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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-08-12
Geauga Gives Funds
for Pipeline Survey

in Lausche'S hands in time for
him to present the complete pic
ture to the Legislature when it
convenes in January.
THE LAKE ERIE Founda :
tion's program calls for install
lation of pumping station on
Lake Erie, probably at Perry,
to supply pipeline to a point
in the Chardon area. BY use of
booster stations, the lake water
would be forced uphill" from
the lakes SIS #. elevation to
the top of the watersheds l.
200 ft. elevation.
The water would then be re-
leased for gravity flow into the
Cuyahoga, Chagrin and Grand
rivers and their tributaries.
Through these rivers, the flow
would be back into the lake,
eliminating possible information
al complications through lower
ing of the lake level.
Public interest in the la k e
pipeline was evidenced at the
Chardon meeting by the attend
ance of Geauga landowners,
railroad and utilities representa-
tives and a representative of
the drought stricken Jefferson
area of adjoining Ashtabula
county.
BEFORE APPROVING t h e
pipeline project, Geauga's COM
missionerS asked for comment
from the audience.
One landowner said he had
just spent $4,000 to drill lone
small we'll" and he thought a
contribution of $1,000 by the
county was a bargain.
"If we can cut out all this
well-drilling," he said, I'VE can
retard this drainage of the un-
derground level"
Others wanted to know the
chances of getting federal or
state aid. Byrne cited the sue
cess of the Muskingum and Day
ton conservancy projects in get
ting outside aid.
COMMISSIONER Thomas L.
White pointed out that the coun-
ty was the source of all of Ak
ron's water, yet the county'S
supply was short. (The City of
Akron owns large areas of &C.
auga county, including Claridon
Reservoir, as an emergency
water source. Akron recently
revealed tentative plans to
build three more dams in Ge
auga.)
Those at the meeting agreed
that it would be to Geauga's ad-
vantage to increase the river
flow instead of waiting until Ak
ron builds those dams which
would inundate huge f ar m
areas, and take this property
off the tax duplicate.
IF we save farms from be-
coming reservoirs it is worth
anything we spend" comment
ed White.
A RAILROAD representative
told the meeting that lack OF
water has caused industry tc
rule out Geauga. He said the
Chardon area had "lost" three
new plants because of the wa
ter supply question.
Byrne told the meeting thai
installation of the pipeline would
assure the county of steady in
dustrial growth and also provide
adequate water for all time tc
the fast growing residential
communities throughout h
! area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
THE CITIZEN FAvoRs A SWIMMING POOL
BUT NOT BY TAKING ELECTRIC BILLS

Key West Jaycees passed resolution opposing
the imposition of five per cent tax on electric light
bills to get money to construct swimming pool in Key
West But the Jaycees quick to add that they
not against the construction of the proposed pool
The Citizen is in full accord with that attitude
It favors swimming pool in Key West, but is against
adding tax to an electric rate which is among the
highest in the United States.
The Jaycees stressed an important point: the
imposition of that tax widows or pensioners who
already have to stint to put aside money pay electric
light bills. That view is not farfetched State PEN
sons not large, and neither Social Security
checks large whether they 90 to old people, needy or
crippled children widows who take care of those
children
Use of electricity is necessity, not luxury. We
may stretch point and declare that the hundreds Of
Key West residents, with small incomes, could forego
the use of electricity. For that matter, everybody
else could forego its use, and still live. But that is
not the way we want to live--we who would be able
to pay the proposed tax-and that is the way we
want the poor, comparatively poor among to live.
Some other ways can be found to get money to
build swimming pool in Key West without imposing
drain the small incomes of many of our residents
The pool could be built with money obtained from the
sale of bonds and the bonds could be liquidated by
charging 10 cents for children and 20 cents for adults
who use the pool
Here is another commendable resolution passed by
the Jaycees regarding the inspection of automobiles by
the city in issuing tags. The time is from am.
till noon and from l to pm. The Jaycees decided
to write letter to City Manager Lang requesting him
to change the time from o'clock in the morning to
in the afternoon
The Jaycees had the working man in mind when
they made that request. AS the city fixes the time
he would not have opportunity to get his auto
mobile checked from Monday to Friday He would
have to join the rush of hundreds Saturday to have
the inspection made
The extra hour the Jaycees ask for in the morning
would not be of any consequence to working men Mon
day through Friday It is the proposed extra hour in
the afternoon that would benefit them
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
TAX ASSESSMENT

