Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 18

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CALLER Tups Jan 3 1961 IIY GARDNER CALI INC Coliseum Hall Have Top Year NY Chief To Finish Term Soon tem which is separata from the new system in tlie coliseum waa installed the Chamber of Commerce agreed to underwrite tha cost if Exposition Hall revenue were not enough Mr Brown also reported that a recent nationwide urvcy listed Corpus Christi as one of 20 citie which has mnk'ipal buildings ocrating at a profit Of the 20 cilirs only two were in Texas site Corpus Christi and Dallas TlllEF TAKES MONEY SAVED FOR SURGERY ALBANY HI "The most valuable Uiing he took was my feeling of safety" That was tlie renction Monday of Miss Ronnie Ceglais New York State's Volunteer of the Year for I960 and a wheelchair patient wlten she learned her town apartment was plundered Sunday night while she was out The intruder took most of Miss Ceglais' Christmas gills as well as valuable jewelry and about 6300 in cash which she had been saving for an operation Site said the thing that bothered her the most was a fear that the thief might return while site was in the apartment Site lives alone Miss Ceglas is crippled by a spinal disease that strurk her several years ago She was grateful that the thief left behind tlie silver cup presented to her last year by Mrs Nelson A Rockefeller wife of New York's governor in recognition of her services to various volunteer organizations By HY GARDNER 1M1 New VMS Tlims Nnt Servlet The magic number in the career of New -York's beleaguered Police Commissioner Stephen Kennedy is bandied about as being 21661 meaning Feb 16 1961 That's the date his five-year tenure of office supposedly expires at which point I'm told he automatically hands in his resignation to the mayor Then it's up to Mayor Robert Wagner to either pick up the option or drop the hot potato In fairness to the top policeman doubt of any one who succeeds him will be a more efficient organizer supervisor and front line general than Kennedy was until he assumed the ur becoming $50 MILLIOS mantle of a closed-minded authoritarian Penthouse dub bow Taubman remembers the good old days when a sweater reminded you of Lana Turner not Mort Sahl The Sheraton Corporation of America will follow in the footstep of Hilton by spendthrifting 6100000 to promote the Sheraton-Tel Aviv Hotel prior to its opening in mid-February I don't know whether it's true or not but a Fresno Calif reader writes to tell ut that local traffic policemen now hand out tickets to motorists who neglect to wipe foggy dew from their rear windows And here's one I wish our Vegas Sun" editor Hank Green-spun would check for us the next time he visits the Flamingo Hotrl One of the boys there the Abe the Adjustment" w-as the Canada Due To Return Polish Art MONTREAL (APt-A 6-V) million collection of Polish art treasures held by Quebec Province since 1947 is being sent back to Poland it was announced Monday The executive committee of Polish National L'nity an organia- hook Laughing Out Loud lion of Poles abroad said in a 10 c'arit-v-statement arrangements were made Dec 31 to transfer the claims tlie casino has a dealer named John Booth and lounge a musician named Lincoln! Th O-Ye Hotel i in Ono Penn And in Lcgore Md there's a Puppy Name Service at your service Barbara Baxley who plays the role of nervous bride in of at the Helen Hayes Theater used to be an usherette at that theater when it under its maiden name Fulton Myron Cohen's giving ill the royalties from his new "TV-Radlo Daily" columned Ted Green discovered SWIMMING ANYONE? Gus Rricknor of Charleroi Pa sits in his bathinR trunks in an eight-inch layer of snow along the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh Sunday as children pelt him with snowballs Bricknor who has failed twice to swim the English Channel took his 11th annual New Day swim in the Monongahela Jan 1 (AP Wirephoto) ROSE BOWL ORCHIDS Burbank Float Wins Top Prize PRICES RISE AS HEIFERS COME DOWS PASADENA Calif 'ft Twenty persons paid 50 cents each to view the Tournament of Roses parade Monday from the roof of a two-story building When the parade had ws-sed they discovered someone had taken auav the ladder they had climbed to the roof Forty-five minutes later somebody brought another ladder He charged them 61 each to come down PASADENA Calif (AP) A dazzling