The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 12, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, August 12, 1954 The Key West Citizen OSS ga Pp Published daily (except Sunday) en Building Greene and ‘Ann Stre Pt. from The Citizen B neoeie Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher AE AE RT TS ——— rr errsomncnn STEN OS NORMAN D. ARTMAN .neccrinmnnnennnnnaeaean Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-5662 Momber of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusivel entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to i or not otherwise credited in this paper, lished here. per, and also the local news pub- Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per T week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION a The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. ———— SSS IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hotels and Apartments, 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Te epoidilions th cme and city. cecern al he 5. Community ‘Auditorium. ij nae wean GARRISON BIGHT PROVIDES A ‘NATURAL’ FOR YACHT BASIN That is good news, if it turns out this time to be true, about City Manager Lang’s announcement that arrangements are being made to convert the Garrison Bight, or a part of it, into a yacht basin. It is doubtful if anybody in Key West knows when the first proposal was made to improve the Bight. But The Citizen does know that Editor Pendleton of the Key |. of the Gulf, back in the 1880s, ran story after story and editorial after editorial advocating the conversion of the Garrison Bight into a yacht basin. In those days, and up to the time Flagler extend- ed his railroad to Key, West, the bight was altogether different from what it is today, with the narrow open- ing on its northwesterly side. That side of the bight was open from the head of Palm avenue, running up from Eaton street, to Little Salt Pond. It is something of a coincidence to know that the enclosure of the bight as it is today was one of the im- provements advocated by Pendleton. His chief reason for enclosing the bight, “with an opening sufficiently large for boats to enter and leave it,” was the protection it would afford shipping during a northwest storm. But the biggest problem, as he pointed out, was dredg- ing the bight to provide a depth to accommodate the hundreds of wrecking and sponging schooners owned by Key Westers in those days. : But the reason for deepening the water in the bight today is far different from what it used to be. Now we want accommodations for yachtsmen who cruise in the waters of the Florida Keys. As conditions stand now, the water in the Garrison Bight is too shallow for use of a sizable cabin cruiser, and Key West Bight is too small and affords protection from northwesters only in that part of it flanked by the first of the Flagler piers. Aside from its lack of depth, the Garrison Bight is a “natural” for a yacht basin. If what Manager Lang suggests is done now, other improvements can be made later on till, finally Key West will have a yacht basin that will be comparable with any other of its size in the United States.. / Do not try to get ahead of everyone on the highway or you might be leading the procession, horizontally, be- fore long. Economy is a good watchword for the U. S. govern- ment but before you cut expenditures, you must have an idea of what you can do without. Democracy in the United States will work better when more Americans are interested in the general wel- fare and more forgetful of private profit. WIAIG REP TE TT |SMMSICIATT] AIRIE} a CIAIGIES Crossword Puzzle Faw ici rcs WERE/S—e This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb The U. S. NAVY has its faults. To begin with, it doesn’t agree with me on fluoridation. As if that isn’t bad enough, I notice in the various newspapers every once in awhile that such and such a Navy man was arrested for reckless driving; or — maybe the news item will relate how an intoxicated sailor caused a fight; sometimes— horrible! horrible! — a commis- sioned officer will get his name in- volved in unpleasant reports. Yes Sir! These are the kind of items that make my blood ‘oil! (But not at the Navy.) Why? Because, in my opinion, it’s ‘gut- ter’ journalism! It’s lazy reporfting that can be picked up off the po- lice blotter and doesn’t require searching for good things that are happening all around us. How about the Navy men who are furnishing guidance in the Boy Scouts while civilian males shirk their duty? MAIL OR BRING e/o THE Have you checked up on chari- table drives to see who furnishes the most leadership and aid? Has