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CALLER Thun Sept IS 1954 WISH GRANTED Stevenson Asserts GOP KIDNAP NUECES Continued from Fagei 1 Continued from Psge 1 Border Patrol Not a Party But a Brawl Crazed Gunman Urges Officers -To Kill Him and Goldsmith made headlines early this year when they eloped to Scotland "The child baa been with my mother-in-law at a hotel fat Ver Goldsmith said when readied by telephone at a Paris hotel following rumors that the little girt had been kidnaped "Today when I went out to aee Will Be Hiked of American boys murdered la Korea Stevenson told the meeting the Republican "hatchet men will conduct the smear attacks on the flunk while the President delivers that Sen Neely over in West Virginia calls his little "But I have a feeling and I think Maine confirmed it that our people are tired of this unending diet of fqual portions id niceness nonsense and nastiness" ser Cit rail her my baby and her nurse had disappeared with their baggage" Goldsmith said "1 have filed a complaint against an unknown person or persons charging El Paso Training School To Send Permanent Men cal systems Jail equipment Installation id air conditioning and anchoring the roof trim now considered to be a safety hazard The survey report said the floor area can be increased by adding two four-story wings on the north and south sides of the building Construction of a wing on the south side however would cut off the prevailing breezes necessitating air conditioning the first four floors the report said Other inadequacies of the building include a considerable waste of space in hallways which contains about 32 percent of the floor area occupied by offices need for three more elevators insufficient toilet facilities poor acoustics resulting in a high noise level and an inadequate snack bar The survey recommends that "in view of the expenditure id nearly a half million dollars necessary to remodel a building already 40 years old it would be well to give serious consideration to toe possibility of securing a new site and constructing a new Little Rock neighborhood by brandishing a 32 caliber rifle and then wandered into the backyard of the home of Mr and Mrs Lynn He accosted Mrs Lynn in the yard and ordered her into the house A neighbor heard the commotion in the yard and called police A dozen officer surrounded toe house and called to the man to surrender He shouted back for the police to come get him saying he wanted to die He pushed Mrs Lynn out onto the front porch and covered her with the rifle Patrolmdn Gene Smith fired as Mrs Lynn purposely fell to the lawn "Thanks fellows that's good Long said Just before he died LITTLE ROCK Ark Sept 15 IB crazed gunman holding a woman hostage today asked policemen to kill and then thanked officers as he lay dying on the woman's porch Long 42 an escapee from the Arkansas State Hospital held a housewife captive in her home and shouted to police: "Come and get me I want to Then he marched the woman onto her front porch The hostage Mrs A Lynn deliberately fell to the lawn and a policeman immediately shot Long four or five times According to police Long escaped from the mental institution today terrorized people in a West TAX RATE Continued from Page 1 By ELEANOR MORTENSEN Galtor-TImee Staff Writer McALLEN Border Patrol strength in the Rio Grande Valley in the future will be greater than the 150-man force regularly assigned here in the past but how stronger still is a secret Periodically in past yean and particularly during summer cotton the judgeslect that their salaries are only 86500 a year compare with the 88500 to other elected "The child is in a serious critical condition and she may die if not properly cared for" Goldsmith said his voice husky with emotion "She 'is suffering from anoxemia (a blood disorder) caused by the unusual circumstances of her birth" "My private detectives and French police are watching all frontier points" he said VI am asking the press to help me by spreading the report id toe kidnaping ao people will be on the lookout for the Young- and Schraub both said tneir toll would be giving BATCHELOR Gulf Coast Tourist Continue from Page 1 Group Is Organized SPY they time to their new duties and would be unable to continue their private law practices thus being dependent entirely on the salary of the office Other Requests Heard Other budget requests heard yesterday indude those of Constable elect Mobley of Precinct 1 Country Treasurer Neva McGregor Road District No 4 Constable A Glenn of Cal-allen and Justices of the Peace Patrick Dunne and A Gil-Icland A temporary park budget to the Padre Island Park system was heard but probably will be taken up later with members of the park board Confined from Page 1 Justice Department also declined any comment on them reports dent of