Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 17, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Kiai pass. Won May. Riser teary it. Face 4 Tori edtion topples Sicily to. I. _ by Barrett Meg urn Rome special Nyht communism s biggest foothold in West Ern Europe was undermined tues Day with the resignation of the Silvio Milazzo government in Sicily. The resignation came 24 hours Ludovico Carrao or. Milazzo s chief aide was accused of of Fering in bribes and three government positions in Exchange for three votes in the 90-Man Cilian parliament. Or. Milazzo was the former Christian democratic party Mem Ber who became regional presi Dent of Sicily one and a half years ago with the help of communists and others in parliament. They were an ill assorted group United by a common desire for Power Bulky Little else. Under or. Milazzo the common fats for the first time in a de Cade had begun taking Over mans key positions in a Large and Strate Zic area. Sicily has 10 per cent of lie italian population and Domin ates the Central Mediterranean. Tvo fears the Milazzo government caused two fears one that Sicily with its traditional yearning for Independence might become a soviet Pawn in the heart of South Europe s creat sea the other that Milazzo meaning a collaboration by communists and various ambitious splinter groups might creep North through the rest of Italy. The collapse of coalition came after carmelo Sant Alco accused or. Carrao of offer
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