The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 22, 1953, Page 8

Two British-Educated Kings |CITIES ALL OVER AMERICA Will Ascend Thrones Soon CAIRO, April 22 “—Two 18- year-old, British-educated mon- archs, cousins and descendants of the Prophet. Mohammed, will as- cend their thrones May 2 in two key kingdoms of the restless Mid- die East. One is King Faisal II of oil-rich Iraq. The other is King Hussein 1 of poor Jordan. Their couctries are the only‘two Arab states whose finks with Brit- | ain have remained unbroken since | the glamorous T. &: Lawrence of Arabia tied the British empire’s fortunes to the ambitions of Sher- if Hussein to sot up a dynasty ruling all the Arab Middle East. Hessein, then governor of Islam’s holy city of Mecca, was great- randfather of the two young ings. Faisal technically became king in 1939 when his father, King Ghazi I, was killed in an auto- Mobile acciient. Faisal’s uncle, Prince Abdul Mah, has been re-| gent until Faisal reached the ap- proved age for directly ruling, Like his cousin, King Hussein ascends a throne through family tragedy, His grandfather, King Abdullah I of Jordan, first mon- arch of that mostly desert land, was assassinated in Jerusalem in July, 1951, ‘ Abdullah’s ‘son (Hussein’s fa- ther), unstable and anti-British Crown Prince Talai, acceded to the throne while under treatment in ‘Switzerland {or a mental ill- ness, It soon became Clear that Talal lacked the miental stability to reign so Jordan’s parliament deposed him last year and pro- claimed Hussein king. A three- man regency has served in the interim, Faisal has always been consid- ered a lad eager to learn about various things, from stience to| gymnastics. ; When he was 14, Faisal put. on} his father’s old schuol tie-and en- tered Britain's Harrow. Although his father had beon markedly anti- British, Faisal got along famously with the Britons. Faisal has a lithe and well- trained body. He enjoys boxing, wrestling, and skiing and at’ 16 wrote in Arabic a manual on judo that quickly became a best seller in Baghdad and a text in the Iraqi Army. Last year Faisel went. to the U. S. on au extensive tour. Noth- ing appeared to stump him very much. When asked if he was going to marry he confessed he hadn’t given the matter any thought. He was noncommittal on questions of politics, Hussein is an amiable young man who bas a quick sense of humor and a passion for eating spaghetti. In school he favored his- tory, geography and the social sci- ences. He made friends easily and liked to associate with his fellow students. He likes all sports but doesn’t excell in any one What does the future hold for the two kings? Jordan depends much on Brit- ain. Jordan’s Army, the crack Arab legion, is financed by the British. But because Iraq is so much wealthier than Jordan, it looks as though Faisal has the rosier prospects. There are proj- ects in the works to develop Iraq’s land resources and restore the richness it knew as Mesopa- tamia of ancient times. Oil reve- nues that amounted to 75 million dollars last year and may reach 150 million in the next three years will help pay the bill. Distance swimmer Luis Child, backstroker George ‘Duganne and breaststroker Ted Robinson - won two first places each as the Flor- ida Gators won the Southeastern fonference title. Each one set a new conference record. COMMERCIAL USE... We Are Prepared To Furnish You With Clear, Pure Cube wo Crushed ICE | (ICE DIVISION) OIAL 2.6831 KEY WEST. FLORIDA Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Past, Dependable Freight and Express Service between MIAMI AND KEY WEST Alse Getving ALL POINTS ON . .ORIDA KEY: Between Miami and Kry¢ West Express Schedule (Ne Steps En Route) LEAVES KEY WEST OAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 6:00 P.M. Arrives at Miami at 12:08 o'clock Midnight. 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Dewey, sometimes called “the sheriff’ around City Hall. The city budget for the year beginning July 1 amounts to $1,528,812,795. It’s a*record, sec- ond in the country only to the fed- eral government’s, In fact, it about equals the amount-the federal gov- ernment spent in the decade 1861- 70, including, the cost of financing the Civil War. » In terms of individual New York- ers that means the cost of local government to each is $181.78. The New York Daily News pointed out recently that it compares to these figures for each citizen of the oth- er four largest cities in the na- tion: Chicago, $143.33; Los Ange- les, $141.10; Detroit, $138.05; Phil- adelphia, $88.65. This might be in- terpreted to mean that per capita civic ‘costs ‘grow as cities reach super-proportions. A good slice of New York’s in- come must come from the state which gives Dewey and the Repub- By BILL GIBB (Released By The KWPD In ‘The Interest of Public Safety.) The Key West Citizen is spon- a series of safety ads pre- pared by the Advertising Council of U. S. in cooperation with the National Safety Council, Mr. John Cellar, Advertising Manager for The Citizen, says he intends to run this series on the same days as this colamn -- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday -- with the hope that the additional emphasis toward sound, safe living will prove ben- eficial. To say that the need for a saf- ety-conscious citizenry is urgent almost amounts to an understate- ment. “Desperate” would be a bet- ter term. The plague of accidents that is striking us daily in our homes, while we're at work, and during periods of recreation is so unnecessary that it almost amounts to criminal negligence. Only a moment's serious thought should convince any individual that in reality, there are few mishaps that can honestly be termed “ac- cidents”, Carelessness and ignor- ance are always found to be play- ing an important role on the so- called “accident stage”. The expensive educational pro- gram being donated by the Adver- tphase of the emphasis that is be-/| ling placed on Safety. Thinking in- | j dividuals everywhere have become | tappalled by the unnecessary num- | ‘per of accidents and are organiz- | ting in groups to combat the pro-) i blem. Chief Kemp and the men jof the Key West Police Depart-/ {ment are contributing this column | in space provided by the Citizen, | ‘The