The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 120

qpMllWana ly yn Board Refuses to Rehire 81 Principals By BILL SCHNITT Early's recommended appointments after Mrs. Wymer said "wholesale reappointments" would "compound errors" of the past. Board members vetoed the whole package, although disapproval seemed to focus on nine principals who had been recommended for tenure. "I'd like just a little rundown on what their (the principals') backgrounds are before we award them continuing contracts," said board member Ted Brown Jr. Brown said he received complaints about several principals who refused to meet with parents "when problems arise.

What do we do when that happens?" "Bring it to my attention and we'll be glad to follow through," said Early. Early said the board could not legally veto his appointments without stated "good cause." According to Early, the only justification for rejecting appointments is "immorality or lack of certification" on the part of the principals. Board members agreed to discuss their grievances privately with Early, who is expected to resubmit the appointments at the next board meeting. In other action, the board turned down an administration proposal to spend $354,535 on improvements such as asphalt paving, signs for traffic control, and drainage. The proposal included a plan to connect Military Trail and Westgate Elementary schools with municipal sewage plants.

Both schools now use septic tanks. Turn to SCHOOL, B3 PMt Mitt ttriwr The Palm Beach County School Board last night refused to rehire 81 school principals for the coming year. "In principle, I must object to some of these principals," said board Vice Chairman Thelma Wymer. The board voted, 5-1, to reject School Supt. Lloyd I Palm Beach Post Local- SECTION BA THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1972 Plaintiff Wins Park Battle Against City Mrs.

Harriette Glasner won her court battle with West Palm Beach city officials yesterday as a Circuit Court judge ruled two city ordinances used to close several parks at night are unconstitutional. Mrs. Glasner brought the suit against the city in October of 1970, seeking to have two city ordinances declared void. The ordinances were adopted in response to a number of complaints about youths gathering in the parks at night. One of the ordinances she challenged authorizes the superintendent of parks to close any section of any public park "to protect grass or other planted areas or to protect park property." A similar ordinance contested by Mrs.

Glasner gave the city manager the power to erect no trespassing or "keep off the grass" signs on public property which is not designated as a park. The suit claimed the city manager has posted such signs in the so- called People's Park along South Flagler Drive and on other public property under authorization of the ordinance. In his decision yesterday. Circuit Court Judge Hugh MacMillan said the actions taken by the city "are unconstitutional abridgements of the right of peaceful assembly guaranteed by the first amendment. "it is the opinion of this court that the subject ordinances fail to establish sufficient standards of an objective nature under which the administrative officials can function in carrying out the spirit and intent of the ordinances." MacMillan said.

The ordinances struck down had permitted city officials to close People's Park, and shut down Dre-her, Providencia. Currie and Flamingo parks at night. Assistant City Atty. James Watt said the city will amend its ordinances so the hours will be specified. He also predicted the city, by ordinance, could have the parks closed again "in a couple of weeks." TOMHINKLE A Win, A Loss For Kunstler Checkmate The agonising moments oj decision, ihe happiness oj a superior tactical move, the sud den jlush oj realization that you've been out- r-sC maneuvered is all part oj the chess tour- rp0 nament being held by gi.

the Hoys Liu us oj Palm Beach County in conjunction with -tional Joys' Club Week. As young hands glide the jate of the delicate, polished bishops, pawns, knights, .1 ft rooks, king and queen, ft young minds dream oj becoming the new American grand master, the new Hobby Fischer. Staff Photos by Pat Cnov By TOM HINKLE host Matt wriTtr Controversial civil rights lawyer William Kunstler won a court battle yesterday he was cleared of contempt charges but he lost his fight to get 19-year-old Ben Chaney a new trial. After denying the motion for a new trial. Circuit Court Judge Joseph Metzger ruled Chaney's life sentence on a Palm Beach County murder conviction will run consecutively with the life sentence the youth is now serving on a Broward County murder conviction.

A 12-member jury March 10 found Chaney guilty of first degree murder in the killings two years ago of two Florida Atlantic University coeds. He now is serving a life sentence on an earlier murder conviction of a Fort Lauderdale insurance salesman, John Bowes III. Kunstler, in appealing for the new trial, said the evidence presented in Chaney's local trial was not sufficient for the jury to return its guilty verdict. After the motion was denied, Kunstler pleaded with Metzger to allow Chaney's second life sentence to run concurrently (at the same time) with the first, in an effort to get the youth paroled sooner. Asked if he had any comment to make before being sentenced, Chaney, attired in the same orange sweater he wore throughout the lengthy trial, quietly replied, "No sir." Neither Chaney nor his mother displayed any outward emotion when Meztger handed down the consecutive life sentence.

The slender black youth, brother of slain civil rights worker James Chaney, will remain in the Palm Beach County jail for one week before being taken to Raiford Prison to begin serving the life terms. In the other related Circuit Court decision yesterday, Kunstler was cleared of contempt charges brought by Assistant State Atty. David Bludworth. Bludworth charged Kunstler violated an Oct. 5 order governing publicity standards during the Chaney trial by making comments about the case in a Feb.

27 speech at FAU. Kunstler, in questioning Bludworth's motives for bringing the contempt charge, said the assistant state attorney did not bother to interview the newspaper reporter who wrote the article based on his FAU speech. "Mr. Bludworth did not even carry out a routine investigation of the reporter, or the tape recording made during the speech, before or after filing the contempt charge," Kunstler stated. "This case was brought without adequate preparation," he continued.

"I think this was really a bad thing for a lawyer and a public official to do." Bludworth said he resented Kunstler questioning his motives, and added. "A lot of people say I filed this to get publicity I'm just trying to do what I think is the duty of all lawyers." Library Smoking Ban Sought "We have to serve both the smokers and the nonsmokers in the community." said R. D. Hill, chairman of the board. "We're trying to operate for all the people not for a minority group of nonsmokers." he said.

"It's the smokers who are the minority group." Sandra Kesler. of the tuberculosis association, monitors of health we're here to serve the public." Miss Kesler said the association wants smoking banned from all public buildings and plans to make the library a legal test case. "We won't be satisfied with anything the library does." Miss Kesler said, "short of stopping all smoking." SUSAN HIXON She argued that being exposed to smokers is hazardous to the non-smokers' health. "We started out by prohibiting smoking." Hill said. "But people came to us and asked to be allowed to smoke in the library." One of the members of the board said.

"We're not supposed to be The Palm Beach County Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association wants to clear the air with the West Palm Beach Public Library. Yesterday they asked the Library Board to unpollute the library by banning smokers from the reading room. The Library Board found itself caught in the middle. ''vT'.