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Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
ATTACKS Against Him Opened the
Eyes Of Americans 10 importance
of Latin America, Nixon Declares

WASHINGTON CUPID Richard
M. Nixon, Vice-PreSident of the
United States, said he thinks that
his recent trip to Latin Ameri.
can made the people of the United
States open their eyes to consider
the problems or the Latin Amer
lean countries.
He added that the hostile de.
monstration against him made So
me Latin American governments
react favorably against the COM
muniSt menace
These statements were made by
Nixon answering some questions
from republican representative Ke
meth Heating in a radio program,
when he asked why Nixon wished
to go to Venezuela after he had
been advised on the contrary.
NIXON SAID, 81 can only say
that | had been warned from ma
ny OF the countries visited during
the last five years, and have been
with my wife through more tran
fifty of them, about these demons.
trations on the part of the commu.
nists and extremists. y
"Let me explain it in other words
Suppose that after the communists
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01

the lack Of facilities is already evil
dent.
The Committee reviewed pos.
sibilities for domestic and foreign
capital in the building and expan-
sion Of hotels in Latin America. It
found that there is a dearth of loo
al capital available at the present
time and that recourse to inter-
national financing appears indis-
pensable. Possible sources of CAPT
tai were discussed, including the
International Bank for Recon
~structicn and Development, the U.
S. Export-Import Bank. the De-
velopment Loan Fund of the US.
International Cooperation Admi-
~nistration and private banking
Conclusions reached by the
Committee on tourist facilities on
the Inter American Highway were
regarded as equally applicable to
all other Latin American repub-
lies.
Representatives and advisers of
the countries at the travel plant
meeting included Roberto E. Guy
err and Ricardo Pillado Salas, Of
Argentina; Mario v. Guzman Ca
lara and Humberto Guzman of
Bolivia, Alvaro Lopez and Edmun-
do HH. de CASTILLO, of Colombia;
Jorge Hazera and Luis F. Jimenez,
of Costa RIGA; Ambassador Nico-
las Arroyo, Armando Maribona and
Fernando Margolles, of Cuba;
Francisco Anguiano of Guatema-
la; Lempira E. Bonilla, of Hondu-
ras; Francisco Villagran and Car
los Chapoy of Mexico; Henry H.
Kelly, chairman, and Gerald w.
Russell, of the United States; and
official observers Ronaldo Costa
and LUZ Paulo Lindenberg Settle
of Brazil.
In addition, representatives Of
international and national organi-
cations interested in travel promo
ton participated in the confer
ence.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Senat-
or Spessard Hollands office on
the fourth floor of the Senate Of
flee Building here in Washington
resembled some of the prettier
Latin American Arrest today.
the Transformation from the
somewhat austere decor usually
associated with the gray stone edi-
flee that Is the Senate Office Build
ing was oecasioned by the fact
that Florida's senior Senator re-
ceived u visit from a quartet of the
Latin American beauties who
reigned in the city of Miami's re-
cent Festival of the Americas.
Paying calls on Senator Holland
during their good will tour of the
nations capital were: Mercedes
Baquero of Bogota, Colombia,
Queen of the Festival of the Anne
ricas; Venezuelan-born Lola Ro-
berts, Miami's official Festival re-
preventative; Annabelle Nobel,
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01

years ago, this in itself is an
encouraging sign. DR.. James A.
Doull, noted leprosy expert of the
Leonard Wood Memorial, who will
take part in the forthcoming Sc
minar, stated recently at the XII
World Health Assembly in Min.
neapolis, Minnesota, that "the to.
tai number of cases (of leprosy in
the World) is estimated at some
three to above ten millions. About
one third of all Victims" he add.
ed, ARE moderately or severely
disabled"
At the same Assembly meeting,
DR.. F. ]. c. Cambournac, WHO
Regional Director for Africa, gave
an estimate for the incidence OF
leprosy in hat continent to be
"a total Of 1900, 900, known cases,
stating that one million of these
are believed to be under treat
ment today.
a Because of its deep social, eco
nomic and psychological repercus-
sions, leprosy is a source of great
concern in the affected countries.
In the Americas it is an import
ant public health problem for a
number of the countries and ter
ritories, although. generally speak
ing, the prevalence rates are not as
high as in some parts Of Africa or
Asia.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
Latin American Finance
and Trade News Reports
NEW WAY OF SHIPPING
OIL DEVISED

