Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - January 11, 1962, Galveston, Texas For Leisure Dining VISIT Crow's Restaurant and Beach Pleasant Atmosphere Attentive Service Good Food Is Our f Texas Oldest its and Twentieth Year of Public Service to Island and the Mainland W L MOODY 4 CO BANKERS UNINCORPORATED ESTABLISHED 1866 First in Service First in Conveniences First in Established 1842 PRICE United International GALVESTON TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY II 1962 Singh Copy PRICE Published ivery VOL 120 NO 275 Schools Close Gas Mains Freezing Industry Shutdown Ordered As Flow Of Gas Dwindles By LOUIS WORTHAM News Staff Writer A shortage of natural gas caused by freezing gas lines shut down much of industry Wednesday and caused the closing of schools Thursday Dr Stephen R Lewis president of the Galveston Independent School Dis- announced the closing after conferring Wednesday night with A G Smith general superintendent of Southern Union Cias Co here The parochial schools were also planning to close according to their officials Situation Critical The situation is very critical Our men are doing everything humanly sible to remedy the They will be out Freeze Hampering line Co is having a terrific time with their lines and with the ri ft gathering lines in the gas fields J MAYBE NEXT summer to appreciate this scene of freezing weather This is a of Dr Edgar J Poth 1021 B Deep By KITTY KENDALL News SUff Writer Operation deep freeze the biggest news story in Galveston County since Hurricane Carla last September broke wide open Wednesday along with exposed water Islanders experienced a IS degree low during early morning hours Wednesday while the coldest weather ever recorded in Galveston County on a Jan 10 a 12 degrees was reported Wednesday morning in Texas City Highest 24 Degrees Wednesday's highest temperature in Galveston was 34 degrees which held for about four T ion chid meteorologist at the More Icy Wind Into By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More snow and a new mass of cold atr shouldered into Texas Wednesday night as the death toll blamed on the great winter storm mounted and temperatures sapped to record levels The Lower Rio Grande Valley braced for a and possibly hard freeze Additional snow expected io be heavy in southern parts of Texas was in the s for all of the state's northern half and was expected to continue will be in a b icy beauty resulting from t view in the back yard at the ayou Shore Drive and it's n eze al U S Weather Bureau reported r I p.m Wednesday The station reported a high ot 26 At p.m it was 23 and at 7 p.m 22 degrees Late Wednesday night the bureau advised that would be mostly cloudy and cold through Thursday night A high temperature of 34 degrees s predicted for Thursday and small craft warnings will remain hoisted for northerly winds 20 to 35 mph Warmer Friday The forecast or Friday is partly cloudy and a little wanner and diminishing northerly winds Continued cold is predicted or Thursday with a low of 18 to 20 We're hi for a hard Carson said but right Snow Shove rozen Texas Texas through Fire added to woes as rash of industrial and plagued the Dallas had more than a core of residential fires in less lan 24 hours San Antonio and Fort Worth blares Road conditions remained nnd hazardous most parts of the stale except In the far western areas where they worsened The Texas Department said ice be forming late Wednesday on Bridges and roads in its Odessa Travel was reported dan in the mountain area around El Paso as light snows n temperatures down to 70 ro New Lows Thermometer read ings nea zero were expected in northeast and north central of the slate and as low as 8 below n Northwest Texas Predictions called for lows of in South Central and Southeast Texas n Southwest Texas and in extreme Texas The Dallas Independent Schoo District noting the forecasts and Hazardous icy streets in the city joined hundreds of others across state in closing down liven Laredo on the usually worm Rio Grande planned no schools Thursday Business and industry hit not only by n lack of customers suffered also from absenteeism closed doors n Deaths At least 13 persons perished n the cold from causes some because Ihoy loo to overheard tn keep warm Gas companies wrrc pressed to maintain pressure 05 Lone Star Gns Co and Smith crn Union Gns Co Ihr drains nn heir in Use of electric power loo upward for the dur Turn to Page 2 Seft mood Dr Poth said ic current tures threate j residence protect them o accident them Local S ow we are worried about this E deal According to the weatherman rain is scheduled before too ong and we are hoping it will not break before the extreme old air that is surrounding us out A freezing rain could make It most unpleasant Carson said In a period of 24 hours from Tuesday to Wednesday dropped a total of 38 degrees Temperature Drops Tuesday's early morning was a bearable 57 degrees while Wednesday's was an icy 19 degrees Wednesday's highest as reported by the U S Weather Bureau's downtown was 24 degrees which held or four consecutive hours at p.m At 7 p.m Wednesday the weather bureau reported a low of 22 decrees while Texas City reported 18 degrees or the same hour Reported temperatures Wednesday In the Galveston Mainland area City Degrees Galveston IS Bolivar 17 Dickinson 17 Hitchcock 18 Texas City 12 La Marque 13 Gusts Up To Winds on the Island blew from the north in gusts up to 50 mph and the average rate was approximately 32 mph