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28 FORT LAUDERDALE NEWS, June 22, 1965 Drag Strip Approved By County A 200-mile-an-hour drag strip miles west of State Road 7. west of Hollywood today was approved by county commissioners. They voted to change zoning they had approved earthereby gave the green light to a drag strip about nine By-Sea Mulling Budget LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA in the town's history--is expect-A $191,000 budget- -the highest ed to be adopted by commissioners da, an 8 p.m. meeting today. The budget tentatively was approved by commissioners at their June 8 meeting.

Final adoption is expected to follow a public hearing tonight. Mayor G. H. Colnot has recommended a mill tax levy, he still waiting for the final assessed valuation of city property. The city's $21 million primary roll as of May 15, should go substantially by the time the MAYOR COLNOT final roll is certified July 5, said Raymond Shock, assistant to Tax Assessor Robert Markham.

Though Lauderdale-by-the-Sea has had a rash of new construction, much of it will not go on the 1965 roll because it was not completed by Jan. 1, when new property is put on the rolls, Shock said. ments to fill vacancies He, will recommend appointated on the Board of Adjustment by the death of J. Lawrence Halloran, chair-: man, and Lynn Van Gorder, who resigned. SEE YOU LATER There's joy again in 'gator land.

The critter below could be singing a happy tune as he paddles in one of the many previously dried- up Everglades canals, generously refilled by recent heavy rains. Hard pressed by the four-months drought, 'gators and sundry other Everglades inhabitants triggered a human fuss between wildlife lovers and flood control officials that had real results. A new water lifeline direct to water plenty Lake Okeechobee is being built to prevent another Everglades water shortage. On your next trip to the 'Glades, tilt an ear canalwise. You'll hear the 'gators singing victoriously.

(Photo by Chief Photographer Bill Bates) But Both Mum On Details Long, Michell Agree On Informants Funds Developer Norman W. Johnson said he purchased about 160 acres which he wants to use as a drag strip. It is bounded on the north by Taft St. and would be cut in two if Johnson St. extended that far west.

DEFERRED ACTION On April 9 commissioners approved rock pit zoning for the property but deferred final action until the petitioner donated 100 feet of right-of-way for the future extension of JohnSt. (son Today they waived the Johnson St. right-of-way requirement and amended the A-5 (rock pit) zoning to A-4 (amusement) zoning. Johnson said that he would deed 50 feet for right-of-way along Taft St. He also promised that if the drag strip is ever abandoned he will donate the Johnson St.

right-of-way. The developer said regulations require a drag strip which racers attain speeds of 200 miles an hour to be 4,000 feet long. In other business the commission: HEARD a report from A. U. Maienfisch, president of the South Broward Safety Organizations who said a driver improvement school will open in Hollywood in September.

He said the school will be operated in conjunction with the National Safety Council on a no charge basis. Maienfisch also said his or- ganization expects to repeat during Christmas a special 40- day safety promotion in which motorists who spot portable stop signs are rewarded with trading stamps if they phone in. He reported that during the campaign which recently endled his group spent 150 hours and observed no traffic violators. Erosion Unit Appointee Due Approval, County commissioners today were due to confirm the appointment of Arthur V. Strock as the Town of Hillsboro Beach's representative on the Broward County Erosion Advisory Committee.

Strock, town engineer, replaces Commissioner Benton A. Beatty who resigned. Hillsboro Beach named Strock as Beatty's replacement and explained that Beatty would be out of town until October. Afterwards he would be "very busy with the enlargement of our fire and water departments." Beatty confirmed the reason for quitting in a letter he addressed to C. Kay Davis, erosion district administrator.

In the same letter Beatty critlicized "newspaper castigation" of Davis and Duncan Britt, consulting engineer, and bitterly remarked "the less some dumbeluck knows, the louder he will sound off." HUB CAPS HEISTED A set of hub caps valued at $50 were taken from an auto belonging to Nancy E. Humphries, 25, of 2642 Flamingo Lane while it was parked in front of the County Courthouse yesterday, it was reported to police. ANOTHER QUEEN Brenda Ann Mitchem, 18- year-old brunette of Rutherfordton, N. a nursing student, topped 18 other candidates last night in the Miss World Diplomat American $500 cash Brenda is 36-24-37. Posture-Fitness Queen Pageant at the Hotel in Hollywood.

Sponsored by the Chiropractic the contest carries a award and a $1,000 scholarship. Queen five feet, six inches tall, 127 pounds and To Award Contract Meeting Slated On Channel Work Members of the Hillsboro Inlet Improvement and Navigation District Commission are expected to hold a special meetling within the next week to award a contract for cutting a 700 foot channel through Coquina Reef at the mouth of the inlet. Commission Chairman Andrew Potter said today that the board's consulting engineer, John Grant of Boca Raton, is GOV. BURNS Chamber speaker Gov. Burns To Address C-C Meet Gov.

