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

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Air 2e general officers conferred 10 for the crisis. second time Vargas (Continued on Page Two) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, w— Search crews combed the stormy North Sea today for traces of a airliner which disappeared from New York with 21 e crash site off the Dutch coast were few charred packages and pa- and two small cushions carry- ‘AT DEATH HEARING—Peter Edward Quick (left), charged with manslaughter in the auto-crash of Jee ucha Agua! ‘That heavy stiower shortly af- neon teday dropped about inch of rain on Key West, Weather Bureau reported. it was estimated that be- tween .90 and one inch of wa- * ter fell, The forecast calls for more of the same—showers and last Saturday. The program was the 11 a, m. boradcast of “La ‘Paberna de Pe- home of Mr. quinaldo, Jr., The script started with the ac- tion at the Havana airport, con- tinuing with the trip here, landing at the local airport and presenta- tion of a comic parody of “‘Ca- mille.” Local Citizens Portrayed Portrayed as being present at the cabaret were Mayor and Mrs. C. B. Harvey, the city commissioners and their wives, the Key West Po- lice Chief and Fire Chief, Sheriff and Mrs. John Spottswood, Cons- table Espinosa and many other prominent Key Westers. In their Monday broadcast, the actors who present the broadcast depicted their return to Havana from the Island City. Mention of preparations for the presentation of this program was made in an article in The Citizen July 1. Since that time Key West has been one of the topics on the program each day. Manolo Yglesias, who directs the program, and his wife were guests of the Esquinaldos during July The two couples toured Florida and visited New Orleans. US. Leaders Are Dismayed By EDC Snag By ROWLAND EVANS JR. WASHINGTON (#—Two Demo- jerats and a Republican senator European Defense Community deadlock and said the United States may soon have to move di- rectly toward rearming West Ger- many. ; Sen. Mansfield (D-Mont) labeled ithe failure at Brussels to reach agreement on the six-nation Euro- pean army project “a victory for the Soviet Union.” If no EDC solu- tion is found, he said, the German Federal Republic should be given sovereignty “‘as soon as practi- cable.” Sen. Russell (D-Ga) said possible loss of Germany to Communist domination would be “catastro- (Continued From Page One} ic,” while Sen. Watkins (R- Utah) said an EDC collapse would mean the United States should ‘‘by (Continued on Page Two) t voiced dismay today. over the| a Miami Beach model, is shown at today’s hearing with his attorneys, Enrique Esquin- and William V. Albury (right) —Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. Juvenile Council Hears Talk By County Attendance Officer “Adults sometimes find it difficult to adjust to this life—why shouldn’t ehildren when they don’t have as Dulles Favors US. Aid In Island Defense Nationalist-Held : said today American. forces be justifi ed. in defend. ing some Nationalist-held. isl between Formosa and the Chinese mainland from any Communist at- Diilles told a news eonference it would be up to American military leadets to decide which islands in addition to Formosa they want to defend as part of their overall strategy for aiding the Chinese Nationalist stronghold. {, Dulles spoke in the face of talk by Peiping of ‘liberating’ the island of Formosa, now held by Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalists. U. S. leaders have been inclined to discount the Pei- Ping talk. : Tke‘s Promise President Eisenhower already is on record as saying the U. S. 7th Fleet would protect Formosa from a Red attack. Dulles appeared to be extending this line of reasoning by including some of the smaller Chiang-held islands near Formosa. Dulles said the basic instruction to the 7th Fleet is\ to defend: For- mosa against any Red Chinese at- tack but noted there are a number of other islands held by Chiang and said defending some of these may be so intimately connected with the defense of Formosa that the military would be justified in defending them. In talking about Europe, Dulles told newsmen he deeply regrets France’s unwillingness to agree with five other Western European countries on the Européan army plan. But he said he has not given up hope France will ratify the Eu- ropean army agreement when “it confronts the ultimate decision.” No Casualties As Nevada Suffers Repeat Quake RENO —Nevada suffered its second strong earthquake in two months late last night. No casual- ties were reported. Damage appeared to center around Lovelock, 90 miles east of here, where a two-story ‘office building showered bricks on the street. Fallon, center of a’ July 6 quake, reported minor damage in its down town area. The road to Stillwater, 16 miles east of Fallon, was reported so gaa buckled that it was impass- (Continued on Page Two) ° much understanding?” That was the comment last night of Mrs. Jennie May Watkins, Mon- roe County’s new school attendance officer, in a talk before the Ju- venile Council at their regular meeting. She was discussing the reasons for truancy among school children, stating that truancy is almost in- variably due to some maladjust- ment, either in school or at home. Part of Team =) “My job silk De $0. get a Ma im to help dren.” added that it will be her job out what sort of the trou- bh Child is having so Ahat it corrected. She pointed out that in her work “understanding rather than tough- ”” is needed, As attendance of- , Mrs. Watkins said that she ‘would work closely with Miss Eu- gima Nicola, school guidance di- rector. She is also responsible for the issuance of work permits for un- derage children and for enforce- ment of child labor laws. Mrs. Watkins has served for many years as a’ teacher in the Monroe County school system. Other Business In other business discussed by the Council last night, they voted to set up a three man committee to investigate movies shown in Key West to determine if they are fit for children. Rabbi Abraham Schwartz, a member of the council, moved that the committee be set up after deploring the immorality of some of the movies that are shown here. The Rev. Ralph Rogers also re- ported on the status of the Coun- cil’s juvenile home building fund. He said that $278.54 has been ob- tained from vaTious sources. During. a discussion, it was brought out that legislative aid will be sought to obtain funds for the conStruction of the building on land “given by the city on Stock Island, Constable Harry Johnson Dies At His Home Today Harry H. Johnson, 54, Constable of the First District, died today at his residence, 1111 Southard St. Johnson, who was first elected constable in 1948, was serving his second four year term in that of- fice. He had been ill for ‘many months. Long. active in the law enforce- ment field, he was. for years a member of the Key West Police Department. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Laura Johnson; a daughter, Johna; his step-father, Antonio Garcia and several aunts and uncles. He was a member of Anchor Lodge 182 F. and A. M., hold grave-side services. ers will be selected. old Witness Tells Of Driver Swap Caused By Exchange Of Kisses By DENIS SNEIGR A 28-year-old sailor was driving a car that over- turned and killed a woman passenger only because he * had been kissing the woman a short time before. This was brought out at the hearing today on a man- slaughter charge against Edward Peter Quick, 23, a sailor, before Justice of Quick pleaded not guilty. The fatal crash occurred June 23 about 5 a.m. on Cudjoe Key, killing Debbie Martell, 25, Miami Beach model. The car overturn- the Pekce Roy Hamlin. _—SeEE—EE————EE—E_EEaE City Commission To Meet Tonight ed eight times and rolled 500 feet. Miss Geraldine Richardson, of Miami Beach, one of the five per- sons in the car was ‘the witness who told why Quick was driving the car at the time of the acci- dent. First Driver Miss Richardson told the court that when the party left Nebo’s Tavern on Stock Island and headed for Marathon Richard Sinclair, an- other sailor, was driving. Miss Martell was in the center of the front seat and Quick was on the outside, Miss Richardson said. 3 * Miss Richardson and Mjss Bar- bara Fields were in the rear seat. Miss Richardson told how the car had stopped neat Boca Chica and Quick took over the wheel “What was the reason for chang- ing drivers?” Hamlin a “Debbie and Eddie y "were smoothing,” Miss Richardson said, “and Dick (Sinclair) didn’t like it. He told Eddie to drive. Then Eddie couldn't. put his arms around her and kiss her.” Caution Advised After telling of the change in dri- vers, Miss Richardson said Sinclair told Quick to slow down and then turned to the two girls in the rear seat and said: “Tf anything happens, lie down on the floor.” : 4 Miss Richardson, added: ‘‘The car was going too fast.” She testified that Sinclair asked Quick how fast he was driving and that Quick said “over a hun- dred.” Miss Richardson testified fur- ther that Sinclair again told Quick to slow down and that Quick took his eyes off hte road to say: “Pm driving the car.” The car, she went on, began to skid. Biacked Out “I remember the car turning over four times,” Miss Richardson said, ‘‘and then I blacked out.” Earlier, Sinclair testified that he drove as far as Boca Chica where Quick took over the wheel. He said he dozed when Quick was driving and that the next thing he knew “something was go- ing wrong.” Sinclair was not very clear about the exact details of the accident. He also testified that the speed- ometer was not operating but that he thought the car was moving a- bout “60 or 65 miles” per hour. “Quick was driving all right,” he added. Sinclair did not testify about Quick kissing Miss Martell. Questions by Youmans Bob Youmans, acting county soli- citor, asked Sinclair: “Isn’t it a fact that you spoke up and told Quick to slow down?” “I told him to slow down once and then I went back to sleep,” Sinclair answered. “Did you feel the car swaying?” Youmans asked. “No,” Sinclair replied. “How long had you known De- bra Martell?” Youmans asked. (Continued on Page Two) PRESIDENT SIGNS T, Germany wife of a U. §, Army’ chaplain stepped from a plane here and walked straight into the arms of her husband, “really seeing him” for the first time. Chaplain and Mrs..Sam B. Jones were married 15 years ago, but her eyesight was failing then and doctors feared ‘she would eventu- ally go blind. She saw things through a haze. Fourteen months ago her hus- band, now 41, left the United States for a new post near Munich, Afterward, Mrs. Jones, 40, had two successful eye operations at Wash- ington’s Walter Reed Hospital. Sight Nearly Perfect Her eyesight was almost perfect as she stepped out of the plane from New York yesterday. She kissed her husband, and then told reporters: “It’s wonderful to see him again —to really see him.” “T can see things now,” she said, “as I’ve never seen them before. Every day I experience a new thrill.” During the operations at Walter Reed, two undamaged corneas, one from a sergeant and the oth from a colonel, were transplanted in her eyes. The sergeant and the colone} each have a good eye left, and Mrs. Jones says she correspords with them. Tells Of Gifts She said each had to give up an eye because of disease that left the cornea untouched. She identified the sergeant as M,. Sgt. Roy Kilburn (address un- available), but declined to name the colonel. The chaplain, a major whose home address is Paducah, Ky., 8 overjoyed. e celebrate out 15th wedding anniversary on Wednesday,” he said. “I’m looking forward to see- ing Europe with her.” Mrs, Jones is the former Clonelle Graves of Knoxville, Tenn. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Graves, live at Leesbutg, Fla, Gordon’s Memory Honored Monday Two Suspects Are Heldin Gato Beating Thompson And Bethel Are Held In Probe Of Vicious Attack Two suspects are being held in the county jail for questioning in connection with the vicious beating of a Johnson St. woman early Sunday morning, Picked up by ci Monday and turned over wh 4 Sheriff's Department, they No information on their possible connection with the present case has been released. nm. ° ° For Housing Aid ‘The response of Key Westers to the request made by the county schools for aid in securing satis- factory housing accommodations _ for new teachers was “most gratl fying,” according to Horace O’Bry- ant, county school superintendent. “The school authorities are grate- ful to the people of Key West, who cooperated by listing available homes and apartments with the of- fice at the high school. For the first time, our new teachers were able to find a place to live with minimum of inconvenience,” he said.