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

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ISA CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER Mon Sept 16 19681 Continued from rage 1 Passenger Train Derails in Newark 50 Persons Hurt SECRET PAPER ANTICIPATED PAPAL BIRTH CONTROL OKAY LONDON The Londun Times published Monday extracts from what it said was a secret document which the Vatican would have issued had Pope Paul VI approved birth control said the document entitled Pastorales Pastoral was prepared by the papal commission on birth control as the basis of an intended encyclical Extracts printed by the Times said the Church having already recognized the legitimacy and even the duty of regulating births should no longer condemn artificial birth control methods employed a spirit of true reasonable and generous charity" As quoted by the Times the document said the means of birth control should be chosen by husband and wife with the aim of exercising healthy and responsible ensuring health of parents ana children and upholding person al dignity The extracts suggested that the majority of the papal commission on birth control was not merely ready to accept artificial contraception but was strongly in its favor The Times said the full text of the document will be published next month in a book on the controversy to be entitled On Human Life This was the title of the encyclical reaffirming the traditional Roman Catholic ban on artificial contraception Monorail system disputed the police report of faulty brakes saying it would have been impossible for the brakes to have failed on the rear train are electric disc brakes" he said believe they could haye failed" He said he was at a loss to explain what caused the accident adding that the trains have carried two million passengers without any injuries since Hem-isFair opened April 6 There have been at least two other accidents involving the trains including a rear-end collision like in which none of the trains derailed and a fire in some of the little cars on a test run before HemisFair opened Late Sunday night Zachry chief executive officer of HemisFair expressed his to the accident vie-in a statement deepest sympathy is extended to everyone who was in volved in this unfortunate accident" statement said "For those who were injured we wish a speedy and complete recovery We wish to express our heartfelt appreciation to the many people at the scene who responded in magnificent fashion in performing heroic acts immediately after the tragic accident occurred FUGITIVE Continued from Page 1 was in the Army in Vietnam Officers held off ordering a desert manhunt while they tried to determine which direction Erler went and whether he had new transportation There was no evidence that he fled to the desert The blue Volkswagen he drove from Florida to Phoenix last week was found Saturday night at the home of his brother Danny Hamilton said Erler was last seen in Phoenix at 11 am Saturday and he apparently was tipped off by a telephone call from Florida that he had been charged Erler who resigned from the Hollywood Fla police department Sept 5 reported finding the body of Marilyn Clark 24 days before his resignation Florida police officers received an anonymous phone call after the death from a man who said just killed three people serious Please Catch me Marilyn was killed by five bullets in the head Her mother Dorothy Clark 42 of ClSfks-ton Ga was critically wounded with five bullets in the head and one in the neck Mrs ark was found unconscious in her car at an airport four miles from where corpse was dumped Police said Mrs Clark had recovered sufficiently from her amnesia by this weekend to give clues that led them to accuse Erler Mrs Clark still unaware Marilyn is dead has identified picture as her assailant police said PROJECT MAYOR DALEY SPEAKS DURING BROADCAST official version of violence in Chicago (AP winpAito) CHICAGO Continued from rage 1 curred after NEWARK (AP) A passenger train derailed after colliding with several cars from a freight train in the Penn-Central Waverly Yards here Sunday injuring more than 50 persons There were no reports of fatalities A railroad spokesman said the passenger train was bound from New York City to Philadelphia when it struck several cars from a freight train which had been derailed on an adjacent trade The accident happened about 5:20 pm (EDT) near McClelland Place and Frehlinghuysen Avenue Newark Hundreds of spectators jammed the area which is near the Elizabeth boundary as ambulances raced to the scene According to the spokesman the 127-car freight was proceeding south on one of four tracks when four of its cars derailed The passenger train which had left New York CUy at 5 pm was traveling along adjacent tracks in the same direction but slightly behind the freight The high speed train from New York slammed Into the cars from the freight and derailed The electric locomotive was hurled onto its side as was a second empty passenger coach The five remaining coaches balanced precariously but did not overturn Police said about 100 persons were rushed to nearby hospitals mostly with minor injuries Railroad authorities said about a dozen including three were injured seriously enough to be detained for treatment prior to convention week by David