Corpus Christi Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 1

INDEX EVENING EDITION VOL NO 304 tv Nw cssvsnzsrs CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS FRIDAY JUNE 28 1963 tl 44 Poges-PRICE FIVE CENTS CM CMrUlb Ti ghiiaraiMi I 1 Ltiessatt rieste Locates Atomic Sub Item to Navy Chief ISays TFX Version Best By JAMES CALOGERO ABOARD THE USS FORT SNELUNG The Navy today disclosed the ocean bottom discovery of what it termed an object that could have come only tram a nuclear submarine such as the missing Thresher ChpL Frank A Andrews described it as a yellow shoe cover used by Navy men in entering the reactor department ol a nuclear submarine The shoe cover bore the black stencilling SSN The initials are used by the Navy to signify nuclear submarines The search commander said it was the first evidence obtained bearing any identifiable marking lie added is encouraging evidence It could have come from the Thresher" He added that it was photographed yesterday during the third dive by the bathyscaphe Trieste and disclosed today after an evaluation of photographs Dr A Dalton James of West Chester Pa a submarine doctor said nuclear submarine men wear such a yellow shoe cover when they enter a reactor department as a guard against possible reactor dust on the floor Capt Andrews said the find was in what he calls the "high probability of the Thresher lass The Navy plane no more than two additional dives by the Trieste Yesterday the two-man crew of the Trieste saw a heavy concentration of paper and rags along an area GO feet long by 30 feet wide The dive also was marked by the penetration of two Russian ships into the search area despite a Navy notice to all shipping to stay 25 miles dear of the location LL Cmdr Donald Reach 34 pilot of the Trieste said he and his observer civilian scientist Kenneth Mackenzie 51 saw more than 100 pieces of paper and rags It was the first time the Trieste had found debris It has made three dives The dive was within the area of 200 yards by 2 TOO yards where the Thresher is believed to have gone down in 0400 feet of water with 129 men aboard April 10 Keach said the papers and rags did not have any silt on them indenting they had not been at the bottom very long But he said they could have been at the bottom as far back as April 10 He said the rags were of various sizes and the paper measured from "small bits to sheets eight by ten inches and even lar- MM £6r Keach and Mackenzie saw no metal debris Capt Frank A Andrews who has charge of the Thresher search said there would be no dive by Trieste today The next dive is planned for tomorrow and the final dive either Sunday or Monday Andrews said the Trieste crew needs rest and the bathyscaphe is ready for overhaul WASHINGTON iff-Secretary I of the Navy Fred Korth gave ate investigators an uncompromising denial today that the Pentagon has settled for an inferior costlier version of the TFX warplane His testimony before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee was in direct conflict with that given previously by witness-for the uniformed Air Force and Navy The plane is intended for use by both services The subcommittee is seeking to establish whether favoritism figured in award of the potentially huge contract to foe General Dynamics Corp of Fort Worth over the rival bid of the Boeing Co of Seattle Military evaluation groups had rated the Boeing design as promising the cheaper better plane a finding which Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara rejected in making foe award Others Feared Dead 'Copter Rescues Some RIO DE JANEIRO IB Fire raged through the upper floora of a 21-atory commercial building today and at least seven persons fell to their deaths Others were believed dead in the spectacular Maze and at least 20 firemen were injured Thousands jamming the area saw two women and three men plunge to the street They were trying to escape from the 14lh floor by a rope which broke Another woman leaped to her death from the 18th floor when a fireman's ladder was only five feet away A fireman died in a fall from the 14th floor Two helicopter plucked survivors from (he roof TIIE BUILDING houses three imovie companies and stocks of film added to the fury of the blaze Plow many people were in the building was not known at once Handicapped at the outset by i shortage of water firemen (watched helplessly as foe flames swept foe 10 upper floors and leaped to an adjoining commercial huikling Two women made It to safety In I the adjoining building by means of a rope ladder before the flames spread Others in the 21-floor building I escaped by breaking a hole I through the wall and reaching tha Serrado Hotel next door aulltori-I ties said flio hotel wus not in immediate danger although debris was raining down from the blaz-ing commercial building Laler some water supplies were I