Corpus Christi Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 8

itT 8 CORPUS CHRISTI TIMES Saturday Jan 22 1955 Worry Rises VOTE DATE SET FORtreesalI BUSINESS BRISK BRIDGE BOND ISSUE Chinese elm trees offered today in The GallerTimes tree vH 'i i' Ifcr yV- 5 Mii 'l -i Nueces County voter may be uked to approve a 310-312 million county bond isiue March 17 to finance the purchase ot bridge and expressway right-of-way it was reported yesterday sale were sold out by 9:30 am About 1000 of the elm trees were sold at the sale on the newspaper's parking lot at the corner of Mesquite and Twigg About 1200 mimosa trees priced at 25 cents each and about 500 silver maples priced at 35 and 50 cents each had been sold by 9:30 am today The tree sale is olfered by the newspaper as a community service lognr Part of tlie nearby Long-etiam Race Track was also under water On tlie southern outskirts of Paris US airmen pulled Parisians and their belongings through flooded streets on life rafts The Seine is expected to reach its crest probably at the 23-foot mark Sunday or Monday The river hit ita all time high of 29 feet in 1910 Proceeds would be used to buy right-of-way for the county-wide expressway program and for the high-level bridge project at the port The Stale Highway Department has offered to put up $50 million over a 10-year period for the expressway program Commissioner Horace Caldwell said a decision on the bond issue will be made in the next 10 to 20 days I The bond issue was discussed night at a meeting between city county and navigation! district officials Observer Team Pulled Out Of Tachens ANSWER Parisians As Seine PARIS ui Parisians watched nervously today as the Seine River continuing Its ominous rise flooded basqnents and spilled over into the streets With tiie crest estimated still two days away the muddy waters already have seeped into the basements of such historic riverside buildings as Notre Dame Cathedral and the Palais Bourbon which houses tlie National Assembly on the Quai d'Orsay Near the columned facade of the Palais Bourbon workmen were I building stone dikes to hold back the Seine in case lt overflows the tower revetments Nearby tlie downtown Invalidrs Air Passenger Terminal has been closed because its underground driveways are flooded But despite the fact that the Seine swollen by melting Alpine snows is near its third highest level in history it has overflowed its banks in only a few spots The Qua! de Brrcy and the Quai de Kapee on the east were the most alfeclcd The city's tap water has turned yellow but officials said it was still safe to drink Worse off was suburban Puteaux which went without lights 35 minutes last night when a transformer was flooded In Surexnes the US Army was moving stock out of the basement of its big post exchange on the Seine opposite the Bois de Bou Woman Uninjured In 3-Car Collision Vivian Wright Berryman 1022 Catalina was X-rayed at Spohn hospital this morning for possible injuries after a three-car collision at 9:30 a today at the Six Points intersection of Ayers and Staples Streets She was released by the hospital as uninjured All three cars were going east on Ayers accident Investigator If Neff Jr reported The other cars involved were driven by Ray Hynds 1305 Clodali Drive and Homer Ashby Box 7185 Corpus Christi Damage to Miss Berryman's car was moderate and the two other cars were not damaged Neff TAIPEI I Fbrmosa ID A US military observer team of four or five officers and enlisted men headed by a colonel has been quietly withdrawn from the Tachcn Islands 200 miles north of Formosa The Islands threatened by Communist invasion are within artillery range of Yikiangshan island which the Chinese Reds seized from the Nationalists earlier this week The US Military Assistance and Advisory Group headquarters here refused to say anything except that the observer team had no troubln" in getting to Formosa The team still was in Ihe Tachens on Thursday morning Its duties consisted of advising on training matters observing the rotation of US -trained Nationalist troops and reporting on the general military situation in the Tachens A similar team is on Quemoy near the China mainland opposite Formosa Navy Crash Survivors Aboard Ship PEARL HARBOR UP-A11 seven hardy survivors of a twin-engined Navy amphibian forced down in the Central Pacific Wednesday rescued yesterday by tlie transport Fred were en route to this big naval base today The Navy identified the men as Lt James Gotfray easel pilot Norfolk Vs Ena Harrison Nordstrom copilot St Paul Minn Ens Robert Gardon navigator Watertown Mass Aviation Machinists Mate 2C Edward Nowai'k Buffalo NY Aviation Machinist Mate lC William Pavcy Warwick RI and Aviation Electronics Technician 2C Jerome Warras