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a 1 1 nwwi '2 '-I 4 Jb --ssaa asa tfe tfyauuwas 4' LilA ft Jt 4 II WEATHER Ilot Favorable Yesterday's High and Low CofC 90-80 Airport 93-77 Sunrise 5:59 am Set 7:10 pm Bloonrise 2:17 pm Set 12:31 am High Tide 2:13 am Low 4:15 pm INDEX New Farm and Market Editorials Sports Comics Amusements Pape 8A Tace 11A Pane 2U Pace 311 Paso (ill Page 8B VOLUME 75-No 176 ffraAgig JtfS CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS TUESDAY AUGUST 14 1956 Twenty-Four rages in Two Sections-PRICE FIVE CENTS a ndicts unts ft i Stevenson Scrambles For Lead Arabs Warn tPi Against Use l0f Force Hrilish Ijiliorilm Demand Uiiaratilcc Against Suez Allack Sw DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN PAUL BUTLER CALLS CONVENTION TO ORDER AFTER RECEIVING GAVEL Georgia Gov Griffin presented gavel make of hickory grown at former Little White House at Warm Springs iaf mm) Texans Proclaim Related Stories on Pages I-7A lty IMIl Til AS CORNFIX CONVENTION HALL Chicago Aug 13 The Democratic National Convention lifted roaring applause tonight for a blast at the GOP ss a "party of privilege and while ils wmild-be presidential candidates sparred Inconclusively for advantage Tn the presidential nominating derby il still was Stevenson nut in front hut not yet in sight of victory after another day of hectic scrambling tor delegate voles And it was Gnv Averell llarri-nmn of New York still in second xMit trailed by a throng of favor ile sons Some of those favorites wire beginning tn get ideas that mnyhe they ran lie more maybe go lo the top Rank and file delegates quit their round of caucuses and con-! lemurs and thronged into this stockyards amphitheatre tn listen Guv Frank Clement of Tennessee deliver the address designed to set tlie keynote for tho convention and the campaign be vond Pours It On Clement poured It on And the rrowd of party partisans poured out applause for one of those old-time firrbnrathing lay-'em-in-the aisles political oration- Come Novemlier Clement predicted a Repuhliean administra-I tion wilh "a sordid record of bro i ken promises and unredeemed will do the fade-jaway of (lie He went after President Eiseiv bower and Viee President Nixon Johnson Race for Lyl lc Claims SAT1SFACTORY CIRCUS ATMOSPHERE LONDON Aug 13 The Arab world warned the West today 'against using force in llie dispute wilh Egypt over the Suez Canal And the British Labor Tarty demanded that Prime Minister Eden publicly guarantee Britain will not atlark Egypt Britain pressed a buildup of air land and sea power in the Mediterranean despite the warnings I Delegates of 22 nations were 'gathering in London for Thurx-! day's conference arranged by Britain France and tlic United Stales to consider international control of tlic canal Egypt and Greece refused to attend UR In Full Accord In Washington (lie Stale Department reiterated complete accord with Britain and Franre that there should be "international means to insure the practical and efficient functioning of the Suez Behind the scenes there was a feverish search fur a diplomatic compromise time would enable holh President Nasser of Egypt and Eden to save face Other developments during the By JAMES HESTON I Clement of Tennessee tossing ouljy: New Vnrk Times Service thunderbolts in the stockyards and! Pkcs- CHICAGO Aug Who said telling the multitude that the Dcm-iman Mld some trooP arr ocrats are in a "happy harmon-jS Pulled out of Gcnnany In ioui calmly confident and ew ot tha Sun crtala They wl Inspired about the outcome in 'holster the strategic reserve tn I Britain Presumably they re- circus was dead? Barnum In hia never the Democrats They gathered here this week RIGHTS FUNK PREDICTED KEYNOTER LAMRASTK REPUBLICANS Gov Clement lists charges CAP WimrfMtnt Parr Foe Gailan Appointed Deputy Sheriff in Duval By HENRY AI-RMEYfB JR faller-Timra Malt Writer SAN DIEGO The appointment of politico Geoi-gelwishrs the President anything lesi with lew holds barred No God fearing Democrat the out-produced have I pTaee troops' Vhi'p'pcd to the Modi- B' rarFas a city policeman at the salary of $50 a month than the beat of health and the -was followed yesterday by the appointment of Jesus Gai-greatest of happiness Clement State Holds Top By IUVE (HEAVENS CHICAGO Aug 13 (AP)-Texas delegates today shouted and howl-! ed their approval ot Sen Lyndon Johnson as a serious contender for the Democratic presidential nomination Johnson striving to' maintain the unity program he set up last May promised there would be no by disloyal Democrats ol tlie Sept 11 state convention These developments