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THE GUIDE SUNILAND WEST DADE WEST MIAMI SOUTH MIAMI WESTCHESTER CHAPMAN FIELD WESTWOOD LAKE Vol. 3, No. 22 16 Pages Thursday, Nov. 9, 1961 Price 10c BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Permit 742 Miami, Fla.

A BOY JUST has to fish, no matter what the sign says. Scampering up the stairs of this bridge on Red Road are, front to back, Allan Pappas, 6358 SW 29th St.; Mike Booth, 2617 N. Greenway Dr.; Dennis Hearn (partially obscured), 6410 SW 28th St.; and Ron Mason, 2240 SW 58th Ct. (Staff photo by Raymond Lang)

CP Victims Hold Down A Job?

Can victims of cerebral palsy ccessfully hold down a job? It all depends on the degree of affliction and the job. Dr. Jack F. Bensen, director of the University of Miami Speech and Hearing Clinic reported on the results of his study of 50 individuals at the meeting of the American Speech and Hearing Association in Chicago this week. Dr. Bensen, who lives at 9400 SW 81st Ave., conducted his study over a period of time with the cooperation of the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation.

Library Aides Begin at School

Library Aide Corps, a newly established organization at Palmetto Junior High School, had a group of 50 mothers attend its October initial meeting. Mrs. Phyllis Chenault and Mrs. Norman Eliot are the coordinators of the corps. Mrs. Marjorie Bassett, librarian, outlined plans.

Sunset Park to Add 70 New Home Sites

Seventy new homes in the $10,000 to $12,737 category are being built in Sunset Park subdivision by Heftler Construction Co. The firm took out permits and awarded the contract to Salvatore Bongiorno, general contractor. All homes will be one-story, with some having three bedrooms and one bath and others with two baths. Carports are included. Permit costs do not include land values.

WISDOM

"The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms." The author lives in the books of Plato, at the Coral Gables Public Library.

SM Bulletin

The South Miami Chamber of Commerce has a new feature for its members — a monthly bulletin. The brochure lists the meeting times and current news. Members who are active in aiding public services and help publicize South Miami are written up. The chamber is concerned now with arrangements for the Christmas street decorations which will adorn South Miami Dec. 3.

2 Buildings Rising On Coral Way

Two new buildings — a Mr. Donut Restaurant and a store building — are going up on Coral Way. The new restaurant, for which a $11,500 permit has been issued, is being constructed at 8227 Coral Way by Southwest Associates Inc., the owners. General contractor is Robert M. Merrit, Inc., and the architect is Donald J. Reiff. The store building, for which a $16,640 permit was issued by the County, is being built at 7227 Coral Way for the owner, L. N. L. Inc. Thomas H. Moore Jr. is the contractor for the one-story building. Figures given do not include land values, buildings only.

Arthur Patten's Diagnosis Immunity to Community Unity?

By MAURICE LABELLE Guide Reporter Dade County has everything — climate, transportation, a labor force — and yet it can't seem to progress as rapidly as it should, Metro Commissioner Arthur Patten told the Airport Kiwanis Club last Thursday. The new club is made up of leaders from all over Dade County whose interests lie in Miami International Airport. Patten blamed lack of community unity of purpose for the fact that development has been dragging. He said: Homestead area residents are primarily concerned with agrarian problems and are not interested in the expressway problems of the core area. City dwellers are not interested in agriculture problems. Miami Beach is only interested in tourists and not industry. Hialeah thinks that the industrialization program there is all that counts. One end of the county is jealous when a needed road is built in another end of the county. Patten pointed to the city of Pittsburgh as a community whose problems seemed insurmountable and infinitely greater than Dade's and which were solved despite roadblocks including a state constitution that limited municipal debt to $3 million. The outspoken Metro Commissioner was critical of what he termed Miami Beach's "gimme, gimme, gimme," attitude. This attitude has chased many tourists away, he said. The Beach, he said, will always pay high taxes because of the value of buildings there. And the City of Miami has failed to do what was necessary to attract tourists on its own. But Patten was optimistic about the future. He cited the completion of the new port in approximately two years as a factor that will make possible new growth because it will bring the cheapest form of transportation to Dade. One of the real accomplishments, said Patten, is Miami International Airport, which he said is "the Cadillac of air ports." Development of Opa-locka field will enhance the advance of aviation and related industry, he said. Patten was particularly proud of Dade's pioneering Metro government, but again pointed out that he felt that all the lack of civic backing, apathy, and opposition was responsible for Metro's lack-luster performance so far. With civic forces marshalled behind the political leadership, Patten indicated, Dade County could be on the threshold of the greatest economic boom in its history.

WEST of the City Limits with Ron Levitt

Here we go again! We're on a censorship crusade in Our Town! This time it's Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer." The censorship boosters claim it's pornographic, and that is must be "banned." As a result, naturally the book is in great demand and those who bought copies before the sale was temporarily halted are stuck with a waiting list of friends wanting to borrow a copy. It usually happens when censorship is invoked. As soon as the "decent folk" started harping on the movie "Never On Sunday," it became a smash hit. Fortunately, this movie was worthwhile seeing and adult in every respect without being pornographic as was charged. All anyone has to do to make something "popular," is to ban it. And we've got a real banning kick on in Miami. Last year, it was "1984" and "Brave New World" — two great novels — that got the going over. Fortunately, again, as a result of the temporary banning, these two books got increased readership. Now, I have not as yet read "Tropic of Cancer." I don't know whether it's pornographic or not. I couldn't care less. I shall read it when I have finished the books currently interesting me, "The Agony and the Ecstasy," "The Making of the President 1960" and a few articles that I missed in Playboy, Esquire and Business Week. But, I imagine eventually I'll get hold of "Tropic of Cancer" and start reading it. If I don't like it, I'll stop on the bottom of page 1 or 2. If I feel it has something worthwhile to say, I'll read on. And when my youngsters, now aged 3 and 6, are old enough to select books in the library on their own, I can only hope that they will be given the same freedom of choice to read what they want as I have always had. And if they want to read "Tropic of Cancer" they can go ahead and do so. I expect by that time they will have the ability to discern what is good reading and what is pornographic. If they don't have that ability to discern, than I, as a parent, will have failed; their teacher will have failed and the others from whom they got their ideals will have failed. But, I have enough confidence to know they'll realize whether they should complete reading the book or "stop at the end of page 1." And the book will be read in my home — not secretively in a rest room at a school or by flashlight behind the Florida room. And that's what banning books do. They immediately gives them more prominence than perhaps they are entitled to. Banning in itself stimulates interest. You can be sure the publisher of "Tropic of Cancer" is pleased by the action in Florida in banning the book. That book has got it made. Banning books or movies not Continued on Page 2

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