Detroit Mich (AH three officers formerly served at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi easel was duty officer at NAS for about two years from Aug 15 1950 Nordstrom trained in ATU 700 from July through November 1953 and Gordon trained in ATU 700 from Aug 22 to Dec 10 1953) They were spotted by a search plane piloted by Coast Guard Lt Martin 'Flesh after 16 planes and several surface ships crisscrossed a £000 square mile area from 400 to 600 miles west of Johnston Island DEATHS GOP Senators Pledge Aid To Nixon WASHINGTON Jan 22 (APl-Son Coklwaler (R-Ariz) said today he and utlior Republicans "will answer any future attempts of some Democrats to try to smear Vice President Gold water new chairman of tlie GOP Senatorial Campaign Committee talked for nearly two hours in the Senate late yesterday protesting what he called well-planned and coordinated attack" upon Nixon as a artist and liar" Goldwatcr said the campaign was directed by officials of the Democratic National Committee So far Goldwaler said Democrats hesitate try to tear down President Eisenhower So they are making Nixon their Some Democrats have accused Nixon of slandering their party during last campaign with references to left winger and persons on But president Eisenhower said Nixon had assured him he never had made any sweeping condemnation of the Democratic Party as a whole Gold water said the drive on Nixon recalled a Democratic campaign against former President Hoover that featured the depression" For 20 long years the Democratic Party has told lies about Herbert Goldwater said that we have been trying to do is tell the truth about Harry Trtunan" Goldwafer said Nixon had called some Democrats wingers Socialists and Liberals" can't understand why a person who believes to the left of his party should object to be called a left winger" Goldwater said adding that it would be better for the country if both parties separated tlie wingers from right wingers" He said the bulk of Democrats are just as loyal to this country as are members of the Republican Party" "RED CHINESE INSPECTION This Communist photo was brought to the United States by United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold It was 'released in Washington yesterday by the Department of Defense which said it allows a Communist doctor giving a medi cal examination to Sgt Howard William -Brownof St Paul Minn The Defense Department did not say when the photo -was made (AP Wirephoto) CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS TV Title Association Hears Attorney Fred Lange of Houston attorney for the Gulf Oil Corp addressed the opening session of a regional meeting of the Texas Title Association this morning at the Driscoll Hotel Lange talked on abstracting as related to titles of real property About 45 executives of abstract and title companies registered for the one-day meeting A round-table discussion was scheduled for this afternoon following a luncheon Delegates represent the area south of San Antonio and Into the Rio Grande Valley and westward to Del Rio Ike's Blueprints for Economy Liven Capital sms i Mrs Mary Campbell Funeral services for Mrs Mary Campbell 76 of 5202 Curtis Clark Drive will be held at the Methodist church in Edgcwood tomorrow Mra Campbell died Thursday after a long illness Cage-Mills Funeral Home had charge ot local arrangements Mrs Marie Mokry Rosary will be recited at 8 pm tomorrow at the Dunne Funeral Service chapel for Mrs Marie Mokry 86 of 5129 Kostoryz who died at her home yesterday Mass of requiem will be said at 9:30 am Monday at SS Cyril and Methodius Church with the Right Rev Monsignor Kasper officiating Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery Mrs Mokry a resident of Corpus Christi for the past 31 years was the widow of the late Mokry a farmer She came to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1904 She and her husband came to Corpus Christi in 1923 from Williamson County She was a member of SS Cyril and Methodius Church and KJZT 46 Lodge Survivors are a daughter Mary Mokry and a son Mok ry both of Corpus Christi and four grandchildren Continued from Page 1 plications said KSIX had demonstrated superiority over both of the other companies in program plans and over KEYS with respect to past operations of their prospective radio stations nature of superiority" Irion said been found in the observation of initiative imagination and a sensitive appreciation of community service displayed both in practice and in promise When this is supplemented by the further conclusion that a grant to KSIX-TV would best promote the diversification of ownership of a mass communications media and by its preference in the matter of integration of ownership with daily operations