a weather office spokesman said Large numbers of Galvestonians were without water early Wednesday on the heels of the hard freeze during the night Officials in the city water department reported a large num her of calls reporting broken anc frozen water lines but said tha No Water Shortage Seen Here There is current danger o Galveston being of water because of the said Lind B Nelson head of the city's Wednesday night Of course customers will hav to pay for the water let ru through their pipes to keep them from explained Nelson We get ready for such erne as the present one we in advance and the water is well under control he adder Plumbers were a fie day Wednesday repairing bur water Knes and various appliances which have of the cold In one block on avenue 0 the wore trucks of four different r pair companies There ha no official of 1 damaged burst water pipe but they mny well run into ti thousands of dollars here in Ga to turns on a spray i in order that the ice can from the colder air temper tor j Since 11 of them apparently were on rivate property Residents in both the West and last End reported little or no s pressure Wednesday morning well as having no water from ozen pipes There were also reports of when freezing on plants and which would kill Carla failure early Wednesday The extreme cold caused feeder to contract and snap the pressure causing power allure in an area in he vicinity of street L and Menard between and 9 Wednesday Despite rumors that students and teachers at Dall High and some of the elementary schools had difficulty in keeping warm Tuesday schools in County were open for business as usual Wednesday Superintendent Dr Morgan C Evans said early Wednesday We missed so many days during hurricane Carla here that we must have school now to make up for Evans sai Wednesday An unknown number of rural Turn Page 2 See as they free one line two three more freeze Smith We simply build up in Galveston until the mand goes down A pipe thats pen on one end simply won't Id he continued Open Everything is as wide open as e can turn it gas Is TEXAS CITY Texas City have been fighting the freezing weather ince early Wednesday according o plant officials Most industries here reported hey had received two orders Wednesday from their natural gas suppliers John Chamberlain plant manager at Monsanto Chemical the City plant made reductions in on Wednesday idling nd throttling critical to in order to conserve vailable natural gas for the of private homes as gas suppliers H B Walker assistant plant anager of Union Carbide Co The freeze hil ot caused curtailment of at our plant but the story and down the coast Is that at the gas wells and le heavy demand from consumers has caused a of fuel gas for industrial the freeze Is over Burns Babbin American Oil officials ot of equipment freezing but we are fighting the situation and lave been able to keep running expect the worst to be over early Thursday Some homes in Texas City were without gas because of frozen In gas meters J S Sullivan of Houston Gas Texas City office reported hat approximately 129 calls were Turn to Page I See THREE Sand Trucks Off Standby County Galveston County Sheriff J B Kline said Wednesday night the rucks loaded with sand and would not be returned to et the causeway and Santa Fe overpass unless the county got some moisture the freezing and weather The trucks stood by Tuesday he said and some sand and cinders were put on some larts of causeway and county but the dry air cut icing to a minimum Sheriff Kline said drivers should use all precautions in travelling the highways at conditions during this time are extremely hazardous even without the presence of much ice The sheriff reported only one traffic accident In the rural areas of the county since the temperature started dropping early Tuesday Wednesday afternoon a car lit the Highland Bayou bridge on 6 but no one was injured said reports officials on the In Marque Texas City Clear Creek Hitchcock school districts Indicated that lisses are m tint schools plan to continue despite the coM To Give Talk To Congress WASHINGTON opened a new session with beaming backslapping good Installed a new speaker of the House and told President Kennedy Wednesday It was ready to buckle down to business Kennedy's Ideas of what the business should be will be sketched out Thursday He will deliver his State of the Union message In person then in the House chamber shortly after p.m Some of his ideas ere old ones some ol the new ones are known in general terms and some o both already have stirred up controversy So skirmish lines already were well established for what could be a rough explosive session And the opening Turn to Page 2 See The AMUSEMENTS Page 1 COMICS Page 27 CLASSIFIED Pages COURTS Page 21 CROSSWORD Page DEATHS FUNERALS Page IS EDITORIALS Page 4 FOLKS EVENTS 9 MARKETS 27 MARINE LOG 28 SOCIETY Page 1 SPORTS Pages TELEVISION LOG Page our regulating stations on 3 near Texas City There a possibility there may be a build up in the gathering Wednesday night and if lere is the situation may be reeved in Galveston by 5 Smith added The cotton compresses were hut down Wednesday The aff brewery was burning oil to eep the brewing process going nd he vast University of Medical Canter was using oil Wednesday night Close The Upton Tea plant ceased Derations as did the High Grade acking Co Coin operated laundries as well s the conventional type were asked by Smith to lose down He made the same request of leaning and pressing