Corpus Christi Caller-Times du lieu suivant : Corpus Christi, Texas • 11

4 CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS TUESDAY DECEMBER 31 1957 SECTION Sewer System Will Improve Its Fertilizer also fluted that a sewage lilt station was rebuilt at the Corpus Christi Industrial Ana Subdivision The city sewer department plans to produce and sell a "good economical marketable fertilizer" during 1958 sewer superintendent Allirion said yesterday I Te said the new fertilizer will be class" and much better than that sold by the department now because it will have less odor and less lime The lime tn the fertilizer now keeps organic matter from working as well as it should he said Equipment to eliminate the lime will be purchased for 33500 to 33800 and will make the fertilizer good for use anywhere and on any plant he said He said the sale ItodSFrs 19 of 626 Cunning- Youth Finds Patrolman Menu Cosily A few bites cost Benjamin Kiro TRAFFIC SAFETY SPECIALISTS DISCUSS PLANS FOR CITY Rice Baker and Runyan (left to right) give reports at mayor's conference CONFERENCE Public Education Is Called i Key To Safety Problems ham 3100 yesterday Tlie bites were on Gty Patrolman Leystra Dec 22 when he tried to arrest Rodgers whose ear had crashed into a house on Primrose The youth bit Leystra on the hand shoulder and knee before he was subdued He pleaded guilty yesterday in County Court at Law No 1 to aggravated assault on Leystra and driving while intoxicated Judge Horace Young fined him 3100 on foe biting charge and sentenced him to three days In jail and fined him 330 on the DWI charge Cily Plans Water Line Expansion Yenreiul Report Lists 18 Projects Scheduled in 1958 New water lines are to be installed In 1958 on 11 streets In five new subdivisions and In three old subdivisions Alice Cunningham city water superintendent' outlined the projects in a yearend report released yesterday He also stated font 75 fire bvdrants will he instated in 1938 and that three over-lead water tanks will be repaired New water lines will he install'd on Kostoryz Alameda Llpan and Lexington in- Connection with street widening projects Other rrojeets Other projects scheduled include those on Rabbit Run from Horne to Baldwin on Poth Lane from UpRiver Road to Columbia Southern on Lawn view from Ayers to Minnesota on Airline from Alameda to Ocean Drive and from McArdle to Lexington on Gollihar from Weber to South Staples to Airline on Brownlee from Ayers to Louisiana and on Sam Rankin from Broadway to Harbor Drive The five subdivisions that are presently under construction will be added to the system shortly after the first of foe year Cunningham Stated Apparently he meant Pope Place No 5 Schanen Estate No 2 Casa Linda No 4 Hamlin No 2 and Parkdale No 4 The three old subdivisions where water lines will be rehabilitated include Hillcrest Gardendale and Beverly Heights Water Tanks Cement lining will be installed in two 1-million gallon and one gallon overhead water tanks Life of the tanks will be increased from five to 20 years Cunningham said Figures show that 196 billion gallons of water were produced during 1957 that seven new subdivisions were connected to foe water system that 77 'new fire hydrants were installed and that 1J97 new taps were made Some 86500 feet of pipe and tubing was installed Lake Expansion All of the concrete was poured on Wesley Seale Dam Cunningham reports ami Lake Cor pus Christi is to be expanded starting in early spring ol 1958 lie said a decrease in building rctivity resulted in 23 percent less taps being made over the previous year Water line failures and service breaks increased 7 percen due to less rehabilitation but the failures are expected to decrease in 1958 because of more rehabilitation WIIO A New Years Day swim might be just the thing for people and Great Danes but Chulo seems shocked at the idea The six-month-old cat afraid of cool weather he just like water In case he changes his mind however he is already equipped with a modest but bathing suit furnished by his master Assistant Chamber of Commerce Manager John Nugent The Chamber sponsors the swimming party each New Years Day This year six Great Dane dogs are scheduled to be among the swimmers who will dip into the water at high noon tomorrow Chulo is expected to help guard the free coffee price has not been set but that it will be Yea rend Forecast Allison made tlie statements in connection with his yearend forecast report submitted to City Manager Russell MeGure During 1958 the department expects to process 155 million gallon of raw sewage a day as compared to the 145 million gallons averaged daily this year foe report states The 1957 new sewer rates were put into effect for an estimated increase in sewer revenue ol approximately 15 percent Last fiscal year's income was 3962117 as compared to an estimated 3805000 this fiscal year Allison said the hike will be sufficient to "meet The report states that sewer lines will be constructed in the Gardendale subdivision and that trunk lines will be laid for the Wcstside Treatment Plant also to go under construction Manhole 5 lap Work Some 200 manholes are to be constructed and sewer maps will be brought up 'to date During die past year foe department has made 1034 new service connections built 222 manholes raised 286 manhole and replaced 746 service connections A complete replacement of faulty sewer lines in the North Beach area is claimed by Allison- who CAR ACCIDENT DEATHS TOP MURDERS 4-1 Police Chief Dick Runyan dramatically illustrated the problem of traffic accidents in Corpus Christ! at yesterday's conference on traffic safety Taking 1956 statistics he compared traffic accidents with other major crimes: For each murder committed in Corpus Christi 36 persons were killed in traffic accidents 1 For each robbery committed 120 drivers were involved in motor vehicle accidents Fbr each aggravated assault reported two persons were injured in traffic accidents For each burglary reported 35 automobile accidents were investigated In 1956 there was 3368457 worth