Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 1

INDEX Markets Oil Comics News Editorials Sports Amusements WEATHER Mild Favorably Yesterday's High and Low CofC 61-60 Airport 68-56 Sunrise 6:55 am Set 5:36 pjn Moonrlso 10:53 un Set 9:55 pjn High Tide 8:37 pm Low 11:51 ami VOLUME 74-No 258 £5 CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS SATURDAY NOVEMBER IQ 1955 Thirty Pages in Two Sections-PRICE FIVE CENTS Ike Pledges Peace Effort To Continue IFMIVTS IMPARTIALITY Dulles Reports On Geneva Heavy Vote Is Expected In Houston Kefauver Claims Demo Committee Favors Stevenson WASHINGTON Nov 18 President Eisenhower pledged to- night the United States I never admit defeat" in its quest CHICAGO Nov 18 (AP) Sen Kefauver charged! for world peace despite the dead- today that the Democratic National Committee had fav-l with Russia at Geneva ored the candidacy of Adlai Stevenson for the 1956 Party presjdenhal nomtnattdn (obstacle to progress will ever deter 1 National Chairman Paul Butler promptly denied thg government snd our people Kcfauvcr-S assertion that the committee had sent tele-1 from the great effort to establish grams from Washington bearing name to local! a Just and durable peace" Iparty meetings I Secretary of State Dulles re- TTT fl 1 Telling a crowded news confer-'yed views at the UIN Proposal or five Mich ltieUncce Krfeuvcr 0 inccnM mcellni of the Features Election HOUSTON NOV 18 A heavy turnout of voters is ex- nected tomorrow as Houston holds pected tomorrow asi Hous on i hold its second city election wiimn a year Over 80000 of 125000 eligible voters are expected to settle a bitter campaign between Mayor Roy Hofheinz and former Mayor Oscar Holcombe While most attention centered on the Hofhelnz-Holcombe battle there waa a strong possibility third candidate for mayor attorney George Eddy would draw sufficient support to force a off run- Ignores Squabble 1 Eddy for the most part ha ignored the Ilofhcinz-Holcombe Is Accepted By Israel "I am not complaining now but 1 just don't think It's proper" Kefauver who said he will an-unce by Dec 16 or 17 whether he will enter the race for next year's presidential nomination GROUNDBREAKING COMMITTEEMEN INSPECT BEEF HEADED FOR BARBECUE PITS George Strauss of Corpus Christ! (left) and Casey Jones Kingsville barbecue expert supervise Dam Groundbreaking Today Stresses Area Industrial Hopes Son 12 To Turn First Earth Near Mathis CALLER REVIEWS DEEDS LEADING TO BIG EVENT JERUSALEM- Isrlcli Sectorsaid that "in limes past there has Nov 18 Israel announced to- wdence dBy acceptance of the UN Plan: hU been trying to help Steven- to conflict Eeptans 0VPr he NanB 13 Stevenson's Name A project often compared to opening of the port in importance to this growth will formally get underway today when ground is broken for the Wesley Seale Dam In Caller are news stories and pictures recalling to South Texans the work that led to occasion and the men who performed it The articles are on Pages 2 and 3 of Section squabble but has Egypt final response is still both the political veterans are awaited Jed to "personal group" and JoKph Tekoah lhe Foreign Min rUnr directOT 01 the city for the best interests of the people" fairs said Maj Gen All three daily the' Burn' Canadian J1 -N-j might occurred under lhe Chronicle Post and Press hav- organization was advised of regime of Stephen A Mitchell for-endorsed Holcombe who had Israel's position at a meet'ng burner chairman served 10 non-consecutjve terms Jerusalem with him snd the For hink the committee as mayor prior to retiring three egn Ministry director Dr Walter PluS for one person years ago Hofheinz has charged Fytsn "collusion" among the three news- Bums and UN Secretary Gen-papers and a group of prominent Deg HammarskjoJd drew up city leaders he described ee weal- pin york after an thy "fat cats" Csuneilmen Endorsed The press also has endorsed four to have been demilitarized councilman who sought to im-1 Accepting Hen In Principle RanniB- peach Hofheinz last summer Sev- Tekoah said Burns was told Is- lh en out of eight councilmen took mg i accepting the UN plan in delivered SlthttifTta part in the impeachment fight and tee wa de vered wUl the six of them are seeking reelection Immediate He said well-wishing telegrams were sent to local meeting! by the National Committee from Wash ington bearing Stevenson's name "sometime in the summer" He