The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 18, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 72° THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. (OL. LXXIV No. 66 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1953 10 Percent Drop In Rates For Electric Users Planned Mayor Harvey Awaits Reports Of City Electric Top Engineers % Electricity rate reduc- tions of at least ten per cent to domestic or com- mercial consumers will take place in the coming year, it was announced by Mayor C. B. Harvey, Chairman of the Utility Board today. The Mayor, wko has jong fought to lower electric bills for -ouseholders and business firms told The Citizen that the exact smount of the cut will be deter- mined by consulting « engineers 1. W. Beck. He is waiting to hear ‘rom them now, ‘4 don’t know how much the reduction will Se, or whether it it will be in the mercial or domestic -tranch of power, All of us on the rd, particular- ly Louis Eisner have been pres- ron for rate reduction,” Harvey said that the Board is at present also tiying to get a vate reduction for the people who use less than a 50 gallon water heater. “Though our dil-clectric rates are very low in homes, we want » do what we can for the people who have smaller capacity water . @aters,” the Mayor said, ~The reduction in rates may . “ome first in commercial firms, whieh have very high rates, Har- vey said. . The City bud- for the venue is not | "is explain- ed by the cheaper operation . rests of the mew $3,000,000 steam electric plant. “It will cost us 25 per cent lass to produce more’ kilowatt hours with our new plant capa- city," Harvey said. The $62500 reduct.on in revenue enticipatéed. in the new budget is not the-amount of rate reduction, Harvey stressed. It is merely the anticipated loss in revenue, Even so revenue in 1955-54 will be abowt $1,500,000 or $200,000 more than last year, Rosam said. The inérease in customers, particular: ly on the Lower Keys will ac- count in part for that. In Jan- wary 1952 City Electric had 6,215 wustomers. A yerr later there were 7,477 consumers of electric vower in Key West, Next year there will be even move of an incedase, it was said. Though more revenue is ex- pected in the coming year from more customers, any excess ex- cept for the system's general re- venue fund is already earmark- ed in the budget for specific ex- penditures. The new budget anticipates to- tal receipts of $1,450,188.08, Ros- am said, Last year’s budget as amend- ed was $1,321,517. CORRECTION Reference in- Tuesday's Citi- ten te the Miss Key West con- fest, which will be held Satur- day night at the Elks Club, earried the erroneous informe- tion that the contest is being eponsered by the DOES. iIn- stead the contest is sponsored by the Elks Club house com- | mittee. LADIES ADMITTED FREE FRIDAY NITE Key West Kennel Club Plumbing Contractor All Work Guaranteed Free Estimates * * DIAL 2-5888 M2 LOUISA STREET FAMED N.Y.C. DETECTIVE IS VISITING IN KEY WEST | ————- One of the most colorful per- For County ment, Thomas P. Mason, has Solons Asked All Expenses On County Business i tion, he amassed a set of scars on Would Be Paid his person which make one wonder A bill to double the salaries of | just how he managed to survive. Monroe County Commissioners} For example, as a result of a week as the guest of City Com- missioner Louis M. J. Eisner, with whom he served: during his 24-year tour of duty. Before his retirement in 1949, Mason had as colorful a career as is possible. In tussles with under- been in Key West for the past) world characters of every descrip- | Papy Reveals | Another Local Bill Today Power Of The City Manager Over The Pelice Department Will Be Curtailed The powers ofthe city mana- ger, particularly tegarding his control over the police depart- ment will be further curtailed if {a local bill which will be pro- |posed by Representative Bernie C. Papy in the April session of the |Florida State Legislature, be- |comes law. Papy, in a legal advertisment released for publication today in- ‘dicated that he will introduce a bill to change the section of the city charter which deals with the Police department. Specifically, Papy will “elimi- ‘nate Section One of the provision which makes makes the control given the Chief of Police to sta- from $150 to $300 a month and Pattle with a gang .of dope ped- tion and transfer members of the |to provide expenses for them on official business within and with- out the county will be introduced in the state legislature by .State Representative B. C. Papy, it was learned today. | The bill signed by County Lega) Advisor Paul Sawyer recognizes the ‘growing volume of work of the Commissioners and provides for their many inspection trips up and down the county, to and from