restored and firemen began making progress against the flames Residence Ruling Clears Way for Naming Judges of the law Carr said is that they "must reside within their respective districts at the time of the qualification for The Associated Press said that Omnafly had asked Carr for the opinion In other words Carr said that man could move into foe district after his appointment but before he takes this oath of office Connally left Austin yesterday for a weekend holiday at the family ranch near Floresville He Caller Times Austin Bureau The possibility that Gov Connally might appoint members of the new Corpus Christ! and tyler Courts of Civil Appeals who do not live in foe districts was raised today Atty Gen Waggoner Carr advised Connally that the six judges to be appointed fix the two new courts which start work Sept 1 need not be residents of the districts at the time of their appointments The only requirement WARM RECEPTION Arizona Sen Barry Goldwater received a warm reception from Young Republicans in San Frandsco last night when he told them the hallmark of the Kennedy administration is loose talk and no action The Republican presidential prospect addressed 3000 at the 13th biennial Young Republican convention (AP Wirephoto) GENERAL DYNAMICS plans took with him foe files of letters I to thtwwk and other information on foe men DemocrattcTeras and bor-he is considering for the six new Mf1 New York Boeing had oiit- geei planned to do most of the job There has been no Indication as at ln traditional to who he will appoint to foe Pf Kansas Thirteenth Court Tcivil Ap- to back up an Inch peals which will be located In I General Dy-Cbrpus Christ! Inamics had won foe contract on (merit with a design promising to In Cbrpus Christ! foe fmter man maneuverable Commissioners Court was to meet vastly superior to Boeing's foil afternoon to discuss a home Pin combat missions for the new court County Judge the Navy air defense and Noah Kennedy and three local beachhead support attorneys met privately this A summary of his prepared morning to dtfiifff the matter I statement was made available to Kennedy refused to tell what he newsmen at their request The and file attorneys had decided to hearing ts being held behind recommend to the commissioners closed doors with a censored Under consideration have been I transcript of the question-and-rental of quarters in a new Cor-1 answer testimony of the articu-pu4 Christi office building can-1 late Korth to be made public struction of a separate court later building on the courthouse Korth told the subcommittee grounds or conversion of a partlheaded by Sen John I Mcdei-of the present courthouse already lan D-Ark that a new analysis crowded Into quarters for foeot the rival designs since the County Tax Valuation Slashed After Protest Kennedy Lauds Irish Support of the UN appeals court DUBLIN President Kcnne- uprising against the British Then ber packed with distinguished! A HYSTERICAL man emerged guests Including Prime Minister 1 tte buildjn and three were dead in his office Scan Leman and US Ambassa- Iprbrrt Uicher of Motion Pic lie came to tlx Irish parliament in Dublin contract sward has confirmed judgment in awarding the contract to General Dynamics Korth said he had recommended the award DATE DELAYED The County Board of Equalization for the first time this year reduced county taxes after hearing a protest from a taxpayer In doing so the board also reduced the taxes of a competitor of the protester Gulf Coast Aviation Inc appeared before the board this morning at the courthouse claiming that foe $120380 value foe county had placed on its hangar at International Airport was too high John Constantine manager of Gulf Coast Charles Lewis a real estate appraiser and attorney Elmer The is appeared for Gulf Ooaat After his speech he went to Duliiin Castle to accept honorary degrees from the National University and the University of Dublin and the honorary freedom of the city of Dublin He winds up his three-day Irish tour tomorrow in foe counties of Galway Limerick and Shannon The Dail's reception of Kennedy was enthusiast ic as have been all his appearances on this sentimental journey Bride-To-Be Finds She's Legally Dead dy called on die small nations today to imitate Ireland's support the United Nations as the surest guarantee of world peace To great applause and cheers Kennedy addressed a joint session of the a parliament formed out of centuries of struggle- The Dail opened ita doors and its heart to the US President great-grandson of an Irish Immigrant He was the first US president ever to address the Dail They argued that under file terms of their lease with the City of Corpus Chris ti which owns the airport they ire restricted in foe use of foe building to the storage of airplanes Furthermore they said that if they sold the hangar the city would have foe right