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i-r- '-V NAPLES DAILY NEWS Thun Hit IMP SA -J Law Officers To Seek Out Holiday Speeders County Department and troopers of the Florida Highway Patrol will work their off-duty hours concentrating on speeders THE STATE Is spending 1620000 to finance the crackdowns In 21 counties where the highway death rate Is skyrocketing In Collier County 28 people have died In highway mishaps so far this year compared to IS last year at the lame time The series of crackdowns have taken place during the Thanksgiving and Christmas-New Year's holidays Another Is planned for a two-week period near July 4 Both Sheriff Aubrey Rogers and Lt CM McWilliams commander of the Southwest Florida division of the highway patrol said they plan to have as many extra men as possible on the roads to keep the death rate from the road as well as those working overtime on the crackdown "We'll be working as many extra hours as we can within our alloted budget to keep down the death rate In Collier County" he said Those cited for speeding face $25 penalties If they get caught speeding more than 25 mph over the posted limit however they face a maximum $500 fine formerly dead-end streets In residential areas that have been made through-streets and are being used by speeding motorists and commercial vehicles to beat traffic on the main streets Lakewood Boulevard a residential street In East Naples he said is an example The road has been opened up from Davis Boulevard to the East Trail and motorists and truckers have been using It as a By JOE K0LL1N Staff Writar Officers manning radar units will blanket Collier County beginning Friday si the latest In a series of crackdowns on speeding motorists begins for the Memorial Day weekend The latest effort will run through May 30 Using money provided by the state to pay for overtime deputies of the Collier shortcut even though driveways lead Into the street and children are playing In the yards "This is becoming a highly dangerous problem not only In Lakewood but in Lely and Flamingo he said THE HIGHWAY patrol allow Its officers to take off until after the holiday period Lt McWllliam said so regular on-duty officers will be on Increasing ROGERS is changing his tactics for this crackdown In the past he has announced the general areas of special enforcement so drivers would know to slow down This time he won't use the element of surprise this he said Wednesday "We have the flexibility to move around both day and night and we He said he will focus on those areas with the highest accident and fatality rates Including County Road 831 where several people have died in traffic mishaps the past year AT LEAST four radar units will be available to the off-duty men who volunteer for the crackdown Rogers said he also plans to use the state money to keep drivers from using Final Ambulance Depositions Set New City Fire Truck Is Sought service Faerber went to Circuit Judge Charles Carlton in an effort to force the two commissioners to answer the questions Carlton ruled Pistor and Archer must reveal the names American has been awarded a new 416-year contract with the county but has been involved in a swirl of controversy in recent months Allegations of improprieties and non-compliance with the county contract have surfaced Two nagging questions dealing with events surrounding the awarding of an ambulance contract to American Ambulance Inc are scheduled to be answered Friday Commissioners John Pis-tor and Thomas Archer Jr are slated to give another deposition beginning at 1 pm Friday in Herndon Ambulance Service's lawsuit against the county The Orlando-based firm is suing the county in an effort to overturn a con tract with American that will pay that firm $865380 over the next 18 months PISTOR and Archer declined to name people they talked to prior to a Feb 26 commission meeting when the contract was awarded to American Pis-tor said he was visited by two doctors who attempted to persuade him to vote for American He termed the visit Archer declined to reveal who he talked to in Herndon's service area that told him the firm provided poor By JAMES MOSES Malt Writar It takes a long time to get a new truck we might have to repair the old said city manager George Patterson "We know until we receive some Patterson wants a replacement as fast as possible for a 26-year-old city fire truck the bottom of which finally rusted through and fell to the ground Depending on the manufacturers' backlogs a new piece of firefighting equipment could be delivered in less than three months or more than two years Even a new garbage truck can take up to a year for delivery Patterson said WILL have to look at price the equipment desired and the delivery date when bids come In We hope to have bids by the next council meeting (in two Patterson said The fire department needs a mld-sise pumper with a minimum 500 gallon per-minute capacity It could cost about 855000 and the funds are budgeted because the city had planned to replace the old truck anyway It operated from station No 2 on 26th Avenue North THE NEW truck would be used as response and the older of two full-size pumpers would be back-up according to Patterson The city had wanted a smaller rescue-oriented "quick attack but that thinking has changed WOULD be smaller than what we now think is Patterson said to city coundlmen during their regular meeting on Wednesday The city manager will try to get bids by telegram so the council can consider purchase during Its first meeting in June County Drops Surcharge On Department Mil ffeaM ky I City fireman Sheldon Reed with old truck A proposal to charge various governmental entities 2 cents-per-gallon surcharge for gas at county-operated pumps is being dropped because of opposition from the sheriff's department The surcharge was proposed as a means to help the county motor pool operation be self supporting and provide a fund for upgrading equipment said County Manager William Norman However chief Deputy Ray Barnett objected on grounds that it would impose a burden on the department "For as much gas as we use we might as well buy our own said Barnett cents per gallon seems extremely high" SAID FRANK WILCOX purchasing director in a report: fuel dispen-slon is an internal service it is felt that any expenditures related to this service should be charged out to the users of the The county used about 550000 gallons per year with about 146000 gallons of that going to the department The surcharge would have raised about $11000 with approximately $2920 of that attributed to the department The county manager however said the proposal will be dropped because of the opposition Commissioners did not express any special feelings for the program either way and delayed making a decision on the matter for one week so officials could work out their differences Second Body Found In Golden Gate Area DelDuca Faces New Traffic Charges Guns Stolen Two pistols a rifle and ammunition were stolen from Kenneth home on Pompeii Lane the