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Community Crisis Service Call: 642-9751 Serving Naples Marco Everglades Immokalee Golden Gate Bonita Springs 50th Year No 225 Two Sections 24 Pages NAPLES FLA MONDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 16 1973 Associated Press 10c Daily 25c Sunday A mmemiti imposing the state cigarette tax on little cigars" and another approving guidelines implementing the 1972 Environmental Land and Water Management Act Last week a House committee voted 3-2 to recommend the impeachment of Lt Gov Tom Adams and the legislative leaders said a special session may be necessary this fall to solve a school funding TmLLAHASSEEF1MAP)-A 0111 to force county tax asse-sore to raise their assessments to full market value went to committee today the first measure to develop from the special House-Senate Committee study of the education funding crisis Rep Carl Ogden D-Jackson-ville said the bill drawn up over the weekend provided for the auditor general to notify county assessors on Jan 1 of the expected level of assessment with the Cabinet empow-ered to refuse to certify a tax roll if it failed to reach that level when submitted in July The bill sent to the House Finance and Taxation Committee also would provide for administrative appeal by the assessor if he considered the auditor assessment wrong The House and Senate were recessed last week while the special committee examined state funding of education to the counties The court ruling set the Legislature buzzing with talk of a special session and impeachment possibilities added to the emotion with no break in sight The most emotional issue of the session the Equal Rights Amendment comes to a showdown vote Tuesday in the House Women from across the state are expected to again fill the they have enough votes to kill it oi the floor In The Senate the Amendment which would end sexual discrimination is still bottled up in committee Also set for debate this week is a bill to give anyone over 18 all rights of adulthood including the right to drink The Senate already has passed the bill Other measures bound to generate controversy on this calendars are a bill galleries sporting competing ERA" and ERA" buttons when House members decide whether to ratify the proposed 27th amendment to the US Constitution will be a narrow vote either predicted Rules Committee chairman Murray Dubbin D-Miami way I see it is 45 per cent for 45 per cent against and 10 per cent Wary of a wild floor scene over the ERA Dubbin's committee has imposed an hour and 45 minute limit on debate In addition no amendments will be permitted from the floor want a well organized high-level said Dubbin" the way being planned at least" A House select committee voted 6-3 last week to recommend approval of the Amendment but opponents claim the effect of the Supreme Court ruling throwing out the old method of forcing asessment at fair market value The court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the state to withhold education funds based on the auditor general's ratio study of assessments compared with full market value Ogden chaired the special subcommittee on assessments which found that full assessments were needed to equalize MONDAY'S Highlights omadoos KiDO Eight Dm Texas Now At Deadline 1 THE PENTAGON WARNED North Vietnam today that because of new fighting in Laos it may order US planes to begin a new bombing campaign there The State KEY B1SCAYNE Even the animals at the zoo are feeling the pinch because of rising meat prices Officials at the Crandon Park Zoo here have been forced to substitute horse livers and lungs for the regular fare of horsemeat MIAMI Americans are drinking a lot of wine these days and a man who lectures on the grape at Florida International University says many people are so blinded by wine snobbery missing some great buys "Good wines are coming from many parts of the world today not just France my forte digging up wines that are good values for under says David Grier THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION has arrested three men in connection with an alleged Florida based multi-million dollar stock fraud ring The FBI said 10 other members of the ring were arrested in Florida The ring made counterfeit stock certificates and sold stolen certificates of blue-chip stocks the FBI said NEWS pfcatt by I SWAMP BUGGY KINGS Ed Frank right for whom Swamp Buggy Races were nd tka lav Mm lH East llainaa president of Swamp Buggy Days Inc looks on Frank is often referred to as the father of the 9 swamp buggy because of his early Interest in the building and racing of the giant mud-slingers Through A Smokey Haze Tlw MmcMM Prvu Tornadoes slammed into three Texas communities killing eight persons and injuring more than 35 Flash flooding took two other lives Property damage in nature's rampage Sunday was estimated at several millions of dollars Thunderstorms hail and strong Winds hit almost every section of the state The first tornado hit before dawn in the north and west sections of Plainview a city of about 20000 persons A newsman David Bryant 30 of the Plainview Daily Herald was killed while helping with civil defense efforts during the twister Kevin Lewellen about 2 died when his family tried to reach a storm cellar The third