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33 Arvida Offers To End Legal Battle With Boca By James De Grad Staff Writer The Arvida the largest developer in Boca Raton, yesterday offered to end its six years of legal warfare against the city's 40,000 dwelling unit cap. Richard W. Miller, group vice president for Arvida, told a workshop meeting of the City Council that the lawsuit would be dropped provided the firm could successfully develop its University Park holdings. Arvida had sued the city, according to the firm, because cap limitations had prevented the firm from developing its property extensively to make it profitable. The case, currently, is awaiting a decision in the Fourth District Court of Appeals.

Boca Raton had lost the first round of the case in the Palm Beach County Circuit Court when Judge Thomas Sholts had declared the cap unconstitutional. Miller said that thf nffpr acceptance of a new Planned Unit Development ordinance. A new PUD ordinance "is absolutely critical to the kind of development we would like to do" on the 1,500 acres of land owned by Arvida in University Park, Miller added. He claimed that the corporation would be unable to develop the land as it would like under the city's existing PUD ordinance. Miller labeled that ordinance as "the most backward" in America.

A PUD ordinance would provide for concentrated development of certain sections of land while providing larger than normal areas for open space and parks. Miller said the corporation has not begun planning for development of that 1,500 acres. City Attorney M.A. Galbraith recommended in a letter to the council "that no advantage would be gained by the city in agreeing to the Arvida proposal as it has been presented to you." Attorney Gerald F. Richman, hired by Boca Raton to defend the cap, agreed with Galbraith.

Miller said that he had brought the proposal directly to the council to save time "because we're all spending a lot of money." Boca Raton has spent more than $600,000 defending and justifying the cap and Miller would only say that Arvida had spent "not as much as the city." Galbraith outlined six objections to the Arvida proposal, including the fact that a separate lawsuit by Boca VillasKeating Meredith has been challenging the cap concurrently with the Arvida litigation. Miller said that while the corporation has no control on that suit, the firm has lent financial support to that suit. Miller added that financial support would be dropped if the city and Arvida could reach agreement. Galbraith also questioned the status of the new PUD ordinance, the influence of Arvida in drafting a new PUD ordinance and the legal status of the cap if the suit is dropped. If 0 siA Mayor Jeff Milner: A step toward low-density development.

lllllgW UfWW Wll-J Fort Lauderdale News, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1978 Police Find No Link Between Skeleton, Convicted Murderer Hill! If TO: IIIHIIHU lluawlWWWMlraW 'I i i -s I kmm if 5 lli W.M.0&v I kmmk evil V' The skeleton, deputies said, was of a white female, age 20 to 25, between 5-foot-2 and 5-foot-6. She had brown, hair. Two of her teeth had been removed, but she had received no other dental treatment. "There were signs she had had a back injury at one time," said a spokesman.

"Two of her ribs were fused together near the spine." Cause of death, he said, was strangulation. That determination was made through the discovery of knotted clothing near the skeleton. Several other items of clothing, including undergarments and a nightgown, were found with the skeleton. Deputies report no leads in the case. Aerial photographs dating back to 1968, when the area was agricultural, have been checked in hope of pinpointing the date of the murder.

By Dennis Powell Staff Writer Palm Beach Sheriff's deputies today said they have almost ruled out any connection between a skeleton found in the Boca Del Mar subdivision last Wednesday and convicted murderer Gerard Schaefer. At the same time, deputies released a more complete description of the as-yet unidentified victim. "The anthropologist and the pathologists tell us the skeleton was there between one and four years," said a Sheriff's Office spokesman. "Schaefer was in jail during that period." Schaefer, a former Wilton Manors policeman, was convicted in September 1973 of the murders of two Broward teen-agers whose bodies were found on Hutchinson Island near Fort Pierce. Manuscripts he had written detailed a ritualistic rape-murder near the spot where the skeleton was found last week.

Searches at the time of his trial turned up nothing. Still, the uncovering of the skeleton last Wednesday by a bulldozer operator led to speculation the skeleton may have been the work of Schaefer. UPI Photos Oakie portrays Mussolini with Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator, right. At left, Oakie performs in other roles. Funeral Services Set For Actor Jack Oakie ago on the Johnny Carson special "Sun City Follies." But he refused to appear on TV talk shows because they paid only minimum union scale, and he had once earned 10 times that amount $7,500 a week.

"If you do a job, you oughta get paid," he said. He never disputed his reputation as one of Hollywood's wealthiest actors. "One of my pals said I bought General Electric when it was General Candle," Oakie once said. "He could be right." Oakie's name sprung from his boyhood in -Muskogee, where he was christened Louis Offield. When his family moved to New York he was groomed for a career on Wall Street.

