The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 23, 1951, Page 2

ENT Ee mm ERE TS vublished here. gt ee nwed. She have been} sist det bh CR ae PSION ote : _ Member Florida Press Association,ané Associated Dailies of Floyid pels Bena. fa eat er ee she was suddenly facec vage Zz THE KEY WESi CITIZEN adcy, July « The Key West Citizen M Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and put isher, from The Citizen Building, cotner of Greene and Ann Stree Oaly Daily West and Monroe County 4. P: ARTMAN, »wspaper in K “TELEPHONES $1 and 1935 Uember of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusive! entitied to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to - 4nd also the ‘Jgcal new new-born spparently tr fot otherwise credited in this /paper, he the ordeal of childbirtt iend, not even a pt Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, "year $42.00, single copy © SERRE ee met ————— ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON ‘APPLICATION . ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publis! anonymous communications. ‘ tions are what I erage in these IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hotels and Apartments. 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. ; 3, Airports—Land and Sea. , 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. 5. Community Auditorium. ight in your stom-j - ee ee eee in you're ask- Fe Oe Tee re should he or MUST KEEP OUR AIRPOR Sendeebe. should The Meacham Airport should not be abandoned, many of us feel must not is the consensus of residents who are alive to the we rebel at havi fact that Key West, more so than any city on the main- | unn glaring aerate | Jand, needs an airfield. : re ae ieee ie The reason for that condition is not far to seek. O1 t ntler, more hum: the mainland, cities have train service, in addition to other pathe D: of the story are modes of transportation, while Key West, were the Mea W cham Airport used for some other purpose, would have G left only the Overseas Highway for traveling to and from the city. The few who are against the acquisition of the by for t ak d, was bet Ir Mea- chem Airport by the city may point out that an airfield de ymously could be constructed for the city 8 use on = ms arby key ac _ 7 er Anniversa ries : mpulsive, w provide. What key? Assuming that a strip sufficiently large were 1d sae i | ‘ace as B ave bi — Thrift is the surest way that most _ a available on Stock Island, it could not be built there bi : ean elena dee Gomineane a atoha people can guarantee an adequate’ { cause of its closeness to the Naval Air Base on Boca Chica mother se el beg her Gay and among t & cmount of money to see that their $6 sb ig constructed h of Boca Chica, i abbes east | Tight in actions. She should} great women of he ‘ an, haw #9 em { it is cons Ae e¢ nor) of Boe ; ic es it must be at least /[) Sha gi Gere Ea tanG iene & ake lteter Y children have a “passport” to @ way & ix'miles beyond the base on that key. paaes are! re But an important point, which can not be, stressed ranted r most | too much, to Key West. taxpayers is that if the. Meacham Airport is acquired, $65,000 is immediately available to the city to help pay for the field. The city has a check for that amount from the CAA, but if the airfield to serve the | ; Father For ty is built outside the city limits, that tt HORNEY CO. Homan aCatolie arctibishop sid |: 2 1 and CUBAN COFFEE city is built outside the city limits, that money must be re- 2 the worl Cardinal, promoter of ‘t YOUR FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BANK turned merely lenges the foremost Americ t <a ——TRY A POUND TODAY — ‘ soe : hag Absolute Love that] City commissioners acted wisely Monday night: in lf nee of the unreal,| ~ = =~ deciding either to buy Meacham Airport or to acquite it /n sin . through condemnation proceedings. In either procedure, , eee mere ——— ihe city keeps the $65,000. i r thi It would be difficult.to overestimate the v: of the | ply h filth an ~ Overseas Highway to Key West, but it has a similar yalue | °° ‘ = to all the Florida Keys through which it passes. But res- - : — - 4dents of some of those keys are not satisfied with that | Today In History tem of transportation alone. They too want airfiel i = | Prominent among them is Marathon, which already h Mya evipey Bustomncat a strip to accommodate planes. Residents of that up-and- eee a é : er eS | doing community have expressed their readiness to im- ern typewritte | prove the strip to CAA standards should it decide to es- 21—(100 Western | tablish an airport there. , rain eMC We admire the enterprise of the residents of Marz | 386 Hist Br ay | thon in that regard, but, in admiring, we should be as en-|ijump from the B Bridge | terprising as they are in our determination to acquire the 0 se hit si atl v5 Meacham Airport. Residents of Marathon realize in air- 1 He 5 cieiee! field is essential to their continued progress; we should | A 1 1e relief aid.| realize also an airfield is essential to our ,growth, and, | 18!8—Some Atranire al mel While realizing, back the, City Commissioners, in their efs Splice le Arete eae | mw Bice 1 a 1 tes asks Britian | h English ships | running outside | dt forts to acquire and improve ‘Meacham Airport The peopte of thiscotntry will find that freedom, like peace, has its price and it cannot be ir r the 3 | realm A out freedom of thought and religion, men and women aré i SLICE OF HAM 0 =n Kore STRAND....>.....: Last Times Today TARZAN'S PERIL with BARKER AND HUSTON Coming: THE IROQUOIS TRAIL ony VInGIvta ery and renda Marshall AIR COOLED Last Times Today LADY TAKES A SAILOR with DENNIS MORGAN AND JANE WYMAN Coming: BOMBAY CLIPPER My 2s, 19 “This Rock Receives Distinguished aye & Cross | Toda y's 17, 1876 PEO he Citizen wetcomes @ of the views of fin read= PLE’S FORUM this large sum of mone! half mil} ys develope, e, the job r unty rests Sheriff and not the Coup mission. I do not recali@ e the amount which Key West pays its jell s but I am confident; y them no such es as those con € proposed keys pat sent “COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DOING OUSTANDING JOB : nsion progre it hag be ssary for them to eveni G>\ their millage f ar, However, tt om, ¢ spite of the ; ovate the Cou nty r the nd build a new jail} : e to reduce the “millage dele operating needs and Ke done an outstandis the tgxrayers thrp “ t the $. Let's coope keeping our to a minimum thereby: some measure of burdened taxpayer, very sincerely, JOSEPH R. SIRUGO, Also a Lower. Feys Property Owner a and Taxpayer Jury 20, 1951) 7 aget is Sights through Official U. S. Navy Photo CAPTAIN S. J. LAWRENCE, C: salute of Lieutenant Otis A. Har three gold stars in lieu of a secor ippine, Palau and Caroline combat air patrols bombing a with Composite Squadron Twe of Fleet All Weather Training Unit returns the : ting him with the Distinguished Flying Cross and 1 Air Medal for Combat services in the Phil- Il. 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