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The Key West citizen., 1954-11-30
.3.5 Million
Bond Issue
Refund Sought
Delaney Scores
Low City Electric
Tax Payments

SA 81 hACutS
A proposal to refund an
outstanding 3h-million-dol-
lar city electric system bond
issue to provide the city
with a larger annual tax
equivalency payment by the
utility, was advanced last
night by City Commissioner
Jack Delaney.
Delaney, protesting the fact that
the city receives but SIS, 900 annual
ly Gin lieu of taxes" from he
municipality owned company, said
that "the city is not getting a fair
shake"
Payment Set
The terms of a 1916 bond inden-
ture ordinance set the tax equival-
ency payment at the $4,000 figure
and provides that it will jump 70
$36. 900 as the bonds are retired.
The only way the city could get
an increase in the payments, would
be to refinance bonds and rewrite
the ordinance to provide for the
increase.
Last nights discussion was touch
ed off by letter written by City
Finance Director John Day and ad-
dressed to the city manager out.in-
ing the taxes the company would
have to pay, were it privately own
ed.
Tax Estimate
Day said that the eomyany's es-
timated taxes based on an assess
ment of 20 per cent of the book
value" Of the company as shown
on its balance sheet would amount
to $56, ,535 per year. This figure
includes their plant and assets,
Days letter said.
In the event projected 81, ,200,- :
900 improvement plan is embark
ed on, Day pointed out, their taxes
would jump $4,000.
Hence, total taxes if the company
were privately owned, would be
SIPS, ,565.
Delaney said that eff l am on
the commission when that 4h mil
lion bond issue comes up, I'm go
ing to insiss that the city gets a
fairer shake than they did the last
time.
Adequate At The Time
Mayor c. B. Harvey, who is a,so
member of the utility board a.
long with Commissioner Delio Co
bo, commented: 1T was a good
contract when we made it - no
body knew Key West was going
to grow like it did"
However, Merville Rosam, gen.
eral manager of the utility today
pointed out that under the provi.
sions of a Give year" financia,
program the systems series 1916
bonds viii soon be retired and the
tax equivalency payment viii dou-
Bile. He also pointed out that the
electric system provides the city
with additional services which are
valued at $25, 5000.
Rosam added that electric rate:
were lowered in 1853, resulting in
a lostt of revenue of 500, 900 to the
company.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-30
Sewer Bond Refund
Program Approved

The CITY commission moved last night to accept the
offer of bond brokerage firm to refund the citys $780,
900 sewer revenue bond ISSUE
The refunding program which, according to the
brokers, would the city $4,000 over the 23-year
life of the issue met with enthusiastic response
with the commissioners who met in special session
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-30
$4,000, 1000 City Electric Expansion Aske'
Tremendous City Growth
Makes Move Imperative
BY JIM COBB

The city commission has been asked to authorize a
$4200O0O expansion program of the CITY Electric svs
tenn to take care of the cs growing power needs The
Citizen learned today.
In resolution passed Oct z, the five man Utility
Board charged with the administration of the munici-
company asked that the city approve multi
million dollar revenue bond issue to finance the exnan-
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-30
Canada-US DetsmsePMm
Group VIII Meet Here
Sessions On Naval Station Will
Be Guarded By Marine Sentries
BY DENIS sNEIcR

group of military officers who plan the defense of
Canada and the United States will meet here for week
in building which will be guarded by Marine sentries
during sessions
The Navy's public information office yesterday
leased schedule of the groups activities here beginning
with its arrival Wednesday afternoon and including the
names of the officers participating.
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10
Murderer Of Exotic
 Writer Admits Crime

NEW YORK, R-Harold Vein berg, 25-year-old dishwasher, ad- mitted today that he shot exotic writer Max Bodenheim, found slain last Sunday with his wife, police announced.
 Bodenheim, purple-penned nov elist and Bohemian poet of Green wich Village in the 192Os, and his wife were found dead in a $5-a- week room that had been rented in Weinberg's name three weeks ago.
 Weinberg was known as ne'er- do-well companion of the impov- erished and almost forgotten ec- centric writer
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10
Son Of Famed Mountain Climber Dies In Fall

