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With department 30 years New Gables police chief named

Del Edwards, acting chief of police, was appointed chief of the Coral Gables Police Department on Thursday, Jan 27. Assistant to the now-retired William G. Kimbrough for the past 20 years, Edwards has been with the Coral Gables Police Department for 30 years. Was he surprised by the appointment? Hardly. Edwards said, "After 20 years as assistant chief I wasn't surprised to be named chief," he said. "Chief Edwards is an excellent choice for many reasons," said City Manager J. Martin Gainer, who made the appointment. "His long experience with the department provides the benefit of knowing the city and its residents, their needs and their problems, very, very thoroughly." Edwards, 61, joined the Coral Gables Police Department as a patrolman on Jan. 28, 1946, following three years in the Navy. A year later he was promoted to detective. He graduated from the FBI National Police Academy in 1951 and was appointed assistant police chief in October 1956. "We are going to continue the same quantity and quality of service we "We are going to continue the same quantity and quality of service we have given in the past." Chief Del Edwards See CHIEF, Page 4

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State representative advocates bill to study South Dade wells

By KAY SEVERINSEN Staff Writer Concerned about the quality of South Florida water, Rep. Bob McKnight of South Dade has proposed a bill to establish a Drinking Water Quality Research Center and Consortium at Florida International University. "I don't want to scare people about water quality, because it could affect the development and economy of our area," McKnight said. "People hear that our drinking water is unsafe, but no one is sure. This program would find out whether it is or isn't," he added. McKnight's bill proposes that FIU, along with Miami Dade Community College, Broward Community College, Key West Community College and the South Florida Water Management District, establish laboratories and research facilities to study the South Florida aquifier at a cost of $2.4 million. He has asked the Dade delegation to the legislature to support his bill, and so far, 15 of the 30 have responded favorably, McKnight says. "The important factor of this bill," McKnight said, "is that it establishes a program in the statutes that is permanent, and the funding of it comes right off the top of the budget." Simultaneously with McKnight's bill, legislators will hear a Board of Regents recommendation that the consortium be financed through local college budgets. But that plan, McKnight contends, could allow the program to evaporate for lack of funds. "This challenges them, it pushes it right in their faces," McKnight said. "The bill provides for $2.1 million of the total to be spent for capital outlay, buildings and facilities. With that kind of an investment, they're not going to let it slide. The program is of particular interest to people in South Dade because of the large system of canals in the area. "Canals insure that the Everglades continue to be wet," McKnight explained. "They insure the buoyancy of the water bubble under the Everglades where we get our water. As long as it stays buoyant it prevents salt from getting into our water supply." "People hear that our drinking water is unsafe, but no one is sure. This program would find out whether it is or isn't." Rep. Bob McKnight

Be a wine expert, not a snob

By KAY SEVERINSEN Staff Writer The wine snob is someone who walks into an expensive restaurant and orders a good wine. He tastes it, sneers and sends it back to impress his guests. Then he orders LaFite Rothschild 1968. If you had taken Dr. Robert Hosmon's and Dr. John Knoblock's course on "The Pleasures of Wine," you would have laughed at that last sentence, because W 1968 was a terrible year for French wines. But wine snobs are usually faking it, believes Dr. Hosmon. And if anything, their course teaches people not to be snobs, for See UM, Page 9

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Would you give this guy a dime? His name's Stanley Stuart, and he's president and founder of the House of Peace, a South Dade charitable organization. If you did give him a dime, he'd make sure it got to someone who needed it. Page 10 Gay rights: two views Since Metro passed the ordinance banning discrimination against homosexuals, a lot has been said concerning the issues pros and cons. Here, Coral Gables City Commissioner Bob Brake discusses why he's against the ordinance, and Bob Kunst talks about why he's in favor of it. Page 2

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