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4B THE PALM BEACH POST TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1990 7 -LtCkj Tu jii One of Daily's chief advisers named interim diocese head Woman sues for $1 million after condo evicts her dog under a May 18, 1989, settlement, the dog was evicted. Since then, when Samantha isn't running errands with Kamhi or at a pet daycare center, she has been living in the garage. Kamhi's suit claims the association has let other residents violate the rule but singled out Samantha. One resident was recently caught with an overweight dog and had to move out, Farrag said. "She's way out of line," Farrag said.

"We went out of our way to be fair to her." The rules were in effect before Kamhi moved into the condominium, she said. When Kamhi got the dog, it was smaller and did not violate the rules, Farrag said. Kamhi said she could not comment. By ELIOT KLEINBERG Palm Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH Samantha's sleeping in a car. The dog's discomfort prompted her own-! er to sue her condominium association and nine current or former board members Mon- day for more than $1 million.

Marjorie Kamhi said she loves the wheat-! en terrier, but when she can't be with the dog, it stays tied to Kamhi's Lincoln Continental in her garage by day and sleeps in it at night. The 132-unit Waterview Towers Condo-' minium bans dogs weighing more than 25 pounds. Samantha tips the scales at just under 30 pounds. The association sued Kamhi in 1988 and By EMILY J. MINOR Palm Beach Post Staff Writer PALM BEACH GARDENS -The Rev.

James Murtagh, an Irish-born priest who was one of Bishop Thomas Daily's chief advisers, will head the Diocese of Palm Beach until Daily's permanent successor is named, a panel of priests decided Monday. The College of Consultors, a dozen local priests who handle diocese decisions, named Murtagh diocesan administrator Monday. Murtagh said he doesn't know how long it will be before a permanent replacement is named. That announcement Comes from the Vatican in Rome. "The pattern is two to three months," Murtagh said.

"Sometimes it goes on for six months." Daily, the first bishop to serve the 6-year-old Palm Beach diocese, left on Easter to lead the Diocese of Brooklyn. He was sworn in there Wednesday. Murtagh, 55, will remain as pastor of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in West Palm Beach. He was ordained in 1966, assigned to St. Clement Church in Fort Lauderdale, then studied in Rome for two years.

Murtagh returned to South Florida in 1971 and was living in West Palm Beach in 1984 when the church carved the Palm Beach diocese out of the Miami diocese. His most recent assignment was Daily's Moderator of Curia, a top assignment in the diocese. Murtagh said he was honored to be named interim director, a title that means he will handle day-today business but make no changes or decisions that would be "legally binding," he said. GREG LOVETTStaff Photographer Marjorie Kamhi has sued board members of Waterview Towers Condominium in West Palm Beach for more than 1 million for evicting Samantha. The dog now lives in Kamhi's garage.

New Delray city manager to get consultant's fee could participate in drafting the budget, will pay him $300 for each day of work, plus expenses. His city manager contract will pay him $400 a month car allowance and up to $2,500 for temporary living expenses. Commissioners selected Harden last week after their first choice, the former city manager of Enid, backed out because agreement couldn't be reached on salary or benefits. Robert Elliott had wanted almost $80,000. Harden, who attended Monday's special meeting, said he couldn't start immediately because of other commitments in his work as a government consultant in Orlando.

During a workshop Monday evening, commissioners discussed goals for the upcoming year. Revitalizing the neighborhoods was one of Mayor Tom Lynch's priorities during his campaign. Forming neighborhood associations 'in every area is one solution, Lynch said. Commissioner David Randolph said crime along the West Atlantic Avenue corridor, between Interstate 95 and Swinton Avenue is a major concern. Locating police substations in the neighborhood is needed to serve as a deterrent, Randolph said.

By JOE NEWMAN Palm Beach Post Staff Writer DELRAY BEACH The new city manager will be paid a consultant's fee to attend City Commission meetings until he begins work at the end of May, under a pair of contracts approved Monday night. Commissioners approved a contract that will pay former Winter Park City Manager David Harden $70,000 a year and provide six months severance pay. Harden will begin work May 21, after attending commission meetings as a consultant. The consulting contract, made so Harden Mini-Blinds Verticals WINDOW SHADES Custom sizes manufactured for you in 24 hours at no additional charge. Free estimates.

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Partial medical records from this year and a doctor's letter released by the Chiles campaign last week indicated that Chiles has recovered from his depression and may stop taking the medication whenever he wishes. Chiles' physician, Dr. Karl Hempel, wrote that it was his "overall impression that he is in excellent physical, as well as mental health." Republican Gov. Bob Martinez, who is seeking a second term, will release his medical records today, aides said. The records will show By CHARLES HOLMES Palm Beach Post Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill Nelson, responding to rival Lawton Chiles' acknowledgment of treatment for depression, released med- ical records Monday showing that he is in good health.

