Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 16

EXCHANGE' CORPS FISH 16 CORPUS giRISTI CALLER Frl Aug 25 1961 Agreement Is Reached On Foreign-Flag Ships Seals was rescued by a procedure recently adopted by the Navy A crewman from ilia Sabine I put Seals on a float Hint was lei out about 15 feet from tlie fishing vessel Navy air crewman Dufrisne climbed down a roie (nxu the helicopter to tlie float and he and the Sabine crewman put Seals in a sling to he lifted to die helicopter Chief air crewman Thompson piloted the helicopter Memorial Hospital attendants said Seals appeared in good condition "but still an awfully sick boy" He was clad only in swimming trunks and suffered severe sunburns over most ot his body Seals is the gramtoai of Mrs I Seals of Aransas Pass His mother reportedly is- a nurse in Ardmore Okla He has been employed as a rig man alioard tlie Anna Louise about a year "I guess I be going swimming again for a while" he said yesterday as he drifted off to sleep Cnfllliiued from Pag 1 House Under the present executive order tiie Oirps is operating as a pilot project The administration bill to give it permanent stalua calls for a $2Q000-n-yoar- Peace Corps director the post now held hy tlie president's brother-in-law gar-gcant Stirirer and a $13300 deputy director It would provide for living travel and leave allowances for Fear Corps members plus termination payments up to $75 for each month of satisfactory service Ilickrnloqper contended that $25 million would be ample to permit the Corps to take rare n( tlie 2700 volunteers it expects to have in training or abroad hy next June He cited Shriver's estimate that the cost for each volunteer would bo $9000 With 2700 volunteers Hickcn-loopcr declared the total cost for 2700 volunteers would be "lesg than $25 million and this estimate includes overhead "It would not destroy the pro-irant" lie eonended "wt should start modestly so our mistakes if Hny may be small" Sen Hubert II Humphrey D-Minn floor manager for the hill argued however lhat the Peace Calhoon said the 13 Innker companies which operate SI American flag ships have agreed to establish a joint union management committee to begin talks immediately on the foreign-flag problem He said that gaining tlie right to strike on tlie issue represents a major victory for the MEBA He termed it "a serious commitment by the industry to cooperate with the union in working out the thorny problem in the interest of the companies American seamen and (he national interest" Shipping sources said agreements have yet lo be reached between the Masters Mates and Pi-lota Union and the tanker industry on the East Const and lie-ween the American Radio Association and the MMP and West Coast ship oierators NEW YORK The Marine Engineers Rencfida! Association (MEBA) laid Thursday it has completed agreements with the companies operating nearly all the ahlpi that were struck in June The union asserted it reached agrrcmmtj Wednesday night with United States Lines Lykes Brothers Steamship Co Grace Lines and Farrell Lines Lykes Brothers ships sre some of the most frequent visitois to the Port of Corpus Oiristi How-ever none of them were til'd up during tlie shipping strike in June (Wednesday's signing means that Lykes Brothers ships won't he affected by termination of the Taft-Hartlry injunction Sept a) A statement by Jesse Cal-boon MEBA secretary-treasurer said the four companies hod been the principal holikmts against tlie union's proposal Like the rout roots negotiated by MEBA witli other dry cargo ship operators the agreements give the union the right to organize engineers on foreign-flag ships operated by American firms Calhoon said the union has also concluded agreements with tlie Tanker Labor Service Committee on behalf of 13 tanker companies of tiie 16 with which MEBA normally has contracts Those contracts will give the union the right to strike American flag ships operated by the companies if no agreement is reached within tlie next IS months hy MEBA with the companies on the question of foreign flag ships operated by them Continued from Pago I termed In this type program" Lit roll said Center Offlnw Officers for tiie renter have hern established at Cullen Place Junior High School wlu're Lillrell serves ns principal Mrs Mary Kucnsltor hng been employed by tlie district as graphic arts specialist Most of the equipment necessary for reproduction pnaesscs was purchased by tiie school system last year for use in pilot projects in several local schools "Corpus Cliristi can serve as the force behind this exchange with very little monetary cost Littrell said Some aibiitional