The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 17, 1954, Page 4

@ege@ = THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, December 17, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) from Thi i: ildi Greene and Ann Streets. is es tatizenyBuliding, xcornersat Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher .............. NORMAN D. ARTMAN oc ssssessesseese .. Business Manager You Can Slap Her Back In New York NEW YORK (#—If a woman slaps a man, he can slap her back. So fuled Magistrate William E. Ringel Wednesday in dismissing a sault charges brought against Wil- lis Yan Nosdall, 36, by Mrs. Lee A Grain Of Salt Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-5662 OO Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it cake jetherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news pub- s ere, Member Associate Dailies of Florida DOSES ORE iit ee | Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $13.20; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ———— 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. BUSINESS UPTURN WIDELY PREDICTED The latest survey, conducted by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc., shows that a majority of business executives expect an increase in sales in the first quarter of 1955. Over fifty per cent of the executives queried expected higher sales in the forthcoming quarter and over forty per cent expected larger net profits. Lower sales were expected by only about thirteen per cent of those polled. Another significant result of the survey is the expectation — by a majority of the business executives queried — for larger inventories in the next quarter. The reduction in inventories by businesses has been one of the contributing factors to the recessionary period of the last twelve months. It is only fair to report here, however, that a larger number of replies expected no ap- preciable change in inventories than the number express- ing the belief that inventories would increase. An encouraging result of the inquiry is the statement of many business men that they will add to their work forces next year, while a lesser percentage say they will reduce employment. Altogether then, this suvey of busi- ness executives forecasts better business conditions in the first quarter of 1955. In view of the fact that over a thousand executives participated in this survey, the views expressed are of considerable significance and are reason for an optim- istic outlook for business in 1955. U. S. RADAR POSTS IN CANADA Following up talks between the two governments last September 27th, the United States and Canada recently announced that the United States would construct and : finance an early warning radar listening line across the Canadian Artic. The line will be known as the DEW line, and is designed to alert the defenses of both the United States and Canada as early as possible in the event of enemy bomber attacks over the Polar routes. The line is expected to cover some 3,000 miles within the Arctic Circle, and its cost has been variously estimated at figures ranging from $200,000,000 to $1,000,000,- 000. The Canadian Government has undertaken to build another warning line, which would be about an hour’s jet- flight time south of the DEW line. This would give both countries a double warning system, which would pre- sumably afford foolproof protection against surprise atomic attack from over the Arctic regions. * The radar picket line is a necessity, not a luxury, for the people of the United States. The existence of it may some day save the lives of a million people, or more. Re- cent tests have shown that a surprisingly large percentage of the population of even the largest cities can be evacuat- ed from key industrial targets with several hours’ notice. If this notice is cut down to considerably less, it would be impossible for many of these people to be evacu- ated. The announcement that the DEW line would be built and financed by the United States, then, is inevitable and it is to be hoped it will be constructed with all possible speed. They’re 10 Years Old By JOY MILLER HOLLIS, N.Y. (# — The Cirmi- nello quads are 10 years old now, | and four nicer, noisier, more nor- ; mal youngsters you couidn’t find | anywhere. | Maureen, Eileen, Kathleen and| Michael live with their parents, | Joseph and Kathleen Cirminello, | in a two-story gray stucco house jin this pleasant residential com- munity in Queens, Long Island. Their life is bounded by Queens | public school 134 five biocks away, the neighborhood Methodist church jand evenings of homework, tele- | vision and devoted parents. To them the publicity surround- ling their birth in a Philadelphia | hospital Nov. 1, 1944, is apparently | | just as interesting as the adven- jtures of Donald Duck, their only comic book—and not a whit more personal. All are good looking, thin young- sters, with straight, dark brown 'hair and bright brown eyes. Mi- chael has a spatter of freckles | across his nose. Shortly after 3 p.m., on any schoolday except Thursday, which is when the Girl Scout and Cub Scouts meet, the blue front door | bursts open and the four children clatter in. | Mrs. Cirminello, the former |Kathleen Virginia Hatcher, of Ok- jmulgee, Okla., is a pretty, dark- haired, placid woman who can be fund and objective at the same| time. i | “I have a headache all the time} |they’re home,” she says as a mat-) ter of unregretted fact. ‘“‘So help | me, it starts when they come home and it stops when they go to bed: |They get rowdier and louder every year.” T It took a member of The Key West Safety Council and an offi- cer of the Key West Police