The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 24, 1954, Page 1

Xey West, Florido, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV Ne. 150 Carbonell Asks Probe City Commissioner Seeks Check Of Shooting Incident City Commissioner Louis Carbonell said today that he will ask for an investigation into an incident in which a police officer fired - three shots at a man fleeing ar- rest on a minor traffic charge. “Since when do you shoot at a man because he has no driver’s license — you don’t try to kill a man for some- thing like that,” Carbonell said today. He added that the shots might have killed or injured innocent persons. Carbonell was commenting on a police case which occurred early: Wednesday morning. ‘According to THE SCUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE No Indications Of Major ‘Battle In Guatemala War Transportation Troubles Hinder Movement Of “Liberation” Army THE TIME TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT I8 BEFORE IT HAPPENS—Happy beach parties, such this, could soon turn into tragedy, such as the one in which seven-year-old Richard Recupero nearly drowned yesterday at the County Beach. Several persons have advanced the suggestion that the County Commission employ lifeguards. to insure the safety of bathers—Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Recupero, 1315 stopped| William Street, narrowly es- ed Carbonell to ask “why it was necessary to fire those three shots?” Both were later re-arrest- ed. Richbourg was chargéd with (Continued on Page Two) Woman Is Injured In Keys’ Accident A 22-year-old woman was injured today when the car she was driv- ing went out of control and turned over several times on U. S, 1 at the north end of Big Pine Key. Cpl. S.. R. Walker, of the state highway patrol, said Jacqueline Angelique: LeBoulange, 907 Tru- man Avenue, a barmaid, sustain- ed a possible fracture of the right shoulder. She is in Monroe General Hos- pital after being brought to Key West by a Greyhound bus. : Walker said she was driving at 70 miles per hour or better when she lost control of the car on a Hoover To Give Address Tonight CHICAGO (#—Former President Herbert Hoover will be principal speaker tonight at the annual Mer- ehandise Mart hall of fame dinner. Before the.dinner, Hoover will observe ceremonies in which four bronze busts will be unveiled in the Merchandise Mart Plaza over- ooking the Chicago River. The four busts represent'the four merchants who were elected to the mart’s hall of fame last year. They ‘were Marshall Field I, founder of Marshall Field & Co., Chicago; F. W. Woolworth and John Wana- maker, New York merchants; and George H. Hartford, first president of the Great Atlantic & Pacific food. stores. Something New In Special Services at the Palm Service Station STOCK ISLAND We Now Honor All Credit Cards Including TRIP - CHARGE, INC. caped drowning at County Beach early day Ms the child’s life. Waynick was in the water with the mask and placed him on the pier where he began artificial}: respiration, using the new method recommended by the American Red Cross. Respiration Continued An ambulance from Pritchard Funeral Home was ¢alled and when it arrived the boy and Way- nick were placed on an ambulance stretcher with Waynick continuing to give respiration. They were taken tothe Naval Hospital where the boy, still being given respira- tion, was admitted to the emerg- ency room. Deputy Sheriff Serge Hernandez who had followed the ambulance to the beach told The Citizen, “That child ‘was dead when they got him out of the water and Mr. Waynick brought him back to life. I never saw anything like the way that man worked. If it hadn’t been for:him that boy wouldn’t be alive today.” Richard Joseph’s School and the Convent, had gone to the beach with the — School group for the first e. Masks Net Encouraged A school spokesman said that today, “We don’t encourage par- ents to send the younger children to the beach and the-use of face masks is definitely discouraged. | They are all right for individual swimmers, but we do not advise them in group swimming. “The children are asked not to bring them, but occasionally, par- ents will give their permission any way. The children who regu- larly attend the grammar schools are more inclined to accept au- thority from our teachers than youngsters who are not familiar with them.” The near tragedy points up the need for qualified life guards at the public beaches. Any child or adult could get into the similar difficulty and if it happens at a time when qualified persons are not immediately available, a life would be lost. onroe.