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2-B By ERIC RIEDER Htrald Staff Writar Accused of stifling free speech a board that advises Miami officials on allocating federal funds in Little Havana was dissolved Thursday by the Miami City Commission The commission voted unanimously to disband the Little Havana Community Development Advisory Board in an action that capped months of dispute between board members and city officials The board had refused to cooperate with officials from the Community Development Department unless its request for a full-time staff and office was granted City officials had turned down the request The advisory board is one of seven in the city that advises the commission on spending federal community development money The city plans to spend $10726000 on community development projects this year MIAMI MAYOR Maurice Ferre said the Little Havana board the only one in the city to demand a staff of its own had re- fused to hear speakers at its meetings advisory board on every single occasion it has met has refused to permit some members of the public to said Ferre "By not letting people talk they have done absolutely no work in setting priorities for Little Havana community development" After an impassioned speech in English urging the commission to dissolve the advisory board Ferre repeated his address in Spanish for the benefit of Carlos Rodri-guez-Quesada chairman of the advisory board Rodriguez-Quesada denied that the advisory board had refused members of the public and city officials the right to speak at its meetings Speaking through an interpreter he said is a big lie" He added that the board wanted a staff to help evaluate how best to spend community developent money in Little Havana "They board members do not know whether the community development recommendations are correct or he said JOINING FERRE in a motion to abolish the board were Commissioners JL Plummer Armando Lacasa Theodore Gibson and Joe Carollo The commission also unanimously passed motion naming Carollo and Lacasa both Cuban-born to consult with Little Havana community groups on the makeup of a new advisory board The new board would be appointed by the City Commission Carollo and Lacasa also denounced the advisory board for stifling free speech The action came after a public hearing at which city community development offi cials presented their plans for spending i $113 million in the 1980-81 budget year which begins in July The spending plan which will return to the commission for consideration next month calls for spending a little over $1 million in Little Havana The community development program is in its fifth year but the advisory boards were elected for the first time last year Before that they had been appointed Dena Spillman director of the community development department said the elections were held on an experimental basis and would be reevaluated next year Ferre said the appointed Little Havana Advisory Board would serve until the commission decided next year how to select all of its boards Religious Network Buying TV 45 THE MIAMI HERALD Friday Jan 25 1980 City Dissolves Board for Stifling Free Speech Station To Add Local Shows Savitch Airs Her Views At Omni Hotel Jessica Savitch NBC correspondent and anchor will broadcast some of her views at the Omni International Hotel today courtesy of Barry College First the bad news too late to make reservations Now the good news If you have a reservation you can catch Sqvitch at a communications seminar at Thompson Hall Barry College 11300 NE Second Ave at 3:30 pm The seminar for all South Florida college students costs $2 Call 758-3392 for details Stabbing Suspect Bradley Schlegel Left Enters Juvenile Court mav yet be tried as an adult for attack in Star Island home Psychiatric Testing For Suspect in Paul Ordered Stabbing Ind paid $900000 for Channel 45 in 1976 when its founders were in trouble after five unsuccessful years of trying to get the station on the air Sumrall said he has spent about that much more in building new studios and adding equipment CROUCH SAID it would take from four to six months for the FCC to act on the deal which would add Channel 45 to the Trinity network that includes Channel 40 in Los Angeles Channel 21 in Phoenix Ariz Channel 14 in Oklahoma City (soon to be constructed) and a satellite program Praise the Lord began showing on Channel 45 Monday from 10:30 pm to 12:30 am on a purchase-of-time arrangement When Trinity takes over operation of Channel 45 about one third of the programming will be local Crouch said Some of those programs will go nationwide by way of the satellite He said that Saturday afternoon and night will be devoted almost exclusively to Spanish-language programming The station although rated as a commercial station will continue to get 90 per cent of its operating capital through listener donations Crouch said The station will operate 24 hours a day and will carry only religious and public-service programming Crouch said 33 different denominations ranging from Catholic to Pentecostal now have programs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network which is seven years old NEITHER SUMRALL whose headquarters are in South Bend nor Robert Brown general manager of Channel 45 could be reached for comment In an interview a month ago Sumrall said the station was not for sale His declaration came in response to questions about rumors of a pending sale either to Trinity Pat Robinson of