The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 27

'''irrryy' jr ji 'j j-j ffp' yTff (jigVeifppiflBayp Threat to Young People Lawyer, TV Personality Discuss Youthful Permissiveness if I -rr ft 1 I 1 Vv By JAMES QUINLAN ih writer Miss Elizabeth Kovachevich and Robert Dornan came armed to Palm Beach County yesterday. Their common weapon a stern warning that a whole generation of young people is about to drown in a flood of alcohol, drugs, perversion and psychological trauma. Miss Kovachevich, a St. Petersburg lawyer, touched off a controversy last year when as a member of the Florida Board of Regents she charged state campus dormitories are "taxpayer's whorehouses." "Nothing's changed," Miss Kovachevich said, prior to her speech yesterday before the Knights of Columbus Decency Workshop, "Our campuses are still sanctuarys from society." Although she believes "free sex and untethered drug-use" still prevail on college campuses, Miss Kovachevich changed the direction of her argument by warning of the possible liability the state may face if it doesn't crack down on "permissive" college rules and "lax" enforcement procedures. An announced candidate for the Sixth Circuit Court in Pinellas County, Miss Kovachevich said the state is "creating a situation for opportunities to violate the law." Referring to a recent decision which allowed the father of one of the students killed at Kent State University in 1970 the right to sue the state of Ohio, Miss Kovachevich said Florida may be held liable for what happens on its state supported college campuses.

"We have a real potential liability problem in this state," she said. Turn to FLORIDA'S, C2 'What people do on their own time in their own lives is one thing, but what they do on public property with public money is anoth-er. Elizabeth Kovachevich Jg SUM Photo by FredCorbttt II Palm Beach Post Local- MONDAY, MAY 29, 1972 SECTION In 4 Drown In Area Mishaps -v; fr Evil JvTS. A Mother Remembers Her 2 Sons By NANCY POWELL Post Staff writtr LAKE WORTH Memorial Day is a time for reflection for Mrs. Frances Mateja who lost her two sons in war.

But brooding isn't the philosophy of this Gold Star mother. "Memorial Day is a time (or she said. "I believe it's a special day for remembering, not for sadness, but for meditating." "The parades are fine and it's good to see the service groups dressed in their uniforms, but this year I'll just plan to go to the cemetery for services. "It's still hard for me sometimes to reread the letters from my sons after all these years," she said. "Maybe I'll get rid of them one of these days.

On the other hand. I just may leave them for someone else to discard when I'm gone." One of her sons died in World War II, the other during the Korean war both in airplane crashes. "When we were told about Laddie (the oldest boy). I fell apart." says Mrs. Mateja who is now widowed.

"The only thing that kept me going was my work." Turn to GOLD, C2 Rain Cuts Speeches, Not Spirit By MARSHA MAY Post Staff Writer LANTANA Lightning, thunder and rain caused some of the shortest speeches in Palm Beach County history yesterday, as the audience at Lantana Cascade's Memorial Day Service hurried for shelter. "I thought they weren't supposed to put up the flag in the rain," said a small girl watching two U.S. marines hoist the American flag during the downpour. Assisting the honor guard was U.S. Army veteran Thomas Corey, guest of honor at the service, who was wounded in Vietnam four years ago and now uses a wheelchair.

Corey resides in the mobile home community. The drenching didn't bother Corey. "Raising the flag is just something I'd stand out in the rain for," he said. Local officials who turned out for the ceremony included County Commissioner Robert Johnson and Sheriff William Heidt-man. The only person able to give his entire speech was 15-year-old Steven Kress, who recited Lincoln's Gettysburg address.

"It took me five days to learn it," said the youth. "When I started, I only knew 'Four score and seven years Four persons died in accidental drownings in the area yesterday, including two in the ocean which was extremely choppy in the aftermath of a tropical cyclone which struck South Georgia Saturday. And the Coast Guard reported it rescued two persons in the Jupiter Inlet after their small boat capsized. Last night, the Coast Guard was searching for a 24-foot boat off Hobe Sound. Officials said the boat is owned by Vince Henderson of Pahokee, who was believed to have two passengers aboard.

Henderson reported by radio about 6:30 p.m. he was having trouble because of stormy seas and was trying to get south of the storm. That was the last heard from him. officials said. "We had warnings out." said Capt.

Cal John Maries of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, "but people just don't heed them. The drowning victims were identified as: Albert Bell, 34. of 1501 SW Third Court. Delray Beach. Billy Robinson.

23. of Dade City. -Billy Wilson, 21. of 2108 Avenue Fort Pierce. Samuel Lesane.

36. of Fort Lauderdale. Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies said Bell Turn to NORMAL. C2 Staff Photo by Jose More Vietnam Veteran Corey: 'Raising the Flag Is Just Something I'd Stand Out in the Rain Duke and Duchess Were Frequent Visitors Here 0 Locals Remember By SUSAN HIXON Post Staff Writer The Duke of Windsor was a "friend to all Americans," according to two area men who knew him. "He loved America and loved Americans," said Chris Dunphy of Palm Beach, who was the duke's host on several of his visits here.

"The duke was the most wonderful, most considerate person I've ever known," he said. When the duke was in town "he was a sought-after man," Dunphy said. "He had loads of friends in Palm Beach and all over the world." It was the duke's memory that most impressed Dunphy. "He had a great memory," he said, "and he could remember the dates of everything connected with English history." He was "an individualist and a fair and square democrat in every respect," according to a West Palm Beach resident who worked for the duke for 17 years. "Most former kings would probably retain feelings of superiority," Peter Roche, former security guard for the duke, said.

"But he didn't. The Duke of Windsor belonged to the common people." Roche first met the duke at a boxing match sponsored by the Knights of Columbus in Paris, during World War I and then again in London when Roche was touring with former heavyweight champion Gene Tun-ney. A retired New York policeman, he became the duke's security guard when the Duke of Windsor was visiting railroad magnate Robert Young in Palm Beach in 1947. Turn to LOCALS, C4 By TOM SAWYER Assistant city tailor The Duke of Windsor who died early yesterday at his Paris home was a frequent visitor to Palm Beach. Starting in 1941, while he was serving as the wartime governor-general of the Bahamas, the duke and duchess visited a small group of close friends here, especially railroad magnate Robert Young, and others such as Herbert Pulitzer, Christopher Dunphy, Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Gardner, and Mr. and Mrs. inston Guest. Actually, he was invited to Palm Beach as early as 1927 when Anthony Drexel Biddle Jr.

made the first transatlantic telephone call placed from Florida. The call was placed to England for Biddle to the duke by then Palm Beach Times publisher E.F. Stumpf. The telephone call took so long to go through that everyone went to lunch. A reporter who was left in the newsroom answered the call and had the first conversation with the duke who was then the Prince of Wales.

The visit in 1941 caused a major stir in Palm Beach society circles. Large crowds gathered whenever the duke and duchess left their apartment at the Everglades Club. They were here for five days. And according to a Post society clipping, their dvparture was "something in the nature of an epochal event" as the duchess got her first airplane ride. The couple left the old Morrison Field here for Nassau aboard Harold S.

Vanderbilt's Lockheed Lodestar, piloted by Russell Thaw. In 1943, while staying at the Everglades Club, the duchess squashed rumors on an impending breakup of themarriagewhenshe commented "It seems if some people don't hear anything about us, they make it up." Turn to WINDSORS, C4 Photo by Ray Howard Duke of Windsor (Right; and Connie Mack Attend Palm Beach Softball Game in 1950s.