AMERICAN TRIO ARRESTED - ‘Toronto “detectives lead three ,of no fixed address, wanted inj 40, both of Detroit. Detective on
Americans who were arrested/the U.S. in connection with a|nmght holds .45-calibre revolver after more than $11,000 and a/ $23,000 bank holdup at Latta, S.G.
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Island Girl Leaves Sunday |For Australia
VANCOUVER (CP) — Ten Ca- nadian Girl Guides will leave here for Melbourne, Australia, Sunday to attend an InternHationa Girl. Guides camp.
The girls will attend the camp
| Melbourne, Jan. 13th-23rd. Miss Norma Osler of Mont
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aT aaeaieenik CANADA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1959
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By LARRY ALLEN
HAVANA (AP) — A bloody battle of tanks and guns ushered in the occupation of Havana Fri- day by Fidel Castro’s field troops. From 4 to 530 men were be- lieved killed in a three-hour fight between Castro forces and die- hard Batistans within sight of the presidential palace as the city awaited the arrival of Manuel’ Ur- rutia, the man Castro has pro- claimed provisional president. Estimates of the wounded ranged up to 450. Batistan groups numbering sev- eral hundred were apparently crushed. But the action may por- tend even more vicious fighting. Speaking not of this action but of a purported deal with Maj. Gen. Eulogio Cantillo of Batista’s army, Castro charged in a broad- cast from Santiago that he hat been betrayed in his plan to take
Castr6 added: “Now is the revolution starts."’ ‘ AWAIT REBELS
Riot - scarred Havana tensely awaited the arrival of both the 32-year-old rebel leader and Ur- rutia. a judge banished by the fallen President Fulgencio Batista, from eastern Cuba. They had been expected at any hour, but Castro’s broadcast declara- tion indicated the possibility of a serious hitch.
The shooting centred around a business block called the Man- zana de Gomez. Kk broke out shortly before noon.
Castro's followers rolled. tanks, armored cars-and other equip- ment from Camp Columbia, once Batista’s firmest military strong- hold, to battle armed followers of the fallen dictator. Gunshots hammered through the streets until after 3 p.m.
Though there was talk of 40 to 50 dead and a total 500 casualties,. informed sources emphasized that no accurate.count was pos- sible under the conditions prevail- UNEXPECTED BROADCAST
Castro's broadcast declaration from Santiago, his provisional capital, was unexpected. There. were signs,.within the ranks of various revolutionary organiza- tions who have backed Castro, that something had gone wrong. It appeared obvious there were disagreements over. how and who
when
The rebel chieftain said he had made a deal with Cantillo to en- gineer the handing over of Cuba's government from Batista Wed- nesday. : Castro accused Cantilo, who took over as chief of staff after Batista’s departure, of a lack of good faith. He said the agree- ment misfired because Batista and his army chiefs fled the country before dawn on New Year's Day.
Castro said he had- intended that his native city of Santiago
Fidel Castro Charges Betrayal In Plan To Take Over Havana
army and navy would be there.
He was surprised, he addel, when he learned he had been ex- pected in Havana at 2 p.m. New Year's Day. He said that was not what he had planned.
HEADS ARMED FORCES
Cantillo still apparently is chief of Cuba’s armed forces under the provisional president, Carlos Piedra. A short - lived military junta-appointed Piedra after Ba-
and that while it was, the chief of: tista deciiied to flee, but he never
they got here.
took the oath of office.
Castro said disparagingly—that he would take care of “old Piedra’’ and that Piedra would resign when rebels moved into Havana if he did not do so before
Castro said developments had proven that the departure of Batista merely’ represented a coup d'etat by Batista supporters
to take over the government.
OTTAWA (CP)—More than 300 Canadians are in strife-torn Cuba but the external affairs depart-
ment said Friday there is no rea- son for anxiety on current reports of
Meanwhile, Adam
for a $100,000 ransom for Ba raba, his employee, but Murchi son denied a ransom was so
Mr. Murchison, Jr., said Ba raba was held several days anti - government forces. Befor his’ release was reported, Basa- taba’s mother, Mrs. Annie Basa- raba, 61, said in Prince Albett, | Sask., she planned to appeal to Prime Minister Diefenbaker to
The Canadian Embassy in Havana had been working to ef-
U.S. Ready
To Evacuate Americans
WASHINGTON (AP - The} ‘United States moved Friday to, evacuate Americans from Cuba if that becomes necessary.
fit fas learned in Winnipeg that the Canadian Embassy in Havana will, try to evacuate about 4 Canadian tourists and students from Cuba as soon as air travel out of Cuba is re- sumed.cAn Embassy official said in a telephone - interview with Winnipeg Radio station CKY that there was no indication, however, that they were in any danger from disorders which. followed the overthrow of the Batista gov- ernment. About 300 Canadians’ live and work in Cuba as well.)