Force at that, to make the headlines re- garding S-D Day accidents. At the next meeting of the Council I’m going to make a motion that Lionel Soriano be presented with a gold- plated “eight ball.” Municipal Civil Service Robert Valdez, member of the Key West Civil Service Board, has | worked long and hard on the new regulations to be put into effect by the City. He has done a fine job. The next question is — will the new rules be foltowed? Our municipal civil service has been more or less of a joke ever since it was inaugurated, Em- ployees could and have, worked for years on a temporary basis. They were denied ‘the privilege of vacations, sick leave, retirement, ete. Cirminello Quads Make Life Interesting his Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb Civil Service Board members years ago. Joe Fernandez Appointment of Joe Fernandez to the Civil Service Board should also provide a much needed ‘shot-in-the- arm’ to that outfit. Joe is a hard worker, he knows the needs of Key West, and insofar as I’ve been able to: judge, he is willing to as- sume the responsibility of his ac- tions. We need guys like him in public life. ‘! Only One Week Left time next week. Do you think you'll be alive? It would be sort of rough | wouldn’t it, to leave your children | to face an orphan’s Christmas — or | to kill someone else and give an- other family sorrow as a present? The way we've been slaughtering fclks on the highway, that is ex- j actly what is likely to happen. Why |not give ‘‘Safety” for Christmas? Be courteous in your driving — be patient — if you drink, don’t drive i and let's make this holiday sea- son glorious for all. Live and let | live! It will be Christmas .Eve — this | And as for securing a job, the | ; examining procedure suppose to be | | followed by the Board, has been | | absolutely ignored. It wasn’t what | | you knew but who you knew that } Be Safe-Be Seen By Bill Spillman After giving the Garrison Bight proposal serious thought, I have lost some of my anxiety. To begin with, something strikes me as not being just right and fair for the city to lease choice yacht harbor property and water to build, in addition to docks, stores, res- taurants and other profiting con- cessions that will hurt business al- ready paying taxes and operating in the city. My personal feelings are, the city is perfectly justified if the lease is for the man to build piers and a yacht clubhouse to rent dock space, etc. But to go beyond that and allow stores to be constructed over the water of the Bight to work in competition with people who are paying high rents, taxes, or |have paid for expensive property, is not exactly morally right. There is property across the bou- levard that can be used for store spaces — but then, it is not owned by the city. I dare say that if any of our merchants in town had a few hun- dred thousand dollars, they would be glad to develop Garrison Bight to put up a few stores. I would be the last to say that anyone should interfere with the Bight’s development, Also I think that the more stores in town, the merrier, the more competition, the lower the prices, etc. However fair’s fair. As it now stands in Garrison Bight, we have a yacht club but no space for yachts. It is a matter of getting yachts to come to Key West, I am to!d | that minimum - type 100-foot fin- ger piers can be built for about | $2,000 each. I am told also that the bottom - dredging will pay for itself by selling Na ne ae Rental on the docks would pay construction costs in a short time. From last reports, the city had over $20,000 on hand for the Bight's development. It could be used to put in piers where water and elec- tricity are available to the visiting yachtsman. A man Said recently that if Key West had facilities for 75 to 100 yachts, it could become the yacht metropolis of Florida. I say that if we had space for at least one yacht it would be a miracle. There has been talk for the de- velopment of the yacht basin going around for the last several years. | If we had three 100 - foot piers, it, would be enough space to ac-| commodate about 15 yachts. Even if half the space was rented at 10 cents per foot-day, the income wold be about $600 monthly. There is a lot of truth in saying that we must crawl before we can walk. It is at least time to be put on the floor. CORAL DUST — Jack Delaney the other night at a Jaycee meet- ing said that in line with a forth- coming project he would like to of- fer his services — Before he could finish his statement, a member cut | in and said that he would be glad to have him act has Santa Claus. Delaney was thinking of the} fishing tournament project. —Guests of the old folks home are in for a treat when Cub Scouts of Pack 251 invite them to their party this Friday. —There is some talk going around that Dr. Campbell is too progres- sive for this archaic system. | Says | NEW YORK #—Are you a last- minute brooder? Do you wait until 1955 actually begins before you start brooding about all the wrong things you did in 1954? Well, why “keep putting .it off? Why not be an early. brooder? There are still some good brooding days left before the, first of Janu- ary. Why not do..your. brooding now, and. avoid the. late season: rush? ine : {t is this habit of postponing his brooding that ruins.the post-holi- day period for many an average man. is He wakes up on New Year's much partying the night before, takes a look at himself in a mirror, then crawls back into bed, mutter- ing to himself: “Boy, what a louse I’ve been all year!”” His 12-month collection of con- once, and he writhes in mental self-torment. His mind is crowded -Hal Boyle morning, feeling