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Blue Streak FINAL Miami I Tivilhy Partly cloudy. The 10 CENTS 56 Pages Complete Weather On Page 4A Established In 1896 Friday, January 12, 1968 TODAVS NEWS TODAY Telephone 350-2941 EiiRGiiir-gEasiES iii iP mi "Wiii'iui i iiwwii fiiFiiw in if mi wwwiiwwwwiwiiwwwi iiw www iwwwawwwiiiwwwiwwiwwwiiw wi wwir iiiiwrii iw iwwwiiw'ww win wi i iwiiw i.iimiwwTTiiiwiiMrrrwnrnrtt'w Bin 1 Island Builders May Get Stuck On A Reef i a BILL BAGGS new, more liberal law and the case was set for next week. But a new complication arose. Ray, the island builder, is in a Texas Federal prison on a conviction. for fraud in a Small Business loan case.

His Orlando attorney, Charles E. Davis, moved for a continuance on the grounds that he needs a client to pursue his case. It was agreed to put off the case until the first week of February, with the court requested to have Ray brought here to testify under a habeas corpus action. The big issue to be tried is: Doesthe U.S. government own that bottomland comprising the continental shelf jutting out from its coast? Or can anybody go out and "discover" it, like Columbus laying claim to the West Indies? The U.S.

passed an act in 1960 asserting control over such submerged lands beyond the three-mile limit. And a convention of nations exists asserting the right of each to its section of the continental shelf. The Atlantis Corporation claims that William T. Anderson of Grand Rapids, "discovered" the Islandia reefs and that he vested his rights in the firm. But the same reefs show on marine charts in the 1800's.

Actually, the rocks are living coral part of one of the few natural marine wonderlands in the world. As such, they have already been approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior for a national monument. The department recommended the outlay of $25 million to buy up islands in the nearby Islandia chain to be included in the park area. The town of Islandia, which opposes the National Monument idea, is sitting out the Federal Court case although vitally interested in it.

The government doesn't intend to surrender its control of the reefs. 1 First U.S. Assistant Attorney Aaron Foosaner is in charge of the government's case. Foosaner argued successfully in 1963 for an injunction against Louis M. Ray and his Acme General Contractors to stop the dredging at Triumph and Long Reefs.

At that time, U.S. District Judge Charles B. Fulton denied the Atlantis firm's petition to intervene. Atlantis appealed to the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a final trial on the injunction was held up pending its outcome.

The Appeals Court allowed Atlantis to intervene under a By WILLIAM TUCKER Reporter el The Mieml Nrwi A case comes up in Federal Court next month which conceivably could result in another Miami Beach, complete with casino, rising on the reefs earmarked for a national monument, i But before that could happen, the would-be island builders would have to upset the United States Continental Shelf law and an international convention covering such reefs. The trial will be a replay in more dramatic form of a case in which a Louisiana dredger tried to build atop Triumph and Long Reefs east of Elliott Key in 1965. He actually set up three small cairns which were washed away later in a hurricane. This time, in addition to the dredger, a firm with the portentous name of "Atlantis Development Corp." is in on the action. This firm in the past has detailed visions of a fabulous playground rising out of the ocean with casino gambling and all the other lush tropical pleasures.

"They could build anolhcr Miami Beach or even another country out there," said one man close to the case. "Those rocks are only to 20 feet under the surface." if i li I 1l 'il'il 1J Ea VII 1 p': tiAi S' U-M Profs Say Salary Funds Go Elsewhere PUENTE KELLY PUENTE (idt Pf vj Li tJ Li Li 'Caged Boy's5 Parents Ask To Get Him Back, Say They Have Jobs They Stole Ship Off Coast Here Six anti-Castro Cuban exiles were sentenced today to prison for terms ranging from six months to three years for the hijacking of a ship off Miami Beach last July. Harry Boehme, attorney for the Puentes, said in a petition for Kelly's return that the family is now in a financial position to take care of him. "Both of the parents are presently employed," the petition said. "They have established a residence within three blocks of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and say that they are fully cognizant of the care and duty of taking care of the minor child of the parties.

Puente, 29, and his wife, 24, have another son who appears normal in every respect. They said Kelly had never been able to gain weight and denied that he was left alone for more than a few minutes. The parents of Kelly Puente petitioned Juvenile Court today for the return of the four-year-old boy who was found alone and impris-oned in his playpen at their home, Oct. 1. Kelly had hern taken from i and Kathleen Puente and put in Jackson Memorial Hospital to be treated and fattened up as a ward of the court.

