The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 1, 1954, Page 4

The Ke/ bos Cisseeh Wednesday, September 1, 1954 SUEaEEEEEEREEEE The Key West Citizen ( from The B ot Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monree County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ................ 1921 - 1954) NORMAN D. ARTMAN rccinunnnnnninmnnnmnun Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2.5662 of P toledo Re Pimgeroe ra 'ress—The Associated or not otherwise lished =i hai eR SF ESE PL Press is exclusively of all news atches credited to it ia this paper, and alse the local news pub: Member Associate Dailies of Florida ————$—$—. eee Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 fetes on hiet fet asnte dieu acl sh de bsetd Aer ec ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and of public issues publish and subjects of local general will not anonymous communications. invites discussion interest, but it IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Sea, of County orium and City Governments. PLATFORMS IN SPACE Astronomers continue to tell us that the next “logizal” step in the development of science and astronomy is a platform in space. Recently, Lyman Spitzer, Jr.,.professnr | of Astronomy at Princeton University, and director of the observatory there, said such a platform would be put 500 miles above the earth’s surface as a satellite to cruise a- round the globe. Spitzer went so far as to say that many di‘ficulties were, of course, concerned with the project but that the erection of such a platform was “only a question ct time.” He predicted that within a few decades such » space platform would be in operation. , This prediction follows other flat statements by : ‘w= tists.that.space platforms are practical concepts, and bat the erection of such platforms is only a matter of time. | ) There are varying predictions as to the usefulness of such platforms, but it is generally acknowledged that establishment of such platforms would increase man’s un- derstanding of the Universe tremendously, because ob- servations from such a space platform would reveal per- haps ten times as much information as scientists are able to gather on the surface of this earth. To all those who say that the day of adventure and of opportunity is lost, we hold out the statements of scien- tists concerning space platforms and, space exploration. The age of adventure is just dawning! Congressmen and Senators are now beginning to ex- plain. The pennant races will soon reach a stage where every game counts. One trouble with the world is that there are too many people who do no wogk. Syngman Rhee is ready to start another war, as long as we will do most of the job. It’s not money that causes so much trouble, but the misconception that a lot of it can be had for nothing. What has happened to the historical moving picture that was produced from history accurately in every de- tail? ; We are in favor of every male animal serving his time in the military services, even though physical disabil- ity limits his role in the service. The experts who said no one would ever run a four- minute mile recently saw two runners crack that timc in the same race, which proves that the human race marches on. : s re Crossword Puzzle ACROSS — 32. Meanings ' 1. Kind of meat 34. Princely 4. Levantine Italian sailing family 35. Votes for 37, Vegetable ' le 38. Dry 39. Sign of the zodiac 40. Move sidewise 42, Winter precipitation 45. State of the Union 49, As it stands: musical 50. Merit | 61. Baseball team 52. Electrified particle 81.Epic poetry 58. Sea eagles UABEPIEIN) ISM SIF AIT VARESITIONLIE! MIOIUISIEIR} EMOMWINE IO 6. Native 7. Talk 8. Not so much 9. Bitter vetch Yalor 10. Interjection 2.Inaline 11. Small mound 3. State ofthe 17. Evening: Union poetic 4. Took achair 19. Shaft of a feather 22. Employ 24, State of the Union - 33. Addition to a house 36. Small oblong ki IT’S ONLY SKIN DEEP, MEN WE GERMANY PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which sre considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fines stig St we Fd asad and write on ene von “Sc paper '. ‘ture wri ust accompany letters and will be published unless requested otherwise.” SHE CALLS IT DICTATORSHIP Editor, The Citizen: I see by the August 26 paper where’ plans are being made to put a five per cent tax 3] our electric bills, for both civilians and Navy personnel, Aren’t our electric bills high enough? They exceed any amount paid in other states as I am Navy and have been many places. We in the Navy are here today and