jnnrjccd the first raucus ol the 56-mcmbcr delegation pledged to vole lor Johnson as a favorite son candidate Several speakers were loudly applauded when they said they hoped (he Johnson boom would grow and that the delegation would not have to he released from ils pledge to him More than half tlic Texas scats were empty as the national convention 1 droned through its opening formalities hut the occasion was historic Negro Drlrgslo For the first time a Negro delegate had a seat in the Texas section on the main floor of convention hail He was Ilohart Taylor Houston businessman who said he thought he could help the Democrats at home and nationally to elect a president The Texans had a rhniec and prominent spot in convention hall a front section immediately to the left of the speaker's stand Their nearest neighbors are Minnesota le Gmal Zone I Utah and the Canal Zone CHICAGO Aug 13 (AP)-1 louse Speaker Sam Kaylnirn and Vann Kennedy of Corpus Christi said today ihey are confident a civil rights platform plank tsnlidaclnry lo most Democrats will bo adopted by the party's national convention They spoke at the first caucus of the Texas delegation Kennedy and Mrs Max Brooks ol Austin are mrmhers or the ptultorm drafting com mitfee "I have failh to believe those working on the platform are going to bring out one on which all Democrats can Rayburn said "I feel sure there is a general dixpoxifion to find a common meeting ground on which to solve this seemingly insoluble Kennedy said "I believe we can work out a civil righls plank that won't please all but which will satis- -fy most Democrats in the nation "Somewhere someway we will get a plunk on which Texas can run a candidate for president and elect him" more clowns more side-shows Perullar Aspect more solemn nonsense more tight- If there was ever a more uo-tanean Henntv sheriff at a salarv of $175 saMfsa WiirXi SKSTto tlj5 beings Chicago has never seen Briiain and tho United-Slates it in charges of disturbing the peaecj and fireworks than was ever gathered under any big top in history country under any White House boai-d of directors them 'but statement is might be unable to protect Amer- jgainst Gailan were reported lo IirMf JT TU ST rharaeterixlic of a peculiar aspect and British oil pim'iinn haw "had m-ain vesientov 1 111 11 aftemoon Texas Rangers intervened at the occasion Friday afternoon and also The place is full of fantasy Normally serious intelligent experienced men sweating under the presidential fever are worse than then under Die influence of wom-cr and booze They can convince themselves of anything and they were doing so today in hotel rooms ah over town The Stevenson managers ere eventuality including "the dyna-l Gailan who is political op- Hcre is Ilarry Truman playing hadimitinR of the Suez if ncc-Pnent of Fmt was idmtified the role of-King Lear grasping ovcr doiegates" The Ilarn- essary a fumcr employe of the counly for his lost political domain and ma" lhi is a lie1f 4' Ttt0 flyinR dividine the nartv he came tn! and a hoax The Harnman master-: ferrying wives and children of Ihrr Aciums Chicago to unity minds claim they have "over Ycstcrday brought these other actions: "They are he said have him accept all responsibilities that belong upon including that most unbearable load of all the responsibility for Nixon's (lime to IYnpto Tlie Democratic party Clement said is close to the heart of the 'people alert and responsive to their changing needs and requirements unbound by ties to any special groups hearing "no leopard marks ol Urging Democrats to fight tight fight the 36-year-old Tennessee governor declared: "There is a job to be a country to be a way of life tn be a people to be KVDO Asks FCG Review KSIX Action KVDO-TV yTsterday asked Federal Communications Commission in Washington to rrronsid-rr ils action in granting a permit to KSIX-TV lo broadcast over very high frequency (V1IF) Cliannel 10 The FOC granted the permit to KSIX-TV July 11 KVDO-TV an ultra high fre- the Quo warranto proceedings seeking a court order restraining Martin Alaniz Aianiz fmmservinRss ci'y raeli government passive atti-j11" tude toward the Suez crisis ne "Merman were fded by Disl uuw ivirmu uie uuvit Aii''itii lie i Here is Sen Lyndon Johnson a and this sends the heart-patient proclaiming himself Stevenson rrowd into gales ol a "serious for the most ironlc lauRhlcr-arduous job in tlie world and pro- Ru10r fJ)8innr lo PIW Btt'ail tllP "Hoalth There TT70T6 njItlOTS jhlWl Rayburn won laughter and whifh ig the main hope ot1ausaSrs in Oitaisti tonight all declared Nasser would follow upJdy' plause when he