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The Miami News Editorials 14A Wright 14A Reston ISA Weather 4A 0 TV-Radio 8A Business 12-13A Monday, May 15, 1967 JACK ROBERTS DADE'S SENATORS 2i with the i rmoi ATiinr Our Team's All. ''Quarterbacks' Stone ri Shevin Haver field Hollahan Finrher Weissenborn J'oston Spencer Gong TALLLAHASSEE One of the first things you learn kicking around the legislature is that Dade County's nine senators aren't one big happy fami-ly. Although they represent 18.7 per cent of the entire 48-member Senate and sit together at Senate sessions, any similarity to a team ends right there. "It's like having nine quarterbacks," commented one influential member of the House of Representatives from Dade County. "We stick together here in the House but the senators don't.

The House members from Dade meet every day just before the sessions start. I don't think the senators have met more than two or three times since the legislature began." At the first committee meeting I looked in on here Dade Sen. Lee Weissenborn was needling Sen. Robert Shevin about a piece of anti-crime legislation. Shevin's proposal to establish a statewide board of inquiry had the obvious support of the committee chairman and several committee members, but Weissenborn wasn't about to buy the package.

"Xow mind you, I'm not against jour bill," said Weissenborn to Shevin, "but I wonder if you aren't giving investigators the power to look into anything they like even the Public Service Commission." Shevin replied that was his intention and Weissenborn launched a new attack. He said the Board of Inquiry should be coupled with a statewide grand jury system. Dade Sen. Ralph Poston joined Weissenborn on this point and the rest of the senators on the committee looked on in amused silence as the boys from Dade struggled it out with polite words. An honest difference of opinion? Certainly.

But I learned later that such struggles go on continually. lost monies back onto home owners in the-affectcd areas. Senate Democratic strategy is to give Gov. Kirk ii balanced appropriations bill one which lives up to current state income and then produce companion measures which the Republicans would lie required to vote against one by one if Gov. Kirk can keep his own party members in line.

This could be a devastating position for the Republicans if they stand firm. If their constituents are forced to pay extra property taxes at home to support a junior college or if they have to lay out hefty deposit for new paperback school books for their children they'll know who to blame. Although lacking any central leadership, Dade's senators have distinguished themselves as individuals. Sen Ralph Poston is the man to see on highways and has done quite well in getting Dade a fairer shake in road moneys. Son.

Kdmond Gong is known best for his work on an ethics bill. Sen. Robert Shevin is generally credited with being bright and energetic, although one colleague commented: "Shevin is effective when it comes to hard work, but he never smiles. He always looks harried. I don't think it's easy for him to make friends." Sen.

Lee Weissenborn is generally credited with hoing just plain argumentive an "agin-ContiiiiH'il on I'age 4A "Gentlemen, you've convinced me. I vote with you. But I'm holding seven proxy votes here which go against you." Sen. Verle Pope, who runs the Senate with a firm hand while 20 Republicans watch his every move, wasn't about to put up with lazy senators this year. There are no more proxies.

If you're assigned to a committee, you attend meetings and you go there prepared. You work late at night getting briefed by your staff for the next day's round of meetings. The Senate meets each day at 11 a.m. It breaks just in time for afternoon committee meetings. There's no time for lunch.

The senators get a sandwich, eat it at committee meetings. "The reapportioned Legislature has produced a new kind of senator," says Sen. Robert Haver-field, co-chairman of the Dade delegation. "A lot of them are freshmen and they're mostly from the big urban areas. They're slow to act because they're learning.

But they ask questions. Good questions. And they don't let themselves be pushed around." All the bills requiring money have been slowed to a walk by the opposing strategies of Democrats and Republicans. In general, the Republicans arc trying to follow Gov. Claude Kirk's bare bones budget, which will pauperize education and toss the responsibility for raising the "Each Dade senator pretty much goes his own way," explained one of the nine men.

"They'll pass a bill around and get it signed by other members of the Dade delegation if it's a routine piece of legislation, but if the bill tends to give them a bit of glory they keep it for themselves." Don't be misled by this display of Individuality. I've never seen nine men working harder in previous visits to the Legislature and each of the Dade senators has carved out some specialty for himself which commands the attention of people outside the delegation. The senators' day starts around 7:30 a.m. with committee meetings. They average six committee assignments each and the new breed of senators brought about by reapportionment at-' tend committee meetings.

In previous years a senator could give his committee vote by proxy to a fellow member and skip the meeting. The best story about this massive shirking of responsibility concerns Charley Johns, who was a really big wheel in Tallahassee when the pork choppers run the Legislature. Johns, chairman of an eight-man committee, allegedly was the only member of that group attending a public hearing and he listened intently to the arguments from the floor against a particular piece of legislation. At the conclusion of the arguments Johns said: MAYOR REMATCH Suspect Wary Of 'Everybody' ection Fever Grips The Beach in. im.aiywii i yy i i i I i -y i1 so hard for order that the end went flying across the table.

