The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 39

Bt-Palm Beach Post. Tuesday July 1H, 1972 Boca Checking Building Site on Protection of Trees BtK'A RATON Alter local conservationists complained th.il trees were being bulldoed indiscriminately, city building officials yesterday were told to inspect the construct ion site of Tier-ra del Mar. a new condominium on SR Al William Prendergast. who is acting city man ager in the absence ol Alan Altord. said he will know today whether the city's tree protection Ordinance has been violated Tierra del Mar.

a project ol Avis Enterprises. contains two buildings Trees in trout of the buildings arc being cut down to make way for a parking lot But the developers say it is necessary to cut down the trees if the project is to comply with city regulations requiring 315 parking spaces Henry Wagner, vice president of the company, said the trees are being removed in accor dance with site plaas tor construction which have been approved by the city. "We have saved as many trees as we could lor transplanting." Wagner said We were Liking out only hat was necessary He said the company spent $11,000 lo transplant about 25(1 trees to the southern section of the tract, and will move some of them back for landscaping when the project is finished Residents are welcome to take some ol the trees for their ow yards, he added The complaint against the development was issued by Dr Freeman, chairman of the Math Department at Klorida Atlantic I niversity "They're knocking down all the trees, he said, they had about an acre of trees, which stood during heavy construction Then suddenly they up and iped everything out Freeman is doubtful the city's tree ordinance has had any noticeable effect on development tn Boca Katon "I have serious doubts as to whether one tree has been saved by this ordinance, he said The tree ordinance requires developers to get a permit before removing trees, and it carries a penalty r-From the Mouths of Babes Come Gems Miracle Needed At Inlet guess Muskie didn't believe me when I told him McGovern uould not pick him as vice president because he didn't turn over his delegate vote. Do. cut MP.

9pvky I kope, vfeni mu.cn thai' ox- will I think thai nv rCf Nsf to Hi 0 Q- li'J hr me 5 Whel W0.5 "5 I think Bobby Fischer is a posckuneyak. That's Russian for a nasty Youth Believes Pen Mightier Than Sword SI SAN H1XON Post StaH Writer Thomas Firestone recently warned India's Premier Indira (iandlu there's a danger ot a Communist takeover in her country and India's military should be built up as a precaution "If there's a war." he said. I figure President Nixon will send our troops over there, and I don't want to see us get involved in another one Thomas Firestone who resides in Palm Beach, is only 7 years old. but he's already written letters advising eight world leaders, four American politicians, two golfers and one chess player Only trouble is. Tommy doesn't know il any one's listened because he hasn't gotten any replies "The first letter I wrote was to the president of Austria." Tommy said.

He asked for an Austrian military uniform "so I could see what one looks like." He suggested to Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern that he make Sen. Kdmund Muskie his running mate, and in turn wrote Muskie to throw his delegate votes to McGovern "1 guess Muskie didn't believe me." Tommy said, "when 1 told him McGovern would not pick him as vice president because hedidn turnover his delegate vote." Letter writing is to Tommy what baseball is to most boys his age. He's worked out a system and carefully researched which world leaders are the most likely to respond to his letters "I'm expecting to hear from Moshe Dayan." he said, "and I'm sure Prime Minister F.dward Heath of Kngland and Prime Minister Golda Meirol Israel will write me." His advice to Heath was. I sure wish you could settle the Irish rebellion." and he asked Dayan to clear up contradicting figures on thecasualties in the Six-Day He wrote golfer Jack Nicklaus for an invitation to Lost Tree Village, and British golfer Tony Jacklin to tell him he had a $1 bet on Jacklin in the British open brother gave me 5 to 2 odds on Jacklin." Tommy said. "I thought he should know about it." Russian chess player Boris Spassky received a letter with Tommy's support in his championship match with Bobby Fischer of the United States.

"I think Fischer is a posckuneyak." Tommy wrote. hat does that mean0 "That's Russian for a nasty person." he said Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen Thomas Eagleton also got a letter of support. think he and McGovern have a chance." Tommy reflected, "but Nixon's pretty strong," It was his mother who suggested several months ago that he rite different politicians and celebrities. "He wanted to call them." she said, "so I thought it was time he took up letter writing." He's written 15 letters already, and plans to write that many more. "I'm not going to write every country." he said.

"I don't have that much to say to some of them." Tommy, who will start the third grade in a Philadelphia School this fall, is thinking of being an actor or maybe having his own talk show when he finishes college. "I might be a senator." he added, "or run for president. But I rather have a show like Dick Cavett's (K'EAN RIDGE We re hoping for a miracle, but I don think it will happen, the operator of the Boynton Inlet docks restaurant said yesterday. Mrs. Ann Miller referred to eviction notices which she and charter boat captains received last week from the Inlet Bay Club Inc requiring them to vacate the property bv July 111 The notices, which were signed by company representative William Curran.

were sent by registered mail. Mrs. Miller said. The corporation plans to build a condominium on the property. The plans, which were revealed about three months ago.

triggered a movement by area residents to preserve the property for a public park and additional parking facilities. Petitions containing more than 2.000 signatures were submitted to the Palm Beach County Commission several weeks ago. Last week the commission ordered an appraisal on 213 feet immediately south of the inlet. Capt. Dick Zielinski.

who supported the fight to save the property and was threatened with eviction two weeks ago. received an eviction notice ordering him off the property by yesterday However. Zielinski filed an answer to the complaint in court. Albert Gamot his attorney, said. "We have asked for a trial by jury and requested the court to strike the complaint Residents spearheading the movement to save the property asked the County Commission to buy the land or condemn and purchase it for the public.