added that he was not sure Butler had had any part and that this Kefauver said Clayton Fritchey deputy national chairman under both Mitchell and Butler said he was certain no such man who has made up his mind NEW KVDO PETITION to run against Stevenson but is withhoWi hi Mnounce ment for strategic reasons ment for strategic reasons jhe Tennessee senator said that in talking to "Democratic leaden and Just good Democrats" over the country since his return frdm a European trip six weeks ago Bra KEFAUVER Page 14 At noon today Corpus Christl will take its longest stride toward becoming one of the mightiest industrial cities in the nation This step will be taken when 12-year-old Frank Wesley Seale assisted by his mother Mrs Wesley Seale breaks ground to- the 667 million Wesley Seale Dam at Mathis The groundbreaking will begin temperatures construction on a dam that isj Clouds will begin to break up scheduled to be completed by the by late morning Temperatures end of 1957 assuring Corpus Christ! and the surrounding ares a freshwater supply for ydars to come Good Forecast Even the weather which for awhile threatened the ceremonies may cooperate in this important stage of area development The 3500 persons who have officially indicated they will attend the groundbreaking ceremonies have spent two anxious days scanning the heavy mists and low-hanging clouds that dampened the pre-festival air somewhat The weatherman says however that the 5000 pounds of barbecue that will be consumed following ceremonies today may sizzle without a serious threat of rain Seashine Promised Rain disappeared from the weather forecast late last night leaving cloudy skies this morning Vith a promise of sunshine by the time barbecue is served The forecast calls for cloudy skies this morning i- iming partly cloudy this aftemujii with mild during the groundbreaking will be 64 to 88 degrees a fob an outing Chamber of Commerce Manager Dan Chamberlin promised that if bad weather does occur it simply will be ignored Frames have been built over the barbecue pita and tarpaulins can be thrown over them If it gets misty to the dripping stage The groundbreaking will officially begin at noon Barbecue will be served at 12:55 pm Nc Mod Expected Barring a cloudburst the weather la not expected to affect the grounds at the dam site The area is composed of light deep sand Delays on VHF Wanted Until Mixture Decision WASHINGTON Nov 18 the viewers in the Corpus Christ! Big Four ministers meeting at Geneva Shares Assessment Dulles specifying that Eisenhower "fully shares" his assessment pinned foe blame for the Geneva stalemate squarely on the Russians "In he said of the parley between the foreign ministers of the United States Britain and Frmtce on the one hand and Rus-jsia's Foreign Minister Molotov on the other get us anywhere at That was an ad libbed remark the secretary slipped into his prepared-in-advance report he hod gone over earlier today with Eisenhower at Gettysburg Dulled quoted the President as telling him the spirit of 165 million free Americans will eventually help achieve peace Five Questions Dulles built his 4000-word speech around five questions which he said "are in the air" as a result of foe failure of foe Geneva- meeting to make a single agreement The questions he ashsd and foe answers he provided were: 1 Is the "spirit of Not entirely because Soviet leaders "seem not to want to revert to the earlier reliance on threats and 2 Has the risk of general war Increased? nothing that hap-pened changes President July estimate nude after the Big Four summit meeting that war is "less likely" CMd War To Resume 1 Will the cold war be resumed full Yes in terms of See IKE Page 14 men had arranged for their own trips on a charter basis The plane crashed between houses in a resl- dential area Ail id the survivors who escaped when the plane broke apart and before a gasoline explosion tore it escaped with bruises but her hus- band was killed Twenty-six soldiers also were Identified as dead to pieces were injured some only slightly Nineteen soldiers were released from the hospitals within 12 hours A woman and her three children The three members of the crew Unrhain fnrmm miintv initoa "2SL5S and state legislator succeeded Holcombe in January 1953 and was reelected last November in a bitter race with former Councilman Louie Welch a council candidate again this year Co unopposed