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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18

ing for use as a city hall.
At a special meeting with mem
bers of the ITSO beard of directors,
the city acquiesced to the plea of
Edwin Trevor, chairman of the
board, and renewed the lease. the
USO, however, had asked for a
three year lease on the property,
which was bought in 1945 by the
city for use as a city hall and later
leased to the USO.
carbonell Opposes
Carbonell, pointing out that the
city needs a satisfactory city hall,
said that he would not vote for a
two-year lease. He recommended
that the city either negotiate a one
year lease or sell the property to
the USO.
eve ought to sell the building
and forget about it," said Car
bonen.
Trevor objected to one year
lease, pointing out that the USO had
spent $33, 1000 on the building dur
ing the past year. He added that
they would be reluctant to spend
any more money on needed re-
pairs with only a one year pact.
Trevor pointed out the need for
Servicemen's facilities here when
he said that last year $1,000 ser
vicemen made use of USO facili-
ties.
Proposed Move Hit
Trevor added that Navy men
won't 60 to the USO if it is To-
Gated here or in Poinciana." He
was speaking of proposals that
USO operations be transferred
either to the old city hall or the
city hall annex in Poinciana.
He pointed out that the presence
Of the Jail and police station in the
old city hall would make it un-
desirable for a USO.
Mayor c. B. Harvey and COM
missioner Paul R. Roberts voted
in favor of the two year lease.
Carbonell opposed it. Commission
erS Delio Cobo and Jack Delaney
were not present.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
NoFatalities
AS Airliner
Crashes, Burns

BRAMPTON, Ont. R - All %
passengers and crewmen escaped
from a Trans-C Canada Super Con-
stellation that crashed and burned
on a farm near here last night.
Two persons were severely b1rned
and several others received less
serious injuries.
The big airliner, bound from
Tampa, Fla, to Toronto, snapped
off two trees and rolled on its side
as the pilot tried a belly landing in
fog and rain. A wing of the four
engine aircraft was tossed 100 feet.
The 16 passengers and Z crew
men scrambled from the wreck
age moments before it burst into
flames.
Tried To Land
The accident occurred just north
of this town, about IA miles north
west of Toronto and about seven
miles west of Nation Airport. The,
pilot had circled the airport sew
eral times trying to land.
Twelve of the injured we're taken
to Brampton Hospital for treat
ment. Eleven others were treated
at Humber Memorial Hospital.
One of the passengers, Len
Campbell, II, of Burnt River, Ont, ,
said the crash came without warn
ing.
at felt like the plane hit hump.
There was a terrific bang. The
next thing l knew people were roll
ing in the aisle. Everybody scram-
bled for the door and ran in every
direction as the plane started to
burn. Nobody had any trouble get
ting out"
Fla. Students Aboard
Campbell, returning from school
at St.Petersburg, Fla, for the
Christmas holiday, was only shak-
en- up.
Marlene Stewart, Canada's IT.
year-old open golf champion, re-
portedly suffered a slight hand in
jury. She also was returning home
from school at Rollins College,
Winter Park, Ella.
Trans-Canada Airlines listed
among the other passengers Miss
Jean Shaver, 36, of Inverness, Fla.
There was no report on her condi-
ton.
The airliner was to have stopped
over briefly at Nation and then
headed for Montreal. There was
no immediate explanation of why
the plane could not land at the
airport.
Provincial police reported at
first that the big plane carried 50
persons, but the airline said it had
only is passengers and its usual
7-man crew aboard.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
Patterson Holiday Ends In
Tragedy As Plane Crashes

MILWAUKEE, PA father-and-
son holiday hunting trip to Canada
yesterday turned into a flaming
air crash death for four persons,
including Frederick C. Miller,
prominent Milwaukee brewer, civ
ic leader and sports figure.
Miller's son, Frederick Jr., 20,
died in the furiously burning plane
along with the pilots, Joseph Laird,
80, and his brother Paul, "a, both
of Milwaukee.
Miller, 4S, a University of Notre
Dame football star under the late
Knute Rockne, died of injuries
several hours after the crash.
The trip, planned as a hunting
jaunt into the Canadian woods,
was only few seconds old when
the Miller-owned twin-engine plane
sputtered and plunged to the
ground at sos pm. near a resi-
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
NoProgress In
Murder Probe

