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A WEATHER Cool Favorablo Yntcrday'a High and Low CofC 58-51 Airport 58-51 Snnriao 7:12 am- Set 5:38 pjn Moonriao 5:51 ara Set 4:25 P-nu 6:42 am Tuesday High Tide 4:08 pm Low 8:08 un INDEX VOLUME 74-No 277 fcug bmh CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS MONDAY DECEMBER 12 1955 Twenty-Two Pages in Two Sections-PRICE FIVE CENTS Ike Rests as hs Slowdown Foreign Aid Plan Faces Stiff Fight Military Spending Okayed Economic Funds Hit by George WASHINGTON Dec 11 W-Sen George (IGa) said today the Elsenhower administration is going to have difficulty getting Congress to approve strictly economic assistance in 'Its 12670000000 foreign aid program Heading back to Washington for a bipartisan White House confer rnce Tuesday on the foreign nd nym said no riisimlties were suf- Israeli attack was mado between A Syrian spokesman earlier defense programs CmW J1 feivd at Ein Ein GcJ i-ae'i -rtrmcni on charged that two armored Israeli a telephone toteratewmm Vtonna The army units struck on the eastern shore nciw from Tl- boats fired on two border villages eight -mile front with thelberias and the northern end of tor 15 minutes yestefday and then J0 vowed aim of silencing Syrian the lake whee the River Jordan were forced to withdraw by Syrian f110 CM1" ISRAEL SYRIAN ATTACKS OUTPOST aid Order May Influence Decision WASHINGTON Dec 11 (AP) President Eisenhower took a complete rest today under down" orders from his doctors which may well influence his decision on whether to run again A new medical report disclosftig that the physiciani are unhappy over his work load carried weighty implications for the Republican top command and the GOP' 1956 campaign ptana I Also It focused new attention on the President's White House eon- 7vfJL LiviMld 9 Ask Patience 0n2ridTerm Two of these Sens- Knowland of California the minor-ity leader and Bridges of New batteries which the Foreign Min- Khrushchev Views i On Kashmir Disturb Officials in India NEW DELHI India Dec 11 (AP) Influential Indians appeared distressed today at another declaration by Nikita Khrushchev this time one that may spell fresh trouble with neighboring Pakistan The blunt Soviet Communist party boss declared yesterday the people of Kashmir have already settled in favor the Indian-Pakistani dispute over the status of that border state That promised to stir up flames of a dormant controversy the Indian government would prefer to let atone Prime Minister Nehru looked grim aa he landed at New Delhi from south India to act a host for the next 48 hours for Khrushchev and Premier Nikolai Bulganin who themselves flew back from Pakistani $ays Kashmir Made Toy by Reds KARACHI Pakistan Dec 11 CRIPPLE TELLS STORY OF CLIMB Beck 45 wanted attention tary "I think Congress a whole is disposed to maintain military assistance on a reasonable level" George said "But I think it it going too strong on economic aid Eeraomie Aid "Strictly economic aid is likely to encounter great difficulties in my Judgment George as chief Democratic congressional spokesman on foreign policy matters said he wants to examine the aid program in detail before he makes up his mind about the total amount Involved Administration leaders have disclosed they will ask Congress to make 926700006)00 available In new money for the fiscal year beginning next July This is $33' 000000 leu than the 92703000000 Congreu appropriated for the current year Previous Faads However there is a backlog of previously voted funds and actual foreign aid spending this year is estimated at 94J87000000 Of the new appropriations to be asked by Eisenhower administration official said 91600000000 would be for economic defense support and technical assistance The remainder of slightly over a billion dollars would go into military asaistance There was jn breakdown on etrUjtty-eeonoung projects fire No casualties were reported The Sea of Galilee Is at the southern end of the Israeli-Syrian border About 13 miles long and three to seven miles wide lies 696 feet below sea level An Israeli army spokesman said tri from Jordan were shot dead by an Israeli patrol today near Elath at the tip of the Gulf of Aqaba A third man who was wounded in the shooting was arrested But a Jordan military source declared UN truce observers had established that the victims were Moslem pilgrims returning by foot their homes in Morocco from a visit to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia Seeking Solution The flareup on the Syrian-Israeli frontier came while Maj Gen Burns Canadian chief of the UN truce organization in Palestine still was seeking a solution of the feud between Egypt and Israel over the El Auja demilitarized zone Premier cavid Ben-Gurton who is also Israel's defense minister had a 40-minute talk with Burns today on the (dan of Burns and Secretary General HainmarskJold for easing tension around El Auja A well-informed Israeli government source declared Egypt which Insists Israel pull he police well as her soldiers from the zone had deadlocked the negotiations TF TOWER Cripple