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Fort Lauderdale News Inside Section Deaths 4B Television, 10B Entertainment, 11-13B Thursday, January 15, 1976 Cities Likely To Fight Move MettiropoMtoini County Adopts Growth Restriction certain areas, will be challenged in court. Fort Lauderdale city officials will discuss the possibility of such a lawsuit on Monday with County Commissioner Kenneth Jenne, sponsor of the ordinance. The city has questioned the county's authority to impose development restrictions within March 1, will not affect any development permit at this time. "It will mean nothing until criteria and standards are set down for the commission to use as guidelines as to which areas will be placed under growth controls," he said. Tuesday, the commission will discuss how future ordinances to implement growth regulations will be carrying capacities will be completed by March 1.

Jenne explained, "This ordinance is like an automobile with no gas. We don't even know what criteria we are going to use yet and we will have to have a lot more information before we act to place any restrictions on development in any particular area." Before the commission can limit (Continued on Page 2B, Col.3) By MARGARET CROXTON Staff Writer The County Commission last night approved an interim development regulation ordinance which will give the county authority to impose strictions on development permits issued anywhere in Broward. It is expected that the ordinance, which could impose moratoriums in There was a lengthy public hearing on the growth restriction ordinance last night with 40 speakers signed up to oppose it and four speaking for it. The Commission voted 4-3 to approve the law with commissioners Gerald Thompson, R. B.

Barkelew and J. W. Stevens voting "no." Jenne said the ordinance, effective The commission directed the Planning Council to finalize recommendations on which section of the county should be placed under development restrictions because of inadequate services. Planning Council Administrator Willard Wilson said the recommendations to be based on available and future availability of water, waste water and sewage facilities, and road Jack Wheeler Cleared In Shooting Incident Subpoena Served On Colder Official about 10:15 p.m. and parked near the front gate of the Wheeler residence at 11491 NW Fourth St.

As Mrs. Wheeler was getting out of the car, Mrs. Freeman said she heard two shots, looked up and saw Wheeler approaching the car with a gun in his hand. Mrs. Freeman told the court she asked Mrs.

Wheeler to get back in the car as Wheeler approached. She said he was "talking wildly and swearing." She said she later discovered damage to the front windshield and rear license plate of her car that she had been unaware existed before that night. Under cross examination by Wheeler's attorney, Mrs. Freeman admitted she had not seen Wheeler fire the gun and could not be certain from which direction the shots had come. She admitted having heard shots frequently in that area of the city.

Wheeler's attorney, Steadman Stahl, told the judge the duck hunting season was open at the time this incident occurred. PLANTATION Declaring that the city had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt, Municipal Court Judge John A. W. Camillo last night found former Broward County Comptroller Jack R. Wheeler innocent of discharging a firearm in the city.

Wheeler had been accused of taking two shots at a car containing his wife, Phyllis, last Nov. 10 after quarreling with her. In a surprise move, City Prosecutor Alvin Capp called only one witness Marjorie Freeman of 12391 NW Second St. Judge Camillo said the testimony of Mrs. Freeman did not prove conclusively that Wheeler had fired a gun within the city limits, a misdemeanor offense.

Since Mrs. Wheeler was not asked to testify, there was no mention of what happened until Mrs. Wheeler arrived at the home of Mrs. Freeman while walking the family dog after the argument with her husband supposedly took place. Mrs.

Freeman said she drove Mrs. Wheeler home at Ex-Comptroller Jack Wheeler, left, chats with attorney Steadman Stahl after acquittal. Staff photo by Gary Gardiner The vice president and general manager of Calder Race Track in North Dade has been subpoenaed to testify before a statewide grand jury investigating South Florida gambling next week in Orlando. Special Prosecutor Eugene Whitworth confirmed yesterday that Calder officer Elmer Vickers and seven other persons were served subpoenas at the track Tuesday afternoon. Whitworth declined to identify the other seven persons because the grand jury had requested the names be kept secret until they testify.

This is the second round of subpoenas to be issued for the three-day Orlando session which starts at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday. Several weeks ago a dozen subpoenas were served at the track. It has been reported the grand jury is investigating an on-track bookie ring whose daily handle may be as high as the track's $1 million daily pari-mutuel handle.

