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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-06
.Lozano Takes
Over Reills
In Honduras

TEGUC1GALPA, Honduras u
Vice President Julio Lozano took
over as dictator of this Central
American republic today.
The short, 60-year-old business
man assumed power constitution
ally after boycott by two parties
prevented Congress from picking a
president from the two top con-
tenders in last October's general
elections.
Broadcasting from the presiden-
tial manor at midnight, Lozano
decreed himself chief of state and
named the newly elected Congress
as an advisory council. He said it
viii draft new constitution.
Meetings Banned
He prohibited all gatherings,
demonstrations, publications and
broadcasts which might rtend to
disrupt the peace"
Armed troops and police
marched through the capital last
night and were posted at all stra.
tegic sites. No disorders had been
reported up to a late hour.
President Juan Manuel Galyez,
who was not a candidate for re-
election in October, is in Miami,
Fla. He left Nov. is for medical
treatment, leaving Lozano in
charge as acting president, and has
not announced whether he would
return.
No Opposition
The opposition Liberal party =
which came within 4,5O0 votes Of
the majority needed to get the
majority needed to get the presi.
dency In the elections - accepted
Lozano's authority.
Liberal candidate Ramon ViIleda
Moraes, high man in the presi-
dental election, said his faction
would join in the all-party coali-
ton Cabinet Lozano said he would
form.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-06
BY DENIS sNEIcR

A vigorous debt retire.
ment policy was called for
today in the city's quarterly
financial report.
John Day, finance direc-
tor-comptroller, recommend
ed such a debt retirement
policy sin order that we
may, in the future, be able
to secure financing for need
ed improvements"
The report for the quarter ended
Sept. 30, 1854, showed the city had
a cash balance of 81 ,039, ,375.2s.
Very Encouraging
In his letter Of transmittal with
the report, Day wrote:
Several developments have oc-
cured subsequent to the period
covered by this report which are
very encouraging.
Probably first in importance,
from the standpoint of immediate
public interest, has been the con-
ception of our new paying pro-
gram, which by judicious COM
bination of sewer construction mo-
mics and cigarette tax money, will
result in twenty miles of hot-mix
asphalt streets.
''While of lesser immediate i'm
portance," the letter continued,
"but of major Importance in the
long run, is the fact that we have
retired $50, 900 of our 1888 refund
ing bonds at a discount.
I'VE must never loose sight Of
the Importance of a vigorous debt
retirement policy in order that we
may, in the future, be able to Sc
cure financing for needed improve
ments.
Employee Benefits
"Of paramount importance to our
employees" Day also wrote, ''is
the fact that we have procured
both disqualification, surgical and
life insurance coverage.
''This is a fortnight and pro.
gressive step toward improving
employee employer relationships,
one which viii pay untold dividends
in increased efficiency and the
many other benefits that accrue
from having happy, satisfied en-
ployes.
..In order to furnish better fis.
cal information" the letter also
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-06
SCHOOL KIDS TO GET
HALF-HOLIDAY THURS.

Public schools will be dismissed
early Thursday because Of the ply
sical education program that eve
ming in the High School Stadium,
it was announced today.
The elementary schools will dis
miss at 1 p. m. and the high school
at 2:H p. m.
The physical education program,
which is free to the public, begins
aG 7:30 p. m. Thursday.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-06
LOCAL EDUCATOR PENS
MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Miss Margaret G. Strassler, CO.
ordinator of materials for the Mon
roe County schools, has three
page story in the current issue of
The Library Journal. The story
deals with books for handicapped
children.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-06
Dr.. Campbell's
Talk Conflicts,
Woman
Earlier Citizen
Story Spoke OF
Cordial Reception

