The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, February 1, 1962 CORAL GABLES TIMES 5

Metro Only Gets Burned Once, Says Robert Haverfield

(Editorial on Page 4) Metro will not make the same mistake with the Homestead area refinery that the City of Miami made with its Coconut Grove incinerator, County Commissioner Robert Haverfield told the Citizens Committee here Tuesday. "We realize that if we don't do it now it won't be done," Haverfield said of the protective measures that must be taken to safeguard the area from air and water pollution. Haverfield saw the refinery, already approved by the Metro Commission and opposed by a group of area citizens, as the wedge to get badly needed industry in Dade County. "This will give us a cheap source of power," Haverfield told the Committee. This is something Dade county does not have and without it no substantial industry will come, he said. Reflecting on the Miami incinerator that has been giving Coral Gables residents a constant source of griping, Haverfield said, "It was represented that it would not be harmful to the area. It turned out to be harmful." But Metro will not make the same mistake with the oil refinery, Haverfield predicted. A group of independent engineers will be sought to advise the Commission on setting up protective ordinances to insure against contamination of the atmosphere and ocean, Haverfield said.

Cigaret Fire Badly Burns Visitor Here

A 45-year-old Pittsburgh woman was seriously burned early Tuesday afternoon when her clothing caught fire as she smoked a cigaret while sitting in a lawn chair. Florence Weisberg, who was visiting her sister, Mendy Welcher, 1808 Granada Blvd., is reported in "satisfactory" condition at Doctors' Hospital. She suffered second degree burns over wide areas of her body. The Gables Fire Department, which answered the call for a house fire, rolled out all the equipment from the downtown station as a normal procedure. Firemen conducted a test of a few shreds of remaining fabric from the woman's clothes and found them extremely flamable. A small piece of the burning material dropped off and nearly set fire to a newsman's trousers as he watched a demonstration.

Flying Nozzle Injures Capt.

Gables Fire Captain J. B. Ott, 5740 SW 47th St., was injured at the new fire station Jan. 24 by a flying hose nozzle. Four fingers of his left hand were lacerated in the accident.

Maurice Labelle Named Guide Managing Editor

Maurice Labelle, a journalist with wide professional experience in Miami and for four years a reporter with The Coral Gables Times, was named managing editor of The Guide this week. "As a writer on The Guide's sister publication, The Times, Labelle is well acquainted with the booming Southwest suburbs whose coverage he will direct," said Rolfe Neill, the papers' editor and publisher. The two newspapers go weekly into 40,000 homes south of Flagler Street. Labelle is 34, a native of MAURICE LABELLE Woonsocket, R. I., and a 1953 journalism graduate of the University of Miami where he was editor of the student newspaper, The Hurricane. His professional experience includes the West Palm Beach Post-Times, Lake Worth Leader, Hollywood Sun-Tattler, Mandell-Newman Public Relations, WTVJ and the Miami News. Since 1958 he has been with our newspapers. In addition to his new responsibilities, he will continue writing for The Times. He and Mrs. Labelle and their two-year-old son, Robert, live at 2800 SW 105th Ct.

25 YEARS' SERVICE

Robert H. Allison, 1201 Andora Ave., has marked a quarter century of service with Abbott Laboratories. Now a sales representative in Miami for the Chicago pharmaceutical company, Allison joined them in December, 1936.

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Rep. Judd Talks Here; Big Crowd

America's failure to take a firm stance in Cuba, Viet Nam and Berlin has caused Asian nations to lose confidence in us, Rep. Walter H. Judd (R., Minn.), told Gables Rotarians Friday. Judd, just returned from a six-week tour of the Far East, was impressed with the progress made by Asian nations. "I was amazed," he said, "at the progress which many Asiatic nations have made since my last visit two years ago." Judd, a leading conservative Republican spokesman and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, drew 166 Rotarians and visitors, one of the largest crowds. Members of other civic clubs had been invited to hear Judd.

1st National Gives Pins For Service

WASHER CLARK MARSH MORGAN Four employes at Coral Gables First National Bank have been presented 20-year service pins by President Arthur Lundeen. The bank also announced this week a new vice president, Roberto Perez Echemendia, a founder and major stockholder of the Industrial Bank of Havana. After confiscation of his property by Castro, he came to Florida and joined the bank as head of the foreign department. Receiving the pins were Mrs. Detta Clark, 4648 SW 12th St.; Miss Dorothy Morgan, 1005 Brickell Ave.; Jack Washer, 6524 SW 61st Terr.; and Oren Marsh, 9275 SW 44th St. Awards were also given to 46 other employes with five years' service or more.

Rader Study Is Shown Two Boards

(Editorial on Page 4) The confidential Rader Report—a study of zoning and high rise problems in Coral Gables—was presented to the Planning and Zoning Boards Jan. 24 by Rader Associates. Next step is for a series of public hearings on the plan, which will then reflect the thinking of Rader, the City Commission and the Planning-Zoning boards. The meetings are to be set by the City Commission at a later date. Afterwards, the report's recommendations will be completed and made public. Out of the meetings will come the final decisions of the City Commission. Although the preliminary report has not been made public, the decisions of the City Commission have been influenced by its findings.

First for Us In Insurance

A "first" was achieved here last week when the National Association of Mutual Insurance Agents held an agency management week program at the University of Miami. Attending were about 50 agents from over the Southeast. The association is trying out regional conferences such as this in order to increase attendance. George McKiever, immediate past president of the national group and a Gableite, spoke to the men last Friday.

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