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THE TAMPA TIMES, Thursdiy, April 28, 1966 -A -w -tnir. in Hn 0HWa Tampa International Airport of 1 969 as Seen in Fortune Magazine $40 MILLION PROJECT FOR TAMPA Air Terminal Plans Shown New By TOM IXGLIS Times Staff Writer Exciting new plans Tampa International for Air TAMPA COMPANIES The proposed $34 million terminal, a part of a $40 million complex to be built in the center of the airport, has travelers from car to the terminal and then down night-marishly long concourses to board planes. Fortune Magazine's May issue carried a feature on the airport in its structure and design section edited by Walter McQuade. In his copy, Mc-Quade said: "The international airport at Tampa may soon stand as one of the best conceived airports in the United States." In its initial phase, the central terminal building will include eight stories (including a basement) of wlvch the top four stories are parking space. Passengers will park Six Firms To Halt Ambulance Services ii I linn I'-wywMiwiw; -1 JT A Word Of Warning A member of a six-man team of convicts from Raiford addresses students at Hillsborough High School assembly this morning, advising of pitfalls that can lead to incarceration.

At left is probation and parole official. 'Operation Teen-Ager' Here The "Operation Teen-Ager" Program came to Hillsborough County today when convicts from the state prison at feaiford told their life stories to high school assemblies. 1 Under special guard, the tour trusties spoke at Hills Teacher Group-Deadline SUff Phot Mayor For The Day John Hearn of Blake High School, "mayor" of Tampa today, checks a piece of city business with Mayor Nick Nuccio at the latter's office in City Hall. Hearn and other students from 10 area high schools took over city offices for the day under American Youth Government Month, a program affiliated with the Youth for America Movement which sponsored a recent, successful youth patriotic rally here. STATE ROAD BOARD stirred international interest.

Radical in design, the terminal is being planned to eliminate long walks for air The city sanitation depart ment will be host for the event, highlighted with a luncheon by Mayor Nick Nuccio at Hawaiian Village. Councilman Conrad Johnston explained the delay in comple tion of signalization of the in tersection of Temple Terrace Highway and Armenia Avenue Span wires and signal head and other equipment are in place, Johnston, said, but the factory which makes the con troller burned recently and that component has been delayed. property with a Junior yachting program and a place to berth a boat near a home would be a marked advantage." However, Judge Bruton declined to accept Decker's testimony on the volume of yacht traffic at the proposed marina as expert testimony." Decker had proposed to enter testimony that on the busiest weekend of a year only about 40 per cent of the yachts and boats would be in use. The marina plans call for berths for 70 boats. Albert Balboni, of 44 Sandpiper Road, identified himself as a resident of property across the water from Tampa Bay Marina.

He tesitifed he is never awakened by boats at night, and said a neighbor's air conditioner actually makes more noise than boat traffic does. port's new terminal are to be unveiled today before the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. sonnel must have a health card, ambulances for emergency and accident use must carry speci fied minimum equipment, and training must include satisfac tory completion of the ad vanced Red Cross first aid course. Dr. Neill stated the main areas of resistance at the time of the order were the amount and extent of new equipment to be used on emergency vehicles and the requirement of health cards which includes fingerprinting.

The report given to Dr. Neill this morning by the funeral home operators stated, "The recently enacted state law in regard to ambulance service re quires an amount of training, personnel, equipment, and skill which we will not be able to continuously assure the public of receiving from our usually efficient services due to the rapid turnover in personnel, and the training and equipment re- quirements which the county directed we health officer must have." has IT CONTINUED, "The cost of ambulances, equipment, maintenance, insurance (when available,) and staff have now far exceeded tlie abilities financially of our private resources to ren der the type of service that we feel is necessary and to which the public is entitled." "This move of funeral homes to get out of the ambulance business has surprised me," Dr. Neill said. "I predicted that one of these days funeral homes would be out of this business, but I didn't think it would come this soon." The health department has been waiting on a report from Dr. Neill's advisory committee and the state attorney general regarding just what the State Board of Health can require, but, as yet, no action has occurred.

"FROM WHAT I read and hear, this situation is much big ger than the state law," Dr. Neill said. "Certain interests might want to make that law the whipping boy but the law is not that severe." He added that the absence of profit In the face of the mini mum wage law is more significant, in his terms than the Dendine problems seen in the ambulance law. Dr. Neill speculated that there may be some "bigger and heavier action" to come in actually (supplying ambulance services but, at this point, the situation is stepping outside the bounds of control by the advisory com mittee.

