The Glacier reporter., 1960-08-25
News Report On Doings
Under The Dome In Washington

MinUfeman launcner rtntsneo-
More Castro Reprissls Urged
smsthers Hits Cuban Hostility
WASHINGTON, DC. = One of
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on's top campaign aides says the
Republican nominee for Presi-
dent has a good chance to crack
the sometimes-solid South, in the
November elections, winnin g
! Florida, Texas, North Carolina,
and possibly other Dixie states
from the Democrats.
Committee chairman Leonard
Hall, now a top Nixon strategist,
saws the Vice Presidents pros
poets are bright in spite of the
fact that Senate Majority Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas is
the running mate of Senator John
F. Kennedy.
Hall said the addition of John
SON to the ticket has not lessened
Republican chances in the South.
mo longer is Republican a bad
word in the South" Hall said.
He said there seems to be more
Republican activity in the South
than anywhere.
THE biggest thing to me" he
said, "is that this time there is a
two-party system in every state.
II is truly a national campaign" :"
Initial construction of launching
facilities for the U. S. Air Force
Minuteman Intercontinental Bal
listics Missile flight test program
at Cape Canaveral, Florida, has
been completed.
The new launch area, valued at
almost S7,O00,00O, consists of two
blockhouses, two flat" launching
pads and service towers, two 90
foot deep underground launching
silos - the first at Cape Canaver-
al - as well as assembly, storage
and inspection and industrial fa-
cilities.
Initial flight tests of the Minute
man - the newest us. ICBM -
will get underway at the Cape
late this year, following final in
stallation of technical equipment
and Instrumentation at the launch
site.
Minuteman is three-sage, solid
fuel missile, smaller, lighter, less
expensive and more easily oper-
ated than the Air Forces Atlas
and Titan missiles.
II will have a range in excess
of $500 miles, and is earmarked
for the Air Forces Strategic Air
Command.
Florida's Senator George Sma-
theirs has urged President Eisen-
hover to take further economic
measures against Fidel Castro's
Cuban regime, to maintain" the
security of the United States"
The senator suggested to the
President the withdrawal of pre-
ferential tariff treatment to the
present Cuban government "ir
connection with all imports, and
particularly with respect to fruit
and vegetables"
Il would also suggest" Smsth-
ers said, "since Cuba has seen
fit to prevent American dollars
being paid for United States COM
modities sold in that area from
getting out of the country, that
the United States, in turn, inn
pound payments for any commod-
tiles received from Cuba and hold
them until such time as conces-
sions are made with respect to u.
S. interests"
Since the action taken in con-
nection with the sugar quota was
designed to prevent United States
dollars being used to finance the
Communist movement" Smathers
said, ''it seems only logical to
conclude that this action alone is
not enough without insuring the
stoppage of this regime in obtain
ing dollars from other sources OBJ
viously to be used for the same
purpose. Actions by the present
Cuban government are openly
hostile to the United States, its
Iono-tirna friend and ally"