recalled some nmnoratir virtnrv I 'h' seizure of the canal with an 01 Wo C1U See riUClS rage 13 aKt attapk on Isracli jzens 'Emergency Meeting Si-rniy-Ninth Dist Judge An A-1 Woodrow Lsughlin set a hearing An emergency meeting of Arab nnv Mni uhn Texas Democratic history He marked that this was the first time since 1010 that he had had re-That puts the Texans in a good spot to whoop it up when John-j name is put hetore tlic con-much influence with the Texas' SFfDVI) ATTEMPT Fl if vention in a nominating speech delegation in a national convcn-' by John Connally of Fort Worth jtion The referenee was lo the Kit- Connally a long time associate of lies of HMI 1918 and 1032 when Johnson is vice chairman of the i Texas delegates split boiled or delegation shunned the national convention's Tlic pro-Johnson ballyhoo he- presidential ticket gan in earnest at the Texas cau-' standing Cheers cus Among the speakers were for-1 The caucus greeted Johnson and mer Sen Tom Connally of Marlin Rayburn wilh standing ovations Reynolds USW Collapse in Washington queney (U1IF) station broadcast ing over Channel 22 directed its! a code of governmental petition toward that part of the conduct to be grant in which the FCC refused Clement's audience Harry to condition operations on ils do-j Truman and Mrs Franklin i reiuim-u iium vmnuun a imu cisinn on proposed deintermlxture nonsevelf among them produced enrly also scheduled for aclinnof U1IF and VHF channel alloca-j rnof-rallling roan and applause nnu for next Monday the five election tions jat nearly every other sentence aggression cnntpst suits filed last week as The FCC denied a similar re-1 Sweat poured from the governor's ihi nino ArUrHnn'an outgrowth of the Democratic quest hy KVDO last month when- brow But he grinned and kept Among the nine Arab nations prjmary clcction- it Rraned the permit to KSIX I pounding away pledging full support of Nassers foort 0f iiupiiry Reeesses KVDO which has been fighting Tremendous Ovatlnn tu -A ot inquiry wilh a Tarr-ifor deintermixture of UIIF andj Truman received a tremendous month were Iraq Jordan and Lib- nned attorney serving as court-! VI IE stations for some time earl- ovation when he entered the pres- appointed county attorney for pur-ler tried to block the issuance or uirntial box Just before the second poses of the Investigation recessed a permit to KRIS now broad- session of the convention opened shortly after a witness refused to casting over Channel 6 KRIS be tonight And he got another when Talks John Lyle of Corpus" Christi IL Perry of Austin and House Speaker Sam Rayburn Deciding Voire Negotiations between Reynolds off four day after they were by years that the Texas delegation the JInitcd aucd- Other League members are is marks tip of 100 permit Demo- i Unkm came to an abrupt! Reyna said he did not know why Aral? "What welend in Washington yesterday and the talks had been stopped and AraDia local representatives were to re- that no indication was given SyrJa and 'fmrn lura here this morning to await 'to when talks might reopen Leagues committee en-new talks To Arrive Today Oscar Reyna vice president of! Four local representatives Man dorsed Nasser's counterproposal for a 43-nation conference to answer further questions was held gan construction of its station be- 'Qcmpnt singled him out for spin contempt of court and was tore final decision on P-! probation The second time the quickly released under a writ of i pci jormPr Pridrnt had t0 get up get up Texas delegation will very Parted in the May stale convcn-likely have the deciding voice in tion we'Il finish in tlus convention" ssid Lyle former I Johnson and Rayburn seized con-representative in Congress "Lrtfroi 0f the party machinery fi'om Tho FCC last June proposed dc-iand takp a bow Dan Tobin Jr intermixture for several cities Somebody had reached over and habeas corpus dis-j County Judge Narvaez president of Local cus now guarantees for freedom wljo himself was held In contempt scattered throughout the country Truman a big button that Ration in the canal last week for refusing to answer but Corpus fhrisli wf in- saddle anil Paul Monthmayor were1 resolution said quest ions put by the attorney 1 eluded in the proposal See Page II last uel Nj tele- 4813 Travis Bynum Dale Qap-juUjJ'gM'uj1 the canal last wwk for refusing to answer but Corpus Christi was not us tell the nation and the world Qov Allan Shivers on a unilv and LSVV lAxtal 4813 said that we have liere the next proRnim at the May niBht that he had received a indent of the United Stales The leo-'fogivnilion There have been clinr- phoe call from