The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 22, 1953, Page 1

==) The Ken West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A VOL. LXXIV Ne. 251 Important Visitor No. 54 Listed In Polio Roster For the third time this week, polio struck here today. A 22-year-old married wom- an; a Navy dependent, was the Just Leads ‘o More year, aci an an- an has a non-paralytic form of the disease. Five deaths have been caus- ed by the disease in the coun- ty this year. Last year there were no deaths out of 14 cases. This year's cases are almost evenly divided between males and females: 28 males and 26 females. Half of the victims have been 18 years old or under and the remaining 36 between the ages of 19 and 37. Seventeen of the 54 cases involved children six years-old or younger. “I told the man that if you | ‘want to. smite me on one, cheek, smite me on the other. And he did, too.” KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1953 Library Use CLA PRICE FIVE CENTS Angry Storm Of Protest Floods City On Temporary Street Saving Plan x «ee xk Rak xe Papy, Harvey Debate Bond Issue At Forum “] A Going xk xe ToVoteFor |3-Day Walkout | Commissioner Cobo Calls For It,” Says Papy |()n Truce Talks| _ Investigation By The City By JIM COBB An angry storm of protest because of alleged short- comings in the city’s $28,000 street repair program “T am one of the largest os tax payers in Monroe Coun- Ends In Korea , but if I thought I Be to be taned to pay for e| Demand For Foreed For Waiter Vote ‘Teday Is the last day to regis- a een tent tomten Registration beoks close at 3p. m. today. Only fresheiders #3 tf i aH it ! ii ; DISCUSSION on the WATER BOND ISSUE : COUNTY COURT HOUSE TONIGHT All Are Invited FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT COMMISSION 4 the |"24 been cancelled because of the Navy Discipline . Board Will Meet A meeting of the Armed For- ees Disciplinary Board, to be — Constance Schoo Head Disclaims Fear Of Conchs MIAMI W— John C. McGuire, pel-|SuPerintendent of the Edward L. Constance high school in North Miami, said today a football game at Key West High tomorrow night number of polio cases. “We're seared of polio,” he said, “but we're not scared of a licking as some of the Key West high fans {to Key West at this time? The CLAUDE A. GANDOLFO, MONROE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR. ing to be taxed to pay for a SS f b flooded the city today. 2 RN CMDR: aE ney: eer pipeline, I would} Listening By POWs That the protests from irate homeowners in sections J A romenietive exile ‘c. el Lo gece of the city where work has been completed, may halt ohn avne s Today’s Meeting the work on the program was hinted today by City Com- Y told s jares enters aban missioner Delio Cobo. Dr. Cobo declared that he is call- By FORREST EDWARDS PANMUNSOM #—The two Red satellite members of the Korean Neutral Nations Repatriation open forum to discuss a pro- posed 14-million dollar bond issue last night. “And I'm going to vote To Defend Self for it next Tuesday,” Rep. By JAMES BACON Papy stated flatly, LOS ANGELES (®—Only John| Papy and general manag-|_that anti-Red Koreans be forced bla hire seller heen er Ernest Ramsey of thelto hear Communists efforts to a possible threat to a peaceful end|Florida Keys Aqueduct Com-|wheedle them home, to his divorce trial, already one of}mission spoke for the bond| The explanations have been| tho pros and cons of @ pro- ee mers history. tissue while Mayor C. B. Har-|stalled since Monday when the brought big smiles to the face of|vey argued against it at the his mesean — Big Saige al meeting sponsored by the jperanza Baur. was lis- *, closed, by cout request, but. ap- Key West Business and Pro- parently it was enough to make|fessional Woman’s Club, her change her mind about a sep-| Harvey advocated building the arate maintenance. plea. line in three sections but Papy Both she and her attorney said/hit back at that idea saying that} they were “very ” with the|from the standpoint of economy, abrupt settlement: yl tediacra spheres iy after a a ot ees bete’ beih eamps,| “yeneral : with Superior Judge Allan Ashburalens first specker'on the oreren: bye de ee aes nl Heé.outlined the proposed bond pro- The case will be resumed next pointing out that an ad va- ‘Wednesday, allowing both parties std lancet tho bead (Continued On Page Two) ap 4 Water Is The Issue, Says Harvey whereby the civilian He said that Key West and We must