Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - March 28, 1962, Galveston, Texas For VISIT Crow's Restaurant feed It Out ill Hundred Yew of ro and W L MOOOT CO BANKERS UNINCORPORATED lUi HI I If if HI Established 1842 GALVESTON TEXAS WEDNESDAY MARCH 28 1962 PRICE VOL 120 NO 3511 if Wharves Seeks 41 a al U ihm M the tilth Hew to CMI her beck the Moments liter the te her balance and to betow She fed three kwn later uM Mn brake i la her rumi had made we attempts to climb out M the Wat Funds For Academy I Sought By City Bond Issue For 10 Years Improvements Would Be Repaid From Profits At No Cost To Taxpayers Galveston Trustees asked Wharves General Manager W H Swede Tuesday to begin figurine out how to fit a 20 million foot into a 110 lion shoe The million represents the master plan of needed ments of Galveston Wharves cording to engineers and the 110 million maximum amount of money the'..wharves will seek to carry out ments in the next 10 years Members of the wharves board met Tuesday afternoon B Robert Albright representative of the city council on the board VIRGIL CDS GRISSOM Fut Starter White House Says Policy Nothing Nuclear Weapons Would Be Used If Attack Necessary WASHINGTON Kennedy mute It cleir FOR GEMINI CONFERENCE 3 Astronauts At Houston A contingent of Galvestonians will go to Washington Thursday to attend an 11 Friday heir Ing before the House committee to request a year In federal fundi new Texas Maritime which is expected to open In State Sen R Schwartz will leave early Thursday morning for Washington to confer j lo Keep Talking Avoid War 1 f i GENEVA Secretary of State Dean Rusk declared self In agreement with Soviet For- eign Minister Andrei A on come points In the Berlin pute Tuesday but the deadlock remained unbroken on basic sues t One of the points of agreement announced in a joint statement i with Gromyko was to keep Ing U.S Informants said a bnd point Is that both understanding their governments want to avoid war over Berlin Still vf With leading members of the American delegation to the 17 disarmament conference then boarded a plane for Washington to report to President Kennedy Berlin crisis itill dangerous but out Into a shooting war In he foreseeable future He was by British Foreign Lord Home Both Rusk and Lord Home said they would return to the ence time their presence would speed its work Their aides will the negotiations which may drag weeks or V j After more than two weeks of Intensive conversations on the sidelines of the conference Rusk and Gromyko disclosed had failed to find a formula to solve the Berlin deadlock Rep W President Lyndon B Johnson and borough Tower Representatives of of will leave night have conference with son his office Chamber Group Included in the chamber group are Rear Adm Sherman B more Capt Bennett son dent of the academy John Par seri and of the ter Schwartz will call on of Congress and other Washington friends and solicit their project The in federal funds will include to pay of trustees told other board mem bers that bond Issue probably could be submitted tt the same time as a city bond June 23 Albright said the city council Turn to Page 2 See SEVEN Frank Their said ever been and frank and some lo Page 2 See FOUR Turn to Page 2 See MILD Forecast for Galveston as City La Marque and Wednesday and Thursday clear to partly cloudy and mild Highest temperature expected Wednesday 70 degrees winds In the Galveston Bay mostly southeasterly 12 to mph through Thursday SUN MOON tnd TIDES tor 71 29 ind p.m Low ind AM TEMPERATURE unit PRECIPITATION diM lor the houni p.m CST Mirth You seldom see wall-to-wall carpeting in a bachelor's nient It's loo lough lo sweep Under Today's Worst say suffer from human diseases Well haven't you heard of ing George Bernard Shaw said That man knows nothing and he thinks he knows everything That points clearly political career Amlln Corput Fort Airport San Law Ruin IS U H 7 II 11 II Ui 14 STATIONS n i 35 45 54 it 47 45 51 41 SS 47 tics city Hilton Cllr 1 n Mm 75 4 U Jl New K 31 71 IS x okii n 71 31 SS II 71 31 Kill fly 70 79 4 Sun U 42 45 3 n 39 I Tulll V a 41 75 41 11 71 59 W 35 from I uA fund it ud League rter By 236 To 36 LEAGUE CITY League City voters overwhelmingly approved the home rule charter submitted by the committee appointed to draft the instrument by casting 236 votes In favor of the charter and 36 negative voles in an lion Tuesday Mayor Johnnie said lale Tuesday thai Ihd city council went Into session afler closing ot polls lo canvass the vole and take action sary to conclude the business of the election Darwin L who headed the commission that wrote charier said the charier Hie bcsl collective effort of the community to produce a ment that