float whose more than 176000 flowers depicted in the Moonlight" won the (op prize for neighboring Burbank Morday as record throngs applauded that annual floral extravaganza the Tournament of Puses parade Police Chief Clarence Morris estimated 1700000 a new-high packed sidewalks and roofs for this 72nd tournament Song titles held sway in the theme in Blossoms" as 60 stately floats traveled a mile route in crisp but gorgeous weather The cye-and ear-filling treat presented pretty girls millions of AMUSU STARTS WEDNESDAY 4 IWows! The year just ended was tha best ever for Memorial Gtliseum and Exposition Hall Coliseum revenues were 41 per cent more than 1959 Exposition Hall showed a 25 per rent increase The Coliseum had 109 paid day's Exposition Hall had 209 and in addition the buildings were used 72 day for civic affairs Coliseum Manager Margery Brown in a year-end report gave air conditioning credit tor the increased activity in the coliseum Drinker Rlggcot Month October wa the biggest month for tlie two buildings Earnings that month amounted to more than 613000 For bookkeeping purposes the buildings are operated pn a fiscal year basis the same as the rily During the first four months of this fiscal year revenues totaled 627689 while operating expenses were 624560 for a net of 67129 Daring the first four months additional expense of 619361 were made Hut the expenses tv ere for permanent improvements and they aren't figured in oierating expenses S13SU for Air ComStionlng Tlie permanent improvement expenses included 615533 to Richards and Both for the air conditioning system in Exposition Hall The system cost alwut 6 W000 and all revenues fnsn Exposition Hall in excess of 612000 a year are plrdged to pay off tlie cost Three payments totaling 629-260 have been made The 513533 payment represented revenues in excess of 512000 earn'd during the last fiscal year Debt Retired Thin Year Mrs Brown said "there is every indication" the entire debt will be retired from revenues earned during the current fiscal year When the air conditioning sys TUESDAY JAN 3rd 6:56 Chapel 6:51 Channel 10 Previews 7:00 University af the Air 7:30 Big 10 Certoeni 3:00 CBS Newt 1:15 Captain Kangaroo 9:00 December Bride 9:30 Video Village 10:00 1 Love Lucy 10:30 Clear Horizon 11:00 Love af life 11:30 Search for Temorrow 11:45 The Guiding Light AFTERNOON 12:00 CBS News 12:05 Kartune Club 12:30 A The World Turn 1:00 "Full Circle" 1:30 House Party 2:00 The Millionaire 2:30 Verdict I Yours 3:00 The Brighter Day 315 The Secret Storm 3:30 The Edge of Night 4:00 People'! Choice 4:30 Big 10 Cartoons 4:50 Cartoon Classics 4:55 Spunky and Tadpulu 5:00 Big 10 Cartoons 5:30 Quick Draw McGraw EVENING 6:00 Wcathereast 6:05 CC Tuday 6:15 Doug Edwards 6:30 Public Defender 7:00 Father Knnws Best 7:30 Debie Gillis 8:00 Tern Ewell 8:30 Bed Skelton 9:00 Carry Metre 10:00 The Bebel 10:30 Ten Star Final Newt 10:40 Wsathercost 10:45 Ames 'a Andy 11:15 Prayer fen Tomorrow CBS ABC JUIVS -1000 Flee Spanish Flood MADRID Torrential rains have brought floods to areas in north and northeastern Spain More titan 4000 persons have been evacuated in Navarra and Zaragoza provinces in the last three days No loss of life or Injuries had been reported Monday but property and mop damage Is said In he over 100 million pesetas (517 million) Helicopters of die US Air Force in Spain are cooperating Dtp rescue of persons marooned Zaragoza has risen over its normal in llteir homes near where the Ebro River more than six meters level RITZ tSVNDQWrtER bWDMKIRtl jUUniW TCCNMCOUM TOWER TWO OPEN 6:15 PM "Journey To Last City" AND "HOUSE OF USHEB" I 11 AMUSU TWO OPEN 12:45 "SHE WALKS BY NIGHT" AND PORT D0LLAR-A-CARL0AD "PBESTAME TU CUEBP0" treasure to the U'awel Museum in Cracow Inland Antoine Roy Quebec archivist signed the agreement Sunday on behalf of the province Jerzy Za-blowski director of the Wawel Museum and Prof Bohdan Marconi of the museum staff signed for the Polish museum A Quebec government spokesman said he could not immediate ly confirm the Polish statement The value of the art was estimated by experts at as much bs $39 million and slated as J30 mil lion They noted a part of the treasure returned previously to Poland was insured for 6100 million L'mler tlie late Premier Maurice Duplcssis tlie province had steadfastly refused to return the treasures on grounds that the Communist government