The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 1, 1954, Page 12

Page 12 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, May 1, 1954 May Day—The United States Way BURLINGTON, Wis. — This southern Wisconsin city—normai Jook at an American-style May | so5 Day. ‘The theme for the day-long pro- gram.on “May Day-U. S. Way” was Americanism—reminding cit- izens of “their greatest asset— citizenship in this great country.” And the-theme behind that theme was retorting to communism which twaditionaly is glorified on every fiet day of Mey. Officials of “May esis 8. Burlington to nen Charley Johns has started a great All-Florida program. Vote for Charley Johns for Governor 3 Nav" spon GIVE HIM A. CHANCE TO FINISH services in the THE PROGRAM HE HAS STARTED! S decks Gepleting the" Mil luncheon was (Pd. Pol. Adv.) eye ich would be the largest crowd in this city’s history. S. Way,” spon- THE FOLLOWING Is A REPRINT or AN EDITORIAL APPEARING IN THE APRIL 29 ISSUE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS STAR, THE OLDEST AND FOR MANY YEARS THE ONLY POLITICALLY UNDOMINATED PUBLICATION IN MONROE COUNTY ....0o THE PRICE IS MUCH TOO HIGH! As we approach the end of what has been regarded, and properly so, as the most bitter political campaign within the memory of our oldest citi- sens, we have heen asked, not once, not twice, but literally dozens of times, for a final, positive statement regarding the three principal contestants in the ‘hottest’ race of all—twice-elected Mayor C. B. Harvey, twice-appointed City Manager Dave King and veteran of twenty years in the State Legislature, the incumbent B. C, Papy, ‘We feel, a8 one holding a public trust for the past eight years, that we owe the people of Monroe County such a statement, and as straight from the shoulder as it is possible to.express it—here is our political philosophy: _ We feel that it would be as presumptuous for us to choose between two good men as, indeed, it would be cowardly for us not to oppose one whose over-all influence we sincerely believe to be bad. We do not believe, and surely would not be so foolish as to contend, that former City Manager Dave King, whose personal friendship we deeply cherish snd whose admitted ability we heartily admire, is wrong on’ many @eeasions. By the same token, so has Mayor Harvey. The important point is, however, that they have both been right immeasurably more times than they have ever been wrong, and equally important, they have shown them- selves to be men big enough to profit by their mistakes—whereby we, the people, have been the ultimate beneficiaries of their increased wisdom. They are men of inherent integrity, of real ability, and unquestioned patrio- tism—their desire to sérve our people springs from no thought of individual profit, as evidenced by their unblemished record of past public service, and the choice of either, we believe, would be a happy one. ‘ Similarly, we oppose Mr. Bernie C. Papy—not because we contend that his twenty-year tenure in office has produced nothing for the people of Monroe County, but simply because we believe that the net cost of whatever he has produced has been much, much too high. We cannot believe that true representation exists in a situation where Mr, Papy attempted with every means at his command to saddle this County with a fourteen million dollar indebtedness for a pipeline which his own engineers estimated would not be needed until 1972, which was admittedly not needed now, and when the chips were down, was unwanted by six out of every seven people in the County. We do not see how Mr. Papy can be ‘Fighting for the Best Interests of Monroe County by bludgeoning his County Commission into spending two hundred thousand dollars of the Taxpayers’ money to cut out a section of U.S. Highway Number One at Key Vaca in order to dig a channel from bay to ocean and then build a bridge over it—especially when the only sabstantial benefit therefrom would be derived by only a few. Finally, we are convinced that any dynasty built, as the Papy machine is built, on fear and favor, is basically undemocratic and economically inde- feusible. True, many people, among them we, ourselves, have felt the lash ef economic reprisal for the expression of political independence, and _ Rot a few have fed, and gluttonously, at the public trough as the reward for political subservience. Unto each his own, but for us—we choose the path of independence, for no matter how high its cost—the price of slav- ery is still ~~ (Paid Political Advertisement) bashed in a wall of speaking Program on the ‘ollo' his oe Following speech, M iy will fly to Oshkosh to attend a wate — ees pee. Spurned Soier Kills Girl, Her Mother MIAMI, Fla. ( — A youthful spurned lover killed his would be sweetheart and her mother last night and critically wounded him- lf. 2 sel Sheriff’s deputies Floyd Alsbury and Pat Gallagher described this climax of a 16-yearsld girl’s re- “ljection of a lovesick Puerto Rican: William Rodriguez, 22, con- formed to the custom of his native land by seeking permission of Cecilio Ramos to court his pretty brunette daughter, Eulalila. The father consented but Eula- lila refused to date Rodriguez. The spurned young man called on the girl Friday and when she aetuved to go out with him, told er: “If you won’t have an: to do with me, I'll shoot = The frightened girl went to the home of a neighbor but later re- turned to her own home. Rodriguez apparently had been hiding in bushes near Eulalila’s house and when she entered, he burst in and shot her twice in the chest with a .22 caliber revolver. Her mother fled into another room but Rodriguez followed and fired two bullets into her chest. Then he dived through a window screen, ran to his room a short distance away and barricaded him- self inside. When police broke into his room they found he had fired two bullets into his chest. Paige pe: said he probably will ive. Tornadoes Play Devilish Tricks By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tornadoes which killed, injured and destroyed also played devil- ish tricks. Fred Morris’ cow was on the receiving end of one. Minding her own business on her Milano, Tex., pasture Friday, she suddenly found herself sucked into the air and spinning around and ‘around. Before she could utter a moo of protest, however, the twister plopped her down on all four legs 30 feet away. The cow was unhurt. As a black funnel bore down on their Bismarck, Ark, farm home, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Bergan stood in the living room. Each glutched a small child close. The tornado lifted the children from the arms of their parent- then eased them down in. the same room without injury, A brooder House at Greenland, Ark., was picked up, carried some 300 yards and dropped intact. An_ old-fashioned phonograph probably saved the Tom Cuba fam- ily from injury when a tornado their house at Salty, Tex. It kept the wall from falling on the family, hud- dling in quilts on the floor. The army of twisters that cut through Texas spared 11-year-old Walter Williams, one of the na- tion’s last four surviving Civil War veterans. Two tornadoes hit Franklin, not far from Williams’ farm, but did not touch the old rebel’s home- stead. And at San Augustine, Tex., Lon- nie Jones, 6, knew exactly why he needed medical attention. “I was just sitting in my house when the storm hit me in the head,” he told the nurse who doc- tored a cut in the back of his scalp. He was one of six injured when tornadoes destroyed three homes near San Augustine, 5 Strike Halted PITTSBURGH (# — The order went out last midnight that the strike halting Pittsburgh’s trol- leys and buses was on, but oan today — 1% hours later — 2,700 AFL workers Ngee wages were told to stay on the job “for at least one week” The “stop-strike” order ee from Harry Butler, president of Division 85, AFL-Amaigamated Assn. of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes which represents the Pittsburgh Rail- ways Co. bus and trolley drivers. 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