Calder officials have denied any knowledge of the illegal betting activities. Although Whitworth refused to identify the people who have been subpoenaed, he said," You may not recognize the names locally, but these people are well-known around the big cities." Murder Victim Was Cab Driver told police they were driving west on Hollywood Boulevard when they spotted Manus lying partially on the roadway. Police said Manus was last heard from when he was dispatched at 1:28 a.m. yesterday to pick up a fare in a bar near the corner of Oakland Park Boulevard and State Road 7, Manus' bloodstained cab was found by the Margate police some three hours after his body was Police said the cab was found parked 35 yards east of the Margate Canal and 100 yards south of West Atlantic Boulevard. Detectives feel robbery was the motive for the crime, however, one of Manus' close friends, who asked not to be identified, said Manus was carrying only $25 when he was killed.

Manus' supervisor said he had been with the company "on and off for about two years." Meanwhile detectives felt they were "very close" to a positive identification of another murder victim found shot in the head in a culvert off of Hillsboro Boulevard under the Florida Turnpike overpass. Detectives had a tentative identification on the body late last night, but they said they were waiting for confirmation from a fingerprint check. Linda Smith, 36, who declined to give her address, said in the Broward (Continued on Page 2B, Col.l) By DAN HATFIELD Staff Writer The killer of a 23-year-old taxi driver may have gotten as little as $25 for his crime, according to a friend of the victim. The body of George Webster Man-us, of 509 SW 18th cabbie for the Taxicab was found along Hollywood Boulevard early yesterday with a bullet in the head. Manus was identified after his empty cab was found in Margate.

Capt. Elihu Phares of the Broward Sheriff's office said police have a description of a possible suspect. Phares said detectives are looking for a man in his mid-20's, 6 feet 2, with brown hair and hazel eyes. Manus' body was discovered alongside the road near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and SW 147th Avenue at about 3 a.m. yester-' day by two men returning home from a Fort Lauderdale nightspot Gary Norman and John Scibek 3-Count Indictment Is Issued 2 High-Speed Chases Lead Police Through Nursing Home, Lawns By DAN HATFIELD Staff Writer Two separate high-speed police chases yesterday resulted in the capture of four persons and the continued search for a man and woman.

One carload of theft suspects was captured, with one man flushed out of a nursing home where he was hiding in a closet. In a second chase a man eluded 15 police cars, abandoned the stolen car he was driving and left with a friend he phoned from a house where he briefly held two persons hostage. According to the Pompano Beach police, three men and two women entered a clothing outlet there late yesterday afternoon, milled around and then ran out of the store, each with an armload of clothes. Lt. Vincent Coorao of the Pompano Beach police said the five suspects fled from the Direct Clothing Warehouse at 1312 N.

Federal with about $1,500 worth of merchandise. Four of the suspects were captured after a 30-minute chase by Police apprehend suspect Sammy Lee Williams, 26, found hiding in closet at Century tor LlVUlg Nursing Home. Staff pbotobyGary Gardiner Others arrested were: Jimmy L. Brown, 19, 2881 NW 25th Willie Roy Render, 18, 3100 NW 19th St. Apt.

202; and Bernell Render, 21, 3100 NW 19th St. Apt. 202. All were charged with grand larceny and resisting arrest. Earlier in the day a speeding motorist on Florida's Turnpike eluded 15 police cars in a wild 90 mile per hour chase.

The fleeing speeder rammed two Florida Highway Patrol cars, smashed through a toll gate at the Turnpike's State Road 84 entrance, drove over lawns and may have injured himself in the 45-minute chase that ended in Melrose Park where he drove over several lawns and wrecked a sprinkler system. Police said the man finally stopped the car and fled on foot over several fences. (Continued on Page 2B, Col.l) Pompano Beach and Fort Lauderdale police when their car spun out of control near the intersection of East Commercial Boulevard and North Federal Highway. The fifth suspect, a black woman thought to be eight months pregnant, eluded capture. When the car finally came to a stop in the parking lot of a bank the suspects jumped out of the car and started to run, police said.

