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German Shepherd Rescues Her from Bayou Little Linda's Four-Footed Pal Saves Her Life FORT WALTON BEACH -(P- two- German shepherd saved her life. tance, told Mrs. Gilfeather what had happened. month-old Linda Golfeather and her next door It happened Monday. The little girl toddled out into the water and neighbor Curt are inseparable friends.

Linda's mother, Mrs. Phillip Gilfeather, was went under. Curt dashed out and pulled her back When she's asleep, Curt, a pure-bred German busy with Linda's 8-month-old brother and didn't to the water's edge, tearing her dress as he tugged shepherd dog, usually sleeps just outside the see the little girl toddle off down the road in with his sharp teeth. window. front of her house.

Oldham was giving her artificial respiration when Mrs. Gilfeather came up. Linda was breathAsk Linda how she feels about Curt and she'll Later, when she discovered that Linda had ing all right, although she had taken in a lot of jabber something that sounds like "I love you wandered off, she frantically began a search water. truly." about the neighborhood. Then she heard Curt's Wednesday, Curt and Linda were back out steady bark and followed the sound to Garnier playing.

Cpl. and Mrs. Floyd Rogers, who bought The affection this blue-eyed, blonde haired Bayou a short distance from the Gilfeather house. the dog weeks six ago, say it is mighty hard to little girl holds for Curt will mount in the years keep Curt home when his pal Linda is out in to come when she realizes that the friendly Fred Oldham, who saw the action at a dis- the yard. The Miami Herald Thursday, October 15, 1953 Most Complete State News Report Section Retirement Parley Set In Capital Pension Expert To See Cabinet TALLAHASSEE -P- Acting Gov.

Charley E. Johns and the cabinet will meet here Monday with Thomas P. Bowles, Richmond, pension expert, to discuss further studies of Florida's complicated retirement systems for public employes. The studies of the retirement systems are planned as a part of the over-all survey of state personnel practices which was authorized by the 1953 legislature. lawmakers appropriated $75,000 for the cabinet budget commission to make a complete study of state personnel problems with a view toward setting up uniformity in all state agencies in job qualifications.

salary, security and pensions. Bowles is a member of the Richmond firm of Bowles, Andrews Towne, actuaries who specialize in public retirement programs. The firm made a preliminary study of the Florida pension systems for the 1953 legislature, but no action was taken e. during the session because the lawmakers thought further studies were needed. Budget Director Harry G.

Smith said the meeting with Bowles Monday is primarily for purpose of informing him just what is needed in the new survey of the retirement system and learning whether his firm can supply the information, "There is general agreement that we need some consolidation of retirement systemsthere are 10 separate ones for public employes now. But we need to know which systems should be merged and how the consolidation should be affected. We also are interested in the possibility of bringing all employes under federal public, security retirement," Smith said. The public employes' retirement systems now include separate programs for state officers and employes, county officers and employes, highway patrol members, National Guardsmen, circuit judges, Supreme court judges without Circuit court service, Supreme court judges who were circuit judges and teachers. Orlando Gets TV Station WASHINGTON -P- The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday authorized Orlando Broadcasting Co.

to operate a television station on Channel 6. It acted after Central Florida Enterprises, withdrew its application for the station. This left Orlando Broadcasting as the only applicant for the station. Orlando Broadcasting Co. operates radio station WDBO.

Herbert Waters is president of Central Florida Enterprises. Citrus Program Speedup Urged WASHINGTON -P-Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson has been urged to speed up. announcement of the grapefruit export payment program for 1953-54. Sen. George Smathers of Florida reminded Benson that the current, season's crop is already being harvested.

The Floridian said the growers are 'entitled to know now what the plans are of the department's Production and Marketing Administration with regards to subsidizing overseas shipments of grapefruit and grapefruit pre uctions." Deaths Elsewhere FRANK OVERTON. 85. widely known as a medical writer and for 60 years a physician at East Patchogue, L. I. LADIS W.

SABO. 84, a primitive or "natural" painter, at New York. DR. JAMES A. BURRILL.

76. Chicago orthodontist for 43 years, at Evanston. 111. ELLERY V. STEWART.

55. former radio commentator, newspaperman. and general manager of the Stewart Precision Products Hartford Conn. MRS. GRETA B.

MILLIKAN, 77, 8 18- tional sponsor of YMCA, and the Red Cross who was also active in the Community Chest. at San Marino, Cal. RT. REV. SIGURGEIR SIVURDSSON.

63, named bishop of Iceland in 1939 by the Icelandic Lutheran State Church, at Reykjavik, DR. W. E. 59. for 27 years pastor of St.