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. R-Officers
investigating the murder of Mrs.
Sue Fuller went back today to the
drudgerr of checking and recheck.
ing the few, slim clues they have
in the Staying of the young mother.
'We're trying to get our heads
together and find out if there's any
thing that we've overlooked" Pros
ecutor ]. B. Reed told reporters.
"We still haven't got concrete
lead to the killer; we've got a lot of
theories, but they won't stand up
in court"
Reed and other law officers spent
more than two hours talking with
the dead woman's husband yes
terday, but made no progress in
the inquiry.
Solution Remote
''Were not a bit closer to Solu-
ton now than we were when we
started" Reed said after question.
ing 31-year-old Milton Fuller, lead
ing businessman of nearby Brink
ley.
Reed said Fuller denied flatly
that he welded the five-pound
stick of stovewood that crushed the
skull of his attractive. 25-year-old
wife.
Mrs. Fuller was beaten fatally
in a bedroom of her home early
Sunday morning while Fuller and
the couples two daughters, Mary
Helen, five, and Kathy, 18-monthS,
were asleep.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
Chamber Group
Protests Slow
Parking Action
Retail Merchants
FrOwn On City's
Lack Of Action

The retail mere hants di-
@.en OF the Key West
Chamber of Commerce is
burned up about the way the
city commission is handling
the downtown parking sit
uation.
In a press release today they said
that the city ''has put the cart be-
fore the horse" in their approach
to the problem.
The city commission voted Fri
day to offer $4,000 to the owners
of a lot at Angela and Simonton
SITS. for use as an off-Street park
ing lot.
Purchase Planned
Purchase of the lot has been re.
commended by the board of
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce after local realtors had ap-
praised the property at a value of
$73, 3,150.
But the chamber group today hit
out at the action of the city in
restricting parking on Caroline and
Eaton SITS. before the negotiations
fer the Simonton Angela st. pro-
perty are completed.
Since, there is some question that
the $4,000 offer will be accepted,
the chamber group feels that the
negotiations have begged down, at
least temporarily.
Dion Absent
Dion, who represents Brown Es-
tates, owners of the land, was not
present at Fridays commission
meeting.
Henry Lurie, chairman of the re-
tail merchants group, said today
that the chamber submitted their
recommendation to the city COM
mission several weeks ago that the
parking lot be purchased at the
appraised value, but that the city
has failed to act on it.
"Duval st. merchants believed
that the lot would be purchased and
that parking space would be made
available before parking on the
other streets would be restricted
and parking meters added" said
Lurie.
"As it stands Lurie added,
parking on at least two streets
has already been restricted and
the city at its special meeting last
night failed to acquire title to the
property. Just how long it will be
before the lot is purchased is un-
known.
Meanwhile, traffic on Duval St.
is bottle necked at various hours
of the day and Christmas shoppers
are having considerable difficulty
in finding parking space" he con-
cluded.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
wv. Va. Banker
Faces DWI Count

A bank president has been charg-
ed with driving while intoxicated,
the sheriffs department said to-
day.
He is Walter T. Fredeking. IS,
president of the First National
Bank at Hinton, w. Va, who is
free in $1,000 bond.
Florida HighwayPatrolman Rob-
ert. Young said Fredeking was
driving a car Nov. 26 that crash.
ed near the north end of Key Lar,
go, killing Frank H. Cundiff, 40
passenger in the car and also Of
Hinton.
Cundiff, who was thrown out oi
the car, died several hours later
in Archer Smith Hospital at Home.
stead.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
Tourists Jam
FerryOffice
Here Today

Everybody wants to 90 TO Gu
ba.
They'II stand around for hours
waiting for q reservation on the
"city Of Key West"
As . matter Of fact, there
were prospective passengers
waiting for possible eancela-
tions ar the DUval ST. office OF
Caribbean Ferry System as late
Is 4:30 this morning. Then,
employees showed up for work
at s o'clock today, the street in
front Of the office was filled
with tourists wanting reserva-
tions.
When The ship left at s:45, It
bore III passengers and 80 cars.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
burden Guilty
I'm Murder Plot

BARLOW, Fla. R-J. Willard
burden, 36-year-old Orlando con-
tractor, was convicted last night
of conspiring to kill a wealthy
widow in a bizarre murder-for-
money scheme.
Criminal Court Judge Roy H.
Amidon Immediately sentenced
him to a year in prison and $500
fine, plus payment of trial costs
the maximum penalty under
Florida law.
A six-man jury found burden
guilty of conSpiring with the late
Emmett Donnelly, a Lake Wales
lawyer, to kill Mrs. Byrd T. Roach
of Lake Wales.
Charges Brought
The two men also were charged
with conspiracy to kill two other
persons-K. H. Gerlach of Lake
Wales and Mrs. Louise Clark Haw-
ley Sandberg of Orlando. Donnelly
committed suicide shortly after he
was charged in the cases in June.
burden still faces trial in the
cases involving Gerlach and Mrs.
Sandberg.
Donnelly was executor for the
$3.50, 900 estate of Mrs. Roach'S
husband.
Mrs. Roach got third and
the remainder went into a charity
trust fund to be handled by Don
nelly. Prosecution witnesses said
Donnelly had diverted these funds
to his own use.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18