of property stolen in Corpus Christi of which 3330 062 was recovered Property damage in traffic accidents was estimated at 3953938 of which there was no recovery KSIX-TV Call Lclters To Be Changed Jan 1 Soil Meet Delegates To Receive I A preview of Corpus Christi will be sent to 860 delegates to the Texas State Soil Conservation Association meeting to be held here Jan 15-17 Jeff Dishongh chairman of the Chamber of Commerce co riven- tion committee said the packets contain tourist information and reservation blanks provided by foe Chamber of Commerce the Coastal Bend Tourist Aodation and' foe Hotel Association The letter are addressed to Individual delegates ana are scheduled to go out in the mail today He listed speed as the major problem -on highways The driver education program in public schools "will be very much improved next Chatter Alien director of safety for the schools told the conference Driver education is not foe complete answer to traffic safety and the school program goes a lot beyond "teaching a boy to drive a he said Rear Adm Clarke Chief ol Naval Air Advanced Training said when he came to Corpus Christi he found lives of more students were being lost in caf acci dents than in plane crashes NAS adopted a demerit system on traffic accidents and Naval personnel with several traffic offenses may have their licenses revoked by their home states he said Fines Not An wit' "I don't think fines are the Garke said "When you take away the right to drive you begin to get at the heart of foe matter" A Evans traffic directorat NAS urged a strong community traffic group "to provide an atmosphere of safety fbr Naval personnel when they leave the base" Most of foe traffic accidents of base personnel involve boys between 18 and 22 years old he said if they had taken driver training in high school our problem would be a lot After explaining the phases of traffic safety Paul Rice director of traffic engineering for the city said "We are going to pay for safety whether we have it or not We might as wen have Other reports were made by the Rev Colson representing the Ministerial Alliance and Foster of the State Highway Department by the Federal Communications Commission Radio station KSIX will retain its call letters Kennedy is also president of foe radio station Channel 10 which began telecasting in September 1956 operates at maximum power of 316000 watts over a 725-foot tower near Robstown A shorter name KZTV will replace KSIX-TV as the call letters foi the Channel 10 television station tomorrow Vann Kennedy president of foe CBS television affiliate said yesterday The change to KZTV in effect provides Channel 10 with a two-letter call Kennedy said Only a limited number ol television stations in the nation have a four-letter call which contains "TV" as an ending-He said the shortened name was made available to foe channel and the name change was approved OPENING JAN 2ND based on sound public support "Issuing a traffic ticket is an easy task but we ihust have public acceptance and support in our enforcement program to make it effective" he sgjd Speed Big Problem Maj Kent Odem of the Texas Department of Public Safety said he feared "drivers will take our highway death toll for granted" With -Sensational Sale By AVNE CHAMBERS Public education is the key to better traffic safety the Traffic Safety Conference concluded yesterday Jesse A Baker chairman of the Traffic Safety Advisory Board and Sgt Gene Melton of the polite department both advocated a Nueces County Traffic Council headed by a paid professional worker "Our only problem is money" Baker said All of the eight speakers at Mayor Farrell Smith's "summit conference" on traffic safety stressed the need to inform the public of the cost of traffic accidents and the means far traffic safety 40 Attend Meeting Of the three topics discussed-enforcement education and the 40 persons at the meeting made strong recommendations only on improving the educational phase of the local safety program Two persons however favored Increased manpower in the police department (traffic division Corporation Court Judge 0 Cannon praised the work of the division but pointed out that the ratio of traffic officers is less than half of the minimum national standard The recommended number is four officers to every 10000 persons The local average is 198 officers A George Aboud a former member of the TSAB said he recommended more personnel for the traffic division far back as 1949" Agreement Praised Melton told the group that the of yesterday's meeting was the agreement on the need for public education "and that we must have a professional person to handle the Back-- ing the professional services should be a community council he said Baker said an attempt to form a safety council a few months ago got off the ground" and the lack of money holding us back now" Other community traffic safety groups are financed by United Funds city budgets county and city funds together or on a membership basis he said "Our council would need money only for two years" Baker estimated "After that-it can sell itself" Smith said at the end of the meeting that he will appoint several citizens to work with the TSAB on drawing up recommendations for traffic safety in the cily Baker said the recommendations will be ready by the Jan 29 meeting of the TSAB Law Organisation Rank In introductory remarks Baker said thd National Safety Council annual inventory of Corpus ChrLsti ranked the city lowest in safety organization highest in school traffic safety education Safely organization was given 39 percent while school education ranked 92 percent Public safety education was judged to be only 48 percent of Ihe top standard set by the national cuuncil Baker said the TSAB is an advisory group "limited in its functions and with no staff and we cannot carry out the recommendations of the Police Chief Dick Runyan sak traffic tickets and fines do not produce results unless they are DOWNTOWN UPTOWN PARKDALE PLAZA GOOD NEWS FOR 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