Three were apprehended immediately. A fourth suspect ran into the Century' for Living Nursing Home. Eight Fort Lauderdale police units were used to seal off the nursing home which has six entrances, police said. Several minutes later Sammy Lee Williams, 26, 3251 NW 16th was found by Patrolman John Ellett hiding in the closet of one of the patients. Mother Makes Appeal In Michelle's Murder Romando Mino: Directed police to the fleeing suspect.

By KEN HARRELL Staff Writer A sealed indictment, handed down by the Broward Grand Jury for three counts of murder yesterday, was believed to be against an 81-year-otd landlord charged with killing three persons during a wild shooting spree last month. According to the Broward State Attorney's office, the indictment will remain sealed until the person named in it is in custody. But it was known that the grand jury expected yesterday to consider if Mauro (Mario) DiProspero, owner of an apartment complex at 1719 SE 15th should be indicted for the murder of his wife and two other persons on Dec. 15. It was on that day that DiProspero reputedly drew a .38 caliber revolver and began shooting at one of his tenants following an argument over rent, police said.

Before the shooting spree had ended, DiProspero had killed his wife, the tenant and a neighbor across the street, police said. He then turned the gun on himself and fired one shot through his head. DiProspero was listed in satisfactory condition last night in the psychiatric ward of Broward General Medical Center where he has been since the shooting. According to a hospital spokesman, he is not being kept under a police guard. Killed in last month's shootout were James Doyle, 66, the tenant, Howard T.

Wentworth 60, a neighbor who lived across the street at 716 SE 15th and DiProspero's 79-year-old wife of 59 years, Maria. As a result of another indictment returned by the grand jury yesterday a 15-year-old juvenile will stand trial as an adult for robbery and attempted murder in connection with the Dec. 19 holdup of a bank here. Robert John Gagnon, of 938 E. 10th Court, Pompano Beach, was indicted for robbing the Southern Federal Savings and Loan Association, 4891 N.

Federal and reportedly shooting bank manager Kim DeFreytas. As a result of the indictment, Gagnon loses the protection given him as a juvenile. Bench Warrant Issued For Leo Goodwin III fic accident in which Goodwin was involved that took the life of former football player Jon Skillings. Goodwin had said on several occasions that he might intentionally violate probation in order to serve the full 60-day term and thus sidestep the two years of probation. David Eddy, Goodwin's probation officer, refused to comment when asked if he thought Goodwin was intentionally committing the violation.

"All I can say about it is that we will have to wait and see if he contests it at the hearing," said Eddy. Goodwin was also barred from driving in the state of Florida as the result of the fatal accident and another accident. A bench warrant has been issued by County Judge Robert Butterworth for the arrest of 23-year old multimillionaire Leo Goodwin III charging him with violation of probation. The warrant was signed by Butterworth Tuesday and given to a Broward Sheriff's deputy for service yesterday. Goodwin has failed to appear at his probation officer's office on several occasions, according to the warrant.

Butterworth sentenced Goodwin Nov. 25 to 60 days in jail and fined him $1,020 after he was found guilty of two misdemeanor traffic charges. The jail time was then reduced to 37 days plus two years probation. The charges stemmed from a traf The mother of Michelle Winters, the young woman found strangled to death and floating in a canal in Pembroke Pines Saturday, has made an appeal for anyone who saw her daughter during the week before her death To come forward. Mrs.

Martin Alan Winters of 2348 NE Seventh Place, said yesterday, "It is the only thing that I know to ao. We need to know where she was that week before she was murdered. That week is unaccounted for." The body of Miss Winters, 17, was found floating face down in the Snapper Creek Canal in a remote and wooded area, strangled with her own purse. She was last seen by friends a week before her body was found, telling them she planned to take a bus in downtown Fort Lauderdale. A longtime friend of Miss Winters said she had been depressed and talked quite frequently about joining the Navy.

'n The victim, a former waitress, had been staying at the Caccolaba Cottages 409 S. Atlantic Blvd. where police said she was living an isolated existence. She was last seen by Mrs. Winters on Dec.

30. Mrs. Winters said she had warned Michelle against hitchhiking, but she added that she knew it was possible her daughter did not listen to her. "I am making the appeal in tne hopes that" maybe someone will see the picture of her and be able to supply some information to police about that last week," Mrs. Winters said.

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