of Poland had no -Inim to them They were brought to Canada when Poland was invaded bv Russia and Ocrmany in World War II The Polish government -in-cxilc turned them over to the Canadian government for safekeeping and some were later sent to Quebec Duplessis asserted that the Polish exile government represented tlie last democratically elected government of Poland and still has the legal trusteeship of tlie treasures After death his successors Paul Sative Antonio Barrette and the present Premier Jean Lesage indicated a more conciliatory attitude The treasures are part of a large store of historic relics documents tapestries jewels coronation robes and royal ornaments and plate Many date to the 15th Century US Explorer Ilcds Arrive in Antarctica LONDON American polar explorer Stewart Gilmore has arrived in the antarctic with the hulk of the sixth Soviet expedition to the desolate territory Moscow Radio reported Monday night The broadcast said the expedition checked in it the Mirny scientific observatory main Soviet base in tlie antarctic It said Gilmore will continue to w-ork with the Russians in the coming months Male Causes Difficulties BUDAPEST tiTi What does a girl do when the friend rite shares a room with marries and brings the husband home to suy? And don't forget rooms are at a premium in battered old Buda-pest The newspaper Esti Hirlap which named no names said she took tlie matter to court The court of first was baffled by such a legal poser So tlie case went to the court of second instance which also found itself unfit to adjudge such a delicate issues Finally the Hungarian Supreme Court was called upon for a ruling It pronounced thus: The husbands behavior constituted a disturbance of the tenancy because a cotenancy agreement can he terminated if the cotenant or anyone disturbs the peace and quiet of others or shows an attitude of infringing the laws of Socialist togelhm-living" In plain language tlie husband was ordered to get out Then to complicate matter the other girl got married Fortunately said Esti Hirlap there was a happy ending for both rottpies An old man living next door moved so the newlyweds were given a room each Appropriate Name REDHIIL England (AP)-The Black and White Cafe here has been taken over by a man named Grey What Dentists Do For Sore Gums If ruma hurt after tooth txtrae-trono or from irriutln fall treih art aulrk aoothins relief from PAIN-A-UT A drntiot'o formula PAIN-A-LAT brlnsi Dinar ri rllrf In arennSa Don't CM PAIN-A-LAY from rour Arucltat today mwm a 111 KHtN OHtr a x3 THE GREATEST ADVENTURE-1 STORY -tV OF THEM ALL! WALT DISNEY5 WDP FOSTER IIJMU PATTEN LBOXW Ed Wvxn-JiPiTfl Anderson fern Am tan Mm OmrlMBrewMi Anna Maria Alberghetti rita I MVkaM-l MMXtaMIllMWtl'O TECHNICOLOR 'Edasr Aflsa PaaV House ofjUsher CinamaScope and taloe shimmering hkw-innis in designs 220 horseback riders and 20 marching bands Long Watch Many spectators wrapped in blankets and evoking on bonfires had held curbside vantage points since Sunday night Other millions saw the colorful spectacle on coast-to-coast television This tournament paid itonor to the newest state Hawaii whose Gov William Quinn rode in an open car as grand marshal Two years ago the fete saluted Alaska Burbank took the swerpstakes trophy for the most beautiful noncommercial entry Its in the Moonlight" float suggested a gigantic petal curving into a canopy from which hung moonbeams of orchids Three pretty girls sat in huge floral replicas of orchids Over the weekend Burbank residents had pasted or festooned in place 40000 vanda orchids 77000 white chrysanthemums 34000 pink chrysanthemums and more than 25000 cerise stock Fifth Winner It was the fifth time Burbank has won Rose Quern Carole Washburn IS determinedly rode her royal float with her six princesses just behind Grand Marshal Quinn despite a sore throat that bedded her Sunday on doctor's orders Looking wan the brunette beauty chosen for the honor among 2200 Pasadena City College coeds said shortly before a blast of silver trumpets started the parade: be on the float if they have to strap me down to hold me on" They didn't Ditrne Creatures The lineup included such diverse creatures as a hobo a dragon butterflies Casey at the Bat Old Glory Barnacle Bill and wooden soldiers all painstakingly built of flowers Theme prize for Die most fitting noncommercial depiction of in Blossoms" went to