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, R-An 18-year-old Colorado Col legc freshman, whose father con- quered the highest peak in North America three years ago, fell and rolled 400 feet to his death Mon day afternoon.
 The victim was Robert Albert Buchtel, son of Dr. and Mrs. Hen ry Buchtel of Englewood, Colo.
 Buchtel and three other stu dents were climbing in a rocky region of William Canyon near Manitou Springs when the acci- dent occurred
 The youths father, a widely known surgeon, is an accom- plished mountain climber. With two others, Dr. Buchtel reached the peak Of 20,270-foot Mt. Me Kinley in Alaska in 1851.
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10
Rough Terrain Hampers
 s. Alaska Oil Wildcatters

OKLAHOMA CITY, RAKerr- McGee Oil Industries, Inc, said today it's wildcatting oil expedi- tion in the high cliff and glacier country on Icy Bay, in southern Alaska, was 50 days behind sched- ule because of the terrain.
 It will be April or May before machinery can be moved into the million acres staked out for drill ing, Tom Scale, the company's chief engineer, disclosed. A crew was landed in August of last year.
 Because of boulderS and ice in the area, the campsite has already been changed, Scale said.
 Kerr-McGee is in partnership with Phillips Petroleum in the venture
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10
West Coast Cooks And Stewards Start Vote On Union To Represent Them

SAN FRANCISCO, R-Thou- sands of West Coast maritime cooks and stewards began voting today in a 90-day National Labor Relations Board election to deter mine what union shall represent them.
 The election is between the AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards Union and the Independent National Union of Marine Cooks and Stew ards.
 Harry Bridges longshore union asked the stewards to check the slot on the ballot marked 'tnei- ther" Brid g s' International Longshoremen's and Warehouse mems Union had asked the NLRB to certify it in the election, but the board refused on grounds that the Bridges union application came too late.
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10
ALASKA AlRLINES

From Anchorage: s. E. Smith, Wallace McIver, Tom Campo basso, Wilbur Karmun, Jim Me Daniels.
 To Anchorage: Capt. E. Schiller, Ray Lowe.
 From McGrath: Chaplain E. Young.
 From Unalakleet: Sarah Koton- gan, Stephan Ivanoff, Russell Hermann, Roscoe Wilkie, Art Johnson, John Smeaton.
 To Kotzebue: John Smith Clar- ence T. Allen.
 From Kotzebue: Father Tom Cunningham.
 Texas is about 200 times the size of Rhode Island.
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10
UnexpIored Area Believed Rich In Uranium Deposits

CORDOVA, lR-Valuable ura- nium deposits may be locked in a glacier-ringed and virtually un- explored Alaska wilderness, a vet eran explorer and prospector said here Tuesday.
 Dr. Will H. Chase, an original leaseholder and -discoverer of the Katalla-Yakataga oil fields pres emily being developed by Phillips Petroleum and another stateside firm, said the promising area lies at the headWaters of the Chitina River, in a triangle formed by the Chitina, Mount Logan and Mount St. Elias.
 The area is adjacent to the Boring River coal deposits, the Mccarthy gold discoveries, and the Kennicott copper mines, he said
 Chase, former mayor of Cor doVa, said aerial surveys had helped reveal the possibilities of the region. He also described it as the last good Alaska prospect ing area not covered by the stam- peders of the gold rush days or modern geologists.
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10
Shipping Activity Drop Puts 1,5OO Seattle Seamen "On The Beach

SEATTLE, R-M ore than 1,500 Maritime Union members were estimated Wednesday to be ion the beach" here in the drop in shipping activity since the end of the fighting in Korea
 After survey of union leaders, the Post-Intelligencer said the sit Uation exists in other ports, too, fin one of the nations worst ship ping winters in years"
 Nearly 50 ocean-going vessels are reported in various stages of idleness here.
 The newspaper commented:
 Some union men think the props have been pulled from un- der the US. Merchant Marine Others see this winters unem- ployment as part of a return to normalcy after boom days of the Korean War"
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10
Hawaiians Signing Giant Petition For Statehood

HONOLULU, R-A giant pub lie petition asking Congress to approve statehood for Hawaii was spread out for signatures along HOn0lulu'S main street today. The Royal Hawaiian Band, hula danc- CTS and bathing beauties cheered on the show.
 A city block was closed off for three hours in this latest attempt to attract attention to the islands aspirations for statehood.
 The stunt, sponsored by a citi- zens committee, has official sane ton. Gov. Samuel King has grant ed time off to territorial employees wishing to sign the petition.
 The petition, 5-foot wide, half-ton roll of newsprint unfurled from truck bed, possibly will be the biggest document in Hawaii's or anybody's political history.
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10
Junior Varsity,
 Detach. 23rd Win In Tuesdays Iilts