Climbs To Air Troubles OKLAHOMA CITY Dec 11 (AP) A partial cripple threw away his crutches and climbed hand over hand 250 feet up a television tower today to call attention to family troubles two state the Pakistan Premier Chaudhri Mo-1 hammed All accused touring leaders tonight of Kashmir a in the international game His bitter attack on premier Bulganin and Communist psrty boss Khrushchev was made in a Congress Unit Expects Automation Suffering (AP Press Chief Suydam Dies at 64 WASHINGTON Dec 11 Iri-Hen-ry Suydam 64 press chief of the State Department and a vpteran reporter and editor wu found dead in his bedroom today of a heart attack Suydam called to his Job by Secretary of State Dulles had been director of the departments press section since Oct 1 1953 Dulles praised him tonight for "great ability coupled with kindly personality and high sente of public duly" Funeral services will be held here tomorrow the day before Dulles takes off for faris and a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Council which the secretary hid hoped Suydam eleo would be able to attend Suydam had taken a leave of absence from hie position chief editorial writer of the Newark (NJ) Evening News it the request of Dulles end Assistant Secretary Csrl McCbrdle to fill tbs government position statement following htely net out to light a turn to men blunt assault on Pakistan in a speech yesterday in Kashmir Mohammed All declared: Soviet leaders' speeches must ha vs surprised all those who cherish freedom and the right of self-determination for all peoples" He said this was especially true when "sudi statements are coming from leaders of a country which denounces colonialism and is member of the Security Council which resolved that accession to Pakistan or India shall be decided by a The Russian laden by their speeches he went on indicated "they were now bent upon making Kashmir a toy in a far more dangerous game which is faojjd not only to aggravate discord between Pakistan and India but also to heighten world The Pakistan leader added: "the people of Kashmir have not been allowed to exercise their right (of plebiscite) Their state is under occupation by the Indian army The plebiscite has not been held leaders Who ask for the plebiscite are being ruthlessly suppressed and Jailed by the Indian puppet regime which depend for Its existence on the support not of the people of Kashmir but of Indian bayonets- fresh discord between India and Pakistan at a time when our problems seemed to be simmering dowr he could not have done a better Job of me influential Indian said The declaration on Kashmir followed up other speeches by the Soviet from the platform of India's attacking the Western Powers and picturing the Soviet Unton as a firm friend of the Indians Mostly Moslems statement about "The people of ignored the fact moat of them are Moslems like the Pakistanis and the links which India has established with Kashmir were made at the official level rather than by popular vote Welcome aa were his words to the general mass id Indian people it appears they fell on most unhappy ears at the government leveL strategy on winning Kashmir has been to avoid conflict with Pakistan while at the same time consolidating its own political and economic control over the disputed northern province UN Ceasefire Kashmir's population is predominantly Moslem but the state's Hindu maharaja acceded to India 1947 Since 1949 the state has geo KASHMIR Pago flows in in north: No Statement Government sources said there would be no official reaction to Khrushchev's at least until the Russians ars out of the CSUfitOf 'But if Khrushchev had deliber- were" evacuated to the street than $200000 Hampshire chairman of the Republican Policy Committee have been preaeing tor an early announcement of Eisenhower's personal political plans Maj Gen Howard Snyder personal physician said after a thorough physios! checkup of the convalescing President Saturday he should withhold any decision until mid-February at the earliest Fair-Minded' Sen Watkins called the President and predicted he would apeak out in ample time and then added: "I am sure the President feels a great responsibility to the country and to the world and If he feels It la possible I think he will say he will run" The White House wqs virtually shut down today In so far aa business wu concerned and the Prea-ident and Mrs Eisenhower remained in seclusion in the residential accttoas Ne CMesllatiras Murray Snyder assistant White House prass Moratory Mid' the town In the PreefctefltT a tlvttlet would not lead to cancellation of any of his appointments These now include a meeting here with Britain's Prime Minister Eden lata in January Then hasn't been any change in any of the President's Snyder raid "The entire emphasis will be to' keep file President's midday rest period It has been decided that each day the period from noon to 2:30 pm will be kept entirely free for lunch and a long rest Uruguay Praaldest The visiting President of Uruguay Luis Batlle Berres is due at the White Houm with his wife tomorrow afternoon