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Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 15

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P-fJfr i-ww wm r-tHfcVBJrr' MMihl iirWv Ww nmrnmm vgg ayy ws i iu iriifi CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER Friday April 17 1953 15 Verdict Favors Driscoll to ratify its action and plana for' reflections on my bill as being an other 8B-303 1 wobwJ jilJtd point expansion) NEW ENGIulND JUDGE PONDERS FATE Ford Amends 2 Bills a To Include Okay on Water Bonds Ford's HB6S1 is a general vail- lout that ft wm irtroducsd datlon act applying to all )' bffor SB-202" water supply districts in Texas I Rep Ford thto week also In-Home eunrem was expressed In formed the Brownavlfl ft a a the Rio Grande Valley that by Board of his Intent to Srflchd HB-legal interpretattona it might be! 485 applied also to District 15 Estate in School Tax Case classifying tbs land aa industrial -triet the board of trustee and and setting tbs tax valuation on Mrs Bradley tav aasessor- In comment on HB-485 Ford said "For ths ben si It or newspapers which have seen (it to vast BOSTON April 18 Texan Louis onlay's fight' for freedom from a record 88 months la Plymouth Jail for contempt rested tonight wtth Superior Court Judge Lewis Goldberg who took his plea under advisement Conley 81 of Amarillo seek his release in petition for writ of habeas corpus He contends the Plymouth County probate court had no authority to Jail him for failure to return his 8-year-old daughter Lynetta to her mother Mrs Lucilla Haroux Conley of Brockton The child la in Texas Ths Conleys are dl- vorcad A Jury in Judge Paul A Mar-tlncau'a 28th District Court yesterday afternoon returned a verdict in favor of the Clara Driscoll Estate and others In the Tuloso-Midway school tax case The Jury found that the value set by the board of equalisation of the Tuloeo-Mldway independent School District on 178811 acres of land owned by the Chun Driscoll Estate and others last year was excessive" The Jury also found that the "Suffered 7 jean -then I found Pazo kings amazing relief collector Jnrare homed The Jury waa eompoaad or Walton foreman A Bradley Jr Gribben Carloa White Donald Capps 8 Driscoll Robert Beeksr Dm Eakalaon Earl Millar Jay Allan Orr and 8 I Coleman Ths land ownen era represented by ths law firm of Keys Russell Keys Watson Ths school district end officials are represented by Robert Scnfleld of Houston and Teriton I'aller-Tintea hni Bervico Rep CUrtls Ford Corpus Cbrlstl Thursday informed the Corpus Chrlsti Gsller he has amended two water district validation acts to provide Board of Water Engineer approval of bonds before they an ratified under House Bills No 488 and No 881 Tha two Mils Ford said are Identical to House Bills No 283 end No 384 of tha 61st Legislature Tha wording "and tha Board of Water Engineers has approved such bonds" Is to be added to ono section of tha latest measures to clarify HB-485 and HB-S31 Rep HB-485 introduced 'several days before" Sen Rogers Kelley's controversial SB-302 was a general water and Irrigation district validation measure with state-wide applications It w-: interpreted at tha time as legislation which inlght accomplish tha same purpose as Senator Kelley's defunct SB-303 (SB-203 wm a bill to validate bonds of Irrigation District 15 and says Mr lea Angefos Catit SrMaanuni whet tram aumrynttenpiapde with mUma Acu la item pant Urbina iiaateiAiMMiWkBiaBitiidi 1 board of equalization in arriving at its value of the land prmM crack via radiict ewteiaf Dart miter nradlni tartura ct nrarli pila Ga raaa hr comhtttea ntirl Ate year tenor abew SuypuMtaiy term a lubaa llk yarforated aiaa te Pi mute mt tha basis of 82 percent of a market value of 81000 an acre or gl-781850 An agent of tbs lend owners had previously rendered the property at 538 SMV based on 88 14 percent of market value of 880 an acre The landowqere are eeekfaig an restraining the school district from enfortlng or attempting to enforce tjia assessment and mandatary injunction requiring the district's tax assessor-collector to sat the valuation at the rendered' figure Several Mag Suit The suit was brought by Dr Melvor Furman Preston Pittman and L-W Keys trustees of ths Estate of (Sara Driscoll deceased: Donald Alexander and wifi Kathleen Jonas Alexander Samuel Knight Kathleen Jones Alexander and Joseph Morris trustees of the Kathleen Jones Alexander Foundation Mrs Ada Spoor individually and ns trustee Weldon Moore MoCSendon and wife Laura Moore McCtondon 8 Boutwnre and wlfei Edna Boulware Oapt Wldtakar and wife Mary SEARS BIG SPECIAL EVENT ENDS SATURDAY! TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SAVINGS