|.. En Route Home By MICHAEL GOLDSMITH GENEVA ™ — Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai left the Indochina peace conference by plane today to visit Indian Prime Minister Nehru in New Delhi and then go on to Peiping. Intimating he would return to ‘the Geneva parley, Chou in a brief farewell statement said he was leaving “for the time being.” “gti on eeeads in progress” ai e world’s “peace-loving peoples hope our work will lead to the eventual es- ee of peace in Indo- Chou made no mention of his ‘two-hour meeting in Bern yester- day with France’s new Premier- Foreign Minister, Pierre Mendes- France. But both men after their talks issued brief statements say- ing they believed the delegates at Geneva would make progress to- ward an armistice a result of their ; Chou left Geneva in a special Indian plane. He is due in New Delhi tomorrow, to remain there for three days, Mendes-France returned to Paris last night, to present his Cabinet today to the National Assembly for its approval. On his arrival in the French capital, he told reporters: (Continued on Page Two) Children Of Dead Woman Are Sought In Boston The 24-year-old Miami Beach model who died in an auto crash on U. S. 1 yesterday was reported to have had three children in Boston, Mass. The sheriff's office said Miami Beach police had relayed the re- port here. Boston police are try- ing to locate the children. i\Quick Rescue Action Proposal Made On Nuclear Weapon Ban Russia Turns Down Latest Plan For Slaughter Control ced Proposed an immediate ban on use nuclear weapons, except in de- fense against aggression, and a freeze on military manpower and arms expenditures. The Russians turned it down. The new Western plan for step- by p disarmament following the windup of 20 fruit- less meetings here of the United Nations subcommittee on disarma- ment. It called for gradual prog- ress toward abolition of nuclear weapons with effective enforce- ment safeguards on both. sides of the Iron Curtain, Russian Plan The Western powers again re- jected Russian disarmament pro- Posals which, they said, allowed for no adequate means of enforce- ment behind the Iron Curtain. U.S. delegate Morehead Patterson said: “We might summarize these Soviet Proposals in six words: “ ‘Ban the bomb, trust the Rus- sians.’” The Western plan was advanced by Britain and France, with the support of the United States and Canada. These four nations, plus Russia, make up the subcommittee. Points Of Proposal These were the six points of the new Western plan: 1. An immediate ban on the use (Continued on Page Two) City Manager Talks To County Grand Jury Today Victor Lang, city manager, to- day appeared before the grand jury at the invitation of J. Lance- lot Lester, state’s attorney. Lester did not reveal why Lang appeared before the body. Meanwhile, the grand jury still was studying what to-do about a large crack that has developed in the two-year-old county jail. A member of the jury said that the concrete was falling away from an area along a conduit. He said the concrete was deteriorating because the conduit was rusting. He added that the building speci- fications called for the conduit to be coated with a flexible sub- stance before it was installed. Good To Look At — ALL SIZES SIDING, NATURAL CYPRESS OR PINE FROM Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton Street, near Bank City Commission Fails To Reach Quorum For 2nd Time ~____, Only Two City Lot At Duval And Fleming Brings $100,000 In Sale The 44-by-100 lot on the northeast corner of Duval and Fleming Streets today was sold for $100,000. The buyer was Mrs. Doris L, Frank, of Scarsdale, N. Y., the daughter of a Mr. Lane, who is an executive of the Lerner chain of dress shops. The sellers were Manvel Quevedo y Jaureguizar. presi- dent of Aerovias Q, and his wife, and Angel Aixala y Roig, #reasurer of the air- line, and his wife, all of Ha- vana. Julius F. Stone, Jr., acted as attorney for both sides during the local negotiations. Community Chest Group Meeting Set Important Reports, gRecommengations , _ To Be Considered * ye | The annual meeting of the Com- munity Chest of Key West, Inec., will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 4 at the County Court House, atcording to action by the Chest day night. Reports of two important com- mittees will be made at that meet- ing. William R. Neblett and J. J. Trevor will provide suggested changes in the chazter and by-laws and the nominating ‘committee will bring in a slate of prospective members of the Board in addition to a slate of officers for 1954-55. Cash Balance Told Treasurer Trevor reported that as of June 15 there was a cash balance on hand of $15,408.47 and a total pledge outstanding in the amount of $1,642.65. All member agencies which have met the re- quirements ‘of the Budgets and Admissions Committee have re- (Continued on Page Two) KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE To Date 256 June Accidents... » Traffie Injuries .... 