WASHINGTON new means
of transportation which it is claim.
ed may revolutionize shipment of
Oil mas heen reported in the Ger
man press.
Large synthetic containers fill
ed with crude Oil and tewed by
tugboats are considered by their
inventor, Ernst H. DoerpinghauS,
a Hamburg engineer, as suitable to
replace tankers both on the high
seas and on inland waterways.
A model of such an coil sau-
sage, 80 meters lopg and with a
diameter of 1.6 meters, wa recent
ly displayed at Hamburg. The hull
consists of am elastic 0.8 MILL
meter Observation-Disclosures film
which is said to resist even severe
mechanical strains. These relative
ly small containers would be parti-
cularly suitable for use on inland
WATERWAYS.
For sea transport of oil it is
planned 10 use containers with a
capacity of 10000 tons. The pros
pective manufacturer, Deutsche
Novo Tank G.M.B.H., believes that
the cost of constructing such a
container or a combination of
several small containers, would re-
quire only about on~e-seventh or
even one-tenth part of the cost of
building a tanker of the same cap.
acity. Also, operational costs
would be much less because the
containers would not require a
crew.
On return trips to crude oil
centers. the containers could be
folded up and placed aboard tug
boats. When loaded, the contain
ers would be spanned by a frame
to which the towing hawsers would
be fastened.
Novo Tank is planning to es-
tablish subsidiaries in several
countries.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
Xavier CUgut Wins
$4,000 at Quiz
Show, Donates it
TO Orphan Asylum

NEW YORK - Xavier Cugat,
prominent orchestra leader and
composer who has won world wide
acclaim with his interpretations of
Latin American music, won $I6,-
600 last night in the $64, 900 Chal-
lenge Quiz Program, televiSed by
CHS, when Lillian Roth, we'll
known actress and writer miss
ed on a question about the author
of a hit song of some year ago.
Cugat, a native of Catalonia,
Spain, declared that he was donat-
ing the money to an Orphan Asy-
lum in Corona, a town in his ma
tive Catalonia. With his victory
last night, cCugat remains now as
Champion" in the category "Tin
Pan Alley" and will have to ac-
cept challenges on that category,
or relinquish his championship.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
Rebel Terrorist
Killed in Havana

HABANA, Cuba (UPD- An
dres Torres, described as the top
rebel terrorist in Havana. was shot
and killed by police Saturday dur
ing a raid on his headquarters in
suburban Santos Suarez.
Police said the raiding squad
battered its way into the rebel
hideout in a private home.
They said a second, unidentified
rebel also was killed. One police
sergeant was wounded.
Police said the rebels started
throwing hand grenades at the po-
lice as soon as the officers tried
to enter the home. Officials said
the resistance was quicly over
come.
Torres succeeded Faustino
Perez IS Fidel Castro's super.
visor" of terrorist operations in
the Cuban capital. Perez stepped
out and returned to Castro's hide.
out in the Sierra Maestro mount
aims after the failure of the re-
bel's April 8 general strike at.
tempt.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
Latin American News in Brief

which are made every day in diff
,ferent sectors of a nations life.
The War Minister was honored
at an assembly by the inter-Ame-
rican defense board, the Dina
ton group which plans the de-
tense of the hemisphere.
Marine Gen. Lemuel c. Shep-
herd, Chairman of the Board, well
coined the visitor to the meeting.
NEW GOVERNOR
CARACAS, Venezuela (UPI)-
The government announced that
Julio Diaz, an attorney and eco
nomist, has been appointed Gov.
ernor of the Caracas district.
Diaz displaces Col. Vicente Mar
chelli Padron, who resigned two
weeks age.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01

