The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 21, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 = THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 4 Thursday, October 21, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published e id daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher . 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ART! Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The meeriaied rene Se exer entitled to use. for luction dispat oe not otherwise eredlted in this ager. sed se tie ioc eee ab a Member Associate Dailies of Florida : Subscription (by carrier), 2c per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an oper forum and invites discussion of public issues and of tocal subjects or a interest, but it will not publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ‘WEATHER IS SO FICKLE YOU CAN’T BE SURE ABOUT WHAT IT WILL DO “It’s Supposed to Be Warmer Today,” a headline in The Citizen said last Monday. But whether it was warm- er or cooler, you may be sure that the weather pleased some people and displeased others. " You may be sure also that old time Key Westers were pleased, and many newcomers also, because they know that the kind of weather we had had since Hazel scurried northward was not conducive to the creation of a hurricane. The old saying that we never have a hurricane after a norther is not entirely true. It all depends on the nature of the norther. Sometimes in the fall, or just before the beginning of the fall, we have winds that blow from the north that are dlmost as warm’as those that come from any other point of the compass. The reason for northers in thosé instances is due to variable or shifting winds that pass across the.north from the northwest. But if the wind backs from the northeast to the north, or a cold blast comes down the country from Canada, as a rule first blowing from the northwest to the north, then we have what we can really call a norther, as was the wind in the early part of the week. You might have read or heard, the day after Hazel ick the Carolinas, that there. was a trough in the cen- NO FAIRY TALE Prime Minister Ali Heads Home (French Depl , f |With Pledge Of Increased Aid (Corruption Of WASHINGTON #—Prime Minis- ter Mohammed Ali of Pakistan heads home today to shore up his own political position—apparently taking with him a pledge of in- creased American aid for his coun- try. Present U.S. military and eco- nomic assistance to Pakistan, a strategic country in the East-West chain of anti-Communist alliances, amounts to about 52 million dollar a year. Ali was reported to have won American agreement to increase this by possibly 50 per cent or more. Ali had planned to leave Wash- ington today for a two-day visit in Canada. But he called off that trip yesterday, so as to get back home two dave earlier than his previous schedule. Authorities said the unstable po- litical situation at Karachi un- doubtedly was back of this unusu- al change in plans. They said emphasis in the talks here has been on building up eco- nomic assistance to Pakistan. it has been running this year at a rate of 27 million dollars compared with about 23 million in the fis. cal year which ended last June 30. The current arms aid was un- officially reported at approximate. ly 25 million. Indications were that these totals would probably be — to above 40 million dollars e IT JUST DIDN’T SEEM POSSIBLE IDABEL, Okla. ()—After seven straight girls, Mrs. Joe Herron has given birth to a son, thereby pre- cipitating a family. crisis. The parents had picked a girl’s name for the baby before birth ad not. bothered to think up a boy’s name. They were stumped. daughters are locked in over a possible name. eee SN | DA AA Dah bb bd bAAA bd bbe bA bab baer babar aal The Ground By JIM COBB tral Caribbean that had not yet been characterized a8 a | s#asaeeesessenseseessseesenesraaeesea; SL ! “suspicious area,” but was “well worth watching.” How- ever, there was no further news of the trough, for the norther had dissipated it. Nobody knows for sure, even after we have a real norther; tat it is the end of the hurricane season. The |® Weather Bureau places the season’s end at November 15, or at least it discontinues its vigilant watch for hurricanes on that date. But we had a hurricane, that is, in the far- away areas where they are hatched, as late as December 1. Our reliable weatherman, Sam Goldsmith, knows that weather is the most fickle thing in the world, so he is carefyl to add, “Indications are.” It was that phrase, re- garding the warmer weather that had been indicated, that led to The Citizen’s running its boxed story on the front page. The “warmer weather” predicted didn’t ma- . terialize, in the way we consider the term “warmth.” Some Key Westers said it was just as cool the day after the forecast as it was on the day the forecast was made. The same thing applied to the velocity of the wind. Indications were it would decrease, and small craft warn- ings in the Florida Straits were taken down for a short time and had to be put up again. The only thing certain we know about the weather is