the effects of too! science pangs strikes him all at) Meanwhile he is pretty grim company for other members of the | house, and the kids keep asking: “Mama, what’s the matter with Daddy? Did somebody, give him a new ulcer for Christmas?” The way to avoid this situation is to start your year-end brooding right now. But don’t do it all at once. Space it out. You can begin gradually. Just brood 5 to 10 minutes a day until you feel you are getting the hang of it. Too much sudden brooding, like too much sudden exercise, is bad for anybody, and particularly bad | for people over 40. ! One easy way to get into the swing of it is to start off by brooding over all the wrong things | you did yourself. But, of course, to do a thorough, | | all-around job of brooding you} Noble, 26. She claimed Van Nosdall hit back after she slapped him during an argument in a restaurant. Asserting no one would bring assault charges if a man struck back at another, the magistrate asked if a man had the right to hit back at a woman. “I suppose the courtiers of the Victorian age would say no,” he said. “But as a matter of law, we can say the sexes are equal, with equal treatment for all sexes. I think the same rule has to apply in this case. Charge dismissed.” Key West In Days Gone By December 17, 1934 Another contingent of approxi- mately 300 veterans are enroute to Lower Matecumbe and are expect- ed to arrive in a few days, possibly Wednesday. An intensive program of rehabi- litation is going on today and has been for several days on the tennis courts at the Casa Marina. Kak ete December 17, 1944 (Sunday, No Paper) BIG TAKE ON TREES MONTREAL (#—Canadians are exporting Christmas trees to the United States at a rate expected to net more than five million dol- lars before the season ends. A check by Canadians indicates a quarter to a third of the trees on sale south of the border are cut |in this country. |HE'LL TAKE HER JOB OGALLALA, Neb. (® — Sheriff | Boyd Harris of Keith County is going to take over his wife's job as deputy sheriff. The newly elect- ed sheriff, Wayne Elliott, said to- day he would make Harris his deputy when he takes office Jan.&. Mrs. Harris has been’ serving as her husband’s deputy since Nov.1. Says— So many folks have been asking me about the ferry to Cuba that I made the trip over there last Wed- nesday just to be able to answer their questions. | can’t treat it like a one-way street. If you don't brood back over your) own mistakes, you’re only doing | half the job, and you're missing | the real scientific value of brood- | Biggest objection that I can see is the length of time it takes to cover such a short distance. Of course, I’m not a fair judge be- cause I was not on a vacation with Joseph Cirminello is an account-| entitled a man or woman to go| A “ 3 ing. ant investigator with the Securi- | to work for the City. I seriously | The main thing is to buckle down | care for boats. with the memories of all the ways | plenty of leisure time. Nor do I he has let down himself, his boss, Crosswo ACROSS 1, Bass horn 5. Goddess of dawn 8. Pieces out 12. Burden 13. Mineral spring 14, Ostrich 15. Title 16. Young goat 17. City in Indiana 18. Parent 19. India Poetic 20. Correct collog 31 Request 23. Moham medan 1 25. Doctrine 28. Hands on hips 30. And not 32. Myself 33. Hindu princess Puzzle 34. Inferior black tea 36. Part of the Bible: abbr. 37. Pester 42. 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Conjunc tion 54. 24 hours ties and Exchange Commission, He | doubt if this condition will be was working in Philadelphia with| changed even now. » {the commssion and living in Upper; In the final analysis, our City Darby, Pa., when the quads. their) Commissioners are responsible for only children, were born to his 30-| the proper workings of the Civil year-old wife. Thev moved to Arl-| Service Board. They would be los lington, Va., in 1948, and here four! ing a powerful political weapon if years. ago. | they lost the opportunity to dictate “Before they came,” she re-) employment procedure, however. recalls, “I used to think two) Regardless of the outcome of the | would be about the right number] present regulations, Robert Val- lef children. But you get used to|dez has proven his loyalty and in- \fcur. The doctor didn’t want to| terest in his work and should be |worry me, so he told me I would) congratulated. He has done a job have twins.” | which should have been done vy Since the quads’ weights at birth } AT | NIGHT | WEAR | WHITE | marteman! eaveee ranged from 2 pounds 14 ounces | to 3'2 pounds, their health has/ been a constant consideration. “They’ve always been thin and wiry and with lots of stamina,” Mrs. Cirminello says. ‘The last day of every month I line them up and weigh and measure them. They weigh from 54 to 59 pounds, and Maureen, the tallest. is 54% | inches. Kathleen was the smallest at birth and still is, but she’s healthy. Eileen wants to be a secretary, Maureen a nurse and Kathleen “a mother like Mama.” Michael is all set to be a doctor, “because I think I can make a lot of friends that way. A surgeon.” For Christmas the only thing Mrs. Cirminello knows they want is another little green turtle. Their |last one died not long ago and |thev miss him. “You see, I don’t think they're spoiled and one reason they're not is because they ton't get a million things. There’s usually only one ‘cof a thing and the four have to |share it. Consequently, they appre- ciate what they get because they don’t get too much. And I prob ably shouldn’t say this in front of them, but noisy as they they're real nice kids.” are, | WASHINGTON (®—At a time when the United States is trying