equipment is on order he said Littrell who has been working on Hie project three months said lie has met no opposition on tlie idea from educators throughout the country "By tying together in Corpus fhristi the materials of tlie most modem educational institutions in the United States bettor education will he realized for the children here" Iiltrrll said tixig liiwii--M'd Idea He said educators and professional people across the country have discussed the idea of such material exchange for a long time "The only ingredient missing was a school system saying do he added A ropy of a drawing which represents a teaching idea can he made for three cents a page Littrell said Exchange members will he sent copies of professionalized materials for adaptation to their needs IH'al school personnel working through the division ot instruction will serve as analysts for materials received here Working in this capacity will he personnel currently employed by the school system in various jobs he said Time Important Time is the most essential mm- ponrnt of this clearing house plan Littrell said Machines currently on hand include a photo letteriiy machine coining machine for transparen dcs for overhead projectors arid a mnehino to produce color Transparencies lor example can be given color and motion by the addition of the cellophane from an ordinary cigarette pack age or the mntion of polarized paper over the surface Littrell said Exchange center members will lie serf basic copies of master drawings or lesson outlines for reproduction in total by their machines All school systems in the exchange have the necessary ma-hlnory and have distinguished tlicmsrlvrs for progressive work in particular subject areas he said Littrell has visited in the school systems which will be initial members of the exchange The only exception is the district In New-Ion Mass wliere lie hopes to visit in October Tlie University of Chicago laboratory school also will participate in the exchange Littrell said There are 12 grades in the experimental school operated by the university 1 Exchange of tiie best in educational materials will sustain values of perfected materials for wide distribution" Littrell said County Raids Exchange Schools in St Petersburg Fla have exchanged materials on a county basis in the past he said It is tiie only place in the United States such a plan has been tried "The children of Corpus Chris-ti ill be pi-ovidcd the best in educational material straight from tiie originator" he said "Educators with great ingenuity all over the country can be saved the trouble of duplicating their efforts" he added "The best instructional and media aides will be prepared for mass communication in Corpus Christi Littrell said Canadian Mail Hide Continued from Pago 1 pulled from the water about 8:30 pm Wednesday and taken to Aransas Fass Rickie related their experience! "Seals kept on grtling farther behind us 1 didn't know what to do "I'd holier at him to come on and he'd holler hack After a while I began thinking about getting my hands on something to float with Thinly and Hungry "1 swallowed a lot of water and I wanted a drink of fresh water I was Just thirsty for water and hungry "Me and my brother was together I hung onto him and he hung onto me We floated until dark and it started gelling rough at dark and we couldn't float at all "The water 'would wash into our mouths and noses and the wares would hit us so we just puddled sltiw" Seals inced with pain at every move while telling of his nightlong ordeal "I gave up when the sun went down" he said "I hollered for my buddies hut the waves were too choppy and I never (mind them "The fistii pestered me all night long Three or four times I tell asleep and collapsed I'd wake up six feet down and somehow get back to the top and start swimming again" Trawlers Heard Seals said three filling trawlers passed hy him during ihe night He was unable to draw their attention because of the roar of their engines He was picked up at 10:30 am yesterday by the trawler Saliine I "I prayed lo God to give me the strength to make it to one of them (tiie Halters) but I never did I relied to where I couldn't yell any more "I prayed that never do anything wrong again if He would just pull me through this" Seals said pilot fish kept nibbling at him while he was in the water "They kppt trying to stick to me with their suction cups'1 he said Their skiff had overturned when a big wave hit it as they were making a turn It sank about 15 minutes later TAX REPLY OTTAWA (AP) with huge bags of mail the Canadian (Mips needs skilled manpower to Transport Department says it no longer will