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St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 8

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Fort Pierce, Florida
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Rage NIWS-TRIBUNI Fort Florso Fla MifWiy Aufvrt It 19S4 Speaker-Designate Calls Conference to Consider Migrant Camps Legislation GW WEB Rifes Are Held For Clarence Parker Reid Retired Navy Yard Engineer Succumbs Here GUDIM? Constructive Ideas For Promotion Of Tourism Invited At Open Meeting HOLLYWOOD -Rcp Ted Da-vld of Hollywood spesker-dexlg nuts of the 1955 House ha Called conference to consider legislation governing mndition in migrant labor camps David said last night he expect- ed to hold the meeting during the last week nf August In his Hollywood office Purpose he said Is to find out what conditions are like In auch camps in South Florida and how they can be Improved He raid he expected etale legia-Broward and Palm Beach counties to participate along with representatives of the health department! in the three countiea and officials of the growera associations in the area "It is probable that the conference may result in a request to the 1955 Legislature to pasa a law governing condition! in labor campa throughout the slate" he said Phillip de Regt died at hi horn in Sunland Gardena late Sunday Born tn Rotterdam Holland Mr de Regt was a prominent marine architect and engineer and moved here a year ago after re tiring from 22 years of aervira with the government A graduate of Rotterdam Aea demy's College of Engineering he had been employed at the Norfolk Va and Rmoklyn Navy Yards during his career lie aided in designing the liner United Slates Mr de Regt held membership in the Star of Rrlhlrlirm Iaidge Free and Accepted Maxima In Woman Vidim of Hammer Attack Showers Fall Over Most 01 Northern Half Funeral sendees for Clarence Parker Reid 75 who died Sunday morning at hi home 2424 Oleander Avenue were held Monday morning at 10:50 in the Yates Funeral Chapel and were conducted by the Fort Pierce Lodge 1520 RPOR The remains were shipped In Brooklyn for interment in the family plot In Greenwood cemetery The deceased was born In Rmoklyn and had lived here for about eight year after retiring as traffic manager for the Heins company He had been Ul for several weeks A Presbyterian Reid wae a member of the local lodge of Elk and Moose and Orio Lodge 717 Free and Accepted Order of Masons Brooklyn He is survived by his wife Lillian who requested that flowers he omitted and donations made to charitiea In their stead Lizzie Mae William who was allegedly the victim of a hammer attack Saturday night wa treated at the loeal hospital fur a bmken rib and a cut of hrr head and another Negro Ilyases Duncan has been charged with assault ae a result Aceording to the pnlire report the woman waa attacked by Dun-ran shortly before midnight at Douglaa Court and Avenur Duncan waa arrested by Officers Jamea Blakely and Mariort Tarkcr mumwHHC I give r2k By THE ASSOCIATED FEESS Showery weather prevailed over most of the northern half of the Brooklyn Ruth (hapter 7 Ksst country today and some of it drift- Star Marine Square Club of ed down into the lower Mississippi N' York: urh Masonic Club Valley The southern Rockies also York had considerable precipitation I Mason Minnesota and northern Iowa Surviving are his wife Anlje registered the heaviest rainfall V'Prce: ve rl ren 11 arising genersUy from a low pres- Knd children and three brothers sure area centered over eastern I'fn Holland South Dakota Spencer Iowa had forwluc'ed 102 Inehri of rain ais hours: St Yates Funeral Chajwl Tucs-Cloud Minn 174 and Fargo ND afternoon 12 with 106 In 24 hours I nr- Howard pastor Across Mobile i -1 in one locally heavy shower In 1 87 Ireo and Accepted Or-other parts of the wet area rainl Jor Masons will conduct aerv In 24 hours r- 11 P'Muri iaasaiF-ii An open merlin will be conducted by the Tburist Development committee of the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday evening August 25 in the Flamingo restaurant A rommittre spokesman said Monday that the purpose of the meeting la to listen to any constructive ideas interested persons msy have In regard to the increase of the tourist Industry here He added that It Is not a meeting being held for the purpose of Individuals "getting things off their chest about what's wrong with the city" but will he devoted to the discussion of ideas related to tourism At the Initial meeting of the committee several pertinent subjects