Dellinger 50 Tom Hayden 28 and Jerry Rubin 30 all of New York City and Rennie Davis 28 Chicago the leaders of the demonstration activity Interspersed with their comments which included for the most part urging youths to come to Chicago for convention week were the remarks of Thomas Lyons of the Chic go Police intelligence division Lyons said the undo press had reported the strators threatened sit-ins public fornication putting LSD in the water Intelligence reports said they also planned to put ground glass In the delegates' food" raround police arrested a youth who lowered the American flag Many of the camera shots were from a long range Babcock said (Rennie Davis) is jubilant because they launched the first confrontation with police" A series of smashed storefronts in the Lincoln Park area were shown along with bonfires in park trash cans Costumes' In describing the youths gath-ered Wednesday in Grant Park Babcock said were fre-demon- quent glimpses of Castro-type Cm dr Rock of the Los Angeles Police Department who was sent to Chicago to observe the events said that when the marchers attempted to Robert Pierson a patrolman leave Grant Park were issn worked undercover with stopped but no aggressive future of the Decker Lake power plant is now in jeopardy if the letter of the law is carried to its ultimate Stewart said Appeals Allowed The newscaster said he had learned an unimpeachable that for Congressman Pickle are planning to return to court over the Decker Lake condemnation pdo-ceedings" The judgment in the original condemnation case before special commissioners allows appeals to the courts KIIFI-TV offered Pickle free and equal time to refute Ste-art's allegations The station a UHF outlet is the only other commercial television station in Austin besides KTBC-TV a VIIF station owned by President Johnson's family business interests Pickle a close friend of Johnson is running for reelection His Republican opponent is Ray Gabler also of Austin John Kingsvery chairman of the Gabler for Congress Committee is a stockholder in Southwest Republic Corp owner of the Continued from Page 1 75 per acre in 1961 Stewart said or not location of this plant was a secret Is not known but land speculation had begun in 1958" Stewart said The newsman said the 32 acres remaining outside the area to be taken by the city are rapidly rising In value with statistics indicating land in the Decker Lake area now selling between $1800 and $2000 per acre In a report to the city council Dec 22 1964 the Houston engi neering firm of Brown and Root recommended the Decker Reservoir site for several reasons These included suitable terrain proximity to statewide electrical feeder lines and acceptably low land values The council approved the site the same day Open Spaces Funds Stewart said the city applied for and received $709543 in federal open spaces funds to help purchase land for the lake and surrounding recreational area He said federal funds comprise 70 per cent of the total cost of the land There is no evidence he add ed that Pickle had anything to do with getting the federal grant Stewart said the federal contract with Austin under which the funds were granted specifies that no member of Congress Monorail Injury List SAN ANTONIO (API Son Antonio pollco oHtcorz listed total of 41 person Inlured In ttie HemliFalr Mtil-flionorall accident Sunday Among the Inlured were two La rede residents Cire viDerrsal 22 and Marfa Guadalupe Gonzalez The preliminary list e( the Inlured by police also Included Ella Jacobi Elllivllle Mo Carmen Marine Ramos Mexico Jesus Romos Mexico Susanna Ramos II Mexico Joso Ramos Mexico Wakher Austin Frankie Marie Watcher Austin Aurora Cervantes IS Mexico Daniel Longhorn 22 Killeen Cathlenn Longhorn 22 Killeen Beverly Longhorn Fort Worth Ermllinda Argunedo De La Mato Mexico joe Sanches 4h Son Antonio Louis Maria Cervantes Mexico Pat La Blanc 11 San Antonio Diana Glass IS Austin Mariam Glass Austin Glass Ainlln Jan Is Gloss IS Austin Brenda Glass Austin Melogro Garza San Antonio Ellia Laura Garza IS San Anionic Mario Levy De Alve 22 Tuxlepee Monterrey Mexico Arguninedo Mexico Edda Jackson Halhrllle Mo Jackie Stewart IS Huntsville Louis Smithers If Fort Worth- Custom Jackson IS Florentine Lopez San Antonio Florinda Lopes Son Anion lo Tina Louise Lopez Son Antonio Arthur Hamel 1 St Louis Mo Errvno Hansel St Louis Mo Rufus Wallace 3f Waco Ge raiding Wallace Woco Mary Lou Guerra If Son Anlonlo Concepisn Guerra San Antonio Mary Guerra San Antonia Ed Berry 12 San Antonio David Latham Ft Hood Beverly Latham Ft Hood Jessica Sanches 7 San Antonio Alice Schmidt Glencoe Mo Antonia Orosco Do Romos Colima Mexico Marsha Smithers Fort Worth Syrians Ask For Custody Of Exiles DAMASCUS Syria (I) Syria asked Lebanon Sunday to band over a group of exiled Syrian politians for trial in Damascus on a charge of attempting to overthrow Socialist regime during last Middle East war Among those Syria is seeking for extradition are the former President Gen Amin Hafez and ex-Premier Salah Bitar Their names were mentioned in the current treason trial as chief engineers of the abortive attempt An official announcement said the extradition request was made within the framework of a HAPPINESS SUCCESS AND YOU HEAR DR MAXWELL MALTZ WORLD RENOWNED LECTURER AND AUTHOROF "FIVE MINUTES TO