Mark's Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh. father of Rev. Rolland L. Miesel. pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Miami.

at Pittsburgh. CHARLES A. SMITH. 86. one of the Valley's leading businessmen and investors.

at Chester. W. Va. ADMIRAL ANTONIO MAGAZ PERS. Marquess of Magaz.

former Spanish ambassador to Argentina and to Germany at Madrid. EDWARD E. JOHNSON. 64. A colorful And controversial figure in the Ontario lumbering industry, at Toronto, FIR FRESHMAN TWINS at Florida State University include blondes from Florida, brunettes from Tennessee and redheads from South Carolina.

Left to right, bottom -FSU Photo row, are Jean and June Brown, Jacksonville; middle row, Phyllis and Charlotte Patten, Chattanooga, and top row, Joan and Jane Westmoreland, Clinton, S.C. Observers Protest Give Us The Planes And We'll Spot 'Em BARTOW-P-Polk county's civil defense director asked state headquarters Wednesday for more planes for spotting drills, because workers are tired of maintaining an alert for hours for so few planes. "These citizens wait for hours and then only three or five or seven planes come over in a period of four to five hours." Harry B. Mullon said. "They feel that the results do not compensate for their great sacrifice." In: a letter to Col.

R. G. Howie of sonville, state civil defense director, Mullon said he feared most of his spotters will give up their work if this situation continues. "Numerous complaints, bitter and resentful, have been received because so few planes The Town Crier By JACK BELL DR. MAURICE ERNST of London is founder of the Centenarian Club, designed to help people live to be 100.

He isn't too much of a scientist to have a thor. oughly healthy love of living. So, when a man with a reputation for hearty living went to him saying he wanted to reach the 100-mark. Dr. BELL Ernst said, "well.

you'll have to give up drinking, tobacco and women." "But if I do this," asked the crestfallen patient, "will I live to be 100?" "No." said Dr. Ernst, "but it'll seem that long." About the Same I used a "50 years ago" team item from Lancaster, in which the mayor ordered his police to enforce the eight-milesper-hour speed limit on autos. Mrs. Elva Gross, formerly of Lancaster, tells me the limit today is about the same up there. "Virtually the whole city of 60.000 is composed of Mennonites.

Amish and Dunkers," she "All cars must be black, no chrome showing. The speed limit is 20 miles. Everybody wears black: no buttons. everything hooks and eyes. When a girl's to be married.

her parents paint the front yard gate blue. She doesn't see her husband-to-be until the ceremony." Mrs. Gross adds that there's virtually no juvenile delinquency or crime. Each sect marries within its own group and has its own schools. The Amish women wear white bonnets always.

covered by a black bonnet when they go out. Accentuated "Wednesday, man who thinks he's very busy wanted to talk to me on the telephone. He called his secretary, said, "Get Jack Bell on the phone," and went out. adding, "I'll be around the building." The poor gal hooked me. then spent seven minutes trying to get him to a house phone.

I waited just to see how inconsiderate he could be. He was the worst, but his type is too darned numerous. I'm not so important as some of these birds think they are, but I am busy at, times. Anyway, I'm too busy to sit here holding the telephone while these big shots finish an interview, then pick up the phone. So, if you think you're impressive when you put in those a 1 t-until-I'm-in-the-mood-totalk phone calls, get hep.

You're only accentuating your discourtesy. Old Ice Boxes BELL Ash Wing, editor of the chua County Journal, has ed an editorial campaign eliminate old ice boxes. UF Leader Aids India In Program are provided," the Polk director wrote. He did not say how many planes should be provided, but thought they should be "ample and numerous." Mullon said he hoped How. ie would "pass this letter on to the U.

S. Air Force command." At Jacksonville, Howie said bad weather coupled with the HOWIE large area which planes had to cover in the Oct. 4 drill did cut down on the number in certain areas. "We appreciate Mulion calling the situation to our attention," Howie said. "Corrective action is being taken and in the future we hope to have more planes concentrated in a smaller area tot compensate for any bad weather." Slocum Gets Two Years In Robbery TAMPA -(UP)-Robert J.

Siocum, 55, of Winter Haven, who received and spent almost $40,000 from the Quonset. Point, RI. naval base, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison. Slocum got the money through the mails in a suitcase which was sent him by his sailor son, Wilton. The sOn, with an accomplice, robbed a credit union safe on the naval base in February, 1951.

Wilton Slocum was arrested in August on his return from a long overseas assignment and confessed the theft. He implicated his father. The father said he put the money into a private business venture and lost all of it. Wilton Slocum was convicted by a Navy court martial and sent to prison. River Work Funds Asked WASHINGTON- (P) Rep.