were brought up Among these were the need for a survey of the present tourist interest In Fort Pierce and the Importance of this Interest in the community: to Investigate the possibility of changing the name of the city to Fort Pierce Beach: a thorough educational program for the local citizens showing the value of tourism and plans for better public relations among the tourist business interests Among those present at the Initial meeting were Chamber of Commerce President Charles Rhoads Mrs Hugh Hale Vernon Jenkins Murphy Charles Clark Carl Gosbce Richard Ar nold and Chamber Manager James Gay Nellie Beer ws When You Call BIARCH OF DIMES AUGUST 16 TO 31 ires at graveside in the loeal was light however Man Charged With Possession of Shine Forfeits $150 Bond A 26-year-old local Negro who was nabbed by Constable Grady Tyner Saturday night and charg ed with having seven gallons nf illegal moonshine in his possession forfeited S150 bond in Justice of the Peace court Monday morning Judge DeFricst Jr de dared the bond estreated when Nathaniel Lee 1505 Va Avenue failed to appear Lee was charg ed with posse sing one five-gallon jug and two one-gallon containers of the untaxed home-made which Tyner aaid he found under the man's bed tllaa libs ikii liiMirr Tkere'i not I itjfwhtrs near Ptol he eew nm lo between ocH" Charge Filed In Collision BIRDHAM England Ut-Stand back Edison Steady there BeU Make way for Tampiin and the brer barrel that cornea when you call it The inspiration eame one aunny afternoon Alan Tampiin a 50-year-old retired farmer was sitting on the lawn of hia country cottage here He wanted a drink but didn't Mother Reports Daughter Missing One hunlred plua heat returned wmetny and hearers will be to large areaa of the country again of the lodge Sunday and more waa on the books for today South Dakota Kansa and Missouri were the principal midsection hot spots Sunday Philip hit 100 St Louis 101 Kansas City lu3 and Ruaiell Kan 100 Salina Kan and El Centro Calif shared the peak at 106 Funeral Renders for Robert Whalen 15 who was killed by the When such circumstances ar coming up be sure and stop at Ruxsakics and they will take care of the emergency A local mother has reported to police that her daughter has been missing from home since she left to seek a job laxt Friday Mrs Miguel Tulosa 58 South Market Avenue was charged with caus ing an accident by failure to have his vehicle under control follow' ing a two-car collision on Orange Avenue west of 2nd street Satur day night Hie police report slatee that car operated by Edward Ket UP fotch Tstnosh Island Waah on the I accidental riiacharge of a shotgun I "Anil he related "I innorth Pacifie coast recorded 57 by last Thursdsy took place at I vented Nellie Look" way of contraaL o'clock Monday morning from St He pressed a awitch by the aide I church Burial took Lf his deck chair Through the Baruch Says Few place in the local cemetery French windowa of hia cottage Pall bearers were Otis If rolled an ale barrel of gleaming Thompson Kenneth Cochran Jerry wind with painted on the People Take Advice BERTHA RUSSAUIS PACKAGE STORE Foreclosure Plaintiff Purchases Mortgage Simmons told police Sunday her daughter Mary Gannon 24 of Route 4 failed to return from her quest for work The missing woman is described as weighing 148 pounds red hair and wearing a blue dress when last seen Indian hostilities which led to Custer's last stand in 1876 result ed in part from Indian protests at movements of whites into the Black Hilia in one of the last big gold rushes NEW YORK Bernard Bar-1 Grogan Raymond Van Marten I gj(e k4 An I I BIUC It trundled down the garden path uch Ameriea'a best known elder Gibson West and James McBride consultant the and Cheap Whisky la Not Good Good Whiskey Is Not Cheap 112 Depot Dr Ph 9102 Greene 21 of Gifford was being parked when Tulosa approached and struck it in the rear with hia car Damage to Greene's car was estimated at $50 and at $150 Officer Arthur Lee investigated to great near Yatca Funeral Home waa in great aaya "few ever take" the charge of arrangementa advice he givei In a mortgage sale at tha West steps of the St Lucie county court bouse Monday morning the plaintiff in the mortgage foreclosure on Jones Grocery and Restaurant Orange Avenue Extension was tha wily bidder at $1375120 on the land and building John Diehl represented by attorney Charlee Adams was the bidder and Vivian Jones the defendant Circuit Clerk Baggett conducted the sale LIFE SAVERS took a shsrp right turn by the rosea came to rest by Tamplin's