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B AN Mii Fe Ua a toe” A hee THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Thursday, April 23, 1953 “UNTIL WE KNOW THE TRUTH D YOU CAN PRETEND THAT ICU BELICVE THE PLANE CRACH WAS AN ACCIDENT. WHAT MOVED NEXT DOOR TO YE~-PSST i! HE'S A LOW-DOWN “SACKER” ¥ s PANCHO YOURE MUCH TOO MEAVY. | WHATEVER IS CAUSING OUR ROCKETS TO VANISH UP THERE WILL A RECORD OF THE ENTIRE ROCKET JOURNEY UP INTO T\ THE STRATOSPHERE ABOUT HOW. OUGHT TO BE BARRED © FROM THE RING,..TALK , Bk WHY DON’T YOU 2! CAT | UH TH’ DING-DONG DIO HE SAY TH’ VARMINT SURE, SONNY... | LCAUGHT TH’ - SAME ACT IN FLATBUSH MORE N 25 YEARS AGO NOadUOD HSV14 WOLNVHd AHL NVIDIDVW JHL JAVAGNVYW L710d Nad Did & > Zz Zz m Q ¢ ™ LIEUTENANT WILLIAM E, FOWLER, USN, reported for duty last week as Assistant Op- erations and Scheduling Officer for Surface Anti-Submareine De- velopment Detachment. The 30- year-old Lieutenant was born in Pelzer, S. C., and is a graduate of the University of South Caro- lina. Lt. Fowler was commission- ed in Juhe 1944 upon. graduating from U. S. Naval Reserve Mid- shipmen School, Columbia Uni- versity, New York, N. Y. He served on board USS Talladega (APA 208) during World War II, as an assault land craft offi- cer, participating in the landings at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Since the war he has served on board USS Compton (DD 705), as Op- erations Officer, USS E. F, Lar- son, (DDR 830), as Gunnery Of- ficer, and as Executive Officer of USS LST 1069. He is married to the former Miss Dora S. Sea- brook of Charleston, S, C. Mrs. Fowler is at present residing with their two sons, William, Jr., age 5, and Alan, age 3, at Charleston, but plans to join her husband in Key West in the near future. Lt. Fowler is the son of Mrs, A. J. Fowler of 20 Good- rich St., Pelzer, S. C. — Official U. S. Navy photo, KW Servicemen Homesick For Island Climate | One of the chief reasons Key West boys and men who have been stationed in Key West get home- sick when they go to Korea or Japan, is of course: the weather. While the folks here write their servicemen sons, husbands, and swimming, sun, and perpetual spr- | ing, the servicemen tell of 12 and one half feet of snow in the last four months. Jack Tallon Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs, Jack Tallon of, 1402 Laird street sent a clipping on Japanese ec: “Just like home-ha.” The article from a paper pub- lished in Japan says: “Even if! ‘you are person of above average | |height, you would still have to Teach for a step-ladder to illus- trate the deluges of snow that has fallen in this area in the past four months. | “Figures released this week by | Major J. F. Powers, commander! commission announced it intended | of the 20-20 Weather Detachment, revealed that almost 12% feet of | snow has fallen on Misawa since | | November.” Dillon Addresses —%s3,"%,:%, omission should Kiwanis Club ‘The regular dinner meeting of | the Key West Kiwanis Club was | May 4, Miss Hennock’s goal reach- {held recently, at the LaConcha sweethearts of our balmy days, | push nearly four years ago from weather which he facetiously mark- | SY _ Presents education with one | "THE VOICE OF LOVE’ we he'd looked about his new and shouted wy: “There'd patients here if the old —— weren't cutting my throat!” With that anger insis him, CE io ae romise. _Scen' viet 2 x fold firm, Genanding no’ less than complete surrender. were facts, figures were figures, It was ridiculous, when ana- lyzed the matter, to think t hospital that. would. satisfy: the pi wi ie full needs of a booming area. There just wasn’t that much money in one man’s pocket. Dan had to be made to see that, but how? Compromise, that was the logical thing, Let Dan have his small hospital, let the city have its big one. Thus each faction would have what it wanted, while the city as a whole would profit. | j wacs occupation amused Bob O'Brien. He'd been leading | her about his farm, showing her the new acreage, showing her the Black us | he’ ught a few moni ago. But although Frieda Hennock Joined By Many Attempting To Enlighten Public By HERB ALTSCHULL WASHINGTON (# — Educational | television, which makes its formal) debut in two weeks, got its big a lady lawyer named Frieda Hen-| nock, She’s been beating the bushes ever since, talking to people all over the country, stimulating in- terest in a cultural medium some of its greatest opportunities in history. Miss Hennock has been joined by an army of people who make it their business to get groups to- gether in co-operative ventures aimed at the enlightenment of the ac. You migh say educational tele. vision was born on July 11, 1949, when the Federal Communications to overhaul the