"IT CONCERNS me that al most all attention has been given to those requirements re lated primarily to emergency service," he said. "It bothers me in reading the law about vehicles used to transport chronically ill or non-emergency patients." He added he did not feel the intent of the act was for these vehicles to be as completely equipped as the ambulances that answer an auto accident Westshore Boulevard Four-Laning Okayed Staff Photo Parole officer Don Tabb is in charge of the local programs. "Operation Teen-Ager" is a statewide program aimed at discouraging youthful crime. The inmates describe how they became involved in crime and tell the consequences. pleting their first year would receive $520 more next year.

The difference, he explained, is that teachers with less than 15 years service receive $120 annual pay increments. Those with over 15 years service do not, he said. Therefore, the teachers with less experience would receive their increments plus the $400 pay hike. "WE'RE NOT OPPOSED to raising the level of pay for starting teachers," he said, "but we're against giving it at the expense of veteran teachers." The indexing plan, he said, would provide an equitable increase in pay for all teachers. Brewer also emphasized that recent changes made in the proposed 1966-67 school budget does not involve the negotiators in any way.

"We're not telling them what to do that's an administrative function," he said. The elimination of many positions, including a number of custodial jobs, is being done by the superintendents staff, Brewer said. Jury Returns 19 Indictments A federal grand jury meeting here returned 19 indictments for the Tampa area to U.S. District Judge Joseph P. Lieb yes terday.

The session began yesterday morning and was completed by late afternoon. Nature of the indictments will not be revealed until arrests have been made. Charges generally Investi gated by the grand jury include interstate transportation of stolen property and motor ve hicles, Treasury check forgery and theft and mail theft By DONITA MATHISON Times Staff Writer The Hillsborough County Health Department has re ceived word that six Negro fu neral homes in Tampa are with drawing ambulance service effective July 1, The Times learned today. They are W. A.

Jennings, Pughsley, Rogers, Stone's, Ray Williams, and Wilson's funeral homes. Loss of ambulance service was also reported in Plant City with notice from Stone and Wil liams Funeral Home. THIS MOVEMENT for funeral home owners to get out of the ambulance business has been mushrooming in many other counties within the state based on the act of the 1965 Florida Legislature requiring minimum equipment for ambu lances and for certification of ambulance drivers by the coun ty health officer. Section four of the law states "The State Board of Health and the county board of health of each of the several counties of the state shall take such action necessary to carry out the purposes of the law. Each of the county health officers shall be authorized to suspend the operation of this law in his county for a period not to exceed 30 days when the equipment or trained personnel required by this law is unavail-j able Dr.

John Neill, director of the health department, issued a new order a few weeks ago that pertained to a list of proposed required equipment recommended by his appointed special study committee. BY JULY, all ambulance perJ Junior High School Science Institute Set The University of South Florida will conduct a special institute for junior high school teachers during the coming academic year. Thirty teachers in the Tampa Bay area will be selected to participate in the institute, which will be centered on the use of new science teaching materials at the junior high school level. USF has received a $7,140 National Science Foundation grant to conduct the In-Service Institute in Physical, Biological and Earth Sciences for Junior High School Teachers from September, 1967. 1966, through May.

Three USF faculty members will conduct the institute, with meetings scneauiea weeKly on the Tampa Campus. They are Dr. Herbert H. Stewart, asso ciate professor of science ed ucation; Dr. Jeff C.

Davis associate profess'or of chemistry; and Dr. Gid E. Nelson associate professor of biological sciences. Local junior high school science teachers interested in participating can obtain additional information and applications from Dr. Davis at the USF Chemistry Department Application deadline is May 30.

their cars on the fifth to eighth floors, and descend to the lobby on elevators. The second floor Is the ticket lobby where passengers will conduct business with the various commercial carriers, and either pick up or deposit their luggage. This floor also' provides curbside loading for cars, limousines, and taxis. The third floor is the "passenger transfer lobby" where passengers will await their flights. This floor will also be the site of the principal airport concessions, and will be connected to a hotel by a covered mall.

The most unique feature of the airport will also be centered on the third floor transfer lobby. This is the West-inghouse Electric Company's "skybus" The skybus is an electrically operated, computer controlled system, which will carry passengers from the "landside" central terminal building to the "airside" satellite terminals. A 40-second ride on the skybus along elevated concrete railbeds will carry the passenger to the satellite terminal where his plane is to be connected with the terminal by a snorkle loading ramp. For the air traveler, all this will mean his walking distance will be diminished from the quarter to half mile hike he faces in many big terminals, to a maximum walk-of 600 to 700 feet from his car to his plane. Much of the planning that has gone into Tampa International's terminal, particularly toward those features which eliminate long walks while carrying baggage, has been done with the age of Suncoast a i travelers in mind.

