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1 rr- 17 2-E THE MIAMI HERALD Thurs Nov 14 1968 eacher Claim I Ml Issue of Firm Horsing Around whatever the fellow appears to be having -Unired Press nternaional Ttleph0 trouble holding the horse by the tail The action happened during the filming in most equally as intriguing as the man Rome of Adventures of in holding the tail are the riders to which there is a big chase sequence Al- the rear and above the pedestrian the film but A BROKEN leg stopped college stu-' dent Leonard Burhenn Jr 23 in Denver from getting around on his motorcycle When he reaches his destination he unlimbers his crutches strapped to the bike 6 Film Industry Must Obesity Lawsuit Improve Management Schultz Appoints Lone Republican By JO WERNE Herald Staff Writer If growing motion picture industry is to succeed it must help itself by improving its management financial backing and technicians a banker and developer told members of the industry Wednesday Addressing a meeting of Florida movie makers bankers and the Florida Council of 100 Ed Wallace of Lehigh Acres Development Corp made several suggestions how Florida can improve this industry and compete with film makers nationally They included: PUTTING THE MOVIE industry on a sound fiscal basis using the best financial To Chairmanship brains available CREATING A NON-PROFIT organization which would promote Florida film productions and distribute them world-wide BETTER COMMUNICATIONS among members of the industry CREATION OF an organization that could speak for the whole film industry Wallace in closing the morning session of the two-day seminar at the Doral Country Club said film industry especially needs an investment organization to serve the industry a source for risk this organization I suggest that you do not seek a Fraud Wolf son Contends it i i 1 Ail Evidence government Wallace said should be a pri-v a organization which could however take advantage of the small business lending programs available PRESENT method of financing films in Florida consists of one man going around to bankers asking for money But if you use a professional approach and have one or two successes you will have more risk capital available than you the banker said Wallace recommended that the motion picture industry develop more trained personnel in order to prevent New York and California producers from importing technicians when they come to Florida to film IS probably enough labor available in the area to handle the volume or work being done Wallace said if we enlarge the industry more people will be needed and it takes time to train Wallace also suggested that small film producers consider the benefits they would reap if several merged into a larger company would have a company with better management better financial backing and better he said HERALD EDITOR Don Shoemaker chairman of the Motion Picture and Television Industry Committee said that while neither the state nor the council could help with financing films they could help in other ways have to take the initiative and the Council will he said The businessmen agreed to ask the Florida Development Commission to update an index of the motion picture industry to help those in the industry learn what is available in Florida Two Say Masiko Autocratic By GEORGIA MARSH Herald Stiff Writer Two dismissed Miami-Dade Junior College teachers charged Wednesday they were fired in retaliation for legal suits brought against the college Donald Ross and Arthur DeThomas told the Board of Trustees that the college is headed for because of the autocratic rule of President Dr Peter Masiko THE TWO DID not ask the board to restore their jobs preferring instead to take the matter to circuit court next week in a suit that will be financially backed by the Florida Education Association and the National Education Association are just here to make sure the board is Ross said dictatorial policies are affecting the morale of the teachers and the education of the he said faculty is afraid The college is moving down the road to ACADEMIC FREEDOM the right to criticize and to question should be guarded This is what makes a great plea