The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 14, 1953, Page 1

most equabie climate in the country. with am average Key West, Florida, has the range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXIV Ne. 166 Placencias, Father And Son, Happily Reunited Che Kev THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1953 fhe Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best: Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Teachers’ Salaries Hit \§tff Legal Battle Looms Record High In County Talks Are § By Fear Of S. Korea’s iil atl peta i | ripe finan eee g i o5e E E ll e3 tial f I Be 2 i Pe Fy ise £ if eoF setae } I i ' StTh i ad i i | School Board Raises Place Teachers Near Upper Brackets The highest school teach- le salaries in the history of | Monroe County went into ef- | fect this month, Superinten- dent of Public Instruction Horace O’Bryant announced today. Top salary for a Rank 1 teacher is henceforth $4,750 a year in raises approved by the Monroe County School LSS PM Applicants Being Considered By U.S. Postmaster The eight applicants for the | position of Postmaster of Key West have been interviewed by Civil Service examiners and are awaiting selection now by the U, S. Postmaster General, Acting Postmaster L. H. Ged- dard announced today. Of the eight men applying for the job four -have had post- office experience and four have not. The applicants are Cdr. L. HH. Goddard, USNR; Leland March, Clyde Stickney, George Skoko, Hugh Stevenson, Earl Board at the May meeting. A teacher holding. e Bachelor of Arts degree could only draw years age, fen months work year. tate of Florida takes a dim hers with less than “of college education. tolerated for the present, State department of education {is gradually eliminating teachers indard from its ranks. a teacher Zaharias, dropped; the Key West Golf Club Mon i Lindsey, John Lehman and Hollion Bervaldi, retired Pest- master. Examinations for the {ob have been conducted and a register has been prepared. The U. S. Postmaster General will make his selection from the top three names on the re- gister. Big 3: Foreign . ‘Ministers End HighLevel Talks TON wm — The Big ‘Western foreign ministers up their Washington today with indications of a that a — meeting with Russi layed at least until next fall. high British official said his!some At Trial. Of Navy Officer Vast Number Of Red Chinese Allied Defenses Are imperiled By New Onslaught By GEORGE MCARTHUR SEOUL #—Tens of thousands of Chinese ripped through South Ko- rean lines as far as four miles in central Korea today in a mounting onslaught that imperiled Allied de- fenses. Gen, Maxwell D. Taylor, sth Army commander, said after a first-hand look at the grave situa- tion that ROK defenders were yielding some ground “‘as the de- fense readjusts itself to the new situation.” Between 60,000 and 70,000 Chi- nese aimed their sudden assault— the mightiest Red offensive in more than two ycars—at main- line positions on a 20-mile front least of Kumsong to the Pukhan River. Troops from eight Chinese divi- “The attack*was not unexpected and ‘the defense is extracting a very heavy tool « ities from the Communists”. “Our troops have behaved ex- tremely well,” he said, “ of the weight of the sure and the unfavorable north and ground wnment was willing to waitithe Kumsong River is being yield- the German élections ei possible embar- termined that an agreement must cover two major : the base. Dulles, Bidault and Salisbury held their next to last session late yesterday under unusual secrecy led as the defense readjusts itself ito the new situation. ” Rip ROK Lines “Sheila” May Testify At General Court Martial; Lengthy Trial Seen Defense attorneys were readying their case today for a last-ditch legal battle to free Lt. Commander Gerry | McDaniel from charges held against him in _ connection | with his alleged part in the staging of a Navy Charity Carnival sponsored “‘stag show” held here in February.. i McDaniel’s triaf is slated to start Thursday at Sixth | Naval District Headquarters at C harleston, South Caro- lina. Unlike a pair of enlisted men, who pleaded guilty and threw themselves to the mercy of the court and re- ceived sentences up to a year in prison, McDaniel has indicated that he will fight-vigorously against the three counts held against him which could, if he is convicted, result in his ouster from the Navy and loss of his retire- Te er nent benefite, SSS In addition, it has been Indicated ea ‘that McDaniel may bring charges City Commission tes ed own stemming from the fact it he may have. been held illegal- To Meet Tonight The city commission will ly in his quarters under armed guard 40 days without being charg- ed formally, The officer reportedly meet tonight in special session |S denied the right to mail letters to consider several items of routine business. The meeting is slated for 8:00'p.m. or see anyone with the exception ‘of his wife, without another person being present, Following the business meet- ing, the commission will meet in informal caucus to consider McDaniel’s trial has been post- poned twice by the Navy for un- problems arising in the prep- aration of the budget for the known reasons, Observers today intimated that the trial will last at least a week, More than 20 witnesses are expect- ed to be transported to” Charleston sas (to -testify. The, Navy is spending thousands to prosecute the Seven . Persons accused of staging the af- fair which started out as an ordi- Mary “stag show” andthen suppos- ‘Jedly degenerated into.a sexual orgy... * tainer whe figured ‘in the case, may bee witness at the trial, though loca} Navy officials have ae a strict wall Ss concerning the case, ing that all ‘official Senediae: ments must come from Charles- ton sources. The dark-haired showgirl is now x in Miami. She was a witihess at By JOE HALL the trial of Chief Leroy D. Lawler, WASHINGTON w — President|although she was described by _ apparently planned to|those “who attended the earlier hand today in a cam-|Court martial as a “rather ign to save his foreign aid pro-|¢rative witness.” She said at that time she could not remember “names or faces” of those who al- legedly mounted the stage and par- ticipated in the show with her. The trials have attracted wide- spread attention from the press following a syndicated article by Drew Pearson and both Collier's and Life magazines have sgid that they have assigned reporters to ‘ ges oy general court martial. lost Naval legal proceedings are js}0Pen to the public unless the de- fense requests otherwise or if se- curity information is involved, McDaniel will be represented by Lt. Commander Leon B. Blair, a former Key West based officer, Blair, an attorney before he en- tered the Navy, is now stationed in Washington, Motel Owner