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   Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Page 24 the stars and stripes sunday february 22, 1959 Castro moves to curb Rush for Cuba land Havana a Premier Fidel cons pro find his Cabinet have noted to prevent peasants from Start ing a premature land Rush in the pro Gram of agrarian Reform. The govern men said saturday it will distribute land to peasants in a Legal orderly manner. It de Creed that peasants who try to occupy the land before it is distributed will lose their rights under the program. Mont of Lund Idle there have been Many ease s re ported of peasants occupying tracts illegally since the program was announced most of the land to be distributed is Idle. Much of it was held by big landholders who net Irod Possession simply by the process of occupation. Meanwhile it was revealed that firing squads have shot 12 Batista regime soldiers at Santa Clara in Central Cuba on War crimes charges. A Luh Man scheduled for execution hanged himself in his cell revolutionary military authorities said. The unofficial total of the executions since dictator Fulgencio Batista fled to the dominican re Public Jan. 1 Rose to 316, counting the suicide. Macmillan in Russia for Khrushchev Parley continued from Page 1 As serious but Good tempered Mac Millan and Khrushchev again re tired to the anteroom for private discussions. Khrushchev s speech at the Din Ner was described As thoroughly Friendly by his British guests. We should All work together Khrushchev said. Khrushchev and first Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan sat cac ing each other across the Long table with their guests arrayed on either Side of them. Macmillan sat on Khrushchev s right and foreign minister Selwyn Lloyd on the russian Leader s left. About 20 were present from each country. In deference to soviet custom Macmillan and his party wore dark suits instead of. Formal dinner jackets. After the dinner Macmillan Lloyd and British ambassador sir Patrick Reilly headed for the House at Semeo Noskov a Ivi hour drive South of the capital. They will be joined there by Khrushchev foreign minister an Drei Gromyko and other soviet and British officials. Moscow meantime went on a re strained  listeners to Home news Broad casts were Given minute details on How the two statesmen met at the Airport saturday afternoon. Moscow television showed scenes of the arrival As Well As the Mac Millan Khrushchev meeting in the Kremlin. A concert of English songs was broadcast including recordings by British artists. There was one non festive note. Alexei Surkov Secretary of the so Viet writer s Union said in a mag Azine interview contacts Between our delegates and the English Lead unfortunately to the conclusion that the inhabit ants of great Britain Are considerably worse informed about life in our country than Are soviet Beck leaves Tacoma courthouse Taylor cites Berlin might continued from 1 Tyc i stands now you do not have any Blue chips to give  Taylor replied we do not with standing forces but we have a mobilization base in proved re serve forces and so  this was an apparent reference to Reserve and guard forces in addition to the army s own regular divisions Long brought up the crisis Cre ated by the soviet Union s Call for removal of foreign troops from Berlin by May 27, saying it seems to me that there Are a number of situations that Are Likely to arise where the soviet can seek a military solution. Ber Lin is the easiest example. Conventional forces Lucking now our people say if they arc going to Cut us off from Berlin we Are not going to Lake it lying Down but that we will try to move through that we will Send a tank division through to Berlin. But once a military solution to this question becomes necessary we Don t have the conventional forces to follow through  1 pointed query if a military solution is provoked immediately or if there is just step by step approach so that there is no particular Point where you can justify yourself in resorting to atomic warfare Long asked How that situation could be handled in View of the soviet superiority in conventional forces. It was at this Point that Taylor replied we have All the strength that is necessary if we Are willing to mobilize it and do so in time 1-Ioiig testimony the Exchange came at the end of thousands of words of testimony by Taylor and Gen Thomas d White chief of the air Force. A censored transcript was made pub lie by the chairman sen. Hubert h Humphrey a Minn. Both generals urged caution in reaching any agreement with so Viet Russia on the suspension of nuclear weapons tests. They pointed out limitations weaknesses and risks which they said would be involved. White said he questioned whether the russians would even discuss an agreement if they weren t sure they could  people about the life of the British  Surkov is president of the user Britain Friendship society. At the Airport after his arrival both Macmillan and Khrushchev spoke. In his speech echoed by loud speakers across the Airfield Khrushchev recalled his 1956 visit to England with former Premier Nikolai Bulgarin. He said he hoped the useful and Frank talks he had with Brit ish government leaders on that occasion would be duplicated this time. Macmillan s reply was elegantly phrased and contained a a at Little joke that seemed to go Over the Heads of the listening russians. He recalled that his Only previous visit to Russia took place about 30 years ago when he came As a tourist. I think Macmillan said slyly that i will see As Many changes in the soviet Union As there have been in England since the picture painted by  this was a reference to the wide Sale in Russia of the novels by Charles Dickens which criticized social conditions in England in the last Century. Macmillan was just pointing out that no russian should think Dickens stories reflect present Day life