Show Aimed at Uncle Sam SamS S Suits Salts its in Texas Blast I. I Near Millions HOUSTON Tex April 8 p- p RI Damage suits being filed against the federal government in connection connection connection tion with the Texas City disaster of last April are expected to near the mark Thursday Officials of the Monsanto Chemical Chemical Chem Chem- ical Co announced plans to file filo a suit while seven other suits seeking a a. total of were filed here Thursday I Some 60 other petitions totaling over already are arc on file with the federal district clerk cleric at Galveston Deadline for f filing I l 1 i n g the suits under the 1946 federal court claims act is April 17 16 one year after the disaster Claims made here Thursday In Involved Involved In- In the Lykes Brothers Steamship Steamship Steamship Steam Steam- ship Co Humble OH on and Refining r Co Humble Pipe Line Co a consolidated consolidated consolidated con con- suit by 26 parties James I. I Fagg and the Texas Employers Insurance and two stevedoring stevedoring stevedoring ing companies The announced Monsanto Monsanto Monsanto Mon Mon- santo claim far Car exceeds the largest suit already on file We a petition by the Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Co compensation underwriter underwriter underwriter un un- for Monsanto The Texas fexas City Terminal Railway Railway Railway Rail Rail- way Co operator of the Texas City d doc docks o c k s and port facilities seeks for property damages dam dam- ages Two of the suits suils filed here Thursday Involve freighters destroyed destroyed destroyed de de- In the disaster I Lykes Brothers Steamship Co asks for loss 1088 of the SS High Flyer and for loss of f the SS Wilson S. S The High Flyer exploded at approximately approximately ap- ap apI I proximately 1 10 am a.m. April 17 and nd Thursdays Thursday's p petition states the vessel vesel completely ceased to exist The Wilson S. S Keene was sunk by y the High Flyer explosion and ands its s hull still protrudes from the theaters waters aters of the ma main main n slip sUp of or the Texas City waterfront A consolidated claim of 26 parties paries parties par par- ties ies asks l in connection with the deaths of 15 individuals and nd injuries to 11 others Humble Oil 1 asks for alleged destruction of f bar- bar reis of or in m the area while Humble Pipe Li Line lane e aalt k 73 for damages to its proper properties ProPer ProPerties ties and loss lass of barrels barr barrel ls a oil J i |