Editor, The Citizen: -
Recently two of your writer's, Msssrs Cobb and Spill
commented the tax issues which was
interesting reading however, have these comments on
their articles.
Mr.. Cobb stated there was request for any chang
in assessments at the equalization board meeting
the taxes assessed against any property recall there
discussion several months back of some valu
able property in the city that carried as acreage
the tax books Now not to be expected that the
of of these properties would appear and complain
that the taxes on their property too low.
Mr.. Spillman suggested that any one interested in
taxes properties should ascertain the asking price on
certain valuable piece of property and then check the
books and learn what the property is assessed at
which would take lot of time you would accomplish
nothing. Period.
Considering the possibility that there may be some
valuable property being assessed at low figures be-
ieve that should have two Assessors one for the
County and for the City, which would give us a
check and balance our taxes. It is true this
would add to the City expense, but may turn out to be
a good investment for the City.
Answering Mr.. Cobb / do not think consolidation Of
the tax offices is desirable or good.
Sincerely,
T. X
Sept. SylSb4 Key West, Fla.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
Passengers, Grew
|Unhurt AS TWA
Plane Noses Over

PHILADELPHIA Up - Twenty
two passengers and three crew
members escaped injury late yes
terday when a twin-engine Trans
World Airlines plane nosed over
while attempting a landing at In
IRRATIONAL Airport.
The plane, bound from New York
to Columbus, Ohio, clipped q six
foot steel fence at the edge of the
runway while making its approach.
The nose wheel of the plane buck
led when the plane touched down
and nosed along the runway and
the soft turf for about $50 feet.
When it came to rest, Capt. A.
/ v. Stahl, 80, co-pilot Roy Ward, Is,
and Stewardess Dolores Martin, "a,
also Of New York evacuated the
passengers through the door in the
pilots compartment.
Ten-year-old Nicholas Ruffin Of
Pittsburgh one of the passengers,
aid later:
"It was just like in the movies
nd on television. The only thing
m mad about is that / lost a
,odel airplane my daddy bought
re In New York after we got out
the plane" =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
Marjorie Main
Says Films Need
More COmediennes

BE a Coincidence. Dramatic &C.
tresses are 4 dime a dozen"
That's the advice of Maiorie
Main to young girls seeking an act
ing career in Hollywood.
Miss Main, famous for her .sMa"
Kettle roles and currently co-star-
ring with Percy Kilbride in Uni
versal International's ma and
Pa Kettle at the Fair" opening
Sunday at the Monroe Theatre
says condolences are the scarcest
commodity in the entertainment
field.
"Everybody's trying to be a Bet.
te Davis or an Ann Blyth," says
Miss Main, who reached her gen
18th as a Coincidence in her "Ma"
Kettle role opposite Kilbride in
THE Egg and r. and has since
starred in four Kettle comedies.
''What this country needs is
more lady comics. There are plen.
ty of funny men on stage and
screen, but how many women? You
can count them almost on the fin.
gers OF your hands - Betty Hutton,
Marie Wilson, Eve Arden, Judy
Holiday, Oracle Allen, Joan Davis,
Lucille Ball, Judy Canova and Cass
Daley. Condolences are as scarce
as mult-millionaire boy friends,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
SEPTEMBER ?, 1894
(Sunday - No Paper)
a a a
SEPTEMBER ., 1914

SEPTEMb kk ,, 1919
Time is almost here when Key
West will have to turn its atten-
ton to means Of bringing tourists
to this island city, Stephen c.
Singleton, manager Of the Key
West Chamber Of Commerce. said
today.
Unless the Navy makes more
water available for Key West, the
14O new housing units Of the Key
West Housing Authority will not
receive any water. This was the
gist of the declaration made to
naval authorities yesterday by
Ernest Ramsey, manager Of the
Florida Keys Aqueduct Commits
sion.
''Most essential thing needed for
Key West" is the way the proposed
bathing beach was described today
by Allan B. Cleare, Jr., who is
spending furlough in Key West
which ends Monday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
Mitchell Sees
Business Upturn