4 47 Traffic Deaths _ 0 0 Property Damage $6,880 $65,736 “The biggest challenge to safety workers is the creation of a universal state of mind that will automatically rule out the needless and heedless accident,” says Percy Bugbee, president of the National Fire Protection Association. The truth of that statement lies in the age-old axiom that most accidents are the result of carelessness. Key West’s fourth accident injury for the month of June is a good illustration. In that mishap, a 2%-year-old girl was hurt when a car backed out of a driveway. Happily, her injuries were superficial. It could have been a tragic accident. Normally, the driver of the car that struck the little girl is probably a very careful driver, But, that one lapse could have been fatal. Ac- cidents happen fast and we must be alert to avoid them. Let’s create a universal state of mind—focused on safe driv- f Commissioners Show: Up Wed. For the second time this week a city commission meeting had to be recessed for lack of a quor- um. Only two commissioners, Louis Carbonell and Jack Delaney, put in an appearance for last night’s session. The meeting had been re- cessed from Monday night when the same commissioners were the only two who appeared in the city hall for the session. Out Of Town All of the missing commissioners are reportedly out of the city. Dr. Delio Cobo is on a one-month va- cation in California and Mayor C. B. Harvey has reportedly been in New York and Miami. The where- abouts of commissioner Paul R. Roberts is unknown. None of the commissioners noti- fied City Clerk Victor Lowe they would not be at last night’s meet- ing. After a 20-minute wait, he re- cessed the meeting until next Mon- day night. The commissioners were to have considered several items of busi- ness including a resolution approv- ing a $191,416 expansion program of the City Electric System. Chamber Petition A representative of the Chamber of Commerce was also on hand to request that the commission ap- point @ citizens’ committee ‘to in- vestigate the three companies seek- ing a lease for the city-owned Clyde-Mallory docks for ust terminal for Key West-Cul ferry service. And a resolution asking that the federal government return the Poinciana, Housing project to the owners of the land with the hous- ing units intact still awaits com- mission action as a result of their failure to reach a quorum. Meanwhile, no action has been taken on the city tax roll. And, it appears that the commission will be unable to meet as the Equaliza- tion Board until City Manager Victor Lang appoints a new tax assessor to replace Sam Pinder, Jr., who resigned three weeks ago. Equalization Board According to the City Charter, five of the six members of the Equalization Board constitute a quorum. Since commissioner Cobo will be out of the city for a month, it will be impossible to reach a quorum until the tax assessor, who is also a member of the board, is appointed. The Civil Service Board is ex- pected to meet soon in special session to screen applicants for the tax assessor’s post. Three persons have applied for the job in answer to a newspaper advertisement. The new tax assessor will face a mountainous task of calculating individual tax bills, immediately after the tax books are accepted. 421 New Polio Cases In Nation WASHINGTON, (#—New cases of polio reported over the nation last week totaled 421, a 30 per cent increase over those in the week ended June 12, the Public Health Service said today. The total was also 5 per cent greater than the 400 listed in the comparable week last year. Since Jan. 1 there have been 3,644 cases, compared with 3,519 in the similar 1953 period. California listed 92 cases last week, Texas 90 and Florida 33. ~LpEELb||"))]“_h=_===—=—=—E Youmans Named Acting Solicitor Bob Youmans today was ap- pointed Acting County Solicit. or by Judge Thomas S$. Cero of Criminal Court. Judge Caro said that Allan B. Cleare, Jr., County Solicitor, is il and will be unable to act for an indefinite period. By SAM SUMMERLIN TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The Guatemal- an war entered its seventh day today with most of the fighting still apparently raging over the propaganda air- waves and in the diplomatic arena. There was no indica- tion of a major battle shaping up anywhere. The anti-Communist “liberation army” seemingly was bogged down by lack of transport just north of the Honduran border. The army of Red-backed President Ja- cobo Arbenz Guzman still had not made an appearance in TE: ATA Se Stern Treatment ' Set For County Traffic Violators Traffic violators in the county ean look for doubled bonds and stiffer penalties. Criminal Court Judge Thom- as S. Caro today said he had teld highway patrolmen and deputy sheriff's to double the bonds. He said he was going te crack down on traffic violators in an effort te cut down the num- ber \ aaaaie especially on us. 1 Eleven persons have met death on the highways in Mon- roe County since January 1, the sheriff's office reported. In