The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 195, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 29, 1962 Page: 4 of 22
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A - THE ABILENE REPORTERNEWS
A Abilene, Texas, Saturday Morning, December 29, 1962
U.S. Shares
In Payment
Of Ransom
WASHINGTON tAPl-The Unit-
ed States government, through
loss of tax revenue, will share
substantially in the cost of pay-
ing the ransom that brought the'
1,113 Bay of Pigs prisoners back
- from Cuba.
' The exact cost to the Treasury
| and thus to the taxpayers may
be in,possible to determine Bull
one official. Mitchell Rogovin of
the Intertal Revenue Service, es-
timated Friday that the tax loss.1
at the highest, could reach $201
million, spread over three years
Rogovin added in an interview,
that the loss could be less. He
stressed he considered it a loss 1
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FOUR FLASHING SECONDS — Both the skaters in this picture are Petra Bur- relief or community fund drives,
ka. shown in four flashing seconds of movement from a simple spin (left) to a cam- the government loses tax revenue
el iright). Lights attached to her left foot and right wrist trace her movements, through income tax deductions
Miss Burka, Toronto figure skater, is expected to be a top contender in this sea- Rogovin, who is counsel to the
sons Canadian North American and world championships. (AP Wirephoto) commissioner of internal revenue.
was a member of Atty Gen Reb-
ert F. Kennedy’s four-man team
that managed the government s'
SPORT
OATS
Castro Brags About Cuba
During Tour by Americans
role in the deal that sent millions
of dollars worth of drugs, foods 1
and other supplies to Fidel Cas-
tro’s Cuba.
Here is how Rogovin figures the
possible tax loss to the govern-
ment: Fidel Castro received $53
million worth of goods
But, Rogovin said, this is the
By JOE McGOWAN JR. tro’s mood shifted like the hues The tour came about after Cas-
MIAMI. Fla (AP) — Dr. Fidel of the beautiful Havana sunsets tro had told the .Americans to
Castro Ruz is a man of immense from immense happiness to si- make themselves at home in Ha-
personal magnetism quickly lent, moody thought and on to vana and to go sightseeing if they_______________
changing moods and with an ap- boredom which produced a few wanted Prettyman mentioned he of labor, packing, and transporta
parently sincere dedication to im-stifled yawns would like to see the home of the
prove the lot of “el pueblo,” his At times Castro was in the mid-late author Ernest Hemingway,
people. - die of the conversation, asking who spent many of his winters on
He demonstrated all of the questions, bragging of accomplish- his farm in the Havana suburbs.
above to four Americans when he ments, and detailing plans for the ’Come with me,” replied Cas- . . .
took them on an automobile tour future Moments later he would tro, and the tour was under way companies can deduct only the
IUOA , --.laenla wralia na nharitshla ann.I
of Havana last Sunday. be staring blankly at the country- Boerum, Castro and a soldier-
The Cuban prime minister ap- side, his thoughts apparently else- chauffeur wearing a sidearm rode
parently hid nothing from the vis- where. in the front seat of the late-mod-
iting Yankees. His tour ranged The tour started from the dock el American automobile with
from slum areas to the ultramod-
where the American freighter Scheele, myself and Dr. Rene Val-
value of the goods to Castro on
the docks at Havana. The costs
tion are included.
Rogovin estimated that the total
wholesale value of the goods—be.
fore they left the manufacturers-
would be $40 million. He said the
wholesale value as charitable con-
tributions.
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ment East Havana,
He bragged about accomplish-
ments of his revolutionary gov-
ernment which on Jan. 2 cele-
brates its fourth anniversary; he
acknowledged certain problems
yet to be overcome; and he teased
the Americans about Soviet pres-
ence in Cuba.
During the two-hour tour, Cas-
African Pilot arrived with $11 mil- lejo, a Castro confident, in the
lion worth of ransom supplies for back.
Under the tax laws, all compa-
nies may deduct five per cent of
their income for charity but no
more than that. If a company
does not use its full deduction,
it can add the remainder to its
allowed deducton in the next two
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freedom of the Bay of Pigs. inva- Prettyman rode in a second car
sion prisoners with four soldiers armed with pis-
Castro appeared shortly after tols and submachine guns. A third
the ship docked and was intro-car filled with armed men fol-
duced to ship Capt Alfred Boe- lowed, have $40 million less income to I
rum, former U.S. Surgeon-Gener- The tour passed the Cuban fish-tax. The assumptions 1
al Leonard Scheele, Washington ing port being constructed with 1. The companies would have I
attorney E. Barrett Prettyman soviet aid and which came under sold toe $40 million worth of 1
Jr., and myself, fire in the United States as a roods if they had not contributed I
t. possible submarine base. Castro it
DONOVAN REPORTS identified it and said, "You may. 2. The companies will list all 1
have read about this ” their contributions within the five 1
He explained that the port per cent deduction sometime be- 1
would provide processing facil-fore 1964. 1
ities for Soviet fishing trawlers so Since the corporate income tax I
they would not have so far to go is 52 per cent, the government I
with their catches, thus wouid lose about $20 million I
■ r 1 O And he pointed out the Cubans in tax revenue.