Collier County Sheriff's Department reports The theft occurred between 8 pm Tuesday and 5 pm Wednesday Value of the stolen property is listed at $734 According to deputies the items taken include an M-l carbine a pistol a 45-callber pistol 30 rounds of bullet clips All were taken from the bedroom The charred body of a man has been found at the end of a deserted road deep in the Everglades the Collier County Sheriff's Department said today This was the second such find in the area in less than a week Investigator Harold Young said the hands had been tied he had been shot at least three times his body wrapped in a towel or sheet a flammable liquid poured on it and the body set afire Saturday morning the body of a 31-year-old Miamian was found beside the Tamiami Trail with at least 25 gunshot wounds an apparent drug-related slaying DEPUTIES ARE attempting to make fingerprint and dental comparisons to learn the identiy of the latest victim He is described as white in his late or early about 6 feet tall and weighing about 180 pounds The body was found at the south end of DeSoto Boulevard south of Alligator Alley by a fisherman at about 7:30 pm Wednesday The body had been at the location about 48 hours and Young said he believes the Judge a Victim In February DelDuca was sentence to three years in prison and fined $3000 for two counts of vehicular homicide He was involved in the June 1979 accident that claimed Jacqueline Anthony 30 and Mark Malewski 25 Both were coaches at Lely High School He remains free on $20000 bond while his conviction is appealed According to court records in the new case a Naples police officer at 3:05 pm on May 6 saw a car driving east on Park Shore Drive at a high speed The officer stopped DelDuca and cited him Michael A DelDuca whose drivers license is suspended while he appeals a vehicular homicide conviction involving the deaths of two Lely High School coaches last year has been charged with two traffic violations The 29-year-old Golden Gate resident allegedly was driving carelessly in the Park Shore area May 6 He pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges of careless driving and driving with a suspended license COUNTY Court Judge Thomas Trettis Jr ordered DelDuca to return to court June 6 for the setting of a trial date FOR FAST RESULTS Try a Classified Ad in the 262-3161 A thief made off with a $22 heavy-duty flashlight from Circuit Judge Charles suite of offices in the courthouse complex the department said The fiashlaight which Carlton had purchased to use for emergency lighting in the windowless courtrooms was taken from a filing cabinet in the court administrator's office between May 9 and 12 The theft was reported Wednesday Court bailiffs carried the flashlight during court sessions Recently however permanent emergency lighting was installed in the courtrooms and the bailiffs using the flashlight Sunbathers Warned A woman called the Naples Police Department at 3:11 pm Wednesday to report two girls on the beach between 32nd and 33rd Avenue South not wearing the tops of their bathing suits Police said the two women were from West Germany and weren't familiar with local Laws and customs He asked them to put on their tops and they did Compressor Taken A 1000-pound air compressor and other equipment worth nearly $5000 has been stolen from a gas station under construction on Davis Boulevard at Airport Road the sheriff's department said Deputies said that during the early morning hours Wednesday the thieves pried open a door to enter the building disconnected the compressor then slid it out to a waiting vehicle Also taken were 10 rolls of copper wire grease guns a soldering torch and a 55-gallon oil tank First Aid Kits Stolen Three first aid kits were stolen from three school buses parked at the school board's bus compound on Francis Avenue deputies said The kits worth $20 each were taken Tuesday night or Wednesday morning from buses at different locations In the fenced yard emorial day sale man was shot elsewhere carried to the site and burned Youth Falls From Van An 11-year-old Golden Gate youth was injured this morning after he jumped on the back of a van and fell off the Florida Highway Patrol said It was the second accident in two days in which a youngster was injured Wednesday morning Thomas Edward Buckley 10 of 1900 Tiller Terrace was injured when his bicycle collided with a truck on the North Trial BUCKLEY'S condition today remained at Naples Community Hospital The youth injured today Mark Griffiths of 2329 41st Terrace SW was listed in "fair" condition According to Trooper ML Woods the youth at 7:40 am today was waiting with friends at a school bus stop on 41st Street SW and 23rd Avenue when a van pulled up to the intersection and stopped for a stop sign THE VAN driver Sadie McWatters Jackson 48 of 4287 23rd Ave SW made a turn and as she did two boys including Griffiths jumped onto the rear bumper of the van Woods said Walsh Trial Site Argued The site of a new murder trial for Donald A Walsh still is being argued But the prosecution and defense attorneys have now switched sides Attorney's for Walsh who is charged with killing Collier County Deputy Allan Amos in Im-tnokalee had been granted a transfer of the case to Punta Gorda in Charlotte County They now have withdrawn that request and want the trial held in East Naples The state attorney's office which cannot request a trial transfer wants the judge to hold the trial in Punta Gorda In April Walsh was tried in Collier County The trial ended in a mistrial however when Walsh told the jury despite orders not to that he had taken a lie detector test On Monday Judge James A Adams set the trial for June 10 In Punta Gorda famous brand women's shoes Utile League Reimbursed The city council has voted to reimburse the Greater Naples Little League for $3000 a portion of the total spent on recent Improvements to the ballfield at Cam-bier Park "This is appropriate because the league has tried to raise the money said city manager George Patterson as he recommended council approval "The money is available in our capital improvements The league has moved two light poles erected higher fences along left and right sidelines resodded the field installed sprinkler heads and added clay and fill In addition two new concrete dugouts an equipment shelter and scoring booth have been erected A new electric scoreboard Is to be installed The league raised $8000 of Its own money during a long-range campaign Contract Ratified The city council ratified a contract with Collier County Lodge No 38 Fraternal Order of Police during its regular meeting Wednesday The contract includes a 15 percent pay increase 74 percent each year for two years Taxation Study Explained During city council meeting members heard an explanation of methods used to study double taxation allegations The city claims its residents needlessly pay for county services duplicated by the city Thomas Pellegrino Southern-Kelton and 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