will Insure a cratic municipal that Is responsible only lo rale and simultaneously tee translation of the wishes ot the citizenry into tion promptly economically and Gasoline Price Be Long Siege Gasoline prices in the Calves Ion area were down Tuesday an average of nine cents per gallon and down an average of slightly less than nine cents per gallon on gas Previous regular prices of 30.9 per been cut to as low a's as 20.9 per gallon but part were per gallon of 34.9 cents per gallon been cut to 26.9 to 23 per gallon Twenty-six and cents per gallon seemed to be the lowest price on high-test gas in lon Tuesday One dealer Tuesday prices have nol been righl since Before Hurricane Carla However seem generally to the price war's start at the beginning of March with the esl and since One dealer said lie saw no end In sight and believes it thing It's gelling worse Others questioned said they did not know when the situation would change It's the independents who keep the prices messed up then the majors have to was the comment of one service elation operator Senate OKs Measure To End Poll Tax WASHINGTON AP The Senate in a burst of speed proved Tuesday a proposed con- amendment to outlaw the poll tax as a requirement for voting iii federal election The vote more than the required two-thirds brought an abrupt end to a fight that had up Senate for Dearly two weeks Extra Hours So senators usually united in opposition to civil rights measures were split over issue not undertake a tion during which the Senate met Hours and down its committee work some of them had resisted preliminary motions with La barrage of lengthy speeches But they called a halt late day The proposed constitutional amendment one of two civil rights measures urged by dent Kennedy now goes lo the By JOHN GAMES News Stiff Writer Astronauts John Glenn gil Gus Grissom and Donald it's another feather in Galveston's cap to re a visit from eral Gruenther president of the American Cross The fact is dis cussed in editorial on page 4 Read also on same page what George Sokolsky has to say about the absurdity of party labels Kent Slayton commented on aspects of the Gemini and Apollo space craft a press conference in Houston Tuesday morning in Houston through Wednesday for conferences on the Gemini proj ect The other were said to be busy back at the of Cameras Introduced by Ben billespie a public affairs officer for- the manned spacecraft center the House Three-Fourths With the exception ol the man who said he believed if anything gelling worse dealers did not think the price would drop more than one more cent All dealers questioned reported knowing of others on the brink of bankruptcy but none reported themselves In this situation If approved there it will have to be ratified by three-fourths of states to become effective Sen Spessard L was its chief sponsor in the te Two years ago the Senate proved the tax ment vole as part of a package of three constitutional amendments but the House took no action on it Only five Ar- kansas Mississippi Texas and Virginia still require voters to Turn lo Paga See SIX Inside The News AMUSEMENTS 1 COMICS Page 15 CLASSIFIED Pages COURTS Page 14 CROSSWORD Page 15 DEATHS FUNERALS Page 14 EDITORIALS Page 4 FOLKS fc EVENTS Page J MARKETS Page 15 MARINE LOG SOCIETY Page 7 SPORTS Pages TELEVISION LOG Page 15 C Of C Group Okays Joint Plant Drive Tht Industrial de committee of the Galveston ber of Commerce Tuesday proved participation of the cham ber In a joint industrial program with Galveston Wharves and can Island Development efforts io seek industrial con cerns to locate in the area committee With Arthur M Alpert chairman presiding dis cussed at bringing increased industry to Galveston In connection the Indus trial program Jack Springer gel eral manager said 12 industrial prospects with tional Space Ad- ministration at Clear Lake have been contacted Industrialists Contacted Springer also reported that as a result of a trip made by five Galveston chamber tives as part of ah East Texas tour of the midwest the chamber has contacted 300 by letter and brochures of Galveston and Pelican Island sent to the industries showing the potentialities of the area Kenneth Hoover manager of the project department of can Island Development Corp reported on progress being made Elevators which has an option on property on Pelican three astronauts faced a battery of movie and television cameras as well as a corps of area press representatives at the temporary headquarters of the National Aer and Space tion Houston When Col Glenn was asked if he had bought a home m the area he said there were a great many rumors but that there was no truth to any of them No Homes Bought John A Powers