haul letters to distant post offines in the Arrtic so stamp collectors around the world can add unique pistmarks to their collections guide and counsel tlie volunteers "We should give it a fair opportunity to prove itself" he added "If we don't provide the skilled and competent people it needs it will he a body blow" JALOPY STOCK CAR RAGE TONIGHT 8 O'CLOCK CC SPEEDWAY Continued from Page 1 for no tax collection on items of 34 cents snd less divert said that in normal business operations most merchants will collect taxes very rlose to 2 per cent of their gross sales Another part of the tax bill becoming effective next Friday provides for a use tax This provision is aimed at closing some of the loopholes in the sales tax provision It requires the user to pay a 3 per cent tax on articles which he bought without paying tiie sales tax Broom Example For example a merchant who hiiys a shipment of hrooins for resale but who uses some of (hem to sweep out his own store would he required to pay 2 per cent on those he uses Calvert emphasized that the new' tax is not a retail sales tax but a sales tax applying to anyone selling tangible personal property whether he be wholesaler or retailer The bill provides that articles wild to a retailer for resale are not taxed until the final sale area In order to cause complies- "But if a wholesaler sells me tionx and conflicts to try to bring something going to use" Cal DANIEL special session in mentioning an earlier announcement Thursday that he hnd vetoed $13 million for new farm road construction in the latter half of the 1962-1963 Continued from Page 1 for the future "Broad-based leads In he quipped "In a ff'wj fiscal year He said proposals to years tlicre he demands topem! more money for mainten-increase this tax lo 3 or 1 of farm roads would be recommended to tlie session Furthermore D-micl said "22 i listing ihe subjects of the Ska 6 mmMAM lf ii i 1 1 ai 4 it lit 11 4 A 14 1 coming session Daniel included for the first time "the tourist attraction and "strengthening the lobby control He did not elaborate of Hi 24 genera! sales lax slates also hare state income taxes "I mnd the warning again and urge that tlie concerted efforts to raise taxes and to lift DYSART ROACH CONTROL AVERAGE 2-BEDROOM HOME ond GARAGE our state programs to worthy and adequate levels be now directed to prudent economy and reorganization of state fundx and services so as to prevent the need of any future increase nr additions to broad-based taxes" "As long as Texas continues to grow there will be more prob-l lems to solve but there are some which should not be delayed It will be my aim to meet the most urgent of these later this rear or in January of next year" Continued from Tags 1 day wai aimed at discouraging a meeting of German refugees from the Soviet rone scheduled to convene in West Berlin next week Salinger said the Soviet note would be answered formally in a lew days A high ranking authority commenting on the statement said Kennedy and Rusk agreed the So-viet note had to be refuted immediately and categorically before a reply probably couched in more diplomatic terms could be drafted A diplomatic informant closely associated with the ambassadorial working group called the Soviet note clumsy and said that it had a gratifying effect on the work of the group The ambassadors meeting daily with Assistant Secretary of State Foy Kohler in the chair were briefed about tie note Wednesday evening Certain differences of approach to the Berlin problem the informant said were quickly ironed out under the impact of tlie new Soviet threats As a consequence the group now is expected lo conclude drafting tiie Allied answer to the Soviet nore of Aug 3 on Berlin Diplomats took the protest as an indication of demands likely to be raised by the Soviet Union at proposed talks on Berlin An effective Communist aerial blockade would close off the major escape hatch of East German refugees able to evade the brick concrete end barbed wire barriers already confronting them in Berlin The Soviet Union also presumably could demand the right to screen out passengers flying into West Berlin The note charged that "revanchists extremists saboteurs and spies" from West Germany were being allowed into West Berlin There "ail lends of provocations are prepared and subversive activity" against the Communist bloc is directed it said West Berlin it held "does not form any part of the Federal Republic of Germany (West German) and it cannot fall within the competence of its authorities" It said that what it called the West's connivance in this concoction has increased recently The note omitted