The Times

Gables Man Is Fined For Drunk Driving

A Coral Gables man was fined $115 and costs in Metro Court Nov. 28 on charyes of drunk and careless driving filed after a three-car accident Sunday at 2321 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Charles D. Eaves, 40, of 504 Aragon, also had his driver's license suspended for 90 days and received credit for two days spent in jail awaiting trial. Also arrested in the same accident, but not tried Monday, was William C. Vance, 49, of 3141 Carter. He was charged with careless driving. According to Officer Henry Porterfield, Eaves was northbound on Ponce and struck the Vance car as it pulled out of a parking space. The Vance car was shoved into a third car driven by Elizabeth W. Spencer, 44, of 1803 SW Fifth St., which was parked on Ponce. Damage to Eave's car was estimated at $150. The Vance car sustained $300 damage and the Spencer car $200.

Who Said Tourists Are Worst Drivers?

The annual report released by the Metropolitan Miami Court recently reveals, some interesting statistics about Coral Gables, South Miami and West Miami. For instance: You would expect fines in Coral Gables which received $77,813 as its share for the year, to hit their peak during the touris season, Not so. The peak in fines was reached in June when the city received $8720 as its two-thirds share of court revenue. The tourist season peak was reached in January, but revenue was far below, $7806. South Miami, however, went according to expectations by gathering in $4443 in January and a total of $41,516 for the year, which ended June 31. West Miami reached its peak revenue in April, $1213, and received $10,000 for the year. The Coral Gables total was 7.47 percent of the combined total for the 26 Dad County municipalities and the unincorporated area. South Miami received 3.98 percent and West Miami .96 percent.

Gables Commissioners Will Take Vacation

The Coral Gables City Commission will be on vacation between Dec. 20 and Jan. 10. Meetings of Dec. 27 and Jan. 3 have been cancelled. The holiday schedule was adopted by a 3-2 vote, with Mayor John M. Montgomery and Commissioner Joe Murphy voting against cancellation of the Jan. 3 meeting. Commissioner Winston W. Wynne will resign his post and join the Metro Commission in January. He will be replaced by appointment of the remaining four commissioners. No replacement has been discussed at either the informal or formal meetings of the Commission.

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A. B. CLEMENTS, regular Coral Gables letter carrier, pauses to ponder a badly addressed letter at Miracle Mile and Ponce. Clements, who has carried mail for years in the Gables, asks all of us to be sure to write legibly, use zone numbers and mail early for Christmas. The Coral Gables Post Office is expecting its biggest business of the year in the coming month.

Coral Way, 82nd Avenue Will Get Traffic Light

A new traffic light will be erected at the intersection of Coral Way and SW 82nd Ave. by Metro. The intersection-which took the lives of two motorists Nov. 5 when their cars plunged into the canal paralleling Coral Way -has been the scene of hundreds of other accidents in recent years. Joseph Mantinan, who lives at the intersection and who helped lead the recent fight to get greater protection, said last week the light will help, but more should be done. Main Thoroughfore Mantinan said that SW 82nd Ave., which is a main thoroughfare for north-south traffic in the area, is dangerously narrow where it bridges the canal. The Palmetto Expressway, when Trop- ical Race Track is open makes the situation at the intersection even more dangerous. Mantinan said that the dangerous condition will not be corrected until the canal is covered and SW 82nd Ave. is widened to four lanes to handle its heavy traffic. Palmetto Expressway The Palmetto Expressway, rapidly nearing completion in that area, will take a load off SW 82nd Ave., but lack of other main thoroughfares make that road appear destined to bear a heavy load of traffic. Motorists are now braving an unpaved and unimproved stretch several blocks long linking to Tamiami Trail. The alternative is to detour all the way west to SW 87th Ave., which is also in miserable condition, or zig-zag down SW 74th Ave.

Allan Pither Elected By Underwriters Society

Allan L. Pither, CPCU, 1 So. Prospect Dr., has been elected vice president of the South Florida Chapter, Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters. The CPCU designation is awarded to persons in the casualty and fire insurance business who have successfully passed a series of comprehensive examinations in Insurance Principles and Practices, General Education, Law, Accounting and Finance.

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Mother, Son Escape Injury In Collision

A young mother and her 2-year-old son miraculously escaped injury the night of Dec. 1 when the new foreign make car they were riding in was struck and knocked over on its top at the intersection of Coral Way and North Greenway Dr. The $2200 Peugeot was wrecked, but Leona M. Hopkins, 24, and her son John Hopkins Jr., of 9505 Nassau Dr., Cutler Ridge, were thrown out and landed uninjured on the parkway. The Hopkins car, driven by Mrs. Hopkins, was westbound on Coral Way at 7 p.m. when it was struck by a northbound car driven by Mrs. Odette D. Pelaez, 36, of 1400 South Greenway Dr. Gables Officer Charles Gouveia, who investigated the accident, charged Mrs. Pelaez with failing to yield the right of way. The 1959 Ford Thunderbird she was driving suffered an estimated $125 damage.

Property Valued At $200 Stolen From Parked Car

Property valued at $200 was stolen from Thomas Felzer, whose car was parked in front of 1305 San Ignacio between the night of Dec. 1 and morning of December 2. Felzer reported to Coral Gables Police that a $100 camera, two overcoats and sports coats were taken from the car.

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$164,000 Marked For Employes Fund

The City of Coral Gables' contribution to the employe retirement fund will be $164,000 this year. This amount, already budgeted earlier, was appropriated by the City Commission recently.

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