The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1954, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, February 15, 1954 The Key West Citizen ee Ae rate nt) Sem The Ciisen Buliding, corner ~~" Only Daily Newspaper in Key West arid Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb ti Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter Complaints are rolling in by the,either the light should be operated TELE ‘ ee ee dozen about the new traffic signal/for an hour in the morning, noon, Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively|iignt which has been placed on the|and afternoon or it should be done entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it| orner of Southard and White away with alto, it 3 gether and a school or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news|<: 001. It seems that most people patrolman placed at the intersec-| published here. feel the light is creating unneces-|tion during these times. ————— “ee Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida|sary traffic jams. “This Rock” is) As long as we are delivering ad- | strongly inclined to agree with verse criticism of the placement * Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60|them. 3 one traffic light, let’s praise the ge gy oe mrne e a t RTEN R REN RET A RETURN Tn em Previously, it was not difficult installation of another—namely, ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION to turn into one-way Southard St.'the one at White and Virginia ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues|but now if a motorist headed west/Streets. Quite a few businesses .and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish)wants to make the left turn into/have grown up in this latter loca- anonymous tions, that stréet he may have to wait for tion and the width of White St. two-or three changes of the light.'furnishes a temptation for a motor- In the meantime, traffic piles upjist to speed. This new light is al behind him for several blocks. (boon toward slowing traffic down, I’ve never heard why the signal/and giving shoppers a chance to! light was put at this location but cross the street. It also furnishes there could be only one sensible better protection to the children! excuse and that would be to pro-iof Truman Elementary School tect school children at Peary which is located one block away. Court. If this is the case, then) Dr. H. Suarez tells me that traf- Ess” ON FLORI ASs Japanese telephone system. It is the best in Asia, but— One exasperated citizen in a long lletter complained that in a sweaty and fruitless half hour he had been connected with 13 wrong numbers and got 25 busy signals. He never jdid get his number. | The frustrated patron slipped the jnote in the coin cox—without any fii lights are badly needed at the, mentioned corner, it is covered) m4 -ntersections of Truman and Em- with steel decking. Trucks sl c ones ima 2s weil as Truman and Thomasjautomobiles have knocked this! treets. It might not be a bad idealdecking out of place, however. peal | J vl whens egies ed oa less something is done, we're like-’ n apanQuit igate these locations. ily to have a tragic accident there. Mechanical signaling devices can| To make matters worse, a uarse\ HY S oe good and bad. Proper place-|Kindergarten is located right at} onor ystem ment and timing so as not to im-|this spot. If children ever happen pede the flow of traffic seems to|t0 be standing on one edge of this By JIM BECKER jsccompanying coins—and told the be of utmost importance. For in-|decking and a truck or car runs| se : : company flatly in a postscript he stance, there is a light in Poin-jOVer the other edge, the kids will) TOKYO “"—Japan’s public tele-/didn’t intend to pay for amy of the ciana at the corner of Duck Ave.|be catapulted straight into the side|phones are soing off the honor Connections achieved with @ ¥a- and 14th St. which serves no earth-/°T underneath the moving vehicle. |system. \riety of unknown persons find es- lly purpose after school hours. Most/Very little work would be involved| Patrons will have to deposit a tablishments. motorists who come up on the light|in eliminating this hazard but I'm|coin before they chat. Heretpfore,, The coin boxes produce a steady when it is red look around to see/told it has been reported to the|they were on their honor fo slip|yield of such irate notes. The 10Us if a policeman is in sight and then|City several times and no one ap-|a 10-yen coin or bill (about 3 cents)|are couched im gentler tones, but proceed to drive through it. Such|pears to be interested. Why? into a box beside public telephones just as useless at the bank. action isn’t too bad except that it/ Street Marker after the call. | The new coin boxes are similar creates disrespect for all traffic) The City has a new street mark-| That system didn’t work. But, to those in use in the Usiited lights. er which paints “No Parking’|complained the customers, neither|States. Danger Spot curbs lickety-split. I watched the/did the telephones—most of the While we're speaking about/painters operating the machine |time. Dogs rarely live more than 15 things related to safety, let’s men-jalong the right hand side of Duval} The boxes were yielding a rash years. tion a hazard at the corner of/St. The only thing which seemed/of nasty notes about the service,| Angela and Thomas Sts. Dr. H.|to hinder them was the number of|an occasional IOU, used facial tis-/ The 40-hour week has been estab- Suarez told me about it and I drove'cars parked along that so-called/sues by the pound, a general as-jlished as standard in only two down in colored town to see for|“‘No Parking” side of the street. sortment of other debris—and very|countries—the United States and myself. _—_———_ little money. New Zealand. Running along Angela St. on) During the years of heavy im-| The telephone company estimat- oe what normally would be a side-|migration to the United States, ed that 85 per cent of the calls} For 20 years Lloyd A. Griffin has walk is a storm disposal ditch. Old/more men than women were im-|were on the cuff. However, it has-|traveled 144 miles from Raleigh, timers will remember the board-|migrants, but since 1930 more wo- tened to add, most of the “‘dead|N. C. to his old home town at walk that onie covered this ditch. men than men have entered the beat” calls were wrong numbers./Edenton and back each Sunday to Nowadays, at least at the above country, | Wrong numbers flourish in the/teach a Sunday school class. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 2 3. Airports—Land and Sea. 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. 5. Community Auditorium, NEW BRITISH JETS mended a new British jet fighter for mass production and supply to all NATO countries. The new plane is supposedly a low-cost jet of surprisingly Jight weight. Norstadt’s recommendation was made to a milita: group in Washington which wields the highest NATO military authority and which has been seeking an ac- ceptable standard fighter for use by NATO air forces. First, the Bristol Airplane Company is supposedly perfecting an engine weighing less than a thousand pounds which will develop 5,000 pounds of thrust. This represents a major advancement in the weight-thrust ratio. It is also reported that a United States corporation, Westinghouse, is about ready to put a light-weight radar set, described as being equivalent in size to one cubic foot object, into production. This set weighs just over 100 pounds, whereas the average radar set for a fighter plane weighs about 600 pounds, By- cutting down on weight of both the engine and the radar, it is estimated that the new Gnat jet fighter can be produced at a cost of about $70,000. Fighter planes like the North American F-86 Sabre cost about $300,000. It is obvious if this low-cost jet fighter can be produced in quantity for European air forces and even the United States Air Force, it will solve many financial problems. This revolutio And there is a lipstick that stays kissing fresh, if| you know what that means. Friendship is about the hardest intangible to define with any degree of accuracy. : Don’t be critical of errors in this newspaper unless you don’t make any yourself, It’s a neat trick if you can keep your Christmas spirit alive through March 15th. Sank ahs The fast cowboys usually wind up on top or at the bottom;.there 1s no in-between. No one has argued with President Eisenhower about his proposal to reduce taxes, SE Se ee ee eS EC IRIGRRAIMEINERAIVIETR] Crossword Puzzle FIOIRMEDIEIFIEICITILIVIE! new 130-h.p. Y-block V-8 or 115-h.p. I-block Six you get the quick response . see 2-2 ulaey MIEIN| and smooth, quiet operation of a modern overhead-valve, low-friction, 1 ose = —o MARES MDE i deep-block engine. 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