Statements by DIR. Harold
c. Campbell, high school
principal, t-h a t Cubans
pinched Key West n / g h
school girls at this years
carnival in Havana appar-
emily are in conflict with
eyewitness accounts.
On March 10, The Key West Ci-
tizen carried an eyewitness story
of the parade which said Campbell
"glowed over the cordial recep-
ton" given the Key Westers.
Eye Witness
Mrs. Harry M. Baker, who wat
ched the parade from the review
ing stand, said she: did not see
any pinching of girls.
The March 10 Citizen story said
in part:
"While the band leaders and car
nival goers were enthusiastic about
the Conch's participation in the
parade itself, the high school prin-
cipal, Harold c. Campbell, and the
mayor Of Key West glowed over
the cordial reception given these
Key West folks"
Mrs. Baker, of 1125, United
Street, who with her husband, was
guest of the Cuban government
at the carnival, said she did not
see any of the misconduct on the
part of Cubans that Campbell des-
cribed.
On Reviewing Stand
1--WE were in the reviewing stand
in front of the capitol" she said.
Mrs. Baker said that on the boat
on the return trip to Key West she
heard comments that children from
other schools misbehaved in Ha-
vana but that she heard only good
reports about Key West children.
But" she added, "as far as see-
ing any pinching and all that, We.
didn't see it."
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-06
SENATE COMEBACKS
SET REORGANIZATION

WASHINGTON In : Political
comebacks by two veteran former
senators-Alben w. Barley of
Kentucky and Joseph c. O'Ma-
honey of Wyoming = may cause
Democrats to waive bit of tradi-
ton when they orgsnize The Senate
In January.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-06
Cuban Consul Protests
Campbell's Statement
Morales Says
He's Amazed
At Insult"
BY JlM coss

The statement that ''hand-
reaching Cuban males" mol.
ested Key West high school
girls" is "an insult to the
people of Cuba" Oscar
Morales, Cuban consul, de-
clared today.
Morales was commenting
on statements made Decem-
,-ber. 4 by DR.. Harold C.
Campbell, Key West h | g h
school principal, that Cuban
men miscondt tcted kemsel-
YES and pinch ed Girl MEM
bers of the hiA school band
when the bald paraded in
Havaps<m February during
Tue ani0n carnival.
Expected Apology
Morales, in statement to The
Citizen, also revealed that he is
filing protest with the Cuban State
Department and pointed out that
he had postponed making any pub
lie utterance because he had "ex-
pected a public statement and apo
logy from DR.. Campbell"
DR.. Campbell made fac contro-
versial statement to the Jaycees
during a discussion of the high
school band. He said at that time
that the band would probably not
accept an annual invitation to take
part in the parade touching off Gu
ba's carnival season in February
land went on to deplore last years
alleged inadequate arrangements
and misconduct on the part of Gu
ban men, saying that they "don't
have a high opinion of women"
DR.. Campbell said that parade
spectators made indecent gestur-
es and pinched the girls"
Expressed DOUBT
81 don't believe it," commented
Morales. "Dr. Campbelps state
ment did a LOT to tear down the
warm feeling of friendship that has
been built up between the people
of Key West and Cuba over the
years"
Morales went on to say that he
hoped that DR.. Campbell's state
ment would not endanger tourist
relations between Key West and
Cuba.
"It is also an insult to the people
Of Key West of Cuban descent" he
added.
key West means much to US
Cubans," said Morales, latter all,
it is the only city where the Cuban
government maintains a school to
further friendship" Morales was
speaking of the San Carlos Institute
which receives 5000 per month from
the Cuban government for its OPP
erations.
Cuban Furor
Meanwhile, reports reached The
Citizen that DR.. Campbell's state
ment had caused something Of an
uproar in Cuba.
Rafael del Vizo, Havana televi-
sion commentator and official rep
resentative of the City of Key West
in Havana said that Cuban citizens
"were amazed" when they heard
of the allegation.
Gas a Cuban, / resent it." said
del Vizo, cit tears down all the
work I have been doing for the
past four years"
Two Cuban newspapermen were
reportedly in Key West today to
check the story.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-06
$50 Flying Farmers Set Key
West Visit En-Route South
Trip May Be
Annual EUent
For MidsUinter

