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THE Coral Gables TIMES

THE CITY BEAUTIFUL Vol. 37, No. 48 20 Pages Thursday, Jan. 3, 1963 3-1661 Price 10c

Newsboy Part-Time Burglar

An alert Coral Gables woman and equally alert police led to the apprehension of a 17-year-old Negro youth alleged to have broken into at least 45 area homes, including 39 in Coral Gables. Charges of breaking and entering and grand larceny have been filed against Bobby Smith, 105 South Dixie Hwy., caught Nov. 15 and under investigation since. The boy was seen prowling by Mrs. Carlton Combs, 420 Blue Rd., on that date. "It was one of those very peculiar things," said Mrs. Combs this week upon learning that she had been instrumental in the apprehension of the burglar. Apparently, the boy had been looking at the Combs home for some time and had wrongly deduced that there was no one home that morning because the car was gone. Mrs. Combs said she saw the shadow of a figure on a rear jalousie door. She knew it couldn't be her lawn maintenance man and she became suspicious. When the youth attempted to force the door open, she opened the jalousie and got a good look at him before he ran away. Noting that he fled down (See BURGLAR, page 2)

Polish Ham, Bulgarian Strawberries 2 Gals Lunch on Fidel

By DOROTHY COLLIN Women's Editor Two young Gables residents went home two weeks ago. But they spent only a few hours there and could not talk to their families. They are Gloria Villa and Louise Quesada, right now of 4101 Alhambra Cir. Their home is Cuba. They went to Cuba as representatives of the Red Cross to aid in the return of the Bay of Pigs invaders. Both girls were born in the United States and are U.S. citizens, but they have spent most of their lives in Cuba. Gloria left in 1960 and Louise in April, 1962. Gloria flew to Cuba early in the morning Dec. 23, the only girl among 14 immigration, health, and Red Cross officials. Their group arrived at San Antonio Air Field, set up their desks and typewriters outside and then began to wait, Gloria said. "First we were told they were waiting for Donovan," she said. "Then when he arrived we were told we were waiting for the down payment on the ransom to arrive; finally, they said we were waiting for Fidel. "When he showed up things got rolling." The prisoners were already at the base, Gloria said, and had been there for a few days, although it was claimed they had just arrived. They were kept out of sight, Gloria said. "The place was an armed camp with militia men all around armed to the teeth," Gloria said. There were Cuban newspaper men and photographers shooting movies to be seen on Cuban TV. The newsmen wanted to interview Gloria when they found she spoke Spanish, but she tried to dodge them since she had been told to use discretion and because she did not want to say anything which might harm her father who are still in Cuba. About 2 p.m. the group was taken to lunch. "We were well fed," Gloria said. "We had Polish ham, Bulgarian strawberries, and terrible beer." This menu was only for the mission, however. The Cuban militiamen ate beans. Finally Castro gave the word to let the prisoners go and Gloria went to work preparing manifests for the plane flights to freedom. When Castro discontinued the flights for the night, Gloria (See GABLEITES Page 2) LOUISE QUESADA GLORIA VILLA . . . tells of trip

BIZ PAYS OWN WAY ONLY

A survey of taxes versus services, conducted by Finance Director Kenneth Allyn, indicates that the residential and non-residential areas of the City carry their own load. Allyn's study may go a long way to lay to rest the election-time contention that the apartment, business, commerical and industrial properties of the Gables economy carry the tax burden for the community. Allyn said this week that he had expected to find that the non-residential community was not carrying its load, but that a never-before publicized study does not bear this out. The figures, based on 1960 tax and service costs, would still apply if conducted on more recent data, Allyn said. In his survey, Allyn bunched all the apartment, commercial and industrial area together. The remainder was residential. Allyn's figures show that the revenue averages out approximately 45 per cent for the residential area, while the apartment, commercial, industrial area accounts for 55 per cent. Conversely, Allyn point out, the residential area accounts for only approximately 37 per cent of the expenses and the other segment of the economy, 63 per cent. The finance director said he had some inquiries about the study and he expects to have to update it in the near future.

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Coral Gables Plumbing

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Wilkinson Sword Razor Blades

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CAMERA AND PROJECTOR RENTALS

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Our Deportment Was Excellent

Gableites spent a very quiet New Year's Day, according to the Fire and Police Department. No serious accidents, incidents or fires were reported. Traffic, however, proved so heavy on New Year's Eve that officers had to be assigned to direct traffic along Miracle Mile and no left turn signs installed at main intersections.

Our Boy Drops Tennis Champ!

Young Gables tennis players dominated the winners in the first Junior Orange Bowl Tennis Tournament to be held here last week. Mac Claflin, a national champion, beat another champ in the feature match of the play at Salvadore Park. He defeated Dickie Stockton of Riverdale, N.Y., 5-7, 6-0, and 6-2 in the boys 12 singles. Claflin is national hard court champion in his class and Stockton the national title holder for clay courts. Stockton had won his title last July in beating Claflin at Chattanooga. Claflin and Gableite Bill Colson defeated Richie Deveraux, Ponte Vedra, and Stockton in the finals for the doubles title, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Another Gables winners was Ann Roberts over Eileen Pomales, San Juan, 6-4, 6-4, in the Girls 12 Singles Finals. Miss Roberts and Miss Pomales teamed up in the Doubles Finales to defeat Nancy Mabrey, Boston and Emily Fisher, Bloomfield, Mich., 6-2, 6-1. Not so lucky was Bob Heacock who was on the losing team in the Boys 10 Semi Finals with Dean Coison. FRONT AND center is Mac Claflin, the Gables' pride who whipped the national clay court singles champ last week in JOB tennis play at Salvadore. At left is Billy Colson, Gableite who teamed with Mac to win the doubles event. NO, it's not Lawrence of Arabia. Shading with the towel is Myles Johns, of Fort Lauderdale, whose daughter was in the tournament. (Times photos by Raymond Lang)