that Key West is frost-free and has the most equable climate in the United States, as the late publisher of The Citizen, L. P. Artman once proved to the late William Jennings Bryan, who said Miami has the most equable climate in this country. . any se F g Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 7. Upset 8. Variety 9. Beard of grain 10. Turn right 11. Olden times 11. Rocky point yan iteeae | E : al SSS Py ss The irrepressible Conch Shelley has come up with this bit of verse on a subject very familiar to all of us. He terms it “Shaggy Dog- Here’s the questipn of the hoi ur, Will fluoride contaminate Old Sour? If fluoride’s as bad as some think, then All of us will die of drink. But those agin it can avoid a fuss By joining fluoride anonymous. Conch Shelley. x &k * We have devoted a lot of space in these columns to the question of fluoridation. But we have neglected to men- tion, among other things, a pro- gram new to Key West which one day will undoubtedly play a great part in saving lives. I’m speaking of the Walking Blood Donor program sponsored by the Monroe County Blood Bank Committee. They have set up shop in Lou’s Radio and Appliance Store on Du- val St., and are typing blood of volunteers daily from 4:30 to 6 .m. r Response from Key Westers for the first few days of the program has been slow, probably due to the fact that they aren’t exactly sure of what the program amounts to. The idea is to set up a central file listing the blood types of as many local residents as can be persuaded to participate. Then, if the occasion arises when you may want to give blood to help an ill friend or relative, there will be no delay in ascertaining your blood type. The file will be kept by the Monroe County Health Depart- ment and the police department will have access to it for emergen- cies. I stopped up to Lou’s Tuesday to see what was going on. There was an efficient staff of volunteer reg- istered nurses on hand to adminis- ter the tests—which take just a couple of minutes. The need for the Walking Blood Donor plan was pointed up by nurse Catherine McDermott when she told me that only last Saturday there was a dangerously ill pa- tient at Monroe General Hospital who needed a transfusion of a par- ticular type of blood immediately. It was necessary for physicians to check the blood of 12 persons before the correct type was found and valuable minutes were lost. With a central file, like the one the Walking Blood Donor program has planned, the whole procedure would have required no time at all. Those in charge of the program feel that the slow response is due to the fact that Key Westers be- lieve they are being asked to give blood at the test station. That isn't the case—they ask on- Jy that you stop by and submit to the simple test so that your blood type will be on the record and in the event you wish to give blood in the future, your type will be known to them. The program is being sparked by Bob Daniels, who worked tire- lessly in setting up the highly suc- cessful American Legion Blood Bank program here. He’s also ac- tive in American Cancer Society activities. So, let’s insure the success of Bob’s new venture and hie our- selves up to Lou’s to have that test made. As we said, it takes only a minute. x * *& Even though the city commission j has decided that the Truman Ave. widening project is not feasible, I hope that they haven’t forgotten that they’ve still got $50,000 com- ing from the state road department for the project. Why don’t they use it for a par- tial widening job on Truman Ave., say from White St. to Palm Ave.? I believe that Truman Ave. in that area is 50 feet wide. The side- walks are about 10 feet wide. Now, ours is no longer a pedes- trian society—couldn’t the side- walks there be cut to five feet so we could have a 60-foot right-of- way? It would be a start. And our des- cendants will thank us for it—30 years hence. By Bill Spillman Is Key West'a progressive town? Sometimes, I have my doubts. Take for example, the case in which residents of south Florida towns can purchase homes with a low down payment. This is a feat virtually impossible in Key West. A friend of mine explained that it was because of a lack of land in Key West. I am ‘not so sure that this is the reason. There are plenty of vacant lots in Key West | ed including 665 acres of un-subdivid- ed property. True, most of this land needs filling. Most of the lots just under the 5,000 square feet minimum required by the FHA and private loan agencies for homes. One of the first steps in build- ing a home is to buy a lot. If you have looked for a lot in Key West you will\find that they run from about $2,000 to 15,000 in residence areas. It would seem to me that the reasoning behind the lack of de- veloping land and homesteads in Key West for people in the $300 a month income bracket is very ba- sie. Key West in my estimation is noted for having low Values set on property for tax purposes. This is very good for the large property owner. It &llows him to hold vast areas of land with low taxes until a high sale price can be obtained. Perhaps if a fair value was plac- ed-on