The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 21, 1954, Page 2

FSU Officials To Receive Testimony In Leathers Case TALLAHASSEE —Acting Gov | The acting governor said he had Johns says Florida State Univer-|no authority to take any action sity officials will get the tran |relative to Leathers’ forced res. scribed testimony of a former fac-| ignation from: the faculty and that ulty member who claims he ob-|he had simply afforded him an served euruas indications of ho-} opportunity for a public hearing cf mosexual activity” on the FSU|his case as a citizen , tc campus. Leathers’ reference to activities ‘attend the hearing. They couldn’t Johns said the lengthy testimony | on the campus* came in outlining | P° feontacted for comment on of Robert L. Leathers, 33 year|his defense to what he says Ag ee Jamin) ior old former assistant professor of | morals charges levelled against’) Johns asked Dr. Broward Cul- geography and social science, | him last year when his resignation Pepper, executve secretary of the would be turned over to FSU for | was demanded, ane - Sono i FSU eatpe ver it is worth. Afte e heard. Culpepper repli , whateve: r he made. the statement | «not at thane” The board, which supervises the | | state’s universities, had scheduled |a hearing on the case for Jan. 7 | at Gainesville. The board contend. } ed it gave Leathers a hearing on his petition for reinstatement here in November but that it was will- {ing to rehear the case if Leathers so wanted, Leathers contended Gainesville ;was an improper place for the hearing since witnesses were here ‘and claimed he couldn’t get a fair | hearing before the board. One of the charges on which Leathers said he was told the de- mand for his resignation was based was that he had assigned a girl student to write a paper on homosexual activities on the cam- pus to raise her grade in geogra- phy. Leathers flatly denied the charge which he said was told to him orally by Dean Charles F. Davis {of the College of Arts and Sci- ences. Figures Released \On City Band It will cost the city $6,300 for the first year’s operation of a prdpos- ed municipal band, according to | tentative figures released last night to the city commission. | The cost would include payment |for instruments, uniforms, music j and salaries for the 30 piece band, ; The figures were turned over to | city manager Victor Lang and Ma- jor Earl Dillion, formerly band- master of the Key West high school for study. Tentative plans call for the band | tu offer 12 concerts per year. TIDAL WAVE (Continued from Page One) vities Committee, naturally, blamed the whole mess on Com- | munists. | The Bureau of Indian Affairs was sending warning telegrams to all, | Indians. | The Department of the Interior | declined comment. “We got enough | headaches,” said a spokesman. | ; The Department of Commerce | 2 | said it was working on the Mea- after Morning | cham Airport National Airlines con- i | troversy and didn’t have time for | PORTABLE PHONOGRAPHS |." The Weather Bureau seemed in- clined to kiss off the whole sub-; That Go To College... Fit Into Small Homes ject. When asked about tidal wav, Give Finest Tone Quality, that “One ean .observe indica-~ tions—strong indications of homo- sexual activity on the campus,” Johns asked what university au- thorities were doing to correct the situation, “I don’t know of anything,” | Leathers replied. ‘‘Sometimes they make a horrible example of some | | one they have kicked out faculty members and students.” Dr. Doak S. 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(#—The 19- year-old transient charged with the slaying of Mrs. Milton Fuller said he admitted the killing only after he was beaten by police, but his statement brought denials from officers. Billy Ray Willingham, of Flor- ence, Ala., has been charged with first-degrée murder in the death! of the 25-year-old Brinkley, Ark., beaten in her home Dec. 12. He} was arrested Friday. He told an Associated Press re- porter in an interview last night at the county jail here: | “I didn’t kill that woman. I just | told them that I did to get it over | with?’ Abuse Charged | Asked what he meant by get-| ting “it over with,” Willingham | replied: a? | “One of the policemen hit me| on the head with a slapper, and another one slapped me a couple | of times.” Willingham told his story of hit- ting the sleeping woman with a five-pound stick of hickory fire- wood to police and newsmen early last Sunday. Prosecutor J. B. Reed, Sheriff H. K. McKenzie and Police Chief Frank Henderson all denied Wil- lingham was struck either by themselves or any other person. “Not a finger was laid on that boy,” said Reed. Willingham denied last night he was in Brinkley at the time Mrs. Fuller was attacked. A preliminary hearing on the | murder charge against Willing- ham will be held Wednesday at Municipal Court in Brinkley. | CITY BANS STOCK CAR RACES IN STADIUM The city commission voted down a regest of local stock car racing fans to hold races in the Wickers Field Stadium. The commissioners held that such activities would damage the turf there. Hope Of Finding Lost Child Fades In Miami Area | MIAMI \(#—Hope was virtually abandoned today for a 5-year-old handicapped boy who wandered away from a Christmas party Sun- day. Police believe Shapley Lalor, who has a speech handicap and can’t talk except to say ‘‘boo,” probably fell into the Miami River. For a time, hopes of the 35 po- lice engaged in the search and of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lalor Jr., were bright. They found a child’s footprints on the seventh green of the Miami Country Club but Shapley’s shoes didn't mateh. | Bloodhounds couldn’t follow the} trail. The golf course is about five blocks from the Red Fez Club, the Shriner’s clubhouse where 500 } children were guests at a party. Shapley was one of five children taken to the party from the Mary King school for exceptional chil- dren. His father is a co-pilot with Delta-C & S Airlines. —_—~——E-X-EE>> = WILDER GRATEFUL Thanks to all persons — both in and Navy — who help- ed the Safe Driving Day program ‘e extended today by Jim Wilder, deputy sheriff who was in charge of the pro- gram. EISNER Furniture Co. Poinciana Center Tel. 2-6951 3 Shopping Days ‘Til Christmas USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN i How About It? WANT A FREE 3-DAY TOUR TO HAVANA? Inquire at. 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