Plainview victim was not identified About an hour before sundown another twister struck the South Texas town of Pearsall killing five persons and injuring eight Two of the injured were in serious condition houses were demolished the airport and about eight planes were destroyed" said state police patrolman Bill Rowan He said the five killed there were believed to be from out of town The five were found in a field apparently blown off a highway The third tornado touched down Sunday night in Corsicana about 56 miles south of Dallas Three persons were injured Police said the twister damaged homes power and telephone lines arid even ruptured some gas lines In San Antonio two persons died in flash flooding caused by heavy rains Roy Buerrero 15 drowned when he was swept away by heavy currents of a creek Dew Wertheim described as being in her 20s drowned when she slipped into flood waters She and two companions were awaiting rescue Chesser Regains His Title The Nation Then Chesser romping home far ahead of the pack in Da One" in his heat race in the eight-cylinder class lost his left front wheel after he crossed the finish line and was about to head up the bank Chesser asked to run the three-wheeled vehicle and turned Dauber" which had won the six-cylinder race over to Hancock so the two perennial champions could have it out once again But the judges ruled that it would be too dangerous to run the D-D-l without a wheel and Scrappy was no match for the Dauber The Powderpuff Derby again was a family affair Defending Queen Bonnie Hancock didn't run but Liz Chesser and Dirt Dauber finished far ahead of Fay Colson and Bear" Other action saw Lou Graham and "Ground Hog win the four-cylinder race although his vehicle was also unable to run in the finals due to motor troubles John Lange in Witch" was the only driver able to run and finish the course in the cylinder class Jim Stewart and took the honors in the jeep class Scrappy won trie honors in four-cylinder with the fans giving a large hand to Bill Brennan of St Petersburg who drove to a third-place finish despite being paralyzed from the waist down The 6-8 cylinder 4-wheel drive and tandem race finals between Jay Rowe in "Rock 'n and young Jeff Smith in Poke" was a heartbreaker as the Slow Poke only six-wheeled vehicle in the competition washed out at the Hole" just as the race started The driver and mechanic frantically swam to shore and raced to get another battery while Rock 'n Roll made the first turn successfully but then it sputtered and died about 20 feet from Slow Poke and neither vehicle was able to get moving before time ran out 'A fires which were shooting up flame and smoke just to the northeast A number also left before the finals due to high winds and threatening clouds which promised rain although the promise never materialized The finish was almost an anti-climax as the two top racers both broke down at the finish line of their heats Lee Hancock the defending champion blew the transmission of the right at the end of his heat race and barely crawled over the finish line just ahead of Charles Ison in Tom" we can get some younger candidates I have nothing against age I'm growing older myself but not as sharp as I was at Bruce Shannon vice president of the League said he has sent a letter to Collier delegation in the legislature registering his objection to the proposed special act are already too many elections occupying the time and attention of election officials candidates political workers and voters" said Shannon citing six elections in which residents at Naples voted in 1971 Elections are becoming too expensive particularly from the candidates' standpoint Shannon said and a runoff election would add to the expense "There is no evidence that runoff elections really accomplish the purpose for which they are designed that is to assure that the candidate represents the majority of the Shannon said (Continued on Page 3A) ALABAMA GOV GEORGE WALLACE has dispatched the chief of the state's civil defense to meet with the unhappy oystermen who have been kept from making a living in gulf waters since the first of the year Wallace said CJ Sullivan will meet with the disgruntled fishermen at Bayou La Batre today to assess the situation and prepare application for federal funds to help the economically stricken By JEFF COHANE Sports Editor Neither fire high winds broken-down vehicles or adverse judges' decisions could stop Leonard Chesser from regaining his crown as of the Swamp Buggies" Sunday afternoon Chesser who lost out in the February races when his big vehicle broke down and he had to settle for second in the smaller Dauber" found the Dauber one of the only two healthy vehicles left for the finals as he won going away over Beno Rowe and Swamp Buggy Association Photos on 7-B from atop a stalled truck when she lost her grip The twister struck first in affluent Westridge section then hit another residential section before smashing into an industrial complex Authorities estimated damage at $4 million Man Treated For Gun Wound A man who was shot in the chest Saturday night was released from Naples Community HoaplUl Sunday after he was overnight for observation He was identified as Donald Reinholt 24 of Lorado St Lehigh Acres No details of the shooting were released by