Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive
A Publisher Extra® Newspaper

Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 2

Location:
Corpus Christi, Texas
Issue Date:
Page:
2
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

2A CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER Wed May 5 1971 Reporter in Washington Says He Saw Police Clubbing Heads Related News Is on Page 1A Medics treated at least a dozen bloodied heads The clubbings quickly stopped and police oegan pick ing up the demonstrators and leading them' to waiting buses Policemen with 16 millimeter motion picture cameras and with Nikons wandered among the sitting group taking large numbers of photographs A man who resembled Atty Gen John Mitchell stood Reporters saw several demonstrators clubbed repeatedly br officers who made no lmmedi ate move to arrest them Reporters were close enough to see that the demonstrators had made no move to attack the police although they could not hear whether anything was said It was also clear that some of those clubbed had failed to move when police ordered them to to let anyone but newsmen leave Deputy Chief Davis told several demonstrators who questioned him as he walked through the area that the only way they could leave was up to the line and the men put you on one of those When the police lines first moved together there was a brief period of furious dub wielding Note: AP reporter Austin Scott was among a crowd of antiwar demon strators outside the Justice Department when police boxed them in on 10th St Here is his on-the-spot account of what happened By AUSTIN SCOTT WASHINGTON (AP) The police formed two lines stretching from building to building at opposite ends of the block and moved them slowly inward to form a large square Perhaps as many as 1000 protesters were caught inside once the police lines stopped moving After a brief period during which those who wished to leave were allowed out police refused PROTESTERS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM ABOVE Assistant A tty Gen Robert Mardian In window (AP Wlrophoto) Southwest Student es to Death From UT Tower briefly at a balcony window Pinking over the scene After a brief moment of panic at the beginning the mood within the biocked-off area turned festive with young people dancing barefoot in a conga line to an Improvised flute solo played by a young woman standing on one of the Justice concrete abutments The Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff members who marshaled the protesters into a march led them to the Justice Department and started off the rally there had disappeared The crowd had been sitting In the street listening to a long procession of speeches against the war and against American justice when they got their first word that trouble was brewing The master of ceremonies announced that he want to alarm anyone but lust been told the police are putting on their gas Instant confusion resulted Most people stood up despite repeated shouts to sit down by the man who had made the announcement Some pulled hand-kechlefs over their noses others headed for what looked like the nearest way out while still others shouted their determination to battle the police even though there loose brick or bottle In sight As the confusion mounted police moved in sound truck which announced must clear this area Immediately or be subject to At tills point police moved their lines in toward the center of the block As a series of pleas to came over the bullhorn the police exploded a tear gas cannister near the Pennsylvania Avenue end of the block and began their clubbing Once the police lines had moved in about 100 feet from each end of the block they stopped and the dubbing stopped and the atmosphere grew gradually more festive again One girl In purple shorts and bare feet kept dandng gaily in front of the police line flashing signs In the faces of the same officers who momenta before had dubbed Fred Calm of Poughkeepsie NY into a huddled heap on the ground is the time to lay our bodies down In front of the machine and stop it" the bullhorn roared am going to ask the press people to record the truth we were sitting here A bearded man in a wheelchair rolled himself up In front of police lines and waited