Corpus Christi Times (Newspaper) - November 10, 1955, Corpus Christi, Texas WARMER V S COMPLETE LOCAL NEWS VOLUME 112 Entered as second class matter at the post office at Corpus Christi Texas under the Act ol March 3 1873 CORPUS CHRIST TEXAS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10 1955 50 Pages In Three FIVE CENTS nen Worden Tol Hed Get Rid of Wife STREET SWALLOWS AUTO Don Keeble 60 918 Cunningham was driving east on Eighteenth about am today when he crossed Elizabeth and felt the front end of the 1952 sedan he was driving begin to sink slowly but surely Keeble bailed out and his car nosedive nearlyfour feet into an ever growing hole Soon it was discovered that a 10inch water line had broken at that location under street and caused the pavement to collapse when drove over it Two wreckers retrieved the car Staff Photo ence could brighten prospects Four Airmen Plucked From Stormy Pacific Flying Boxcar Goes Down Search Still On for Missing Man HONOLULU Nov 10 Navy seaplane tender last night and early today picked up four of j five airmen who bailed out of their stricken Flying Boxcar with only a forlorn hope of rescue in the stormy Pacific The Bay brought off the miraculous rescue after racing 75 miles through rain and wind and swells to the scene 650 miles east of Honolulu There in the darkness last night the tender spotted the tiny flash lights hooked to the lifebelts of Lt Kenneth E Whitney navigator and Airman 1C Harry W Brin egar flight engineer Searched Through Night That was between the hours of 11 and pm All through the night the Floyds Bay plowed the tossing seas Then at about 6 am today the Navy reported lookouts on the ten der saw Lt D O Nelson the pilot bobbing in the Pacific The weath er was moderating LATE NEWS Talks GENEVA liB Total EastWest disagreement over unification Germany threatened today to par progress on every issue at the Big Four foreign ministers con ference Two of issues are disar mament be taken up and proposals to lift some Iron Curtain burners to trade travel and information on these questions Confidence Undermined The worlds hopes for ending the atomic arms race greatly depend upon a spirit of confidence among the great powers Such a spirit encouraged at the summit meet ing led some Western officials is worth sorrowful the Western ministers yesterday told Sovie Foreign Minister Molotov that loss of confidence was one ot the mos serious the Soviet policy on Germany U S Secretary of State said bluntly I am wandering again whether Shortly thereafter the tender came upon Lt D M Hibbard the Home towns ot the four were not immediately available The hunt went on by sea and search plane for the fifth man whose name was withheld An Air Force spokesman des the rescue as a miracle Based at Snn Antonio The stricken plane was one of DIES IN FALL AT HOUSTON HOUSTON Nov 10 AP A painter Lester L Goodwin was killed today in a fail from the seventh floor of a downtown office building i 1000 PRISONERS STRIKE LONDON Ohio Nov 10 AP A sitdown strike of inmates at London prison has spread and 1100 men of a population of 1700 now arc in Corrections M C said today STEVENSON SETS DDAY WASHINGTON Nov 10 AP Adlai E Stevenson confirmed today he will announce Tues day his intentions concerning the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination See earlier story 11 UN Worried Over Latest Boycott Walkouts by South Africans French Upset Top Diplomats UNITED NATIONS N Y Nov 10 AP Faced with boycotts by two member nations UN diplomats ex pressed grave concern today over what effect the action may have on the future of the world body France and South Africa are both shunning the as sembly over issues brought up by the bloc Delegates wondered whether further steps on the inflam matory issues might prompt some member to quit the UN altogether Both France and South Africa ship Committee to consider what Former Bexar Policeman Quoted By The Associated Press San Antonio salesman Don Worden several days be fore he was shot to death on Padre Island last month told a friend Im going to get rid of my old ady in about three days Chief Sheriffs Investigator Oscar Warnke of San Antonio said he was told today Warnke quoted the friend a former San Antonio policeman now in the restaurant business as saying that Worden told him It looks like Ive got everything under my wing now think Im about ready to get rid of my wife ready to get rid of my The informant said Worden did Neither Jones nor Johnston not make plain whether he in would say what they discovered tended to get rid of his wife but Johnston dirl say one of tha through divorce proceedings or in i items checked was financial mat 1 believe new impetus to But Western diplomats said could be given here a radical twist in Soviet policy rei In words that sometimes erac storing thn friendly atmosphere of with finger and at other times Lift Secrecy Organizations A tun WVJ1IUVJ1 t ii i A T r it an agreement