PITTSBURGH R-Secretary of
Labor James P. Mitchell foresees
a 'levelling off" of the economy,
"then an upturn" and says "econ-
omists have told me that un-
employment should decrease this
fall"
In an interview Tuesday,
Mitchell said the United States. has
"gone through the mildest con-
traction of the economy that we
ever had in a post war period"
There are 81 million employed,
Mitchell said, with $500, 900 un-
employed.
Of the Pittsburgh distric t,
Mitchell said "you have special
problems here because of the con-
centration in coal and steel. But !
do not look for the situation to
get worse in this area"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09

Enought water is stored behind
lasta Dam to provide every per-
on in the United States with 5000
gallons.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09

It's that simple. The experts
said it. only quoted them. No
backlash involved.
And, If Mr.. H. v. B. is not
sure why our elected officials re-
fuse 10 endorse, guarantee, or
assume responsibility for control
led fluoridation, it is not because
they are afraid that it is unsafe
lit is because they don't want
to risk the loss of a single vote
by having some misguided individ-
ual say: HE crammed fluorid-
alton down my throat"
And now that there is a pos
sibility that the question may 90
to referendum, it will be interest
ing to see what happens.
Remember the Literary Digest?
They fell on their face when their
much heralded straw poll predicted
big vote for ALI Landon in 1886.
1t put the magazine out of bust
ness. AS the punsters said, il
was the last straw. 1t will be in
teresting to see if Key West straw
votes are any more accurate.
Personally, / would like to see
the u. S. Public Health Service
send a team of experts in before
the election to hold a series Of
mass-meetings to enlighten. the
public on the real facts of fluorid
alton.
Then we'd be spared from al
this pseudo-scientific guff-anC
we wouldn't have to clutter uE
this column with fluoridatior
chatter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
This Rock
Of Ours

"club" by word of mouth amongst
adults seems to have brought cor
receive measures - at least on the
Island Of Key West proper. And
now that school has started, con-
ditions will improve. Teachers will
furnish the discipline which should
rightfully be the job of the par
ents.
I'm not one to believe in the
complaint of mothers and fathers
that they are unable to exert pro-
per control of their children. So
far as l can see, the situation boils
down to pure laziness and disin-
terestedness on their part.
How many of you parents have
taken an interest in the Juvenile
Council - the Boy Scouts - the
Girl Scouts - the City recreation
al program? This town is loaded
down with organizations designed
to improve child welfare. Without
the work of Navy personnel, school
teachers, ministers, etc., however,
the organizations wouldn't exist q
week.
Our young people are neither
better nor worse than those in any
other city. They need guidance and
the logical place for this to orr
ginate is in the home. Maybe I'm
old-fashioned but I feel that a lot
of the nations trouble is coming
from the fact that both parents at
tempt to work on the outside. Our
children are orphans In every
sense of the word.
Sigsbse Park
Folks who live in Sigsbee Park
have taken a step in the right di.
rection by developing community
spirit. The Council which they have
organized is doing a tremendous
amount of good.
Is there any reason why Sigsbee
should forge ahead of the rest Of
Key West? Let's get little jealou.
competition set up and see if it viii
do any good!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
COIN HONORED

BALTIMORE Up - Roy NJ. Coin,
former chief counsel to Sen. Nc.
Carthy's Senate Permanent Inves-
LEGATIONS subcommittee, will be
honored here Oct. S at a dinner
sponsored by the American Legion
and three patriotic organizations.
Both Cohn and his former boss,
the Wisconsin senator, have ac-
cepted invitations to be present.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
By Bill Glib