Criminal Court today, Judge Caro heard six guilty pleas. Following are the names, charges and sentences: Jack Allen, drunk, $25 or 30 ,Manuel Roger, Jr., reckless Ativing, $15 er 15 days. Rufus Bailey, illegal parking, $25 bond forfeited. C. H. Sims, following too close, $25 bond forfeited. M. C. Wade, speeding, $50 or © days. Paul Durham, reckless driv- ing, 90 days and license re- voked. Sewer Project Nears Completion The Key West sewer project should be completed within four to six weeks. That welcome bit of information was released today by Jack Coop- er, of Clifford and Cooper Associ- ates, the city’s consulting engi- neers for the project. Cooper said that only six more main sewer lines must be install- ed before the project is pronounc- ed complete. Those lines are slated to be installed on Emma, Caroline, Grinnell, Eaton, Mar- garet and Elizabeth Streets. In addition, considerable cleanup work must be done and final touches added to the lift sta- tions, Cooper said. - The federal government maintained close inspection over the progress and before it is fin- ally accepted, will make a detail- ed check of the project. They supplied funds for the project. Woman’s Condition Is “Satisfactory” The condition of Mrs. Maverees E. Meador, who was injured in an automobile accident Sunday, was listed today as “satisfactory” by her physisian. However, he said that in addi- tion to multiple injuries announced earlier, Mrs. Meador is also suf- fering from a fractured back. Her other injuries include a fractured skull and collarbone, and severe cuts about the head, face and shoulders. Mrs. Meador is a sixth grade teacher at the Harris School. She was injured when the car in which she was riding, was struck by a boat trailer which had broken loose from the car that was towing it, McMULLEN VISITS Maxwell McMullen, sanitation consultant of the Florida State Board of Health, is a visitor here, ‘the County Health Unit reported today. He is here for three or four ss M25 00 a routine visit. i There were these develop- ments: 1. Seven persons were reported wounded, three gravely, when Honduran po- lice fired on a Tegucigalpa crowd watching a pro-Ar- benz, an anti-U. S. demon- stration by students in the Honduran capital last night. Later thousands of the stu- dents and townspeople gath- ered to parade through the city. 2. Honduras charged a Guate- malan airplane bombed a Hondu- ran airfield Tuesday. The Teguci- galpa government said it is pro- testing to the United Nations and to the Organization of American States. U. N. sources in New York said last night the international or- ganization had not yet received the protest, the third filed in connec- tion with the fighting. Guatemal, has entered two, one of which still is pending. Bombing Denied 3. Guatemala promptly denied the bombing charge. Guatemalan Foreign Minister Guillermo Torie- Uo said in a statement “not a sin- gle Guatemalan plane has flown toward the Honduran frontier.” 4. The OAS’s Inter-American Peace Commission, meeting in Washington, referred to Guatemala a proposal by Honduras and Ni- caragua that the five-nation body make an on-the-spot investigation of charges by the Arbenz govern- ment that the two neighboring re- publics 51 “aggression” against Guatemala. Commission Chairman Luis Quintanilla of Mex- ico said he hoped the Guatemalan government would accept this “generous offer’ promptly. 5. Nicaragua formally denied it was guilty of any aggression. In a cable to the U. N., Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Oscar Sevilla Sa- casa said the charges were intend- ed to conceal the Communist affil- iations of the Arbenz government, U. S. Reassured 6. A Guatemalan broadcast said President Arbenz has assured U.S. Ambassador John Peurifoy in Gua- temala City the safety of U. S, citizens living in that country would be assured. There had been reports earlier that the embassy was planning to airlift out the nearly 1,200 Americans there. The progress of the rival armies was clouded by a welter of con- flicting reports, many of them ob- vious propaganda claims. One rebel broadcast claimed the insurgent forces led by Col. Carlos Castillo Armas were moving on Guatemala City from three sides. A govern- ment broadcast said the rebels had been repulsed and were fleeing to- ward Honduras. Col. Castillo was reported to have moved his headquarters from Es- quipulas, six miles north of the Honduran border, to a town near Chiquimula. This city is south of Zacapa, a key town on the vital railroad from Puerto Barrios and an obvious target of the invaders. Rains Hinder Newsmen who visited Castillo at Esquipulas earlier yesterday said the rebel forces appeared bogged (Continued on Page Two) SPECIAL NOTICE SPECIAL MEETING OF CAYO HUESO GROTTO, FRI- DAY 25th at 7:30 P.M. Upsti Co. OSWALD J. SHEPPARD, Monarch. Attest: JAMES L. ATKINSON, Secretary.