meetings, and up and down |the state. | The bill will designate the fund jout of which increased. salaries jwill be paid. If also. authorizes \additional compensation for mile- ‘eoetsCy cefade e | Monroe wi the business of ae, and .The ki provision particulat- ly affe Commissioner . Harry Harris who must come down from the Upper Keys not only for the two regular meetings of the Commission each month, but for special meetings. The bill further authorizes ex- penses for travel and other items incurred in attending to the bus- iness of the county, outside the county limits. ° $50,000 Suit In ° ° : Circuit Court A $50,000 damage suit opened | for trial in Circuit Court today with Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr. presiding. Mrs. Clara Sorrell, Miami, is suing Roland L. Rondeaux, also | of Miami for that amount charg- | ing him with negligent driving | , that cause her. severe injuries, | medical bills, and loss of salary |at_ work. | She alleges that it was Ron- |deaux’ driving of the car in which she was a passenger that pone the accident in which she | jwas injured | Attorneys for the plaintiff are | | Bil Pruitt and John Ruff of Mia- mi, associated with William Neb- lett of Key West. For the defen- ‘dant are Idus Wicker of Miami hospital. Miraculously, he recover- | the Islamorada group of Alcholics led. | Anonymous at the Coast Guard | |were lodged t ‘police department subject to the approval of the city manager.” In effect, this will remove the | policy of consulting the city man- ‘ager on these matters. In addition, the bill will remove x * tk Rep. B. C. Papy, County Leaders, And Navy To Greet Them High ranking county of- ficials and Navy officers will lunch with Secretaries of State of 30 states and then take them sightseeing on Friday, it was announced by State Representative Bernie C. Papy today. Rep. Papy has arranged for the tour of the execu- |from Section Two of the charter, “the power and authority of the city manager with reference to the appointment of additional patrolmen, guards and officers for temporary service and elimi- mating the necessity for written | authority to be given by, the city manager to the chief of police in connection with a person acting ‘as a special policeman, patrol- {man, detective, guard or other Police officer.” | This is the seventh local bill to \directly affecting the city charter that Papy has indicated he will jintroduce in the legislature. ced \that he ach and left:to die with. which required 176. stitches. Eisner, who is a retired New York detective,.was with him *on this raid and he said today that he thought that Mason’s “‘nunber was He said they held him in a jack- knife position and rushed him to the | Open House In Islamorada |Sunday Night An open house will be held by Mason, who is extremely modest | building, Highway No. 1, Islamo- about his exploits, was appointed |Tada, Sunday night at 8 p. m., to the New York’s finest in 1926 |it was anonymously announced to- and became one of the first mem- | 4y. bers of the Department Air Serv. “!! members and their families ice. and friends in Key West or the He rescued a man from drowning keys are invited to the large with an amphibian plane—one of | Meeting, at which four leading the first such rescues to be effect-;AA’s from Miami will speak. ed, At that time he was commend-| Purpose of meeting is to gath- ed by Lowell Thomas. er together the numbers of AA’s tive committee of the Na- tional Association of Secre- taries of State with Nathan Mayo, Florida Commission- er of Agriculture, and Secretary of State Robert A. Gray. Mayo was so pseased with his reception here during the dedi- cation of the County Jail on Jan- uary 15, that he recommended the Keys-Key West trip to the Secretari Florida's Secretary of State Gray will head the party which will motor. first te Pigeon Key and it the Overseas ‘igeon Chairman Gerald Saunders, Cir- cuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., State Attorney J. Lancelot | Lester, Tax Assessor Claude Gan- \dolfo, "Tax Collector Howard: Wil- son, Chamber of Commerce Pre- sident Earl Adams and Willie Saunders have been invited to at- tend. Invited to represent the Navy at the luncheon will be Rear Ad- miral Irving T. Duke, Captain Bruce B. Bradley and Captain A. E. Buckley. Among the sights to be seen by the official party will be the | transmission lines just electrified, the numerous new developments Assigned to the: police narcotics | who live on the Keys and in Key squad, he was instrumental in| West and to educate the non- (Continued In Page Three) (Continued On Page Three) on the Keys, and the effect of the building boom in Key West. Pi x x«* « Bound Over To Court Assault, Battery After Hearing At JP Albury’s Ralph Maribona, ex-city