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2-B THE MIAMI HERALD Friday Jan 3 1969 Plan for Reef 'Nation Founders in Court the issues this case are of great public The judge said it Involved not only the preservation of natural resources the preservation of our very security as a nation these reefs were available for private construction totally outside the control of the United States government they could conceivably 1 support not only artificial islands and unpoliced gam- bling casinos but even an alien missile base all within a short distance of the Florida Fulton said By MARGARET CARROLL Hrild Stiff Writer A federal judge in Miami Thursday banned all attempts to build a new ration cn top of a string of coral reefs off the southeast coast of Florida The order by Chief Judge Charles Fulton was the result of a 1965 suit filed by the US Attorney's office in Miami to prevent any new nations from emerging at Triumph and Long Reefs east of Elliot Key Although liL'gation and hurricanes kept the island nation concept at the sand pebble stage one group of Bahamian investors Atlantis Development Corp Ltd envisioned a $1 billion project that included a national mint a post office system and television and radio stations Casinos were also planned some sources said order makes it clear any investors or developers will have to get permission from the secretary of the Army The Outer Continental Shelf Act puts the and a natural resource defined by the Outer Continental Shelf Act Fulton said "that these reefs are a priceless and Irreplaceable natural resource of this nation Formed of the skeletal remains of countless coral organisms it is a natural wonderland for skin divers and a natural laboratory for marine biologists" FULTON who noted Triumph and Long Reefs are now in the area encompassed by the Biscayne National Monument Act said Issue Is fof Great crrrr 1 Public coral reefs and the tiny animals that occupy them under Uncle control The decision probably will be appealed Defendants in the case are Louis Ray a Monroe La investor who planned to build his own country Grand Capri Republic and Acme General Contractors a firm Ray set up In Orlando Acme dredges sucked up sand along the reefs in 1965 a few years after attempt at empire-building was rocked by a hurricane ATLANTIS intervened in the suit after the US sued Ray The Bahamian firm which wanted to give birth to "Atlantis Isle of asked the court to declare its ownership rights to the reefs plans for the watery real estate were nothing compared to what the new Atlantis would have had sky-high land values 2600 lush acres atop reefs and even an international bank allowing depositors a numbers system to conceal their accounts ala Switzerland THE INVESTORS claimed the coral reefs were actually islands lying beyond the territorial limits of the United States They said they were discovered by them and hence were subject to colonization under international law On the other hand the US government said the reefs are part of the seabed At Miami Airport Food Concession Draws New Fire 3 Mission: Research -1 military vessel is an acoustical ship designed for deep sea research in sound Here for modifications since November Mission Capistrano visited Miami a year ago and berthed at Dodge Island Seaport The ship and its crew of 70 men call Bayonne NJ home port The US Naval Ship Mission Capistrano will leave Pier 3 on January 13 for another voyage in the interest of science The 526-foot 12000 ton Metro Commissioner Hardy Matheson said Thursday there was valid for granting a 10-year extension cf an exclusive food ccncsesion at Miami International Airport through private negotiations 'The only commissioner to dissent two weeks ago when the county commission approved the lease extension izr Dobbs Houses Matheson said the current tease should have been allowed to expire tn 1374 and competitive bids taken for a new lease Metro Mayor Chuck Hall a proponent of the lease extension rose to Its defense A NEGOTIATED tease can he better for the county than a bid award if the staff negotiating with the company is Hall said 1 have great confidence in csz i airport staff and I voted for the lease extension on their Hall added votes against everything On Miami Beach Creek Fill Issue Rises Again way You put food quality in a Hall argued Airport staffers recommended the lease extension in exchange for an increase in rentals charged the concessionaire MEANWHILE a check of the current lease agreements between Dobbs and Metro revealed that the county had an option to end the lease one year ago when Dobbs Houses merged with Beech-Nut Inc The concession contract gave Metro the right to terminate the lease if Dobbs merged with any other company The merger with h-Nut was routinely approved in October 1967 without a request that Dobbs raise its rents in return BUT DICK JUDY deputy director of the airport said was legally to the merger approval without granting the county anything in return He confirmed however that Metro commissioners directed airport staffers to renegotiate concession teases with 10-year extensions about a year before the merger The negotiated lease extension which also gives Dobbs House a new shop site in addition to the seven it currently operates was not publicly advertised because it was not considered an exclusive concession by Port Authority attorney William Gibbs But Metro has granted no other company a similar concession at the airport Miami Beach councilmen only four months after they sank it Councilmen set a public hearing for 3:30 pm Feb 19 on a petition from developer Jerry Elson to extend the Dispute Warms Up 2nd Murder Trial Set for Murph Chamber Enters Dispute he added not for publl- 1 cation how close we are to closing the COMMUNITY Utilities would make the sixth water and sewer company in Dade County owned by General Waterworks which numbers Water Co largest private water supplier among its holdings i Kellerman was not the only voting member of the chamber committee with private utility