The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 15, 1953, Page 2

KEY WEST CITIZEN abit sai i Thursday, January 15, 1953 Citizen Staff Photo MADELINE CURRY, daughter of Mrs. Nell Curry, 1020 James Street, was second in the March of Dimes queen contest last year. All of Madeline’s friends are working hard to see that she comes in first this year, Coral Shores School Now Has TV-Radio Set The Coral Shores school on Plantation Key is now the proud owner of a TV radio set with AM and FM radio and record player. It is the only set in Monroe Coun- ty schools and probably South Florida. Miss Betty Ashworth of Islamo- rada, gave the set to the school so that the students might have the benefit of educational programs. The TV set and the new Grand piano which was recently pur- chased and is the project of the PTA this year, were on display at the PTA meeting Tuesday night at the school. BASKETBALL “RESULTS COLLEGE BASKETBALL By The Associated Press North Carolina 97 Va. Military 58 Georgia Tech 79 Auburn 61 Louisville 84 Chicago Loyola 61 West Virginia 82 Penn State 72 Johns Hopkins 84 Catholic U. 52 Knoxville College 71 Florida A uw M 68 Oglethorpe 73 West Georgia 63 Louisiana Tech 86 Louisiana Col- lege 54. Wylk’s Su Key West’s Newest and Largest Supper Club Today’s Stock. Market NEW YORK —Price gains and losses were small and well scram- bled in the stock market today. After a mild opening flurry of activity, trading volume turned sluggish. Steels leaned toward the downside but both plus and minus marks were scattered throughout the other groups. On the downside were U.S. Steel, Bethlehem, Republic, Good- year, “Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck, Boeing, Zenith, Kennecott Copper, Eastman Kodak, New York Central, American Airlines and Paramount. Shares working fractionally high- er included General-Motors, Chrys- ler, Goodrich;"Aifiéfi¢an Telephone, Anaconda, Union’ Carbide, Philip Morris, International Paper, Sin- clait Oil and Eastérn Airlines, —_ 3 e Boxing Results WEDNESDAY’S FIGHTS The-Associated Press SaMzzird Charles, 188, Wesbury Bas- East St. Louis, U., 9. ~-Billy O’Boyne, Beach, stopped 144%, Lewiston, Cincinnat pper City Gives Up Airport Rights ‘The city of Key West relinquish- ed their rights to the Meacham Airport at a special meeting last night in their first step to give Monroe County complete control of the air terminal so that they may Am obtain funds from the Civil Aero- rr} nautics Administration for the con- struction of a new administration building there. Under the terms of a revokable permit given the city in 1946 by the Navy, they had permission to use the airfield. However, the CAA requires that the County have a clear title to the airfield before they will grant funds for improvement, hence last night’s move by the commission. The vote was unanimous, Public Hearing Set On Zoning Change February 2nd was set as the date for a public hearing to dis- cuss a proposed change in zoning for the area adjacent to the park- ing lot at the Aerovias Q office at the Meacham Airport, by the City Commission last night. Marco Mesa, Jr., and Martha Mesa had requested the change for the purpose of using the area for additional parking facilities. They had earlier obtained permis- sion for the change from the Plan- ning Commission. The area will be re-zoned from “Business A” to “Business B.” Nurses Exams Are Slated For June Licensed Practical Nurse Exa- minations will be held June 9th, 1953 at the Seminole Hotel, Jack- sonville at 8:30 a. m. Professional Nurse Examinations are slated for the same place at a. m. Applications must be completed and in the office of the Florida State Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education, 230 West Forsyth Street, Room No.6, Jack- sonville, Florida, by May 1, 1953, NO CHARGES ARE (Continued from Page One) ear which went for help. The motorist located police officer Clyde Carey, who was walking his beat on Duval Street and brought him to the scene. Williams, when he saw the po- liceman, shouted, “These men are trying to rob me.” He was then taken to the police station and booked. Both Stanley and Stirrup were seyerely scratch- ed in the fight. The attack took place.as_the woman was baby sitting for a friend. The assailant is said to have forced his way into the apartment on Fleming Street and attempted to criminally attack her. P In ancient times, trees were thought to have perceptions, pas- sion and reason. 