dental area north of Gen. Mitchell
Field.
The four men had just taken off
from the field, bound for Portage
la Prairie, northwest of Winnipeg,
where the Millers own a cabin.
Father Thrown Clear
The craft hit the ground about
125 feet from home north of the
field. The Senior Miller was thrown
out.
"My God, don't bother about
me-" Miller shouted to a resident
who rushed to the wreckage.
"There are three others in the
plane"
But soaring flames drove back
rescuers. Police and firemen were
helpless.
Miller, burned over a large por-
ton of his body, his right leg
broken and suffering internal in
juries, was rushed to Johnston
Emergency Hospital. Blood plasma
was administered and part of the
time he was conscious. He died
five hours after the take-off crash.
He was president of the Miller
Brewing Co., founded by his grand
father, and of the Milwaukee Assn.
of Commerce.
Notre Dame Star
Miller had been a star tackle al
Notre Dame under the famed
Rockne, who also died in a plane
crash in 1881. Miller captained the
Irish in 1923. He graduated a year
later from the South Bend, Ind
school, where his son, Fred Jr.
was a student.
Miller was not related To two
other famous Millers in Notre
Dame football - Don Miller oi
the Four Horsemen backfield in the
early 20's and Creighton Miller
halfback of the Associated Press
All-America team in 1943.
Miller probably was best known
for his support of big league base
ball for Milwaukee. He sparked
the drive to bring the Braves here
from Boston and has since been .
director of the baseball club anC
one of its most ardent hackers
He was also a stockholder in the
Green Bay Packers and a director
of that National Football League
club.
Miller is survived by his widow
the former Adele Kanaley of Win
netka, ILL.,, six daughters and one
son, his mother and four sisters
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
Cable Recalled
From Rescue Trip

The''Cable" a sea going sal
wage vessel of Merritt Chapman
Scott Co. returned to the Key West
Naval Station yesterday afternoon
after starting voyage to Jamaica
to rescue large tanker. "Tioga
Star" that was floundering on a
reef.
The Key West based salvage ves-
sci left yesterday morning but was
recalled by radio when it was
learned that the tanker had been
refloated by the ships crew.
Captain G.. W. Barber. the YES
sells skipper, reported that he was
fifty miles out to sea when he re-
ceived orders to return to Key
West.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
County Made No
Requests To SRD

The county commissioners
didn't request anything from
anybody at the special meeting
yesterday.
I'VE made no requests TO the
State Road Department" Com
missioner Clarence Higss said
today.
"Specifieally," he added, I'VE
did not request an accounting
of the funds we have with the
State Road Department. We
will wait until the new admin
istration takes over before MAX
ing any requests"
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
PAZO SENTENCED
TO FIVE YEARS

Raymond Pazo, 80, charged with
a crime against nature involving a
14-year-old boy, yesterday was SEN
fenced to five years in prison by
Criminal Court Judge Thomas S.
Caro-.
Pazo was found guilty Wednes-
day by six-man jury.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
False Alarm
Shakes Newsmen

CLEVELAND R-There was
brief furry of excitement among
newsmen awaiting the verdict in
the Sheppard murder trial at 1911
am. today, just two minutes less
than "a hours after the jury started
TO consider the case.
There was a signal from the jury
room. Bailiff Eddie Francis hur-
ried to the door.
But it was a mistake. One of the
jurors apparently bumped the buzz
Ter accidentally.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18

