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Florida i J News Briefs

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NAPLES DAILY NEWS

Thur*., JUM 27,1974

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Insects and Disease Fight Authorized

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Florida nursery and farming interests have agreed to join with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to form a special committee to improve methods of protecting the state against foreign-bred insects and disease. Discussion of establishing such a committee has been going on for some time, but the decision to act came in the wake of Japan's rejection of two shipments of Florida citrus found to be contaminated by Caribbean and Mexican fruit flys. Thomas Darling of the USDA's animal and plant health inspection service acknowledged during a Wednesday meeting with growers that the federal government could not guarantee that contaminated produce from foreign ports was not reaching Florida. For example, Darling said, USDA import restrictions do not apply to Puerto Rico, the home of the sugar cane borer weevil which one citrus grower said had been found near Apopka.

Detoxification Center Plans Still In Limbo

/'''"" .< IMMOKALEE - A group of Immokalee civic leaders, representing several community organizations, have not yet met to develop plans for a temporary detoxificiation .center. Last Wednesday the group met with George Clarke, an official in the Bureau, of Alcohol Rehabilitation, Division of Mental Health of the state Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, and were told that about $35,000 in state funds are available to operate the temporary center. At that time representatives of the district mental health board said they were willing to call a special meeting to apply for the funds as soon as the Immokalee group came up with a plan. . : C.J. Jones, Jr., president of the Immokalee Chamber of Commerce and one of the '! leaders in getting a detoxifica- ; tion'center for Immokalee, said this morning the civic < leaders have not been able to ! get together in the past week. ! During last week's meeting ; with Clarke several civic ; leaders indicated that they < wanted to move as soon as . possible to alleviate the probr ; lems of drunks roaming ar: ; ound the town. ; The temporary center would , be operated until a district- | wide detoxification center is ; established sometime prior to Jan. 1. The center would ser- i vice Lee, Collier, Charlotte, ! Hendry and Glades Counties. -]

EAL Woman Engineer Was Top Student

-MIAMI (AP) - The only woman among Eastern Airlines' 150 . engineers says she was tinkering with mainsprings while other girls were playing with dolls. But Geraldine Cohen says it still took time before her coworkers accepted her. "The other mechanics "used to look at me and say, 'Whose secretary are you?' or 'Are you lost.' But now they've gotten accustomed to seeing me around," she said. Mrs. Cohen, 30, says she had a similar problem at the University of Miami, where she was the only girl in a class of 18 aspiring electrical engineers. But, she says, "at least I graduated as the top girl in my class."

Everglades City Is Drying Out

Photos by Tippins

UNDER WATER - Less than two months ago, county cattlemen were complaining that the drought was seriously affecting the food supply for their cattle. After this week's rainstorm, the main concern might be the cows drowning. This is one of several grazing fields oil the Naples-Immokalee Road that was still flooded Wednesday afternoon.

Jacksonville Must Pay Pollution Cost

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The State of Florida is demanding that the City of Jacksonville pay for water pollution which authorities say caused the death of 4,000 fish. A pumping station broke down May 6 and sewage overflowed into Moncrief Creek. This depressed the oxygen content and killed about 4,000 mullet, the Florida Department of Pollution Control said. -The state has; demanded the city pay $7, pay for the fish and $243:for the cost of an investigation.

EVERGLADES CITY - This small fishing village was just about recovered this morning from the heavy rainstorm which flooded it earlier this week. .. , Mrs. Dorothy Sheppard, city clerk, reported this morning there was still standing water on vacant lots but the roads were clear. Clifford Geiger, city manager, noted that tides were beginning to back up some storm sewers this morning and could cause some street flooding later in the day. .Geiger said it didn't appear that the city had lost any equipment in the storm, and that it was toofarly to te|l if there was any salt water damage. At the height of the storm there was two to three feet of standing water in the city and SR 29, the only road into the community. Although the road was not closed, it was virtually impassable because of the high water.

i Tallahassee News Briefs

Ranch Purchase Hearing Scheduled
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A public hearing on the state's proposed purchase of the 4,182 acre McLeon Ranch in Alachua and Columbia counties will be held July 1 in the Columbia County Courthouse at Lake City, says Natural Resources director Harmon Shields.
STALLED This distressed car, located at the entrance to a labor camp off Pulling Road, sat in the same spot all Wednesday afternoon, and Will likely remain there until the water recedes.

