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The Guide
Thursday, February 15, 1962, page 1 (of 16)
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DADDY'S LITTLE HELPER, "Chucky" Lee, assists Gene Lee, 2801 SW 105th Ct., put on his new license plates before the Feb. 20 deadline. (Guide photo)
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Licenses, Licenses, Licenses You May Break the Law
Are you driving an improperly - licensed car with an invalid driver's license? Did you know that pulling most trailers requires a chauffeur's license? Getting picked up may cause you worry, delay, embarrassment - and nice fat fine and jail even. It could. This is what happened recently to a University of Miami coed involved in an accident on the Palmetto By-Pass. Although she was not responsible for the accident, she wound up in Metro Court for failure to have a proper driver's license. According to Sgt. Don Keirn, of the Florida Highway Patrol, there are four conditions which require you to obtain a Florida Driver's license: If you are employed anywhere in the state. If you have children enrolled in any public school. If you have a Homestead exemption. If you are a legal resident of Florida. This type of license, Keirn said, allows you to drive most cars and small trucks but this license would be absolutely no good to you if you are driving: A vehicle of 8,000 pounds or more gross weight. Your vehicle is 80 inches or more in width. You are pulling a house trailer. Your vehicle is a common carrier (bus, taxi, etc.). You are driving any type of school bus. A rented trailer, such as those used for moving, Keirn explained, would require a chauffeur's license. How do you obtain a chauffeur's license? All that's required is that you pass an eye test and special written test dealing with trucks, trailers and common carrier operation, said Keirn. If you have a regular driver's license, chances are you've already passed the eye test. Failure to have a proper license could cost you to $500 fine and up to six months in jail, Keirn said. You could also lose your license upon conviction of a felony involving the use of a motor vehicle. What about license tags? You have until next Tuesday, Feb. 20, to renew your old tags, incidentally. Generally, tourists and winter residents are not required to have Florida tags and University of Miami and other students of state supported institutions may use the tags from home states under a policy of reciprocity, said Durward L. Owen, supervisor for District 10 for the Motor Vehicle Commission. The district is made up of Broward, Dade and Monroe Counties. But you may be required to buy the tags even if you are not a resident of Florida, Owen pointed out. There are three general cat- (SEE GOOD, page 2)
This Was The Query Do Something Please!
EDITOR: I'm a student at the University of Miami, live temporarily in South Miami, but maintain a permanent residence in Indiana. Do I have to get Florida license plates? Driver's license? Recently I read where a fellow student was arrested following an accident because she did not have a proper license. I've asked several people about this and I get a different answer each time. Could you help me get the right answer? WORRIED STUDENT
They're the Who of It
One more than two dozen persons are behind the movement to create a new city in South Dade. They are led by Eugene Flinn, president, insurance agent, 5100 SW 87th Ave.; Sylvan N. Holzman, attorney, 9515 SW 45th Ter.; Joseph Sweeney, salesman, 8020 SW 11th St.; and Louis Cohen, 5040 SW 87th Ave., wholesale beauty supplier. Directors are Dr. Lee A. Aber, Norman Covan, Edgar E. Cox Jr., Joseph Di Batolomeo, M. J. Donahue, Max P. Feld, William M. Frey, Robert J. Friedman, Lester Glaser. Barbara Heiken, Dr. Allen M. Katz, Arvid McQueen, Thomas D. O'Malley, Raither D. Peden Jr., Charles A. Shaw, Edward P. Swan, Harris Klein, Irving Whitman, Don March, Gray Mozealous, and Jean Anne Cooper.
CITY Should Have 'Property Tax: Metro
By MAURICE LABELLE Guide Managing Editor Metro is casting motherly eyes at the plan to create a city out of a large area of South Dade. Leaders of a group calling itself "City" - The Committee to Incorporate This Year - met with Metro officials Friday night and were given a maternal pat on the head. County Manager Irving McNayr, unable to attend because of bus strike business, sent as his emmisaries his assistant, Hoke Welch, and Planning Board Director Robert Benner. Nineteen attended the exploratory meeting, held at the home of Gene P. Flinn, president, 5100 SW 87th Ave. What Metro officials revealed at the meeting was an even more ambitious plan of incorporation. It added a few more blocks here, took away a few others there and wound up with an area substantially larger than before. As proposed by Metro, the city limits of the as yet unnamed community would parallel Tamiami Trial on the north, the Palmetto By-Pass on the East and Snapper Creek (SW 117th Ave.) would form the western and southern boundaries. City's plan is to incorporate the area bounded by Tamiami Trail, the Florida East Coast Railroad tracks, North Kendall Dr. and SW 97th Ave. The new area would add such landmarks as Tamiami Airport and the sprawling area of Westwood Lakes. At the same time Metro officials indicated favor on the general idea of incorporation, they shed some cold water on estimates of revenue, cost of operation and the idea that Dade's 28th municipality could operate without ad valorem taxes. Basing his estimates on a $50 million tax base, Benner told the group of city makers that they would have to raise approximately $2.6 million per year in taxes to provide a satisfactory level of services. This varied somewhat from figures compiled by the University of Miami Government department indicating that $1.2 million would have to be raised annually. But different areas are being compared. Estimates of revenues from the cigaret, franchise, race track and other none ad valorem taxes range from $600,000 to $750,000. While emphasizing that he was not speaking for the Metro Commission, Benner indicated that county thinking and planning was now leaning in this direction rather than in setting up special service districts. "Our overall idea is that incorporation is the key," said Benner. At the same time, Benner said that many existing municipalites are not meeting their obligations and that they might be better absorbed into other communities. He predicted that Metro (See METRO, page 2)
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