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Che Key West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE USA VOL. LXXIV Ne. 237 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS Will Key November Vote Seen On Master Plan Although It Is Not Required By JIM COBB Key Westers may be call- First Day In Office taken official action, a master plan being prepared by the J. L. Hoff-) man Company, Miami, may be submitted to the voters - |white boy, was being trans- | Appreciation Expressed For \id In GG Inoculation Here _ Saving romp Gllert te del’ oer children, te You made this demonstration by your wholehearted and efficient work in gamma gobulin inoculgtion of more than 8,000 children and expectant Et i i =H H Seeee é ballets 78 unstinting and unselfish labor have Seiptine ieee ttn eee rolled up your sleeves and went to work in a man- that was praised by the National Polio Foundation as well as throughout the nation who have seen and of your splendid work. We cannot express sufficiently our warm gratitude the manner in which you when you were We can only say that we are proud to be a of the county, state.and nation that produces citi as i ei t7 evipll it i Brae iy der Sincerely, : 3 F i J. LANCELOT LESTER, JR., M.D., chairman of the inocu- lation program, JEFF KNIGHT, JR.. chairman of the Monroe County chap- ter of the National Polio Foundation. PAUL SHER, vice chairman of the Monroe County chap- ter of the National Polio Foundation. (if i i i i Hh be EF t HE Prele ede ryel 120 Simenton, ne>r Citizen Bide. \ Victims Westers Vote Intwo New judge Lopez Named To Heac City Plans Referendum? Of Polio Community Chest Drive At Meet Mon. 538 INOCULATED IN MARATHON AND TAVERNIER Polio struck twice again! in Monroe County today,| bringing the total number of, cases this year to 37. Dr. Raymond J. Dalton, Monroe County health offi- cer, in reporting the two mew cases, said one was a paralytic form of polio. This patient, a three-year-old Majority Of Motel Owners Express Opposition To 14 Million Water Bond Issue Newly Formed Group Votes To Present Ideas To Ad Commission Britain Sends Warship To ferred to Variety Children’s Hospital in Miami. The other patient, affect- ed by non-paralytic polio, is a 25-year-old white woman. Meanwhile, workers in Dr. Dal- 'ton’s office had totalled the re-| checking} names to get a certified list of sweeping freehold north’ in last April’s colonial election. wid yard alos Jagan, now prime minister, and, “We expect there will be from in party Hémand almost complete jarathon . alone,” he said. “Freeholders are ee of strikes has parsiyzed the the Monroe County line. 400 to 500 voters in A huge majority of the mem- bers of the Key West Chapter of the Florida Motor Court Associa- tion indicated Monday that they are opposed to a 14 million dollar bond issue to finance a new water Pipeline for the Keys. Settl Only one member of the group Mowd Te ‘voted in favor of the proposal Trouble In Guiana after they heard Ernest A. Ram General Manager of the LONDON #—Britain dispatched) . the 9,100-ton erulser Sheffield from Jinn “tigney tue Treas, Commis Scotland to the West Indies today, bond issue. Be ae pease renin to pe Goorstep| welvin Levitt, president ef American colony of British Guiana. eroup, ai that the os bone The Admiralty described the! °°” was the imited' eruiser’s departure as a “normal; valorem taxation clause in station move,” but London news-|00Dd Proposal. papers already were blasting the| |“ feel that a new pipeline is West Indies London Papers Say Troops Are Being government for the veil of official|® V¢'Y Necessary thing but we can’t run our businesses without! that radie dock strikes, 'ynote. Pinder pointed out again that Britain's Colonial Office, which} The Motel Association and its registration closes at 5 p. m. Oct. 22 and that 51 Added To News Sneigr, of 1208 Florida St., York World-Telegram iiami Daily News staffer, has staff of the Key West 85 a reporter. was with Popular ly in New York City jas associate editor for five years, His experience includes straight) news coverage and feature writing. (Continued On Page Two) (Continued on Page Two) To Court a Plans Advance For Reorganization Of Local Fund Drive After 5 Years Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., was elected president of the Key West Community Chest and Rear Admiral George C. Towner was named vice president at eeting of that group. at the County Court House last SE a eee woe oes on Bay Bottom Sale i . Opposed By City which has not been active for five The City Commission last night voted te offer stiff opposi- tion to the sale ef a one-acre plot ef valuable bay bottom land near the City Beach. Other officers elected last night were: J, J. Trevor, treasurer and R. E. Evans, secretary. The board of directors includes Captain Tho- te i ogre z nel ied / i [ | i J passed an emergency ordinance JUVENILE COUNSELLOR ISABEL FLEMING, left, and Juvenile Court Judge Eva Warner Gibson accept the flag'which was presented for display in the Juvenile Courtroom. David E. McCurdy, of the Florida Children's Commission, made the presentation —Citizen Staff Photo, Finch, K