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ludos Ofy Says 6Sa Sec Story Below i ABRAMS A HI TO "Pi "RTTOT SOUTH iowa; re Hollywood Hallaiidale Da ni a Miramar West Hollywood Pembroke Pines Pembroke Park Hwd. Ridge Farms Ml ijif jjj, Mr -eW PRICE FIVE CENTS Five Sections 72 Pases FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1962 Boo I 4 i4 Says hi I i ft Illegal, I 1 Visitors Eiilertainoel Here Commission OKs CL $500 Payment By TOM YIN'CIGUERRA (News Political Writer) HOLLYWOOD A bond election brochure extolling the advantages of voting for a $1.5 million park stadium is an illegal expenditure of taxpayers' money, Atty. General Richard W. Ervin said today. The City Commission yesterday approved $300 to defray most (Photo by T.

F. Metzner) from City Manager Herbert C. Gregory of Quincy, league president, named Mayor Herman Goldner of St. Petersburg as vice chairman and Mayor Edmund Burry of Ft. Lauderdale among the committee members.

Abrams drafted the following message of welcome to the Salvadorans, reproduced here in both the original English and in Spanish. national Airport, where they are scheduled to arrive at 5:30 p.m., to Orange Country Club, where the Committee of 100 and the city have scheduled a reception for them. Abrams received word today that, he has been appointed state chairman of the People-lo-People Committee of the Florida League of Municipalities. He said the appointment, HOLLYWOOD Hie 58 Salvadorans coming to Hollywood on a reciprocal Sister City visit finally will, get here this afternoon, one day' late because their plane was forced to turn back yesterday. City Commissioner May-nard Abrams, who spearheaded the Sister City program with San Salvador, said the group will be driven directly from Miami Inter YOUTH INJURED Bystanders gather around Gerald Robert Ward, 18, of 3415 Ocean Dr.

after he catapulted from his motor scooter yesterday in a collision with a car driven by Robert Leo Lambdin, 34, of 6940 SW 24th at the corner of Garfield St. and Federal Hollywood. Ward, who was charged by police with failure to have his scooter under control, slammed into the rear of Lambdin's car as Lambdin waited to turn left from Federal Hwy. Memorial Hospital reported Ward in good condition with multiple lacerations of the head and right hand and a fractured kneecap. of the cost without having seen the brochure.

It has been mailed to property owners facing the $1.5 million bond election next Tuesday.) City Manager Joseph W. Watson said the commissioners were; assured the brochure presented only "facts." Under the city char ter, the City Commission can spend tax money only to furnish facts. City Atty. August Paoli said today. Tiro issues Total Million Atty.

General Ervin said it is against state law for governmental agencies to spend tax money: to ballyhoo any project. IS 7" JB9 ery mjOOoj i The brochure, a blue and white pamphlet, says on its face. WHY YOU SHOULD YOTE THE FACTS DECE3I-' 11th FOR HOLLYwood park recreation and stadium." Then the document gives a glowing account of what taxpayers can expect for the $1.5 million! "Unsurpassed year-round enfer- On behalf of the City of Hollywood, I would like to say we are most gratified that you have come to visit us and hope this will culminate and cement our city affiliate program on a permanent basis, and that this will only be the beginning of very man visitations to come both ways. So far, we feel our program has gotten off to a wonderful start and we really believe that this program will inspire other cities in both Latin America and the United States to become affiliated as we have done, and eventually wipe out communism in our hemisphere and all the world. This program will help both cities culturally and economically so we are most anxious to see to it that close friendships are made between the citizens and the cities of San Salvadore and Hollywood, and again we say welcome and we hope you will enjoy your visit.

"That is considerably under what the county paid on its recent road bonds," City Manager Joseph W. Watson said. "I think it is a very good bid for the city." The sanitarv sew-er bonds will En nombre de la ciudad de Hollywood me da mucho gusto decirles que estamos muy agradecidos por su visita esperamos que esta visita culmine cemente nuestro pro-grama de ciudades hermanas permanente-mente. Que esta visita sea solamente el prin-cipio de mas visitas de las dos Hasta ahora creemos que nuestro programa ha comenzado prodigiosamente esperamos erdaderamente que este programa inspire a otras ciudades a afiliarce como nosotros lo hemos hecho evacuar al comunismo de nuestro emisferio de'todo el mundo. Este programa ayudara a las dos ciudades cultural economicamente.

Por eso anhelamos, que una veidadera hermandad exista entre los ciudadanos las ciudades de San Salvador -Hollywood. Otra vcz los bienvenimos les deseamos una grata visita. sanitary sewer revenue bonds as part of the financing for the S2.55 million west side sanitary sewer expansion, and $1.25 million in utilities tax revenue certificates. Actually, the city won't be able to deliver any of the bonds or collect any money for them until the 20 day appeal period has expired just before By JDI W1IITESHIELD (News Staff Writer) IIOLLYWOOD-This city has $4.05 million today to spend on municipal improvements that it did not have yesterday morning the proceeds from two revenue bond issues that were sold on bid basis at-yesterday's City Commission meeting. The bonds are $1.8 million in The sewer bonds were picked up by the Housing and Home Finance Agency's Community Services Administration at an in crest rate of 3.625 per, cent the only bid submitted.