to approve or disapprove foe sale The city leases the land the hangar is on to Gulf Coast They said that foe terms of the lease reduced the value of the building The County Commissioners Court which has been sitting since Wednesday as the Board of Equalization considered foe matter and then called in Joe Stevens county tax assessor-col-lector Finally they agreed to reduce the valuation by 20 per cent The representatives ol Gulf Coast agreed that Gault Aviation which did not appear to protest was- in the same situation as they were The board voted to reduce Gault Aviation's $107 635 valuation by 20 per cent too The board was to end its 1963 tax hearings at 5 pm today It was to decide this afternoon on several protests taken under advisement in the past two days THE WHITE HAIRED Navy secretary said flatly the award served foe best in teres la of the Navy and the nation and that he expects the senators will reach foe same conclusion after they get all foe facts BRINDISI Italy tffl Garcial He pictured the General wedding date willnamc version as 320 miles an have to be delayed Before hefe 1 altitude 150 miles an hour faster can get foe wedding license she at outside The top speed will have to do something about has been described in testimony her death certificate in city hall as about two and a half times fiM the speed of sound Korth said foe General Dy-Hie 21-year-old girl apffoed Jorl plane i license to marry next July 22 longer than 50 per "But you re legally dead reg-Lt longer over an assault area clerks told her "Here sLf extreme long range dor Matthew McCloskey ture Production in whose ofllr the fire started reported: ON HIS Journey to Leinster "i Mw a big light flash in the House foe building which houses ir conditioning equipment fol-the Dail Kennedy stood up in lowed by heavy smoke I ran an open limousine hatlexs and coatless despite heavy rain to acknowledge the cheers of the throngs lining rify streets Earlier Cork Ireland's chief port and second city staged a rousing welcome for the President Packed into a hectic 75-minulc schedule was a parade thrungh foe city the ceremony making him a freeman and a reception by the city father Skies were as gray as (lie old port's stone building but foe rain which pelted Kennedy as he left Dublin held off for his drive through Cork's narrow hilly streets It seemed as if all of Cork's 80000 inhabitants had turned out to see and cheer the President As his car neared the mansion house the city hall crowds surged forward and tried to touch the cor Secret Service men shoved them back Hew KENNEDY Pago 13 Macmillan Plans To Keep Post As Party Head LONDON (ffl Prime Minister Harold Mai-millan said tonight he hopes to lead the Conservative Party in Britain's next general lection due by October 1964 On the eve of President Kennedy's 24-hour visit to England ttic 69-year-old British leader appeared to lay at rest reports that he might step down this fall for a younger man being well and if I keep my health and strength I hope to lead the party at the next he said in an interview recorded for television Stock Trading Slow Steady NEW YORK Oils motors and sugars made gains in sleepy stock market early foil afternoon Trading was at the slowest pace In weeks but a steadier tone prevailed in Wall Street after two sessions of sharp decline The Associated Press average of 60 stocks at noon was up 4 at 2708 with industrials up Ji rails up 2 and utilities off 1 A ROAR of applause and cheering burst out as the President strode into the Dail chamber to address a joint session of foe senate and the lower house Dail Speaker Patrick Hogan do-lured: "It is an occasion unique as an vent in Irish it is an international gesture of kindness and good will" At foe outset of his speech Kennedy presented to tlie Irish nation a flag of the Irish brigade which fought in foe US Civil War His remarks were punctuated by heavy applause from a rham- He said Boeing's design had un-See TFX Page our death certificate" Nobody knew how it got into I records But officials agreedl that it would take until after July 22 to straighten out the record! and get Grazia back legally alive Weather IT WAS another heartwarming occasion for Kennedy who came to the parliament from a second barnstorming tour around the Irish countryside where he was cheered by and appreciated for his display of Irish wit In a more serious vein to the parliament he said that the UN machinery for peace needs strengthening a world of law Is The big powers alone are no certain guarantee for the success the peacemaking efforts the President said The peacekeeping machinery of the United Nations cannot work without tie help of small nations" Kennedy said in a half-hour spfech "Great powers have tlieir responsibilities and their but foe smaller nations of the world must fulfill their obligations as well" It was Ireland which