Studies made at Tampa International have held that the average age of air travelers at this terminal is substantially higher than the average age at other large terminals throughout the nation. This is a reflection of the large senior citizen population of Pinellas and Sarasota coun ties. Herbert Godfrey direc tor of the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, has re ported the entire air travel in dustry Js watching the development of Tampa's terminal and several major projects in Europe and North America have been halted to allow possible incorporation of Tampa International terminal features. If plans proceed according to schedule, the proposed new terminal should be completed in early 1969. Honored by Arch A spectacular stone arch in Arizona has been named for the late Dr.

William E. Wrather. director of the United States Geological Survey from 194S to 1956. City Council today approved the four-laning of Westshore Boulevard from Kennedy Bou levard north to Spruce Street. Although this will be primar ily a State Road Department project, approval of the city was needed under an urban connector program.

It was announced at today's council session that the Florida chapter of the American Public Works Association will hold its annual meeting in Tampa May 4-7. borough High School i morning and were scheduled to appear at Pinecrest High at 2 p.m. The program will be presented tomorrow at East Bay High at 8:30 a.m. and at Brandon High at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Florida Probation and session does not produce what the CTA leaders consider "satisfactory progress," Brewer said a meeting of the organization's board would be called Saturday morning.

He indicated that a request for an FEA investigation would be the likely result. The CTA' membership has already authorized Brewer and other officers to take this action if they feel it is warranted. BREWER IMPLIED that the outlook for resolution of a number of issues now being discussed by the negotiators looks very dim at Friday's meeting. He was particularly critical of Supt. J.

Crockett Farnell's not participating in the discussions. When an agreement for the negotiations was approved earlier this year, Brewer said the teacher groups were under the impression that Farnell would participate, or that he would have a sentative present who knows the superintendent's position on all matters. George Pennington, an area coordinator, is representing Farnell and the school board. Brewer said Pennington only makes recommendations to the superintendent, rather than making decisions. "WE'RE NOT DEALING with the superintendent and school board," he asserted.

"We're one step removed from the decision-making level." The CTA president did disclose that an "almost general agreement" has been reached on Including an "indexing plan" in the proposed pay raise for teachers next year. This plan would be substituted for an across-the-board pay hike proposal, which was originally recommended. The county teacher groups object to this proposal. AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD pay hike. Brewer said, would result In veteran teachers those with over 15 years service receiving a $400 pay hike, while teachers now com le said the state group will pe asked to impose sanctions ton the Hillsborough school system.

BREWER MADE the com-frients to refute reports that the CTA had "backed up" on the deadline it imposed March 24. The organization, representing 2,700 teachers, declared then that the county ivas In a state of "sanctions alert" "We haven't retreated one $tep," he said. "There has been no change whatsoever in cur position." Brewer said a meeting tomorrow of the Professional Affairs Committee a group cf negotiators representing the three county teachers organizations, the school superintendent and the school board will determine to a great extent the future course cf action for the CTA. IF- THE NEGOTIATIONS Key Personnel Oi Sheriff Reassigned Sheriff Malcolm Beard today announced several changes In personnel positions, of them at higher levels. Inspector Leon Powell has been reassigned from the jatrol to the civil division where he will be working with; Inspector J.

E. Hackney. Inspector John Kirk will jnove; Into Powell's Job. Capt Jack Dempsey, personnel and training officer, bas been promoted to inspector and will head the services Jnd administration department Deputy Gene Riddle a been promoted to captain In 'charge of research and training, and two sergeants, Clar-rree Newsome and Frank have been transferred, Jsewsome to the Tampa area 'nd Duda to Plant City. I Beard said the changes will 2wa.e effective Slay 1.

Two See No Harm In Proposed Marina By TOM INGLIS Times Staff Writer Two witnesses testified they do not feel the proposed Tampa Yacht and Country Club marina project would damage nearby residential property today. The testimony was offered in an injunction suit before Circuit Judge James niton Jr. Several neighbors are attempting to block the project on grounds they fear the marina will damage the values of their residential property. Walter B. Decker, St.

Petersburg appraiser, testified that not only will property values not be diminished by the marina, but actually may be Increased. "You're dealing with amenities. What people are looking for (in home purchases) might surprise you," Decker said. "Maybe a good yacht club Special Delivery IOLA, Kan. Wl Firemen had a blaze delivered to their doorstep.

Eddie Rogers pulled up at the fire station with the back seat of his car In flames. The fire was quickly put out. 0.

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