quiet-y to be arrested People were loaded on buses a slow but steady stream Deputy Chief Davis told newsmen the arrests would continue until everyone in the compound except newsmen and photogra-ihers had been carted away What do they want you to asked Jeff Dopp of Washington DC tried to get out at both ends of both police lines rnt they let you Told that police had said there was no way out voluntarily he went back to kissing the girl next to him Hobby Eyes PossibleRun For Office Barnes Position Favored Says Son Of Ex-Governor DALLAS III William Hobby whose father was lieutenant governor and then governor of Texas said Tuesday he is considering strongly entering politics If he does he said in an interview on KDFW-TV he will run for lieutenant governor the position now held by Ben Barnes Barnes is expected to run for governor or senator in 1972 Hobby is president and executive editor of the Houston Post and is widely known In state circles He was in Dallas as head of an interim committee on welfare reform The newspaper executive said that if he runs it will be as a Democrat He said he will decide the next couple of months" whether to make the race His father William Hobby Sr died in 1961 He took over the Houston Post in 1939 Young mother Oveta Culp Hobby is chairman and editor of the Post Hobby became governor in one of most troubled Immediately after the impeachment of James Jim" Ferguson He became lieutenant governor in 1915 and was governor from Aug 25 1917 to Jan 18 1921 Oveta Culp Hobby was a clerk in the circulation department of the Post when she met the former governor She too has taken over top positions in critical moments She became the first chief of the Army Corps wheq women were Invited Into military service to free men to fight in World War II Mrs Hobby was secretar the new cabinet post of He Education and Welfare and suffered through the decision of whether to use the Salk polio vaccine She weathered the storm when a small portion of the vaccine from one pharmau-cetical company proved faulty The vaccine virtually wiped out the disease that killed or permanently crippled thousands AGENTS HAUL JOHN FROINES (STRIPED SHIRT) OFF TO JAIL demonstration leader arrested In Washington FBI Men Spot Package-In Crowd and Wrap Him Up Militant Jews Fight Blacks Brooklyn College Students Engaged In 2-Hour Melee NEW YORK (AP About 1000 Negro and Jewish students at Brooklyn College fought for two hours Tuesday with fists chairs rocks bottles end belt buckles Police said the militant Jewish Defense League leader Meir Kahane was behind the battling Two persons were hospitalized a 19-year-old Jewish student knocked unconscious with chair and a college security guard Several others were treated for minor Injuries Kahane currently is free cm $100 bond in a disorderly conduct case Involving a demonstration at the Soviet mission to the United Nations last year He also Is awaiting a third after two hung juries-on charges growing out of a JDL raid on the Rockefeller Center offices of the Soviet news agency TSss As police reconstructed the Brooklyn College Melee black stutons last Friday broke a Hebrew record that Jewish students were said to have played repeatedly on a jukebox to annoy black said one student After a speech at the college quadrangle Kahane heard Jewish complaints of the Friday incident and was quoted as telling the students: an right go over and give them a live About 100 Jewish students then moved on to the basement cafeteria of the six-story student union building The jukebox is in an alcove of the basement There Kahane's group reportedly started singing- As Mack students sought to leave pushing and shoving broke out Then chairs were flung and fists flew Word of the racial confrontation spread and large numbers of black students gatherer outside the building As the Jewish group began emerging bricks and bottles began to fly When police arrived they ormed a human barrier between the battling Macks and Jews bringing an end to the toting about two hours after it had broken out him! We have him! We have From the FBI: keep Froines like Davis was to receive a hearing and to be placed was under $25000 ball on the conspiracy charges Davis the block and lock them (demonstrators) up fr moving now be trying