result of competing Conven- Television Station KVDO of Corpus Christ! today asked the Federal Communications Commission to authorize no VHF stations in the Corpus Christi area until it decides whether it will retain allocation of both UHF and VHF tion of Texas last March area Gulf Coast Broadcasting which operates KRIS is for Channel 6 as a the withdrawal of a bid by Baptist General i comfortable-level which might even be improved by a light sprinkle At any rate it is not expected to become muddy The speaker's stand is located froip a central viewpoint It is about one-half mile from the pres- ent Mathis Dam and about 50-fret from one of Texas' moat valuable products a producing oil Auja one fw iti impiemen a on on the basis 01 these proposals 1 The main proposals Tekoah told newsmen are: 3 Withdrawal of Israeli military forces from the demilitarized zone and their replacement by policemen lor the protection of Israel settlers Denied Israel Reports Earlier today Bums denied Is-! i racli press reports that Premier! 1 Gamal Abdel Egyptian regime had turned down foe plan I 'He told a news conference Egypt "stated her views ni the pro-1 sal" and that they are now 'bring considered by foe Israelis A military spokesman said Is- racli troops killed two armed and i uniformed Egyptians and captured a third yesterday as the three fled! from position nesr Bror Hail east of the Gaza strip The spokes-1 man said the Egyptian had been 1 sending armed scouts into Israeli 'territory for several months to spy: or road traffic In all he said four have been killed and two rsptured 1 Completion of the border marking 2 Evacuation of Egyptian sol-The impeachment fight was set- dr forces in the defense area on tied with a reprimand after voters their side of the border so tar as in August approved a Hofheinz-1 they are in excess of specific pro- backed city charter amendment visiorx of the armistice agreement Copilot Says Plane Had Engine Trouble to the area KVDO which operates on UHF petitioned foe FCC more than a year ago to make the city all 10 A hearing examiner has rec-UHF That petition along withjommended a grant to K-SIX 34 others of a similar nature from various parts of foe country was Fi (yl-ifr nl pl dismissed last week by the com- mission pending a study of Superior Television Inc KEYS-TV and K-SIX Television Inc are competing for Channel Investigation cutting a year off current terms of the mayor councilmen and city controller and calling a new city election Defeat of Coil nr 11 men Predicted Hofheinz frequently has predicted all current councilmen will be defeated tomorrow but his feud with lhe council has been shoved into the background by his race with Holcombe In another front page rditoral endorsing Holcombe foe Post said today: or City Progress? A Dictator or a Leader?" The Chronicle asked its readers: "Will vou Help Rescue the City?" The Press said: "Our City's Suffering a Your Vote 1 tor Oscar Can CUre IL" I Holcombe has charged that Houston ipped Hof iheinz' three years as mayor nr iheinL jn danger of running second to Dallas Dist Atty' Bam one yeterday asked eight witnesses to be present in Kingsville Monday when the Kleberg County grand jury meets to consider the case of Mrs problem nationally SEATTLE Nov 18 IP Wit-1 nesses and a crew member said today a chartered airliner was' having engine trouble before it crashed and killed 27 of the 74 persons aboard on a midnight take- her copilot Fred Hall of Miami Fla taid he was sure the trouble in one of the big plane's four en- ginrs would not have caused foe disaster: that the DC4 was capable of climbing on three The plane was on a special flight to take 66 soldiers from foe Fsr East toward their homes in 'Midwest and East An Army spokesman said the Mild Weather On Tap Today Weather Map oa 10B Sunshine which has been missing from the local scene the past few days will make a fresh appearance sometime this afternoon according to the forecast from the Weather Bureau Station at Cliff Maus Airport Cloudy skies this morning are expected to become only partly cloudy this afternoon accompanied by mild temperatures both today and tomorrow The high temperature on both days will be 64 to 68 degrees with a low tonight o' 54 to 58 degrees Winds will be northeasterly at 13 to 18 miles an hour today becoming northeasterly at 8 to 12 miles an hour tonight Tomorrow's winds are to be northeast and