You've probably been shocked by
recent news released from UP
North which describe the brutal
ty and criminal tendency of many
teen-age gangs And, no doubt,
you've probably congratulated
yourself on the fact that Key West
seems to be free of this type OF
delinquency.
Let's not kid ourselves - our
youngsters here on the Island are
not any different than similar age
groups throughout the United Sta.
ties. And the only thing that has
saved us unpleasant national scan.
dial has been the foresight of pri.
vate individuals who have worked
to eliminate delinquency without
fanfare or publicity. To name just
two of these individuals - J. H
Brady, of Poor Old Craig's" or
Truman Ave-, and Peter Varela
owner of the "Sugar Bowl" or
White st.
The juvenile authorities and 10
cal police struggle daily with pro
blems which are absolutely beyond
their ability to cope with unless
parents are cooperative. And such
cooperation seems to be about al
remote as utopia" Every moth
er and father has a natural ten
dency to consider little Johnny OF
little Mary incapable Of doing any
wrong.
A couple of months ago, I hearc
rumor of a teen-age .'sex club
in town whose activities were
enough to make the most harden
ed reprobate shudder in disgust
I tried to investigate it - ever
went so far as to write a couple
of columns on the information
was able to dig up. Both column.
went into the trash can however
because l feared publicity wouls
do more harm than good.
Good police work and passage
of information concerning tn,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09

A rather distraught Navy wife,
who just arrived from Arizona,
phoned Wednesday TO inquire if
the scorpions in Key West are as
dangerous AZ the southeastern
variety.
She said that she was cleaning
a closet when she ran across
one and, unlike Key Westers who
don't pay much attention to the
creatures, she was rather alarm
ed-particularly since their bite
can prove deadly in some states.
/ didn't know the answer to
her, question 30 phoned william
Warner, entomologist for the Mon
roe County Anti-Mosquito District.
He said that the local species
is not particularly dangerous and
that he knows of no case Of a
scorpion bite proving fatal in these
parts.
He did say that in cases of
multiple bites on infants or if a
person in poor health is bitten, it
could prove dangerous. But gen.
orally, they are no more dan
gerous than a bee sting, he said.
He suggests that when anyone
is bitten, to simply apply am
monia to the area and forget it.
Mr.. Warner also had some
other interesting information about
scorpions.
For example-did you know that
scorpions are not insects? They
are a class Of animals, known
scientifically as Arachnida. There
are more than so known species
of scorpions in North America and
the type found in Key West ID
one Of the largest strains, grow
ing TO q length of seven inches,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
Coffee Break"
Evils Listed
BY ROBERT eoLoENsTElN

CHICAGO IA surgeon blamed
cigarettes, cocktails and the "cof-
fee break" today for an increase in
the ulcer rate among women.
DR.. Leo ]. Starry, professor of
surgery at the University of Okla
homa Medical School, said the in
cidence of the serious, bleeding
type ulcer has increased among
both men and women in the last
10 years, but at a faster clip for
women.
One of every four ulcer sufferers
today is a woman. The ratio for
merly was one in five.
DR.. Starry said the coffee break
now is standard practice in many
offices and industrial establish.
mentS.
He believes this has resulted in
a higher rate of coffee and Gig
arctic consumption among women
workers.
Cocktail parties, he said, could
help account for an increase in the
ulcer rate of both sexes.
In speech and interview at the
annual congress of the United
States and Canadian sections Of
the International College of Sur
geons, he said cigarettes, coffee
and alcohol stimulate the secretion
of ulcer-producing acids.
The cigarette and coffee taken
together during a short coffee
break is especially hazardous for
some people, he added, because
no food is taken to act as a buffer
for the acids.
His study was based on 437 cases
OF bleeding ulcers, q per cent Of
whom were women.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09

Sue Jones Is responsible for this
alleged joke.
It concerns a newspaperman who
was covering a story in darkest
Africa when he was captured by
canMbals.
As the pot began to boil, the
man made q series of desperate
appeals for his freedom.
"You can't do this to me-I'm
assistant editor of my paper" he
said.
you're getting a break" re-
piled a cannibal chief. "Soon
you'll be editor-in-chief.
AS l said, that's Sue Jones
ioke-not mine.
Our good friend, the prolific
H. v. B., apparently mixed hi:
metaphors when he said that my
quote of an American Denta
Association Journal article chad ;
backlash effect of calling myself
biased"
don't get it.
All I did was quote the experts
the professional men most Of III
depend on to guard our health
They say, very clearly, that those
who turn a deaf ear to the assur
ances of the nations medica
authorities when they say that con
trolled fluoridation is safe, ar
biased.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
Very Early
Glasses Set