sUjMrat 'While arrest- agent: are the chances of pushing him in through the truck Another agent: have AUSTIN (AP) A Southwest Texas State University student plunged to his death Tuesday from atop the 231-foot observation deck of the University of Texas tower The university identified him as William Dunlap 21 of Dallas The deck was closed to visitors following the incident but should reopen Wednesday after the investigation a spokesman said University of Texas shares the grief of Mr family and mends in this tragic said Dr Bryce Jordan UT-Austin president ad interim Dunlap was a UT-Austin student from September 1188 until June 1969 Justice of the Peace Buck Smith ordered an autopsy and further investigation before ruling on the case It was from the tower's deck that Charles Whitman killed 16 and wounded 81 in a barrage of rifle fin Aug 1 1966 He was subsequently killed by police on the tower A uniformed security guard is on duty 24 hours daily on the 27th floor when visitors leave the elevator and take the stairs to the 28th floor and observation deck the university said When the deck is open a uniformed security guard is on duty then Two Charged In Nevada Fire Deaths LAS VEGAS Nev IB A California ex-convict and a Phoenix Ariz woman have been charged with murder in the April 23 burning deaths of a Las Vegas couple and their teen-age son Bamell Bishop 32 and Christian Elaine Jimmy 27 wen returned Monday from Reno Nev after ther arrest at gunpoint Saturday They wen booked for investigation of murder in the deaths of Albert Llzzio 60 his wife also 50 and a son John 14 also was booked for at- Ida als Bishop tempted murder of Jake Wright 46 the maintenance man at the Lizdo's dry cleaners Wright told police a gunman forced the Lizzios to open their released on bond Tuesday WEATHER SUMMARY DATA FURNISHID BY NATIONAL WIATHBR SHRVICB Now Ynfc Thaos Nsws Barytas nf WASHINGTON There was a note of surprise in an FBI voice as he reported on Justice Department radio fre-luency Tuesday that John froines was speaking to thousands of antiwar demonstrators right under Atty Gen John window Froines one of the even has been sought by federal Bureau of Investigation since Monday afternoon At that Ime he was charged alone with Bernard Davis a leader of Day protests here with interfere with the rights of commuters and with federal employes by disrupting traffic FBI code name is the radio transmissions revealed He was also called The is saying he came here not to surrender but to be pro- to 1 Albuqusrqu Htahtst tsmpsroturs tat II hours l- the moon Full Ashsvill Atlanta Blllnps Birmingham Bismarck 4 I rM 71 70 -72 71 ri ff 35 Full Last NsW' First 4111)116 40 53 45 41 71 Boston Buffalo Burlington Caspar Charleston SC 17 a May IS May 17 May 14 May 31 Moonrtso 1:10 pm Moonsat 1:11 am tomorrow 10 BOATING CONDITIONS INLAND BAYS AND LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI -The water will be choppy through tomorrow with southeasterly winds 15 to 28 miles an horn: and gusty early today diminishing to 10 to 18 miles an hour tonight and variable winds 8 to 18 miles an hour late tonight and tomorrow The water temperature at Port Aransas yesterday was 78 which usually contained (400 to then beat the four of them He said the gunman piled clothing around them doused it with cleaning fluid and set it ablaze Wright his clothing afire managed to escape but was hospitalized with second and third-degree burns The Lizzios were burned beyond recognition police said Bishop and Miss Jimmy were arrested in a vehicle bought in Reno Thursday under an assumed name Firemen called police when they saw Bishop drive by a fire station in a car described by a police bulletin Six squad cars of police closed in for the arrests Police said a second person was in the car in which the slayer fled from the burning it 44 47 3 47 51 40 41 47 57 2 51 47 2 3 45 Chartaton WVo 41 Charlotte NC 70 Chicago 54 Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus XThla 41 Danvar 71 Das Melnss 71 Datrelt 55 Duluth 47 Fargo 73 Groat Falls 74 Hslsna 70 Indianapolis 45 Jackson JWIss 77 Jacksonville 71 Kansas City 77 Las Vsgas 75 Uttls Rock 74 Las Angolas Loulsvllls 41 Memphis 71 Miami Beach 14 Milwaukee 51 Mlmaapolls-St Foul 70 Now Orleans 00 Now York 45 North Platte 70 