HAPPINESS" "PSYCHO-CYBERNETICS IN STAYING YOUNG" AND OTHERS SEPTEMBER 25 8:00 PM DEL MAR COLLEGE AUDITORIUM ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DEL MAR COLLEGE BOOK STORED Me-INNIS BOOK STORE AT SIX POINTS AND AT WEHRINGS BOOK CENTER 3814 ALAMEDA ADULTS $200 STUDENTS $100 Spoiwrad by AHmmI Association tfpzym-Cvfcmtftct Courzt alSelw end Marfatinq Department Pei jtoCzBg Portuguese President Visits Ailing Salazar may benefit from the contract In addition he said federal LISBON Portugal (AP) law and the US House Code of President Americo Thomaz vis-Ethics both prohibit congress- ited Prime Minister Antonio Sal-men from benefiting from feder- azar Sunday in the hospital where the 79-year-old primeljudicial treaty between the two minister is recovering from an neighboring countries Relations operation eight days ago tobetween them have been al contracts The law also says any contract that violates this provision shall be void with repayment to the federal government of an money advanced Stewart si strained recently because of what Syria describes as activities in Lebanon" remove a blood clot near his brain The president emerged smiling but made no comment who the Yippies was shown briefly want to take over the he said Hayden was shown at a rally saying marching with or without march permits!" Davis in an interview said training people in defensive tactics and first-aid" Lyons said the four demonstration leaders seen in the film have a history in major disruptions" Karate and Judo Lyons said after a film showing youths practicing snake dancing in Lincoln Park undercover informants observed training in karate and Judo such as a kick to the groin which 1 would hardly call a defensive tactic" He also showed underground newspapers which printed maps of the city" with a list of what he said were targets would say they were battle he said Frank Babcock the narrator said the visiting youths were radicals with three objectives: To disrupt the convention paralyze the city and discredit government by discrediting the police" Babcock talked over the film strips outlining the events A strip showed the youths marching Sunday (Aug 25) to welcome delegates at the Hilton Preplanned Attempt Babcock said could almost detect a preplanned attempt to confront the police before the television cameras at the Hilton on the night of the nominations (Aug Babcock continued face and sound of the crowd changed" There were a few brief shots of police using tear gas in Lincoln Park but there were no references to the club-swinging events that took place Monday in which several newsmen were swatted The film showed the afternoon rally in Grant Park on Aug 28 where the initial conflict oc- action was used by acts of restraint" Rock said beyond tea son The organization restraint was excellent and the individual restraint was As the film clips showed the 18-minute conflict the narrator intoned a shot was fired no one was killed and few spent even a night in a Another police officer displayed weapons allegedly taken from demonstrators is a baseball he said are on one side am) on the oth- Nearly the last third of the show was an analysis of the events featuring Harry Home-wood of the Chicago Sun-Times and Richard Wade a professor of history at the University of Chicago Two Points Wade said he was a witness to the violence and saw two things that he said must be completely understood he said "there were missiles thrown and there was harassment of police That happened Two clubbing without regard to innocence or guilt of an individual also A University of Columbia coed was askea if she thought she was duped by agitators She said there were too many people assembled for the demonstration to be dismissed as agitation A Chicago policemen beaten by youths described how he was kicked repeatedly and was finally saved by an unknown citizen The only reference -to the dubbing of newsmen was near the end of the program Robert Hunter a reporter for the Chicago Daily Defender said one reason for newsmen being struck was "that many had their credentials in their pockets and police see them I think the city has been unfairly Hunter said his credentials were plainly in view and he had no trouble with police The final film strip showed a crowd of youths Superimposed on the screen was a quote: going back to create 200-300 in our own Hunters Find Human Skeleton HOUSTON Two hunters walking through a wooded section in northeast Harris County discovered a human skeleton Saturday partially submerged in a drainage ditch County medical Investigators said the skeleton appeared to be that of an adult but sex and cause of death were not determined immediately Officers said no clothing or other items were found on the skeleton and there were no signs of violence on the scene Taipei Gang Leaders Members Arrested TAIPEI Formosa (AP) -Ringleaders and about 30 members of the Flying Hawks one of most notorious gangs have been arrested police announced Sunday National police officials said the gang had been engaged in extortion thefts and rackets since it was founded five years ago Seven of the nine ringleaders including its founder Ban Chi-hsiang and about 30 other members were taken into custody police reported The town that feels like home Hurry! 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