Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Times
Saturday, October 9, 1976, page 1 (of 24)
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Serving The City Beautiful Since 1926 4627 Ponce de Leon Boulevard • Coral Gables Florida 33146 Florida's Best Suburban Newspaper • Phone 665-7981 24 Pages Vol. 50 No. 82 October 9/10, 1976 * * 10 Cents Weekend Edition
Dope, pills, group sex charges leveled against suspended cops | Monday hearing may bring charges to the forefront
By GARY GIBBS News Editor There's more than charges of sex with a 15-year-old girl at the center of controversy surrounding at least two of four suspended Coral Gables police officers. There are also allegations of sex with two sisters, both under 21, marijuana, pills, drinking on duty and group sex. In letters from Coral Gables City Manager J. Martin Gainer to the attorney representing two of the suspended officers — Richard Fisher and Donald Wardy — Gainer alleges that the two policemen had sexual relations with sisters Gina and Geri Huxoll of Coral Gables, and supplied and condoned the use of marijuana and pills by the sisters. Gainer also claims that Wardy and Fisher, on at least one occasion, used the home of fellow suspended officer James Rossey to engage in sexual relations with the sisters. Rossey, Gainer contends, was present at the time, though his wife was out of town. Wardy and Fisher are also married. Gainer's letters to attorney James F. Gilbride also contend that Wardy while in uniform and on duty had, "on several occasions, consumed alcoholic beverages at the Pizza Hut, 475 South Dixie Highway." Most of the incidents cited by Gainer are said to have taken place while Wardy and Fisher were on duty. Sites where sexual relations are alleged to have See CHARGES, Page 2
Memories are made of this
. . . a seascape painted at the tip of Key Biscayne, the setting sun, a picture yet to be painted that hovers in her mind . . . this is what Perrine artist Sis Campbell thinks about, this and the neighborhood children who love to stop by and look at her paintings. See story Page 4.
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As an additional service to our readers, starting with today's issue of The Coral Gables Times/Guide, we will print lists of places and phone numbers which are frequently called in the South Dade and Coral Gables area. A listing will be printed every Saturday and each week will contain additional numbers of interest to South Dade residents. They are being presented in clip-out form to be saved for easy reference. EMERGENCY NUMBERS FIRE AND MEDICAL Coral Gables | 446-7685 Dade County | 279-1441 POLICE Coral Gables | 442-2300 Dade County | 324-4100 Spanish speaking | 324-4100 FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL | 325-3606 FLORIDA MARINE PATROL | 633-3408 FBI | 573-3333 POISON CONTROL CENTER | 325-6799 COAST GUARD RESCUE | 350-5611 RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER | 279-1441 TRAVELERS' AID | 643-5700
SD man invents surrogate cigaret
By KAY SEVERINSEN Staff Writer If you have always said you couldn't quit smoking because it gives you something to do with your hands, you had better think of another excuse — quick. Phillip Brown, of 11825 SW 186th St., has invented a kit that will help former smokers get through that crucial early stage of breaking the habit. The main feature of the kit is something Brown aptly describes as a "thing." It is palm-sized, pleasant to hold, and should help replace the tactile activity many people enjoy when smoking. It will probably be plastic, about two inches long and have a thumbsized depression. Brown first got the idea when he himself quit smoking in 1962. "I had a lot of trouble relaxing," he said. "It was more a habit of doing something than wanting the nicotine." He first tested his idea on a boss he worked for several years ago. "He was a real nervous guy. See GIVES, Page 2