public af fairs and spokes man that the offer of housing made by Houston groups is now under consideration but added that rone of the astro- had yet n ade any purchas i Col Glenn said the hated to leave communities in which they were already located but ahi sure and will become established in our new Glenn was asked how long he would with NASA t which he commented duty had been extended years He said a return service duty was because ence acquired Our status has never been fully established Started Faster Capt Grissom said the Gemini program for rendezvous manned space craft in space had started than the cury program and attributed tils to information only recently quired While avoiding detailed comments on tion Grissom We will have the ability to overtake another hicle Iri space When the astronauts wire for comments on the recent re- marks that the space program an too expensive Major gentlemen the space craft program was a waste of time said 10 that the ballistic missile would never fly i Not Yet No assignments have been made as to who wilt pilot the Gemini vehicles Col Glenn Slayton said that no ment had been made as to thr Turn to Page 2 See NINE that the United strike first with nuclear If they wen needed to a Soviet at- tack Iran Europe A statement by House Ut inter that all would be Ned te tun such aa Net The dM lot use of nuclear amu la but they an a jor pillar of US would be embraced la tenet all available means i tlM were prepared to newer clt by Stewart hi the day Poet It quoted ftt i President u saying that to the United be prepared to take the In MI ed aa attack U Ml Alsop's article bued White with the or atz weeki also attributed these to M America t Mr postwar edge la air and nuclear began to Me la INS or wim Turn 2 1000 Delegates Expected For Texas Library Meeting Registration of i approximately 1000 the annual conference of the Texas Association is anticipated when the four-day session gets under way at 2 pm Hotel Galvez and Moody Center Plans call for four general ses sions the first to be called at 2 30 p m Thursday with Ray Janeway president of TLA and director of the Texas Technologi Island Park Activities Glen T Smith chairman of the airport Industrial park also gave a report on proposed park activities It Was reported that housing is the greatest deterrent to industrial progress In ton The decided to work wilh housing and other groups in an effort to improve the housing situation here Alpert appointed two additional members of the industrial committee they include Walter H Sandberg and Anthony J Cuba Is Now Formidable U.S Declares WASHINGTON has been converted inlo one of Latin America's mosl formidable lary powers wilh an million in aid from viet Union and other Communist nations United States said Tuesday Bui Cuba apparently has no missiles and no plied bombers Anns A Slate Department summary on Cuba's military progress sued it said In response to re- Cubans how performance MIG 19 Soviet fighters and a ground force with ar- mored power that includes heavy Turn to Pago 2 See THREE quests stated the have hiph ARC Annual Dinner Meet Set Tonight The highlight of an dinner meeting of veston County chapter of th American p.m Wednesday Galvez wil be an address Gen M Gruenther American National Red Cross ac Mrs Ed J Harris public information chairman Approximately 300 have been made including dents of Galveston and the Mai Houston Orange and Half-Hour Social I Following a half-hour social the lobby of Serlo canteen chai adjourn to Grecian room for dinner and program Dee Walker board member the Mainland Red Cross will introduce General to the group and serve as mast of ceremonies during the pro i Mrs I H Kempner and Mi Howard Swann co-chairmen Red Cross are schei uled to present service award Turn to Page 2 See TWO College library Lubbock Division program sessions between the second ird general sessions Councilman Robert H the j ans at the first general session behalf of the Galveston Council and the City of Calves i on Delegates will come from cities nd towns throughout well as from several other states to Charles at Rosenberg Library ho is general of the ocal committees Local conference committee besides OHalloran in Frank exhibits and registration Jack lousing Webster and Miss I local of Rosenberg Library have aided ran in arrangements for the Turn to Page 2 See FIVE HIS LAST 40 DAYS CHRIST AND GIFTS There Is a lad here which hath 5 barley loaves John Do not forget about the Who gave the Master all One loaves and 2 fishes meet our tithing wishes But this said take It Arid wilh his lunch will Our Lord provided ample food Enough to a multitude This thought en- riches and uplifts So often God needs all our gifts JULIEN C
