Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 26

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CALLER Wed Sept 18 1968 (Artificial Cubans Arrest Sweeteners Found Safe UN Scientist Corpus Chris tr Caller Plant Expert Accused Of Introducing Fungus HAVANA (AP) Cuban authorities have arrested an Indian United Nations plant expert and accused him of introducing into Cuba a fungus which could cause "dangerous damage" to (Tops Dr Vasudeva 64 was taken from his hotel about 11:30 am Saturday and has been held incommunicado since his wife said Tuesday A plant pathologist for ttei UN Food and Agricultural Or-' ganization Vasudeva has been1 in Cuba for the past three years He is the author of several technical hooks and for many years was director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi Mrs Vasudeva said eight uniformed men came to their room at the Hotel National and told Rains Spur Scrcwworm Infestations Research Study Denies Harmful Effects Exist CHICAGO A panel of researchers said Tuesday that there is no evidence that artificial sweeteners are harmful to the health as has been contended A news conference sponsored by Abbott laboratories and the Calorie Control Council summarized recent studies printed in a book called "Cyclamate Sweeteners In The Human Diet" The book was published by the council Cyclamate is one form of non-nutritive sweetener which is used in many low-calorie beverages salad dressings Jams Jellies and other foods ft Billion Industry Charles Tucker president of her husband he must come with the Calorie Control Council said them to make "certain darifica-that the artificial sweetener in-jtions" to security police She dustry totals fl billion annually leaded to accompany ter bus-in the United States and that 75 band who has a heart condition Scent of all families use arti-ibut she was refused al sweeteners in one form or! AjJ0Ut tw0 jours jater a nole from the Cuban government was Charles Brown executive I delivered to the FAO office in vice presklent of Abbott said! Havana saying Vasudeva had the news conference was called been accused of introducing a Sa PREVIEW OF 1969 MODELS Representatives of Ed Hoffman Motors were given an advance look at next models recently as guests of the Chry-sler-Plymouth Division in Dallas Ivan Hurst (right) regional manager for Chrysler-Plymouth in Dallas showed Bill Rawls an employe of the local dealership some of the new features cm the 1969 Barracuda The new models go on display Thursday at Ed Hoffman Motors 800 Water tvtss-w Business Beat to publicize the latest reports pertaining to the controversy over the safety of artificial fungus which could cause to Cuban crops FAO officials In Havana were Weekend rains ranging from floods to smaller amounts across much of Mexico and Texas are expected to worsen the screwworm case situation in the weeks ahead officials at the Mission Screwworm Eradication Center here warn Spawned by a frontal system which developed from the remains of Hurricane Naomi the rains started late last week-and continued through Saturday across a large portion of the area From 8 to 11 indies of was reported in areas Fails City and between and Goliad and in of the coastal areas Corpus Christ i while areas received lighter Screwworm cares in the state Coahuila Mexico are already 30 times greater than a ago and infestations in northern Mexico states ranging from four to 10 greater than they were at same period last year according to Dr Gartman veterinarian in charge of the program The hurricane moved over Mexico from Pacific and contributed to frontal system which the unusual weather ac- sweeteners and to discuss "the VitaN far rather disturbing lmniediatey available for misinterpretation of other comment Win free tickets to Rice University of Houston or Houston Oilers plus Cash by picking the winners The rules are simple: Mrs Vasudeva said the Cubans were fully informed of the project and she could think of no reason why he had been accused There has been no mention of the case by government-controlled news media Informed sources said the fungus is a type called diplodia ecajani They reported the Cuban government accused Vasudeva of introducing it Into strain of legumes called gandule used for feeding cattle A plant expert of the FAO said effects of diplodia ecajani were not serious He commented that the Cubans were having trouble with their legume but that there were other reasons tlvity for a disappointing crop 3 Circumstances suggested the fungus culture was brought into Cuba for some scientific research project An FAO source said Vasudeva after receiving the culture two years ago turned it over to Cuban researchers who put it In a refrigerator The source said that In late August the doctor and Miraslav Nicodic a Yugoslav who is the rain around Victoria some around other rainfall of running year other are times the eradication the the brought Dr owners practices postponing wounds help Texas for Buildup state over Tiibhs Award Tubbs of Flowers of Corpus Christ! has won first and third place awards in national compe- tition for (arrangements used at a debutante party here The firm is owned by Jerry and Gertrude Baugh They won in competition sponsored by the Society of American Florists Winners were Judged on photographs submitted at the society's 84th convention held in New York City Blackwell Photography took pictures of the arrangements which were displayed Bt the Corpus Christ! Country Club In particular Brown said was German repent that showed cyclamate produced liver changes in guinea pigs and rabbits Brown said that shortly after results of the study were published the authors