The bill, inspired by reports that
Rafael rrujillo is about to retire
from active duty as Commander
of the Armed Forces, authorized
him to wear the uniform whenev-
er he chooses, on or off duty.
Hector TrujilIo, who had held
the rank of general. is President
Of the Dominican Republic.
LATIN AMERICAN
ANTI RED CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON CUPID Peru
Wan War Minister Alexandra Qua
dros Ravines declared the Ameri-
can Nations should not limit their
anti-communist activities solely to
prevention of possible armed at.
tack
The Brigadier Genera, who Is
visiting the United States as q
guest of the US Army, said the
Hemisphere should be prepared to
neutralize the communist attacks
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
RED NEWsMEN PROTEST
TREATMENT THEY GOT
I'M LATIN AMERICA

MOSCOW, June 27 (UPI)-- Nine
Soviet journalists who broke off
a tour of Latin America when Co.'S
ia RIGA and Mexico cancelled
their visas have protested since re-
turning home against alleged dis
criminatory treatment.
The touring group discovered tn
visas were cancelled when they goe
to Panama June IS. They came
home almost Immediately via Ar
gentina.
In a press conference last week
the journalists declared difficult.
les encountered in Chile, Panama
and Peru were traceable to pro.
American and American authorit.
les trying to spoil their trip.
The object was to spoil their i'm
pressions of their South American
tour, they charged.
But good receptions were given
to them almost everywhere, they
reported
The underhanded and discrimin-
atory treatment given them, they
asserted, did not accomplis h
its purpose in spelling their i'm
preSsions of their Latin American
visit.
On Tuesday one of the nine, Nj
kolai Gribachev. restated the pro-
test to the newspaper Literary
Gazette The article was entitled
"Cacti in Syrup"
Of the sudden visa cancellations
Gribachev said, I'VE do not know
what such an act is called in dip
lomatic language. We did not try
to find out.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
Committee Recommends
American HIGHWAY

WASHINGTON, D. C. (PAU)-
Substantial increases in hotel and
motel accommodations along the
3,200-mile Inter-American High
way, stretching from the United
States to the Panama Canal Zone
and due for completion in 1859,
r called for by the Technical
Committee on Travel Plant of the
Inter-American Travel Congresses.
The Committee, concluding a
five-day conference in Washing
ton recommended that each of the
five Central American countries
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
Cubans Rebels Kidnap two
More Americans Including
U.S.. Nickel Plant MANAGER
New Outrage Bring.
Rebels Will ReIeusl

HAVANA UPI Cuban rebels
kidnapped two more Americans in
Oriente Province this morning, the
US. embassy was informed. The
fastest victims brought to AZ the
number OF Americans known to be
in rebel hands.
Two Canadians also are held an
there r unconfirmed reports that
another Americana and a Canadian
have been seized.
The fastest victims were identi-
fled as Sherman Avery White, ge-
neral manager of the US. govern
ment owned Nicaro nickel plant,
and his assistant, ]. Andrew Toll
The new kidnapings dashed no.
pes that the rebels soon would re-
lease all their victims, seized in re-
taliation for the alleged refueling
of Cuban warplanes at the US. ma
val base at Guantanamo
Today's kidnapingS occurred at
$50 am. and were in the same pa
tern as others beginning last
Thursday.
All have occurred in the rebel
hot bed of Oriente Province within
an area of 10 by so miles, indica-
ting that all might be being held
in a common camp.
An embassy spokesman in Hava-
ma said that US. Consul Park Wo-
liam in the Moa Bay area of the
k%idnapings was in touch with the
rebels "higher headquarters" but
had nothing to report on the pro-
badly release of the kidnap vic
tins.
The refernece to "higher head
quarters" was taken to mean that
Wollam was in touch with rebel
leader Fidel Castro himself.
The rebel radio made its first
mention of the kidnapings today.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
Doubt That the
Cuptives Soon