County Commissioner George Warren has opposed the request. He argues it will jeopardize an offer from the town to support county acquisition of 1.100 feet of beachfront adjoining Boynton Beach park I'm not going to write every country. I don't have that much to say to some of them. Stiff Photo by Nick Arroyo Reason of Insanity Area JM) Cooley Found Innocent of Killings News Palm Beach County Public Defender Walter Colbath yesterday asked Knott to release Cooley for treatment on an outpatient basis, which he claims could be given at the countv Community Mental Health Center Judged insane by Knott in 1967. Cooley was committed to the South Florida Mental Hospital.

In October 1969 Knott ruled that Cooley was competent to stand trial, but in May of 1970 his mental state deteriorated while he was in the county jail, and Knott again ruled he was; incompetent, and ordered that he be committed to the state-mental hospital at Chattahoochee. State Ruling Said Dunkle Was Right Continued from Page Bl Hawk Issue Tabled By TOM HINKLE Poll Stall Writer FORT LAUDERDALE John Calvin Cooley. accused of fatally shooting two West Palm Beach policemen five years ago while proclaiming he was John the Baptist, yesterday was found innocent of the charges by reason of insanity, during his trial in Broward County Circuit Court. Cooley. 35.

was charged in the 1967 slayings of Sgt. William Fletcher and Patrolman David Van Curler, who had answered a disturbance call from employes of the Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association at 45th Street and Broadwav. In March. Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge James Knott transferred the trial to Broward County, because of the local publicity which surrounded the five-year-old case. Yesterday.

Knott, presiding in the non-jury trial, acquitted Cooley of the charges, after hearing about two hours of testimony. "In this case the medical evidence shows that this defendant was insane at the time of the offense." Knott said. "Under these circumstances, it is necessary for the court to rule the defendant is innocent by reason of insanity." Judge Knott reserved ruling on the type of psychiatric treatment Cooley should receive in the future, saying. "I don't want to deal lightly with that question." Cooley was transported back to the Palm Beach County jail after his trial yesterday, where he will remain until he can be admitted on a temporary basis to the South Florida Mental Hospital The judge said he will enter a final order concerning Cooley eventual placement, after he has considered additional testimony to be presented by the state. County May Serve In Sewage Tests Palm Beach County may be the site for a $150,000 state-funded deep-water well to be used for research and analysis of the deep-well injection method of sewage treatment.

According to county consulting engineer Charles Anderson. Palm Beach County is being considered along with Pinellas and Dade for receipt of the grant from the state Department of Natural Resources Last week. Anderson spoke with state conservation official Ken Woodard who was "favorably impressed with our site." according to Anderson. He made this report yesterday before the county's Sewer and Water Committee. "We're getting definite results from the state's Depart-, ment of Natural Resources as well as from the Environmental Protection Agency in their support of the deep-well injection methodof sewage treatment." Anderson said.

He recommended that the county take the position of "supporting the use and development of this method, not only along the coast but in inland areas such as near Lake Okeecho-. Anderson said the announcement of the well site should come Wednesday. The Water and Sewer committee also heard the Health Department's recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners accept the $14,000 bid by Applied Agricultural Research. Inc. of Lakeland for a proposed water quality study.

The services will include sampling water in various areas of the county, performing the laboratory testing and analysis and coming up with an evaluation to present to the County Commission The awarding of the bid will be decided by the County Commission There are several local firms also in contention for the contract. Weaver Was 'Dean' Of Boca Attorneys A second decision by the attorney general came following another amendment and this time the interpretation said clerks could either take the $18,000 maximum as before or go with the old fee system, only this time minus the $8,000 lid on stamp commissions. According to Dunkle he continued to take the $19,642 salary since, he said, he didn't be- ment" before the board again takes up the touchy matter Atlantic Principal Robert Johnson resigned last spring after a series of racial incidents at the school. "Wednesday morning, somebody has got to be on the job there." Early said. "I've given you a person who is fully certificated and experienced." Some members of the community believe the job should go to head basketball coach Norman Price.

Both Price and Hawk are white. Continued from Page Bl In other action, the board again refused to approve Early's nominee for principal at Atlantic High School in Delray Beach. Early's nomination of Earl Hawk, currently assistant principal at Atlantic, was tabled last week because board members feared Hawk might now have community support. Board member John Kirby last night suggested Early investigate "community senti Difference Of Opinion Board Trims Carroll's Vacation lieve the amendment applied directly to his situation. Warner said yesterday if Dunkle had chosen to take the new approach he "probably" would have made more than his present salary but in not deciding was required by the attorney general's opinion to return to the old figure which resulted in the overpayment cited in the auditor's report.