gone tomorrow. So we pay the tax for a year to help build a swimming pool and ‘then we are transferred, never to’ put a foot into that pool in which our money went. Does this make sense? We do not have voting privileges so why should we be forced to pay for a pool for visitors. Dictatorship I call it. NAVY WIFE HE GETS A BIG LAUGH Editor, The Citizen: Ho! Ho! Oh! My sides are aching from so much laughter. Over what? Well, you.see, I was born an American citizen, later was in the Navy, and now I am enjoying civilian life again. The “American Citizen” serial, which has been ap- pearing in your People’s Forum, is the funniest hair-pull- ing story I’ve read in a long time. I get a bigger “charge” because I can see the plot from a civilian viewpoint and from that of a Navy man. It is beyond a doubt the silliest thing I have read in a long time. One woman is pushed off the sidewalk by S. P.’s. Another reports so many of her friends came down with indigestion when they read another woman’s honest opinions. Still another person feels that store clerks should deduct all city, county, and Florida (and I assume any state) taxes from purchases she makes — simply because she happens to live on a government reservation. Oh! My aching sides. LEX. UTILITY TAX PROTESTED Editor, The Citizen: > Again the government residents are facing a tax we --- «vv going to get any benefit from. We have our own pools and beaches. We think the city commissioners are making another step toward driving the Navy families away. We pay a state sales tax for housing when we are not considered in the city or state. We certainly agree with “Another American Citizen” in the August 26 Forum, “It’s time for housecleaning.” A few residents of Peary Court. MRS. FRED CLARK MRS. JOE MONTORSE MRS. G. W. HOLDER WHOSE DOG IS IT? Editor, The Citizen: May I use your column in your worthy paper as a channel of communication to a person on Staples Avenue whose name and house number I do not recall? This family lost a dear little black dog and adver- tised for him several months ago. I would know that pretty little dog anywhere, as I used to see him'every day as I went dow Staples Ave- nue on my way to work. 32 . Well, a week or more ago, I was walking on Petronia Street on my way to attend services in the Gospel Taber- aacle on that street when I saw that little dog. I am so positive that is the dog, I would eat my hat if some pne proves differently. I Mf in the 1400 block when a stringy youth, about Key West In Days Gone By September 1, 1934 In an effort to raise funds to attend the Legion National Con- vention in Miami, the local post of American Legion will sponsor an all-day picnic at the Athletic Club Monday. Waterfowl hunters in Key West will have to buy a stamp from the local postoffice if they are to hunt legally this year, City Ordinance No. 300, prohibit- ing tipping in this city, went into effect today, making this the only ordained “‘tipless” city in the United States. x *k *& September 1, 944 Police cooperation in the collec- tion of delnquent cty occupatonal licenses was advanced today by a member of the City Council who is directly concerned with the police department. He is Council- man Leonard B. Grillon, chairman of the public safety committee, which has jurisdiction over the police and fire departments, Postal receipts continued to show a large gain during August over the same month last year, Acting Postmaster Hollon Bervaldi an- nounced today. Announcement was made recent- ly by Coach R. H. Stone from his summer home in South Carolina that Harold Haskins, 16 years old, 1944 graduate of Key West High School, had been awarded a scholarship to Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta to play basketball. The cattle egref, a member of the heron family native to Spain, Afri- ca and the warmer regions of As- ia, has recently migrated to the United States, A Navy friend of ours, during a discussion of the vast amount of maintenance his ship requires, reealled this statement attributed to Admiral Chester Nimitz: “A ship is always referred to|loosé marijuai as ‘she’ because it costs so much to keep her in powder and paint.” x* * The Overseas Highway, in the wake of several fatal accidents— 14 persons have lost their lives there this year—is fast gaining a reputation as a death trap. We've heard more than one per- son express considerable distress over the fact that they had to drive to Miami. People are becoming afraid of the highway. Actually, Key West’s safety re- cord compares favorable with other counties in the state. , But, the