with the Soviet left Air Force Base at Sacramento Calif yesterday Air Force Base Honolulu They wore on a ferrying flight to Japan from the Rep Moss hailed as real progress a Treasury Department move to lie the applications of organiza tions seeking income lax tion Moss govern Odor in Vaughn Building Linked To Sour Crude Oil Vaughn Petroleum Building 719 North Upper Broadway was WASHINGTON Nov 10 operations subcommittee in federal information practices told newsmen the Treasury decision indicated weve made a few smalt dents in government secrecy The subcommittee today swung to information practices in the Agriculture Department larly alleged delays in releasing news of actions committees advising Sec Benson on farm policy Treasury Undersecretary H Chapman Rose told the commit tee yesterday the Treasury will Congress for authority to clear of odors this morn Ing and workers returned to their jobs in the building lA suspected gas leak forced some persons from the building late yesterday afternoon 13 P Ledbeller city gas sup said the source of yesterdays odor likely was sour crude oil Several petroleum la are located in the build Ing He said there was no evi dence of an explosive gas mixture The gas said the of the sour crude likely was flicked up by the stir conditioning system and distributed throughout tho building Thn odor wa not evi dent this morning make public the requests for tax exempt status The applications list the aims and organizational details of the groups seeking the special tax treatment Treasury informants said it has This was after British Foreign Secretary Macmillan charged Rus sia had repudiated the summit conference agreement to negotiate on reunification Germany through a free vote I With one blow he struck down Jail high hopes that had formed Macmillan said adding that did not realize tile deep effect of his German declara tion oti world opinion Molotov made it clear Russia will never unification of it is by means which would make sure the com of the whole country Unshaken by thn verbal pound ing Molotov announced he wants to bring up further proposals on Germany and European security Troop Reduction He then called for the reduction of foreign troops in Germany by say 50 per Cent and reduction of total armed forces of the four big powers by a number equivalence the troops withdrawn from Ger many He also called for a sion ween the Atlantic Alliance and the Warsaw Pact bloc of Russia and her six walked out in protest over what they claimed was UN ence in their internal affairs Both accused the UN of ignoring re warnings that they would not tolerate further intervention South Africas walkout over the special political committees de to probe into her racial seg Ferrying Wing based at policies came amid tr it A n j i moves to toss out the stormy Algerian independence item which sparked Frances boycott The South African action places two key UN committees in a di lemma The special Political Corn Kelly Air Force Base San Anton io Texas The first plane was about 40 minutes ahead when it received this message at pm as dark ness was beginning to settle over the Pacific Unable to feather propeller and will have to bail out other manner Warnke said Mrs Sunny Canales Worden charged with the murder of her husband has told of she shot Worden he intended to force her to kill her daughter and then her self His body which she buried Jin a beach grave was discovered i week later Wont Name Man Warnke said ho was nol at lib erty to name the former police man whom he described as an old friend of Worden He said the informant came to his office voluntarily and declared I would make a good wit ness for the defense in this Wor den murder case Then Warnke reported the in formant told his story of Wordens remarks Meanwhile at Corpus Christi Dist Atty Sam L Jones Jr sak last night it will be at least a week before a County grand jury will be called to in the slaying Jones and County At torney Royce Johnston returned from San Antonio yesterday where they said they had thoroughly checked everything that had come to their attention in the murder to do about its debate on another item South Africas refusal to report to the UN on the territory of Southwest Africa The union government has re fused to convert Southwest Africa a former League Nations man date into a UN trust territory Frances absence from the UN since the assembly voted Sept 30 to take up Algeria has raised ser problems Primarily it has inspired H num ber of delegates to question the wisi dom of taking up disarmament ai VENTURA Calif Nov 10 ers of the Wardens ion Questioned Johnston also said a statement vas taken from TSgt Robert Vorden son of the slain man but vould not say what young Wor den said Sgt Worden said only hat 1 have not been able to un why Mrs Wordon did lot report the shooting immediate y if she was as justified as her statements had indicated f want to see her prosecuted to the full extent of the