"Dunkle was trying to do exactly what the attorney general's office had told him to do." Warner said. Dunkle said a $49 shortage in surtax stamps, also mentioned in the report, resulted from a "personnel error." A second shortage of $152 in documentary stamps Dunkle said was "replaced" and was a "routine" accounting problem "one any big business could suffer." Dunkle's department handles more than $2 million annually. The final negative mark on the auditor's report was a $470 overpayment in child support and alimony payments handled by the clerk's office. Dunkle said "routinely" when checks come in from ex-husbands he "immediately" issues a second check from his office to the former wives. "I've done this on the day I receive the child support payment, because 1 know the wives usually need the money immediately." Dunkle said.

The $470 overpayment resulted when checks received from ex-husbands were not honored at the bank, Dunkle said Dunkle said he has asked the attorney general for a ruling in the case. Continued from Page Bl Mrs. Lopez, however, says there is "nothing in there but some pipe about that size (indicating two feet in diameter and a lot of beautiful trees that grew along the ditch. "They were bulldozed down by a man who gave his name as Jimmy Hewitt from Fort Lauderdale He came Friday afternoon after the government offices closed and said his orders were to finish before Monday morning." she said Hanson, however, said the pipe that went into the filled-in ditch is large enough The drainage district has nothing in writing from the developer, John Aragona of Fort Lauderdale, no contract, no letters, "just his word." Hanson said. How is the public to be protected'' "Well, it's on our property, and if they don't do what they are supposed to do we can just go in and tear it up and then there would be a ditch again." Hanson said He leveled his gaze "Somedays, you just can't please anyone 40 days a year during his three-year contract This does not include weekends.

Thus, if he took no vacation the first year, he would be entitled to 40 work days the second year "That's eight weeks." protested board member Ted. Brown Jr "I don't think it's good lor die system lo have; anvbodv out that long Board Vice Chairman Thelma Wymer complained that Carroll had "unilaterally written the contract I like lo have him on the job a little more than 11 months the first year The board then struck down the cumulative vacation clause and agreed to give Carroll three weeks vacation the first year and four weeks the second and third year Carroll's salary increases from $37 .500 the first year t( $39. 562 the second year and $41, 738 the third year. The board also pays his moving expenses from Los Ala mos, where Carroll is superintendent, and provides the use oil a car. Carroll, who arrived in West Palm Beach last night lo sign the contract on Wednesday, will serve as consultant lii the board during three week-iong visits between now and; January.

He ill be paid $721 a week for each consultation The contract also permits the board to require Carroll to' submit to a psychiatric examination by two psychiatrists sc-; lected by the board. Another provision spells out seven grounds tor dismissal immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency, gross insubordination, willful neglect of duty, drunkenness or conviction for any crime involving moral turpitude SC11N1T The Palm Beach County School Board last night chopped off the requested vacation time of its first appointed school superintendent. Dr Joseph Carroll of Los Alamos. Carroll, who Likes over Jan 2. 1973.

asked for 20 work days vacation annually, with vacation days cumulative up to Delray Accord on Land-Use Map DELRAY BEACH City councilmen stood toe-to-toe with members of the Planning and Zoning Board last night to battle out their disagreements on the land-use map. But when the fracas was over, both groups finally agreed there was not much disagreement after all The council has asked for the workshop meeting to clarify the board's intention for a portion of the land-use map in which it set aside large areas of the city for low-density, single-family homes. They agreed that although the planners wanted most of the area to be strictly single-family, any future request for development that meets the density requirement with other types of building, will be referred to the board for study. The final decision at the meeting came on a recommendation from board member Theodore Poole, a retired army colonel who suggested if the council works to keep the density at the recommended level, it will have done its best to fulfill the intention of the land-use map. "Anything not now in the planning area." Poole said, "or not now designated for some other zoning classification, should be reserved for single family construction." Poole said any other request should be sent to the Planning and Zoning Board for individual consideration and saddened when I heard about it Brown, who retired as police chief about two years ago.

lauded Weaver's work as city attorney "I always thought he made a good city attorney." he said He always rendered what I considered fair and just decisions." Weaver, who was 61 at the time of his death, was a president of the South Palm Beach County Bar Association, and a member of the American Legion and Elks Club He and his wife and children resided at 255 NE Sixth Court. Funeral arrangements, which are not complete, are being handled by the Kraeer Funeral Home Continued from Page Bl Their negotiations enabled the city to buy 250 feet of land near the present site of Spanish River Park "Weaver was always progressive-minded." Lamb said "He was a very good friend of mine, and a fine fellow, as far as I'm concerned Fox mentioned Weaver's children. Leon Jr Thomas and Pamela Leon is a student at the University of Florida's law school. Fox said, and the other son attends Florida State University. "Mr, Weaver was very congenial." Fox said "He was a good lawyer and had a lot of friends I very shocked.