STREET RIOTS IN CARACAS

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28766, 11 December 1958, Page 17

STREET RIOTS IN CARACAS

Opposition To New President

CARACAS (Venezuela), Dec. 10. Troops burled tear-gas shells last night to quell new demonstrations in Caracas by thousands of opponents of the Presi-dent-elect, Mr Romulo Betancourt. The demonstrations were begun on Monday .night by supporters of Rear-Admiral Wolfgang Larrazabal, whom Mr Betancourt beat in Sunday's Venezuela elections. , _ . ■, Mobs of screaming youths again poured into the streets last night after scattered incidents during the day, and troopers in gas masks and armed with sub-machine guns quickly rushed In to meet them. The police said they arrested 32 people during the demonstrations. Leaders of all political parties fear that a continuation of the rioting may encourage the Army to set up a new dictatorship. Earlier yesterday the ruling junta said it would stand with the voters* choice in Sunday's elections and threatened to suspend Constitutional rights, if necessary. MOSCOW QUOTES 4 , FILM STAR (Special Correspondent «XFA.) LONDON, December 9. .Moscow Radio, referring to thb “ignorance" of Western film stars, reports this: “From Jayne Mansfield: 'lf a journalist asks me who wrote Othello. I say Louis XIV or President Eisenhower. Obviously if I told the truth that it was Charles Dickens the effect would be nil? "