Oklahoma City 02 Omaha 73 Orlando 10 Philadelphia 41 Phoenix 77 Pittsburgh 41 Portland Maine 50 Portland Ora 51 5a Ucfat 2 Reno 51 Richmond 74 St Louis 71 St Pstsrsburg-Tampa 77 San Diego 54 San Francisco 40 St Sto Marie 40 Seattle si Shravaport 03 Spokane 70 Tucsan 70 TEA Session Scheduled Here A briefing session for members of a classroom materials study group will be held in Corpus Christ! at 10 am tomorrow in the Educational Service Center The Texas study of public school instructional resources is being conducted under the auspices of the Texas Education Agency and involves a survey of the entire state George Lipscomb project director will head the five-man team of TEA specialists which will conduct the meeting here A separate orientation meeting for area school district superintendents will be held at 1 pm Pollution Action Asked Against Texas Company Assault Trial Here Nears Jury Study Judge Margarito Garza will make his charge to the jury this morning in the County Court et Law No 1 trial of Lonnie Ray Chapman Jr 25 of 1617 Peabody who is charged with aggravated assault on police officer Gilbert Lazo a city patrolman in the 1500 block of Ramirez last Sept 6 Chapman allegedly interfered with his arrest by Lazo and another policeman for alleged Intoxication a Jtt 54 100 57 41 41 41 II Manila 400 tagaagaaaasssaaasa I Piffii MOBEOW a4 pm Now DfIM gjn NIC a a a oa aa 70 aso 4 0 a 1 PH1s Oslo a it s400Bssiips-pbB 1 pjm POTll aaaaa aagiass as 74 pifii Roma pjn SOflO t'tssiasass 4 I Piffl Stockholm a salts a to 1 pun Sydney IS pn Til Aviv 1 pm Tokyo I I sin Vistula 1 pm Warsaw 1 pun 17 41 0 Avenue we want was the reply from inside the Washington field office a block away Radio-equipped agents In the crowd of more than 2000 demonstrators who knew Froines on sight or carried his deture followed for 15 minutes step ter along the Tenth Street aide of the Justice Department building between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues While agents were dispatched to each end of the block every movement was observed Package is wearing a green and rea striped shirt definitely a sport shirt with green and red vertical stripes1 one radio observer reported is crossing the street toward a green parked car with his arm around a man wearing a suede jacket and a straw Package is now moving east toward the came the radio reports standing south of the flagpole talking to a man with a bald head still with the man with the suede coat and the straw From Inside: all units anyone with any knowledge of Echo go the middle of the Mock the word from the PD (Police Department) is that going to pinch In from both ends 41 PAN AMERICAN Vf 71 47 47 Wichita Tuesday lows 35 3 75 WASHINGTON (II The Environmental Protection Agency asked the Justice Department Tuesday to prosecute a Texas chemical firm for water pollution EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus asked action under the 1899 Rivers and Harbors Act against Rohm and Haas Co plant at Deer Park Texas Re charged the plant was discharging 26009 pounds of ammonia 380 pounds of nickel and 17000 pounds of oxygen-consuming wastes each day into the Houston Ship Channel a tribu tary of Galveston Bay Huckelshaus said the discharges were in excess of the established state and that Rohm and Haas has no permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers to discharge wastes into the channel The 1809 law requiring permits had not been enforced until recently The Environmental Protection Agency created last December now Is preparing with the Cores to issue permits for the first time Rohm and Haas is the tenth company against which legal action was asked under the 1899 act the EPA said 17 Attempt To Escape Cost Him Honor Status St Croix Acapulco Barbados a 14 Barmuda Bogota Mii7)Miliili aa 7B 4 Cullacan 18 Havana II Kingston Maiatlan Si Msxlco City 11 Monterrey 71 Nassau 14 San Juan PR I Van Crus II 70 Tsjucalpa 44 54 3 3 44 SOUTH AMRNICA Asuncion I am Mentcvldao 7 oun Monlstes Mich and 34 at'Srond Rapids Mich Tussay hlqhs 77 at Wink Taxes and 74 at Larada Texas TRXAI AMIsns 71 Allcs 70 Alpine 71 Amarillo Austin Bsaumant Brownsvllls Chlldrsss Cslltga Station CORPUS CHRISTI Cotulla Dalhart Dalles 41 8 44 47 2 2 44 55 44 43 McAlltn Midland 7 Minora! Wills 17 