An announcer said that "althoug
we have no direct contact with
Commander Raoul Castro's column
we can say that we believe the
Yankees will be released soon"
Raoul Castro is a brother of Fidel
Castro and is reported to have been
in direct command of the kidna.
pings.
The rebel announcer said that
the 12-men engineer group, first
victims of the mass kidnap, "cer.
tainly will not be harmed"
These embassy in Havana had ear
lier said it was barring Cuban go.
vernment planes from using the b.
Sc at Guantanamo. 1t denied, that
this was a ransom deal" designed
to win freedom for the kidnapped
men
us. naval negotiators dickered
separately with the insurgents in
the Guantanamo region for the re-
lease of 80 American Marines and
sailors kidnapped Friday and Sa.
turday.
The Cuban army suspended all
air and ground patrols along a So
mile line bisecting Oriente Provin.
ce from Guantanamo on the South
to Baracoa on the north to avoid
upsetting the negotiations.
The embassy statement, issued
sin response to inquiries, noted
that the facilities of the Guantana-
mo base were available to all air.
craft in distress or on official vi
sits.
But, it emphasized Tin compli-
ance with U. S. policy Of non-in.
tervention in Cuban internal af-
fairs, the base has not and will not
refuel or in other ways service Gu
ban military aircraft engaged in
combat activity"
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01

ma (UPI)- Latin Americas only
"City of London" a hill hamlet
housing less than 1000 persons,
became capital of Catamarca Pro-
vince for a day in honor of its
4O0th anniversary.
Londres was founded in 1858 to
commemorate the marriage of
England S Queen Mary to Philip
II Of Spain. Four hundred English
settlers set out to populate the
town, but none of their descend
ants now live here.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS
TWO GENERALISSIMOS
CIUDAD TRUJILLO, D. CIR.
(UPI> - Congress has confirmed
strongman Rafael L. TRujillo in
his position as Generalissimo OF
the armed forces and promoted his
brother Hector to the same rank,
it was announced today
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
BRAZILIAN TRADE SCHOOLS
GET LOAN FROM EXIMBANk

WASHINGTON (UPI)- The
Export-Import Bank has granted a
81, 5000 loan to a Brazilian
ir~ade-school combine for the pur-
chase of machine tools.
The credit was extended to the
National Service of Industrial APP
premiership a private cooperation
which operates Ill schools through
out the industrial area of Brazil.
The loan will be used to pur.
chase lathes, drills, milling ma,
chimes grinders. shapers, electric
welders, and other industrial equip
ment.
Export-Import Bank President
Samuel C Waugh said the credit
would benefit the machine tool
industry in the United States
while contributing to increased
productivity and better utilization
Of the millions of dollars worth OF
equipment Brazil imports from the
United States every year.
The credit will be guaranteed
by the Nationl Bank of Economic
Development and will be repay.
able in 10 semi-aInual installments
beginning July IS, 1859.
CHILE GETS LOAN
WASHINGTON (UPD- The
Export-Import Bank announced it
has extended a $15,000,0 900 loan
to the Central Bank of Chile to
finance imports of US. capital
equipment.
The loan is part of S25, 000, 900
the United States announced re,
Gently il would make available to
Chile in order to help that ma
tons economy.
The remaining $40, 0O0, 900 will
be handled through the Interna-
tional Cooperation Administration.
The bank noted that Chile has
been engaged in a comprehensive
program to check initiation and to
stabilize the economy 1t added:
importation from the United
States OF essential imports is an
Important part of the Chilean pro-
gram The Export-Import Bank
loan will assist in such important
development projects as the ex-
pansion program OF the Pacific
Steel Corporation, Chile's inte-
grated steel mill"
ever the years the bank has au.
thorized more than $780, 00, 900 in
loans in Chile for the steel mill,
railway equipment, construction
equipment and the nitrate indus.
try.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
COPPER RESTRICTION
TO RED