The Junior Varsity tied up their current series with the Little Guys last evening as they upset their rivals 29-26. In the second tilt, the Detachment 23rd downed Lomen Commercials 45-38.
 Coach Tripp's Little Guys had led through the first three quar- ters of the game until the JVs opened up with a bombardment of baskets during the final period. The quarter scores favored the losers I0-9, l6-13 and 22-2O, but at the concluding quarter the final score read 29-26 Junior Varsity.
 For the winners, Willie Willoya B, Edgar Roth 6, Steve Glavino- vich 4, Skip Senungetuk, Al Rus sell and Everett Enix points each. For the Little Men, Dick Drake and Doug Cabinboy 8 each, Amos Alexander and Jay Russell 5 points each.
 The Detachment 23rd picked up their third win against two loses through the second half and were never behind in the tilt with Lomens. They led 10-8, 23-18, 30-24 and 45-38 as the Conner cials couldn't overcome the De- tachment's zone defense.
 Scoring for the 23rd: Weaver and Etherton 10 points each, Shrag g, Cunningham and Jones 6 each, Swygert 4. For Lomens: Herb Williams Is, Vince Ahkolik 13, Johnny Schellenbach 8 and Larry Okpealuk 2.
 Fridays scheduled games will be changed and will be played tomorrow evening because of the high school Valentine dance. In the first game Thursday, the Nome Merchants (2-O) play the Air Force Five (O-5). At 9:13 the Nome Nan ooks (3-2) will meet Lomen Com mercial (3-2).
 Word from Coach Ed Tripp's practice headquarters finds the Little Men hard at work devising a method of defense to stop the hard-charging, undefeated Lini- ment Squad, whom they will meet on March 2. The second game fol- lowing the battle of small against large will pit the Nome Merchants against the Nome Nanooks. This will be the Nanooks' last game before leaving for the tournament to be held in Fairbanks March 9 to 13
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10
MacARTHUR'S NAME FORGED BY DESTITUTE MUSICIAN

NUREMBERG, Germany, R-A destitute German musician was given a two-month suspended jail sentence today for forging Gen. Douglas MacArthur's name to a $1,00O check. He is George Lang, 50 years old.
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-10

Notice is hereby given that Arvo Saario, administrator of the estate of Arvid Panding. deceased, has this day filed in the court his Final Account and Report and Petition for Final Distribution and Discharge in the above entitled es- tate, and that the court has designated Monday, the 18th day of March, 1854, at the hour of o'clock in the afternoon of said day, as the time, and the office of the United States Commissioner, Ex- Officio Probate Judge. of the Cape Nome Precinct, Second Division, Territory of Alaska. at Nome, Alaska, as the place, when and where said Report, Account and Petition will be heard and all per- sons interested in said estate are hereby required to file their objections to the said report, account and petition, if any they have, in writing on or before the said day, in the court, and to appear at the time and place aforesaid and present their objections; and at the said hearing, the court will determine what persons are to take the estate under the intestate laws of he Territory.
 Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 27th day of January, 1854.
 (SEALl Helen M. BocEman
 Probate Judge Publ. Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10, IT, 1854
, 1954-02-16

The general meeting Ct
members of the institut OF.
will be held at No. l B King
Street, Christiansted, v. I. at
500 pm. Friday, February 20,
1854, for the purpose Of re-
ceiving the annual report for
the fiscal year ended March
81, 1853. All members are in
viteded to attend.
p. $. ARMSTRONG
President
, 1954-02-16
P. R. PLAYERS

. LkS = LIZ A1L0
structor in st. Croix, famed
twelve batsmen. One of the
most spectacular fielding
gems Of the series was a
catch made by centerfielder
Calvin Wheatley in the open
err on a smash by the same
Clemente.
The Puerto Ricans scored
five big runs in the fifth inn
to upset the local team 8 to 4
ia Sunday morning. game.
The star. of this contest was
first baseman Maldonado,
who hit two runs and drove.
in five runs.
With left-fielder Figueroa
hitting a homer for the vic
tors and Alphonso Gerard I
for the local club, the visitors
took Sunday afternoons con
test, s to 4.
The games, which were
neyyed fer the benefit of the
hrsn;t !, drew large crowds.
Rsls we're tossed out at the
start Of each game BY Gev. de-
, 1954-02-16
ELIZABETH II

feeling of comradeship with
serve to strengthen in your
own hearts and minds tkss2
the Crown and that sense of
duty shared which we must
all have as we confront Our
common tasks"
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-13
Power, Pullting
Are Emphasized
This Season