Bidding for the UTRC bonds was spirited, with a whole sheaf of bond underwriters entering quotations. The successful bidder was Phelps, Fenn and Co. at 3.39G34 per cent. tainment to Hollywood Fun finance a portion of the west Evervone: Profits For side sewer expansion with an- It goes on to tell the property -owner "your vote. Dec.

11, will mean purchase of the proposed 120-acre site in the northwest corner of the city bordered Aemised Slaver by Sheridan Street and the Seaboard Airline Railroad. This prop erty is less than 10 minutes away from any home in the city." Not Insane Molhjivood SSeaeh Tomorrow Tfoobs Land Again The stadium improvement is described as the "biggest bargain the city ever had Unbeliev odor Says JL -i If S. 'a- i 1 3 ably low cost." But the cost to the taxpayer, as stated in the brochure, became a matter of conjecture 'today, also. other $400,000 probably to come from advance payment of special assessments by Hollywood the major property owner in the area to be sewered. Controversy over the method of special assessments to Hollywood Inc.

threatens to hold up the advance payment, but the commission ordered City Engineer Kenneth Kelly to talk with the land company officials and work things out. Stanley Beckerman, board chairman, and William D. Hor-vitz, president, of Hollywood objected to having the cost of tearing up and replacing alley and street paving in areas not owned by the company added to a total cost before the individual lot assessments are determined. "This amounts to making us subsidize those other areas," Beckerman said. "We purposely delayed our development six (Continued on Page It A.

Col. 1) The pamphlet says the owner and the First battalion, Sixlh Infantry. This group is on the way to Gulfstream from Fort Stewart and expected to arrive early tomorrow in a motor convoy. Inspecting the landing tomorrow will be Brig. Gen.

Frank C. Norvell, first armored division assistant commander for support elements. John T. Oksten, accused slayer of a 68-year-old Hollywood man, is "not insane," a court-appointed psychiatrist has ruled. Dr.

Arnold H. Eichert, Hollywood, said the 19-year-old AWOL Marine "knew right from wrong even during an amnesia spell" when John Melvin was beat to death with a monkey wrench the night of Aug. 12. Dr. Eichert's comments were in his report which was filed in Circuit Court late yesterday The doctor was appointed by Judge George W.

Tedder Jr. after Oksten's defense attorney entered a plea of temporary insanity which was backed up by two pri- room for another contingent of the First Armored Division moving in for a practice amphibious operation. According to the tentative schedule adopted by top brass, all Army elements will be out of Gulfstream Park by.Dec. 13. Tomorrow's landing will be the Second Battalion, 46th infantry and Second Battalion, 13th Armor.

The following attack, planned for Dec. 10, will employ the' Second Battalion, 81st Armor, fcOIUUniililiiilii I (Continued on Page 14A, Col. 3) Franza Ansivers Attach JOHN OKSTEN trial Dec. 18 HOLLYWOOD -Another shock wave of ship borne Army troops will assault the north end of Hollywood just below the Dania bridge at daybreak tomorrow. The amphibious landing will employ 1,050 soldiers and officers using tanks, jeeps and personnel carriers to establish a beach-head.

Men and equipment were loaded today at Port Everglades on the same five LST's used in two previous attacks. The naval units left port at 2:30 p.m. today and headed out to sea where the troops will spend the night preparing for the early morning landing. Following the assault tomorrow, the men will convoy back to Fort Stewart, to make Cost Split Wnns Car Casualty Rates Upped HOLLYWOOD The treasurer State Insurance Commissioner Dania To Get RR Safeguard tionally unstalble personality," and added his chances for recovery "are poor." "This condition is not classified as a psychosis and, accordingly, the patient is not, in my opinion, insane," Eichert said. of the.

Hollywood park and stadi Mavor Takes BS A Office City Must Pay J. Edwin Larson approved today um bond referendum committee a hike in automobile rates, up- T71 hit back today at an attack on one Or tXeiJairinff of the committee's most active HOLLYWOOD Mavor Richard PinS the cost Sl io Broward Coun- ralhmm of Miramar was installed Pleasure drivers. The doctor added that during his City Manager Edgar Coast Railway tracks should be twQ onehour sessions with Oksten, if 1 I' Tt 1 t.r J.1 A A 4 -mm- But this boost would affect those as South Broward District chair Circle Paving DANIA S. Tubbs Jr drivers only insured by the 175 man of the Boy Scouts of America saia a mree-pnase insiauea Deiore uie wuuer touiisi tne voung Marine showed no Arthur Franza said the committee "as a whole" resented the blast against Reilly issued yesterday by Peter J. Satinsky, chair- (News Miami Bureau) railroad crossing signal light to be season goes into full swing.