SANTIAGO, Chile (UPI)- The
Copper Department has urged the
Government to eliminate restric-
tons on the sale of the strategic
metal to the Communist world, it
was announced today.
Chile already is selling copper
to the Reds, but SO far it has
observed a free-world agreement
barring the shipment of copper
wire more than .275 inch in dia-
meter to buyers behind the iron
curtain.
The Copper Department, in its
report TO the Government, COM
planned that regulations governing
the strategic embargo "vary fun.
damentelly."
400TH ANNIVERSARY OF
LONDON, ARGENTINA
LONDRES (LONDON(. Argent
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
MINING CONSULTANTS
FOR LATIN AMERICA
OPEN DALLAS OFFICE

DALLAS, Texas = Victor Op-
penheim and Glenn o. Briscoe,
we'll known consultants on petro-
leum and mineral explorations,
have opened an office here at the
Mercantile Securities Building.
The new office will specialize in
surveys and consultations on all
kinds of explorations in Central
and South America, with which
they are we'll familiarized, in parti-
cular Mr.. Oppenheim, who has
wide experience inLatin American
mining and oil research work.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
Increased Tourist
Facilities Along Inter

and Panama take immediate steps
to meet the lodging problem of the
highway 1t is estimated that &C.
commodations will be needed for
10000 persons nightly within a
short time.
Present accommodations from
the United States to Mexico City
are adequate for the current flow
of traffic, the Committee found,
but there are considerable street
ches of tine road south of Mexico
City and in the five Central Anne.
rican republics and Panama where
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
Know thy
Nei9hbor
By o RUIZ

BRAZIL - The raising of live
stock is a basic factor of the Brazil
ian economy in general, and re-
presents a main source of income
in certain regions. Extensive areas
of grasslandS provide good natural
pastures, in particular in the roll
ing prairies of Rio Grande do Sui,
with their fine herds of Hereford
and Angus. In the uplands of the
states of MinaS Gerais, Rio de ia
metro, Sac Paulo, and Parana,
Dutch and Jersey cattle supply the
cities with dairy products. The
bumped Zebu is widely bred and
crossbred throughout the coun-
try.
The Ministry of Agriculture i'm
ports animals of pure breeds,
which are sold to the farmers for
crossing with native stock. Gov
eminent assistance is provided by
the National Department of Amin
al Production, which employs a
large staff of skilled veterinarians
with well equipped laboratories for
research in the fields of immunolo-
gy, pathology, and pest control, as
well as the practical application
and dissemination of new and
more efficient techniques. Re-
cent statistics show the cattle re-
serves of the country + owe
SIS million heads; swine over rs
million, and sheep over Is million
The forests of Brazil are among
the richest in the world in oil
bearing fruits, gums, resins, eS-
sential oils, wakes, timber, cellu-
lose fl ers and other products. Over
fifty thousand species of plants or
more than one fourth of the plants
known in the world, can be found
in Brazil. This amazing variety of
plants, together with resources of
the vast area under forests
(about 1880, 900 square milesl
gives some idea of the extent of
the country'S natural wealth and
the role Brazil plays as one of the
worlds great suppliers of vegeta-
BILE raw materials. The babassu
palm alone, it is believed, could
meet the requirements of the world
for laurie acid.
The Brazil nut tree, the fruit of
which Is so popular in the United
States, Canada and Great Britain,
is a native of the Amazon basin.
Throughout the country oil-bear-
ing plants r cultivated, yielding
peanut, castor, cottonseed, linseed,
tung (Chinawood), and other oil.
The carnauba palm yields car
nauba wax the Uses of which range
from phonograph records to ex-
plosives. Copaiba oil is widely used
in medicine.
The demand and production of
rubber is having considerable in
crease, to the point where pro-
ducers cannot keep up with the de-
mand of the manufacturers.
Brazilian timber is of fine quail
ity and ranges from wood SO light
that it can replace cork, to the
Brazilian %pepper-tree, with a den
sity one and a half that of water.
The greatest demand, however, is
for Parana pine, which grows in
the southeastern states in stands
that total about two hundred mil
blion trees.
To provide sacking for farm pro-
ducts, Brazil used to import 25,-
600 tons of Indian jute every year,
until a careful study Of the pro-
perties of native fiber plants led
to their intensive exploitation. AS
a result, Brazil has been produc-
ing enough fiber for more than
IL years to supply its rope and
burlap factories and has now a
surplus for export.
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Diario las Américas., 1958-07-01
BRAZIL TO HAVE
NUCLEAR FACTOR