Palacios San Anqolo 90 San Antonia TO Tytar It Victoria 15 Waco 55 W'ctilta Falls 71 Wink 77 S3 Dus from NATIONAL WtATHiM UNVlCt 40 NOAA US Dipt Of Commotto CANADIAN 73 71 4S 44 Rsglna 75 Toronto 57 Winnipeg 41 Vancouvar 57 leges as making purchases at the commissary attending shows recreation and going to the library prisoners receive these and other privileges Return of Privileges the end of the 30 days he will be reassigned to administrative Moore said means he will get back some of his privileges but he be able to associate with the general prison The maximum security section where Ray is confined in a single cell is separated from other cellblocks the warden said usually have anywhere from 10 to 12 men confined in this area for disciplinary Moore added Supplied Tools Roy Morelock cellmate who had been accused by Moore of supplying the tools used in the escape bid received the same disciplinary punishment as Ray Morelock was a member of the prison maintenance crew He la serving a life term as an habitual criminal In his brief hearing Ray made no statement other than his comment that the committee already knew what he had done admit to Moore declared a loner you Suffers Barns Ray suffered minor burns in the brief period before he emerged from the steam tunnel into the prison yard Ray had escaped from Missouri State Prison at Jefferson City in Aplrl 1967 by hiding in a bread and was still a fugitive from Missouri when King was shot But he had been regarded as a before episode Heretofore he has been housed in a cellblock along a corridor with 10 cells which have little confinement in the individual cells job was to carry food to other prisoners in his section has been treated like all other the warden said just a number more or less to the other inmates" King was shot at a Memphis motel on April 4 1968 PETROS Term (AP) -James Earl unsuccessful escape attempt cost him his status Tuesday as an prisoner In maximum security prison The Brushy Mountain Prison disciplinary committee consigned Ray confessed killer of Dr Martin Lulher King Jr to 30 days in a single cell and loss of prison privileges He is serving a 99-year term Ray 42 slipped through a hole he had hacked in his cell early Monday sawed a bar in an air chamber and got as far as a steam tunnel leading out of the prison compound Turned Back But the 400-degree heat in the steam pipes turned him back and his esespe bid was foiled in less than half an hour already know what Ray told the three-member committee which holds disciplinary hearings weekly at the prison no point in me saying Warden Robert II Moore said Ray lost for 30 days such privi 37 43 17 44 14 14 45 34 11 70 60 Showers Snew Flurries ED 45 45 45 JU Parked Gar Hit By Automobile Out of Control An automobile swerved out of control In the 400 block of South Shoreline and crashed into a parked car injuring three persons Saul Trevino Jr 20 driver of the southbound car and two passengers in his car Jose Luis Sanchez 21 and Leo po Ido Duque 19 all of 1418 Fifteenth were taken to Memorial Medical Center where they were treated and dismissed Traffic investigator Stivors said that car went out of control and hit another car belonging to Angelina Fricks of Gregory The parked car was unoccupied Anchbrags Fairbanks Junsau Honolulu FORECAST! HAWAIIAN 71 PORRION CITIRS J74 0II04SI04ISMI Amsterdam 1 pm FifuM Shew High TampMefunw Ixpgcftd Ftr Daytime Wednesday belated FrasipiuiiiA Npi lafflsBioff- Coniull Li iBasioBssiitataietB ssaaistasigBasisa Ankara Albans Auckland Bsrlln Birmingham Brusssta Cairo Casablanca a as ilt 1 pun 1pm Noen 1 pm I pm Copenhagen iiiimibmumm UUblhl MlltlMl'MISllMMi WEATHER FORECAST Rain Is forecast for Wednesday In Maine and thwumuch ot the central Mississippi and Missouri Starars are expected in the upper Great Lakes area the central Plains and the southern plateaus It will be warm In the Southeast and cool elsewhere (AP Wlrephoto Map) Rm Madrid Malta p-m 1.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

Publisher Extra® Newspapers

  • Exclusive licensed content from premium publishers like the Corpus Christi Caller-Times
  • Archives through last month
  • Continually updated

About Corpus Christi Caller-Times Archive

Pages Available:
2,027,760
Years Available:
1910-2024