interests Holderness conceded In addition were accountants Stanley Cohen and attorney Linton Lovett both of whom 1 represent utility companiea in rate hearings Two others were Andy Capeletti a contractor and John Buckley an engineer both of whom do water and sewer installation work Still another member David Blumberg is a former owner of Florida Water and Utility Co HOLDERNESS said the members connected to private firms were included in the committee membership "to make sure we heard all sides of the question We would be ill-advised to listen to just one The Metro Water and St er Board regulator of private 1 utility rates will get staunch 1 backing from Holdernesa in its current plea for autonomous staff and more power now there are a number of advisory boards with overlapping Jurisdictions acting on water and sewer Holdernesa said commissioners ought to vest those Jurisdlc- tions in the Water and Sewar THE WATER and sewer authority Holderness will propose "should have clear cut powers to issue bonds spend money and hire a staff and approve utility mergers with other firms or with the The Water and Sewer Board would continue to regulate rates he said Homer wants the county to negotiate purchases of each private utility operating in Dade limit the Water and Sewer functions for now and finally phase it out of existence Holderness proposes tha Metro float "a revenue bond (to) include adequate funds for the acquisition and system upgrading by the county of all private utilities in those areas where the county can demonstrate it is best able to serve rather than follow a piecemeal program of He noted however that his suggested two-to-three year time limit on buying up earmarked utility companies would give the firms an advantage over county buyers negotiating under pressure of a deadline I 2 Men Charged With Breahln men were charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny Thursday after a security guard stationed inside watched them force open the door of a Public Market at 3801 Flag-ler St Miami police said Jack Klein 63 a guard for Advance Security called officers after he said he watched the pair pry open a sliding glass front door and begin loading cartons of cigarets in a car parked outside When the guard fired a warning shot the suspects separated Police said one was hiding in a washroom the other in a storeroom Arrested were James Tra-ry Summerville 24 of 1021 NW 52nd St and Joseph Alexander King 22 of 745 NW 58th St Police said they recovered 237 cartons of cigarets worth $800 and a crowbar from the car bulkhead line of his property just north of the 63rd St bridge to permit him to build an 838-unit apartment complex attorney Burnett Roth filed the request to fill any safety deposit boxes available for tenants of the Magnes also produced a hotel commission card taken from Apt 942 of Plaza 800 showing hotel rates for the room at $16 a day or $80 a week for single occupancy The apartment has been occupied by Mrs Evelyn Weiss since July 1968 She has a five-year lease on it CITY ATTORNEY Joseph Wanick advised Magnes that since the hotel commission licensed the rooms as hotel rooms his battle with the state if (Plaza 800) is not entitled to a state agree but the city ordinance should confirm with state Magnes replied He labeled the requirements for an apartment-hotel cover for apartment houses to get into another business (of selling liquor) aided and abetted by the city council of Miami Councilman Leonard Weinstein agreed the zoning rules should be changed He complained that the liquor ordinances are unfair to highrise owners I build a 100-room hotel I can obtain a liquor license without coming to this council but if I build a 5000-unit apartment-hotel I have to come before the council with the fiction that I have 100 hotel rooms to get a liquor By SUSAN MILLER Herald Staff Writer A highrise request to fill submerged Indian Creek bottomland at 63rd St and Indian Creek Dr was resurrected Thursday by Highrise apartment-hotel reads: apartment building under resident supervision which maintains an inner lobby through which all tenants must pass to gain access to apartments and which may furnish dining room service for tenants ON JAN 10 1968 Beach councilmen unanimously classified Plaza 800 as an apartment-hotel having 111 hotel rooms Reuben reported then that the highrise met the definition and had posted State Hotel Commission cards in the 111 rooms Reuben also noted a year ago that the apartment met hotel commission requirements in that it had "dining room available with room service doorman front desk and security guard on 24-hour duty with unique television surveillance of entry areas to building switchboard service available to guests from lobby or offices known as 102 safety deposit boxes available for guests with 10 in current use Thursday after making a second inspection tour of the apartment Reuben noted it has room set aside but not in use doorman and front desk (mgn) designated to be on 24-hour duty with television surveillance of out 54 feet from the present shoreline but offered to fill up to 104 feet of the Indian Creek bottom in exchange for giving the city a 20-foot strip of right-of-way on Indian Creek Dr for the four-laning of the street and two-laning of the bridge approach Councilmen voted 4-3 to set the hearing for the 104-foot proposal explaining they could always grant the developers less than they requested but not more In September the council denied petition to fill 32 acres of bay bottom out 190 feet from the shoreline after residents of Allison Island across the creek from land waged a vigorous campaign against extending the bulkhead IN ASKING for the 54-foot extension Roth told council-men that Elson not be going into the bay at only filling an old boat slip Under the 54-foot plan the council would not get any right-of-way for a road because Elson would have no land to spare Roth explained Councilmen Malvin Englander Leonard Weinstein Norman Ciment and Vice Mayor Joseph Malek voted to have the