The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, September 27, 1962, Image 2

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Joint Resolution Permits
Use of Troops in Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) Con- All seven who opposed it were
gross yesterday officially pro-; Republicans. But 144 Republicans
claimed U.S. determination to use :joined 240 Democrats on the af
troops if necessary to halt the , firmative side.
spread of communism from. Cuba ; HOUSE APPROVAL came after
to other areas of the Western four hours of debate, involving
Hemisphere. r. i some sharp criticism of Kennedy's
• By a sweeping vote of VA - to 7. , Cuban policies, and a 253-140 vote
the House approved and sent to i d e f eat i ng a motion - to send the
.:President Kennedy for signing'', resolution back to- committee.
a joint resolution endorsing:what-1 The recommittal move was
'ever means are needed to prevent : sponsored by membecs wanting to
Castro's doctrine from being ex - , write in tougher language, incltid
ported to other Latin nations. ! ing some •who wanted to slap a
- THE' RESOLUTION, approved .blockade on Cuba or take other
86 to I by the Senate last week.ldirect action. r
reaffirms the Monroe Doctrine.! In the heated debate Democrats
voices determination to prevent . blamed former Republican Presi
the Communist buildup in Cuba dent Dwight D. Eisenhower for
from developing the capability of allowing 'communism to develop
endangering the United States.' in Cuba. Republicans said Presi
and pledges help for anti-Commu- . dent Kennedy was responsible.
nisi Cubans in achieving self- w . - The House action capped a day
determination for their nation. 'marked by a U.S. pledge to watch
Book Dealer Asks Court to Half
Colleges' Text Tax Exemptions
HARRISBURG (AP) A corn
'mercial book dealer told Common
wealth Court yesterday that a'
State Revenue Department regu
lation exempting .college book
stores from the sales tax is.causing
' him irreparable financial harm.
The claim was made by :counsel
for Richard W. Foster of Phila
delphia.. The book dealer ;is chat
lenging the regulation announced
earlier. this year which exempts!
college book stores froth: paying
the 4 per cent sales tax.
"We are losing a great; deal of
money by this regulation," Atty.
Thomas S. Weary of Philadelphia
said in presenting Foster's peti
tion.
"THE INJURY is going• on now
and here today," he coritinucd,
Weary 'asked the court to
,issue a
summary judgment as Soon as
possible in order to "stop the ir
reparable ,harm to the plaintiff."
The summary judgment would
have the effect of an injunction
against the exemption if' granted
by the, six-member court; five of
whom were present for the oral
arguments yesterday...ij
Therh was .no immodOte indica
tion when the court wotild rule
on the request for a summary
judgment.
Foster's petition was opposed
by the Commonwealth, which was
represented by Deputy AttY. Gen.
Edward T. Baker.
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Baker argued that the Revenue
Department was acting in accord
ance with its assigned duties un
der the act. which - he said au
thtrizes •it to promulgate regula
tions as required bylaw.
Wry contended the regulation
is "flatly and completely in con
flict With the statute and is com
pletely illegal."
lie said
. the sales tax act does
not. allow 'an exemption for the
sale of books by a university to
its students.
Aeioie! Considers
Quehanna Center
HARRISBURG (AP) Go v.
Lawrence said yesterday the
nation's largest manufacturer of
rockets and missile engines is con
sidering establishment of a pro
duction center at the idle Curtiss-
Wrig h••t facility at. Quehanna,
Clearfield County.
!'Aerojet officials have entered
into discussions with Curtiss-
Wright and the state, with the
ajm of developing suitable terms
for the acquisition 'of at least part
holdings," Lawrence declared in
a statement.
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closely the new Soviet shipping
base to be built in Cuba and by
other expressions of concern over
its potential threat to the nation
and hemisphere.
The. State Department voiced
apprehension. some ;Congress
members attacked American and
European handling of the Cuban
issue, an defense 'sources I cau
tioned that the Soviet facility
could threaten the , Panama Canal.
Castro disclosed Tuesday that
the Soviet Union would finance
and use, a ' port to be - built in
Cuba for fishing fleets of both na
tions.
The docks and facilities` for 115
and 130 medium trawlers will be
in Havana Bay, Where Soviet
crewsr, would instruct - Cubans in
using .vessels equipped with'thod
ern electronic gear, :good for both
fishing and military- u.ses.
STATE DEPARTMENT press
officer Lincoln White told his
news conference the only informa
tion available so far was con
tained 'in Castro's announcement,
but added: "Any activity' of the
Soviet Union in Cuba is a matter
of concern to the United States.
"ThiS late: t Soviet attempt to
increase its involvement in Cuba
will be watOed closely by the
U.S. government to determine
whether and to what extent it may
affect our national security."
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Spanish Floods Kill 333,
Hundreds More Missing.
BARCELONA, Spain (UP)
Flash floods from drought-break
ing rainstorms ripped through in
dustrial centers of the Barcelona
ea early yesterdaY, killingliun
dieds-of people and destroying
many factories, horn e s and
bridges.
By: nightfall, more than,333
bodies had been reported recov
ered.
_Officials - said hundreds of
persions were missing.
The injured totaled at Least
1,000. Damage estimates ranged
Over $l4
— IT-. WAS THE worst natural
disaster in the modern history of
Spain. eclipsing the 1959 tragedy
that killed 300 in the villages of
Rivadelago in central Spain in
waters from a collapsing, dam.
The destruction centered in a
heavily populated industrial cbm
plot of roughly 150 square. miles
fanning north . and west of Barce
lona, a Mediterranean port of two
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1962
million that is Spain's chief In-.
dustrial and commercial city.
Fed by a nine-hour rainfall,
flood waters pushed ' along Iby
hurricane-force winds crumpled
indiistrial plants and cottages in
their path. Many persons died in
their :sleep as' their homes fell
under the combined force of
wind and water. Others 'died at
work, - trapped in collapsed:build
ings. i
z The racing waters swept more
than two ddzen bodies out to sea.
Harde:st hit was Tarrasa, an in
dustrial city of 120,000 in a hilly
region about 10 miles northwest
of Barcelona. In the evening res
cue ,workers said Tarrasa had ac
countedfor 150 of the bodies re
covered and predicted the town's
total. dead would pass 200.
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