the Navy been given its share of credit for its safety pro- grams? For its aid to the Key West Safety Council? Who cleans up the debris of Key West after a hurricane hits town? I’ve ‘slammed’ the newspapers becatise I work on one and I’ve always felt that criticism begins at home. But let me tell you read- ets something — if you're civilian, nine out of ten of ygqu are just as guilty of unfair judgement of the Navy as any and all newspapers are accused of being! Jiminey Crickets! This is a Na- vy town. Do you expect ten thou- sand men to go around sucking their thumbs, playing twiddly winks? Let’s give them credit for the many good things they do in- stead of picking on the occasional bad happenings. TO “THIS ROCK” CITIZEN Check A ppropriate Answer Male I AM IN E ‘AVOR OF FLUORIDATING MONROE COUNTY WATER _. CY [I DO NOT WANT FLUORIDATION OF MONROE COUNTY WATER —( ) Female I AM IN FAVOR OF FLUORIDATING MONROE COUNTY WATER ACROSS 1. Dry 6. Fish sauce 9. Spoiled 12. Fine fabric 13. Traditional tale 14. Self 15. City in Iowa 36. One who stirs up the peace 18. Twig 20. Transported 21. Narrow inlets 24. Lively dances 27. Merits 31. Steadfast IPIAIRIT| VIEIRISI [RIT a Al V = i ieee AIST DIES IMU! 33. Mechanical EITIAIGIE IRIE TIAILIOIN| bar EIVIE| TIAIBIAIRIO} 35. Rather than 36. Aromatic herb 38. Slowed 40. Trap 42. Genus of the frog 43. Mountain lake 45. Insects 9 IG} PIAIGIE MME (L [BIE MEOIPIS) Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 58. Catch sight 3. Cake froster of 4. Want 5. Biblica: ruler 6. Loiter 7. Shield 8. Serve food 9. Improved 10. Past 11. June bug 17. Dillseed 19. Maid 22. Declare 23. Part 25, Tempt 26. Progeny 27. Holds back 28. The Emerald Isle 29. Healthful 30. Bristle 34. Resounded 37, Snare 39. Rank 41. Uneven 44, Hard-shelled fruits 46. Military assistant 47. Ring slowly 48. Large knife 49. Dance step 50. Rodent 59. Cancel DOWN 1, Too bad 2. Inclined walk I DO NOT WANT FLUORIDATION OF MONROE COUNTY WATER There are _ .. children in my family. | My water supply is provided bys Fla. Aqueduct Commission _...._..() Cisterns - —— Farmer Protests Acreage Control PHILADELPHIA # — An 81- year-old Pennsylvania poultry far- mer has asked the U.S. District Court to declare unconstitutional the price and acreage control fea- tures of the Federal Farm and Marketing Administration Acts. In a suit filed with the court yesterday, Joseph Blattner of R. D. 3 Norristown, claimed that acreage controls on his wheat crop will put him out of business and deprive him of a living. : Blattner, claiming he requires all his land to raise feed for his chickens, seeded eight extra acres and refuses to pay $178.20 in penal- ties imposed by federal farm agents. In the suit, Blattner contends that the government, by serving the pénalty notice, is taking his property without due process of . law and that by limiting acreage, to buy at U.S. supported prices extra grain needed to keep his poultry. CANDIDATE STRAYS DURING CAMPAIGN BEULAH, Wyo. u — State Rep. E. Keith Thomson got carried | away with himself in campaigning yesterday for the Republican nom- ination for Congress. He wandered from one hay field to another handing out campaign literature. Finally a rancher tipped him off. He had crossed the state line and was soliciting votes in South Dakota. Subscribe To The Citizen ee rR Ca dd hn bn btn bn bani tnd btn dbntnde nt) ... Ear To The Ground By JIM COBB 0264444444444444444444444644444444444, ——— A casual observance of the week- end activities of a large part of the membership of the Key West Outboard Club led the writer to wonder just why they chose an area near the beach of a certain key for their Sunday afternoon cruises. We wondered why some of the outboarders would take off, with exhaust roaring, from their Stock Island clubhouse and cruise back and forth of the shore of the key instead of joining their fellow club members in fishing or racing. After a detailed investigation, we learned “why. They've discovered that a group of Key West nudists maintain a weekend camp on the key — which shall remain unnamed for the mo- ment. They are patrolling the area in the hope they may sight a comely nudist cavorting on the beach. Wondering what the name of that key is? x *k *& don’t watch out. ‘The closest the writer has ever come to crusading was a couple of years age when every other bar in Key West had a platoon of B- Girls making a fat living off the few poor guys who didn’t know Blondie’s Skin To Be A Purse CHARLESTON, W. Va. ww — They’re making a purse out of “Blondie,” one of the most decep- tive boa constrictors ever to slither across a cage. Blondie broke into the news last month