Power plays and the punting
game are getting more emphasis
this year than at any time since
thrown wide open at the start of
World War II.
In this second season of the re-
turn to one platoon play, the sue
cess of a bruising ground attack
combined with an alert defense is
the one consistent thread running
through an upset-studded cam
paign.
Those who watched the nation
ally-televised Wisconsin Rice game
last week got a good look at the
s'new'' grid game as it has devel-
oped after the IS season Of read
justment.
It was booked as 4 contest be-
tween the lighter, faster, South
westerners spanked by hreakaway
Dickie Moegle and the solid Badg-
ers behind crashing fullback Alan
(The Horse) Ameche. Ameche
scored with 50 seconds remaining
70 give Wisconsin 1877 victory.
Rice fought it out with the Badg-
ers in a rugged line struggle, never
shaking its long gamers loose.
Ameche slammed into the Owls q
tines for 80 yards and both Wis.
consin touchdowns.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-13
Sports Roundup
BY GAYLE TALBOT

NEW YORK IN - One of the
shortest off-seasons baseball has
known ended officially last night
with the grand opening of the nth
campaign Of the Puerto Rican
League. It seems like only two
weeks ago that the World Series
began at the Polo Grounds.
The opening struggle at Sixto
Escobar Park in San Juan saw
that city's Senators playing the
Mayaguez Indian Sharks. At Ponce
on the southern end of the island,
the Ponce Lions collided with the
Santurce Crabmen. The defending
champions, the Caguas Native
Witch Doctors, were idle because
it is five-team league.
What makes the opening of the
current Puerto Rican campaign
especially notable is the fact that
it will number among its players
the young man who is widely con-
sidered to be the greatest in the
game today. Willie Mays Of the
Giants is scheduled to report to
the Santurce club this weekend.
Willie's pitching teammate on
the world champions, Ruben Co.
mez, already has signed in with
the Crabmen, with whom he
starred before he came to the big
leagues. Judging by the size of
the reception his countrymen gave
Ruben upon his return the other
day, Sixto Escobar Park is liable
to become Gomez Gardens any
day now.
Never before has the island
league seen star of Mays mag
nitude. They are predicting that
the crowds will bend the fences
in their eagerness to see the Say
Hey Kid in action, as they should.
The only question is whether the
great young center fielder should
be down there at all.
Some American critics are
aghast at the idea of risking such
a valuable property on ball fields
which have not been combed and
curried by big league groundskeep-
ers. They protest that Willie might
step in jaguar hole end break
leg, or run into an uncharted
fence. or fall among evil compan-
ions at an age when he is most
impresSionable. They feel that the
Giants should have locked him in
side his old Alabama home until
time for spring practice.
Well, the only answer in the
present case is that the Giants
believe they know more about Will
lie Mays than anyone else does.
and they have raised no objections
to his going. They want to keep
Willie happy and unspoiled, and
they believe the best way to ac-
complish that is to let him. play
baseball until it runs out of his
ears. They don't think he stands
any greater chance of getting hurt
In Puerto Rico than he would play
ing stickball on the Harlem |
streets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-13
Cuban Club Downs
POinciana Giants
In League Opener

Joe Lewis hurled a one hit shut
out last night as the Cuban Club
swamped the Poinciana Giants, 49,
0, in the opening game of the Is
land City Winter Baseball League.
Towards single in the fifth inn
ing was the only safety the Giants
could manage as Lewis famed 10
batters. Dewitt Roberts led the
winners at the plate with a double
and two singles while Danny Las
tres and Little each hit two sim
giles. In the field, Lastres, Roberts
and Leon starred for the winners
and Arrenson and Criss made SEN
sational catches for the losers.
Thursday night league action will
resume with a battle between the
USS Bushnell and the Junior Con-
chs. The game will be played at
1880 in the Wickers Field Stadium.
The standings:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-13
SO. Association
Sets TV Rules