Bill Giving Crewleader Free Rein Is Vetoed

He said he would ask the ure intended to increase the fee '. TALLAHASSEE,' Fla. (AP) - Gov. Reubin Askew has ve- Board of Business Regulation for mailing new tags and regis- ', ..'" ' ; toed a bill he says would have to work with legislative com- tration papers. left most migrantfarm-workers mittees in developing recom- The amended bill provided '. who pick citrus at the mercy of mendations for reform of li- that all counties would havejo [ any unscrupulous crew leaders. quor-licenses procedures. sell the 68-number tags in adfl,i- ', The veto was one of four is- "Only with overall uniform tion to the series designated for ; sued Wednesday by the gover- procedures can the difficult de- that county. ;!' ; nor. He also nullified two local cisions of licensing be made in Tags of the 68 series hay! ; liquor-license bills and a meas: a fair and consistent manner," been sold by the Division' ;pj .tire that would have required . Askew said. persons 'ouj counties to sell license plates The provision that led to veto Motor Vehicles toFlorida tagsj '. ' of the auto license billwas an of state who need bearing the "68" prefix. ' / _ He said the farmworker bill amendment added to a meas-_ such as military personnel. "' ; 'would have exempted some 1,500 citrus dealers from an existing law regulating the activities of crew leaders who decide when, where and for how much migrants will work. : "The effect would be to remove very substantial numbers Carlton said federal prosei of farm workers from the pro- MIAMI (AP) - Vassar B cutors asked about "who- { tection and benefits the law in- Carlton, former chief justice of knew and how long I knew; ,j tended to provide," Askew said. the Florida Supreme Court, them and whether they were J "The abusive treatment 1 of says prosecutors questioned . migrant and seasonal farm him about his acquaintances good friends " appearance!' ; \ Before workers by some unscrupulous .when he went before a. federal the grandCarlton's from se'y; i jury heard crew leaders in the crew leader grand jury investigating al- eral Miami men They include!) \ system has'been a continuing leged gambling activites. Jack Grill, chauffeur for reputf j Carlton, who retired unexproblem in Florida," he added, "To my knowledge, nothing pectedly in January amid re- ed underworld financial wizard * J has transpired to change the ports that he was the subject of Meyer rLansky announced 5 4rt ; Ca I vulnerability of the farm work- an investigation by .the state January l t o n he was retiring ', that ers in the citrus industry, nor JudicialQualificationsCommis- after 33 years as a judge to re? ; to afford them protection from sion, spent more than an hour enter private law practice so he1 the exploitation of crew leaders Wednesday before the jury in could make more money I who may be guilty of abuses." Miami The liquor-license bills would "The smart thing to do some- He denied at that time that have made it easier for Pasco times is to take the Fifth he was the subject of any inCounty golf courses to sell al- Amendment, but 'I did not," vestigation by the Judicial choholic beverages and would Carlton said. "I wanted to tell Qualifications Commission, a have granted a special license them as much as I could, but I disciplinary body that polices -^ to the Sandpiper Club, a non- couldn't recall all the details judges' conduct '% profit corporation in Lee Coun- for some of their questions: S e v e r a l newspapers Had "The trouble with not taking ty pre"I have long opposed the es- the Fifth is that when you can't quoted sources as saying aCarlinvestigation of tablishment of special licenses remember all the details, they liminary other Supreme Court ton and either by local act or general sometimes get people on per- justices was underway. jury " legislation," Askew said.

i Shields said in a news release-Wednesday that the area is being considered for purchase as environmentally endangered land

"Acquistion of the property will provide the state with the entire natural bridge, sinkholes, the river sink and rise and additional three miles of the Santa Fe River," Shields said

Law Partners

Former Chief Justice : Queried On Gambling

Senate President To Be Sworn In

TALLAHASSEE, Fla (AP) - Sen Louis de la Parte, D Tampa, will be sworn in as Florida Senate president Monday by Supreme Court Justice Richard Ervin De la Parte will replace Senate President Mallory Home, D-Tallahassee, who is resigning to campaign for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate seat held by Republican Edward Gurney De la Parte, whose Senate term expires in November, has said he will not seek te election He will serve as Senate president until legislators hold elections in November Democrats, the legislative majority, have already decided to elect Sen Dempsey Barren, D Panama City and Rules Committee chairman, as president in November