police- man was bound over to Criminal Court on charges of assault and battery and bond of $75 after a preliminary hearing before Peace Justice Ira Albury yesterday at 4 p.m. Charges stemming from the same plaintiff, George McDuffie, Jr., 18, against Mike Licotta, f assault and battery were dis- ‘missed by Albury for insufficient evidence. McDuffie claimed that Mari- bona pushed and hit him = with- out provocation Sunday night. He testified that Maribona had asked him for a shirt he was wearing, stating that it belonged Charles Guerrero and Manvel Perez were detained in Cuba. Robert who accompanied the pair night said he did not see he merely separated the . fighting men, Maribona and McDuffie. Licotta said that if he had hit (Contino-4 On Page Three) EEE Meeting For Civil Service Employees All Civil Service employees ; in this area are invited to at- tend a meeting at La Concha Heard in Washington?” will be Navy Man Faces Assault Charge | Charges of assault and battery | y against Wes- ley R. Taylor focal Navy man, as the aftermath of a fight yes- }terday in which two men were Jami Allan B. Cleare, Jr. of Key | badly hurt in a Duval Street bar. | | West. | The trial opened at 10 this; morning. FOR SALE! BARGAINS Free Driftwood to Customers SYLVIA APPLIANCES 1928 FLAGLER AVE. | | Have you filed your HOMESTEAD | Builders of Fine Homes CLAUDE GANDOLFO COUNTY COURT HOUSE Whitehead Street Police reported that when they) ~ answered a call to Duffy’s Ta-| vern, Duval Street, they found one victim of the attack, which bystanders said was apparently unprovoked, lying unconscious of the sidewalk. He was taken to where he was identified as Jack McDougal, 54, of the La Concha Hotel. He was found to be suf- fering from lacerations about the face and nose. Another victim, Gerald P. Roe, no address given, was bleeding badly from cuts about the face. Police jailed Taylor and he was released today in the cus- tedy of Naval authorities to face the charges in City Court TOGETHER AGAIN. with the center of attraction, Sgt. First Class Elton L. Newton, Jr, ly returned from action in Korea with the 35th Infantry Division, are his two step-sisters, Miss Jeanne Porter Kirke, left, and Miss Caroline Randolph Kirke. Young Newton, 21, is entitled to General Contractor SI Duval St. Phone 2.2713 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE OUR SPECIALTY i We Build te Suit Your Individual | Taste and Cenferm te i FHA, & V.A. SPECIFICATION | CALL FOR APPOINTMENT TODAY RRR SN ESR CHAN A tioned. there today. and stepmother. Caroline is wi t death of Willi wear a Purple Heart medal and the Korean Service Medal with three battle tucky-born soldier is the son of E. I. Newton, Sr. of 410 Caroline street, where he is most of his month-long furlough before returning to Fort Jackson, S. C., where he is presently Monday night, Sgt. Newton was given the Key to the City by Mayor CB. meeting of the City Commission. Jeanne is in textile designing i She has been staying at the home of Mr. and th her mother, Mrs. Newtan, The The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services._ For 73 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West. RICE FIVE CENTS Start Of Havana-Key West Ferry Service Moves One Step Closer x kk awk 30 State Execs. To Visit Here Maribona x kek xker Cuban President Expected To Sign Decree Granting Docks . The establishment of ferry service between Key West and Havana will move one more step closer to reali- ty today in Havana when General Fulgencio Batista, President of the Republic of Cuba will sign & government decree granting the use of the government owned docks there as the Cuban terminus of the line. three months for’ B of planning. SEARCH DISCONTINUED | Last week in Latest reports on the where- preg bape pre ia abouts of Mrs. Ralph Motika in- | toa, agreed dicate that she is now living | down b; somewhere In the South Florida area. She has reportedly been seen by friends who know her well. Official sources indicate that they feel there is no longer any reason to continue the search one last remaining stumbling bloc! the way of the actual start of vice. No official di: although it will ite Invitations Of Local Civie Clubs On Legislation Any organization that wishes to discuss bills to be introduced in the coniing session of the Florida | legislature should get in touch’ with State Representative B, C. Papy, he said today. pony di ele He will be glad to talk with | be major stockholders local groups about bills already Marine Bridge. Transport published for introduction. in the | COMPANY, ferry operators, has an- that he will April 1 session, or bills that any introdue- bers of the new!; organizations as weil indivi- duals are invited: to attend that meeting which promises to be one ELAINE —