the North Belch Associated of Corpus Christi treasurer director one from each county are Dutch Melton Aransas County Pat Kendle San Patricio County Gum-mett Nueces County and three directors at large Ed Winton of Aransaa Pass Looney of Gregory and Asher of Carpus Christi A group of about 35 persons from four counties met in Rock-port list night and organized the South 1 Texas Gulf Coast Association to publicize this area as a tourist area Cash Asher a member of the organization said The sole purpose of the organization Is to promote and publicize Nueces Calhoun San Patricio and Aransas Counties Asher said Temporary officers named last night to serve until Jan 1 are Tom Roper of Rockport president Grady West of Rockport secretary Pickert presi- Office Worker Listed The survey lists the existing offices and personnel of the courthouse their inadequacies and proposed future requirements For instance in commenting on the tax assessor-collector's offices the report said it is inefficiently arranged being sepa-ated into isolated units disconnected by public halls and located on different floor levels with desk space to only 25 of the 40 employes Future needs include more than doubling employment and greatly increasing office space all in one The survey recommends greatly increased facilities for six district courts (there pre four) paying particular attention to better acoustics and facilities to Juries Similar comments and proposals to all other departments in the courthouse are included in the TRUCK? The new organization employed a full time manager Row-and at asalary of 85400 a year Rowand previously lived in Corpus Christi and was recently assistant manager of the Oregon Post Association Continued from Page I CINCINNATI Sept 15 (AP)-Adlal Stevenson 1952 Democratic candidate to the presidency said tonight Republican Party is not a party it's a brawl and an awkward instrument of Calling himself "a traveling politician from hr told a flO-a-plate Democratic rally: 'No wonder then that at their caucus here in Cincinnati a few days ago Mr (vice president) Nixon urged hip warriors to scared' and direly predicted that the Republican Flirty would bo dead as a dodo if it lost this Not Working So Well Just before that statement Str nxon had said: the past months I think we have all sensed that things have not been going well that government is not working as it should The Republicans did not of course plan things this way They did not want a great Communist victory in Indochina or the evaporation of American influence in the world or the disintegration of our alliances they hoped for the liberation of the satellites and unification of Western Europe and in that hope we all joined them "They did not want the highest living costs and the lowest farm prices all at the same time They did not want an increase in unemployment They hoped to the liberation of the satellites and unification of Western Europe and in that hope we all joined them "They did not want the blgh-est living 'costs and the lowest farm prices all at the same time They did not want an increase in unemployment They hoped to prosperity full employment and national unity and we all shared those hopes too Eager Promises "They may not even have intended to repudiate ao many id the eager campaign promises of 1952 And certainly they did not want the degrading Army-McCarthy spectacle that preoccupied the nation and revolted the world all spring they hoped to provide a leadership of which we could all be proud and though we Democrats had our doubts we wished them well for the country needs and the times demand firm resolute and elevated leadership "The Republicans didn't want these things to happen but they did Stevenson said that "pollsters report that if every citizen of vot-ing age was required to register right now as a Democrat or Republican the Democrats would outnumber the Republicans by nearly 20 He continued: "The press reports that the vice president's advice to his Republican associates (at the Cincinnati workshop meeting) was to stay out of debate to say if anyone says 'Dulles' and answer any charge that the President plays too much golf with the snappy comeback that Harry Truman played pokpr Play Ppnxinalittm "In short signals for the second half of the great crusade are to play personalities keep the air full of dust and above all don't discuss the issues "We have not forgotten Gov (Thomas E) shrill and repulsive advice to think of the Democratic Party when you think BRIEFS Brownell has named lamer as an associate of the late Harry Dexter White whose name figured imminently In last years controversy over a spy ring said by the attorney general to have operated in the Roosevelt and Truman administrations Browpell said at file timelt had been impossible to prosecute White and others