the result of the preceding is Meanwhile the FCC declined yesterday to indicate when it may rule on the appeal of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (KWBU) from Irion's recommen-to Gull Coast Broadcasting Co (KRIS) Their applications have been on file for more than three years Man Hospitalized With Severely Cut Arm Hazen Harris 24 of 4206 Sherwood was admitted to Memorial Hospital last night with a severly cut arm Police said this morning that Harris was given drugs to relieve the pain and was unabld to tell them last night what had happened His wife told Det Black-well that he came home injured He was taken to the hospital in a private car help protect possible regrouping of Chinese Nationalist troops in the Formosa area Nationalists manning island outposts near the China mainland are under increasing Communist pressure BUDGET Before the new China storm broke the President gave Congress his federal budget for fire fiscal year that begins July 1 The document called for spending 362408000000 in fiscal '36-or about a billion dollars less than currently It forecast that the 12-month spending would top income by 2408000000 compared with the 34504000000 estimated for fiscal 55 Of every dollar spent 64 cents would go for the armed forces foreign aid atomic energy and stock piliifg About 10 cents would pay U-By FRANK CORMIER WASHINGTON Eisenhower's blueprints for the na-tfoiTd fiscal future mode the big news on Capitol Hill this but what may well be next week's hews kept popping into the spotlight new national budget and the economic the last of the regular presidential messages had to compete for attention with problems Wing churned up in the far-away Straits of Formosa Secretary of State Dulles and Adm Arthur Radford chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff briefed Congress leaders Thursday on the Far Eastern situation Informed officials termed this a prelude to next week's news They said Elsenhower early in the week will ask congressional authority for U3 naval and Air Forces to face Communist guns if necessary to Captive Thinks China's Dffer 'Gracious' OMAHA 111 Squadron Leader R- (Andy) MacKenzie thinks Red offer to let imprisoned Americans' families visit them is a one which might "facilitate their The Canadian who spent two years in a Chinese prison camp said last night in an interview that if he were still a prisoner he would want his wife to take advantage of the offer "The Chinese are great tor personal he said "Back in prison we thought if some personal contact could be made it would facilitate our release" He said he had no fears for the safety of any families accepting the offer to visit the prisoners the interest on the national debt Republicans termed the budget sound one are progressing towards the goal ot a balanced commented Rep Martin (R-Mass) Democrats generally were more critical Sen Byrd (D-Va) demanded a budget-balancing cut of 4 percent in federal spending and suggested as a good starting point the 31700000000 earmarked for foreign aid ECONOMIC REPORT In his annual economic report Eisenhower reported that recovery from an 18-month business recession Is under Republicans had high praise for the report But Sen Douglas CD-Ill) said he found in It "a high degree of political coloring" TRADE Another Eisenhower proposal that tariffs be cut gradually to promote foreign trade brought a parade of big name witnesses before the House Ways and Means Committee Secretary Dulles said the plan needed "to preserve the unity and vigor of the free world In the face of the terrible menace that confronts Five other Cabinet members were among witnesses supporting the proposal Seeks Another Wife ISTANBUL Turiuy Jan SI Turkish newspapers reported today that Ibrahim Ongan 110 yean old and a widower fen: 40 years is looking for another wile The reports said Ongan has promised a wagonload of oranges to anyone who finds him a bride On Critical List Edwards of Taft was reported to be on the critical list in Osteopathic Hospital this morning Edwards was stricken with a heart attack while in Corpus Christi late yesterday afternoon Woman Injured in Fall Reported Recovering Mrs Gertrude Fisher registrar at North side Junior School was repealed in good condition this morning at Memorial Hospital after she was injured in a fall at her home 211 Ohio yesterday Mrs Fisher tripped over a wire supporting a tree in her back yard and injured her hip Gunman Sought In Shooting Try Two Killed in Crash Of AF Jet Bomber Mrs Mattie Burks Mrs Mattie Burks 65 a resident of Corpus Christi since 1890 died at 2 a today in a Houston hospital after an illness of several weeks Born in Fort Worth Mrs Burks came to Cbrpu sChristi when she was one year old Her residence here was at 3302 