Some $50 persons, all
members Of the National
Flying Farmers Association,
are scheduled to converge
on Key West Wednesday,
enroute to Havana, Cuba.
The group, numbering about 200
light planes and representing near
" every state, is making the week
long Florida air tour as means
Of encouraging members to ny In
new areas Of the nation.
The pilots were welcomed at
Tampa. their first Florida rendez-
vous. Dec. 3 by Acting Gov. Char
ley E. Johns.
Msstins Held
From there they flew to Sunny
South Airport in Broward county
where the planes were parked
while members gathered at a Mia
mi Beach hotel for q general meet
ing.
Association plans cali for the fiji
ers to 10 back to Sunny South Air
mort Dec. 10 and dispersc to their
home states from there.
Flight schedules, refueling and
check points, including the Key
West stop, were worked out at as
sociation headquarters in Wichita,
Kansas.
The group is considering making
the flights an annual midwinter
event for Florida.
The term Flying Farmer" was
introduced in Oklahoma in August,
1874, when SS farm fiers and their
wives attended a get-together on
the campus Of Oklahoma A and
M at the invitation Of DR.. Henry
G. Bennett, college president.
DR.. Bennett was curious to know
OF the practicai uses 70 Wnlcn lal
ers were puttlng tneif own snan
craft
Internal Mssfins
This informal meeting created an
organization which two months Ia
.iS 9-.A.
ter was lncorpoIsseu ln'O 'ne oAia
mona Fiyins sasie. .,
ny Inc ume " .ns scconu annaa.
meeunG, woxu e sne o.san..a..Un :.;.aa
mas spread ne Ou.-sss'. =, 'Ass.os .s
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There was 8 fsplu spIssu 49, ~ y.
Canning. inl,y slA -; sss.es o.sa .sa..
i!eo ano sulna'eu "a Win, - s a.,
ums. EaSn Mse -. " s.. - -.
sononous unis payIe s1.' ,n;t;ad :.
Nsuonai y, i.s wolA 90 s;..1 ~
voice On penan = ius ..a. :. . s..;,,.
1ns Dy-laws s.asI % wa :, - - - aar.
nenpsI Mass $50 .s s.;.,,,t,,~., -
e ms mcOms ION asIi.u.s.i @ sds :. "a
sIa'on. nu. p.os.S.c .sSrs ,.ho co,,ld
xol sssociase vp a,;s;a..;nn ~ hs
nos mes' 'iias qua, .s. s,s. ha
member, one mus. s.s aso ..t;nr !.
paioe " ~ ieass s
Organization Grows
Although the organization grew
and developed as an Oklahoma
unit, the death Of DR.. Bennett
made q move necessary and an
invitation issued by the city OF VIC
hita, Kansas, was accepted IN
1851.
Wichita at that time was build
ing q new airport and 0fferd the
flying farmers land on which to
build their national headquarters
The building was started in 1852,
dedicated a year later, and now
houses the association offices, in
surance division and magazine
headouarters.
Toeether with the American fiji
ers making this years Florida tour
are five pilots from Canada who
have sxrressed an interest in q fly
inc farmer ORGANIZATION for their
co,,rtrv
corh;rea oh;ect;ves Of the Ma
t;or,l F,v;ro Farmers, Association
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-06
We ore Grdteful

The unfortunate accident occurred Saturday s
Highway delivery truck resulted in late deliveries ie
merchant. and customers.
We indeed grateful who vndsrssandnsy
The ssfon you know deeply appreciate your
attitude.
Rulph ]. Fdruldo. Mmuqer
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-06

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SideIights
lndionons to Have
Boil Tonieht-With
Own Princess, Too

Assistant Secretary of Com
merce Lothair Teetor will be
guest of honor at the Indiana
Cherry Blossom Festival Ball
tonight at the Shoreham Hotel
Also to be honored is Miss Lois
Juanita Herr. 20-year-old Pur-
due University junior, the Indi-
ana princess in the festival.
The car in which the Kansas
princess rode during last nights
festival parade ran out of gas
The West Virginia official car
came to the rescue, pushing the
Kansas auto along K street past
the reviewing stands
X X \ X
The Murat Shrine Horse Pa
troll of Indianapolis, Ind, which
includes 81 pure bred Palomino
horses, made its second appear
ance at a Cherry Blossom Festi-
val in the parade last night.
X X
Cherry blossom viewing doesn' t
seem to become official until the
parkways are clogged with week.
end traffic, notes Acting Park
Police Chief Harold Stewart.
The blossoms were beautiful this
morning, he reported. but many
passing motorists weren't giving
them a tumble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-02
Airport on Route FAC
Sold for S3OO,OO0;
To Be Home Area
By Robert J. Lewis

