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NO. 19 26 PAGES Copyright 0 1989 Palm Beach Daily News PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1989 I Wilson VOL. XCVI mnnrrnnnTTTTrTii n.iw im iiinwpniiif im nwiu nwinmii.juiu iu ji i 1 1 nr County Raises Fines For Noisy Airplanes Airport, Klees said. "That's because takeoffs create much more noise than landings," he said. The Good Neighbor Council for Aircraft Noise Control, a political action committee based in Palm Beach, was pleased with the county's action.

"It shows they are being more responsive to the problems of noise caused by these older planes," said Courtney Cowart, a spokeswoman for the group. The curfew "is not a solution in and of itself but it's a step in the right direction," she added. Nighttime takeoffs will cost the airlines $2,600, up from $130. Nighttime landings will be increased from $130 to $260. Klees said currently there are no landing or takeoff schedules for Stage 2 aircrafts at PBIA.

Airline officials say the higher fees will eventually be passed on to consumers through higher air See NOISE, Page 5 By CAROL WRIGHT Dally Niarl Stiff Wrlttr Airlines with jets that don't meet the county's nighttime noise restrictions will face increased fines, county commissioners decided Tuesday at their regular meeting. An amendment to the county's noise ordinance was approved that will allow the Airports Department to penalize Stage 2 jets with increased fees if they take off or land between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Officials classify older and louder planes as Stage 2. "We're not doing this to make money, we're doing this to try to discourage airlines from using Stage 2 planes," Bill Klees, noise abatement director, said Wednesday.

The new fees will be hardest on the planes that take off from Palm Beach County International 1 u1 ti i mm mai irt Town Leaders Say Land Use Plan Is Daily Nmn Photo By ROBERT YORK Jean Feather has made her mark actively serving area charities, and in business as general manager of Saks Fifth Avenue. vwuu m. una uiuut uvi mat aLurtlj 3C1 VlUg aiCd UlltXI ailU 111 UUSlllCSS CIS gdlCial IHclIlagcr Ul OaliS filial rtftuuv. fkf 1 Saks' Manager Carves Niche In Community Waste 01 Money nlan this vpar Palm Reach plan this year. Palm Beach's By SARA TOLLEY By THERESA ASKEW Daily Navn Fashion Editor Ayres moving on to Chicago's I.

Mag-nin and Saks in New York, before landing a managerial position at Saks in Palm Springs. But she continued to feel Palm Beach was where she wanted to carve a niche for herself "I just found a real home here and planned my career here," she said. Palm Beach, she said, is "very small, but very cosmopolitan and sophisticated. And people love to live here for that." Through her job she meets a variety of people from many cities, often encountering them again in Palm Beach. "Sometimes I can't remember where I know them from," she said.

Even outside the parameters of the Esplanade store, where she has been for seven years, Ms. Feather has made an impact in the community. Her peers describe her as "a doer" intelligent and influential in her positions with local civic, charitable and business groups. Wearing a classic black suit accented by bold gold jewelry, Ms. Feather sits back in her chair and lights a cigarette.

Her office shelves are lined with black binders. On a huge desk calendar rests a pair of See JEAN FEATHER, Page 2 plan was sent back in August with 50 pages of comments. The town responded to the comments and the Town Council Tuesday approved the changes. The 520-page document will be mailed back to the Department of Community Affairs in Tallahassee Oct. 24, the day after the second public hearing and final adoption of the comprehensive plan.

"The public has no use for these documents," Zoning Commission Chairman Robert Grace See PLAN, Page 2 Daily Haws Stiff Wrltor The island's growth plan, which the state forced Palm Beach to write, is being called a "waste of taxpayers' by town leaders. "All the plans are treated the same whether the city is on the verge of development, partly developed, almost developed or fully developed," said Town Council member Hermine Wiener. "That makes no sense." Florida's municipalities and county governments are required to file a comprehensive land use Jean Feather, general manager of Saks Fifth Avenue in the Esplanade, recalls climbing the escalator in her store with a senior vice president from New York, who asked her, "How do you get this lucky to land this plum?" "I planned it this way," she replied. After visiting the island several times, Ms. Feather made working in Palm Beach her goal.

She began her career in the designer apparel business in Indianapolis for L.S. Designer Gianfranco Ferre Rekindles Spark In House Of Dior By AGNES ASH Publisher John Held made them famous in chari-catures of flappers in the Roaring Twenties. There were simply cut evening dresses in bright purple and emerald green, prfect for displaying jewelry in those security-minded resort hotels and cruise ships. Only Ferre appears to recognize the fact that women go on cruises to show off jewelry they can't wear in the city. Another fine touch was the way Ferre re-embroidered paisley prints in both cotton and chiffon.