TILL 9 PM SATURDAY! arbitrarily or capriciously1 Flea In Abatement Filed A plea in abatement filed by attorneys for the school district is to bb heard by Judge Marti neau later In the plea in abatement the echoed district alleges that the land-owners notified of the board's action in raising the valuation placed by them on the property failed to appeal to or appear before the board and show why the higher valuation was "erroneous or otherwise Illegal" by presentation of evidence For this reason the board contends tbs board's decision was Anal "and this court is without jurisdicitlon to entertain deterarina- Spear Whitaker: 8 Shsrban and SHOPAT SIARS AND 5AVI tlon of the board 83tani Valuation Set The board of equalisation last year set a valuation for tax of 8570875 on the wife Eleanor Moore Sherban Mrs Blrdl Kltchdl Speer and Milton Moore The suit is against the Tuloso-MMwmy Independent School Die- At promised not Eaiy Way Ta Una Yaur Cradit! City Sues Subdivide! Happy-go-lucky Washable PURCHASE COUPON BOOKS Charmode Nylon "Tu-Woy Control" Girdles For Park in Addition Cottons 98 4 Tbs City of Corpus 'Christl yesterday want to court in move to gat a park in ths South Park Addition nrsa which -ft aald was promised but not delivered The city filed suit i in Mth District Court against XjA McAlpin subdlvldsr of ths Bomb Park Addition who ths city alleged agreed to provide a SJMS-ecn tract (or a park Btartsell Jr individually and as trustee and W) A Lowery Plat Approved 1 Theplat of the subdivision was approved by the Zoning and Plena ing Commission enly after Me- Alpin through his attorney Bryan Sixes 25 to 32 LteM ayloa lane alaaue aUa ntnen lltewtjri to Irlm yoar Mya oyloi hue alaatla back airaukaa up and dawn (or action comfort I Nylon -taffeta llittcaa yaur tummy ifcl-raUl ataatia bank iraooKw midriff nee'! tell vcrl aide Upper llaMly boacd Wub aad dry In llffyl Plak Walat auaa ta ell Mpc Win go stated in letter that the 8M6-scrs tract out of a tract adjoining ths subdivision would bo (gxllcatsd to tho city the eburt petition stated jibs petition alleges that tps tract out of which the park Xrn wm to coma la owned by McAlpin Btartsell Lowery and Wtngo that the title to the land la held by Btartsell trustee and that tha beneficiaries of 4 ha trust ro BUrisalL Lowary and McAlpin -(The city repreeented by City Any I Singer and Assistant Qty A tty Hodge Thompson ask ed for court Judgment compelling a partition of the tract with tho 'IMS-ecra area set aside to McAlpin and compelling McAlpin to deed tha 8565 acres to tha city specific performance of his contract" with tha city Hi or OMk Asked Tha city asked in tha alternative for judgement against Me-Alplh for 810000 as damages and damages be impressed with trust" to provide as park area tha vicinity of South Park Ad lion Naw-faxturad Cotton Fabrics Oioom from a wonderful te lection ot monay-paving low price! Excllingty new textured Gay colon Sisen 14 to a i Vetters Proposes Deputy Registrar Get Promotion Bcarkllns atnwa and altiw afotha in head-hueitns Myhc btp bramn ll I uittmnp to -wanted SummartlSM eQWrd--i New! Glazed Colton Blouses' 298 WWI-pellaMd Maned blown reatureS trap ten ar ft Baa SEE a THINIW 1PALMBEACH suits AT' Linen-like Skirls 498 Siisa 10 to 20 CLOTHIERS City Secy Valters yesterday recommended that Mrs Geraldine Tower deputy of Vital Statistics since Dec 1 1838 he given the title of director end registrar i I i Ha also recommended that Julia Pellegrino clerk In the ibureau since Aug 84 1848 ha paomotad to deputy- registrar -Ths promotions era contingent upon approval by City Manager Stevens -Vetters has held title of director and registrar of the bureau in order fo permit the city to legally charge for copies of birth and death certificates Issued for governmental agencies Stats taw dictated that cities with fulltime paid registrars could not charge for such service so Vetters held the post of registrar without pay on pa rt time basis However he explained today new legislation now forbids the city from charging other governmental agencies for copies of certificates so his holding ths title now Is unnecessary He asked that Mn Tower bo given ths tltla of har out-Blending sendee and loyalty deputy in the bureau'' The pro motion of Mrs Tower and Mas Pellegrino would call for no salary adjustment at this time Kafrybraofen Mnee-tacMrad r-im cklrt alteijr ciyicd with mitctiad perkete Navy brjn luit Stna ar pick 19 ta i Sots that tell-tale lool myoarfacasay changeofl 1 mat of1 after tew Tter tow atelf swvwj iter iwkM hard is vith Their ayaa as4 faae get that akaar thaaeV lack Women's! 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