chair Clipped in one end were some glasses Nellie poured a pair of she does everything but drink and when they were taken from her dutifully rumbled back to the cottage Nellie worka by radio 465 megacycles on dial She real- "They usually want to bo en- vw ri couraged to do what they are al- 01(7 lOmld ready he aaid of those who STS SSTJS Of Baruch made the comment dur- Ing a press interview He will LOff OtC(l Hoover Commission To Check Real Estate WASHINGTON Uft-The Hoover Commission is going to find out whether in its view the government owns too much real estate A task force named last night also will try to determine whether the government is paying too much for property and whether it makes efficient use of what it does own 84 Thursdsy Junked Car Destroyed Sunday by Fire A junked car in a used car lot at Avenue and 8th street was destroyed by fire Sunday evening Trucks 6 and 7 went to the scene and were there 15 minutes The car wa the property of Central Richardson better take it easy And cut your speed in half At least until You make your will And write your epitaph WASHINGTON lift-How Florida lb two barrels An outer one members of Congress were re- ie rolling and an inner one corded as voting on recent roll I0'1 the beer I calls: The barrel-in-a-barrcl keeps the SENATE brew still and sweet wherever On adoption 49-44 of Schorppel Nellie wanders I(K-Kan) amendment to farm bill In other and smaller compart' Diamond Industry Matching With World Smuggling Racket kl TOKYO MW ML Asaman about 50 miles south of here erupted today spewing clouds of black smoke and ash a mile in the air No casualties were reported aft TAXI IT CAST YOU MIGHT INJUAt A CUSTOMf Of TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY BRAND NEW TELEVISIONS 17" $13495 DICK REID RADIO Arcad Bldg Opposite PO HAYNES HAYNES INSURANCE 302 South 2nd St Phono 2930 2931 LOST Lsdy's wrlstwatcb Benins gold Thursday or Friday downtown and St For reward phone 1M2-W Tampiin believes the "inoKl important invention since the bottle opener" i Attica Aug I more than 90 per cent of the to provide for flexible price sup-1 ments Nellie holds soft drinks She 18 7" diamond industry is I world's diamonds I ports for 82Vi to 90 per cent of I can even pour out a shandy-beer matching wIU today with leaders I The industry la keeping hia ae-1 parity for cotton wheat corn pea-1 and ginger if anybody wants world-wide smuggling racket I tivities under wraps so as not to nuts and rice: Holland and Smath-it Millions of dollars in gema are tip its hand to the smuggler- en for the amendment involved Some recent published I shrewd daring criminals operat- On rejection 81-12 of McCarthy estimates in this diamond-produc-ling for high stakes (R-Wis) amendment to farm bill ing country run as high as 161 The Sunday Times of Johannes- to keep supports at 90 to 100 per million dollars yearly burg one of South largest cent on parity on the five basic Spokesmen for the industry pooh newspapers said that Sir Perry crops: Holland and Smathers pooh this They say nobody knows I has suggested formation of an in-1 against the amendment But they guard so closely their tcrnational private detective corps On adoption 52-29 of Aiken (R-secrets in the battle against the I to fight the smugglers and also I VI) amendment to eliminate from illicit diamond traffic that they proposes scaling off the illicit trade! arm bill a provision tying man- admit only to "suspicion" there at the source I datory price support! for small is some smuggling going on I The Times said new legislation grains to support levels for corn: The new campaign against the for tighter controls on rough gem Holland and Smathers for the smugglers is headed by Sir Percy I diamonds is now being drafted amendment Sillitoe until recently head of the Informants say that stricter con- on rejection 54-33 of Young British Counter-Intelligence Serv- trols are even more necessary else- (R-ND) amendment to write into ice I where in Africa where the mines farm hill mandatory price sup- Sir Percy arrived in Johannes- now are not as closely guarded: ports of 75 to 90 prr cent of parity burg in late July to report on his For example in the Belgian Congo 0n oats rye barley grain sor-preliminary detective work to Sir Angola Tanganyika the Gold I -hums and soybeans: Holland anl Ernest Oppenheimer head of the Coast and French West Africa Smathers against the amendment diamond mining industry and I The South African "Diamond On rejection 62-23 of Kerr (D- Long Distance Rates are Low! These sample rates