NEW ORLEANS, Up = Southern
Association clubs have been barred
from radio broadcasting or tele-
vising home games played on Sun.
days and holidays and playoff
games.
Directors Of the Class IA base
bah leagues in adopting the rule
Yesterday, left the home club au-
thority to decide whether to permit
other home games to be broadcast
or teievised. Atlanta was the only
one Of the eight clubs to teleyise
games last season.
The lowest common denomintor
Is the common cold.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-13
Injuries Plague
Concls AS They
Ready For Came

There is no joy in Conch-
town today.
Reason for the acute
symptoms Of melancholy be-
ing exhibited is word that
two Of the Key West high
schools ranking backfield
performers are on the in
jured list and are doubtful
starters when the Conchs
meet Archbishop Curley
here Friday evening.
Lost to the Concbs are
halfback Bill Haney and
Quarterback George Reese.
Haney is suffering from the
effects Of a shoulder separa-
ton while Reese has an in
fected leg as the result OF a
severe bone bruise.
Both saw no action last night
as the Conchs romped through a
two hours scrimmage session. Ha-
ney's loss viii be . severe blow
10 the Key Westers - he was sche-
duled to play a key role in Friday
nights tilt. An indication of what
he can do was given BY the fact
that he completed five our of five
aerials, four Of them for touch
downs and the other for an extra
point, against Sanford here last
week.
The Conchs were planning on
working the same sort Of an Of
tense against the Curleymen, in the
face Of huge forward wall which
could well styrnie any Conch at
tempt at launching running at
tack.
Reese's loss is also a bitter blow
20 the Beckmanites. His blocking
has been big factor in the C0nchs'
indicated mark In the three gam
es they have played thus far in
the season.
The loss Of the two performers,
dropped the odds on Fridy nights
game to q point where the clubs
are rated just about even.
Meanwhile, after looking at the
Sanford movies, Beckman had his
charges out on the gridiron under
the lights last night working in
an effort to correct a few of the
mistakes they made last Friday
After last nights scrimmage,
Beckman announced that in the
event Haney cannot start, he'll be
replaced by Stuart Yates, a rangy
backfield performer. Joe Russo will
get the starting blocking back as,
signment in the event Reese les
does not respond to treatment.
eth be the same offense, with
. few variations" commented
Coach Ed Beckman. "Curley il
every bit as good as they were last
year and you know what happen
ed then"
The largest crowd Of the season
Is expected to witness the clash :
the second Gold Coast start for the
Conchs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-13
Miami Edison Tops
Football Polling

MIAMI R-The Miami Herald's
weekly football poll shows Miami
Edison still on top with 246 points
and "a first place votes.
Edison, winner by 32-2 over
Jacksonville Lee last week, got all
but three first place votes. Miami
Jackson got two Of these and West
Palm Beach got one.
The poll placed Miami Jackson
second, Miami high third and Cor
al Gables fourth on points, fol-
lowed by Jacksonville Jackson,
West Palm Beach, Tampa Plant,
Jacksonville Lee, Pensacola and
Orlando Edgewater.
Results:
/. Miami Edison 246
2. Miami jackson 227
8. Miami High 165
4. Coral Gables las
5. Jacksonville Jackson 121
s. West Palm Beach 106
Z. Tampa Plant los
8. Jacksonville Lee SO
10. Pensacola 56
10. Orlando Edgewater 80
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-22

The Be reserves vii see action a
day earlier than the rarsity as they
travel to Lorain to neet the Lorain
high school eleven Friday night, Sep
tember II. Lorain one of the pow
ers of the Lake Ere district elevens
and should give M Ast good look at
the reserve strength for the season.
First home game of the Beaver
squad will be OF stober 2 when they
entertain Alma, Michigan, in an af-
ternoon contest.
Homecoming foe of the Beavers
this year will be Manchester, Indi-
ana, college. Homecoming is Octo-
Der 80.
The BE gridders have an open date
November 6 and close the season No
vember 13 against the Defiance Yel-
low Jackets at Bluffton.
1854 Football Schedule
Sept. II Reserves at Lorain high
school, pight
is Heidelberg, there, night
25 Findla ~, there, night
Oct. 2 Alma, Mich, at Bluffton
8 Olivet, Mich, at Bluffton
is Ohio Northern, there, night
% Ashland, there
80 Manchester, Ind, at Bluff
ton Homecoming)
Nov. 6 Open
13 Defiance at Bluffton