The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 March 1965 — Page 5

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Guatemala Is Enjoying Boom r Foreign News Commentary * By Phil Newsom CPI Foreign News Analyst "L Almost unnoticed by the outside world, the small central American republic of Guatemala has for the last two years been enjoying an unprecedented economic boom. Part of the credit is given the interim government headed by Col. Enrique Peralta Azurdia. Colonel Peralta, a former defense minister, led a bloodless revolt which in March 1963, overthrew the government of Miguel Ydigoras Puentes. Much of the credit also 1 s

given to another littlepublicized force which is called the Central American Common Market composed of the five central American republics, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. This, in much the same manner as its better known counterpart, the European Common Market, seeks to abolish tariffs among the five and to coordinate efforts to develop agriculture and industry. In Guatemala its progress may be noted in well-stocked super markets w’hich stock canned and packaged goods labled “made in Central America.” As in most other Latin American nations, agriculture has not kept pace with developing

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industry. But In Guatemala, tor instance, efforts are being made to get away troy, a coffee economy. In 1963, coffee accounted for 55 per cent of total exports as opposed to 62.5 per cent in 1962. And within the Central American Common Market, Guatemala from mid-1963 to mid-1964 sold the equivalent of $24 million while importing just over $14 million. In 1959, exports to central American nations totaled just over $500,000 and imports something less than $2 million. Since 1950 Guatemala has been of special interest to the United States and a capsule of problems common to most Latin American lands. Many have the problem of a one-product economy, whether it be coffee, tin or copper. In Guatemala’s mountains, Communist • supported guerillas seek the overthrow of the government and finance themselves from the proceeds of robbery and kidnaping. And to the United States it has presented a problem also encountered in other Latin Americans nations—whether to insist upon the development of democratic institutions or to settle temporarily for a stability brought about by a military coup at the expense of democratic processes. By the latter route Col. Peralta came to power. The United States recognized him on the basis of tenative promises that national elections would be held in 1965. A constituent assembly now is working on a new constitution for Guatemala and Colonel Peralta says general elections may be held this year.

violence began — for whites and some Negroes. The plans of “the movement” — the name given to the civil rights drive by the demonstrators — now have become nflostly vague. Where demonstrators once dapped, shouted and sang songs In Brown’s Chapel AME Church, gathering place for the demonstrators, little children now sit In a ring of chairs studying their kindergarten lessons. The Alabama Journal of Montgomery made this point in an editorial: “We have waved the flag at the bull again and been trampled. Time after time, Alabama has played the fool’s game with the predictable consequences. But we seem to love it in some strange, masochistic way." Meanwhile, Selma waits.

Selma Citizens Holding Breath SELMA, Ala. UPI — Selma waits with trepidation today to learn what more can happen in this spring of discontent. Will it be a return to normalcy, or more violence?” A state of physical and mental tiredness hangs heavy over the town. It can be sensed among Negroes and whites alike. Even the weather seems to have gone awry, turning the skies black Monday and bringing tomadic winds, going from cold to damp to humid during the first week of spring. Aside from a few scattered marches — on the sidewalks | instead of the streets—and an occasional slight flurry of activity, the town is quiet for the : first time in 10 weeks. | To some observers, Selma has reached the breaking point when a return to more racial | violence could end the role that moderates have played in this town to keep violence at a minimum. A state of exhaustion can be felt here among the moderates, the strong segregationists, the demonstrators — among all who have marched, walked, prayed, sang, fought, bled, or shrunk from the turmoil. On one thing almost everyone is agreed: Selma will not be the same again. Out of the unrest and the violence has emerged a proposed voting rights bill now pending before Congress. One move by Negro leaders, who have mentioned it as a possibility, could push the town headlong into turmoil again. That would be a march to the quiet tree-lined streets of a : white residential area. “When they start marching on your home, don’t call the | sheriff, call the coroner,” one official said grimly. Authorities report that gun I permits “by the hundreds” 'have been filled out since the

Group Calls On Gov. Wallace MONTGOMERY, Ala. UPI— George C. Wallace, the segregationist governor of Alabama, yesterday "cordially and courteously” received an interracial civil rights delegation which asked him to end police brutality against Negroes. It was the first meeting the governor has granted such a

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The 16 civil rights leaders, all but one a Negro, also asked Wallace for a more liberal policy of registering Negro voters removal of the poll tax. Wallace, who met with the group in his office at the Capitol, did not comment immediately on the meeting with the delegation he had previously refused to see. A spokesman said the group asked Wallace to “use his great power of leadership to bring peace to our state.”

Staggering Debt Seen By GOP WASHINGTON UPI — GOP members of the House Ways & Means Committee charged today that President Johnson’s medical care program could cripple the Social Security system by loading it with a staggering debt. ! They also claimed the insurance program was inadequate because it did not cover all i prescribed drugs or provide for financing long illnesses. The legislation, approved by the committee last week, proposes a compulsory hospital insurance program under Social Security for persons 65 or over. This would be financed by raising payroll taxes. It also included an optional insurance plan, which could be purchased for $13 a month, to cover doctor bills for the elderly. The government would match this contribution. The eight Republicans who voted against the program in committee aimed their biggest blasts at the Social Securieyfinanced portion of the pro-

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They claimed that a GOP alternative proposal — a voluntary plan to provide hospital and medical insurance for the elderly — would do a better job at less cost. Their minority report said the plan would impose on today’s workers a $35 billion liability for hospitalization benefits for persons now over 65. “This shifting of $35 billion liability from those presently retired to the active work force cannot be reconciled on the basis of “ability to pay,” the GOP report said.

grants to Indiana University for comprehensive planning programs were announced Tuesday by the Housing Home Finance Agency and Urban Renewal. One is $17,390 covering twothirds of the cost of work in Miami and Warren Counties. Others are $5,920 covering three-fourths of the cost of work in Linton and $4,938 for three-fourths of the cost of work in Corydon.

The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana Wednesday, March 31, 1965

pital and transferred to Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis was Chester Dennis 1 Sykes, Jr., also of Bedford, the driver of an auto which witnesses said veered across the center line and crashed into the truck.

Man Killed In Flaming Crash MARTINSVILLE UPI— one man was killed and another critically injured Tuesday when a collision on Indiana 37 about four miles south of here caused a gasoline tank truck to explode. Police identified the victim as Oliver E. McGuire, 54, Bedford, the driver of the truck. He was trapped in the cab and was burned to death. Taken to Morgan County Hos-

Indonesia May Have A-Bomb KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — An Malaysian official says that Red China was helping Indonesia develop an atomic bomb. Ghazali Shafie, permanent sec-

retary of the External Affairs Ministry, made the statement in a speech prepared for delivery to the Malaysian Scientific Association. Ghazali did not give any source for his information. He is known, however, to receive regular intelligence reports from Indonesia.

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