about 4:30 to have tea with the President and Mrs Elsenhower Gen Snyder said that while EL recovery from Ms acute heart attack of Sept 24 has been satisfactory to an attack of Its seriousness Ms burdens must be lessened in the weeks ahead td prevent recurring evidence of that follow unusual activity Back to Gettoybarg The President will return to his form home at Gettyaburg Pa early Tuesday afternoon following a second 'White Rouse congres-iIwm difference to which Democratic aa wen as Republican leaders have been invited TherS was nothing In the formal foedlcal bulletin or In the quee-Bm IKE Page far In front to the nomination said he believes It la -too early now to make any forecasts ra what the South will do Russell was a candidate to the 1953 nomination and rolled up 266 mostly from the on ft- first ballot that year He has said he run agate Ha has suggested Gov Frank Lauache of Ohio as a good dark horee possibility grattmest FIsUI Although he talk about It Rusmll is understood to beUevs sentiment in the South still is tremdy fluid in the nomination nr It appeared to be hla feeling that It will hs weeks or poe-sibly months before Southern leaders decide what direction they want to kh Stevenson and former Democratic National Chairman Stephen A Mitchell have been wooing the South ever since 1952 They seemed to believe they had made enough progress that 'Stevenson was reported on the point of entering the May 29 Florida primary to tot Ma strength WASHINGTON Dec 11 Three prominent Republicans clued today no effort should be made by anyone to rush President Elsenhower into deciding on Ms 1956 political plafts Harold Slaasen the President's special assistant to disarmament suggested Elsenhower could even wait until next June or July If need be fo make up-Ms mind Sens Ives (R-NY) end Watkins (R-Utahl said potential candidates to the GOP nomination must not Elsenhower to a second-term decision They said in separate interviews he ought to have until mid-February or later to determine if he is well enough and ants to run again Stasaen repeated in a television Interview (ABC-College Prow Conference) that he is not a candidate to the nomination gen Bridge Gt-NH) told a reporter in Concord he is "atm the President will dis-etoM Me plane before the Feb 12 min foe Hew Hampshire primary first in the nation Bridges who is chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Commlt-ee raid the voter In hlg state "will be In very much of a perplexed situation unless they know the President's plans The New Hampshire primary la March 13 Maj Gen Howard Snyder the president's personal physician said yesterday that Eisenhower has been working too hard and must slow down to a while Snyder said he thought it would be mid-February before the President should make any decision on whether hie health would permit running to reelection Previously Sen Knowland of California the Senate Republican leader had Indicated he may en-ter some presidential primaries if Eisenhower does not announce Ms Intentions in January Knowland declined comment on statement Watkins said he thinks the Pres- ident ought to have plenty of time to make Me decision The Utah senator added he la confident Eisenhower wfil give other possible candidates "ample time to a If he isn't going to eeek reelection It would not be fair to crowd the President to a decision" Wat-Mm said "He has great interest In the Republican party and 1 don't think be would let the party down South Stevenson lost Florida to Presi dent Eisenhower by about 100000 In tha 1952 election IF he could -take the Democratic primer there handily the victory would be hailed as wiping 'out some of the stigma of that defeat Kef saver Challenge' -Sen Kefauver (D-Tenn) who may -challenge Stevenson to fits nomination to formal announcement next month also la eyeing the Florida conteat There were reports Kefauver la making some progress to arras of Dixie that were dosed to Mm to 1952 when he won enough primaries and enlisted enough other support to lead the first convention ballot with 340 votes announcement that ha Is backing Stevenson left Ma senatorial colleague Sea- Mansfield publicly uncommitted In the nomination nee Murray said that as he views the mate issue to the campaign will be "the giveaway of natural reaounee" 1572-foot "It was the only way I eould attract attention" he said afterward Beck who suffers from rheumatism used his crutches to scale a high fence surrounding the steel structure belonging to station KWTV An electric elevator nomplly used by workmen to ascend the tower was not operating when be made hie fclimb Tourists noticed him and notified general manager Edgar Bell who summoned police Gevernere Letter one of my family ought to be In the he sobbed to rescuers sick from pneumonia and starving' While on the tower Bede teased down a letter addressed to him from Gov Raymond office assuring him their plight would be looked Into The family Urn In Guthrie north of here "I was going to Jump at sundown unless they could bdp Beck said He was token- down by two troopers Ray Rich and