2 O'Malley Associates To Testify At Hearings

TALLAHASSEE, Fla (AP) - The Leon County grand jury that is investigating the financial affairs of state Insurance C o m m i s s i o n e r Thomas O'Mallev hears today from two of his former law associates; Piccardo G. Ciravolo and Bennett H. Feldman of Miami were subpoenaed to appear before the 18-member panel Special prosecutor T Edward Austin, guiding the grand jury probe, has already subpoenaed bank records pertaining to the two lawyers as well as to O'Malley, his wife and several of their friends. Records of the Florida Bar indicated that O'Malley shared office space with Ciravolo and Feldman in 1970. Former state Sen. Gerald Lewis, D-Miami, later moved into the offices. O'Malley and Ciravolo. were partners in 1971 and Feldman and Ciravolo are partners now, according to legal records Austin has already subpoenaed financial records of Lewis, Ciravolo and Feldman Lex Hood, vice president of the State Bank of Jacksonville, was the only witness to go before the jury Wednesday The grand jury is said to be conducting a complex probe of O'Malley, including allegations that insurance companies were pressured into buying paintings at a Miami art show sponsored by Mrs O'Malley The grand jury is slso investigating allegations that O'Malley may have accepted $40,000 from a fuel marketers group that was seeking to keep self-service gasoline stations out of Florida: O'Malley has denied receiving any money from the Florida Petroleum Marketers' Association He also denied that there was any pressure on insurance firms in the 1972 art show. The grand jury issued a new subpoena Wednesday for Ollje Evans J r , the insurance de partment's general counsel, to appear before it next week Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents had been unable to serve him with a subpoena issued last week by Aus tin's staff Jerry Davies, O'Malley's press aide, said Wednesday that Evans was th O'Malley in California late Tuesday continuing an investigation of alleged improprieties in the state's purchase of land on St George Island in the Gulf of Mexico near Apalachicola Davies said he didn't know when O'Malley and Evans would return to Tallahassee.

Correction Official Promoted

TALLAHASSEE, Fla (AP) - Anabel P Mitchell, superintendent of the Florida Correctional Institution at Lowell, will be the new deputy director of inmate treatment for the state prison system Corrections Director Louie Wamwnght announced the appointment Wednesday Mrs Mitchell is the highest-ranking woman in the state Corrections Division and was the first woman to serve as warden for a prison housing both men and women Mrs. Mitchellis to replace Al Cook, who at his own request, will become superintendent of the Glades Correctional Institution at Belle Glade

Orthodox Rabbis Fail To Interest The Young

MIAMI (AP) - American Orthodox rabbis have failed in their quest to interest young Jewish intellectuals in Orthodox Judaism, a spokesman for a rabbinical group says. Rabbi Fabian Shonfeld, newlyrelected president of the Rabbinical Council of .America, said Wednesday that Orthodox Jewish leaders had not developed new methods of interesting Jewish youths in the Orthodox branch of the religion. "This failure has resulted in the pursuit by many Jewish youths for all sorts of new ideologies and the adoption of radical leftist political philosophiAPWircpholo es," said Rabbi Shonfeld, who FORGOTTEN MAN - Jesse Queen had big plans for April. He was to he married on Ihe Hlh. was elected to the post WednesInstead, Jesse spent that day - as he has almost each one for the last four months - lying day. immobile and despondent in a bed on the third floor of Alachua General Hospital in Gainesville. The council, which represents His friend, nurse Pat Poppell looks on. ' nearly 1,000 Orthodpx rabbis who serve more than 1.5 million congregants, is conducting its 38th annual convention. Shonfeld also criticized the organized rabbinate for its failure to combat "the corrosive forces of secularism and nihilism." Later, Rabbi Walter S. Wurzburger, editor of Tradition, a journal of Jewish thought, said that in sharp contrast with a generation ago, nine out of every 10 Jewish youths attend a university or college. "These youngsters think in terms and concepts unknown to their'fathers and they expect those who wish to communicate with them to utilize these selfsame intellectual concepts," Rabbi Wurzburger said.

AP Wlrepholo

BLISS LOOKS BACK - Lake County Sheriff Guy Bliss poses outside the office in Tavares where for 1ft years he has directed a campaign to rid his county of the (-, "Iwo-gun" image of his predecessor Willis McCall. '