Dwight Rogers of Florida has asked the Army Engineers to seek funds for the proposed deepening of New river at Fort Lauderdale in its budget requests for the next fiscal year. Rogers also has sent Budget Bureau Director Dodge a complete history of the New river project, which was authorized years ago. Congress in 1950 appropriated $10,000 for a new survey. Rogers asked Congress for money to complete the project last year but nothing was appropriated. Federal cost has been estimated at about $90,000.

Plans call for dredging the river to a depth of eight feet in the Fort Lauderdale area. of the Allied Powers in L. F. Sikes, left, Florida M. Gruenther, supreme AlSikes is a member of the -United Press Pnoto GAINESVILLE -A- University of Florida President J.

Hillis Miller has been granted a five-month leave of absence to confer with India's government on a reorganization of its educational program. Dr. Miller accepted an invitation from the Ford Foundation to represent it in the work, He and Mrs. Miller will from New York December 20, returning to the United States May 20. Dr.

Miller said he accepted the invitation after conferring with the State Board of Control and the university's adminis. trative council. BACK FROM A RED CAMP IN KOREA Pic. Solon W. Duncan of Fort Myers was given an official welcome this week.

Mayor Heard Edwards presented the key to the city, the high school band serenaded him and the Jaycees presented him with a car. With him is John A. (Alfie) Keen of Naples, who was also in prison camp 5 on the Yalu River. Tallahassee Election Silver Springs Man Heads Forest Board TALLAHASSEE Lamar Raney of Silver Springs is the new president of the State Board of Forestry. He succeeds J.

0. Phillips of Lake City, who resigned. R. C. Brent.

of Tallahassee was named vice-president and C. A. Roberts of Lake Butler was elected secretary. L. P.

Gibson of Perry, who replaced Phillips on the board, was elected sergeant-at-arms. Guy H. Wesley of Jacksonville is the fifth board member. Telephone Boss Loses Exchange SARASOTA -P- It was 4 a.m., and Taylor Scott, manager of the telephone company here, was sleeping soundly when his telephone rang. Scott groped his way to the phone, stubbing his big toe on the way.

The voice at the other end of the line asked: "Is this the manager of the telephone contpany?" Scott said it was. "Well," said the voice, "how does it feel to get out of bed at this hour of the morning and answer the phone and find it's somebody who's got the wrong number?" The mystery man hung up. Concentrate Stock Exhausted DADE CITY -P- Pasco Packing Company, one of the world's largest citrus processors, said Wednesday its stock of the popular frozen orange concentrate has been exhausted. Citrus industry leaders have been predicting since early summer that supplies of the concentrate would not be able to meet demand, because of the unprecedented rate of sales. Pasco said it would resume production of the orange concentrate as soon as fruit from the 1953-54 crop is mature enough to meet concentrate requirements.

probably won't be until late December or early January. Health Officer Quits in Orange ORLANDO -P- Dr. Leland Dame, Orange county health officer for the past eight years, handed in his resignation effective Dec. 1. The 66-year-old medical officer told the Orange county commissioners he was ready to after 20 years of service in state and county health departments.

Dr. and Mrs. Dame have a daughter, Mrs. W. H.

Ransone of West Palm Beach, and a son, John Leland. He said the board of control had granted him a leave of absence and upon the board's recommendation an administrative committee will be appointed to work with Vice President John S. Allen in discharging the administrative responsibilities of the university. Dr. Miller's headquarters in India will be in New Delhi.

The return trip from India will be made via the Pacific with stopovers arranged by the Ford Foundation in Calcutta, Bankok, Hongkong, Manila and other points in the Orient. Of the trip, Dr. Miller said: "I consider it a high personal compliment and more particu. larly a high compliment to the University of Florida to be se. lected by the Ford Foundation for this important assignment.

"Since gaining its independence. the government of India has turned its attention to a reorganization of its schools and educational system in order to meet the challenging opportunities in its nation of 300,000,000 people. "With outside assistance a survey of the secondary system and of higher education has been concluded. "Moreover, representatives of the Indian, government, particularly Humayun Kabir, secretary to the ministry of education, have visited this country to study many of our colleges and schools. Dr.

Kabir presently visiting a number of sections of the United States and will return to India October 27. "My function in India will be to advise the Indian government, particularly the ministry of education, concerning its plans. "The democratic experiment in India has as much or more significance for the total of freedom for mankind as any other part of the world." Ex-Governor's Wife Is Dead LIVE OAK -P- Mrs. Maude Randell Hardee, 75, whose husband was governor of Florida from 1021-25, died at a hospital here. She was in ill health two years.

