The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1952, Page 2

THE KSY WEST GiTIZGN =‘ Thursday, December 18, 1952 She Key West Citizen Publishes daily (except sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- lsbar, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. BP. ARTMAN Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of publle issue The prison system for punish — |ment for criminals did not begi@ | juntil toward the end of the Century, although isolated prisom® | were used earlier, { THE SEASON FOR CURIOSITY Coburn Feels Twenty Years Younger Working With Girls By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (®—What’s it like to be co-starring with Jane Russel | and Marilyn Monroe? Says Charles Coburn: “I feel 20 years younger “Ah, youth!” sighed the 75-year- old actor as he reflected on the two glamor girls with whom he is appearing in “Gentlemen Prefer | 2¢ Blondes.” He portrays the diamond {down va v : tycoon who inspires the - song,|0ld friend “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best | Was 70. As Friend.” Besides having a flirta- | Pretty tion with Miss Monroe, he does a | Save them the eye, musical number in which she sings | their hats “Down, Boy!” | “After she had gone 10 paces “You know, an actor has to kzep |Past them, they turned and she up in his profession,” he said. “he |S2ve them the eye again. Then must continue observing people, so | Holmes turned to Brandeis and he can use their habits and man-|Sighed, » to be 70 again!’ ” ners in his characterizations. Oth- who possesses the qualities that his mother had.” Looking forward to more work {with Russell and Monroe, Coburn d he was re led of a story bout the late Justice Oliver Wen- ell Holmes ee EXPERT Radio Repairs BY FACTORY MAN All Work Guaranteed LOU’S RADIO 4 & APPLIANCE 622 Duval Street DIAL 2-7951 PICK UP SERVICE i TE e Brandeis, who ked along, a them. She and they tipped Fy SLOPPY JOE'S and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications, IMPROVEMENTS FOR |KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments Beach and Bathing Pavilion, Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments, Community Auditorium, ‘WE DON’T KNOW WHEN WE KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGGS Do you live for yourself alone, or do you live for your children and your children’s children? If you live for your- self alone, with no thought of posterity, or the conditions that will prevail in your beloved hometown after you pass Pi we ge VVV VIII IVI VIET TS away, then you do not consider the Garrison Bight a pub- Of Interest To You, But... Too Late To Chay lic domain, but, instead, regard it as an exceptional nat- ural asset that can be exploited for private gain, However you may feel about the bay bottom in the Garrison Bight, The Citizen is confident you will admit that it can be converted into one of the best yacht basins in all the world. To attain that end eventually, we keep in mind our children and children’s children and the wel- fare of our community in the years to come. To those of us, in whom that outlook of the future abides, the Gar- rison Bight is essentially a public domain, We often hear about killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, but we are not told that we are blinded to the killing by the eagerness of our self-interests. In many a city the “goose” has been killed by concern solely in the present, without any thought whatever of the future. As a result, many cities have been compelled to re-acquire at great cost what, in the past, often not so distant, they re- linquished to private interests for what was really a trifle or bagatelle. So it will be with the Garrison Bight if the city permits further encroachment on the so-called bay bottom in the bight. Three of the five City Commissioners’ agreeing to re- turn to the state bay bottom acreage in the bight has aroused a great deal of heated opposition. But all of us are Key Westers, and The Citizen believes that even those Key Westers, who feel that gobbling up the bight is not a detriment to the community, would not designingly do anything that they felt sure would harm their hometown. Probably they feel that constructing more buildings along the Roosevelt Boulevard side, bordering the Bight, will not interfere with its conversion into a yacht basin. But this thought should be kept in mind: if struc- tures are put up along the Boulevard, tourists coming to town, will be unable to see the beauty of the bight, and. to them, it will be very much like riding along a street lined with houses. No Key Wester needs to get “hot” in discussing the Garrison Bight question. The calmer he is the better he and every other Key Wester will see that the bight is a “natural” as a yacht basin and that its naturalness should not be impaired. Advertising in The Citizen pays. If it didn’t pay, no one would advertise. Everyone has an easy solution to the Korean dilem- ma except the man in the foxhole, in Korea. “AU QUTION THE DOUBLE I~ By RUSSELL KAY ARR AER RR RRA MEARE You have probably noticed the new slogan “Target 187” that has been Yeatured in many newspapers, ‘on stickers and in other ways. This curious emblem and slogan has an important message for you and every other citizen of Florida. Statisticians who make a business of keeping a close tab on traffic fa- talities in the state estimate that, on the basis