the Christian Broadcasting Network or a group of local religious leaders Sources at that time said that local leaders were unhappy with the fact that Sumrall or members of his family had 29 programs on the air during the week while only nine five of them in the Sunday time slot other local programs were on the schedule Evidence of Arson Found After Fire The fire that destroyed a South Dade home was aided by 10 gallons of liquid solvent apparently spread by intruders Metro arson investigators said Thursday Neighbors heard an explosion just before fire destroyed the John A Everett home at 10541 SW 149th Ter Wednesday night Neither Everett nor his wife was at home Metro firemen called by a neighbor found the house fully ablaze They brought the fire under control ten minutes later There were no reports of injuries Fire officials ordered an arson investigation because of the extensive spread of the flames following the blast Metro police entered the investigation to check reports the fire may have been set by a burglar after witnesses told firemen they saw a man hurriedly drive away in a car seconds before the blast By ADON TAFT Hraid RMgion Editor Television Channel 45 (WHFT) is being sold to the Trinity Broadcasting Network of Los Angeles the president of that organization confirmed Thursday Paul Crouch said the application for the purchase of the area's only "inspirational and station from evangelist Lester Sumrall will be submitted to the Federal Communications Commission by Feb 15 He would not say how much will be paid for the UHF station in Hollywood But informed sources said it is $10 million Sumrall who also owns stations in Indianapolis and South Bend Miami Backs Sea Museum In City Park By ERIC RIEDER Htrald Staff Writar A group of yachtsmen and boating enthusiasts who want to build "one of the finest museums in the in Bicentennial Park won city commissioners over to the idea Thursday A proposal to create a $25-mil-lion Florida Maritime Museum won the hearty if preliminary endorsement of Miami commissioners cannot think of a more important project than putting together a maritime said Mayor Maurice Ferre The backers of the museum who are just beginning to look for money and a site for the facility see it as the repository of 500 years of maritime history under one roof with exhibits presentations and a marine library and archives TRENT GERMAN chairman of the trustees of the group said the "goal is an attraction so appealing visitors will come here or stay an extra day just to see He said the city-owned bayfront in Bicentennial Park would be an excellent site for the proposed museum Commissioners make any promises But they did express support and directed staff members to work with backers in planning the museum German said the group expects to have to raise up to $15 million from public and private sources He said a 10-acre site would cost as much as $15 million but the group hopes land will be provided free by the city Commissioners Armando Lacasa JL Plummer and Theodore Gibson joined Ferre in voting for a unanimous resolution of support Commissioner Joe Carollo who arrived late to the meeting missed the vote THE RESOLUTION approved by the commission spoke only of locating the museum on the But the idea of putting the facility in Bicentennial Park was the most popular suggestion The downtown park has not been used much since it opened three years ago It has a reputation as a hangout for muggers and derelicts is definitely in need of some said Lacasa who once proposed shifting part of the proposed Watson Island amusement park to the park Charges that could emerge from either of those alternatives include attempted murder armed robbery and aggravated battery THE STATE ALSO can suggest that the juvenile division keep jurisdiction a course favored by defender Peckins "We feel any basis to bind him Peckins said 15 We feel there is an advantage to trying him as an adult at The session now scheduled for Feb 4 at 2 pm is called a sounding the juvenile court equivalent of a criminal court arraignment If the case is kept in juvenile court it will be be given an ajudi-catory hearing the equivalent of a nonjury criminal division trial Bilchik who regularly represents the state in those proceedings said the maximum penalty permitted is detention by the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services until the 19th birthday If the case is returned to the criminal courts where Schlegel would be tried as an adult he may be defended by a Long Island lawyer Herbert Sachs who represents employer His mother Leila Johnson works as a seamstress in a clothing factory at North East Md where Schlegel is a high-school sophomore Peckins said she is trying to make arrangements to come to Miami Her son left home Jan 4 but was not reported missing until Jan 12 three days after the incident in home She has said she did not know until this week that he was in Miami or that he was in trouble TODAY SEE SHELLS: A shell show presented by the Greater Miami Shell Club begins at 10 am today at Planet Ocean 3979 Rickenbacker Causeway The show runs through Jan 27 Admission is free and shells will be on sale KIDS AND COPS: Young people can get better acquainted with members of the Dade County Public Safety Department during during a special program from 11 am to noon today Officers and firemen will display vehicles and will answer questions at James Scott Daycare Center 2271 NW 72nd St Call 638-6721 for details