Pail Me-Gown who went up via the elevator to talk to Mm Beck crawled away from them to the 250-foot level where he wee caught Beck did not struggle KWTV page Chudi Pugh said he yelled shortly after befog sighted "I want to see the then threw down the welfare letter Wm Honlftilktd Beck disclosed he was hospitalised here last night after trying to see tiie governor at the Capitol for aix days and sneaked out today after deciding on Mb climb Taken to the county detention ward Beck said he was "framed on ft child abandonment charge and was told to leave the state Upon hie return home from California a lew weeka ago he said he found Mb wlfa and six children ranging In age to IS near starvation His wife Ruth was down to 79 pounds from 135 Beck went on In desperation then he tried to contact Gary 'Til come down If you'll let me (iw to the governor" the troop-era quoted him aa saying "Honest to God" he told Bell 1 didn't do It for publicity" Beck said that because of his condition he haa made living for years by making artificial flowers and sewing them to Oklahoma City Tabbed of Ravings He was accused of child abandonment Beck said when his car burned once while here leaving him stranded On bis return to Guthrie authorities charged him While Mtch-hiking back from California Beck related he wu robbed of some savings he had intended giving his family Gov Gary informed the lee CUPFUL rage Adlai Gains a report by a Senate-House Economic subcommittee headed by Rep Patman (D-Texas) which recently conducted a series of hearings on the Impact of automation jew automatic and electrical processing Witnesses Included Industrial and organized labor leaders as well as specialists from government and elsewhere The subcommittee reported that for Its most important suggestion la that public and private sources do everything possible to assure "a good healthy dynamic and prospering economy so that those who lose out at one place as a consequence of progressive technology will have no difficulty in finding a demand for their services elsewhere in the economy" recommended also that aU levels of goveminent and others "tato very seriously to heart the need for a specific and broad program to promote secondary and higher in a move to combat what it called a dangerous shortage of scientists technicians and skilled labor The group predicted enormous strides in automation ranging from computers capable of solving complicated mathematical problems to electronic devices that will maka assembly lines almost automatic But It said the resulting displacement of workers will be offset hi part by the probable development of whole new industries and service personnel Partly Cloudy Cool Expected Weather Map aa Fags ISA The IT Weather Bureau forecast for Corpus Christl and vicinity rails for ckx'dy to partly cloudy skies and cool weather today Occasional light rains are expected High temperatures era to range from 62 to 66 degreei The low tonight wll! be between 42 and 46 degrees he forecut for tonight being partly cloudy and not so cold Tuesday It Is expected to be partly cloudy and mud with a high temperature of near 70 Winds today will be north and northeast 15 to 25 mile an hour becoming northeast and east 12 to 18 miles an hour this afternoon diminishing tonight Tuesday winds be east and southeast 12 to IS miles an hour The forecast for South Central Texas: Considerable doudinesa with Slowly rising temperatures Monday and Tuesday occasional light rain near the coast Monday WASHINGTON Dee 11 MLi-A congressional study group said today many persons will suffer hardships with the advance of automation to a level which "may well surpass the limits of modern imagination" it uid however that "no specific broad-gauge economic legislation appears to be called for" now to cope with the problems of worker dislocation which it foresaw Inevitable These findings were set forth In SOMEBODTS RADIOACTIVE CLEVELAND Dee 11 (AP) A small piece of uranium metal was reported missing from the International Atomic Exposition here and visitors to the show were checked with a Geiger counter ae they left the han Fire Chief avls es-(AP Wirephoto) WASHINGTON Dec 11 Ut-Sen Murray (D-Mont) pledged Ms support to Adlai Stevenson today jn bid to tha 1966 Democratic presidential nomination But there were indications that despite Murray's aMurance Montana's 16 -convention votes would to him Stevenson was not making as much progress aa some of his friends had hoped in another the South- Stevenson shot some ducks and fifcwi politics in Arkansas ever the weekend His conferees included Gov Orval Faubus gut Fulbright and ifcOentn Arkuua Democrats Sparkman of Alabama Ms 1952 running mate and Rep Oreu Harris of Arkansas Ne Signal But the arrival In Washington of some other Southern Democratic leaders provided no signals that the Dixie hoetUlty which coat Stevenson four states In that area three years ago had abated ma-terially Sea Rusiell (D-G) who mid recently be thought Stevenson wu business and water timated damage at more.

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