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It is expected a version, tailored .for general consumption, of the State of the Union report he presented to Con- gress Jan. 7. All radio and tele- vision networks : will: catry : the half-hour address, ' POLIO WORKERS (Continued from Page One) William, Henry and Jerry, and Jeffrey Berman. © 3s | Volunteers are needed, prefer- ably an organization, to operate a major p.m. to be stand on which will be displayed | there bottle bearing -labels for ¢ach Proven very suc: invitation to from many states to fill bottles labeled with the name of their ‘state; all which goes to swell tribution to the March of in Monroe County. “NOT GUILTY” (Continued from Page One) ty Clerk Earl Adams, who is also President of the Chamber. The Judge then returned to his cham- bers to await the announcement that the jury was ready to give its verdict, ; When Carmichael, Jr, heard the jury’s verdict he and his young i | wife hugged each other in a joy- ous embrace. The young. man and his ye Allen Harris, alias Mellow \|whose nude body was found off | Stock Island in the water a year ago December 14. RUNAWAY TRAIN (Continued from Page One) yard and “everybody thought we were going to derail.” The Red Cross said it had been informed at least 12 persons were admitted to Casualty Hospital. A Burse listed three Brig tmt Irving Goldberg more; Keith Rundel of Falls Church, Va., a Washington suburb, and Pete Bello of Washington. Four persons were admitted to Emergency Hospital. None ap- peared to be hurt seriously. The station master’s office said A physician in the station clinic said between 20 and 30 injured had been through the clinie in less than an hour. He said most of these appeared to be only shaken up and bruised. The dector said he saw the en- gine crew leave the locomotive Riz fl Guard Killed, Conyicts Escape At Prison Camp BELLE GLADE, Fin. @ —-A guard was beaten to death and an- other battered into unconsciousness by four armed white prisoners who escaped from a prison camp east of here today. The State Highway Patrol said ‘one of the escapees, listed as Paul Ralph Fields, was quickly recap- rrel afta Seas ry Pat Syers, 23; Donald Lee Willis, 21, and is George Madden, 35. All were clad in regulation prison clothing at the time of the escape. They were armed with two .38 calibre pistols Names of the guards were not known immediately. The camp is at Glade and West Palm Beach. Ferry, Freighters Crash In Foggy New York Harbor NEW YORK (P—A Staten Island ferry with 1,900 passengers crashed into a freighter near the Statue of Liberty today in one of two col- | foljow lisions in fog-shrouded New York harbor. Six persons were injured and | pj many shaken up aboard the city- owned ferry, the Gold Star Mother. Passengers rushed for life pre- servers, but the ferry disentangled her stove-in bow from the United States Line 8,200 - ton freighter, American Veteran, and reached her Manhattan berth. In the other accident, in lower New York harbor, the 8,277-ton United Line freighter, Amer- ican , and the 6,131 - ton Waterman Steamship Lines freight- er Chickasaw collided in the murky weather. The American Leader apparently was badly dam- aged. None of the vessels sank, Meanwhile, the Coast Guard the 10,000-ton tanker Esso Wil- mington ran aground in the dense for of the lower harbor. The ferryboat left St. George, Staten Island, with its customary morning load of commuters for Manhattan and ran into the Ameri- can Veteran at 7:49 a. m. between the famed statue and Manhattan. Capt. Robert Lathrop, the ferry skipper, reported afterward that was “no panic, but some excitement.” The ferry and the American Vet- eran were interlocked for several minutes. Then the ferry succeeded, in backing away and moved in reverse to its Manhattan slip to avoid shipping water through her damaged bow. The Coast Guard reported the di “badly dam- other collision at m. off Bay Ridge, She anchored off Governor’s Island and reported she was taking a iter. The Chickasaw anchored a short distance away with a gaping hole-- bask a the waterline -- in her Doctor, Wife, Children burned to death early today fire that destroyed their 10- Toom home, . The victims were identified as (Continued trom Page One) the exception of office