because the evidence against them was obtained through wiretapping and thus was not admissible in federal courts lamer has been named by Elizabeth Bentley self-described ex-courier for the Russians In World War n'as belonging to one of two spy apparatuses then operating In Washington The current investigation also reportedly is looking into another spy network said to have been active at the Berkeley (Calif) Radiation Laboratory and still another which allegedly obtained information from nuclear scientists at Columbia University ami toe University of Chicago Confirmed from Pago 1 "brain-washing puts the victim In a state of mind to think that the things he was doing were the moat patriotic'" GoL Manes then asked: "Will the testimony be to the effect that Batchelor was under a mental condition which would excuse his acts under any law is we now know it or would it be something entirely Westbrook replied: "It would show that a psycho-neurotic condition had bren created a condition of a specialized sort that did not have the well-known symptoms of psycho-neurosis" He said he expected Meerto to testify that "brain-washing produced a 'state of mlpd' to where the subject will accept suggestions not realizing What lay behind CoL Manes asked: "Will Meerlo's testimony be that because of brain-washing Batchelor suffered malfunctions of his mental system which deprived him of his ability to determine right from wrong?" The colonel noted this was a legal definition of insanity Westbrook replied: "I want to make it clear that while that may he' the legal definition of Insanity It is not our contention that this situation produced a state of insanity In my opinion he will testify that Batchelor had an Induced state id mind of such a nature for all practical purposes (as) not to be able to recognize that his actions were Todays witnesses were Adams Sgt Robert Collett 25 Onawa la stationed at Fort MacArthur Calif and Edward Clevenger 22 Salem Ore now a civilian All were in POW camps with Batchelor and aU testified Batchelor sought Improved living conditions In the camps survey Site In Quest tun Advisability of using the land now occupied or Immediately adjacent to it to a new building cannot be determined until plans to the high-level bridge are complete the advisory committee Border Patrol brought In additional manpower to dean out as many wetbacks as it could in a short time These brief hit-and-miss drives were conducted mainly during cotton picking months a time when toe population waa swelled considerably by the influx of wetbacks The additional patrolmen worked with toe regular Valley staff of 150 men but no concentrated all-out drives were initiated However on July 15 of this year the Patrol on orders from Immigration CommiadoneraJoseph Swing launched Operation Wetback with toe aim of clearing the Valley permanently of aU Illegal aliens Border Patrolmen Iran stations In various parts of toe nation were transferred to the Valley sector on temporary assignment to assist with the minutely planned operation No nfHrtai count on the number of men brought In was announced by Patrol officials but the estimate ranged from 300 to 500 Harlon Carter chief of the Border Patrol branch of the Immigration and Naturalization Service at Washington came to toe Valley to direct the wetback drive in its initial phase Since then the command has changed hands several times and at present rests with Kirk chief inspector from Del Rio Petrol officials admit that some of the men temporarily assigned to the Valley for the drive have been sent back to their original stations but no figure has been released However new recruits all graduates of the Border Patrol Training School at El Paso have been assigned to this area in recent weeks The first such graduating class arrived in late August Patrol officials said that future graduates of the El Paso school will be sent to the Valley and that the training program at the school has been stepped up cutting the length of training from eight to six weeks To offset the loss training programs within Patrol sectors such as the Valley have been accelerated to give the new recruits as much on-the-job training as possible during their one-year probationary period following graduation from toe El Paso school ill tl tj 4: 11 i i i 1:1 i North Carolina and Oklahoma informed Supreme Court Clerk Harold Willey they wish to present their views when new arguments are heard sometime in the fall The question for debate then Is how and when the tribunal should order desegregation of white and Negro pupils Other FUa Asher said toe organization will assess its members a fee according to the size id the business ranging from 815 a year up Asher said there are 2000 prospective members at least in the area Any business which caters to tourists will