The parents were charged with neglect and their trial is now on the calendar for Feb. 12. At the time Kelly was found, filthy and emaciated, a juvenile officer said he resembled an inmate of the Dachau concentration 'camp, he was so thin. He has put on weight in the hospital. By HAINES COLBERT Reporter ef The Mleml Newt A group of University of Miami professors complained today that money supposedly earmarked for salaries is being used for construction.

Members of the U-M chapter of the American Association of University Professors adopted a resolution calling for: 1. General pay raises and elimination of unreasonable variations between salaries in different departments. 2. A halt to the use of operating funds for building construction. Prof.

Frank T. Kurzweg, president of the Miami chapter, said it represents about one-third of the University of Miami faculty members. He said 75 members attended the meeting at which the resolution was adopted. The resolution pointed out that tuition at the university recently was increased for the third time in five years. It said: "Each time the announcement to the students and the public at large has indicated that the primary intention of the increase was for the purpose of bringing the faculty salaries up to a level commensurate with the goals ol excellence aspired to by the administration.

"In every instance the faculty salaries have been the minor beneficiaries rather than the major ones." The professors said the first tuition increase, of 20 per cent, resulted in a faculty pay increase of 8 per cent in the first year and 3 percent in the second. The tuition then was increased by 16.7 per cent, the resolution continued, and pay Continued on Page 2 three years on each count, to run concurrently. Manuel Alvarez, 31, was sentenced to a total of 2 years; Sergio Freijo, 2 years; Armando Betancourt, 29-year-old former Cuban track star, 18 months; Modesto Garcia Mendez, 35, 6 months; and Umberto Perez, 28, to 6 months. Goshgarian, in his appeal for probation, told the court that imprisonment would serve no purpose in this case "prison is only for the purpose of protecting society or rehabilitation. These men are no menace to society and will not do anything like this again." Pressing for prison sentence, Assistant U.S.

Attorneys Donald I. Bierman and Michael Osman said there was a third reason not men-tioned by defense "to serve as an example to I i I 'l -J .1 IH Hi 1 I ii if -'mtA Cablegrams Cables intercepted by our far-flung correspondents in the basement of the CIA: Vince Lombardi Orange Bowl Stadium. Dear Coach', When is the meeting of the Advisory Committee? Maurice Fcrre Maurice Ferre, Miami. Dear Mr. Ferre, What is the Advisory Committee and who are you? Lombardi Vince Lombardi, Orange Bowl Stadium.

Dear Coach, 1 am a city commissioner, a state legislator and a member of the Downtown Development Authority. Maurice Ferre Maurice Ferre, Miami. Dear Mr. Ferre, Congratulations. Lombardi Vince Lombardi, Orange Bowl Stadium.

Dear Coach. You do not understand. I was called and asked to serve on the Advisory Committee to help develop strategy for the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl. But I am on so many committees and boards and things that I can't remember when we meet with you to discuss how we are going lo beat the Oakland Raiders. Maurice Ferre Maurice Ferre, Miami.

Dear Mr. Ferre. What kind of advice are you prepared to give me? Lombardi Vince Lombardi, Orange Bowl Stadium. Dear Coach, Well first of all, who are we going to start at quarterback? You got any ideas? Maurice Ferre Maurice Ferre, Miami. Dear Mr.

Ferre, Yes, I have an idea who we should start at quarterback. You have any ideas? lombardi Vince Lombardi, Orange Bowl Stadium. Dear Coach, 1 certainly do. Johnny Unitas. I have been reading about Johnny Unitas and most people think he is a very promising quarterback.

Maurice Ferre Maurice Ferre, Miami. Dear Mr. Ferre, I think that is a fine idea. But why give me all your attention? You should be fair. Give some advice to the Oakland Raiders.

Lombardi Vince Lombardi, Orange Bowl Stadium. Dear Coach, No, they are a California team, and I was appointed to the Committee to advise the Green Bay Packers. Maurice Frre Maurice Ferre, Miami. Dear Mr. Ferre, Okay, if you insist.

The meeting of the Advisory Committee to help me develop strategy for the Super Bowl on Sunday is going to be held at midnight on Monday at the 50-yard line. I hope this time and place does not interfere with any other committee meetings on your schedule. Lombardi Vince Lombardi, Orange Bowl Stadium. Dear Coach, But that is a day after the game is played. Maurice Fcrre Maurice Ferre, Miami.

Dear Mr. Ferre, That's right. J- Lombardi Federal Judge C. Clyde Atkins, in pronouncing sentence, told the six defendants that he was giving them prison terms in accordance with the degree of leadership and responsibility each bore in the seizing of the vessel. Pleas by defense counsel Aram Goshgarian and each of the six Cubans for probation were given note by the court but the requests were denied.