: ficial of, the company.
Lang said that P and o
has completed negotiations
with Gulf Oil Co. to use their
dock at the foot of Duval
Street. Lang said that they
are getting use of the dock
free of charge.
The decision provided a solution
to the knotty problem of who was
going to repair the decrepit CLYDE
Mallory docks.
The city was expected to ask that
the shipping firm repair the dock
because there were no funds for
that project in city Golfers.
Costly Project
The shipping company was re.
portedly looking with disfavor on
the clty'S proposal since the project
would cost upwards of $4,000.
However, the P and o Co. was
granted a lease on one third of
city-owned budding near the Gulf
dock for use as a passenger ter
mlnal and for a customs office.
They will pay $33 per month for
their share of the building.
cify's Agreement
The city also agreed to construc,
concrete slab in the building AZ
an estimaged cost of one thousand
dollars and to wire the structure
for electricity.
Meanwhile, the company has ap-
parently given up their proposed
weekly Key West Miami run
A schedule released yesterday
shows that the ship will dock four
times weekly in Key West, plying
between Tampa and Havana. An
earlier schedule had indicated that
the ship would put into Miami once
weekly.
$500 Ton Ship
The ship to be used in the opera.
ton, the 1900 ton Denali, is cur.
rently in Vancouver, B. c., picking
up a load of lumber consigned for
Puerto Rico. 1t is scheduled to ar
rive in Port Tampa Jan. S.
The vessel can accommodate 200
passengers in air conditioned state
rooms and 174 deck passengers for
daylight runs to Havana.
The schedule:
Lv. Tampa Monday, 400 PM.
Arr. Key West Tuesday, 800
Lv. Key West Tuesday, 11:so
Am.
Arr. Havana Tuesday, $50
PM.
Lv. Havana Wednesday, 11:oo
Am.
Arr. Key West Wednesday, 500
PM.
Lv. Key West Wednesday, TOO
Pm.
Arr. Tampa Thursday, 1000
Am.
Lv. Tampa Thursday, 400 PM.
Arr. Key West Friday, 800 Am.
Lv. Key West Friday, 11:30
Am.
Arr. Havana Friday, $50 Pm.
Lw. Havana Sunday, 11:00 Am.
Arr. Key West Sunday, 600
PM.
Lv. Key West Sunday, TOO
Pm.
Arr. Tampa Monday, 1000 AM.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
Sheppard Jury
Continues Its
DeliberatiOn
Anxious Hours
Are Spent In
Ohio Courtroom
ey RELMAN NORM


CLEVELAND, Dec. 1s R - DR..
Samuel Sheppard waits through
the most anxious hours Of his life
today.
The Jurors m his murder trial
resume their deliberations this
morning after IL hours of discus
sion yesterday. Not the slightest
hint has come from behind the
locked and guarded doors OF the
conference room as to whether
they are near a verdict-or how
they are voting.
Sheppard is accused of murder
ing his pregnant wife, Marilyn.
If the jury finds him guilty OF
murder in the first degree, and
does not recommend mercy, the
law requires that he must die IN
the electric chair.
As the long, slow hours passed,
courtroom observers began to spec
ulate about the possibility that the
Jurors are locked in disagreement.
Mass OF Material
! However, they have an enormous
mass of material to consider. The
written record of the nine-weeks
trial amounts to more than a mil
lion words. And there are PA Eek
hibits," including photographs, let
tiers, personal possessions OF the
accused man, the blood-splotched
coverings of the bed where Mari
lyn Sheppard died.
Lawyers said it might take many
hours just to examine all this be-
fore the discussions get started IN
earnest.
The seven men and five women
Jurors looked tired, and some OF
them seemed a little grim last
night when Judge Edward Blythin
excused them and sent them to a
downtown Cleveland hotel for the
night.
No Time Limit
There is no time limit TO the
jury's deliberations, the judge said
later. He declared:
sf don't think there is any limit,
and even Sunday is a fine day.
As long as the defendant is IN
court, I don't think there is any
law against deliberating or return
ing q verdict on Sunday"
Sheppard confronted them three
times during recesses in the de-
alterations. .
Each time they left the Criminal
Courts Building, for luncheon, din
ner and retirement, they were
brought back to the courtroom
where the trial was held. Each
time, Blythin cautioned them not
to talk with anyone while they
were outside the jury room.
Sheppard Present
Sheppard was in the room each
time. .
He looked at them closely, but
the faces of the jurors showed little
or nothing.
One Of the women gave him a
quick glance, and then turned her
head away. None of the men
seemed to notice him at all. They
all looked like IL weary people
who had been working very hard.
Sheppard's face was a blank,
too, each time he was brought
down from his cell.
AS he entered the courtroom, his
ewes searched through the rows OF
spectators and reporters until ne
spotted his two brothers, Stephen
and Richard and their wives. He
gave them a small smile.
When he left the room, he looked
at them again. He holds his head
well back and keeps his chin up.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
PIER DEMOLISHED

Navy underwater swimmers
blew up the end of an old pier on
the Navy Station here about 5 PIN.
yesterday. The blasts shook win
dows over an area of several
blocks.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
STORY SPREADS

The Dr.. Campbell incident is still
reaching national notoriety. A short
resume of the controversy appears
in the current edition of Newsweek,
q weekly news magazine.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
p And]O Starts Tri-City
Service On January 25
Will Operate From Gulf
Docks On Key West Run