American Legion Post 707 Its float titled Leilani" honored the 50th state On it were performers from the Eye" television program three waterfalls and two girls paddling outrigger canoes Mexico captured the international trophy with an entry called el Sol" (sunrise) It included a giant Spanish guitar and a huge sun in flowers and a guitarist singing for a senorita Hollywood starlet Diane Kirby under his Christmas tree Ernest Borg-nine (who hit stardom as the lonesome butcher in is opening up a chain of drive-in hamburgeries in Mexico City Walter Slezak figures TV must be getting pretty bad He caught the kids doing their homework with their backs to tiie set Mrs Gustave Hartman's book "I Gave My Heart" is an affectionate embrace of ail tlie nice people of New York who've helped her to help others in distress Alan King signed a contract to write a book One Who Owns His Own Home Deserves It" Those who wondered what was going to happen to Jack Paar after he took a run-out powder from his show i year ago then returned to wee the music (both Bob Kintner's and Jose Metis') now knows the answer He's bigger than Ft Knox with lapels Ringer Jimmie Rodgers that science-fiction film called "Village of the Damned" (about children taking over the world) and commented do they mean science-fiction? This is trur! Slick dusters of word-age in Cleveland Amory'i fascinating book Killed A simple sample (commenting about life in Hollywood): People are like puppy dogs They get married for a few An off-Broad-way show sent nut a call for some one who could play the and Jack Egan reports five press agents answered the call Jan Mitohell of Lurhow's and Longchamps told Jennie Grossinger that locusts grasshoppers and crickets are kosher And she asked do they go with potato Cib drivers who always simplify names of restaurants refer to the swank La Fonda del Sol as Two ducks will add to the White House menagerie Caroline Kennedy's pets Tom Mes-ereau of the Opera Restaurant reports that a dude ranch near Englewood Cliffs offers riding lessons at 6350 an with guitar 65- The biggest new trend in TV intertainment in 19G1 will be replays of the Civil War may we wish you a Happy '61-65? EVENING 6:00 Lacal Aria Haws 6:10 Weather Picture 6:15 Huntley-Briakley News 6:30 Laramie 7:30 Alfred Hitchcock 8:00 Thriller 9:00 Tha Twisted Crest 10:00 Bonham's Ten 0'Cleck News 10:10 Weather Picture 10:15 My Three Seas Jack Paar Shaw 11:25 Nawsbrlafs Jack Paar Shaw 12:00 Sign Off Football Bants Warm Up Queen PASADENA Calif ift-Against the morning chill Monday Tournament of Roses Parade Queen Carole Washburn wore beneath her flimsy royal gown what were officially described as ski pants Actually the 18-year-old Pasadena City coed confided they were Washington Quarterback Bob warm up pants The brunette beauty acknowledged a lot of" the Huskies football player and said she had a date with him after his team met Minnesota in the Rose Bowl Monday afternoon The date was for the Huskies banquet Monday evening in Long Beach Later she said she would be among those seeing Sch-lorcdt off at International Airport lor Hawaii where the Washing ton star will play in the Hula Bowl Gunpowder Utilized For Snow Explode TRENTO Italy (Reuters I A Christmas crib in a house ex ploded here Monday because children mistakenly uxed gunpowder for snow A limited candle fell into the crib and the resulting explosion blew down the kitchen wall near the crib The father of the family a gamekeeper who kept the gunpowder needed for his work was injured in the explosion The family's three children escaped unhurt MORNING 6:15 Test Pstlira 6:30 Trader Jack 7:00 Davt Conaway's Today Shaw 7:25 This News 7:30 Today Show 8:00 Waotiisrcost 8:05 Today Show 8:25 Tsxos Nsws 8:30 Today Show 9:00 Soy Whan c- 9:30 Play Yaur Hunch Tha Prka Is Right 10:30 Cancaatratian 11:00 Truth ar Ctnscquancas 11:30 It Cauld la Yaa 11:55 NIC Naws CORPUS CHRISTI'S PROGRAM LISTINGS TUESDAY JANUARY 3 NBC ABC Color BOULEVARD 2800 LEXINGTON BLVD BUCK NITE-! A CAR at 2nd BIG FEATURE PHONE TE5-0241 AFTERNOON 12:00 Nssntima Naws 12:15 Wsather Picture 12:20 Pms Canfarancs 12:30 My littla Margia c- 1:00 Jan Murray Shaw 1:30 lintta Yaung Thratrs 2:00 Yaang Dr Malana 2:30 From Thai Raats 3:00 Maks Raam Fsr Daddy 3:30 Hollywaad 4:00 Msvia Matinaa 99 Bivarstrsct" Jsha Payna 5:30 Highway Patrol MOST POWERFUL TELEVISION STATION to i in toitoto in i a.