However, Judge Atkins permitted the defendants to remain at liberty on bond pending appeal. The men were convicted by a jury in federal court of four counts of a five-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury. A count of piracy was thrown out by Judge Atkins because the seizure of the ship took place within the three-mile limit. Assigning the greatest guilt in the hijacking to 47-year-old Ramiro DeLaFe, a Bay of Pigs veteran, Judge Atkins sentenced him to June Starts Sneezing Again, Shock Machine Doesn't Help Electric shock treatment from a portable machine today failed to stop the sneezing of June Clark, who sneezed for 154 days last year and started again yesterday following surgery on her broken nose. Dr.

Malcolm Kirschner of Coral Gables Veterans Hospital, who cured June of sneezing before, brought the machine to Palm Springs Hospital where the Carol City teenager was operated on yesterday morning. Doctors found the portable apparatus too light to control June's heavy sneezing. The stationary machine in Coral Gables which cured her before is out of order and will not be working until Monday, according to June's father, James Clark. She will be taken to the Coral Gables hospital Monday. SAN FRANCISCO policeman uses his night stick against a girl demonstrator's throat to subdue her outside hotel where Secretary of State Rusk was speaking.

See story and another photo on Page 2A. Cool Howl? The weather for Sunday's Super Bowl football game in the Orange Bowl won't be typical of Miami, a Weather Bureau forecaster said today. "A cold front will move through South Florida sometime Sunday morning," said Paul Hebert. "It will be windy, cloudy and turning cooler during the day." Hebert said it was too far in advance to tell if there will be showers or what the temperature will be during the game. WORK BOOMS ON BEACH Just Fancy That A Mitchellville, Iowa, woman was arrested for speeding after a highway patrol plane clocked her at 112 miles an hour.

She ex GOP Hall Where A Fence Is Not A Wall plained that she was late for work as a school bus driver. InsideTheiiews 3 Series In Today's News Three special Miami News series continue in today's paper: Our Drugged Nation Page I3A The New Social SecurityPage 6A Immokalee's Migrants Page 14A By EDITH ROBERTSON Reporter tf The Miami Newt In this age of demonstration and pickets, only mountain goats will get into the Republican National Convention unauthorized. Miami Beach is going to build a special six-foot, chain link fence around its convention hall complex, running from Washington to Meridian Avenues, and from 17th to 21st Streets. That'f a lot of fence for just one event, but "it's a divider, not a barricade," claims convention hall man ager Irving Ducoff. It won't have barbed wire on top, but it will be under constant police patrol.

The Republicans may hold the nation's first fenced-in political convention, but the "divider" is only one of many strange things that such an event brings to a city. Even Miami Beach, when conventions were born, is getting excited. Next August is only six months away, and with every passing day the work, plan- Boat Show Special Section The 27th annual Miami International Boat Show opens today at Dinner Key Auditorium and The Miami News is publishing a special section, with the main story by Outdoors Editor Jim Hardic. A page of pictures also appears on 8C V4' i i 1 4 i ii i.i i iimi mJ HARDIE INDEX 7-ilA McGill 3C McLemore 12A ID Amuse Bridge Miemi Ntwj hot by Jay Soeflcer Expansion Of Beach Convention Hall Ahead Of Schedule McLemorc Analyzes The Super Bowl Sports Editor Morris Mc-Lemore spent a lot of time with the experts discussing Sunday's Super Bowl game and has come up with an analysis of Oakland and Green Bay football teams, position by positi V. Story on page ID.

Business 4C Movies Buchwald 13A Pictures Class. 5-22D Rau Comics Reston Crossword 3C Roberts Deaths A Sports Editorials 12A TV-Radio 10A bC 9A I3A 3A 1-5D 6C ring, problem-tackling, telephoning, hair-pulling and general pace of things in- Because of this winter's fair weather, construction is running 10 days ahead of schedule. AQ the confusion, noise, pipes, cranes and a eehive of ant-like workers in hard hats is slated to end May 26 in a finished building ready for use. Ducoff plans to "run several small events in it as a Continual on Page 2A, Col. 1 draped in the green lace of scaffolding.

Trucks still roar around inside, where 13,123 Republican delegates, reporters, guests and spectators will converge. i creases. Immediate klierv on ntw 1 13A Weather 4A 8C Women taI-2C 10A Wright 12A I lesser Keasler Kelly Today the $3.2 million convention hall addiyon is a massive shell of concrete. Chevrolet. Open tonight 'til 10 Luh- Chornkt 92M N.V 2'th Atnue.

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