oXNARD, Calf R-The omard
Evening High School plans classes
at the crack of dawn.
Reason: A group of businessmen
wanting to learn Spanish couldn't
agree on an evening class time. A
morning hour was suggested.
Il told them that if they were
crazy enough to want to 20 to
school early in the morning I'd be
foolish enough to teach them"
said Police Capt Robert J. HI
noStro, the instructor.
So, starting next Tuesday, the
businessmen will attend classes
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5
to z am.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions HE Of lie read.
sr but the editor reserves the right delete items which
eensidsrsd bsiovs The writer's should be
far and eonfne HE letters 100 words and write side
Of HE only Signature of the writer The
letters and will b published unless requested otherwise
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-09
COMIC BOOK BAN

OKLAHOMA CITY NThe City
Council has banned the sale OF
display of crime, horror and sex
comics. violators are subject to
$40 fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
10 Rare Documents
Stolen by Student at
Library Of Congress

The FBI was searching today
for a man who cleverly used
stolen credentials to remove let
tiers by Benjamin Franklin and
Thomas Jefferson from The Lii
brary Of Congress.
The theft remained undiscov-
cred for three weeks until a
Philadelphia dealer who had OBJ
tanned some of the missing doc
uments checked with the Library
to determine If they had been
stolen.
That was January 4, and
then the Library remembered
that Philadelphia attorney had
brought in a Franklin letter five
days before TO ascertain its
value. Told it was an original,
he remarked that he had bought
it for a mere 500 and went
happily on his way.
What the Library expert
hadn't known was that this very
letter. valued at $1,000. was one
Of 10 stolen documents. The
FBI got the letter back from
the attorney, and has recovered
all but one Of the other stolen
items.
The Franklin letter and an
other by Thomas jefferson
valued at $500 were a part of
the Andrew Ellicott collection.
Franklin had written a letter of
recommendation for Ellicott. the
surveyor who laid out the origi-
nal boundaries of what is now
Washington.
The letters were taken De-
cember II by a man said to have
stolen credentials of a Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania graduate
student. He took them from a
box of hundreds Of uncatalogued
manuscripts he was allowed to
examine in the manuscript divi-
sion's reading room.
Since the theft the Library
has placed two guards instead
of one in the room and installed
a new policy for marking and
numbering all manuscripts not
yet classified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Boeschenstein 10 Head
Weeks Advisory Group

Secretary Of Commerce Weeks
today announced that Harold
Boeschenstein. Toledo manu-
facturer. has been elected chair
man of the Secretary's Business
Advisory Council.
Mr.. Boeschenstein is president
of Questioning Fiber Glass
Corp. He succeeds John D. Big
gers. chairman of the Libbey-
Owens-Ford Glass Co. of Toledo,
as chairman Of the council.
Mr.. Weeks also announced
the election of seven new mem
bers on the council. These were
Fred o. Bohen. president of the
Meredith Publishing Co. of Des
Moines. Iowa; Ernest r. Breech.
executive vice president of Ford
Motor Co., Dearborn. Mich:
Robert M. Hanes. president of
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.,
Of Winston-S Salem. N. c.; T. v.
Houser. vice chairman OF the
board, Sears. Roebuck g. Co..
Chicago; j. w. McAfee, presi-
dent of Union Electric Co. Of
st. Louis. Mo-; Aksel Nielsen.
president of the Title Guarantee
Co.. Denver. Colo; j. P. Spang.
jr.. president of the Gillette Co.,
Boston. Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Strip Dancer Tells Court
She Wants to Shed Contract

which still has six years to 60.
In counter-suit charging
breach Of contract. the man
ager said he had brought her
along from $45 a week to $500.
I'D be happier working in a
5-and-10-cent store at $40 a
week." the dancer said in q let
ter to the court.
Miss Halliday. who recently
married Robert Lochrae and
lives in Baltimore, severed as
ISOLATION with Mr.. White last
May. She signed the contract
with Mr.. White in New Orleans
four years ago, giving him half
Her earnings. Il must have been
crazy" she said. but I was in
love with him."
She said the manager often
collected her full pay. sometimes
in advance. and gambled it
away.