CHECK THIS GAME: The Coral Gables Chess Club invites new players to a tournament at the Gables War Memorial Youth Center 400 Anastasia Ave at 7 pm today The tournament will be held on five consecutive Fridays Registration is from 6 to 7 pm For details call 642-2946 SAXY JAZZ SEXTET: The Performing Arts for Community Education (PACE) and the Downtown Development Authority present a concert of jazz music today with the Mark Colby Sextet The free music will begin at noon on the Dade County Courthouse 73 Flagler St Call 856-8836 for details TOMORROW STEP RIGHT UP: The elderly miss the circus in town if they go to the Coral Gables Youth Center 400 Anastasia Ave at 9:30 am Saturday For $20 be taken to the circus for performances from 11 am to 1 pm and enjoy a buffet lunch at the Rusty Pelican restaurant Only the first 43 who register and pay can participate Call 442-6491 for details EXERCISE FOR GOOD: The Natural Figure Health Spa in the West-land Mall 1675 49th St Hialeah is conducting an exercise-a-thon to benfit the Muscular Dystrophy Association from 10 am to 6 pm Saturday Prizes will be awarded to most-money raisers and longest-lasting exercisers Call 558-6776 for details SUNDAY SING LOW: be lots of gospel music on hand at 7 pm Sunday at the Joseph Caleb Center 5400 NW 22nd Ave Rosetta Ellis queen of gospel Evangelist Shirley Caesar and the Caesar Singers from North Carolina the Consolers Florida Nightingales and Rose and the Spiritual Harps will all be there Tickets are $7 in advance $8 at the door and $3 for children under 12 Call 638-8088 or 696-854 1 for details PEOPLE John Spittler national president of the Navy League of the United States will be honored tonight when he speaks to the Dade and Broward chapters at the Airport Lakes Holiday Inn at 9 pm The special dinner-dance in his honor has been planned by the six Navy League councils in this araea and the Marine Council Propeller Club and Naval Reserve David Peckins SchlegeVs attorney another reason: they have not been able they said to question Paul in person or in depth Paul is in a Baltimore hospital where his stab wounds are being treated Kaye said he thinks Paul will become available for questioning within 10 days David Peckins an assistant public defender representing Schlegel unsuccessfully objected to the request that the youth remain in custody don't think any reason to hold him because not said Peckins The state can ask Gelber to transfer jurisdiction back to the criminal division a request that would require a hearing before it could be granted or it could take the case before the grand jury By ARNOLD MARKOWITZ Htrald staff Writar Bradley Schlegel the Maryland runaway charged with stabbing Miami attorney Dan Paul was ordered Thursday to undergo a psychiatric examination before further proceedings against him in Juvenile Court Juvenile Court Judge Seymour Gelber issued a detention order and gave the State Office until Feb 4 to file charges and decide what it will ask the court to do with Schlegel 15 According to police reports Schlegel admitted stabbing Paul on Jan 9 but claimed he did it in self defense against sexual advances Paul has denied that accusation saying he gave Schlegel a lift and a place to spend the night and was stabbed when he caught the youth ransacking his Star Island home Because Schlegel claimed to be 18 and there was no proof that he was under age he had been under jurisdiction of the criminal division of Circuit Court Tuesday after his correct age was learned he was transferred to juvenile jurisdiction Assistant State Attorney Shay Bilchik said Thursday that the psychiatric report to be completed by Feb 4 may be crucial to his decision about further court proceedings FAIRNESS to the kid we should have the evaluation in front of us before we Bilchik said after a court session consuming fewer than 10 minutes Bilchik and Assistant State Attorney Robert Kaye asked the judge for the 10-day extension for Judge Seymour Latest Concession: New Stands at Bowl By ERIC RIEDER Htrald Staff Writar Football fans who enjoy a snack at the game have reason to take heart: Hot dogs and beer are about to become easier to get at the Orange Bowl By June 30 the 43-year-old stadium will get eight new concession stands according to Miami officials And four existing stands will be overhauled A Miami contractor has bid to do the work for $494818 officials said The city had budgeted $500000 THE CITY is also improving its concession stands under an agreement with Dolphins owner Joe Robbie The lowest of four bids on the new stands was submitted by Sabre Corp of Miami said Joe Harris administrative assistant to Public Works Director Don Cather The next lowest bid was $538500 The high bid was $678453 Four of the new concession stands will be built on the middle deck and four will be built on the top deck The stadium now has 16 concession stands Four other concession stands on the upper deck are being renovated for beer sales The contract expected to get City Commission approval requires that the work be completed by June 30 After years of debate the Dolphins and the city reached agreement last October on the terms of Orange Bowl beer sales Robbie is paying the entire $330000 cost of installing beer dispensers though he previously insisted the city pay part of that bill The city agreed to build new concession stands and upgrade others Gelber Presides Over 10-Minute Session he gave prosecutors until Feb 4 to file charges KATHY LINDSAY 1.