We'll see if Ferre is on a roll and has equal impact in Paris when he shows the Dior line. on it. Ferre created a resort collection that validly can be worn for a winter in the Sun Belt. That was good news for Saks Fifth Avenue, according to Helen O'Ha-gen, promotion director for all Saks stores. She said Saks finds it difficult to fill this category in designer departments.

"It's particularly good news for Palm Beach because Saks on Worth Avenue will be carrying Ferre for the first time," she said. Ferre was most effective when he did black-and-cream striped halters with silk palazzo pants. Remember beach pajamas? Well, it's the same thing, with 70 years between reprises. went back to New York to check on her husband, stores and dogs. Then she heads right back to Paris for the Ungaro show, another of her special labels.

Krizia favored jodphurs in cotton knit topped by shadow-plaid jackets with one huge button at the waist. Short, flared skirts and shorts were almost concealed by long, double-breasted jackets. There were young, flirty dance dresses that will officially be called "chemises." The American pronunciation has always been "shimmies," another term from the Roaring Twenties. See DIOR, Page 3 Dior is a label even fashion illiterates recognize. Immediately after Dior died in the late 1950s, Yves Saint Laurent stepped in and saved the label from extinction.

But Saint Laurent soon went on to do his own line, and Dior has been more or less dormant ever since. Bohan is not untalented, but he never could bring that eternal Dior flame up to full flare. Krizia's show was staged in the public gardens of the Via Palestro in a steel-framed tent let's call it a soft-top palazzo. Bonni Keller, who owns Krizia boutiques in Palm Beach, New York and Houston, flew in for the event. She managed a few hours sleep and then MILAN If the collection he designed under his own label is prophetic, Gianfranco Ferre will give Dior the first "new look" the Paris fashion house has projected since it was founded by Christian Dior.

The Italian designer has replaced Marc Bohan at Dior and as is now the rule for multinational talent continues to do his own collection. The Ferre line in the Milan showings, which close Thursday, was confidently sculpted. Ferre used the body as the natural armature, building curved, flowing lines Business Exchange Offers New Views New Station To Broadcast Next Year li 'Ml By MARIAN KING Daily Naws Buiinaii Editor "4 5 "1 -JsssT 0" dined at Petite Marmite, toured The Breakers, sampled Palm Beach night life and visited area businesses such as Perry Oceanographies, Jet Aviation, Channel 25 and other corporations. "There are so many differences, it's hard to know where to begin," said Tony Hayward, 35, a corporate planner for Gosford, Australia, a tourist area north of Sydney. "One of the main things I noticed is that there are no supermarkets in your shopping malls.

In Australia, we have one-stop shopping. The malls often have two or three major supermarkets." Hayward and Maurice Wrightson, 33, a divisional manager for Australia's postal service, both admired The Breakers and said there were few comparable hotels anywhere in Australia. "They maintained traditional, See AUSTRALIANS, Page 2 By KEVIN McGLYNCHEY Dally Nawt Staff WrHar A full-power public television station to serve the needs of South Florida's older citizens should be on the air by early next year. WPPB, Channel 63 in Boca Raton, will be known as the Second Season station and will serve older citizens from Palm Beach to Miami with consumer, health and educational programming. WPPB will be one of three South Florida televison stations to be funded by The Palmetto Foundation.

The creation of the non-profit public broadcasting foundation was announced yesterday by Dr. Claude H. Rhea president of Palm Beach Atlantic College. Rhea said the West Palm Beach college created the foundation to "fill a void of education-See TELEVISION, Page 2 American businesswomen are more aggressive, though well-groomed, and American businesses operate with extreme efficiency, though they continually promote themselves. And overall, American golf balls, cars and gasoline are much less expensive here than in Australia.

Those are just a few of the observations of six Australian businessmen and women visiting Palm Beach this week during a five-week tour of South Florida businesses. The group study exchange was sponsored by Rotary District 699 in South Florida. Miller and Jim Stob were co-chairmen of the exchange while the group visited Palm Beach County. While in Palm Beach, the group visited local shopping malls, browsed on Worth Avenue, Dotty Nsws Photv By THOMAS MAMNAMNO Making The Grade A practical test, including laying hoses, was part of a Fire Department exam Wednesday to qualify candidates for promotion to the position of driver engineer. From left, Assistant Chief K.W.

Koelz; Capt. Dave Andrews and Capt. Dennis Fick, who served as graders; Lt. Bob Foose; and Ray Dailey, a firefighter-paramedic participating in the advancement opportunity. The test, conducted at South Station, 2185 S.

Ocean also included a written exam..