But his irrepressible humor steered him toward show business. His first job was as a chorus boy in George M. Cohan's "Little Nelly Kelly." That was when he adopted his breezier stage name. From the chorus, Oakie advanced to comic and dancer on the vaudeville stage before getting his first movie role with Paramount. He stayed with the studio for nine years, making his favorite film, "Elmer the Great." He may have been best known for his portrayal of Mussolini in Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator." Among Oakie's other memorable films were "Million Dollar Legs," "If I Had a Million," "Call of the Wild," "The Texas Rangers," "Thieves' Highway" and "Around the World in 80 Days." Oakie married actress Venita Vardon in 1936, but she divorced him nine years later after accusing him of being quarrelsome, jealous and hot-tempered.

He had no children from either of his marriages. The Associated Press HOLLYWOOD Comedian Jack Oakie, who in one whirlwind year made a dozen movies and was rumored to be among Hollywood's wealthiest actors, has died at the age of 74. A funeral service is planned for noon tomorrow at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale. The onetime vaudevillian died Monday only 5'i hours after his wife of 30 years, actress Victoria Home, rushed him to Northridge Hospital when he complained of stomach pains. Hospital spokeswoman Kay Murphy said Oakie had an aneurysm, or swelling of a major artery in the abdomen, which may have burst.

An autopsy was to be performed today. Oukie's last film, "Lover Come Back" with Doris Day and Rock Hudson, was made 15 years ago. He last appeared on television three years More Tests Needed On Dead Woman By Chuck Crumbo Staff Writer Investigators are expected to analyze residue found in the bottom of a cup allegedly offered by a Miami faith healer to a Belle Glade woman who later was found dead in her car. An autopy on 42-year-old Ellen Fulton, found dead Saturday morning at U.S. 27 and State Road 84, failed to establish a cause of death, a spokesman for the Broward Medical Examiner's Office said yesterday.

"She was supposed to have drunk something that a faith healer gave her just a few hours before her death," the spokesman said. "We want to see if that had anything to do with it." Broward Sheriff's Detective Lt. James Walkup said deputies found a paper cup in the back seat of the dead woman's car. It is believed that she drank from the cup, Walkup said. Mrs.

Fulton, who was terminally ill with cirrhosis of the liver, went to the faith healer Saturday with her daughter, who was not identified. An examination of the contents of the woman's stomach failed to yield any leads on what killed her, Walkup said. 1 "Usually, they (faith healers) will give them something like tea to drink and then follow with a pep talk," Walkup said. "She had been in and out of the hospital during the past few months with her liver disorder," he said. "I still think that we'll find the cause to have been natural, but we're checking and running toxicology tests." Test results are expected this week, investigators said.

Guy Waters, 25-Year Resident, Dies At 90 Guy W. Waters, 90, of 1400 South Ocean Drive, Pompano Beach, died Monday. A 25-year resident of Florida, Waters moved to Pompano Beach in 1963 to retire. But, after several months, he became a salesman for the Hilton Hotel. 1 Waters began his sales career at the turn of the century in the Midwest and recalled lugging dry goods samples on horseback.

He went to work for the Timken Roller Bearing Co. in Cleveland in 1915 and helped form a manufacturers' representative firm in 1935. He was an, active sports fan and participated in a group headed by Bill Veeck which bought the Cleveland Indians in 1948. Waters sold his interest in 1949. An avid golfer, he often played with sports figures including baseball greats Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker and TyCobb.

Waters was a charter member of the Coral Ridge Country Club and the Coral Springs Country Club. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Baird-Case Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lauderdale Memorial Park. Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

tomorrow at the funeral home. Deaths CIMUM MvartHJaa SUTTON James R. Sutton, 56, of 1040 NE 13th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, passed away at the Veterans Hospital in Miami. A resident here 20 years from Buffalo, N.Y. Veteran of World War II with the U.S.

Army. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Sutton, Buffalo, N.Y.; two brothers Donald R.

Sutton, San Francisco, Peter C. Sutton Buffalo, N.Y. Friends may rail 3 to and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at FAIROULD NORTH FEDERAL FU-NERAL HOME. Memorials may be made to favorite charity in lieu of flowers.

