PAGE rwo Israeli-Syrian Cease-Fire Marred by Second Clash JERUSALEM ( IP ) —A tank and artillery battle raged be tween Israelis and Syrians yesterday in a disputed truce area on the border north of the Sea of Galilee. It was the second clash in two days. The UN Armistice Commission issued two cease-fire Big Three Ask Reds to Pave Summit Road PARIS (/P) —The Western Big Three asked the Soviet Union yesterday to begin diplomatic preparations in April for a serious attempt to reach agreement on world problems at a future sum-; mit conference. The West suggested the start be made in Moscow toward the end of April, through normal diplo matic channels. It insisted that a summit meet ing on international tensions could succeed only through ad vance diplomatic spadework, pos sibly leading to a preparatory for eign ministers' conference. The Kremlin has opposed a pre liminary foreign ministers meet ing but recently changed position slightly. It agreed to a meeting if the foreign ministers confined themselves mainly to setting an agenda for the summit meeting. Envoys of the United States, Britain and France handed the joint note to Soviet officials at the Kremlin. The West suggested that if pre liminary discussions through dip lomatic channels in Moscow should show promise, then a meet ing of the four foreign ministers might follow. Ike Refuses to Freeze Crop Price Supports WASHINGTON (/P)—President Eisenhower vetoed a bill to freeze crop price supports yesterday without yielding an inch on his flexible farm program. Attacking the veto vigorously, , congressional Democrats decided to take the issue to the home folk during an April 3-14 Easter vaca tion before attempting an uphill < effort to override the veto. Communication Knot Ordered by Castro HAVANA (/P) —Rebel leader Fidel Castro called upon Cubans yesterday to paralyze the nation’s communications as a first step in what he called his final blow to topple Pres ident Fulgencio Batista. Castro reiterated in bulletins circulated in Havana a nationwide general strike will be called at “the right moment." Rebel followers in Havana said the call might be held up until after Easter Castro threatend that “thou where to fire Without warning upon all operating highway and railway transport starling at midnight Rebels shot up a police station outside of Santiago, seopped up guns and ammunition and fled to the mountains. They killed two soldiers and two civilians near Bayamo. Castro threatend that "thou sands of armed men” would soon march on Santiago, capital of Or iente Province. The government answered this by further reinforcing police sta tions and military establishments. Thera were reports the gov- McNamara Resigns Post On Rackets Committee WASHINGTON (P) Sen. Mc- Namara (D.-Mich.) resigned from the Senate Rackets Committee yesterday saying he didn't want to waste any more time on if. The committee has been investi gating strike violence. McNamara’s sudden departure came as the group started a dis puted probe of shooting and other violence in a 1955 strike of the United Auto Workers against the Perfect Circle Corp. orders in an effort to halt the fighting. A Syrian army spokesman in Damascus charged last night that Israeli forces' disregarded the cease-fire orders but he said the shooting finally stopped 10 min utes after the second cease-fire deadline. The spokesman said there were no Arab casualties, but claimed the Israelis suffered "serious casualties and heavy losses." A Cairo spokesman for thej United Arab Republic of Syria' and Egypt said U.A.R. forces would not stand idle in the face of aggression. The Syrians charged the Israel-' is were massing troops at several' points along the border and said that commanders of the Syrian army had been ordered to take all necessary measures to protect the frontiers, the Middle East news agency reported. The U.A.R. asked the UN Se curity Council yesterday to lake note of the situation but pro posed no specific action, Israel said it had moved troops into the disputed Lake Huleh area to protect Israeli laborers working on a drainage canal and that fighting broke out when Syrians fired on the laborers for the sec ond day in a row. An Israeli spokesman said an Israeli settler was killed and three wounded. The Syrian announce ment of the new' flareup men tioned no casualties. Tension has been building in the Huleh area for the past week with occasional rifle skir mishes. Boih sides accused lhe other of aggression. Moshe Leshem of the Israeli; Foreign Ministry said the Syrians 1 “have illegally interfered with our work” on the reclamation pro ject. The Arabs strongly oppose any work in the project on the grounds it would give Israel firm er hold in a sector claimed by Syria. ernment would pour thousands more troops into Oriente to launch a new offensive in an attempt io destroy Castro's forces. Troops took over courts, build-, ings, public and Catholic schools in Santiago as strategic gun-firing positions. He declared all members of the armed forces and govern ment officials who keep their Jobs after April 5 eventually would be tried for treason. Castro said “a state of total war between the people of Cuba and the tyranny of Batista” will be effective at midnight Saturday unless Batista gets out. Batista kept the nation’s armed forces alerted. He called his coun cil of ministers to meet Tuesday to study fresh measures to cope with the rebellion. These might include a proclamation of martial law. RADIO anj Supptias •Car Radios - • Portable Radios CTj •Phonographs JstVs. • Batteries jj State College TV tSi %. Allan St THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Work Will Start On Superhighway Construction on the Keystone Shortway, a portion of which will pass through this area, is expected to start in June and wind up in 10 or 12 years. The Associated Press reported last night that bids on ,the first part of the 270 million dollar pro ject will be asked early in May. A ten-mile section linking U.S. Route 322, bypassing Clarion to the south and winding up at an intersection with Route 68, will run through Centre County. The exact location has not yet been fixed. It is expected the shortway will facilitate travel in and out of the county. The federal government will put up 90 per cent of fhe funds ANOTHER FIRST for PENN STATE America's Incomparable Kh AND HIS INTERNATIONA FAMOUS Featuring JOE WIUIAMS SENIOR BALL FRIDAY, MAY 2 Recreation Hall House Votes to Speed Spending on Equipment WASHINGTON (AV-The House yesterday passed an administra tion bill to speed up the spending of 840 million dollars on govern ment equipment and supplies. It was requested by President Eisenhower that as an antireces sion measure, to get the money into the business stream months earlier than would otherwise be the case. through the federal road building program. Bids will be asked early in May for a portion of the Stroudsburg bypass to serve as the eastern terminous of the 300-mile east west superhighway running from Stroudsburg to Butler and by next November for a portion of a 27-mile bypass north of Brook ville in Jefferson County. ORCHESTR at the Semi-Formal TUESDAY. APRIL 1, 1958 Conservatives Win Again in Canada TORONTO UP) —The Conserva tive government of Prime Minis ter John Diefenbaker was swept back into office yesterday with a clear majority in the House of Commons. The Conservatives, who had governed Canada about 10 months as a minority dependent on other parties for support, started gain ing in first returns. Finnegan Buried Yesterday PHILADELPHIA Dignitar ies from all walks of life, includ ing Adlai Stevenson, attended services here yesterday for James A. (Jim) Finnegan, secretary of the Commonwealth and national ly known political figure. mle Stylist 9-12 p.m.'
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