law if she is guil ty Mrs Worden is charged with murder with malice in the Oct 21 slaying of her husband Jones said last night I will have no more reports to issue on the evidence in this case until I have prepared my material and presented it to the grand jury He added there has been too much publicity on the case al ready and if he bad his way about it none of the story by Mrs Sunny Canales Worden would have been released until an investigation could have been made Criminal Meanwhile fingerprints sent to California by Ellery W Britt deputy sheriff Snw WOUDEN Pago 18 CALIFORNIA FIRE RAGING FIERCELY has on its agenda another are absent key topic this year if the French explosive item affecting the union government It is slated trc turn The propeller was running wild to problem o treat of Indians m South Africa The Union of South Africa has of to discuss the issue with In dia and Pakistan but it refuses to have the talks under the aegis of the UN not yet been decided whether to ask also for authority to make public the tax returns of theex empt groups The returns re quired even though the organiza tions dont pay taxes show how the groups spend their money The groups are nonprofit organ such as formed for philanthropic educa tional or similar purposes which the treasury by law may excuse from income fax payments Unofficial estimates were that proposal would reduce Soviet forces by 150000 US by 125000 the British by 0000 and the French by 30000 New Norther Forecast After Warm up The lowest temperature of the season was recorded at Cliff Maus Airport this morning and after one day of warming up a new norther is expected to drop temperatures to near the freezing point his weekend This mornings low at the Air port was 39 degrees The low downtown was 44 Today will be warmer with a low tonight of 54 to and rt high temperature tomorrow of 70 to 74 degrees Friday night a howling norther Is expected to hit with winds of 25 to 35 miles an hour and gusts up to 50 miles an hour Refugio was the only area point reported frost this morning There was no frost in the im mediate vicinity of Corpus Cliris warmed up rapidly to dny under generally clear skies The was expected to con Friday Todays low temperatures were recorded in East Texas and West at Lufkin and Salt Flai than in the Texas Pan handle as usual And Wednesdays high readings also showed an out picture with Houston t the south recording 46 as a high Abilene and Wichita Falls highs of 65 WEATHER Forecast for Corpus Christi and vicinity Warmer and mostly clou dy tonight and tomorrow becom ng much colder tomorrow night Low for tonight 54 to 56 high tomorrow 70 to 74 degrees Low tonight and for other area points Beeville 44 7074 Alice 5054 7074 Kings ville 5054 7276 Wind forecast South or south west at 15 to 25 miles an hour to night and tomorrow shifting to northerly at 25 to 35 with gusts to 50 miles an hour Friday night Rainfall for the past 24 hours 07 of an inch Highest temperature yesterday and tho lowest this morning Cliff Maus Airport 50 39 Chamber o Commerce 51 44 Sunrise am tomorrow sun set pm tomorrow moon rise am tomorrow moon set pm tomorrow Gulf of Mexico tides high am and pm tomorrow low pm today Rainfall deficiency for 1955 24 inches and could not be controlled The lead piane turned around as the alarm was Hashed to planes and ships at sea It reached its companion plane as it was heading down and es corted it until it was lost in the cloud banks Come Get Me Later Tell the Air Force people to come and get me in the morn ng Nelson said calmly over the as his doomed sky giant lipped into the clouds The Navy said Brinegar report d he prepared the bow escape atch for the pilot and copilot were to put the plane in a great circle and parachute later The planes altitude at the time vas not given Then said Brinegar he Whit ley and the unidentified crew men bailed out into the forbid ling weather In the vanishing light as they vent down they saw the huge Jane begin to circle Then they that Nelson and Hibbard lad left the doomed ship Two Coast Guard Privateers an Air Force and a Navy amphibian eft Hawaii almost immediately The Floyds Bay turned toward the scene The aircraft carrier also swung around on its course and headed for the res cue but it was more than 600 miles away Airliner Joins Search A Pan American Airways plane joined the search with the com This is believed one of the main reasons behind a move pushed by Colombia and other members to gel the assembly to throw out the Algerian case in hopes this might cause France to reconsider her boycott Arab delegates have sewed no tice on assembly President Jose Yesterdays walkout also brought Maza that they will resist any quick adjournment of the to junk the item fled their homes as a Picture Pago 11 stubborn brush and timber fire periled six residences today after blackening 16000 acres Occupants moved possessions to men remained on the lines to Cliff Maus Expansion