The P and Steamship Co. will not make use of the
city-owned ClydeMalory dock when they begin opera
tons here January 25.
That information was released Friday at special
meeting of the city commission when City Manager Vic
tor Lang reported meeting with Robert Lord an of
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18
City Gives USO Two-Year Lease
On Its Whitehead St. Building

The city commission granted the USO two year
lease their Whitehead Street building yesterday over
the heated objections of city commissioner Louis Car
bonel who had recommended the city take the build
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-18

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Mcfarland Susie Tlggin, Daniel
Stewart and Mrs. Ellen Williams.
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Club Aimony The Larks are at the Ganeau Country
club in Hull, Quebec.
MGM Records, under the direction of Jimmy Vino is set
TO launch its RIB sides and this writer predicts they will
be tops In this field The Nomanares, the dec-
ton OF ASCAP composer and arranger, Fred Norman did
their recording session for MGM last week
Louise Woods, Mabe Lee, Connie Carroll Charles
Riley (he only Negro sing with the Metz head
the of Brownsin Models which rehears-
and will open the Apollo July The feature
six of the most beautiful brown models in the country The
chorus is rehearsng Philadelphia and principals
are rehearsing at Suntan studios here in New York.
Two featured players Frank Wilson and Terry Carter,
the Philip Morris Pet Milk series THE Story of
Ruby Valentine have been stage week.
Carter will go into the offBroadway production Stein
bees "O Mice and Men," Veteran Wilson has been
asked join the "Take Giant Step" when it is
produced in London this fall.
Az Mason all for her disk Jockey tour Sarah
Vaughan about Enrol Garner and Woody Her
and his Third Herd still clicking at Broadways Basin
Street cafe The Trener Bros still at Downtown Cafe So
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1954-07-09
MI. Zion
Mrs. Nellie StovalI

The ST. John day as well at
tended at Mt. Zion recently Mem
bers from this community attend
ms We're Mr., and Mrs. Lewis
Rawling Timothy HaHIne. Sam
Washington. JohanIe Wasnlu ton
and Mrs Geneva Robertson. The
sermon was delivered By Rev. j..
7, Hill, pastor of Strong circle
Miss c, Stovau. Rockford H.
is visiting parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Rob Stovall Others visiting from
Rockford, are Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Standfield and sons. Mr., and Mrs
Toney Rivers, George Smith, D n
ME Blake and boys, and several
others Nj John and family,
Peter Standfield and family are
leaving for New Orleans. TO visit
relatives Cpl, J. B, Walker
is home on furlauHh. He has been
stationed in Korea Hamp
Washington, jr, LETT Friday mite
to visit his wife, who has been
in the hospital at Alexander for
some time Nat Washington
and wife, Alex Washington, Mrs.
Cora Richardson and little Alex
Washington were visiting the
Walters and Stovalls, Thursday .
The 2nd anniversary Of Rev
Mason will be held at Hickory
Ridge Sunday The 3rd quart
erly conference will convene at
Mt. Zion A.ME church, Sunday .
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1954-07-09

NEW YoRk-(Globa)-Wil Bryant still one the
greatest disk jockeys in the business back broadcastng
from the Baby Grand cafe Last Monday night Wes open
ing Cor e-openng) out of this world noables
stage screen radio IN and records showed up greet him
Los Angeles The new Savoy bathrooms policy to book
double attractions to appear each weekend June Is Amos
ourn and DIRK along with Choker Campbes ork appeared
and did well, too Louis Jordan returned to the West
Coast with an engagement at the Green Mill ballroom
Johnny Otis and his orchestra continue their LONG stand
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Junior Deputy Little League Standings:
CITY OERnsIS
j: SPORTS CL0SE.UPS
BY Fritz Pollard

NEW Y0Rk-fGlobal)-It is with great deal Of pride
that observe baseball fans Negro and white
growing up especially Negroes Now, Of course, this came
only because the proper atmosphere created for
growing perhaps should say that grateful that
the right provided for all Of sports
themselves, and feel called upon support
player because he Negro
This comes mind particularly in light of the recent
full scale publicity given pretty fair center-feldes
Duke snder of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and certain
Willie Mays Of the New York Giants
Everywhere goes, there is discussion, argument
you WILL who is the better of the two, and who will
wind up the year with the best record who to
This is fine and wholesome discussion
But the wholesome thing about it is that finds Ne
gro fans arguing that Duke top Mays any day in the
week. and white fans who insist that there is not another like
Willie Mays anywhere around.
With Negro players the majority of the major league
they judged basis of sheer merit
than before