Washington fl A iL aahb am ffikUMBiM Lima ilmi itta A 1 1 was "consistent with inter- signed the writ releasing Anthony pie haye taken over this converi-Ro bat the Shivers faction is nlot- forming him that the talks be-due to arrive here by tion and the people will choose ting "to steal" the September twcM usw Reynold Metals Co 'ing national principle of and Cuhricl visiting teacher with the the 'ana wanrsl Mnaioiinn Cnnnm' -I sincere nsKiirancc San Dicen sehnots Connally said the Texas dclega- and Federal Mediation Service1 The group left for Washington a assurance San Diego schools See TEXANS Page itlrcprcscnlatives had been broken 'for ue talks last Thursday to 0hrr countries I The writ set a hearing on the Betsy Points Toward lami that untifthere was'of ure nariga-matter forJan2and bond of Jl some sort of settlement picketing torn in tho at the San Patricio plant would The strike-bound reduction plant AllOlllCr IIol Cuhriel had testified for several hours Friday afternoon Absentee voting lor the runoff primary continued at a relatively slow paee wilh a total of 103 ballots distributed Considerably! more than this figure were issued Rush-Hour Utah Cafe Blast Takes 12 Lives has been virtually dead sim-e USW 11 workers walked off their jobs UilJ 1 OrCCHSl 13 days ago About 1000 workers are included in the strike Federal Mediation The negotiations in Washington MIAMI Fla Aug 13 (AP) Hurricane Betsy bore Clear to partly cloudy "sks and he first dnya of absentee vt- down on famous Talm Beach resort area tonight continued high temperatures in Ihetirst primary when the jts 120-milc-an-hour winds and the Weather Bureau warned st miRht drivc inland to Lake Okeechobee 1928 forecast for Corpus Christi virini(y hy thc WcaUier ltl collapsed aflcr federal mediators MONTICLLLO Utah Aug 13-used to oulhne tlie air strip here and wrecked the Urict Cafe to- hild takpn hand in grike (AP) An explosion during tlwj Doctors and nurses v-ere rushed erted just off Highway 160 situation which Involved some Bureau There is possibility that" iih Storm forecaster Walter Davis said winds of hurricane News col-respondent Isabelle jlMTO workers across the nation a motion his judgment of July force-75 miles an hour or highcr-were expected to start Redd told the grand Junction! ayde Mil1- a'tant director) High temperature predicted lor a a tn i tn a i it a of the FodiTal Mediation and Con- today 92 to 96 degrees and the Utah mining community tonight Moab Utah and from as far off (Coin) Daly Sentinel that ciliafion gat 0 tlie Mecast is 7C to killing possibly 12 or more and in- as Price Utah 100 miles to tlie victim definitely was identified luring another two dozen nrth She was Nancy Adams a waitress The talks had hern resumed in and soullicist 12 to 18 mile an CCIltr mjlM to the northed in the cafe Washington last Friday after hav- hour with occasional gusts to 23 H'and 73 miles in the southern semi- Causc of tlic explosion was not ing been suspended once before today Light southeasterly windsAr lo hav-eiB immediately determined in New York just before tlic strike' will prevail tonight Bpy Monticcllo is in the heart of the began Aug I Th iiwhi tnr Smith rnita'wn I16 a Pon was continuing along its north- Betsy barreled 100 miles oxer the Atlantic in the six-hour inter- taken the action on July 28 butlMas he South Central jav( it untij s-iturday course at i Meanwhile talks between rep-j Oar to partly cloudy and Tud w-rieht the Tarrs and uh9ct s-nrui-a val between 5 pm and 11 pm resentalives u- rjau hi cast southeast of Miami Forward Workers es of the Aluminum hot Tuesday and Wednesday with thPir ttnws are to tta Ud ad'iwrl International Union and ew isolated afternoon and evening S1S 1 The Bureau said determine 12 were killed and 26gency rails Aid was summoned uranium mining area known as injured from A newsman at the scene i communities throughout the Colorado Flntcau Located 23 Don southeast Utah Bnd southwest miles west of the Ulah-Coloradn ghow at VaM Sept 31 as to l0 16 miles per i lvesof Rf'nldl Me thundershowers mainly near the why AovAA held in TT Wed close td (At 10 the Weather Betsy the eastern shore border it is 88 miles south of representatives Rohlnson of the Salt Lake Tribune said 16 were killed Walker said car lights will be Colorado Doctors and ambulances rushed tn the scene The blast came about 7 pm i pm Monday See DUVAL faga 13 Bureau placed the center ol the I Moah where rescue hastily organized units were tala Co La I continuing Quinta plant were coast Moderate southerly winds on coast Sea BETSY rage.

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