The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, May 10, 1962, page 2 (of 24)

← Earlier issue Later issue → Download this page

The page

You can also pinch or scroll to zoom, and drag to move around.

The text of this pageRead by computer from the scan, so some words may be wrong. The page picture is the original.

Fascell's Less Popular Here Than Elsewhere

Coral Gables didn't support Congressman Dante Fascell as strongly as did the remainder of his district Tuesday and had one of its dozen precincts to carry for challenger David Eldredge. The vote here was Fascell, 5,694; Eldredge, 4,204. In the whole Fourth District, it was Fascell, 57,853; Eldredge, 31,705. In the district, Fascell led Eldredge 11 to 6 but in the Gables it was only 8 to 6. There was less of a turnout for this election than for the McLeod Amendment election in October. The vote then was 11,751. On Tuesday it was 9,898, a difference of 1,853 voters. The precinct carried by Eldredge is No. 175. He beat Fascell there 335 to 316. The precinct is bordered by Coral Way on the north, Segovia Street on the east, Bird Road on the South and Granada Boulevard (east side) on the west. The Eldredges have never lived in the Gables but both attended the University here. Fascell's Law offices are on Miracle Mile but he, too, lives in the Southwest. Precinct Eldredge Fascell | 161x 251 400 | 162x 285 418 | 163 262 333 | 164 451 572 | 174 411 468 | 175 335 316 | 176 272 515 | 185 366 685 | 186 172 267 | 198x 472 675 | 199x 235 304 | 200x 692 741 | Total 4,204 5,694 NOTE: Precincts designated with x following the number lie partially outside Coral Gables.

Our Officers Join In Police Celebration

Gables police will join counterparts throughout Dade County next week, starting Sunday, in commemorating Police Week. They will take time out to honor the three men killed in the line of duty here since the force was established in 1925. The three men are Frank C. Guest, killed in 1928; Homer C. Barton, killed in 1938; and Billy Stephens, in 1957. Guest was at the scene of a fire and killed by a hit and run driver. Barton was killed by gunshot in the Coconut Grove Section while serving a warrant on another man. Stephens was killed escorting the Coral Gables football team. Fourteen police have lost their lives in Dade County. Mayor Robert L. Searle last week signed a proclamation declaring May 13-19 as Police Week. The station will be open for inspection from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. This will mark the first time that the police have been so honored in Dade County. The County-wide event will be topped off with a parade of all County's police departments and Metro in Miami Friday night at 7:30 p.m. Monday, police will meet at the Orange Bowl and travel to the grave of Earl Johnson, Metro officer killed recently in the line of duty.

You're Invited to Hear Dadeland Effect on CG

DADELAND'S effect on Coral Gables as a shopping area is one topic to be discussed by Charles Trumbull, director of the center which opens next fall. You're invited to hear him next Thursday, May 17, at 8 a.m., Polly Davis Cafeteria. The Chamber of Commerce Coffee Club is the occasion. Sponsor is The Coral Gables Times.

In Bob Brake Race

Precinct Brake Flinn Guberman Hoodwin Mackenzie Maurer Thomas Zaun | 161x 178 24 21 31 42 61 49 7 | 162x 162 31 26 39 57 65 65 9 | 163 213 28 9 19 41 57 83 7 | 164 298 21 25 42 84 79 123 8 | 174 268 32 17 43 44 93 55 4 | 175 202 24 15 28 44 49 63 3 | 176 232 39 37 34 67 104 41 11 | 185 279 45 42 48 42 62 77 14 | 186 117 22 19 27 25 69 24 3 NOTE: There are 12 precincts in the Gables. Nine are given here. Numbers 198, 199 and 200 are not in Metro District 1. The numbers with an "x" after them indicate the precinct is partly inside the Gables and partly outside.

Help Us On Roads, City Asks

Coral Gables has asked Metro to take over responsibility for sections of Ingraham Highway. Residents there recently opposed the proposal by the City to repave it at joint City-property owner expense. Tuesday the City Commission passed a resolution asking the County to take over Ingraham Highway and West Ingraham Highway — once all one road — from Le Jeune Road east and north to the city limits. Before the bridge was built at Le Jeune Road and the Coral Gables waterway, Ingraham Highway was an unbroken way from Miami to Homestead. It has been in and out of the County system of roads several times.

Bomb Threat Cost C. G. $1,000 Extra

(Continued from page 1) police in all that time, Kimbrough said. One covered the front of Baggs home, at 1029 Hardee Rd., and another covered the rear. The bombers' plans changed, said Kimbrough, and the home of Miami Herald Editor Don Shoemaker was hit first. No attempt was made on Baggs' home and undercover agent Stefan Plumacher, reported that five synagogues were then the target. The plan was to bomb the synagogues and retire to an Everglades hunting camp off Tamiami Trail as a cover. Kimbrough said he had good reason to believe that Temples Zamora and Judea in Coral Gables were prime targets because of the proximity to the getaway route — Tamiami Trail. One attempt was made on a Miami Temple — Anshe Emes, 2833 SW 19th Ave. — but Plumacher was in on the job and a dud was substituted for the real thing. Three men, Donald Branch, George Victor and Mike Babey, have been arrested in connection with the bombings. Other possible targets were Gableites Winston W. Wynne, a Metro commissioer, and Metro Attorney Darrey Davis. Reported marked for death was State Attorney Richard Gerstein, a recent resident of the Gables.