when she underwent sur- gery, after gulping a poisoned guinea pig, and “died” in an oxy- gen tent. Twenty hours later, however, she suddenly came to life at the tourists also fell prey to these gals who promoted drinks at high prices and downed color- ed water. We like to think that we had fair home of her owner, George Hilton of nearby Nitro. Hilton’s joy was shortlived. Tues- day Blondie gave a couple of quivers and died again. After wait- ing a decent interval to make cer- tain, Hilton had Blondie skinned yesterday — all eight feet of her, DID IT CURE HIM? DUNCAN, Okla. m — L. D. Pryor, a furniture and appliance dealer, knows now he shouldn’t have attended that livestock auc- tion with the hiceoughs. Pryor said he responded invol- untarily with a “hic” each time the bid was raised, and went home the bewildered owner of six Shet- land ponies. success when the city passed an ordinance prohibiting the practice. The law was never fully enforced but it did have the effect of keep- ing the B-Girl population to a min- imum. Only a couple of bars kept the gals at work. ; There are those who say I’m get- ting excited over nothing. “They (the B-Girls) don’t hurt anything,” people say, “If a guy doesn’t know enough to stay out of those places, he ought to be clipped.” That, I say, is a false and un- There are plenty of sailors down here who haven't been around enough to know the score. the government forces the plaintiff | PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen weicomes expressions of the views ef its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right te delete any items which are considered libelous er unwarranted. The writers should be Pc Gah, Ler letters and will be subliohed unless resorted sina’ NO PARALLEL Editor, The Citizen: oe In a letter on the subject of fluoridation, published in your “People’s Forum” a few days ago, and signed “H. V. B.,” the writer attempts to show that “Jenner’s experiments in vaccination, and Pasteur’s developments of inoculation,” would support the belief that benefits are also to be derived from fluoride in our drinking water. There is no parallel in this case, “H. V. B.” We have a situation here where those proposng to medicate our water supply say, in substance—handing a pill to every individual in the community, both old and young, with literally thousands of differing physical systems— “Here, take this, it’s good for the children’s teeth.” Wouldn’t you say that is unwise compulsory medicine —when forced to take it in every drink of water—when there is no contagious epidemic to combat. If we are to commence the process of clipping away the Constitutional rights of Citizens, we have started down a side road which deviates from the highway laid out by the framers of our Constitution. If fluoride promotes better teeth in children then | it might be administered to them individually—those who want it—on the advice of the family doctor. But to treat the whole population would not be progress but the most unwise stupidity. The Committee appointed to investigate fluoride should find out why San Diego, California, voted it out a few days ago. An Associated Press item says 50,789 people voted against it. Fluoride had been in their wat- er supply for a year and a half. Could it be that there was no improvement in the children’s teeth, and that possible harmful effects had begun to show? Our precious drinking water here in Key West, coming to us through a pipeline for more than 150 miles and is now costing us a great deal more per gallon than is being paid for water on the mainland, should be pro- tected against those “experts” who come down here and tell us what is “good” for us. A READER And, as I said earlier, there aze a lot of people who should know better, but don’t. And consider the effect B-Drink- ing has on our tourist business. Suppose, for example, a tourist comes to town. He wants a drink and walks unsuspectingly into one of these joints. First thing he knows some gal is hanging around his neck and she buys a lot of drinks with his money. He did not want the drinks and he didn’t or- der them, but the bartender pre- sents him with a check. Sure, if he wants to make an issue out of it he won’t have to Pay. But he doesn’t care to make a scene (the bartender looks pretty tough) so he pays up. Then he gets -out of town as soon as he can and goes some- place where they treat him better, When he gets hack to West Po- dunk, he tells all his friends about how he got clipped in Key West. Is that the way to build our tour- ist business? _ If somebody can show me that 4 a T'll quit writing about B- s. xk & We can’t vouch for this