accident rate is mount- ing. What is the answer? An in- creased highway patrol? Four- laning the highway? I really don’t know. Do you? x** * POTPOURRI: City Commissioner Lou Carbonell, one of the city’s most rabid baseball fans, has been nominated for a post on a Florida Chamber of Commerce baseball committee. The group will work to secure. more major league training camps for the state. Now that’s something Key West could use. ..WARNING TO KEY WEST MOTHERS: Caution your children against accepting gifts of cig- arettes or candy from strangers. It may be dope. Think we are a exaggerating. So did one of our This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb Let’s turn the column over to Muriel Bender of the National Sa- fety Council today. The following Coin Safety and why the Key Went i wi 'y We: Safety Council is stressing the slo- gan: ‘Watch Out For Kids!” HE COULDN'T HELP IT By Muriel Bender Staff, Operation Safety —This is an account of a le accident that occurred in the city of Chicago, on the block in. which the writer resides. A little boy on our block got hit by a car early Jast evening. It seems he ran out into the street from between two parked cars. We'd never actually seen the vic- tim of a traffic accident, although we'd read and written plenty about them, so we joined the rest of the curiosity - seekers to have a look. He lying in the street, cover- ed by a blanket brought by one of the neighbors. It wasn’t a pretty sight. He was just a little kid, and the blood on his Saag and teeth made us a little But luckizy, it appeared that he wasn't too seriously injured, for as 14 o 15, came rushing out from behind a shabby look- ing residence and ran after the little creature. He jerked him by a chain which is fastened around his neck, with no collar, and spoke very harshly to him dragging'him in behind the building. I could see by his actions and tone of voice and by the chain cutting the poor little animal’s neck that there was no love given it. I believe if the Staples Avenue people who own and ... Ear To The Ground By JIM COBB critics last year when this column told of an impending dope raid. Two weeks after we wrote it, a man was arrested in a local trail- er park—and 25 marijuana cig- arettes along with a quantity of na was confiscated— Federal agents have the situation under surveillance. Remember, it is a favorite device of dope push- ers to cultivate teenage (or even younger) children. It could hap- pen here. . .Add dope dept.: The sheriff's department _ recently chartered a boat to check an is- olated Key—where they heard marijuana was being cultivated. No dope, . .Our Paris correspond- ent has it that Bill Fain, III, novelist and bon vivant of the ultra-social New York and Green- wich Fains, is considering a Key West visit. During the season, of course . . . My Red Shaw! tells me that the Fallow Nortons are also bound for Key West... Duke Jordon, the public’ re- lations counsel (he handles Orange Bowl publicity) was in the city for a visit Sunday. . . Stewart Hatch, whose father is former U. S. Sen. Hatch of Hatch Act fame is now living in New York after a sojurn of many years in Mexico where he operated a saloon... These planning the huge celebra- tion to mark the start of Key West-Cuba ferry operations are slightly worried these days—that rain may mar the occasion, The rainy season is with us, as you may have noticed. . CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE DEPT.: Sailors from the USS Wilkie are responsible for the “cussing fund” set up in a Duval St. bistro. They are on a self improvement kick, one of them told me. . .Football fever is gripping the city—have you bought your séason ticket yet? | a iched. he was talking to tho was leaning over * . -But I couldn’t it, mom, The ball rolled in the street.” We hope with all our ueart that ‘every motorist in that crowd heard what that child said. He couldn't help it — his bali rolled into the street. Because we're sure he meant every word he was saying. Children’s work is tueir play, psychologists tell us. It’s perfectly natural for a small child to get completely engrossed in his play. In fact, that little boy may have been totally unaware of the fact that he had run into the street — because his ball was in that street. He had no time to look first to see if there was a car coming. He was much too busy with his game, Big Social Security Bill ToBe Signed FRASER, Colo. “#—President Eisenhower’ planned to sign inte |law today. the big bill to extend the social security program and increase both "benefits and Pay- ments. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the chief executive would approve the mea- sure, one which he urged Con- gress to enact, at his vacation ranch here. , The bill, the last major legisla- tion passed by the 83rd. Congress, increases present and future bene- fits, boosts taxes to foot the bills and extends coverage of the sys- tem to 10 million additional per- sons. The higher benefit checks for 6% million persons now on the rolls will go out in early October, a month before the fall elections. Republicans make no bones of their expectation of reaping a po- litical profit from the measure. But Democrats in Congress contended the voters would not forget their pay geen the social security system 20 years ago and has fought to expand it. ip: All the five million retired per- sons now on the social security rolls will get 2 minimum increase of $5 a month effective with stheir September check. The average Payment for these persons is ex- Pected to go up $6 to about $57, The 1% million survivors and depend- ents will receive Proportionate raises. The benefit formulas are re- written so that future benefits will increase considerably. For in- stance, the maximum payment for an individual will be $108.50 in- Stead of $85 as at present, For a ae glee! maximum will be i jad of the present The salary tax base will from $3,600 to $4,200 yearly ettect. ive next Jan. 1. Thus an individual earning $4,200 or more a year will have to pay $12 in additiogal, taxes starting in 1955; his employ- er Sa do the same, For. self employed persons earning at least $4,200, the tax boost will be $18, The 2 per cent rate for employed ' workers and the 3 per cent rate for self-employed do not change until 1960. The new compulsory coverage Provided in the bill will extend to {3,600,000 farm operators, 2,100,000 farm hands, 100,000 engineers, j architects, accountants and under- 10,000 home workers and 50,000 Persons in the fishing industry. Voluntary coverage is provided for 3,600,000 state and local gov- ernment workers who must de- cide in referendums whether they wish to come in, 260,000 ministers and Christian Science practition- ers, and 100,000 American citizens employed outside the United States by foreign subsidiaries of Ameri- can companies. UMW Welfare Fund Increases WASHINGTON ( — The United Mine Workers welfare fund report- ed last night that the discontinu- ance of two emergency programs helped it to amass a surplus of 1% million dollars in the year ended June 30. This compares with a defi- cit of 7% million dollars for the preceding year. The discontinued programs pro- vided temporary maintenance for ” widows and orphans and special maintenance for families of miners undergoing rehabilita- That’s why we would like to set | tion. forth here the premise that the at morally far more responsible than the child—who, motorist’s maturity made him res- ponsible for the safety of the child. We know the youngster had no right to dash out into the street from between parked cars. We know that any court of law would probably absolve he motorist from any legal responsibility. But we don’t think that telling himself “it was the kid's fault” is going to help that motorist any. We don’t believe his conscience will accept this explanation so easily. May we ask every motorist. in Key West and Monroe County to begin today paying closer atten- tion to the signs that warn “‘Chil- dren Near”. . .signs such as resi- dential streets, parks, playgrounds, schools, childish shouts and laugh- ter, toys, wagons, bicycles in evi- dence. Each of these signs cau- tions: Please—a little less speed eS -a little more alertness. . .a lit- more understanding of the im- pulsiveness of children, TELEVISION SALES AND SERVICE 115 WHITEHEAD STREET TELEPHONE 2.2449 love this little creature would inquire at some of the resi- dences between Pearl and Florida Streets, they could claim this canine member of their family. MRS. J. F. JOHNSON City. LOVES KEY WEST Editor, The Citizen: We are about to leave Key West after being here for six years, We love the town and the real citizens. Thank you for the services you have given us from time to time. Have always enjoyed “The Citizen.” We go to Green Cove Springs now for two years and then out. The Lord has always provided for us, so we'll make out. Our best always, MRS. HENRY Sea Wall Trailer Pa: ELMAN, os FIRST IN TV $ 95 PROMPT YAGI INSTALLATION TAX EXPERT Look, ING — BANK RA’ _— EXTRAS SERVICE — REALONABLE nares COMPARE, THEN BUY DUMONT! 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