benefit from the organization's activity Asher said A meeting will ba held In the next month Asher said that a tentative budget of 820000 has been set up to the period to Jan 1 and that there is already enough money the kitty" to start the ball rolling Asher said that Oscar Krauss of North Beach in Corpus Christi headed the committee which or- three types of vehicles Nobody seemed to know to sure although it was believed such comparisons had been made Kings Asks Delay King obviously irked by the muddled state of affaire suggested that the council not make the award until next week and that in the meantime somebody get some information on the three vehicles Representatives of the two lower-priced vehicles said they could have their trucks here any time to a comparison Both groups said they would welcome com-petative tests with the Pak-Mor truck McClure said after the meeting that the Seal-Pak garbage body would bold 20 cubic yards while the Pak-Mor truck against which it was compared waa only a 12-yard vehicle McClure said the new Pak-Mor trucks he waa recommending would hold 15 yards The city also said that Hyde-Pak failed to meet liquid content of the city specifications However Frank Rhinehart a representative id Hyde-Pak said his firm's vehicle fell short of the liquid content requirement by only a fraction of 1 percent Officials To Crack Down on Speeders In Peary" Place Arkansas Tennessee Maryland and Texas also notified Willey they wished to file of the court" briefs later The court clerk said It waa not clear whether these states and Texas also wished to take part in file oral arguments and he planned to ask them to clarify the point If they wish to take part they will be permitted to do so on the basis of the notices received Mobley said 'that from the information he had it appears the new bridge would terminate near the present building location The committee said land to a new building should be chosen on the basis of land costs availability of parking space and convenience to the public Mobley said the advisory committee would meet again soon to continue discussions mi a new building site Other members of the committee are Conway Craig Sorrell and Lon Hill all of Corpus Christi True of Bishop Hieko Groeneveld of Aqua Dulce and Wade Hill of Robstown ganized the association and Mary Juregenn secretary-manager of the Rockport Chamber of Commerce assisted him as secretary The association will conduct a nation-wide campaign Asher said Test Debated A petition signed by 100 Peary Place residents recently has resulted In a crackdown by Navy and Flour Bluff officials on speeders in that area Beginning yesterday all violators whether picked up by the Navy or civilian police will be taken before Justice of the Peace Johnny Roberts at Flour Bluff They will face a minimum fine of plus court costs of 81250 The speed limit at Peary Place is 12 miles an hour Navy and civilian traffic patrols in the area have been increased to provide better traffic coverage For Robstown Squally Area Heads Toward Gulf Coast adc A an eas Cot ing ft wht Get aba Jac the red a Juz gn ye thn 83 for one wet Bai Bo Cli sofa fra inji stn chi dez allc loo pin tn the Chi yei niz am mo bal 1 pai wh art out the Tui vai Frl prt yei loo sig nu chi 6 A Pr Ch at Sa be lot sic a tie lei tie to lei Ct Mi thi thi ch co ch I VI Ul Testimony Begins In Accident Suit School Roof British Columbian Labor Leader Slain GaDer-Time News Service A spokesman to the state said at Nashville today Tennessee filed its notice merely to protect toe state's right to Intervene if it finally decided to do ao Boycott Planned Georgia Atty Gen Eugene Cook said in Atlanta that three other southern states were Joining Georgia in boycotting the hearings And Bernard Sykes Alabama's acting attorney general said that state would file no brief because it might or morally" obligate Alabama to conform immediately with any order the Supreme Court might issue Cook said he had been authorized by the governors of South Carolina Mississippi and Louisiana to say their states would have nothing to do with the hearings ROBSTOWN Trustees of the VANCOUVER Sept 15 A 43-year-old labor union official and head waiter was slain today by "gangster style" killers who left his bullet-punctured body on a golf course The victim was Daniel Brent head waiter at a private liquor dub Man Seriously Hurt in Accident On Workover Rig GRAF Continued from Page 1 Testimony began yesterday in llTUi District Court In the damage suit of Riggin against Cedi Baker over a traffic accident Dec 18 1952 at Hunter Lane and Highway 9 Riggins seeks 830250 for injuries received by his wife in the accident plus 8750 damages to his automobile Baker has filed a cross-action for J1700 damages to his auto The jury hearing the case before Judge Cullen Briggs