in England. I ave Beck Cente former teamster Boss convicted of Chi thing $240,000 in Federal income taxes leaves court trying to Converse with two unsmiling . Deputy marshals. The ousted Union chief is free on $25,000 bail after spending night in Tacoma wash., jail. Sentencing is feb. 27. A Brazil reports mrs. Luce May be new a ambassador continued from Page 1 Peru Korea and Czechoslovakia. Schmidt is Brazil s Delegate to the committee of 21a body of representatives of the Western hemisphere s nations which deals with economic Unity in the hemisphere. In that capacity he works very closely with the government. Iran to go ahead with . Pact continued from Page 1 conclusion of a Nom aggression pact which failed in mid february. In his 90-minute meeting with the press the Shah made no direct reference to soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev s speech in Tula in which he violently attacked the Shah personally. Not Only the Shah but radio Teheran which had promised to answer Moscow s anti Iran propaganda ignored Khrushchev s anti Shah speech. A foreign ministry spokesman said Iran will not Cut off Diplo Matic relations with Russia in spite of radio Moscow s propaganda which began after the rupture of the Iran soviet negotiations. The source admitted that Iran has protested to Russia for Khrushchev s speech but said that until the protest reaches soviet authorities in Moscow the text will not be released 17 fall to death in Shaft Salisbury Southern Rhodesia a seventeen men three italians and 14-africans fell 200 feet to their deaths Down a Shaft at a Hydro electric dam site Here. Mrs. Luce formerly was Ambas Sador to Italy. Mrs. Luce wife of Henry r. Luce publisher of life and other Maga Zines served in Rome from april 1953 until november 1956, when she resigned because of illness. At that time president Eisenhower said he hoped her retirement was Only temporary and that your govern ment May soon again have the Benefit of your  mrs. Luce has been prominent in roman Catholic Church activities for several years. She represented president Eisenhower at the funeral of Pope Pius Xii and at the Coronation of Pope John Xxiii. Mrs. Luce 56, is the author of several Broadway plays including the women and kiss the boys  Dulles undergoes 2d a Ray therapy gets visit from Ike continued from Page 1 in ton s National Airport after a flight of seven hours from Acapulco. Another Story on Page 2. It had been planned for the chief executive to Stop off at Augusta but a cold front hit the Southland with temperatures dipping to the freezing Point As far South As Southern Georgia. Symington urges Ike to replace Secretary St. Louis a sen. Stuart Symington do has called on president Eisenhower to appoint a successor to Secretary of state John Foster Dulles ill with cancer. I Don t think Dulles can run the state department from a hos Pital said Symington mentioned As a possible presidential Candi Date in 1960. Britain reports 1,828 deaths As 6-Day curtain of fog lifts London a Britain s chill Winter rolled Back its six Day fog curtain saturday but kept the country snuffling in the grip of a four Day flu wave. Official figures showed 1,828 pneumonia and influenza victims died Between feb. 7-14 in a wide spread epidemic straining medical services to the limit. Of the fatalities 455 were from a flu virus which normally eases off after four Days. Hospital Beds were closed off to All but emergency cases and the government told the rest of the sufferers to take treatment at Home. But Many persons had trouble getting a doctor. A Busy London practitioner loaded with 60 daily Calls on school age flu victims told new patients to try another Man. School grades were depleted offices half empty but the weather improved. The dense fog which had gripped the country since Mon Day fell Back to the extreme West of Scotland and Northern Ireland and it rained in Many parts of the country for the first time in 28 Days. The liner Queen Elizabeth docked at Southampton after being stranded in the offshore Murk All week. It will sail Back to new York sunday two Days behind schedule. Rockefeller booed hailed new York a gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller was greeted by a mixture of catcalls Boos applause and cheers As he delivered a Brief address before some 5,000 visitors to the new York coliseum. Rockefeller welcomed the throng to the National outdoor Exposi Tion. The booing and catcalls apparently stemmed from Rockefeller s Call for More state income taxes preferably on a pay As you go basis. Asked later about the unfavourable aspect of the two minute demonstration Rockefeller replied i think this is perfectly natural. Who s going to dance in the streets when they have to pay More taxes in his speech the new York governor Aid it s Nice to see you All Here on a pay As you go basis. I want to get the state on a pay As you go  Rockefeller a Republican had As his guest gov. Abraham Ribicoff Democrat of Connecticut and officials of several other states. His talk was interrupted frequently by booing and cheering. At one Point still smiling he said to the audience give me a  As he left the stage a pretty Model came up and kissed him. She was Christine Miller 20, of Glen head n.y., who won the title miss new York outdoor Exposi  miss Miller said her act was unpremeditated adding i just had to it. I Felt so sorry for him after that reception. He did t deserve it Nasser reaffirms Amity with soviet Beirut a president Gamal Abdel Nasser said saturday that Friendship Between Russia. And the United Arab Republic will continue. In a broadcast Over radio Cairo Nasser said he had exchanged letters recently with soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev affirming this Friendship despite All  this was an allusion to Nasser s crackdown on confine lists in the car  
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