Melvin Richard, a former mayor, present city councilman and veteran of 16 bruising years of Beach politics, says he's been "minding the store" in Miami Beach while Elliott has been spending public funds for private parties at his home, and back Miami News Photo by Joe Rimkus ROOSEVELT RICHARD New Tamiami Control Tower Awaits Onrush Of Air Traffic PARK ON OLD SITE Republican and conventions to bring the Democratic Miami Beach, and his pro-to set up long-range grams planning and development. Tamiami Airport To Move Miami Beach jumped with anticipation today on the eve of the return match between Mayor Elliott Roosevelt and Melvin J. Richard. Sound trucks blared, super-marts rang with speeches and the senior citizens were wooed at their shuffleboard courts. Among the more strident voices was that of Dr.

Morris Zucker, a 72-year-old retired New York dentist, who was blasting all the other candidates. Zucker and Morris Luck, a businessman, are considered also-rans in the race for mayor, dominated by Roosevelt and Richard. A potential dark horse in the mayor's race is Jay Dernier, 37-year-old president of the Miami Beach Bar Association. Dermer has been running hard and says it's at the insistance of some 75 persons who are leaders in professional, business and senior citizens' organizations. Dermer contends council meetings need more "dignity" that is, there should be more speaking and less shouting.

Elliott Roosevelt, 56, the second son of the 'late FDR, was running strong, campaigning hard, and had the distinct advantage of incumbency. In 1965, he beat Richard by 1,409 votes. Insiders say Roosevelt has picked up strength with his drive to ing high-rise apartment construction "encroaching on residential areas." Estes Ke-fauver once called Richard "magnificent" in his efforts to fight crime at the Beach. Richard also accuses Roosevelt of "false statements" about Miami Beach's share of federal funds over the past 18 months. "I have checked out his claims at city hall," Richard says, "and the fact is during Elliott's term of office, the city has not received one cent in federal funds." Roosevelt has chosen to ignore the Richard charges, and instead has campaigned vigorously with roving sound trucks, grocery store speaking, handshaking and on-the spot photographing of his autographing ability.

Richard's own campaign has been a mild one compared to other years, and he has relied mainly on charges of waste and extravagance. Ten men seek three seats on the Beach Council. One is veteran D. Lee Powell, called the dean of councilmen. Pow- Continued on I'uge 4A Roosevelt's campaign won a big boost when Vice Mayor Robert Turchin, declined to run and threw his support to him.

Roosevelt, who may lack some of his daddy's qualities but has a share of his political astuteness, introduced some gimmicks this time. He has Betty Clooney singing a one-minute swinging version of the 1930s "Happy Days Are Here Again." It is heard often on radio. Besides borrowing Dad's success song, Elliott has invested in some campaign buttons left over from FDR's 1936 race. "I Want Roosevelt Again," they say. Elliott's agents found the buttons in an old coin store in Chicago's Loop.

Roosevelt established himself as a big man with the gavel when he was pounding When the commission in June, 1965, ended an eight-year hiatus on plans for New Tamiami and finally got the project off the ground, Port Authority Director Alan Stewart predicted that planes would be touching down and taking off at the new field by Independence Day, 1966. The target date now is Independence Day, 1967. "It will take a little time to get all the equipment in and working," said Wilde. "There will be an overlap of about one week or -so with two towers (the new and the old) operating." Stewart said a 90-day phase-out has been planned by the Port Authority in cooperation with the Federal Aeriation Agency. The phasing procedure will be flexible, airport officials said, because the job will be to keep certain things going at the old airport without a control tower, while setting up operations at the new airport without all the hangars and office buildings completed.

The first four tenants to make the move will be Mike's Flying Kendall Flying School, Tamiami Aviation and American Aviation, all now winding up operations at Old Tamiami. The federal government will be putting up about half the total cost of the new facility. By MILT SOSIX Reporter el Tht Miami Newi Robert Michael Reilly con plained to a Criminal Court judge today that "everybody wants to put me away." Reilly, 36, of 230 Spring Miami Springs, is accused of the April 26, 1966, breaking and entering whisky baron Harry Blum's Miami Beach penthouse. Two other men, including a longtime pal of the Beach Boys of Star of India fame, were trapped in the King Cole apartments by three detectives who were waiting inside. Reilly's two pals were found innocent on the same charges in a separate trial.

Reilly's attorney, Ronald Strauss, appeared in the Criminal Court of Judge Car-ling Stedman today and told the judge: "I am handicapped because this man will not cooperate with me. He is in need of psychiatric help and I want a psychiatrist to examine him before the trial. It may well be that this man will be adjudged insane." Reilly was held outside the court while the discussion of his mental competency went on. Strauss continued: "If he Is judged insane, his counsel would have no objection to his being committed." Straus said Reilly "believes I'm working with the police and the State Attorney's office to put him away." Said Strauss: "He has taken the notion into his head that the jury will be selected from the Sheriff's Department." State Attorney Richard Gerstein, who headed the prosecution, said he took a dim view of this defense. Gerstein said there was nothing before the court in the way of affidavits, and no request by the family for a psychiatric examination.