Former Gov. Cary A. Hardee, a Live Oak banker, and Mrs. been married 53 vears. Funeral will be held at the residence here Thursday at 2 p.m., with burial at the Madison cemetery.

this week Commission, of Jackson- nery, left, of Real Estate Hollenbeck, DR. J. HILLIS MILLER personal compliment Last Laugh Haw-Haw Credit For Clown alarmed by the fact that recently eight children have been killed. after locking themselves in ice boxes while playing. "Miami probably.

has sands of these death traps sitting around," he says, "and chil. dren don't know they can't be opened from the inside." Ash is right, of course. A parent leaving an abandoned ice box with lock intact is begging for trouble. Take off the lock. Or if the box is worth repairus have it for LendHand.

Away from Home A letter from Heilbronn, Ger. many: "As our APO sinks slowly in the west, so sinks our hope for mail. We sit in this' beaver-board office with a below zero gale whistling outside, thinking of Miamians sitting in the sun. "Miami, with friendly people and wonderful climate. Set aside that tall Thomas Collins, wipe the suntan oil off your fingers and write us a letter or two.

My buddy, Pfc. James Kelley, a Miamian, has orange juice in His descriptions of his home have us both drooling. "In Germany, think you, it's a vacation with bock beer? Actually, our needs are simple: a loaf of bread, a jug of Florida orange juice and mail." Sgt. Charles Baxtresser and Pfc. James Kelley, 502 recon group.

APO 176 San Francisco. Negro Nursery If you Fort Lauderdale people want to be do-gooders, look into the new Negro nursery at the Baptist Church, then help them with baby beds, cribs, chairs and other things. The Pilot Club is helping Mrs. Holly. VISITING Supreme Headquarters AlaEurope near Paris, Rep.

Robert start- Democrat, greets Gen. Alfred to lied commander in Europe. He's House appropriations committee. Orlandoan Confesses To Slaying ORLANDO- county Sheriff Dave Starr said Wednes. that Willie Lee Harvey, 34, Orlando Negro, has admitted the slaying of oyster operator Percy M.

Green of Winter Garden. Four other Negroes, including Harvey's wife, who are believed to have been occupants of the car from which Green was fatally wounded early Sunday in an exchange of gunfire, also have been taken into custody and are held as material witnesses. Green was shot near Winter Garden as he and his wife were driving home. He died Monday. Harvey is held in the Orange county jail without bond for action by the grand jury convening Oct.

26. Florida Deaths MRS. JULIA B. WAUGH, 91. at Alachua, FRANK D.

DOMBAUGH, 81, at Sebring. MRS. CLARA E. VOGEL, 54. at Lake Wales MRS.

CLARA KRUEGER, 66. at Tampa. MRS. HATTIE L. HASSEY, 60, at Kissimmee.

CALVIN M. ARNOLD. 72. at Orlando. R.

H. GILPATRICK. 75. at Cocoa. DR.

ARTHUR B. SHATTO, 83. at St. Petersburg. a GEORGE M.

OLDREIVE, 77, at St. Petersburg. MRS. ANNA BINEWSKI. 65, at St.

Petersburg HONORE S. McKEOWN, at West Palm 2 Beach. JOHN D. GREEN, 68, at St. Petersburs.

CONFERRING in Tallahassee were Leland Jordan, center, ville, chairman of the State TALLAHASSEE -P- Florida: State University wants it understood it doesn't give its students academic credit for being clowns in its widely known student circus. University Vice President Albert B. Martin said Wednesday former President Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago was misinformed when he criticized FSU in an article in the current issue of the magazine Saturday Review for awarding college credit "for being a clown." Dr. Martin said clowning in the circus is an extracurricuJar activity for FSU students and entitles them to no more academic credit than does participation in school plays.

"I'm getting ready to write the gentleman a letter. Dr. Martin said. "I think I'll quote the Bible-'Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy He's made a statement based on information he's misunderstood." Dr. Hutchins, who said in his article universities, should not participate in activities not proper to their functions, commented: "The award of college credit at Florida State University for being a clown is in my view as great a disservice to higher education and academic freedom as any of the carryings on of Sen.

McCarthy or Congressman Velde. "Unfortunately, these gentlemen would have no objection to the clowning program of the Florida State University because that does not involve thought, still less independent thought and -Herald Photo by Red Kerce and members W. H. FlanSt. Petersburg, and J.

E. West Palm Beach..