that the trustees should look into the entire faculty-administration relationship on both campuses failed to arouse any sympathy Trustee Alfred McCarthy said he disagreed with that the college is going down hill We have expressed our belief in the administration" Before the two ex-teachers appeared the board passed a resolution reaffirming its faith and in Masiko ROSS SAID the Dade State Office is conducting a probe of college funds Dr Masiko acknowledged the probe and said it involves state Minimum Foundation Funds apply for them on the basis of projected enrollment figures Apparently someone thinks our projections were too high Actually they were too he said Board Attorney George Bolles said the two teachers were fired because they refused to sign their contracts by the Oct 23 deadline date Ross said he did not refuse to sign the contract but rather returned it because of some objectionable provisions and asked it be revised The contracts were standard forms issued by the State Department of Education to all state junior college personnel Bolles said Florida Art To Be Shown At Herald Continued From Page IE Fleming is constructing in Boca Raton paintings are in such demand that he rarely has enough of them on hand to hold an exhibit are to be forever a part of said Fleming paints Florida as it once was and in places still BACKUS WILL be present for the public opening of exhibition at 10 am Monday Dec 2 The exhibit will be open to the public from 10 am to 8 pm daily and from noon until 8 pm Sunday for the two week period There is no admission charge and none of the paintings is for sale of the paitings is for sale Island Named For Lady Bird WASHINGTON (UPI) Columbia Island in the Potomac River has been renamed Lady Bird Johnson Park in honor of her national beautification efforts The 121-acre strip between the Memorial and 14th St bridges opposite the capital was dedicated in a ceremony NEW YORK (AP) Financier Louis 'attorneys argued in court Tuesday that he was convicted of securities violations on fraudulent This may not be part of Capitol Architect Sought TALLAHASSEE (UPI) A subcommittee of the Capital Center Planning Committee submitted the names of eight architectural firms for consideration in the Capitol building improvement project Wednesday but warned that more than the available $10 million will be needed $10 million is only a said Rep Murray Dubbin (D Miami) ought to look to an additional anticipated appropriation from the legislature NO ESTIMATE was made of how much more money would be needed The three-man subcommittee which interviewed 28 applicants for the architectural assignment last week pared the list down to eight and recommended the full committee interview each during the first two weeks of December of them are among the most outstanding in the commented committee member Gerald Dake a Jacksonville city planner The subcommittee decided to take no action on recommending the type of construction to be done Proposals have been made to add wings to each end of the old building and to tear down the center section and rebuild it but the members said the architect should present alternative recommendations Sen Mallory Horne (D Tallahassee) said the committee may be faced with court action in hiring an architect He said he was notified by the Tallahassee firm of Huddleston Satterfield Evans and Lillie that it has a contract for architectural work in connection with improvements to the center section dating back to 1963 THE CONTRACT was made with the predecessor the Capitol Building Committee Ed Jaf-fry attorney for the committee said the contract was vague A $10 million bond issue to finance the Capitol improvements was sold several weeks ago The proceeds which totaled $96 million after costs have been invested until they can be spent The eight architectural firms recommended by the subcommittee included four from Florida They were Reynolds Smith and Hills of Jacksonville Pancoast Fer-endino and Grafton of Miami Watson Deutschman and Kruse of Miami and Barrett Daffin and Colony of Tallahassee Out-of-state firms among the finalists were Sasaki Dawson Demay and Associates of Watertown Mass Rogers