The Congressional Airport, on
Route 240 between Bethesda and
Rockville, has been sold for more
than 100000 and will become
the site of a residential develop
ment, it was learned today.
The transaction involved more
than $50 acres, 40 of which were
zoned last month for apartments
and the balance for single and
semidetached homes.
Sellers were Earl w. Shinn,
Victor DeMers and Robert w.
McKeever. The buyer was the
Rockville Land Co., Inc, owned
by Joseph S. Devereaux and Ste
phen B. Elkins, which has been
active in Rockville area con-
struction and development in
the postwar period. The sale
was handled by Hubert I. Klein
peter, president of Frederick w.
BerenS Sales, Inc.
About year ago. the airport
area was annexed to the town
of Rockville. Extensive CONNER
cial frontage along the Rockville
pike was retained by Arthur
Hyde, who formerly owned the
entire airport property.
It is understood the buyers
expect to proceed with an initial
development in the area of about
$50 dwelling units.
Legal work in the transaction
was handled by former Judge
James C. Christopher.
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1O1 Booked for Driving
Without IS Auto Taqs

A total of 101 motorists have
been booked by police for not
having or not showing their 1855
license tabs, a precinct check
revealed today.
The roundup. which began at
8 am. yesterday, also involved
an estimated 1000 or more per-
sons who received tickets but
were not booked.
Many persons. police reported,
had their tabs before the dead
line, 1901 am. yesterday, but
didn't put them on their license
tags.
The largest number of tickets
-190-waS handed out in No.
precinct in lower northeast. Only
IL persons were booked there on
the dead tags charge, however.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-02

The japanese cherry trees
around the Tidal Basin in West
Potomac Park will have some
competition this week end from
other Towering shoWplaces in
Washington.
National Capital Parks offered
this list of other special attrac-
tons on the blossomtime scene:
Cherry trees-Hains Point and
Dumbarton Oaks Park.
Saucer magnolia - Adjoining
the pansy beds near Tidal Basin
Inlet Bridge; West Potomac
Park west of Seventeenth street
and independence avenue; Ana
costa Park; Rawlins Park,
Eighteenth and E streets NV,
and park reservations on Penn
sylvania avenue between Eight
zenith and Nineteenth streets
NV.
Japanese Quince-Near Hams
Point Inn; South Dakota and
Michigan avenues NE; Penn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-02

MISS MARILYN FOWLER
Of the Vehicles and Traffic
Department holds a 1854 auto
tag turned in for replacement
today.
heavier steel would have been
used if the city had planned
on keeping 1854 tags a second
year.
Tags are made by prisoners
at Lorton Reformatory.
Main problem for most motor
lists is with tags on front bump
ers, which get battered by park
ing vehicles.
The police department is do
ing its battered-tag spotting on
a staggered basis, a section OF
the city at a time. Here is the
schedule:
Week starting yesterday, pre-
sinctS l and 2.
Week of April 11-PrecinctS 3,
7 and 8.
Week of April 18-Precincts 4,
and IL.
Week of April 25-Precincts 6,
10 and 13.
Week of May 2-Precincts 8,
IL and IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-02
0'Hara Would End
Abe Board, Name
Single Commissioner

The District Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board of three
members would be abolished
and their powers transferred to
a single ABC commissioner I'M
der bill introduced in the
House today by Representative
O'Hara, Republican, of Mime
sofa.
The lawmaker explained the
proposal was made for two
reasons. First, he feels there
would be a saving of money by
having the functions performed
by one instead of three persons.
The single commissioner would
be paid $4,000 a year.
In the second place, Mr..
O'Hara said, Il have received
many complaints about the
high-handed and arrogant man
ner in which the board some
times acts.
Plans Public Hearing.
Mr.. O'Hara said he plans later
to have a public, hearing on the
bill as chairman of the House
District Judiciary subcommittee
He hopes to have testimony to
ascertain whether these COM
plants are justified"
The complaints, Mr.. O'Hara
said. have been reaching him
over the years. Many have
charged that their businesses
have been closed under suSpen-
sion for very minor violations
of the rules and regulations.
Some of these places, Mr.
O'Hara said, apparently indi-
cate that the board has taken
action which was rather punt
tive" for very minute violations.
Cites Example.
One of these, for instance, HI
said, related to the way taz
stamps were placed on a bottle
of alcoholic beverage. He sale
the business place was closec
under suspension by the boare
because the stamps had no.
been placed on the exact loca.
ton on the bottle. But the
stamps were on the bottle, hi
said.
Mr.. O'Hara was asked about
reports circulating today or
Capitol Hill that the District
Commissioners would have thu
authority under the city's re.
organization law to make the
change from a three-membel
board to a single commissioner
board.
The new ABC commissioner
would be appointed by the Dis
trict commissioners.
The three-member ABC BoarC
now is headed by Chairman
Alan w. Payne, and include!
James o. Moran and Herbert K
Schollenberger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-02
Soldier and Wife, IS,
Injured Crossing Street