disassociated themselves from what he called the "campaign against sweeteners" IU Brown said that Abbott spent six years researching cyclamate before putting it on the market and could find "absolutely no ill effects" "We've had a continuing poli cy of investigating any and all effects of he added Brown said that despite the controversy and the many studies there is no evidence of a long-term toxicological effect" of the use of sweeteners "As with many common household food substances and additives" Brown said "excessive dosages of cyclamate could produce mild but harmless side effects in some Abbott is the manufacturer of Sucaryl Four otter American firms supply cyclamate They include the PilLsbury Co Union Starch and Refining Division of Miles Laboratories Chas Pfizer Co and Monsanto Co Cyclamate is often used with saccharin as a combination artificial sweetener 1 Entries must be mailad to: Pigskin Pick Corpus Christi Collar so that (hoy ora post-marked no later than midnight the Friday preceding the game of the week Prise winners will be announced each Tuesday in the Corpus Christi Caller nszs nnn 2 There will be a new contest each week vr Gartman urges livestock to use all preventive possible such as surgery treating all and spraying herds to reduce case outbreaks chalked up 118 screwworm cases Monday the most any single day since 1963 continued in the Trans-Pecos and Big Bend areas of the Concern also was expresed increasing cases in Refugio A to I II 2 yi v- ci I' 1x i 7 'it i 3 A person may make only one entry each week but each member of the family may end one entry When you sond entries for your family mail tham in one envelope to save postage Day School FAO representative in Havana county on the eastern edge of 4 The rules and entry blank will be printed in the Caller sports section each Wednesday Use the entry blank published in the Caller or make an exact drawing of the printed entry in size form and content on a plain piece of paper Faciimilies produced by any process ether than an original drawing will not be accepted were called before the Cuban Academy of Sciences and Vasudeva was accused of Introducing a virus which damaged citrus plants the outbreak One new county Comal in South Texas reported its first case of the year Cases included 20 in Terrell 18 in Jeff Davis 17 in Pecos 13 5 Write plainly and do not mako changes or erasures Your entry will be void if it is not legible S1JM WINNER -Joe Gutierrez of 1412 Mesquite was awarded a $1000 check yesterday as winner of Grocery Inc Football Derby He was presented the check by Henry Reyes manager of Biel's Store No 1 Gutierrez held the card having the winning play an offside can which was announced Monday proficiency last week after completing a training at Dodge Manufacturing school of transmit sioneering in Mishawaka Ind The advanced Intensive course in technical theory application and operation of mechanical power transmission machinery is offered to men with experience In mechanical engineering for industry Davis Is a member of the of H42 sales organization of Brance- Patty Cake Day School a day care center and kindergarten has opened at 1070 NAS Drive in Flour Bluff Mrs R- Hughes director said the day school is open to children 2 through 6 and others after school A staff of six includes two teachers to direct the kindergarten program The school is state-approved Mrs Hughes said has about 2000 square feet in the school building which is air conditioned and heated and has a fenced bade yard with playground equipment Hot lunches are served at noon Intensive Course 6 Put an in the box next to tho names of the teams you predict will win Put next to both teams if you predict the game will end in a tie Details were lacking about in Val Veide: nine in Refugio that charge but it presumably four each in Presideo Edwards' also concerned the Imported and Brooks Counties: and two fungus culture each in Hidalgo Jim Hogg' Maverick Atascosa Nueces' Brewster Crockett and Mason Counties Single cases were con- firmed in Cameron Jim Wells Dimmit San Patricio Real Sutton Kenedy Zapata Menard Kleberg Victoria and Bee Counties 3rd Guilty Pica Made to Murder Rape Charges 7 An entry will become void if any of the spaces are left blank Police Find $120000 At Residence PARSONS Kan (Ar) Police found more than $120000 In cash in the home of an elderly MERCER Pa (JR A third man has pleaded guilty in the slaying of a college student and 8 Tie games must be picked as ties to be correct In cases of more than one entry with the same number of correct predictions the prizes will be awarded to the ones with scores closest to the actual scores of tho games William Davis Jr Golla received a certificate oflKrachyCa Inc of Houston Anyone may enter the contest except employes of the Caller-Times publishing company or members of their families All entries become the property of the Caller and will not bo returned Copies of the Caller may be examined free at the Caller-Times Building or public libraries New British Diplomat Has Hard Job in Paris the money continued Tuesday to determine the exact amount The discovery was made after patrolman was called to the home in answer to a report of an altercation Chief of Police Frank Washburn went to the home later and obtained consent of the husband for a search of the house in the Interest of the couple's safety The couple agreed and assist' Winners will be announced each Tuesday Checks and tickets will be mailed promptly to the winners PARIS (AP) With the rugjturn this would Jeopardize the virtually pulled out from under progress of its present members him Britain's new ambassador jin strengthening their