I signs of anxiety or worry over the Tubbs said, bds for the signal 'situation." last night companies wun memoersnip in George Crawford, BSA national -National Bureau of Casualty u-a th Underwriters and the 275 with the installed at the IW 10th in MIAMI The City of Hollywood man of the Broward County Demo tersection of the Florida East lights, which are called the safest Oksten said he was Dicked ud must nav $1,250 for volnntarilv cratic Executive Committee. Sat- stalling officer at the annual in stallation banquet. Assn. An increase of an average of in use in South Florida, will be; while hitch-hiking by Melvin and repairing paving at Young Circle, opened Dec. 17 when the City i stayed at the man's home.

a job normally done by the State Sworn in as committee chair- Road Department. insky defeated Reilly for the chairmanship earlier this year. "Satinsky is attacking personalities, not the merits of the issue," Frafljza said. "He feels he's men were Jerry Thomas. Per cent in the state, the action Simon, Nick DeTardo, Rudolph resulted from more accidents.

That's the amount a federal; The night of Aug. 12, he said, he was awakened by a sharp pain in his back. "Then everything went court jury assessed the city in the Epstein, Harry Heinmiller, Harry McDougal and Wayne Weber. on a shaky throne that someone black," and the next thing he re-vil suit of a Williamson, W. membered was driving Melvin'sj sales executive for injuries hej car north on the Sunshine State suffered in a street fall June 1, might topple him from his coun-.

JC CONTEST ANNOUNCED HOLLYWOOD The annual Christmas lighting contest of the Greater Hollywood Junior Chamber of Commerce is on again, John King, contest chairman, said today. Preliminary judging will be on the evenings of Dec. 17 and 18, with final judging Dec. 21. Prizes include $100 for first place, $50 for second and $25 savings accounts at the Home Federal and Hollywood Federal Savings Loan Assns.

for third and fourth place. Entry blanks are av ailable at both savings institutions. padded -claims and disproportionate damages. It goes into effect Jan. 9.

For pleasure drivers in Broward County Class IA the increase would be $1 for those who carry bodily injury, property damage, comprehensive and $50 1961. ty chairmanship. "He attacked our campaign as Telecast Proceeds Unknown HOLLYWOOD Prof ts from the National Cultural Center telecast last week were still not determined today. At a meeting of the sponsoring performing arts committee yesterday, Mrs. J.

F. Magee, treasurer, reported $529.15 remained after James Montgomery, 46, had; Parkway, Oksten said. The young Marine was subsequently arrested in St. Augustine and is scheduled for trial Dec. 18 on first degree murder charges.

the last gasp of a weak power machine nothing could be farther sued for $20,000 damages. Federal Judge David WT. Dyer, Commission meets. The city, county and FEC are to pay equal one-third shares of the cost of the signals up to a maximum of $9,000, the approximate estimated cost. There is a good possibility, Tubbs sa that the lights will be in before the early part of January.

Luther Hall, lieutenant of special services for FEC, said this type signal light were first erected at crossings in Hialeah about a year ago. "They have proved the safest ever used." Hall said. Make A Note HOLLYWOOD A new phone number joins those that should be on your emergency telephone list today a second number for Memorial Hospital. Joseph McAloon said the new number, which is in addition to Ihi long-established YU 3-1211, not a replacement for it, is YU 7-2000. in charging the jury late yester day, instructed panelists the only issue for them determine as whether or not the city had vol from the truth.

Most of us are amateurs. myself, have never been on a political or a bond election committee before in my life. "We are a group of public spirited citizens trying to help Hollywood." untarily repaired paving at the More Area News 14 A payment of expenses, including the additional "late" charge of $1162.64 'levied just hours prior to the telecast. Virginia Young Wins State Post exact spot where the executive fell. The $1,250 verdict in favor of Montgomery made the determination the city had voluntarily made such repairs at the accident scene.

Montgomery said he fell while walking up to put money in a parking meter. He said his fall was caused by dangerous and de 7,306 Persons In County Get Welfare Assistance Bills submitted to date total $2,033.19. Total amount deposed from tickets sales was $3,725. But money for outstanding tickets still to be turned in may increase the final total by about $150 to $200, the committee estimated. -i 'A members throughout Florida in the state association was presented by Mrs.

Young for approval by the state executive board. Chairman of the handbook, committee, Mrs. Young said it would be presented to new board members when they meet in January for an orientation meet- Public Welfare assistance went to 7,306 persons in Broward County during November, it Mrs. Virginia Young. Broward County School Board member and former president, has been elected second vice presi-ent of the Florida School Board Assn.

Mrs. Young, a member of the state association, board of directors, was one of three state officers elected at a meeting this wek in St. Petersburg. B. A.

Crum of Brooksville was elected president and James Hendry-of St. Petersburg, first vice president. Mrs. Young was re-elected in November to serve her second four-yetr term as Ft. Lauderdale member of the Broward County School Board.

A handbook to be presented to newly-elected school board Other categories receiving assistance were: Aid to the. blind, aid to the disabled, and child welfare in foster homes, $6,640. Fourteen adoption petitions were filed in Circuit Court. fective pavement. The city contended in the two-day trial the State Road Department and not Hollywood was responsible for road paving repairs The 749 tickets collected at the; was announced today, door did not include many of the Aid to dependent children to- committee early arrivals and at taled $82,794 followed by old age assistance at $78,085..

tendance was set at 800 or more. VIRGINIA YOUNG board official jard liable for any damages..

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