to improve its relations with the non-Communist races of Asia, it lis making progress at home in racial relations by broadening the protection of civil rights. A catalogue of that progress over the past seven years was published this week by the American Jewish Committee in a 30-page pamphlet called “The People Take the Lead.” This week was the 163-rd anni- versary of the adoption of the Bull of Rights, those first constitutional rights to American citizens, The committee issued the report in honor of the anniversary. At the time the Bill of Rights ‘was added to the Constitution in | The ‘World Today By James Marlow 1791 its protections extended . to only some of, the American popu- lation. There was slavery then, In time slavery was abolished. But it wasn’t until 1868, with the 14th Amendment, that Negroes were declared citizens of the United States. And it wasn’t until the 15th Amendment in 1870 that ; Negroes were guaranteed the right to vote. But for more than half a cen- | tury afterwards civil rights, so far as Negroes were concerned, were |more often an abstraction than a reality while the federal govern- | ment, including the Supreme Court marked time. Gradually—under the Roosev=it | Truman’ administrations and then under the Eisenhower administra- his wife, his kids—and Norman Vincent Peale—during the preced- ing 365 days. Overwhelmed by a vast sense of guilt, the tortured wretch takes no joy in the bright prospects of the year ahead, because he feels he has wasted all the splendid op- portunity in the year just ended. In a blue funk hé makes wild, hopeless resolves to do better— good resolutions that would test the mettle of an angel, resolutions jhe knows he can’t possibly keep, and thus plants the seeds of future conscience pangs. to the task right now. Then, when | the new year arrives, you'll be all) brooded out, and eager to face the) challenges ahead. | And that brings up a final sug- \ gestion. Timing is very important | in constructive brooding. Don’t} wait until next June to get your | 1955 brooding underway. Get in a little spring practice during April. | Then, if you are really getting | the knack of profitable brooding, | you'll take time to brood about) what lies ahead as well as what is | : already past. | The guy who is most likely to| |by: this titanic attack of mass is the guy who does a little con-| brooding, the guy really doesn’t, structive brooding in advance—for | } manage to lift himself out of his if he doesn’t like the price tag on} | depression until he sees his first what he sees, he won't have to! | robin. buy the penalty. tion—the federal government, plus | ‘firsts’ could probably fill an en-| | some state legislatures, widened | tire book. \the protection for Negroes’ civil] “Five years ago the National | rights and in one way or another | Committee on Segregation in the | | sought to reduce racial diserimina- | Nation's Capital scored widespread | tion. discrimination in Washington. To | | “Since 1947,” says the Jewish | day segregation in public facilities committee report, “when the | in the capital is the exception | Rights issued its historic report, |rather than the rule. new gains have repeatedly over-— “Five years ago Negro studenis shadowed events regarded as ep- were rarely admitted to Southern ochal when they occurred. | state umiversities. Today some “Five years ago, the first edi-| 2,000 Negro students attend inte | tion of this report listed few fair grated college classrooms in the | practice laws. Today, 12 states and | South. |32 cities have fair employmeat| “And the most far-reaching ad llaws, Today, 12 states and 32 cit-| vance of all—the U.S. Supreme lies have fair employment laws. | Courts historic decision on Mcy | Three states have fair education | 17, 1954, banning segregation in the \laws. Five states have public ac | nation’s pubtic schools—was only commodation laws with adminis- | a far-off dream, five years ago. trative enforcement. | “In every area of American life | “Five years ago, this report list-| the gap between ideals and prac- | led the first Negro college profes- | tices is closing—slowly, to be sure, ‘sor appointed; the first Negro of- but steadily.” ficeholder in the South; the-first| | |Negre doctor on the staff of a/Citizen Ads Bring Results| My stomach gets queasy! There is no question but that the ferry is a decided improvement for Key West, however. Tourists like the novelty of the trip. Landing at Cardenas detracts from the aver- age American’s idea of gay, care- free Havana. I understand the com- pany plans to change this soon by putting in at Veradero Beach, This will help matters. Batista is still the big man in Cuba. His pictures are as promin- ently displayed over there as some of our local politicians’ in this | Reduced to a kind of moral jelly stay out of trouble in this world| Country. Outside of that, there is nothing to report from our good neighbor to the South. I saw no pinching males—but there were some mighty pretty senoritas who might possibly incite a single man | into a ‘pinching episode’—me? I'm too old to get involved in such fool- ishness! Dick’s Tire Service, 929 Truman Ave.. suggests that you give “Safe- ty” to your family and the public this Christmas by equipping your car with U.S. Royal 8’s—tube or tubeless. The popularity of the tubeless tire is sweeping the coun- try. Before you buy one, however, be sure and visit Dick’s because in our opinion, the Royal 8 tops ail other brands. For those who wish to economize but still guarantee themselves safe- riding conditions, Dick invites you to try Lodi recaps. 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