The White House said ‘“‘there is no danger to any American citi- zen” in the Cuba revolution, but the U.S. Navy stationed five ves-
300 Canadians Living In
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Cuba
fect Basaraba's release.
The external affairs depart- ment said about 300 Canadians, among them missionaries and
_| Cuba where Castro’s forces have -| seized power from dictator Ful-
be a few Canadian tourists on the
Soviet Moon Expedition — Is: Planned
LONDON (AP)—Moscow Radio said today the Soviet Union will make ‘preparations to “equip an expedition to the moon which would establish an observatory and an intermediary base there for a future space flight.’’-
The broadcast said this had been decided “‘in view of .devel- opments” since the first Russian moon-bound rocket took off Fri- day. ;
Moscow Radio. made the an- nouncement in relaying further details about the progress of the rocket. It did not go into detail about the “‘expelition."’
THE BROADCAST
The broadcast, London: “Accorniing to program, first reports indicate that the last step (of the multi-stage rocket) has received the required comic speed
as heard in
“At about 7 a.m. Moscow time on Jan. 4 the rocket. will. reach
‘| the vicinity of the moon.
“The last stage of the cosmic ship weighs about 3,245 pounds ‘without fuel.
“In view of these developments preparations will be made to equip an expedition to the moon which would establish ‘an observ- atory and intermediary base
island.
An external affairs department | official said the two-year-old ~~ bellion has resulted in no animos-! ity towards foreigners. The rebels seemed to have been careful not
‘|to involve foreigners and on. that
basis there would be no 7 for anxiety.
in the Canadian capital, Cuban) ambassador Carlos Carrillo said be wil! hand over his post to a /legitimate representative of the, new regime when the Castro gov- ernment names one.
In a statement he said that “‘i stalling a leftist government wit strong Communist overtones. will affect all Latin American repub- lics. I#believe there is going to be a profound change in Cuban foreign policy, especially with re- spect t6 recognition of Commu- nist countries.”
Gets Boost
should be the provisional capital,
sels off the island just in case.
Blood Bank
HALIFAX ‘(CP)~— A Red Cross blood donor clinic here Friday attracted 256 persons to fill 250 bottles with blood need- ed for 50 Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island hospitals.
Robert Whyte, director of the Red Cross blood transfusion centre, said “Haligonians re- sponded well to the emergency appeal.” !
Clinics _ earlie’ this week failed to provide 600 pints of blood. In two emergency clinics only 375 bottles were obtained.
Mr. Whyte said a shortage in the ‘two provinces resulted from a Christmas ‘season in- crease in surgical - operations and a corresponding decline in donors. .
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there for a future space flight.”
Dec. Coldest On Record | At Halifax
HALIFAX (CP)—- Last month was the coldest December here since the Weather Office began keeping records 86 years ago, spokesman said Friday.
It was the -windiest in Hall- fax since 1869. The average wind speed was 16,3. miles an hour. The previous high was 16:2 miles: an hour.
There were 111 hours of sun- |
shine during the month but not once from Dec. 7-16 was the sun warm enough to melt ice or snow.
The Experimental Farm at Nappan, near Amherst, report- ed that the mercury went above degrees on six December days. The average temperature for the month was 14.6 degrees.
Reds Arrested In The U.A.R.
CAIRO (AP)—Communists esti- mated to number-20—have—been ‘arrested in Syria and Egypt in the’ first two days of the new year, authoritative sources said Friday.