University Invites Gableites

(Continued from Page 1) UM's Citizen's Board. Monday will be Ladies Day. Tours of the campus with student guides will start at the Student Union every hour from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. At noon, the women will have a chance to talk with Dean of Women May A. Brunson and her associates at an informal Dutch treat luncheon in the UM's cafeteria. More tours of the campus will follow Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., the University's Band of the Hour will present a concert, free, at the South Ponce Plaza, opposite the FHA building. On Friday, there'll be a tour at 10 a.m., followed by a Leadership Tour and luncheon. Both the Leadership tour and luncheon are designed to give local civic and city officials a chance to sit down with UM officials and talk about the community. Mayor Robert Searle will present Stanford a key to the city, said Jack Bohlen, assistant director of Development who planned the program's agenda. The week ends Saturday with a track meet at 1:30 p.m. when the UM cinder-men go up against the Air Force Academy and Stetson University. Courtesy buses to the University will leave the terminal every half-hour, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Annis: AMA Medicine Man

(Continued from Page 1) nis, to debate him there on the medicare program. The doctor was most emphatic as to who called for the meeting. White House sources told the nation through the newspapers that it was the AMA. Balderdash, said Annis in so many words. He reconstructed events day by day in early April which he said led to an overture from the Health, Education and Welfare Department for the White House conference. Annis quoted himself from a speech in Boston as probably the event leading to the conference. Twenty-seven prominent physicians, including Dr. Spock, noted pediatrician, endorsed the Kennedy program. Kennedy then publicly applauded the physicians. Strange, said Dr. Annis, that the President would do this when he had "consistently refused" to talk with the AMA, representing 180,000 doctors. When Dr. Annis was asked in Boston why he thought this was so, Annis said of Kennedy's reluctance: "The President would have to prove we're wrong or admit it's political, which he wouldn't not do." After that quote hit the press, said Dr. Annis with some amusement, matters moved rapidly toward a climax with the White House meeting.

Lay Off, Metro Tells Our Town

Metro has told Coral Gables to quit requiring City license exams for trades contractors. The City's reaction — go jump. Commissioners decided at Friday's conference that the question of jurisdiction and authority over this matter will not be settled until the James Burgin case is finally adjudicated. The Burgin case, involving a South Miami plumbing contractor covered under the Metro grandfather clause, has been dragging in the courts for three years. Following his arrest for doing plumbing without a license. It is now before the Supreme Court.

Here's What Doctors Want for Medicare

If Dr. Ed Annis and the AMA aren't for President Kennedy's medical care program, what are they for? Here's what the doctor told Gables Kiwanians Tuesday at the CG Country Club: The Kerr-Mills act which already is law. "It's sound in principle." He said some 150,000 Floridians have received $15 million in medical aid through State-administered programs and these are sufficient. Costs are split 50-50 between the state and Federal governments. The King-Anderson bill, backed by the Administration, is losing support daily, Dr. Annis maintains, with Congressional mail running 65% against it, he said. The Administration claims it will pass Congress. King-Anderson would be financed through Social Security increases — 1/4 of a percentage point for both employes and employers. Also, the maximum amount of wages covered would rise from $4,800 to $5,200 yearly. Dr. Annis says there are 14 1/2 million people over 65 who would be covered, many of whom don't need it or already have their own insurance plans, he argues. Cost for the program would be $3 million daily or $15 billion ultimately, according to the doctor.

City-Backed Slum Help Is Likely

(Continued from page 1) people living in the dwellings for the condition and City Commissioner George Wilson argued that wood frame buildings are not necessarily shacks. The mayor pointed out that as many as four shacks occupy 50-foot lots. Commissioner Joe Murphy wanted to know what ever became of the Zoning Board study into a proposal advanced by him that minimum square footage of dwellings in the Negro area be increased. The Zoning board turned the question over to a three-man committee of real estate men who haven't been heard from. Commissioners agreed to ask the Zoning Board for a report.

Swimming Lessons Available Through Y

Miamians should get off their patios and into their pools, Don Robbins, 443 Giralda Ave., said this week in launching the Southwest YMCA annual beginners' classes. "We should learn to swim better, become safer in the water and learn how to handle water accidents when called on," said Robbins. Courses in lifesaving, water ballet and special courses taught right from your own pool, are scheduled to start soon. For further information about the Southwest YMCA's program, which costs $12, contact the "Y" at MO5-3513. Rosemary Lee is the aquatics director for the group.