of past experience and record, between Nov. 20, 1952 and Jan. 1, 1953 unless you and me and a lot of other folks wake up and do something about it 187 people, will lose their lives in traffic accidents. That isn’t a very pleasant thought, is it? Of course, like everybody else you figure that the statisticians are talking about somebody else. Accidents, you assume, are eae ot oo only happen to other pet and hospitals are full of inl hc who reasoned the same way. x To build up statewide interest in safety the Florida Citizens Safety Council has distributed a half million of these warning stickers and the newspapers of the state are cooperating by publishing the emblem and slogan in their papers. It suggests thaat you ask your law enforcements officers what “Target 187” means. They will tell you right quick, for in the line of duty they have seen the victims of automobile accidents breathe their * !last on the way to the hospital or on the highway. If you don’t think that number 187 means anything stop a minute and picture the situation in the 187 homes of these potential victims. With Christmas just around the corner it isn’t going to help the enjoyment of the holiday season if the life of mother or dad, sister or brother, is snuffed out. In addition to the heartbreak are doctor and hospital bills plus funeral expenses: The whole life of the family will have to be readjus- ted. Christmas gaiety will be gone. Tears will replace laughter. On the other hand, suppose be- cause of your carelessness you are involved in an accident and while you escape serious injury a child was killed. How would you feel? Can you sleep as you think of the father and mother facing a Christ- mas without their little one? Will you enjoy your holiday season? Most accidents are avoida Some individual like you or me usually to blame. We were in a hurry. We didn’t stop to look. It was a wonderful party and we took one for the road, We knew our brakes were defective but hadn’t had time to have them fixed. There are a thousand and one excuses but none of them will help aliter the damage is done. Yes, the Grim Reaper’s Florida target is 187, but it doesn’t have to be and won't be if we will all observe speed laws, exercise cau- tion and keep our minds clear and on the job when we are behind the wheel of a ear. Sure, I know you are in a hurry. What if the speed limit is 30 miles, the road is clear, you are a good driver, there is no traffic officer in sight so you step on it 40, 30, 60 miles an hour. Maybe you'll save a minute, two minutes in getting to your destination. There is no reason to be in such a hurry. You haven’t anything in particular to do when you get there. All right, suppose nothing does happen. You get by with it. | You feel kind of smug. That time a woman pushing a baby carriage saw you just in time. She was about to step off the curb. You were several blocks away then but she was cautious. A truck driver was preparing to make a left hand turn, you were away down the street, his first impulse was to go ahead, but he held it un- til you roared by. Suppose that mother with her} baby had been a little less cau- | tious. Suppose that truck driver} had been a guy like you who was erwise, he stagnates as an actor. I have always made it a habit to watch young people; that’s the best | way to find out how people are living and thinking. “And I can’t think of any more} pleasant work than watching Miss Monroe and Miss Russell. Each | possesses sex appeal to a remark- able degree. That is a kind of animal magnetism which is rare in human beings. Some of the great figures of the theater had it—wom- en like Anna Held and Lillian | Russell. “These two girls have it, vad they know how to use it. Whether | they themselves are sexy, I don’t | know; that is something else again. | But they certainly are able to] exude sex appeal.” Apart from their obvious phy. st. | cal attributes, Misses Monroe and Russell are pleasant to work with, Coburn commented. “Each of them has a sense of | humor, and that is a valuable | attribute in a woman,” he said, “Neither of them has let fame go | to her head; they are regular and | don’t put on airs. Miss Russell seems like a very smart woman, she has apparently || managed her career intelligently. | Marilyn has had less experience in pictures, but she seems eager to | learn. She will listen to direction | and advice, which is something a| lot of newcomers won’t do.” | He added that both women have | such a good driver he didn’t have} to worry. Go take a good look at) that beautiful shiny car of yours.| Imagine what it would look like if} you had crashed head-on into that truck. Think: what it would cost to} « get it fixed. Figure how much you) would have to pay out in doctor| and hospital bills if you came out) of it alive; or the funeral expense your family would have to worry | about if you became a statistic. | Be careful, play it safe, Don’t s| be one of the number that will go toward making up that frightful target that the Grim Reaper is counting on. Plan now to be alive on January 2. Your Grocer SELLS that Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN -—TRY A POUND TODAY—— CIFELLI'S Factory Methods Used — All Work Guaranteed FOR PROMPT AND RELIABLE SERVICE — SEE... DAVID CIFELLI 920 Truman Ave. (Rear) RADIO and T.V. Service | Dial 2-7637 — Announcing! 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