PHENIS Lester H. Phenis, 83, of 3208 SW ISth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Monday. Preceded in death by one daughter Rosemary Marriott. Survived by three sons Harold Fort Lauderdale, Arthur Phenis, Liberty, Ronald Phenis, Indianapolis, three daughters Evely Phenis, Milwaukee, Dtmna Gray, Sharonville, Ohio, Marquita Alvey, Richmond, Ind. also a daughter-in-law Dorothea Phenis, Fort luderdale; 18 grandchildren.

The family witl receive friends Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Mr. Phenis was a member of Robert L. Agee VFW Post 19h6 of Fort Lauderdale. Services and interment will be held in Richmond, Ind. Iical arrangements by BADHD-CASE FUNERAL HOME, MS West Broward Boulevard.

GREGORY I. Doris Greory, 49, of 201 NE 22nd Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, died Sunday at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Gregory came to Fort Lauderdale seven years ago from Miami. She is survived by husband H.

William Gregory, daughter Cynthia Lou; mother Munel White all of Fort Lauderdale; two brothers Clarence W. Orr, Columbus, Malcolm D. Orr, Morgantown, Ind. Funeral services will he 10 a.m. Thursday at the KAYS PONGER FUNERAL HOME, Port Charlotte, Fl.

by Reverend Reese Y. Henderson of the First United Presbyterian Church, Puma Gorda, Ft. followed by interment in Restiawn Memorial Gardens, Port Charlotte. Friends may call from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 m. Tuesdav at the R.

JAY KRAEER FORT LAUDERDALE FUNERAL HOME. THOMAS Edgar C. Thomas of 2277 SW 8ird Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, died Saturday. Arrangements bv FRED HUNTER FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, 472-1550. Dcucdcmt mchhodiai PHTLIPPS August M.

Philipps, 78, of 105 NE 19th Avenue, Deerfield Beach, died Tuesday. Funeral arrangements are pending with the R. JAY KRAEER DEERFIELD BEACH FUNERAL HOME, 427-5S44. tluJxoittlcti CRAWFORD Mrnide A. Crawford of JX1 North Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach, dted Monday, January Wrd Arrangements pending BECKER FlINER-, AL HOME, 1444 South Federal Highway, Deer- field Beach.

FESSENDEN Clara Fessenden, 78, of Hollywood, passed away on Friday, January 20th. Site was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, the Johns Manville Quarter Century Cluh, the Shrlnetts of Hollywood Shrine Club, S. No. ISO of Hollywood and the Naomi Circle of the First Presbvterion Church of Hollywood. Friends may call Tuesday 7 to 9 Service Wednesday at 10 am at the JOHNSON FOSTER FUNERAL HOME with Reveetid H.

William Vassey of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Entombment will be in Hollywood Memorial Gardens. GENTRY James Gentry of 2S0fl NE th Street, Fort Lauderdale, passed away Friday ut Broward General Medical Center. A resident here 40 years from Philadelphia, Pa. Mr.

Gentry was a reultor oixi member of the Fort I jiudcrdale Board of Realtors, veteran of World War I and member of World War I Veterans Barracks No. 5S4. Member of the Masonic Lodge in Philadelphia, Pa. Survived by his wife Ixxuse ArrnnRemcnts hv FAIR-CJULD NORTH FEDERAL FUNERAL HOME. GRARD Alda Grard, 71, of I4S5 SW 18th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, on Sunday at a local hospital.

She was a resident of this area for 1 years from Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Grard is survived by her husband William; daughter Mrs. Marion Grabnwskl, Warren, four grandchildren and Hire great -grandchildren. Friends may cr.ll at the funeral home 7 to m.

on Tuesday. Funeral service will be bHd Wednesday m. at the funeral home. ArriiriRements JENNINGS DAVIE BOlllJiVARD FUNERAL HOME, 11 Oavte Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale. McGAREV Marie J.

(Holcomb) McGarey, 76. of HJ9 NE 2Mh Street, Wilton Manors, died Monday, January 2.1th at her residence. Arrangements by JORDAN FUNERAL HOME, 5110 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, Fl. McLEAN Dolly I. McLean of 5S10 SW 36th Court.

Davie, died Sunday. Arrangements by FRED HUNTER FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, 472-1SS0. WATERS Guy W. Waters, 90, of 1400 South Ocean Drive, Ponipano Beach, Monday at his residence. A 25 year resident formerly of Cleveland, Ohio.

Wife of me late Helen 0. Waters with whom he had celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary. Survived by two nieces Mrs. Rubert Wheeler, field Beach and Mrs. John Conner, Fort Lauderdale.