mention of Chancellor Konrad visit last weekend to West Berlin but it protested the arrival there of "official representatives of the Bundestag and government" of West Germany "Their coming was seoompa-tiled by the organisation of rallies end demonstrations at which slogans calling for aggression against peace-loving neighboring states and for suppression of the democratic forces of West Berlin were openly proclaimed" it continued 'The stepping up of the machinations of the ruling circles of the FCR (Federal Republic of Germany) in West Berlin bears evidence to their striving to deliberately increase tension in this vert said "he has to pay the tax just like a retailor Must Have Permit Any pprson collecting the tax must have a sales tax permit Calvert said Applications for the permits will be sent to the holders of store tax licenses or exemptions Roland Nabors will head the new' sales tax division Calvert said Nabors is "in hiding" so he can get to the business of working out the details of tiie sales tax collection Thousands of telephone calls letters and personal visits from inquiring merchants across the state have made it necessary for Nabors to go into hiding to get his work done Calvert said The comptroller said he has a special part of his staff doing nothing now but answering telephone calls as the tax deadline approaches NO POWDER OR DANGEROUS FOGS Not ntetssafy to have the premises Safe for children PEST CONTROL CO Cwyni Christf Lriit anS Mart Raflakla 908 Staples TU4-4051 far Yaur Canvanitnca Call Oar Careai Chratl Oftica CaHast Ingletide 277 Kingsville LY2-34I1 Alice M04-5171 Rockpert S04-62S9 Daniel widened the call for Ihe he said Throughout his speech and in answering questions later Daniel gave no definite indiration when he would call the next special session His prepared text said "later this year or in January' of next year" However when Daniel read this portion he changed the time element to "at a special session in the very near future" Then just a few minutes later he answered a question saying he did not think Texas voters would object to a third special session "after a passage of a few months" Brownsville Man Held in California SAN FRANCISCO W) Alton Tibbs of Brownsville arrested Thursday in on fraudulent check and unlawful flight charges He was held there under $5090 bond an FBI spokesman said Tihbs 51 wus charged with writing more than 100 bad checks ranging from $50 lo in at least 10 states He also Har-lan was Modesto $1-000 is wanted in Brownsville in connection with the assault kidnap-' ing and attempted rape of a 7-year-old girl about a clash between the Western powers and tlie Soviet Union to the advantage of West German militarists and revenge-seekers "And ail this is taking place in plain view and with the blessing of the occupation authorities of the three powers in West The note specifically mentioned visits by Eugen Gcrstenmaicr president of the Bundestag lower house of the West German Parliament Erich Olienhauer chairman of the Social Democratic party and Erich Mende chairman of the Free Democratic parly The Allies it said assumed full They "should immediately take measures to terminate the illegal and provocative actions of the FGR in that city" the note concluded The Soviet note struck at a vulnerable point in interpretations of Allied occupation rights Written agreements between the East and West do not specifically state that civil airlines may fly tiie air corridors linking isolated West Berlin with tiie outside Airliners of Tan American World Airways British European Airways and Air France have been flying into West Berlin for years from Frankfurt Hannover and Hamburg An air safety center manned by 1 the United States Britain France1 and the Soviet Union controls the Berlin end ot the flights A 1349 agreement following the 194S-49 Allied airlift which broke the Soviet blockade of Berlin stated that the occupation authorities of each zone "will take tiie measures necessary to insure the normal functioning and utilization of air water and rail transport" That iiirase is one basij for the Western contention that the Soviet Union violated agreements with the erection of the barrier sealing off East Berlin treck InjuripH Fatal NEW IBERIA La UB-C Garrett of Sonora Texas and Morgan City La died Thursday of a traffic injury suffered Wednesday night Police said his car hit an oil field truck 5 miles south of here on Louisiana 14 OPEN 12 TO 9 PM MON THRU FRI 12 TO 7 PM SAT 1 TO 6 PM SUN BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL STUDENT'S DESK 7 PIECE STUDIO GROUP 4 i 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