Haydon Burns will be guest speaker at the 55th annual Greater Ft. Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce dinner Friday. "Economic growth of Florida -Past, Present and be the governor's theme. Dinner will be at 8 p.m. at the Governors' Club Hotel, preceded by cocktails at 7 p.m.

Newly-elected officers and directors will be presented to the membership, according to Robert J. McCann, Chamber president. Prior to the dinner, Gov. Burns will participate in dedication ceremonies of the new Sunbeam electronics plant, 1400 NW 50th at Executive Airport. State Atty.

Quentin V. and Sheriff Allen B. Michell came to an agreement today on sharing a confidential informants fund, but details of the agreement remained confidential. "We have reached a complete Dope Ring Crackdown Underway HOLLYWOOD The fourth arrest in as many days was logged Monday by Sheriff's Deputy Frank Pinter in a crackdown on persons obtaining exempt narcotics by fraud in county drug stores. Moroni Wayne Fullmer, 55, of 1955 Buchanan was charged yesterday by Pinter following an arrest at Fullmer's house.

Pinter said Fullmer had admitted over 200 purchases of turpenhydrate and codeine, an opium derivative, from South Broward drugstores. The charge, obtaining narcotics fraud, is a felony, Pinter said. Arrested on similar charges Saturday were Constance Tyron, 34, of 4021 Surf and her husband, Gerald, and Friday, was Carl Hergert, 30, of 1121 NW 74th West Hollywood. All have been released on a $2,500 bond. Pinter said the crackdown directed at persons who were violating provisions of a state statute regarding the purchase of pargoric and hydrate and codeine.

The deputy pointed out that it becomes a felony when a purchaser used a fictitious name or address or buys more than two ounces of either drug in a 48-hour period. Suit Cites Fireworks The City of Dania was charged with negligence in a civil suit seeking more than $30,000 filed in Circuit Court yesterday by the mother of two 16-year-old children she claims were injured in a July 4 fireworks explosion last year. The suit was brought by Mrs. Anna K. Lekowitz, 1520 SW 47th Ft.

Lauderdale. The civil action stems from the explosion of fireworks at the annual Independence Day celebration on Dania Beach last year. The suit alleged a son and daughter, Raymond and Joann, were seriously injured when allegedly following "trampled the by explosion. the pubShe charges the City of Dania was negligent in failing to "give proper supervision" durling the fireworks display on the Dania Pier. Group To Meet The Broward County Fire Control Commission will meet at 8 p.m.

today in the courthouse to go over the tax rolls of business establishments in the eight fire subdistricts. Commissioner Bob Driscoll, who said this was done annually, added this was the only item on the agenda unless someone brought up something new. agreement on the payment of offices," Long said. Long said yesterday he felt his office needed an independent fund to buy underworld information. An initial budget he submitted to the county commission month requested $3,000 for informants.

Commissioners turned him down and said he should talk to the sheriff about sharing the sheriff's office tipsters fund. Michell has been allocated a informant fund by the MICHELL LONG mutual agreement GOP Seeking Office Funds A campaign to raise at $7,000 to operate the Broward County, Republican Executive office was underway Committee, Mrs. Arthur Ogle, financial committee chairman, in charge. Assess Ruling Due Today Broward County Circuit Court Judge 0. Edgar Williams Jr.

is expected to hand down a ruling today or tomorrow which may order reassessment of all property County per cent of true market value. A final hearing was held yesterday before Judge Williams on a suit which seeks full valuation of county real estate. DISCREPANCIES Tax Assessor ham has testified cels are presently true or just value but has admitted there are some "disre pancies." He said whenever he is made aware of property assessed less than 100 per cent he raises ts valuation. Rue Gewert, ecessor, has assessed the 1964 per cent of true Supreme Court per cent valuations. Allen V.

Deibert, -selling filed the suit, is still assessing Markham must tax roll prepared by the county ting a board by July 5. Commissioners, of shaping up a 1965-66 fiscal budget paring day to await decision. commission for 1965-66. He said yesterday, however, he was definitely opposed to paying the state attorneys informers. Long, who claimed he must have ready cash for confidential tips, free from the sheriff's control, declared he would make personal appeal to the County Commission today if Michell wouldn't share his informants money with no strings attached.

"We have a mutual agreement on that subject," Michell said today. IT'S CONFIDENTIAL Neither Long nor Michell said they cared to elaborate on just what kind of arrangement they worked out. "Since the fund is confidential there is no reason to amplify," Long declared. had warned that it was possible for "professional" police tipsters to start playing one law enforcement agency against the other in seeking the highest market value for their underworld information. Both the state attorney's office and the sheriff's office employ criminal investigators.

their "sources" to be fully Neither Long nor, Michell want aware of the details of the operation of an informants fund. WRONG AMOUNT to recommend to the commission that the low bid of $104,000 a 12-foot deep channel be accepted. This low bid was submitted by Seaward Dredging, a subsidiary of Inc. of Pompano Beach. Second lowest bid on the 12-foot channel cut came from Hendry Corp.

of Tampa at $134,000, and a third bid of $138,000 was submitted by Trans-State Dredging also of Tampa. ALTERNATE BIDS Alternate bids on a 10-footdeep channel were taken, and Seaward offered the low bid there with a price of $94,000. Potter said that Grant feels it is worth the additional $10,000 to get the extra two feet of depth in the proposed boat channel. The channel cut is part of the large-scale improvement program initiated by the Inlet Commission at the inlet, following recommendations resulting from a scale model study of the inlet conducted by the Coastal Engineering Laboratory at the University of Florida. Potter announced that Hendry the a construction of the new the successful bidder on north jetty at the inlet, is expected to start work on building an access road Thursday and begin actual construction of the jetty next Monday.