Taliaferro Kosritzky and Lamb of Baltimore Toombs Amisano and Wells of Atlanta and Edward Stone of New York They contended that water marks on stationery that went into evidence at his 1967 trial indicated the letter in question was a Experts on disputed documents scrutinized the controversial exhibit during a hearing on motion for a new trial A government prosecutor opposed the motion' saying it had a lack of THE DEFENSE wants a new trial in place of one that convicted Wolfson 55 of Miami Beach and Elkin Gerbert 58 of Jacksonville Fla for their dealings in stock of Continental Enterprises Inc Defense lawyers have appealed the case in which Wolfson drew a one-year prison sentence and $100000 fine and Gerbert a six-month term and $50-000 fine While that appeal is pending Wolfson' Gerbert and two others await sentencing on a subsequent' conviction involving transactions in stock of Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corp of which Wolfson was board chairman Is Over EASTON Md (AP) Two Montgomery doctors have been ordered to pay $276000 to the estate of a woman who died while under their treatment for obesity While absolving the doctors of any guilt in the death of Mrs Vera Ashley of Kensington Md the Talbot County Circuit Court jury which assessed the damages held that Drs Charles Savarese and Wildred Ehrmantraut were guilty of malpractice in treating the woman GEORGE GOLDSBO-ROUGH JR lawyer for the physicians said he wuuld file motions for a new trial and Testimony in the case lasted three weeks The jury awarded compensatory damages of $1000 and punitive damages of $275000 to the administrator of her estate The suit asking $15 million in damages was filed by Mrs husband William and their two teenage daughters THE SUIT claimed that Mrs death May 25 1964 was due to an overdose of Neo-Barine pills given by the doctors to help her lose weight Contradictory testimony was introduced as to the effect of the pills wich contain a thyroid hormone THE DIET pills came from Bariatrics Corp of 153 Sevilla Ave Coral Gables They were withdrawn from the market after a Food and Drug Administration hearing in late 1964 According to the pharmaceutical records the two Maryland doctors received 468000 of the pills in the month preceding Mrs death Staff Photo by DAVE DIDIO Tyrrell John Ware (R St Peters burg) Wood HOUSE ADMINISTRATION BTrantley-chairman James vice chairman Fire stone Fortune Ryais INSURANCE Matthews chairman Pratt vice chairman Bird Craig Hartnett MacKey Joseph Martinez Miers Nichols Roberts JUDICIARY Nichols chairman Feath erstone vice chairman Andrew? 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Crabtree Earle Featherslone LindJ sey Poorbaugh Turlington RULES AND CALENDAR Rowell) chairman Sessums vice chairmans Arnold Craig Dubbin Lancaster Mat thaws Pettigrew Reed Reedy Reeves Smith Splcola Stafford Sweeny Jim Tillman Tucker Turlington Walker Westberry Wolfson STANDARDS AND CONDUCT Savage-Chairman Redman vice chairman Rude Woodward Yancey STATE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION' AND EFFICIENCY Pettigrew chair-man Reeves vice chairman Bassett Vevis Caldwell D'Alemberte Gillespie Grizzle Gustafson Harris Hodes Holloway Melvin Murphy McNulty Nichols Poorbaugh Register Splcola Waiker West STATE INSTITUTIONS Randell chalrJ man Singleton vice chairman Gllsson Gorman Heath Moudry- Nease-Rude Sackett West Woodward 1 TRANSPORTATION Arnold Gibson' Alvarez Brannen Conway Danahy Hess Holloway Mixson Powell Ran dell Renick Rude Stevens Tv re CLAIMS COORDINATOR Tucker Why I Give The United Fund furnishes a direct vehicle to enable a contributor to distribute what Ihe can afford on a pro rata basis to worthy community causesat the lowest possible cpl-lection and administra tive cost Joseph Robbie President Miami Dolphins Ltd "Join the Good Guys' TALLAHASSEE (UPI) New House speaker Fred Schultz (D Jacksonville) appointed outgoing speaker Ralph Turlington of Gainesville as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee Tuesday and reappointed veteran Rep Rowell to chair the Rules Committee Another veteran legislator Rep James Sweeny of De-Land was appointed to head the Finance and