It was the biggest action so far in the anti-Communist campaign launched by President Nasser of the United. Arab Republic in a speech. Dec. 23.- He denounced Reds as enemies of Arab unity and promoters of zionist and im-
old road where snowplows — get | held up after heavy storms. The work is expensive, but will pay for itself in a very few years, afid will give much better ser-
treatment of cancer- patients in| Communist China.
e commercial products divi- |
of Atomic Energy of Can-| m Limited Friday confirmed | the sale of the two powerful ma-! chines to the Chinese People’s | Republic for $100,000. It was the: first such Canadian ‘sale to the} Chinese Reds.
The two units were shipped re- cently by boat from Montreal to Tientsin. Along with auxillary | equipment the — weighed | 17 tons.
4th Term Aim Of Adenauer
BONN (Reuters)—Konrad Ade- nauer’s friends say the West Ger- man chance!lor already is: plan- n-g to run for a fourth term in 1871. although he celebrates his 83rd birthday Monday. e
Leader of the West German Re- public -since its inception in 1949, Adenauer is making virtually no enncession to his advancing age. His friends say his mental and physical energy appear as strong
as when he took office for his sirat four-year term.
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Yanks Knew Of RedMoon Rocket
WASHINGTON (AP)—Beyond saying it knew of-the attempts before Moscow announced it, the government ma.ntained -a .no- comment .policy Friday nizht on Russia’s effort to shoot a rocket to the moon.
Both the White House and the state department declined com-' ment, but officials conceded pri- vately that if the Soviet attempt proves a success it will have} scored a prestige coup akin to that of the first Sputnik
By coincidence, the ‘House of Representatives space committee was meeting in secret session at the time of the Moscow announce- ment. The committee approved a resolution urging the U.S. fo go} ahead with two additic r probes. Four*US. ailemps :
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lyle of Cooksville, Ont.,- Joanne Lochheed of Oakville, Ont.; Win- nifred Macmillan of Charlotte- town, P.E.I., Beyerly Stewart of Stewiache, N.S., Carol Traver of and Sylvia Yacu- cha of Portage la Prairie, Man.
Senate Dersoernlie. leader Lyn- don B. Johnson of Texas, who
heads a companion committee in}
the Senate, said in response to a request for comment on the Rus- sian shoot:
“I have felt for some time that we are not going far enough fast enough. As weeks and months go by, we will realize it more and} more.”
By coincidence or design, the Russian rocket is due to reach the vicinity of the moon at about the time of the expected U.S- ar- rival of Soviet Deputy .-Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan. Mikoyan is
expected to arrive in New York
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who | portable in case of emergency.
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MOSCOW (AP) — The ‘Soviet "Jnion fired a multi-stage rocket
»ward the moon Friday, an an-
»uncement early today said the inal stage is on target with the speed required to put it in the vicinity of the moon early Sun- day.
The ‘nose cone carries the Soviet flag, the announcement said, and in addition to many in- struments the rocket carries spe- cial equipment designed to create the sodium cloud of an artificial comet. This is to permit it to be observed and photographed.
“The experience of Soviet arti- ficial earth satellite has made it Possible to accumulate the material necessary for an imple- mentation of space flights and for reaching other planets,’’ Mos- cow Radio said in announcing the
' Soviet. scientists and engineers, it said, had devised a multi-stage rocket that can reach a cosmic speed of 11.2 kilometres (seven miles) a second, “‘making inter- planetary flights possible.”’
The United has launched four moon ~ All failed.
INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT
Moscow Radio called it ‘“‘the first successful interplanetary fight’ almost before the multi- stage rocket left the earth’s at- mosphere.
It estimated the rocket would have achieved a height of 68,354 ailes from earth by shortly after midnight. Approximate distance to the moon is 238,000 miles. | ” It was*the first major space ac- complishment announced: by the Soviet Union since the launching of Sputnik HI on May~15, 1958.
Soviet radio listeners heard signals from the moon rocket broadcast by Moscow Radio.
LAST STAGE WEIGHT
The over-all weight of the new cosmic rocket was not mentioned.. Tass said the “‘last stage” weighs 1,472 kilograms (3,245.2 pounds) without the fuel and is equipped with a special container inside ot which are various measuring ap paratus. The weight of the equip- ment was given as about 7964 Ibs.
The rocket carries a picture ot the hammer and sickle-into the far reaches of outer space and a sign saying: “USSR, January, 1959.”