investigators at the Collier County Office Hospital officials would only confirm that Reinholt was admitted to the hospital about 7:50 pm Saturday and was released Sunday after treatment Tot Nearly Drowns In Pond A one-year-old boy rushed to Naples Community Hospital Saturday after almost drowning was treated and released Sheriff's deputy Jackie Kline rushed the boy Robert Wilson of 1948 Shadowlawn Ave to the hospital shortly after 8:30 am Saturday after a resident of the area called the sheriff's office and reported the child had fallen into a nearby pond No further details were available injuries Also in fair condition are Melitta Dukeshire 43 and her daughter Iris 11 both of Miramar Mrs Dukeshire suffered multiple cuts and bruises and her daughter suffered head chest and arm injuries Treated and released were Roberto Cruz 42 and Roberto Cruz 7 for multiple cuts and bruises State Trooper Gary Shiver who investigated said the Cruz car was eastbound on 41 when it made a left turn into a private road and was struck on the left side by a car driven by Mrs Dukeshire also east-bound and attempting to pass the Cruz car when the accident occurred Damage in the collision was set at a total of $7000 Injured 63 34 Dead Damage 7 8395000 1 7526750 97 8 $15921750 The World Local Attorney Seeks City Runoff Elections US 41 Crash Claims Two Lives Full Page Of Race Photos On Page 4-B officials placed the crowd at 3000 Gate receipts were reported as $5900 with a purse of $1700 for the drivers The attention was divided Sunday at the as most kept one eye on the first annual spring races dedicated to buggybuilding pioneer Ed Frank and the other on the sawgrass either through a charter commission required by Florida Statutes or through special act of the legislature without a referendum The attorney said he thinks the people shotd have been given a chance to vote on the charter One reason he is requesting the referendum in regard to the runoff elections is just don't like piinority rule" Springier said year a minority of the majority voting elected the city council slate and the highest percentage given to any of the candidates was 35 per cent I think grossly unfair" Spingler contends the runoff system gives voters a choice In the first election voters can weed out some of the candidates and choose from a smaller group in a second election Spingler said The requirement of a runoff in the event no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in the first election could also lessen the number of candidates Spingler said won't show knowing they be able to make Also the attorney said MORE SOUTH VIETNAMESE troops were reported moving toward the Cambodian frontier today The action follows the first known incident of Saigon troops crossing the border since the Vietnam ceasefire Field reports indicated that the South Vietnamese operations along the border were defensive aimed at driving Communist forces from the border rather than the start of a major offensive to lift the threat to Phnom Penh the Cambodian capital THE CALENDAR TODAY LINKED observances of three of the major faiths as Christians were in the second day of their pre-Easter Holy Week Jews prepared to begin celebration of Passover at sundown and Moslems observed the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Mohammed SEAN MAC STIOFAIN FORMER CHIEF of staff of the Irish Republican Army was freed from jail today still looking pale and drawn from a 59-day hunger strike he staged last December and January The 44-year-old health was not good and his future with the guerrilla army was uncertain His wife Maire picked him up at the jail at the Curragh army camp west of Dublin Death struck again on 41 Sunday bringing the total deaths on that highway in Collier County to eight for the year to date Dead on arrival at Naples Community Hospital were Ebaldo Cruz 40 and his wife Maria Cruz 37 of 750 NW 113 St Miami Six other persons were injured in the two-car collision which occurred about 13 miles east of Monroe Station shortly after 3 pm Admitted to the hospital in serious condition with possible internal injuries and cuts and bruises was Anna Cruz 40 who is confined to the intensive care unit of the hospital In fair condition is her daughter Maria Christina Cruz 14 with possible head By MARY ELLEN HAWKINS Staff Writer A request by local attorney David Spingler for a special act by the Florida Legislature to provide for a referendum to restore runoff elections to the City of Naples has brought objections from a member of the League of Collier County the group that sponsored a successful slate in last race for city council Spingler said he is acting on his own in asking the legislature to allow the citizens of Naples to decide whether there should be runoffs in city council elections not alone in my thinking" he said "There are others who feel as I do Rep (James Lorenzo) Walker and I discussed this two years ago when the city's new charter was adopted and we feel this was a proper change at the Spingler pointed out the charter was adopted by special act of the legislature without a referendum since 1957 has the city had a charter commission" Spingler said the charter can be changed Inside Today US 4 1 Box Score SB 2A Year To Date April 15 1973 Accidents County 81 City 149 Total 230.