Taxation Committee and Rep Quillian Yancey of Lakeland was named chairman of the Committee on Crime and Law Enforcement The committees: AD VALOREM TAXATION Sandy D'Alemberte (D Miami) chairman William Fleeca (R SI Petersburg) vice chairman Pope Bassett (R Maitland) Richard Bird (R Fort Lauderdale) Ed Blackburn (0 Tampa) John Clark (D Lakeland) Charles Davis (R Fort Pierce) William Gorman Orlando) Robert Hector (D Miami) Kenneth Mac Kay (D Ocala) Wayne Mixson (D Marianna) Carl Ogden (D Jacksonville) Gordon Tyrell (D Pensacola) AGRICULTURE Howell Lancaster (0 Trenton) chairman Wayne Mixson (D Marianna) vice chairman Tad Alvarez (D Jacksonville George Baumgartner (D North Miami) Cecil Bothwell (R Winter Park) John Culbreath (D Brooksville) Earl Dixon (R Jacksonville) Robert Hector (D Miami) John Jordan (R Palm Beach) Melvin (D Fort Walton Beach) Clifford McNulty (R Melbourne) APPROPRIATIONS Ralph Turlington (D Gainesville) chairman Don Reed (R Boca Raton) vice chairman William Conway (D Ormond Beach) John Crider (D Jacksonville) Murray Dubbin (D Miami) Edmond Fortune Pace) Tom Gallan (D Braden-ton) William Gorman Orlando) Robert Graham Miami) Mary Grizzle (R Bellealr Shore) Joel Ous-tefson (R Fort Lauderdale) Marshall Harris (D Miami) Vernon Holloway ID Miami) John Robert Middlemas (D Panama City) Miley Miers ID Tallahassee) William Powell Indi-alentic) Ted Randall ID Fort Myers) James Redman (D Plant City) John Savage (R North Rtdington Beach) Terrell Sussums (D Tampa) Eugene Shaw (D Starke) Ken Smith (D Perry) Jim Tillman (R Sarasota) Louis Wolfson II (D Miami) 'BANKS AND LOANS Tommy Stevens (D Dade City) chairman Robert Hartnett (D Miami) vice chairman Crider Culbreath Hanton Elmore (D Crestvlew) William Gillespie (D New Smyrna Beach) Charles King Fort Lauderdale) Charles Nergard (O Fort Pierce) Redman Shaw Don Stafford (R Largo) CITRUS William Bevit (0 Fort Meade) chairman BUI Fulford (D Orlando) vice chairman Davis Raymond Moudry (R West Palm Beach) Eustls) Stevens Roger Wilson (R St Petersburg) COMMERCE Dubbin chairman WII-Ham Register (D Tampa) vice chair-man William Andrews (D Gaines-ym) Brantley Caldwell Dick Clark (D Miami! Crider Fulford Gallen James Gllsson (R Patatka) William Jamas (R Delray Beach) Gerald Law-Is (D Miami) Elvin Martinez (D Tampa) Jack Murphy Clearwa-ter) Richard Pettigrew (D Miami) Henry Prominskl (R Fort Lauder dale) Shaw Carl Singleton (D Ml-Ai Swennv DoLand) Ed Whhson (R Clearwater) Leonard Wood (R Altamonte Springs) CONSERVATION Craig chairman Whitson vice chairman Arnold Baumgartner Joe Chapman (D Panama City) Clark Fulford Roy Hess (D Pensacola) Melvin Moudry William Roberts ID Kay West) AS Robinson (R St Petersburg) Richard Tillman (R Cocoa Beach) CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Yancey chairman Jim Tillman vice chairman Blackburn Dixon Elmore -George Firestone (D Miami) Jatf Gautier (D Miami) Gibson Lewis Joseph Martinez (R Hollywood) Tom Tobiassen (R Pensacola) Levon Ward Fort Lauderdale) West Law Whitworth (D Miami) Wilson ELECTIONS Andrews chairman Elvin Martinez vice chairman Harold Featherslone (D Miami) James Joe Lang Kershaw (D Miami) Nergard Jerome Pratt (D Palmetto) Dick Ren-lek (D Miami) Wood FINANCE AND TAXATION Sweeny chairman Guy Splcola (0 Tampa) vice chairman Alvartz Baker Btvls Caldwell Culbreath Lancaster Jack Poorbauah (R Boynton Beach) Jim Raavas ID Pensacola) Rowtll Singleton Donald Tucker (D Tallahassee Tyre Wilson GENERAL LEGISLATION Wolfson chairman Murphy vice chairman Bassett Brantley Chapman Donald Heath Sarasota) Matthews Pratt Reed Rowtll John Ryill (0 Brandon) Tyrrell Wastbarry HIGHER IDUCATION Conway chairman John Robert Middlemas (D Pan ana City) vlct chairman Danahy Robert Graham (D Miami) Jordan MacKey Mien Odgeni Prominskl Big Payload 77069 check in the form of an airplane held by Thomas Richert and Samuel Higginbottom of Eastern and UF campaign chairman Robert Macht There will be no more large contributions this year Reaching the top is now in the hands of individuals The last of the big-time spenders came to United Fund Wednesday with the last of the big-time contributions Eastern Airlines brought in its $344- 1 1 I 7.