A south jetty was built last summer. Storm Planes Open To View: The public will have a chance to inspect the hunter airplanes and hurricane, used in weather research at an open house of the United States Weather Bureau research flight facility at Miami International Airport Saturday at 1 p.m. The four-hour open house is being sponsored by Air International Aircraft Dealers and Repair Service. The U.S. Weather Bureau will show the DC-6 and WB-57 hurricane hunters.

The U.S. Air Force will display the WB-47 land the WC-130 At a regular committee meeting last night, Chairman William Partin recommended that a full-time administrative assistant be hired to man the office each day. He was only able to give an estimate as to how much it will cost to run the office. Mrs. Herbert B.

Carroll, vice chairman, who has been doing the office chores with the aid of other Republican women, said: "We have received pledges and as soon as we find a centrally located first floor office building we will have it open each day to help people with any Mrs. problem." Ogle was confident that her committee could raise the money. ON BUDGET She said the office would be operated on a sound basis and budget. "We want to make sure that the office will be operating 12 months from now, she added. The committee also adopted a resolution offered by Bob Canon of Hollywood urging the State legislature to make Broward County a congressional district.

"No other county should be added to Broward as we are big enough to have our own representative," said Canon. In other action the committee: ADOPTED a change in its by-laws limiting the term of office of the chairman to one year. ACCEPTED the resignation of Irving Cook of Hollywood as its treasurer. HEARD officially that Mrs. Jill Dover of Lighthouse Point became the first Floridian to be elected to the post of national co-chairman of the Young Republicans.

2 Escape After Holdup Of Market HALLANDALE Two Negro men escaped last night after taking approximately $70 at gunpoint from the clerk of a Jackson's Minit Market at 30 SW Eighth Ave. The clerk, Robert MacDonald Salmon, 53, of 4116 Cleveland Hollywood, said the two men entered the store at 10:10 p.m. One of the men, Salmon told deputies, drew a .38 caliber nickle plated revolver and demanded "what money there is in the The clerk told deputies that both men appeared to be in their 20's. One was wearing gray pants and a shirt and the other was wearing a dark narrow brim hat. The clerk told deputies the bandits left the store on foot, but other witnesses described a white convertible.

seen earlier in the area occupied by two Negro men. TOOLS STOLEN Two circular saws, a drill and a sander valued at $140 were reported stolen by the George F. Young Construction Co. from a job at 100 SE Second Ave. yesterday.

It was erroneously reported yesterday Michell was allocated $10,000 for his next fiscal year. Long, who had threatened to appear before the county commission at its regular weekly meeting today. said "there's no longer any reason for me to be there." GRAND JURY SESSION SET A grand jury will convene on July 2 to consider possible first degree murder indictment of Mrs. Clara Dean Ginn, State Atty. Quentin V.

Long said today. The 35-year-old Miami woman was arrested in the yard of the home of her former boy friend, Charles Clayton Parker, 31, 2117 SW 10th shortly after Parker had been fatally shot, about 7:30 a.m. last Friday. Parker died from three bullet wounds, two in the chest and one in the head, fired from a snub nosed ..38 caliber revolver. Mrs.

Ginn is still being held in county jail without bond on a first-degree murder warrant. Robert Markcounty parassessed at MARKHAM Markham's predtestified he tax roll at 75 value. The has ordered 100 a Plantation representative who alleges Markham at 75 per cent. have the for inspection commission sitof equalization in the midst budget for the year, suspended sessions yesterJudge Williams' DR. J.

W. WHITE Dr. White Suffers Fatal Blood Clot Dr. J. William White, 68, of 2748 NE 32nd died yesterday in Atlantic City, N.

from a blood clot on the brain. He died in Atlantic City General Hospital, where he had served his internship. Dr. White came to Ft. Lauderdale in 1958 from Scranton, where he had practiced for 29 years.

He was commander of the Davis Gibbons Wainwright Post American Legion here. A graduate of Jefferson College Medical School, Dr. White served in the U.S. Army during both world wars. He is survived by his widow, Evelyn, and a daughter.

Funeral arrangements are pending. RADIOS STOLEN Edwin Friewald, 43, of 24 SW Fifth reported to police yesterday that two transistor radios valued at $42.44 were taken from his home..