this idle easth its sales would fall along the path of utilitarian philosophy. This is not to criticize the tactics of the job of anyone. Private work- ing salaries in Key West are. not, by any means, the highest in the nation. However property prices item value rate is in the highest category. A definite balance is nee Surely, there is reasoning behind the fact that private money does not come into Key West as it does in other South Florida towns, A Prominent Key Wester told me that our Island could not be compared with another city. “We have Island thinking here,” he said. I am not an advocate of public housing. However, as it now stands we will be needing more housing units like the George Allen and Porter projects before long. Instead of seeing more housing projects being built, I would favor seeing the development of private homes that could be purchased by low income families with a small down payment. Perhaps some of our so called protectors of the poor and old peo- ple should put their efforts behind a proposal to let the average citi- zen start paying for their own homes, Threat To Thai Security Told BANGKOK — The Bangkok Post, an American-edited daily, Says that Thailand’s intern- al security is threatened by the Presence in Cambodia of a 4,000- man Vietminh-led group and an uncertain element among 300,000 Chinese there. The newspaper quoted Brig. Gen. Chamras Manthukanond, Thai minister to Cambodia, as say- ing the 4,000 operate as “free Cambodians” from a base south of Battambang province near the Thai border. They reportedly get their orders direct from the Com- munist Vietminh, who now occupy |the northern half of Viet Nam, DONKEY BEAUTY | SOUGHT IN COLO. . DENVER (#®—The Young Demo- crats of Colorado are looking for the “prettiest donkey in the state” \to display at a $7.50-a-plate party dinner here Saturday night. ’ President Alex Keller said the |group will pay $5 each for the ‘first four female @amkaye delivered. PEOPLE’S FORUM of the views % ENJOYED VISIT HERE Editor, The Citizen: It is a slow day up here today, and I’ve time to drop a note telling how pleasant it was for me to meet you when I was in Key West recently. You made me feel right at home as you took me around your progressing shop, and I felt as if I had found a new friend. I wish you every success as you modernize and ex- pand The Citizen, and I hope your health and enjoyment increase right along with the paper. With kindest personal regards, I am Yours most cordially, LOYAL COMPTON HE LIKES US Editor, The Citizen: I really enjoy my Key West Citizen. I enjoy read- ing it even though I have not lived in my house in Key West for 18 months. The editing and news coverage is superb. Please extend my congratulations to your entire force. Hope to be down by Christmas this year at 909 United Street. Kindest regards, COL. LEWIS A. MILLS Savannah, Georgia” THANKS EXPRESSED Editor, The Citizen: District Twenty-five Florida State Nurses’, Associa- tion, wishes to publicly express their deepest apprecia- tion to The Citizen staff, Key West Merchants, theaters, and the general public for their unanimous response which was responsible for the successful observance of National Nurse Week. Sincerely, MILDRED I. NASON, R. N. Secretary. WARM FEELING FOR KEY WEST Mrs. Sue Jones The Key West Citizen Key West, Florida I enjoyed meeting and chatting with you at the Kickoff Breakfast on Friday morning and particularly wanted to thank you for the nice treatment which you gave us in the story of the event. . There is a very warm spot in my heart for Key West and its people and I quite often buy The Citizen to keep up with what is happening. If I can ever be of any service here in the Mianii area, I hope that you will be sure to call on me, Very cordially yours, H. T. SHULENBERGER Attorney at Law SYMPATHY TO EX-CHURCH MEMBERS Editor, The Citizen: While we are on the beautiful subject of religion in your friendly little Forum, let me express my sympathy to the three ex-church members for their grievous ex- perience with their pastor. It is indeed deplorable that such men masquerade as men of God. Back in the hills of Kentucky we had such a fellow. He had a big cigar in his mouth most of the time, Can you picture our blessed Savior smoking or drinking? It was pretty hard for us to believe this man was sincere. So I understand how the three ex-church members felt when the preacher belittled his high profession by saying he would besover to “shoot the bull.” Had he only said he would be over for a “word of prayer” he would doubtless have three happy church members instead of three ex-church members. We are all human and have our frailties, but we like to be able to look up to our pastor, to consider him a little above the common herd. So do not be discouraged, you who signed yourselves ex-church members. Forget your past experience and be- come affiliated with one of our fine churches here in Key West, as I did. P : A Happy Church Member MISS ANNIE ASHTON Stock Island Trailer Park | el a “Ti legal. It is in “Weekend” has because it has a recreation that “ misses. as3e8 $ Eas i it an I { gE fi bia j is $4 af