With what appeared to be com- plete confidence, Moscow Radio said the rocket~will reach the vicinity of the moon at approxi- mately 7 a.m. Moscow time Sun-
LONDON’ (AP) — The total launching weight of the rocket used by the Russians to send
eir rocket toward the moon
must have been about 250 tons, the chairman of the British In- terplanetary Society said Friday. Leslie Shepherd told an inter-
viewer. this was about five times
the launching weight of the Juno rocket used to fire the US. Pioneer moon shots.
He said he was not sunprised by news of the Russian try, at the moon but “‘the size of the final-stage rocket certainly is a bit of a surprise.”
Moscow Radio announced the
By WARREN ROGERS Jr. WASHINGTON (AP)—Russia’si. first deputy premier, Anastas I. Mikoyan, is expected to arrive in New York early Sunday aboard a Scandinavian Airlines plane. This was one of several pieces
| of news that slipped out Friday
from behind an official curtain of secrecy. Authoritative sources said Mik-
cluding his son, Sergo, about .35. The elder Mikoyan, Russia's trade expert and second at the Kremlin only to Premier Khrush- chev, is reported to have 10 Ami- erican cities on his tentative itin- erary. They include Washington, New ‘York, Pltiladelphia, Boston,
Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Dal-
Estimate Weight 250 Tons
Says ' SpeedAnd Path | Reported Okay
day (midnight Saturday. AST).
The Russian‘ announcement im mediately raised speculation that Soviet science has reached a stage at which a man could be . successfully Jaunched into orbit. around the moon. The size of the” final stage was regarded as more than‘ adequate for a man ‘to eat, breath comfortably and even stretch his legs.
This was Russia’s first an. nounced attempt to reach the moon, although three satellites. have been _ successfully shot . around the earth. With the satel- lites, the Russians announced only the weight of the payloads— that. is the weight of instruments without their carrier rocket.
They departed from precedent with the moon shot by disclosing the weight of the entire final stage.
The final stage is about one- chird of toe otlaee ot Ga Oba US. Atlas satellite now circling the earth. But Moscow has said the Atlas is inferjor in weight to each of its own globe-girdling sat- ellites.
SOME SECRETS |
Moscow. did not disclose how many stages the moon shot con- tained.
Commenting on this, in London, the science correspondent of the British Press Association wrote: —
“It is fair to assume that what they have done has been to put an extra stage on their Sputnik launching rocket to get it te reach what they describe as ‘the second cosmic speed’—the speed
spae_ ship. away from
which would take e@ the earth toward the planet.”
into a parabolic orbit Rocket Aims.
complish one of three great feats:
Hit the moon, perhaps leaving visible evidence of its impact. The Soviet timetable indicates this could happen about midnight . EST Saturday night.
Circle around the moon once, ¢ or fall into an orbit around the
‘+ moon. It might transmit pictures
of the moon, use instruments to determine whether the moon has a magnetic field, or othtr highly useful tions.
Miss the moon ‘and go past it, perhaps falling into an orbit around the sun and & man-made planet. That Was the goal of the USS. Army’s moon probe fired last month.
Rocket —
final stage rocket weighed 3,248 poufds, and Shepherd pointed out this was ‘“‘a bit beyond Sputnik IlI.’”’ It is also far beyond the Pioneer I payload of 8 ee and the 13 - pound payload of Pioneer fil.
“The -probability of success in a project like this. goes up in di- | rector ratio to the size and weight lof the final stage,” Shepherd said. .~
“By using a bigger final stage they are able to incorporate more control, guidance and naviga- tional equipment. It follows that the more equipment of ‘this kind being used, the greater the _ sibility of success."
Secrecy Surrounds Mikoyan Visit To The United States
las, Los Angeles and San Fran- cisco.
NOBODY TALKING ~
Security manoeuvres have blanketed Mikoyan’s visit. The people in Russia have never beer told he is coming to the United States. The U.S. state department refers all questions to the Soviet Embassy,’ and the Soviet Em- bassy isn't talking.
In all the secrecy, it was still learned ‘on Bood authority that,
oyan will head‘a party of six, in-/yniess planes are belatedly
changed, the Mikoyan party will ibe arriving at 6:50 a.m. EST at New . York's Idlewild Interna- tional terminal from Copenhagen, Denmark.
These. sources said the party will come to Washington almost imniediately, either by train, plane or auiomobile,
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