is composed of Walter Goss Keeck John Speer Robert Ethcrington Charles Roberts Jr Clade Dee Davis John Vietnamese Army Squabble Cools Off Robstown school system met Wednesday night to discuss a proposed test of the roof of an addition to Hattie Martin Elememtary School but the board refused to say what decision had been reached Contacted after the meeting Superintendent Banks said that a decision had been reached but that no statement would be released Frank Drought of San Antonio consulting engineer to the architects proposed that a static weight load be placed on the concrete roof slab to test it Trouble with new buildings began earlier this summer when the roof slab of another school building under construction collapsed This collapse waa officially diagnosed as being caused by high winds Since the roof slab to which the test is proposed is of the same design as the one which collapsed it was felt that some test of the strength should be made 1 By The Associated Press Small craft warnings were up alxig parts of the Louisiana Gulf Coast Wednesday night aa a widespread squall area headed toward laid The upper Texas coast was expected to get squally weather by Thursday night The Weather Bureau said the sham area was too general to be pinpointed but ordered the small craft warnings hoisted from Mobile Ala to Lake Charles La The fringes of the storm were expected to reach from toe Texas coast to Florida -Meanwhile Texas basked under hot cloudless skies all day Wednesday No rain was reported sod only two points reported afternoon temperatures outside the 90-degree range Presidio had an even 100 and Marfa only about 70 mites away an 84 Other temperatures in Texas Wednesday Included: College Star tom 99 Dallas Victoria Wichita Falls Lufkin Mineral Wells and Tyler 98 Austin and Waco 97 Houston 96 Abilene San Antonio and Beaumont 95 Amarillo and Paso 93 Midland Brownsville Dalhart and Corpus Christ! 92 Galveston 91 and Lubbock 90 A McKinney 2L 2811 South Port was seriously Injured about 6 pm yesterday in an oil rig accident McKinney was still in the emergency operating room at Memorial Hospital at 11:30 am and his condition was described as "very He was employed as a roughneck on a workover rig owned by Bailey Well Service Co on a wen off Highway 9 Fellow workers said a tope caught arm pulling It around a pipe and breaking it In several places June id last year The Job pays 89000 a year and is one of the most important In the city government Graf said he had no Immediate plans except for toe management of his farm in toe Nueces River Valley and of ml estate which he owns here He also said he will be looking to a Job Before Joining the city staff Graf worked with a truck equipment firm was with the firestone Rubber Co and the White Motor Co serving at one time as special assistant to the president of toe White Motor Co McKleen A Bratton likes Paul Ross Bomer and Pompeyo Valdez SAIGON Indochina Sept 15 A government crisis raised by Premier Ngo Dinh desire to get rid of the Viet Nam army's chief of staff Gen Nguyen Van Hinh simmered down today after a conference between the two Interviewed at his villa Hinh said he would agree to a vacation but that he refused to be exiled to Paris which is the way he interpreted an order from the premier last Friday Instructing him to fly to France to a six-month study period Absentee Vote Still Slow on Annexation Two Persons Charged With Petty Theft Shop 9:30 to 5:30 or call 42871 at Wilcox OPEN Your Homc-Qwfted Store for 80 Year Absentee -voting in the Sept 25 annexation and bond vote continued slow yesterday A total of 27 votes had been cast on the annexation Issue and 25 on the 841 million bond issue Two voters who voted to annexation weds not qualified to vote on the bond Issue Deadline to voting at the City Hall la Sept 2L Two persona were charged In County Court at Law with petty theft yesterday Felipe Sauceda 1209 Mary was charged with stealing a 81425 watch from Hertlnda Colunga and Earl Cordell address listed as the boat Southern Joy charged with stealing a 828 pistol from Floyd Smith (J Soldiers To Eat Korean-Grown Pears SEOUL SepL 15 (AP)-U-S soldiers will soon be eating Ko-reuntgrown pears tor the first tone- A contract tor the first shipment of 100000 pounds of pears was signed this week and purchases of Korean apples win follow soon 8th Army Quarlermster James Ferguson Allentown Pe said We specialize in remounting and rebuilding old rings and jewelry 25 Foot Sprinkler Hose Now your heirloom stones can be remounted or rebuilt AT into modem treasures Estimates and sketches furnished without obligation See our large collection of white or yellow gold or platinum From 8950 tax included Plain tailored mountings in white or yellow gold from 2950 tax 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