have more water in| needs are taken care of out of ing for “a complete and full investigation” after more than a score of complaints reached him in a two hour period last night. Wants Chance He said that if necessary, he will ask for a special meeting of the commission to halt work. Residents of the Grinnell and Francis Street areas have been particularly ve- hement in their criticism of the project. Complaints range from reports that the contractors have failed to fill holes in the streets te clouds ef dust which have been Company, Miami, started the project early this week and is scheduled to wind up the work in about two weeks, City Manager Victor Larg, who ber of citizens,” Lang declared, He added that the dust problem will be solved by spraying the streets with a coat of asphalt and oil. He is currently negotiating with the contractors to arrive at a price for the work. the Keys have never had enough Red efforts were the ‘stalemate. In answering reports that pot- Key West and also on the keys| the Navy's surplus. Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya, Indian holes had not been filled in before said Mayor Harvey today, But at| “It is not their policy to operate|-hairman of the, repatriation com- Dr. R. J. Dalton, Monroe County|the new paving had been laid, a civilian utility,” Ramsey said eo 4 st is Navy. Hes addee tent ee mission, said after Thursday’s ses-ltresith Officer will be the recipi-|“228 Said that to patch every hole long range preemie cited theltime.” engineering report which predicts} However, the 2-hour, 25-minute & Population of 70,000 for the Key8/meeting. was not adjourned but 1960, was recessed until Friday, leading today. same specifications as a “secon- He also said that the ad valorem|observers to speculate that some! Dr. Dalton is in the Monroe Gen-jdary state road,” he added. taxation controversy has “grown|new line of argument may have|éTa! Hospital suffering from a} Money for the 7.8 miles of paving way out of proportion.” Even if albeen presented. heart condition believed to havelis being drawn from the city’s levy were made to finance the] Before the meeting Thimayya|been brought on by overwork dur-|Cigarette Tax fund. Only streets bonds in the event revenues were|said he would ask fur an indefinite |ing the inoculation of more than|not affected by the sewer system |. fy |not up to expectations, those with|recess, but he declined comment|8,500 children and expectant moth-|project are being touched.’ A mix- ; Homestead exemptions would not/on that point after the session. ers with gamma globulin, ture of asphalt and pea rock is affected, he declard, The days without interviews are! Commissioner Louis M. J. Eisnerjbeing used on the project. “it will pay for itself if we |chopping time from the explana-|said today that he will introduce} Work is being done in the follow- have the water,” he continued. |tion period set by the armistice,'the resolution commending Dr.|ing areas: Mayor Harvey agreed with him |which was Dee, 23 by Allied oe at the next commission} Fort Street; Truman Avenue streets are being built to the (Continued on Page Two) (Continued On Page Two) meeting. (Fort Street to Whitehead Street); Cc. B. HARVEY a price of $14,000,000 maybe we! could better afford to buy whiskey. Why are we being asked to build this water line all the way thru Aqueduct engineers have said that ‘to build only to Islamorada would be sufficient at first, then when necessary if.could be extended to! Marathon. This would enable us td’ pay for it on the easy payment plan like a washing machine. The aqueduct engineers themselves say it can be done this way. If we build this line all the way) through to Key West we will have Fe Pipe lines, each flowing half- ; Von and Petronia Street, (Francis to North Beach Road). RELATIONS RESUMED TOKYO (#—Diplomatic relations between Japan and Portugal, gus- pended since the end of World War II, returned to normal Give us water but not at whis- key prices, (Pd. Pol. Adv.) It’s Different! Golden Fried Chicken in the Basket WITH FRENCH FRIES ; | until January |! one OF FIVE REPATRIATED NORTH KOREAN PRISONERS being questioned sence near Panmunjom after their return to Com munist hands, draws a diagra: im the neutral prisoner stockade where he said he was by force. Four other North Koreans who changed their minds wi®; }ém, Oct. 19 sit at his right as Red military peek over their shoul- ders at right—4# Wirephoto. ’ z 4 &