Nelson, 47, released a state-! ment from Dr. Sam Pool, chief of NASA's Aerospace Medical Board, indicating he was qualified to fly aboard the space shuttle. Nelson, a j'i Melbourne congressman, went extensive physical and men- tal testing prior to his 1986 flight aboard the shuttle Columbia. The records, which date to 1985, also include results of a medical examination in Congress formed by a Marine Corps physi-; cian in February 1988 and of a blood test in September. Press Secretary Don Pride con-; firmed that Nelson is still bothered by a sinus problem that the candi-'.

date's record shows creates a mild airflow obstruction, but he is no longer troubled by digestive prob- lems that once resulted in exces-: sive gas. "Candidates for public office in Florida are accustomed to a tradi- tion of public scrutiny," Nelson said in a statement. MBHSfflf PRE-SEASON NOTHING DOWN $fl)(0) A uyKy I payments REBATE I LA FOR 90 DAYS Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill Nelson released a statement from a NASA doctor. that the 55-year-old governor is in good health, said campaign manager J.M. "Mac" Stipanovich.

"The physical and mental ability of a candidate for governor to do the job is certainly relevant," Stipanovich said. "The partial release of Chiles' records, particularly when he is reneging on an earlier promise to release them in full, certainly raises more questions than it answers and constitutes an evasion." Police find 40 teens among 200 at wild bash Gen. Chuck Yeager, USAF(Ret.) First person to break the sound barrier The Associated Press i LAND 0' LAKES Officers responding to reports of underage drinking and drug use raided a lakeside estate and rounded up 40 youths, arrested nine people and seized LSD, marijuana and $560 in cash, police said. "When we got to the house, there were people all over the place in all stages of drunkenness," Pasco Sheriff Jim Gillum said. "Some of them 12-, 13-, 14-I year-olds were completely blitzed out, sprawled on the floors and outside in the grass." More than 200 people and a horse were wandering through the house and around the yard at the 40-acre compound in the Pasco County community about 20 miles north of Tampa when deputies arrived before dawn Sunday, Gillum said.

The horse was seen drinking from beer glasses in the kitchen and eating from a bowl of dry dog food, he said. What neighbors described as a weeklong beer bash ended abruptly when deputies scaled a 5-foot chain-link fence around the property and rammed a patrol car through an electronic driveway gate. The host, Richard F. Ferkich, 49, who is sometimes known as "Richey Rich," was arrested on misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession, serving alcoholic beverages to minors and resisting arrest. Ferkich, a flea market owner, was released on $3,500 bail.

The youths, who ranged in age from 13 to 17, were rounded up by deputies, loaded into a converted school bus and taken to the Dade City detention center, where they were held until their parents picked them up. Some of the parents were horrified when they learned their children were at a party at a stranger's house, Gillum said, while others merely laughed. "It was the most bizarre assortment (of people) I've ever seen," the sheriff said. "There were bikers, country and western folks, men in suits and ties, some people that looked like they'd been dragged behind a car and others with just dirt on." 3 Nelson leads Martinez in donations from builders Bring your power bills back down to earth and, for a limited time, get a $150 cash rebate. Bryant air conditioners have efficiency ratings of 12 S.E.E.R.! This means that by replacing your old 6 S.E.E.R.

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Bill Nel-, son leads Gov. Bob Martinez in campaign gifts from building interests and attorneys, while Martinez attracts more support from the medical, real estate and banking industries. Former U.S. Sen. Lawton Chiles, who leads both Nelson, D-Melbourne, and Martinez in polls since Chiles entered the race 11 days ago, has pledged to limit his contributions to $100 a gift.

The Tampa Tribune grouped contributions to Martinez and Nel- son into basic categories according to the nature of the business or occupation of the contributor. Nelson and Martinez drew most heavily from the same five special interests construction, law, medicine, real estate and banking. Those categories accounted for 47 percent of Nelson's money and 43.5 percent of Martinez's, the Tribune reported Sunday. According to April campaign reports, Martinez has taken in $6.3 million and spent about $2.7 million. Nelson has received $4.3 million and spent $1.7 million.

Chileji entered the race after the filing deadline. most stringent regulations for home-based child care in the state and are among only eight counties that require all family day-care homes to be licensed. "If we have to sit there and park down the street and watch parents, we'll do it," said Henry Huerta, executive manager of the Department of Consumer Affairs and Child Care Licensing. Teen fires gun in school JACKSONVILLE A 14-year-old boy was arrested Monday after firing a handgun twice in a classroom, police said. No one was injured.

The Mayport Junior High School student "walked up to the front of the class and asked the teacher if he could show her something," Sgt. Steve Weintraub said. "He produced a .357 magnum, waved it around and fired two shots into a bulletin board." There was a parent downstairs visiting with an assistant principal, Weintraub said. After hearing the shots, the man went upstairs and disarmed the boy without incident. The youth was charged with aggravated assault and unlawful display of a firearm.

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