Called Best Airport Plan Expansion of Cliff Maus Munic Fitzgerald said the improve Airport is the only means of obtaining an airport in less than five probably 10 years directors of the Chamber menls proposed would date anything that will be fly ing commercial traffic within the next 10 years probably within the next 25 of Commerce were told this Extended and heavier runways ing la new control tower and Sam Fitzgerald chairman landing system are among he aviation committee and improvements included owned and operated by E L Curly former coach for the Green Bay Chi cago Cardinals and Washington Redskins professional football teams The endangered homes are near the crest of Carlisle Canyon near Lake Sherwood and Hidden Valley Ventura County 40 airline miles northwest of Los Angeles Additional fire rigs were dispatch ed to the scene Another fire in La Tuna Canyon of Tujunga a hilly suburb a few miles north of Los Angeles was controlled yesterday It had burn ed 3000 wooded acres in the Verdu go Hills destroying three homes and damaging a number of other residences in three days Nearly Boxcar Darkness had settled over the Pacific when the Floyds Bay ar rived Almost simultaneously the Pan American plane piloted by Ira Anderson of San Francisco the and the tender saw the tiny lights bobbing in the wa tcr The flashlights about the size of a cigarette case arc attached to the belts for just such an emergency i a new outbreak At the Ventura County fire scene Capt Tom Moody of the county department said it would take at least 48 hours to control the flames On the southern and east ern fronts were nearly 20 miles of rampaging fire line Damage to the Circle X Ranch of the Los Angeles area council of the Boy Scouts was estimated at about by Fred A Bal lin Jr past president of the Circle X Ranch Foundation The ranch originally was the property of actor Donald Crisp The Exchange Club of Los An geles bought it and turned it over to the Scouts in the form of a foundation The club retained a clubhouse which was destroyed by the fire The main ranch house the entire barn and corral area also were consumed No boys were at the ranch at the time 25 PRESUMED DEAD a member of the Aviation Indus trial Board gave a progress re port to Chamber directors at their regular meeting today Directors endorsed the program a director and needed Cliff Maus is the only feasible site Fitzgerald said We not get Field without strings and could never install there the improve city councilman told the board that with completion of the im provement plan now sought des ignation of Corpus Christi as an international airport should be possible in short time a fight on the issue but observed that the city could lose its shirt on taking over Cuddihy Field as an alter nate A new site is prohibitive fi he Said Corpus Christi is called the In a report from the executive bottleneck in Texas aviation by the Civil Air Administration Culli said The CAA is eager to work with us on our plans for improvement committee Gordon Lewis told the board that only of an expect ed 5000 had been contributed for the Christmas decoration program on Shoreline Boulevard OTHER HIGHLIGHTS How do students treat a substitute teacher Page LOSES Texans move o subpoena Secy of Defense Wilson and Atty Gen for his trial is refused Page 8 LIFE Why are there so many lonely hearts in Britain Page 4 ALSO News comment Editorial Pago 2B Womens News 1517 Sports Comics Radio and TV 12 Movies 13 Lost a Month Boats Hulk Found in Fitis AUCKLAND New Zealand Nov 10 waterlogged wreck of a cabin cruiser missing for more than a month in the Pacific lias been found stranded in the All 25 persons aboard arc believed to have lost their lives No log or message was found in the hulk Reports indicated the ves sel was wrecked by an explosion and that fire had broken out aboard The cabin cruiser the Joyita was on a voyage from Apia Western Samoa to Fakaofo in the Tokelau Islands The hulk was found stranded at Cape Undu on the northern tip of in the Reports reaching Auckland to day gave the details It is believed that the Joyita drifted about 600 miles of course driven by southeast trada winds No radio message was received from the vessel after she left Apia Stut waji due at Fakaofo Oct 9 Passengers included three New Zealand government officials en route to appointments in the Tok elau Islands All were married and had families Wreckage apparently from the also was found at in the Hoorn group of miles west of Samoa Islanders there reported that pa nels and doors from a vessel showed traces of a fire An attempt is being made to tow the hulk 170 miles to Lam basa Yesterday the Fiji colony ship Tuvalu found the miles west of her expected course Someone apparently survived the explosion An awning had been rigged iip to give shelter from the blistering Pacific sun The Joyita owned by a woman lecturer at the university of Ha waii was under charter to a pri vate trading company