plants mith urged that all use extreme caution with natural gas appliances in their own Shai Ballot Du AUSTIN House members loud and long on small oan regulation Wednesday but ult for the night without taking vote on a aimed at halting loan shark practices A recess until 10 Thursday was called after more than three lours of discussion during an session A vote on approval probably will come Thursday but it may be delayed by a large stack of amendments Three attempts to choke off further debate and take an immediate vote were defeated Stain Residents An amendment adopted late Wednesday would refuse lending to companies owned by non-residents or to corporations whose stock is owned less than 51 per cent by Texas residents Another would prohibit assignment of wages to pay off loans The Senate met briefly then quit until Thursday The rate section proposed by a House committee with rates ranging from 33 per cent on sma to 22 per cent on a oan was replaced The new rate section allows in terest of up to 36 per cent a year on loans under with Ing rates on larger loans down to about 18 per cent on a loan Controversial Part This is the most section of the Wednesday Rep e Today Eckhardt made a personal speech attacking poison pen letters representatives have dealing with prominent gures in the small loan battle Two have arrived so far They int that certain members ar with Interstate loa The letters are signe nly a member We're dealing with a bunch o trying to find a kno ole in their Eckhardt said Tuesday Rep Alonzo called the letters a crude a tempt to attack three able am respected m e rn b e s of House Fifth Topic The range of topics for the se sion was broadened Wednesday Gov Price Daniel submitted re organization of the Board of Wa ter Engineers as a fifth topic fo the session Rep Jim Cotten of Weathe ford chairman of the House A Committee intr a calling for to operate the special session o the legislature and to finance i terim operations through Sept In the Senate Franklin Spear San Antonio's new member i a people moving from one precin Io another in counties of ov to vote In their new pr cinct For Advertising The House Appropriations Com heard n by Re Joe of Dallas for an appr of to for tourists to romc to Texas The also for repair In the S Monument but the co recessed it came that portion of the Rep B IS Red Borry of S before Ihc en nnd said liquor hy 1 drink nnd legalized rari would be better getting tourists than Engin Appointed Pan Gen Robert J Fleming engineer of the U S Corps of Engineers at Dallas who is well known in Galveston has been appointed Governor oi Panama by President John F Kennedy General Fleming was honored hy the Galveston Chamber ol Commerce at a recent luncheon here as evidence of appreciation of Galveston's civic leaders and county and city governments for the aid given by the U S Corps of Engineers in helping clean up wreckage in Galveston and county caused by Hurricane Carla and the Sept 12 tornado Appreciation was also expressed his assistance in retaining Fleming lama Governor status of the district engineers office at Galveston and the retention of 123 engineering personne here The Dallas News presented a interview with Gen Fleming The article declared that th Turn to Page 2 See CONTINUED Forecast for Galveston Texas City Ln nnd Mostly cloudy and continued cold through Thursday night Friday partly cloudy and n warmer Highest temperature expected Thursday 34 degrees Winds In the Hay Small craft warnings remain displayed for northerly winds 20 to 35 mph diminishing Friday MOON AND TIDES Jsn 11 m P.m i m p m p.m Inw n m and p.m inri itat i for Ihr railing p.m Jnn 10 Low 15 6 -5 An- lin JO 13 Christl 37 1 14 8 M H 9 0 1 nrt 8 Airport 34 H -10 33 I II 7 II t II T A thinner 13 4 Mmml 7 H X -I nnunn Ifl Nrw 1 1.1 1 Nrw Vmk 33 5 -9 IS S -31 11 Hr -1 -11 9 1 1 ikr fv 37 5 S 1 M S 7 -S 41 1 77 41 ft 5 -1 19 1 finm HI Nt Jlfurti Miners Trapped In Mine Blast CARTERVILLE 111 AP Eleven men were trapped unde ground Wednesday night author ties said when an tor through a coal mine shootin mangled steel out of the mil opening No one above ground was i jured when the explosion at p.m state police said At Bottom The eleven men the entire nig shift at the mine trappet authorities said in a tunnel at bottom of the min which is IBS feet deep Rescuers descended Io a dept of 40 feet in the mine but we forced hack hy a o: One There's so much y couldn't see anything dowr there An estimated 2.000 to Turn to Page 2 See THE i SHEPHERD Loading Zones Misused McCartney Says Please please tell folks our new truck loading zones may be used by passenger cars for load ing nnd unloading passengers That's the request of B J Me the city's traffic engi who says automobile driv crs are jamming up the We have an ordinance snys cars may stor only two in he he explained Somehow people the false notion tha they can stop in a truck zon to get out and That you may grow thereby I Peter This rule of Science you should know If organisms do not grow Then they begin at once tc And this rule likewise will apply To every mortal and his brain And doctors try to make U plain That if one up work and quits And docs naught to keep shar his wits He'll find his prip on life ess stronger Anc likely will nni live miK i longer JUUEN C UP Fishing and the freeze are making big In Galveston Hundreds of cold stunned speckled and arc being picked up In waters Sec Kins nnd Feathers nn Page for the full how It's done why and what lie effects could