Mr. Waters had been an active executive with the Hilton Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. He had been a charter member of the Coral RidRe Country Club and the Coral Springs Country Club. The family will receive friends Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services Thursday 1 m.

at the funeral home with Dr. Norman Iinde officiating. Interment to follow in lauderdale Memorial Park. Arrangements by BAIRD-CASE NORTH FEDERAL FUNERAL HOME, Fort Lauderdale. hi SHERMAN Thomas Sherman 80.

of 2820 NE 40th Court, Fort Lauderdale, died Sunday, January 22nd at his residence. He was a resident of Florida for 10 years coming from Brooklyn, N.Y. Mr. Sherman was a member of the American Legion and a veteran of World War I. He is survived by his daughter Mrs.

Dorothy Slatterly, Fort Lauderdale; son Kenneth E. Sherman, Brooklyn, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Wetlnesdav, January 25th at 3 m. at JORDAN FUNERAL HOME with Dr. Richard Prtgmore officiating.

Interment will he in Jefferson Cemetery, Catskili, N.Y. The family will receive friends this evening 7 tn 9 m. Arrangements by JORDAN FUNERAL HOME, 5110 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, Fl. Whatever your religious belief, you may be assured that every arrangement of our beautiful memorial tribute will be in accordance with that faith. Your wishes are our first consideration.

1930... MILLER Raymond Miller, 84, of 10.14 NW 11th Court, Fort IjiiHfc'rdale, passed away Monday at a local hospital. Mr. Miller came to Fort Lauderdale in l0 from Wlklwood, New Jersey and Is survived by his wife Marie; two sons Raymond of Fort liudcrdule and Harry of Wildwaod, New Jersey, Funeral services will be conducted 3 pm. Wednesday at the graveside, ljouderdale Memorial Gardens by Father Bruce Whitehead Friends mav call 7 tn 9 m.

Tuesday at BLACKBURN FUNERAL HOME. WELDON Gary W. Weldnn, 31, of Star Route 2, Eustis, Kissed away Friday. January 20th He born in dmeston, N.Y. and lived here for five years.

Ho previously lived In Fort Lauderdale. Survived by Ills wife Gaile, Eustis; grandmother Mrs. Mtna Rose, EdmeMon, N.Y.; f.ilhi-r William Wcldon of Riviera Beach, two daughters Katheryn and Rena; one sister Jacquclin Bloom, Texas Memorial service Tuesdav at 1 m. at the LANKFORD CHAPEL OF MEMORIES, Deland, Fl. Buriul at a luter date.

James II. Gentry, Hospital Volunteer 3 WrM SHORf V. Clurcnce Short, 74, of 1.136 SE ISth Court, Deerfield Beach, died Sunday. Mr. Short came to Deerfield Beach seven years ago from Pittsburgh, Pa.

He was a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is survived by his wife Louise, Deerfield Beach: three sons Robert Maryland, Ronald Pennsylvania, James Michigan; five grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 m. Wednesday at R. JAY KRAEER IM.KRFIKLD BEACH FUNERAL HOME by Reverend James J.

IX-vlln of St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Deerfield Beach. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

PRIVATE PARKINQ Fort Lauderdale Board of Realtors. In 1966, he Joined his wife Louise as a volunteer at Broward General Hospital. Within five years, 23 other men joined the volunteer group known as the "Pink Ladies." Mr. Gentry wus a veteran of World War I and a member of the World War I Veterans Barracks 554 In Fort Luuderdule. Surviving Is his wife, Louise.

James II Gentry, a Fort Lauderdale real estute broker and the first man to Join the Broward General Medical Auxiliary, died Friday nt Broward General Medical Hospital. He was 82. Formerly of Philadelphia, Mr. Gentry was a 40 year resident of Fort Lauderdale, living at 2500 NE Ninth St. He obtained his real estate license i in 1965 and joined the firm of C.S.

Bowers. Ho was a( member of the CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank Sunrise Medical Gruup and especially Dr. David R. Salhanun and the entire staff of Doctors General Hospital for tlw wonderful care Nora Allen received during her stay there. Also to her friends and relatives who visited, sent cards and made phone calls on Iter behalf.

Rita ihier (sister) and the Allen family FMmm FUNERAL HOME 326 E. LAS OLAS BLVD. PHONE 467-1421 J.B. FANNIN, F.D. R.C.

McNAMARA, F.D, SLAUGENIIAUPT Blanche Slaugenhaupt of 6628 Forragiit Street, Hnllvwnod. died Mfsxiav. Arrangements hv KRF.D HUNTER FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, 47MMO..