hearing on the maximum width Councilmen Paul Seider-man and Lee Powell voted against it in favor of 54 feet warning that any discussion of filling in the bay would only create a repeat of the earlier hearing Mayor Jay Dermer also voted against any hearing He said the developers should be required to wait a year before reapplying to change the bulkhead WINGATE MAIN PAYNE Of Our Broward Bureau LAUDERDALE the second Whisky Creek murder trial Thursday was icheduled for June 2 although attorneys for Jack (Murph the Surf) Murphy and Jack Griffith said they doubt the first case will be tried on the presently sched-Jiled date of Feb 17 attorney Jack Kageley told Circuit Court Judge Jose Gonzalez Jr is no way we could gi to trial Feb 17 We have led no t-Nageley added the Fourth strict Court of Appeal will consider a motion to dismiss the attack on 'his appeal of a ruling that jMurpby is sane and can stand trial on Jan 16 He al30 indicated he might seek sanity hearing before 'Judge Gonzalez The Feb 17 trial before -Circuit Court Judge Clayton Nance will be on the 3 Hardy Matheson renews objection got good quality food service out there now and I want to keep it that charge the two defendants killed Mrs Terry Rae Frank with the later trial for the death of Annalie Marie Mohn The bodies were found Dec 8 1967 in Whisky Creek THE WOMEN and the defendants have been named in a federal indictment in a securities theft Meanwhile Griffith will get a trial in Dade later this year on less serious charges Criminal Court Judge Carlin Stedman set trial May 5 DAVID RUSSELL lawyer told the judge that his client wanted to withdraw his previous agreement to a trial without a jury and seek a jury trial The judge granted the request Charges against Griffith in Dade are more than four years old and accuse him of burglary theft of a car and selling an automobile with altered serial numbers A monor portion of the money will be used as loans for other students studying law enforcement he said Miaml-Dade began offering a two-year associate degree in law enforcement in 1963 Currently there are about 850 students enrolled over half of them policemen CHARLES SCHILDECK- ER chairman of the police science and criminology department said about 20 per cent of the department's graduates go on to earn a four-year degree i In the past he said Dr Peter Masiko college president has waived some of the tuition cost for policemen Leonard Weinstein cants change entry areas to garage operations of the building safety deposit boxes available for guests (but) not determined as to whether any were in current use there is no direct switchboard service a service to guests from the lobby or the office is available by a facility known as Magicall Magnes has affidavits from Plaza 800 tenants which disagree with inspection petition signed by eight apartment renters states that never has been and still is not an operated dining room with room service in our building there is no television surveillance of entry areas to the building there never have been -M-DJC Wins Grant To Aid Police Study At Pre-Game Pageant High Rise Is Delayed 2 Months Earth-moving to ready a site for biggest high rise project the $700 million Biscayne Village on Dum-foundling Bay has been delayed for about two months Donarl of Florida Inc the developers will choose a company sometime next week to dredge some five million cubic yards of dirt from Dumfoundling Bay to fill the swampy 757-acre site local representative John Dronzek said But Dronzek expected the developers would have to wait two weeks for state approval of a dredging permit followed by a 30-day study of the project by the US Army Corps of Engineers After that final approval will have to come from Metro commissioners Donarl a Florida company jointly owned by John Hancock Insurance Co Arlene Properties Inc of New York and Don-Mark Realty of Pittsburg plans to spend 10 years installing twin golf courses marinas an indoor shopping center office buildings and apartment houses on the site that will straddle a new 195th St Causeway Man Sentenced In House Fire A young man charged with burning a house during racial disturbance last year was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison Marvin Redding 24 of 2175 NW 51st St pleaded guilty to third degree arson before Criminal Court Judge Carling Stedman Redding admitted setting fire to a vacant house Aug 9 at 4885 NW 22nd Ave Dove Loves Lap Lays an A $72100 federal grant has been awarded to Miami-Dade Junior College to provide about 700 scholarships primarily for policemen who want to study law enforcement The grant is the largest of those made to 26 Florida universities and colleges under the 1968 Crime Control Act TOM McFARLAND director of fmancial aid for the college said the money will provide scholarships ranging from $100 to $165 each trimester to policemen who want to earn a two-year degree in law enforcement and who agree to remain in the law enforcement field By JO WERNE Herald StaH Writer A peace dove released in a patriotic pre-game pageant before the Orange Bowl game apparently found the lap of its new patron so pleasant that it laid an egg A1 DeMarco and his daughter Barbara Ann of 1217 Algardi Ave Coral Gables were sitting peacefully through the ceremonies Wednesday night when one of the released birds made a beeline toward them A young man sitting in front of Barbara Ann caught the bird and gallantly offered it to her THE DOVE sat contentedly on Barbara lap all the way home It remained tranquil even when they put it to bed in the bathroom Thursday morning we found an egg on the lawn where Barbara Ann had gotten out of the her father reported dove must have laid it in her lap and she notice Barbara Ann gave the dove its egg and mother and future offspring are doing fine still in the makeshift cage the bathroom THE rightful owners will call us give the dove said DeMarco The following chips ire crhwMnd to HjP CARGO turner Rtnmsanc Pass 'rive Port Evrglde: TONNAGE FROM 17000 I'724 Tnomaa TO Freeport.