Florida Highway Patrol has/ ,& special Safety Education unit. Serge Hernandez heads a commit-! tee formed by the Juvenile Coun- ¢il to protect our children. Sheriff i Spottswood’s new County Patrol will combine the features of law ‘ enforcement and public safety. The 'U. S. Navy has always demanded ‘that its men be safety-conscious | lican-controlled Legislature leads. When Impellitteri’s: administration presented its all-time high budget to the Legislature for approval, Dewey loosed a broadside at the city fathers. He said, among other things, that New York needs a city management form of govers-| ment. In order to get state aid| the city fathers were forced to| swallow a state-proposed authority which would take over the city’s | transit system and try to wipe} away a 47 million dollar deficit. | Nearly al: city officials agree | that such an authority would raise the city’s 10-cent subway fare to; possibly 15 or.20 cents—a prospect | that raises a howl of anguish from New York’s millions of riders. There’s a political time fuse on this bomb. The city holds a may- oralty election next fall and the} Democrats fear a fare rise before | election time would make their | administration about as popular as a polecat at a picnic. Impellitteri is -expected to seek | another term as mayor. City Coun- cil President Rudolph Halley and Manhattan Borough President Rob- ert F. Wagner Jr. also would like | to be mayor. As far as nearly everybody in the top echelons of the city government was con- cerned there couldr’t have been a more embarrassing time for the Republicans to be asking ques- Dewey said the city’s budget was “a collection of fiscal tricks held | together with string and sticks and baling wire and dried mud.” Impellitteri said the intelligence of the voters had beer “‘assaulted by the carnival shouts of profes- {sional scolds, political snake-oil tions. | Each side volleyed at the other. | j men, demagogues, and financial wizards from the suburbs who al- ways rise up from the backwaters of the community in the spring of the election year.” The city knuckled down to such unpleasant possibilities as a halt in pay raises to city employes, an inereased real estate tax, and taxes on overnight street parking, beer, theater tickets and vending machines. During budget hearings in city hall, 2,500 firemen marched around outside demanding a pay raise. Spokesmen for city workers warned of strikes. Obviously, it is politically timed. But when you look behind the scenes, you find that to a certain extent New York has been drifting with the fiscal times, It makes you wonder: “Is anything like the New York situation happening in my community?” Before World War Il various state ‘and municipal governments had debts totalling 20 billions. They were able to work stringent economies during wartime and pay off some of their debts, so that by mid-1946 the total indebt- edness was dowa to less than 16 billion. Yet by last June 30 that total had almost doubled to nearly 30 billion dollars. New York was.in the trend. By that time its gross debt had risen {to $3,352,877,062. Other figures were up accordingly. Since the end of World War If the city’s over-all expense budget has dou- bled. The cost of servicing its debts has doubled. The amount it is paying in pensions for city employes has more than doubled. The amount it is contributing in social welfare, hospitals and char- itable institutions has almost tre- bled. % , In general terms those spell out factors which confront most mu- SCOUTING NEWS It was a very happy} gathering | of parents and Scouts of Troop 53} at the playground of El Salvador Methodist Church parsonage last | Saturday evening. The occasion was the inauguration of the new! barbecue pit which is géing to be used as Campfire for the Scouts. The Scouts acted as hosts to their parnets. They cooked and served tasty hamburgers and wie- ners. Cold drinks were also served. The Rev. Manuel Figueroa, pas- tor of the church and institutional representatives for the troop, gave | a warm welcome to the parents present and spoke about the im- portance of the Scout movement} in building our boys to become the men of the future generation. He gaye concrete examples based on his experience in scouting. ‘ The boys played games and sang to please their parents. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Boza, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Munoz, Sr., Mr, and Mrs. Kenneth F. Cates, Sr., Mr. and Mrs, Roy A. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sands, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Vic- tor E. Howe, the Rev. and Mrs. Manuel Figueroa. Scouts attending were George W. Lanning, Jr., Robert L. Cas- tro, Eugene W. Colvin, Jimmie Cuckler, ‘Luis Villareal, Andrew E. Roberts, Jr., Larry E. Hoover, Jack R. Crusoe, Wayne Lee, Don- ald E,.Golvin, Buddy Mora, Ed- ward R..\Boza, and Robert V. Howe. Cubs were Joe Roque, Ju- lio Aveal, Kenneth Cates, Sergio Garcia, Gilbert Munoz, Ignacia Rodriquez, Ernest Ruintero and Andres Hernandez. | 1 | | ! j Se act 7 Using only fingertip pressure, Cindy Cameron illastrates the steering ease of the 1353 Chrysler. Any driver can do this, even with the car standing still, thanks te full-time er steering, The secret by which hydraulic pressure takes the work out of steering plus many other enginecring marvels are demonstrated in Carperation’s $1,000,000 “N Worlds in Engineering” exhibition which ‘April 24 fer ten days ia the Dinter Key Ausiteriam te Mismsk Florin, There in no admission charge. THREE HOT"LS IN MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES Located in the Heart of the City REASONABLE WRITE or WIRE RATES for RESERVATIONS with BATH and TELEPHONE Ritz Pershing Miller Hotel Hotel Hotel 132 &. Flagler St. 4 T25. N.E. Ist Ave. 229 WE. Tet Ave. W2 Reems * 108 Reome Eleveter Elevator Boome c Eleveter Seizrium Heated 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION | Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITiz! nicipalities since the last wart inflation, growing population, the necessity of keeping employes in the competitive job market with | Private industry. Harold Riegelman. Budget Commission’s general counsel for New. 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