easterly at 12 to 18 miles sn hour The forecast for East and South Central Texas Cloudy to partly cloudy Saturday: Sunday generally fair moderate variable winds on the coast well This is the A Gregg No 13 I An all-night crew of about 100 the FCC tor permission to inter-men yesterday afternoon began vene in the cases involving pro-working to make sure there totals for VHF Channels 6 plenty of food SJK4 Pounds Beef Six barbecue pits have been dug and foe fires were lighted at 3 pm yesterday The first of 5024 pounds of beef began cooking about 8 pm About 600 pounds of salt pork began boiling at midnight Crews will bring 1000 pounds of sausage to the site for cooking early today along with enough slaw to feed the expected attendance Casey Jones of Kingsville well-known barbecue chef is supervising the cooking The pits are being manned by men from Ingle-side Portland Three Rivers Bra DAM Page 14 FiTcorpus rtir the VcC make them special authorizations for operations on UHF channels until lhe mixture question is settled "The advent of VHF television In Corpus Christi will immediately cripple the existing UHF operation in Corpus Christi" KVDO said "Establishment of VHF service would involve serious in- jury to the public by reason of the destruction or deterioration of foe UHF service with resulting destruction of competition and choice of the television service to and foe Peninsular Air Transport Bee PLANE Page 14 Force Base has been asked to iave the sergeant present for an appearance before the grand jury Discussed The step-son i attorneys met Tarllon here yesterday to discuss tions of the will executed between Mrs Worden and Don Worden shortly before the latter's death Tarllon said property settlement and other matters were discussed but there was no definite indication that the will may be contested Others Called Also asked to be present for the grand jury are Ellery Britt Nue- Jim Tarlton has been asked to have foe defendant present The attor- ney for her airman step-son Sgt Robert Worden of Lackland Air 'iSunny Canales Worden who has confessed to the fatal shooting of 'her husband on Padre Island Mr women's attorney Dudley borough Kleberg County sheriff Texas Rangers Joe Bridge and Zeno Smith Deputy Sheriff Oscar Wamke of Bexar County and Dee Wheeler of Austin who gave a He detector test to Mrs Worden Jones said there is no reason at this time to have Mrs Worden's 5-year-old daughter present but she may be called later Mrs Worden said she shot her husband and buried him In a grave he made her dig on Padre Island She said (he shot him alter he said he was going to force her to kill her daughter and then kill herself Ike Names Chairman Member for NLRB culated in Washington earlier in the day and came a surprise Only a few months ago Elsenhower had passed over Leedom and picked Philip Ray Rodgers former aide to the late Sen Robert A Taft (R-Ohlo) as acting chairman when the term of Chairman Ub0e Relloni Act No reasons were given tor oy-1 passing Rodgers foe senior Sn' Abe Mufdock (D- hower- appointee with more than toh) and Ivar Peterson both two years NLRB service and named by former President Tru- givtng the top job to Leedom How- man Leedom once was Republican candidate for governor of South Dakota He practiced law at Rapid' City for many years and served as city attorney there for a decade The two other members of the board which administers the Taft- Bean's appointment is subject to GETTYSBURG Pa Nov 18 III President Eisenhower today named a new chairman and a new member of the National Labor Relations Board the agency which administers the Taft-Hartley Law Boyd Leedom 49 an NLRB member since last April was designated as chairman A Republican he ii farmer justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court Stephen Sibley Bean 63 Massachusetts Republican was appoint ed to a vacancy on the five-man board Ben has been an NLRB trial examiner ever Secretary of Labor MitcheU had reportedly opposed Rodgers becoming NLRB chairman Rodg- ONLY TAIL SECTION REMAINS INTACT FOLLOWING 27 persona killed in crash near CRASH OF BIG FOUR-ENGINED CHARTERED PLANE Seattle burning house is hi background confirmation when Congress convenes He has been an NLRB trial examiner since 1950 and before that practiced law In Boston Word that Leedom's selection asiers said in Washington tonight he chairman waa Imminent had dr-had no comment 1.