■ MA o would take advantage of the facil - ------------------------11
I Bl d DO k . ities for their own fishing indus .
• try. LE
LAKE PLACID. N.Y. (API That cash pledge had been AL. Herinewax s aho peinCastre • 120 TICS
Attorney James B. Donovan said made in April by the Cuban explained how it was
Friday that the 1.113 Bay of Pigs Families Committee for the libe- Upon reaching east Havana - • 1 -
prisoners were released without ration of the prisoners of war to Castro stepped from his car and | ayian
any last-minute hitch on the part obtain the release of more sen Cairo h d ( the touring Troup LGVIGU 11 VI V
of Cuba's Fidel* Castro ously wounded captives. Donovan pointing out a new sc hoof. Shop:
Donovan, as counsel for the said, adding that the pledge pre- ping center, and the apartment Fines totaling $155 were levied
Cuban Families Committee, nego- ceded his talks and was nego- buildings under construction by County Court - at - Law Judge!
tiated the prisoner exchange for table. Word of Castro's presence Theo Ash Friday after four pleas 1
$53 million worth of food and Some pledges of money by peo- spread with the ocean breeze in of guilty,
drugs.- He declared also that Cas-ple in the United States had been minutes a swarm of two or three Jack H Stroope, 209 E. N 14th 1
tro never demanded an anti-inva- withdrawn during the missile hundred persons had crowded was fined $100 for driving without I .
sion pledge from the United crisis between Cuba and the Unit-around trying to touch Castro’s an operator's license Two alleg I
States, led States. Failure to redeem uniform or shake his hand ed prior convictions were dismis-1
Donovan, who is vacationing at them would have jeopardized his As the tour swung back toward sed. . I
this resort, said he wanted to set hopes of freeing the remaining the. city. Castro told of new hos- Juanita Moncibaiz. 1617 Mes- 1 1
the record straight on this and prisoners before Christmas, Dono- pitals and of doctors being quite, was fined $5 for check- 1 1
other matters about the negotia- van said. trained to staff them He told also swindling involving a $11.36 check ■
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As the tour swung back toward sed.
pass and of doctors being quite, was fin'd $5 for check-
trained to staff them He told also swindling involving a $11.36 check
Consequently, he asked the of many new schools, of great given Furr5 Dec. 19.
D. N. Fletcher, no address list-
year ed, was fined $25 on a check-!
er Jcung .a.cu. swindling charge involving a $15
------—.._________. The cars bounced down a wide check given the T G Carter
Kennedy and Gen Lucius D new highway whose surface was Service Station Oct. 2*
Clay. Donovan said I badly torn up in a field on one Royce Othel A
Donovan said he gave Castro side of the highway about 400 So- Top Courts, was
tions. 1 .
From the start Donovan said in committee to renew its efforts to strides in eliminating illiteracy
an interview he made clear to raise the money and the commit- He said 5.030 teachers a .
Castro that he was not authorized tee did so largely because of the were being trained
to represent the United States in efforts of Atty. Gen. Robert F ~ *
any manner and couldn't even Ke--dy and Can I......* " - — - — -c
diauiss US foreign policy or Clay, Donovan said badly torn up in a field on one Royce Othel Sutton, Blue 1
doles Donovan said he gave Castro side of the highway about 400 So-Top Courts, was fined $25 11
He said he made it clear at assurances the cargo was as viet tanks were parked in a line on a charge of driving with his
the start of negotiations that he promised and then suggested that Castro said the highway surface license suspended He was arrest,
went to Cuba only as a repre if the Cubans still had doubts they had been ruined when the tanks ed by city police at 8:50 pm.
sntative of a humanitarian seg. could send three men from their Practiced for participation in the Thursday in the 700 block of Am-
ment of the American public Red Cross to make sure Jan. 2 celebration of his govern-bier. . .
Castro understood that the New It was not a Castro demand but ment’s anniversary He said the In other action Floyd C. Town-
York lawyer said a Donovan suggestion that led to road would be repaired send. 535 Booker T Washington,
There have been some other the inspection, the lawyer added Castro spoke mostly in Spanish, was charged with driving without
misconceptions of his role in the Donovan assured Castro he had a using Vallejo as an interpreter an operator’s license on Tuesday,
negotiations Donovan said He plane in Havana to carry the Cu-However, occasionally he spoke in A check - swindling charge
said it was reported erroneously ban trio to Florida and the offer ragged English... against Thomas R. Vernon, 309
that Castro changed his demands ‘- - " - - ” "" "'
at the last minute to include a
demand for a cash payment of
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. against Thomas R. Vernon. 309
was accented He was asked if he saw an im-Shelton, was dismissed due to in-1
Dooovan made plain there is no provement in relations bet ween sufficient evidence The charge I . TXT A A T 1 CACTTMUDT
disagreement of any kind with the Cuba and the United States involved a $22 22 check giv-l W( O Iand CASH TH
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Donovan said he was being be- hero.
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in institutions of people
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