personal- ly, but we have had complaints that the Monroe County Anti-Mos- quito District fog trucks are caus- ing an undes‘cable condition on the Overseas Highway. Our source says that one acci- dent has resulted from a motorist being blinded‘by a fog truck. Two other near mishaps are supposed to have occurred for the same rea- son. The road, they say, is also made slippery by a thin coating of the sols Now, its agreed that the anti- mosquito program is vital for the community — we can’t do without it. But, if the spraying is creating a hazard, we hope something will be pow about it. = at the same time, let’s. take ‘Sir hats off to Neil Saunders, William Warner and their bug-kil. ling brigade. Residents on the keys said that the mosquito condition there is vastly improved. Bravo, Key West In Days Gone By August 12, 1934 (Sunday. No paper) xk wk *& August 12, 1944 Quick action to provide Key West with an enforceable building code was taken by the Zoning Board of Appeals, of which Clem C. Price is chairman, at a meet- ing held last night in the office of William V. Albury. Two Federa. security Adminis- tration officials spent yesterday. and part of today in Key West in- vestigating the Negro recreation situation. Again the city of Key West has reached the “saturation point” in housing facilities. And once more visitors to Key West are being forced to sleep in their automo- \biles, in chairs, in lobbies, or wherever they can find a spot to | | Exams For Two Civil Service Posts Are Set The United States Civil Service Commission has announced exam- inations for Medical Officer, $5,940 to $7,040 a year, and for Patent Adviser, $3,410 to $5,940 a year. The positions to be filled from the Medical Officer examination are in the U. S. Public Health Service and the Children’s Bureau located throughout the country, and in various other Federal agencies in Washington, D. C. and vicinity. Applicants must be fully qualified as dociors of medicine. To qualify for a posi- tion in a specialized field of med- icine, applicants must have had a full internship or residency or past graduate study in the special- ist field applied for. The Patent Adviser positions are principally in the Department of the Navy in Washington, D. C., and vicinity. Appropriate educa- tion or experience is required. The maximum age limit for posi- tions paying $3,410 is 35 years. There is no maximum age limit for the higher-grade positions. Further information, including jinstructions on applying, and ap- plication forms may be obtained from the Commission’s Examirer in charge, Charles E. Thompson, located at United States Post Of- fice, Key West, Florida or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D. C. Both examinations are open for acceptance of applications until furthed notice. Hells’ Angels Arrive For Night Intercept Course Navy jet Fighter Squadron 71, known as the Hell’s Angels under the command of Lieutenant Com- mander James C. Donaldson, has arrived at the Fleet All Weather Training Unit, Atlantie, to undergo night intercept training during all weather flight operations. The Hell’s Angels have an im- pressive combat record for the Korean war. The squadron went to Korea in June of 1952 to serve with Air Group 7 of Task Force 77, they returned home to Quonset Point Rhode Island, the following January. In September 1953, they participated in “Operation Marin- er” inthe. North Atlantic for three weeks, after which they made a Mediterranean cruise aboard the USS Bennington. They returned to their home station at Qunset Point in Febuary 1954. VF-71 is the latest of many squadrons of the Atlantic Fleet to receive FAWTU’s night inter- cept training course. The squadron - comprises 25 officers and 161 enlisted men and ig currently flying, the F2H-3 “Banshee.” The Hell’s Angels will be Trained in the F2H-3 “Ban- shee” and also will receive some instruction in FAWTU’s F3D-2 “Skynight” fighters. The course of instruction will instruction will involve one month of intensive training. Upon completion the Hell’s Angels will then return to the fleet as an All Weather Intercept squadron. False Alarm OKLAHOMA CITY # A Braniff airliner won a race with the stork yesterday, but as it |turned out there was really no contest. The excitement started when Mrs. R. E. Byrd of Houston, Fex., was seized by labor pains — or so she thought — about 20 min- utes before her flight from Den- ver reached Oklahoma City. The pilot radioed ahead and ar- ranged for an ambulance and hos- pital room to which she was taken minutes after landing. Examined at the hospital, Mrs. Byrd was told to relax. 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