WASHINGTON - The Babcock
and Wilcox Company of New
York have designed and built the
first nuclear ~reactor ever to be in
stalled in a Latin American ma.
ton. The unit, ordered by the In
stitute OF Nuclear Energy in Sac
Paulo, Brazil, is designed to gen.
crate energy for the production
OF isotopes for various medical, in
dustrial and research products.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-11

que persiguieron ell mismo loable
objective.
TercerO: Teniendo en- cuenta esa
dolorosa experienced, estoy conven-
cido de que tan solo Ell Episcopsdo
eubano, sea actuand6 en- pleno, o
a traves de una Comisi6n de preIa.
dos integrada por sus miembros,
tendria, a causa del PRESTIGE ma
cional e international de la IgIesia
Cat6lica, la fuerza indispensable
para frenar este traditional empe-
no de Batista de aprovechar toda
iniciativa de paz para coniurar
sit%uaciones conflictivas para SUI re-
gimen.
CuartO: Que puedo asegurarles
que ninguno de los sectores que
integran la oposicion militante
plantea cuestiones de interes per-
sonal, de partidos, o de grupo fren-
te a la elevada exhortacion en- que
el Episcopado recaba ell sacrificio
de tales ~intereseS para propiciar
la creaci6n de un gobierno de
union nacional, Y que los autenti-
cos abstencionistas ash como los
nsurreccionalistas, renunciamos a
TODD, y brindamos nuestro desinte-
resado concurso para la creaci6n
de un gobierno de union nacionaI
que viabilice ell transito ordenado
CPasa a la PagIna u
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-11

totalmente" en- las ~consultas que
Sc iniciaran mafana.
Todo parece indicar que en-
la conferencia Sc ignorara la Sc
RE de medidas publicitarias to-
madas por los comunistas con
ell proposito de interrumpir la
conferencia de los aliados de
Asia Sudoriental, O, al menos,
de restar Importance a cualquier
MEDIA que tome esa organiza-
cion.
Las transmisiones de radio CO.
munistas incluyeron extensas
y energicas acusaciones contra
la reunion del ~consejo de mi
nistros de la OTASO. Una de
elias, que dijo citar 10 publicado
por ell diario popular, de Pekin,
pedia a los pueblos ssiaticos
"aplastar las provocaciones con-
ira la paz" de la reunion de Ma
Mia.
En- otras transmisiones Sc acu-
SO a Estados Unidos de tratar
de aumentar la tension mundial
estableciendo una cadena de ba-
ses militares estrategicas en- ell
Leland Oriente, y de unir q los
miembros de la OTASO con ell
Pacto de Bagdad y con la orga-
nizaci6n del Tratado del Allan
tico Norte (OTAN).
Moscu expres6 su esperanto
de que Sc llegue a un acuerdo de
seguridad colectiva de Asia y
Europa, y pidi6 a los paises asia
ticos que prohiban la instalacio.
mes de bases atomicas en- sus te-
rritorios. Los observadores ex-
tranjeros en- Moscu interpreta-
ron este como gesti6n rusa pa
ra cohvencer a las naciones no
comprometidas del mundo, que
una conferencia de jefes de 60
bierno beneficiaria al mundo en-
tero.