are for three minutes station-to-sta-lion after 6 PM and aU day Sunday Reduced Federal Excise taxes are extra SWEET AS A Fort Pierce to: chairman of de Beera Consolidated Newa" reports that atricler lawi Mines Ltd against smuggling are also under Sir Ernest called the wartime consideration by the Coll spy chief in some six months ago gress Three-fourths of the world's to head the fight against the smug- gem stones and industrial dia-gling menace said to have grown I monds are marketed in the Stales enormously in the last two years after passing through the hands of Sir Percy began his job with a I London dealers thorough survey at the scattered I Diamond smuggling is msde mines in Africa which produce I easier by the small size of the gems Okla) amendment to write into I farm bill mandatory price supports I for beef cattle at not less than 801 per cent of parity: Holland and Smathers against the amendment On passage 62-28 of farm bill providing for flexible price sup-1 ports: Holland and Smathers for the bill HOUSE On passage 352-29 of bill to I raise postal workers pay by 7 per cent: for the Bennett Campbell Haley Herlong Matthews Rogers and Sikes not Lantaff New Orleans $110 Washington $130 New York $135 De-Segregation Musi Be Gradual In the Schools Cleveland $135 (Continued from Tage 1) Los Angeles $200 The Cullinan largest diamond ever discovered weighed only 3025 carats or slightly more than 25 ounces before it was split into smaller stones A few months ago workers at the Premier Mine found an extra fine blue-white diamond which may be worth $700000 lt weighs only 4265 carats or less than four ounces and is slightly larger than a penny box of matches The Premier and other diamond mines in this area are as closely guarded as uranium installations with electrified wire fences armed guards and patrol dogs Native workers who live on the compound for the duration of their working contracts are X-rayed before they leave Special detectives are on watch and no one geti in without a special permit AU through Africa one hears whispered stories of smuggling however Some are as simple as throwing rough stones across the fence to be picked up by a confederate A South African government official said one attempt involved use of a small plane to land inside a guarded compound Before X-ray was used workers sometimes hid a diamond in a cut on their body which was allowed to heal over A dose of castor oil when they left to go home is said to have effectively prevented any diamonds being taken out internal-b- Smugglers between foreign capi Ul still attempt to conceal gems in their body Reports lie re say that one as arrested recently at Boston airport on arrival from Frankfurt with 200 carats of gems worth nearly $100000 inside him Kansas City $145 Atlanta $100 and the most conscientious and patient efforts of all concerned can they be removed as psychological and sociological barrier" Ervin said he felt the public I opinion survey "constitutes the greatest effort made by any state I to comply with the request of the I Supreme Court for information on its problem the court takes due notice of I the implications of the report no one in Florida need fear that any plan might be made for his community in which he as a citizen has not had a right to participate' Meeting with Ervin and Bailey I today were Dean Ralph Eyman of Florida State University Man-1 ning Davis of the University! of Florida Dr Richard Moore president of Bethune-Cookman: Dr George Gore president of I Florida A Dr Lee I of the State Department of Edu-I cation Asst Atty Gen Ralph I Odom: Angus Laird director of I the Slate Mt-rii System Dr Don I Larson of the--University of Mi-1 ami Dr Lows Killian of Florida and just as welcome too your voice by Long Distance Keep those precious contacts with friends and family while away from home and tarn I he miles into smiles a catt Jacksonville 70e Do you you cm get LONG DISTANCE CREDIT CARD ond chorge to yoor own umber cods yon ptoce from any telephone anywhere CoS peer Tein-OfOce tor wo its Chicago $145 JtONESTY OWN REWARD- Frananco Figueroa Venezuelan fine mechanic helper shows wallet he found In a plane fit contafcied $11000 and belonged to a Lebanese merchant a the owner when returned that be to Allah kissed thr fact at the first child he tnr off Francisco SOUTHERN BELL mmom a ho telegraph company 1 I State University and Dr Gilbert The 200 carats is leu than two! Porter president of the Florida ounce teachers organization.

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