nation’s TV facil- ities. Miss Hennock, ther a freshman _ member of the commission, wrote into the FCC announcement her percentage of channels to be used — for informing the pul That the FCC has done. And on es fruition. Station KUHT begins at 2 a 28 FRLERE whe z the garage. He grinned they’ came to the door. “How ‘do you like the buggy?” gleam: and sparkling chrome trim. “Not bad,” conceded ae ae arg a Lcmnypecin wed wor! ug) suppose come to take her away?” ed the ‘Joint Council on Educational Television. The Ford Foundation set up a fund for adult education and climbed on the bandwagon. In less than four years the foundation has contributed eight million dollars to educational TV. Civie groups became interested. So did ‘industrialists, businessmen and state legislators. They teamed with school, church and cultural leaders and began forming local commissions and co-operatives. At first the work moved slowly, painfully slowly. Even today there are many who despair of the fu- ture of educational TV because of Miss Hennock says any lack of interest is the result ee aa itl 3 é Hotel, President Glynn Archer pre-| operations in Houston, Tex., the siding. Principal speaker “for the even- | vision. ing was Major Earl Dillon, retired) “Tt has been a long, hard grind,” band master, who spoke about the | Miss Hennock says. “And it will Key West High School Band. trip | continue to be a long, hard grind to Cuba-in February of this year. | But I predict the greatest success During his term as high school for it. They can’t stop it now.” | band master, Major Dillon worked} Back in. 1949, when Miss Hen- {hard to bring about an invitation | nock made her original proposal, j world pioneer in educatioal tele-; ican Forum of the Air.” And there jare the variety programs like | “Omnibus,” the Ford Foundation show which presents weekly an assortment | from Cuban authorities for the Key the instant reaction of hundreds | | West Band to play in Havana. It! of educators was one of sheer de- was not until after bis retirement | light that his plans were realized. Be- They saw in television instrac- cause of the illness of Mr. Caster-|tion a whole sew approach to this year on the Cuban frigate Jose i degrees earned by stay-at-homes. Marti. | They imagined the day when un- Members of the band were lodg- / derstanding would dispel ignorance ed in school dormitories in Hava-j| and bring harmony between peo- ma and enjoyed a day of sightsee-' ple and nations ing on the Saturday following the’ So they set to work. Seven of rough crossing on Friday Syl MaVZO night at 10:00 o'clock and contin-} sia ued for more toan five hours.| West boys and girls every year Miles of stands were erected along from now on the prado for the hugh crowd that, Following Major Dilion’s talk, witnessed the parade }Gleason Snow, Chairman of the he Key West Ba fidence comm presented the commitios’s be t for W9S3 which mously adepted. Chair ‘ im Soow gave a final report of Ss kneeled 4 net of $265.98 from the Jackie apd played appropriate dance mus Price baseball skew which fund anderprivileged iechidren, a Kiwanis project of high fest, the band geve a party (ed afl committee chaigmen jon Hall. nand headquarters ‘they would be called upon to re at the sehecl. for officers and men port at the next merting: which is of the irigaie Jose Marti who sen Inter Clob meeting at @hich the sTateially apprex * Key West Kiwanis Cb “cf be ould beet to delegetes from 28 of the » Key South Florida Kiwanis Clabes GIy O9619 FHI nied this & veluntecr to tranepert ton, Majer Dillon made the tripjteaching. They pictured college | The ‘the nation’s major educational as- / reaction ©: grand parade started Saturday | sociations banded together to form| John H. —-——— bot schools, took a ‘wp with phia has been sirmg an extensive series of educational telecasts on commercial stations in that city for several years. Similar pro | grams have been put on in | Janitors closed most of baltimore’ i instructors took to the studios to do their ‘as varied Fischer, i if i F ii g& ie coaday to priority. Presidest.Arcuer remind-| Perbaps the most that | oc. in Cieveland, Reserve University ing TV courses for Staten WEWS has turned as teeiistees to Oe eniversity iif ee i Hee i a # i BF 8 i i f af : Hie eRe a boc 8 3 5 § H 7 ge e mornin; ‘ell, The o} ering rage. what, ? “He'd like to compromise, Dan. The was 8 He'll set! : Cadillac with white sidewall Us| for Mies or 7 You sale He dismissed that contemptu- . “That means he knows he'll lose. Only losers offer to compro- mise.” (To be continued) EDUCATIONAL TV GOT ITS BIG PUSH FROM LAWYER a5 i i i A ee i 2 Fs ites. £2e ALF sii, £2: eit ria E capes ‘i aff ert E gree AT THE B nD ti | i i fs il 8 | Hi i eRe l : ef