Ash Survivors include her husband! Joseph Burks three daughters Mrs Childs and Mrs Green of Austin and Mrs A Tobin of San Angelo one son John Burks of Corpus Christi three sisters Winnie Welbom of Sinton Mrs Davis of Houston and Mrs Dona Watson of Corpus Christi and six grandchildren The body will be returned here for funeral services and burial Cage Mills Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements ROACH CONTROL 1 50 PER ROOM Guarantaad Service Police officers left this morning for Refugio to pick up a man who shot at James Busby 1509 Caldwell early today at the Sky Lark Gift on North Staples Busby was not hit 1 It Winfred Jackson and Patrolman Lamp'l both of the City Police narcotics squad were Real Estate Board To Meet Monday Attorney Jake Jarmon will explain the new law for licensing real estate dealers as proposed by the Texas Real Estate Commission at a luncheon meeting of the Corpus Christi Real Estate Board Monday noon at the Nueces Hotel The board has invited real estate boards from surrounding towns as well as anyone Interested in the proposed law to attend the meeting in the dance haU at the time of the shot but were on the opposite side of the room two men were standing by the doer when the shot was Lamp'l said this morning "By the time we got across the room the man who fired the shot was down the stairs and gone" Lamp! said there had been no sign of an argument preceding the shooting About 200 persons were in the dance hall at the time Busby told police the gun appeared to be a 25 caliber automatic He said he would sign a complaint against the man who fired the gun The two narcotics officers were In the dance hall mi routine Minimum Sarvica Choice far 5 Rooms or Smaller DYSART PEST CONTROL CO PHONE 2-8801 SJMP Antonio The blazing wreckage scattered over about half an acre of land Foam from fire-fighting equipment turned the crash scene into a quagmire Both bodies were found in the midst of the heaviest wreckage about 50 feet from the Hoefferich-ter corral and about 50 yards from the Hofferichter farm house Base operations said the plane was making its final approach on ita return from a routine training mission The B57B type jet bombers have been at Randolph since October SAN ANTONIO Jan 22 (AP) Two Randolph Air Force Base fliers were killed last night when their B57B jet bomber crashed and burned one mile south ot the bare The crash of the twin-engine plane was the first fatal aircraft accident at Randolph in 21 months Names bf the fliers were withheld pending notification of next of kin A board of investigators has been named to probe the crash The plane which has only a two-man crew crashed on the' farm of Henry Hbfferichter east ot San TREATY The Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday approved the Southeast Asia Collective Security Treaty MILITARY PAY The Pentagon spelled out another Eisenhower prdposal the biggest revision of military pay schedules in recent years Colling for a pay boost of as much as 25 percent for career servicemen the plan would cost an estimated 730 million dollars ttw next fiscal year 'Here's Where You Can Go To College After Work Hours" RRISON Continued from Page 1 a My to their cells to await a promised by Gov Christian A Herter Councillor Patrick McDonough a member of the com-itftttee said the convicts have held out for an awful long tlftte" in their barricaded cellblock surrounded by heavily armed state police officers yjbey served us (the committee) better than I have had at many restaurants We had sugar atf cream They had plenty bf cigarettes' They were With Canham and McDonough on thaSKgotiating committee were Fpftfier Hartigan the Rev Mr Keflett Dr Merlin Sumner president of the Boston Bur-Aim and the Rev John associated editor of The weekly Catholic news-pap WEATHER SUMMARY nsTA rcuvMSH a a BltlUB SVBMO Cabrito Supper Set Sacred Heart Council 2710 of the Kinghts of Columbus will serve a cabrito supper from 5 to 7 pm tomorrow at the Sacred Heart Church cafeteria 1218 Comanche Tickets priced at 31 per plate will be on sale at the church door at the Tex Mex News Stand 316 North Staples or they may be obtained by telephoning 4-1596 or 2-0382 4 ll Zm it ii Attend EVENING SCHOOL at lost VS? 9 ItaliiUsi Nationally Accredited Your Community College 125 COURSES SUCH AS: ACADEMIC COURSES SPECIAL COURSES Lapidary Convert bnnal Spa nidi English Psychology IUSINESS COURSES Shorthand Typing Acceentlag Bookkeeping Cemptometry Ihulnrss Badness Organisation Geology Education A BCVHiOT Math Speech Social Mem Language Drafting Industrial Management Ceramics Tailoring Practical Sewing Practical Cooking Furniture Upholstery AninUI HMMIIIMSMtfe Atlanta ijS CHRIST! 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