Gerstein implied it was just a defense subterfuge. This brought the angry retort from Strauss: "This isn't the first trial I have had to do this." He said he made a similar motion a week ago, convinced it was the fair thing to do for his client. After 30 minutes of discussion, Judge Stedman called Reilly into court and at the suggestion of Strauss and Gerstein, he asked Reilly, 'How do you feel? "What do you mean, how do I feel?" Reilly shot back. Then Reilly, a medium built man who is a former Olympic diver, and has never had a conviction according to his lawyer, turned belligerent in front of the judge: "Everybody wants to put me away," he said. "There's a guy in my cell "who keeps asking me questions.

I know what he wants. He's working for you, too." Dry Up? Said Towel Dispenser By DICK HOLLAND Reporter of The Miami Newt A swarm of light airplanes will swoop down on a two-square-mile swathe cut in the southwest Dade County boondocks this summer. The filght will be one year overdue and almost 15 years after federal agencies began warning Dade that Old Tamiami Airport was crowding the skies and would have to be moved. New Tamiami Airport "is going to be a real pretty airport we're real proud of it," said Harold Wilde, consulting engineer on the $6.9 million project. Old Tamiami will become a thing of beauty also.

It will be transformed into a major regional park, one square mile of playing fields, picnic areas, swimming pools, a lake, riding trails, restaurants, etc. The new airport will offer just about twice as much of everything for flyers as the old one did. It will be different, too. New Tamiami is completely enclosed by a steel and barbed-wire fence between SW 120th and 136th Streets from SW 137th Avenue to 157th Avenue. The old aii-port, between the Tamiami Trail and Coral Way from SW 107th Avenue to the Snapper Creek Canal, was unfenced.

The New Tamiami control tower is larger. It is already, up, white-painted and green-roofed, standing like a lonely but sturdy sentinel at the end of a long, curving entrance road. The entrance drive begins at SW 137th Avenue and 128th Street, at a huge gate, just about where Metro Mayor Chuck Hall wielding a gold-painted shovel, broke ground two years ago this summer. Beside the gate, a beacon stands, ready. Two east-west runways, each 5,000 feet, and one northeast-southwest runway, 4,200 feet, are also ready.

Around and between the runways there are 88 acres of grass, which was being refertilized today by Redland Construction Co. to wind up a $713,059 contract which included taxiways and aprons. Metro commissioners sitting as the Port Authority late today are expected to approve the final changes in that contract. Earlier, Capeletti Bros. fulfilled the $1.1 million runways contract.

The commission also was expected late today to authorize advertisement for bids on a building and related facilities to be used by the Federal Aviation Agency at the new airport. Construction is estimated at $160,000. Several hangars and office buildings will be built by Wesley Construction low bidder at $350,470 last month after a five-month delay because all bids on the job had come in too high. Wilde, consulting engineer with the firm of H. Connell, said shop drawing and pre-construction data for the hangars are now being reviewed.

-'l--l'LJ L. C. May be the first-ever robot to sit down and listen to lectures like "Problems of the younger generation in linen supply," which is being given by Dean M. Robert Allen of the University of L.C. is 5-fect-10 high and weighs 300 pounds.

It was built by the Steiner Company in Chicago, which makes sanitary supplies dispensing equipment. It has "random-reacting eyes, electronic ears and a voice box," says the company. That means it can carry on a conversation while you're drying your hands. L. C.

has no driving ambition to be stationed permanently in washrooms, though. It is purely a Steiner sales gimmick. One man controls its movements; another, hidden from sight provides the voice all by remote radio control. Five operators licensed by the Federal Communications Commission travel with it. After the convention, it plans a European trip to exhibitions in Munich and Belgrade, also hopes to attend some music festivals.

Take me to your lieder. By IAN GLASS Reporter of The Miami Newi Pulled down the towel in this washroom dispenser this morning and the damnedest thing happened. A voice said: "Your hands are cold." It also asked some extremely personal questions. Like, "Do you come here often?" It had two eyes that kept blinking and a big nose it talked through. And it moved around with this towel hanging down like a giant tongue.

Ghastly thing to run into on a Monday morning. Its name is L.C. Tenibac. That's cabinet spelled backwards. Don't ask why.

It joined a group of newsmen for champagne and Eggs Benedict in the Gigi Room of the Fontaincbleau Hotel. Didn't touch the champagne, though. Don't want to get oiled. It is attending the 55th annual convention of the Linen Supply Association of America which is going on till Friday. TEMBAC L.

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