own and in retrieving money Paris Tuesday night seeking to ence" And he added: "We must doUars was found between the ease entry for his country into not let centrifugal forces dis-jseats of the car locked Parsons couple and counting of sexual assault of two coeds Arthur McConnell 43 of Mer cer entered the plea late Monday afternoon before Judge Albert Acker of Mercer County Criminal Court to a general charge of murder and rape Two other men pleaded guilty last week in the murder of Kenneth Frick 21 of Ford City who was an honor student at Virginia Military Institute Frick and another young nan and their two dates were abducted from a restaurant parking lot near Slippery Rock March 28 Police said Frick was shot to death his body left in a hastily dug grave and the other young man and the coeds were taken to an abandoned farmhouse where the girls were raped Judge Acker said a three-judge panel would convene next Tuesday for a tearing to determine the degree of guilt for McConnell as well as Kenneth Perrine 22 and Donald Ilos-ack 27 both also of Mercer who pleaded guilty last week The trial of the fourth man Gary Batley 19 of Mercer is scheduled to start next week Texas DPS Director Is Appointed AUSTIN (D-WiLson "Pat" Speir was named director of the Texas Department of Public Safety Tuesday succeeding the lale Homer Garrison Jr Leo Gossett 42 chief of the 1 DPS Crimiml Law Enforcement Division was appointed assistant director Speir 51 has teen acting director since Garrison's death last May 7 Speir Is a native of Gilmer He served as principal of Harmony high school in Upshur County prior to joining the Texas Highway Patrol in 1941 After serving in the Army and the Air Force he returned to the highway patrol where he rose to DPS regional commander at Midland in 1957 He and his wife have three sons Also promoted Tuesday were Joseph Milner 36 highway patrol captain in Houston to the new post of DPS chief of traffic law enforcement Texas Ranget Sgt James Ray 53 Midland to captain at Lubbock and: Ranger Edwin Albers Jr 45 i Canyon to sergeant at Midland perse what has been set up so in the back yard Officers took the money to a savings and loan Soames told newsmen at a "We have! Po' lce explain that ception ceremony: the European Common Market As if to leave no room for misunderstanding French Foreign Minister Michel Debre had only Monday spelled out once again arrived at a moment when the the reasons for French opposition Admission of Britain Debre Each week 1st Prize $15 plus two tickets 2nd Prize $10 plus two tickets 3rd Prize $5 importance of Europe in the affairs of the world is becoming greater I know well good will said would lead to expansion of I and affection for my country ex-tbe six-nalion community in France" HOSPITAL ACCUSED 2nd Death Suit in 10 Days Filed Against Dr Sheppard YOUNGSTOWN Ohio -Thegent in selecting Dr Sheppard paid could not be reacted HKMtnd wrongful death suit in lOifor its staff when he had not Sheppard a former osteopath days was filed in Mahoningi for 10 years in the Cleveland suburb of Bay Probable Schorc Santa Barbara Pick Christi Cellar lex 21 91 CfcrisilTuii 71403 I I I I I I I Fnnfname I I Address Tampa Ssed to: Figskie Corpus PO Corpus Read the official rules thoroughly and fill in the coupon Coupons must be enclosed in on envelope and mailed (with sufficient postage) to be postmarked no later than midnight Friday To Pigskin Pick Corpus Christi Caller PO Box 21 91 Corpus Christi Texas 78403 County Common Pleas Court Tuesday against Dr Samuel Sheppard and the Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital Similar claims were made In a $530000 suit filed Sept 7 by Mrs Marcia Lopez Her bus- Village Joined the hospital staff this summer He spent almost 10 years In Jordan Claims Three Injured UNITED NATIONS NY (AP) Jordan reported three persons injured seriously and two houses partly destroyed in Tuesday's shelling by Israel of the town of Irbid The injured were described as a man his wife and their child Ambassador Muhammad El-Farra gave the casualties in a letter to Canadian Ambassador George Ignatioff president of the UN Security Council for September Reports It om Tel Aviv said the shelling of Irbid was in retaliation for Arab gunfire directed against the Israeli town of Bet She'an Monday night with 130mm rochets MlJ Martin Duffy chief of theband Samuel died following a ftuuuu Asuuji M'iiMijuv udiiiuvij uiw Wife of Ex-Senator From New York Dies: ROCHESTER NY Ill Louise DePuy Keating 68 wife of Kenneth Keating former US senator from New York1 died today at her suburban Brighton home i Although restricted in her activities by a lengthy illness' Mrs Keating maintained a keen interest in her husband's career Keating now is an associate justice of the Court of Appeals The family said funeral services would be private prison On ft iuiu Liberty Town ship Fire jP'spinal operation performed by jer conviction in the bludgeon and prison on a second-degree nuir- Dr Sheppard on Aug 6 death of his first wife Marilyn cny State Duffy also claimed Sheppard jn their Bay Village borne on Zju ment sued Dr Sheppard the hospital for $685000 claiming negligence in the death of his wife Mary last May 16 The petition claimed Dr Sheppard was negligent In lacerating failed to perform proper post-operative care for Mrs Duffy who died 16 hours after the opera Tsbphsng July 4 1954 He was acquitted at a second trial which was grant ed after a US District Court judge in Dayton ruled that he did not receive a fair trial in 1 an artery white performing aition pii on Mrs Duffy The hospital Lad comment and ttafthe hospital was negii-'on the suit Tuesday Dr Step-1954 1.