The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-26
TODAY'S ACTION IN

anu nOne WOULD DC dll0Weu 10 spend
money appropriated for their OBJ.
erations to pay legal service, en-
cept BY special authority from the
cabinet.
Reps. Surles, Polk, and Bryant,
Marion, proposed q state study Of
educational teleyision and $2O, 900
to finance it.
The investigation would be made
by the Legislative Council and
would uncover any facts which
would be Of value tC the LeaisIa.
.ture iii predicating future legisIa-
ton with respect to educational
television. z
A group Of five senator's Gautier
New Smyrna Beach: Baker, Boyle,
Sturgis and Rodgers introduced 4
resolution which would advise The
State Game and Fresh Water
Fish Commission that the Legisla-
fure believes .ttle sale of fresh
water scale fish Is not ID the best
interests Of the state Of Florida ].
The game commission embarked
4 year ago on d three.year ex-
perimentaI program Of permitting
commercial fishermen % seine fish
six fresh water lakes Okeechobee.
Harris, Eustis, Reedy, Crescent
and George and to sell Dream and
crappie taken n their nets.
The seiners must destroy al
rough fish taken ard throw back
bass. The commissions biologists
contend the seining win improve
the bass population BY destroying
competition for food. Many sport
fishermen oppose the SEEMING pro-
gram.
A Senate committee recently
killed 4 House-approved bill which
would have placed q legal ban on
the sale az fresh water fish.
TALLAHASSEE IN The Senate
today passed, go, and sent to the
House 4 bin providing for regula-I
ton Of nursing homes.
The House has an identical bill
before il.
Sen. Collins, Tallahassee, co.
sponsor with Sen. Morrow, Lake
Worth, said the bill was designed
to put the nursing homes under
supervision of the State Board OF
Health which wiz establish safety,
sanitary and operating regulations.
Adoption az the measure, j Is
hoped, VIII help prevent tragedies
like the recent Largo fire ii which
more than S. aged inmates d u
nursing home died. Collins said.
Regulations of nursing homes
also viii Be required 70 permit the
State Welfare Board to pay the
bus for the care o. aged inmates
who are on the relief rolls Collins
said. New federal regulations re-
uuire regulation Of nursing homes
where old age assistance recipients
are inmates, he said.
Gov. McCarty recommended put
ting the nursing homes under resli-
lation
TALLAHASSEE IA bill M
thorizing members Of the attorneys
generals staff 70 aid with local
law enforcement passed the House
7e-s, today and went 70 the Senate.
n effect, It allows the attorney
generals aides 70 carry arms.
They can only make arrests and
conduct searches and seizuret 4
deputixed ~ the sheriff Of the
county Ii which they are operating.
Rep. Murray, Polk County, prin-
cipaI sponsor 81 the measure, said
he state shefiffs' Organization IS
r,ot opposed ID the bin though some
individual sheFifis may not iavor
Ii
Re told the House that organized
racketeering ii conducted o. Il
state wide and nationwide bash
and i local Law enforcement Of
fetal cant oppose Ii successfully
On his own.
Pointing ID recent Florida slay
ings which bore tie earmarks d
Gang action. Murray said It's s.only
one step from tak.ng ! raeketeer
Tor ! ride b taking ! GOOD citizen
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