and super- visory personnel. The Board also voted to defer action on a proposed January 9th final acceptance date for the newly constructed City Electric System steam plant from the contractors, the J. F, Pritchard Company. Loxahatchee, between Belle] MUSICAL FIND OF (Continued from Page One) solos on his own at all five ap- Pearances she made at his station. Due to her encouragement and the great success of these — perfor- mances, David Poileri, on his re- lease from the Army, turned his attention to a musical career. Re- turning to his native Philadelphia, he began his studies at the Aca- demy of Vocal Arts there. It was | tod: not long before he made his pro- fessional debut as tenor soloist in Rossini’s “‘Stabat Mater” with the Allentown (Pa.) Symphony. Concerts in Philadelphia followed and for a time he had his own radio program there. For two sum- mers he studied and sang at Te during the Berkshire Music Festival and in the summer of 1949, made a tour of Central America giving performances in opera and also appeared in recital and concert in Mexico City. Mr. Poleri made his Chicago de- but with Fortune Gsllo’s San Car- lo Opera Company. His perform- ance there of the- Duke in “Rigo- letto,” was so _ enthusiastically Praised (Claudia Cassidy exclaim- ed: “Gallo, at last, has a tenor!”’), not only for the natural beauty of his voice but also for his hand- some bearing and easy manner on the stage, that he was immediate- ly engaged for the famous Chicago Theatre of the Air. He eventually Sang no less than 32 times on this Program and developed a_ radio ‘ing across the continent. The New York City Opera Company discovered him in Chicago, had im sing-with them there and, soon after, he made his debut at the New York City Center. His appearance as Des Grieux in Mas- senet’s “Manon” won for him an ee and fi the gentlemen of lew York press scurrying for superlatives as they proclaimed a new tenor “find.” 7 International reco; came in the summer of when his Participation in the Edinburgh Music Festival was noted by a Picture and laudatory story in Pheer and the London Express reported: “The kind of tenor singing which an opera addict is lucky to hear once in ia [five ye if This season finds David Poleri adding many roles to his reper- toirg with the New York City Opera. Rodolpho in “Boheme,” Pinkerton in “Butterfly,” Turiddu in “Cavalleria” have all followed in quick succession, each one a Personal triumph. After he first sang the Duke in “Rigoletto” with this company, the New York Journal American found him: “one of the most exciting young tenors of the moment.” Orchestral. en- gagement this year have’ included such important assignments as Honegger’s “King David’ with Eu- gene Ormandy and the Philadel- Phia Orchestra, the Verdi “Re. quiem” with Bruno Walter Chicago Symphony and Handel’s Photes — yo Dorati and eapol ympl >. Cone stantly in demand by Ta and other programs, David with an assurance bred of the tre- mendous success of his varied musical experience. KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. STOCK ISLAND We Want Junk of All Kinds Old Cars and Trucks TODAY RUGS CLEANED All Formal Garments chemically processed. All work guaranteed and fully insured. Tampa Women’s Golf Tourney Underway TAMPA, Fla. (P—A record field of women golfers start after the $5,000 prize money in the 72-hole Tampa Women’s Golf tournament lay. Louise Suggs, little veteran pro- fessional from Atlanta, is defending champion and top favorite in the field of 213. ‘ But Babe Zaharias, playing in her home town and recovered from a major operaton last summer, is a strong contender. A. two-time win- ner of the event, she holds the tournament record at 288. That was over the same y,093 yard Palma Ceia course where this year’s tournament is being Played.. Women’s par is 75. Miss Suggs’ winning score in 1952 was 295. Three other former champs in the big field seeking the $1,500 first prize are Patty Berg of Fort Myers; Betty Jameson of San An- tonio, and Polly Riley of Dallas. Betsy Rawls, leading money win- ner of 1952, is another strong ¢on- tender. STATION Francis at Truman DIAL 2.9193 YOUR PURE OIL DEALER . . Accessories The accumulated prizes for the 49 American Bowling Congress tournaments since 1901 total $5, 234,032. | Soe eesti CIFEL LI S RADIO and T.V. 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