the
same time he said the Demo
cratic effort is falling apart.
But he gave no figures.
In Fairbanks, Alaska, Vice
President Nixon steered clear of
congressional predictions, but
said the Republicans have a
• good chance of ousting five
Democratic Governors. In
' three other States which now
| have G.O.P. Governors, he said.
Republican candidates are vul
nerable.
Paul M. Butler, the Demo
cratic chairman, said his party
would pick up three or four
governorships, 11 or 12 Senate
seats and 47 House seats. In a
jTV interview, he also chal
lenged Republican claims of
possible gains in the Midwest
! farm area.
Smathrrs Raises Estimate
1 Senator Smathers, Demo
crat of Florida, raised to 14 his
estimate of new' Senate seat*
for the Democrats. As chair
, man of his party’s Senatorial
, Campaign Committee, he had
’ limited earlier claims to 12.
A strong Democratic upsurge
. —particularly If it reached the
i upper limits forecast by some
’ experts—would transform the
) party’s shaky control of Con-
Continued on Page A-3, Col. i
i
Goering Lodge Used
NUERNBERG, Nov. 3 <AP>.
[ —The hunting lodge Nuernberg
built for Hermann Goering in
! the forest near Pfeifferhuette
. has been turned into a chil
, dren s home. The first group
of 40 children will go to the
lodge this week.
ATOMIC TEST BAN
PARLEY ANALYZED
OPTIMISM IN GENEVA over the
current international conference to
end atomic weapon teiti it analyzed
todoy by Staff Writer Richard
Fryklund. In an interpretive report,
he tells why, for the first time in 10
years, a solution to the atomic di
lemma may be in sight. Page A -13.
TOM SAWYER'S LUCK is still
good for those persons holding rats
first edition copies of his "Adven
' lutes" by Mork Twom The going
price now is about J7SO o copy,
says Von Allen (rodley in o speciol
Feature Page story today. Pogo
I 15.
FEEDING LARGE GROUPS of
persons at o PTA meeting or
church supper is o gastronomic prob
lem focmg nearly everybody of
some time Violet Faulkner's col
umn in today's Society Section tells
of two new publications thot will
make life easier tor tha hostess.
;j Poge I 6.
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