proposed to the United Nations that nuclear arms should not spread beyond those countries now possessing them he reminded his audi cnee SEES NEW DEMONSTRATIONS Channel 3 TV Competitor Withdraws Its Application Powell Expects No Law On Negro Hotel Rights WASHINGTON (W-Rcp Adam Forecast for Corpus Christi and vicinity Sunny and warm this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon Partly cloudy and mild tonight A few late afternoon thundershowers in inland areas and scattered showers along foe coast in the morning Low tonight 7480 high this afternoon and high tomorrow 9085 Wind forecast: Southeasterly 10 to IS miles an hour this afternoon and tomorrow diminishing to to 8 miles an hour tonight Temperature downtown at noon 90 degrees relative humidity 45 per cent barometric pressure 2994 Highest temperatures yesterday and lowest this morning: International Airport 94-73 Chamber of Commerce 91-79 Sunrise 5:37 tm tomorrow sunset 7:29 pm today moonrise 1:21 pm tomorrow moonset 12:54 am tomorrow Gulf of Mexico tides: High 10:55 pm today and 10:44 am tomorrow low 4:25 pm today and 2:32 am tomorrow Rainfall for 1963 is 507 inches 701 inc)iex below normal (Weather Map Taga IS) "I still have my fingers he said "but it would seem that the exceptions of Nueces was our only obstacle With that removed I anticipate an early approval of our permit by the FCC LOZANO SAID it is his understanding that the new station would be an American Broadcasting Co affiliate is the strongest network in sports" he said "This area has missed much in sports because foe other stations were committed to time on their own networks" He said from past experience in getting KVDO on the air it would take about six months before the new sta taxi would begin A commission examiner last December approved foe South Texas application and denied the Nueces application Nueces filed exceptions and decided to bring foe case before the whole commission South Texas Telecasting is the firm which formerly operated Station KVDO on Channel 22 an ultra-high frequency station It had applied to have the permit changed to Channel 1 Dr A Garcia president of the firm was out of foe city and Joe Garza vice president was unavailable for comment this morning Gahe Lozano Sr a stockholder and treasurer of the ersnpany said he had heard that the com- The last major obstacle in obtaining a television station by South Texas Telecasting Co here on Channel 3 appears to have been removed today The Federal Communications Commission announced postponement of oral test between South Texas Telecasting and Sums because of an agreement between competing parties In a petition to the commission seeking postponement of arguments scheduled for Monday South Texas said it had agreed to pay Nueces $10000 and Nueces had agreed to drop its application for the Channel 3 sta lion THE PTC STILL must decide whether It will approve this Powell D-NY said today that it looks now" there is no '-hance of gelling through Congress a law banning racial di-criminaiion in hotels and restaurants Powell a Negro who roprew-nts tiie Harlem area of New York Ciiy in-dieted ibat a failure of OmgP'SH to enact the key public THE UN Assembly adopted the Irish resolution urging world agreement on inspection and control of nuclear arena ments and Kennedy said: "I pledge to you txlay tiiat Ihe United Stales will do all in its sen and Mr llulleck Whichever way they decide to vote will drs trrmine whether we have a public accommodations law" Powell said prospects for a law creating a fair employment practices committee are excellent A bill with strong bipartisan support should be approved by the I Inuse Education and Labor Committee of which he la chairman by July 10 he said Powell suggested that all member of ingress could make a positive cisitnhution to easing the ran crisis by hiring Negro high school student from the District of Columbia for summer work is doomed by the opposition of COP congressional leaders Sen Kverett Dirksen of Illinois and Hep Charles A Ijalleck of Indiana "No civil rights bill has a chance without Republican support" he said "fdcaliaticnlly I'd' like to are a public arcom-moflation law but knowing the political realities I'd have to say that as it looks now it ifewn't haw a chnnee" Asked if a weakened version of tin law exempting smaller establishments ought have a chmee of passage hr replied ail depends on Sen Dirk power to achieve such an agree- turn iimLiI ions wrl on of Pnw ment and fulfill your resolution" idrnl Kennedy's civil rights lull After reeriving Ihe freedom of wirild cause im ri-usi-d Negro Ihe city of fork Kennedy laid a 'di-m'iMsiiuiions in iIh- South wreath at the monument to llj A for the M-ctem's ch-inces Irish patriots executed in the lolJ a news conference it I peling companies ere near an I broadcasting once the permit is agreement I approved.