A soldier stationed at Walter
Reed Hospital and his 15-year-
old wife were struck by an au-
tomobile early today near the
intersection of Georgia avenue
and Underwood street NV.
Pvt. James w. Tolbert, %, and
his wife, Mary E., of 184 Madi-
son street NV, are both in
Walter Reed. He is in satisfac-
tory condition after undergoing
surgery for pelvic injuries. She
is in fair condition with
head cuts and hand and foot in
jurieS.
Police listed the driver as
Vasilios Baskouta, 81, of 3701
Nineteenth street NV. A Cor
poration Counsel's hearing will
be held later.
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Cherry Blossoms Aren't Alone
In Offering Extrdvdgdnt Color

sylvania avenue and South Caro-
lima avenue, and Meridian Hill
Park.
FOrSythia-East Potomac Park
Field House; Sylvan Theater;
adjoining pansy beds in West
Potomac Park; Pentagon
grounds and Taft Recreation
Center, Eighteenth and Otis
streets NE.
NarciSsuS - Rock Creek and
Potomac Parkway south of Taft
Bridge, and Lee Mansion.
Star magnolia--South Dakota
avenue and Irving street NE.
Weeping cherries - Anacostia
Park.
Blooming in Dumbarton Oaks
Park on r street between Thir-
tieth and Thirty-first streets are
narcissus. japanese cherrieS.
spice bush, glory Of the snow.
grape hyacinth. forsythia and
primrose. The park is open from
9 am. to pm. Saturday and
Sunday,
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Motorists Object to Paying 81
To Replace Battered Plates
Police Order Needed
To Get Free Ones,
Officials Explain

District motorists aren't TAX
ing too kindly to the city's new
plan for replacing battered auto
tags. an official reported today.
The Department of Vehicles
and Traffic yesterday began ex-
changing new full-size license
plates for battered ones. They
expect that 10000 will have to
be replaced. For some exchanges
it is charging a dollar, and that
is what is bringing complaints.
The new exchange plan works
this way:
For the rest of this month and
part of May, police are issuing
special notices to motorists
whose cars carry tags that are
battered beyond legibility. The
notices will instruct the motor
lists to apply at Window 3, Room
1857, Municipal Center Building
within seven days for a replace
ment.
Some Free, Some Not
Car owners who submit police
notices will get a new pair of
tags free.
The District is also Offering
replacement tags to motorists
who want them but aren't noti-
fled by the police. But in such
cases the motoriSt must pay a
81 fee. It's required by law, an
official explained, whenever a
motorist wants duplicate plates.
But any motorist thinking his
tags are illegible enough to need
replacement, may call them to
the attention of policeman, ac-
cording to Deputy Chief Howard
V. Covell.
The Vehicles and Traffic De-
partment cannot be the judge,
a spokesman said.
Quality Critized.
A number of car owners have
already protested the fee and
the department also is getting
complaints on the quality of
the old plates.
Donald Clemmer. director of
the department of corrections,
said the plates we're designed for
a single years use. But he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-02
Engraving Theft Trial
DELAYED to Nav 3

The trial of James Rufus
Lands, colored, and four CO.
defendants on charges involving
theft of 100000 from the Bu-
reau of Printing and Engraving,
today was postponed to May 3.
The trial date originally had
been set for Monday. The post
ponement was granted by Judge
Walter, M. Bastian in the United
States District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia, to allow de-
tense attorneys Joseph Sitnick
and Myron G. Ehrlich more time
to prepare their case.
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Maryland U. Open House

The University of Maryland S
Industrial Education Depart
ment is holding it's seventh an
nual open house today from 9
am. to 9 pm. and tomorrow
from 9 am. to 3 pm. in its new
building on the College Park
campus.