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Story Of Disgdiertts Hectic Departure From New York City Is Told By Man Who Lent A Hand (Special To The Citlson) By JACK M. LEVINE NEW YORK CITY - It was Tuesday morning, March 23. Short ly before 6 a. m., New York World- Telegram and newspaper Sun pho tographer, Phil Stanziol? wended his way to the temporary resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. Abelardo Disgdiertt. He was on an assign ment to photograph the infant De lores who, two weeks before, had THANKS! You Have Made Us A Million Dollar Institution In Lass Than Two Years Your Savings are loaned to help people Buy, Build or Repair Their Homes. Your Security is in HONESTY and EFFICIENCY, not only of the First Federal Savings & Loan Association but also in the honesty and efficiency of our political leadership 80/ MAY WE BEG YOU TO REGISTER Before April 3rd and VOTE YOUR HONEST CONVICTIONS MAY 4TH FIRST FEDERAL SAVING & LOAN ASSOCIATION Deposits Insured by Federal Saving* and Loan In*. 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Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service FULL CARGO INSURANCE MAIN OFFICE and WAREHOUSE: Cor. Eaton and Francis Sts. TELEPHONE 2-7061 NEW YORK ClTY.—Concha Prepare To Leave The Bronx: This photograph might well be entitled "An Infant Conch's Farewell to the Bronx." The Conchs pictured are little Delores Disgdiertt and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abelardo Disgdiertt. The photo was made during the vain effort of a New York news cameraman, over a two-and-a-half hour period, to have the little girl pose properly for a farewell shot. arrived in New York, blind. This morning she was returning to Key West, her sight restored. It was a success‘story in the midst of New York’s teeming millions. It was the climax of an epochal “mercy flight to sight.” But little Delores manifested an unwillingness to be photographed at six in the morning. She cried. Her frail wail seemed to blend in with the musical motif of the dawn serenade. New York was in the throes of awakening from its noc tural slumber. Soon, little Delores’ tiny voice would be drowned out by the clang and crescendo of the symphony of New Yorkers awake and at, work. Conch's Cheer For the better part of two hours, the patient news photographer tried to create the mood for little Delores’ proper pose for posterity. But, his efforts were rewarded by the infant’s rendition of the Key West version of a sound the photo grapher would normally associate with baseball fans at the nearby Yankee Stadium. Baseball fans, the world over have learned to recognize and identify the “Bronx Cheer.” Little Delores’ version could, more aptly be termed the “Conch’s cheer.” Simultaneously, miles away, on Long Island, your reporter was en gaged in relay phone conversa tions with the City Desk at the World Telegram and Sun, and with little Delores’ father. W’e had spent the better part of an hour, this morning giving Delores’ story to the paper’s rewrite desk. Levines Assist Wife Anne and your reporter were due at the Disgdiertts’ Bronx apartment at 8 a. m. We were to pick up Delores and her parents and drive them to La Guardia air port in time for a 9 a. m. check-in with the airline officials. Came another phone call from Big 3 Reach Compromise On Red Trade By SEYMOUR TOPPING LONDON UP)—The United States, Britain and France have reached a compromise agreement to ease re strictions on the sale of strategic goods to the Soviet bloc in Europe while tightening up on products of definite war potential. The Western Allies announced the agreement last night between U. S. foreign aid chief Harold E. Stassen and top British and French officials at the end of a two-day conference. The agreement marked an im portant compromise between grow ing European demands for more trade with Russia and her satellites and the continued desire of the United States to keep all strategic goods out of Communist hands. The three powers ruled out any change in the present stiff restric tions on trade with Red China and North Korea. A communique issued after the meeting said the three countries will open talks with their allies the other NATO nations, West Ger many and Japan—on revising the bans on trade with Russia “by nar rowing substantially their scope and increasing their effectiveness.” The communique said the three, allies will work for “an expansion Delores’ father. “The photograph er is still trying.” We were set to leave our Long Island apartment. The phone rang. It was the World- Telegram’s City Desk. “What hap pened to our photographer? He seems to have gotten lost.” We filled in the details. More back ground information. More phone calls. More conversa tion. Finally, the word that the photographer was through. It was now 8:00 a. m. We called the air line and told the clerk at the air port that there was unavoidable de lay. We’d be just a few minutes late for check-in. It was at this point that wife, Anne, made a dash for the dres ser drawer. She came up with a blue and white beret, with a star on top. It was her uniform cap of Marathon’s American Legion Auxiliary Unit 154. Faithful To Marathon “Late or no, Legion Auxiliary 154 will get Delores to the plane on time,” shouted Anne. “Let’s go!” And in true Jackie Gleason style, but sans travelling music. . . “away we went.” Early morning traffic is terrific at this hour. That’s where Anne’s World War II Red Cross training came in good stead. While your reporter made hasty notes, wifey negotiated the distance across Long Island, through heavy east Bronx traffic and to the Disg diertt’s dwelling in record time. Just time enough to stack the luggage in the car trunk. Delores and her parents in the back seat. Again “away we go.” It was on the dash to the airport that we learned that the infant is a car baby. Not one whimner during the entire trip. She fell fast asleep and dozed continuously until plane de parture time. Made It On Time Despite our late start, we made it to the airport in plenty of tome. of trade” with the Soviet bloc in Europe “compatible with security requirements.” Before heading back to Washing ton last night, Stassen told news men at the airport his government has “no objection at all to trade in peaceful goods with Russia.” “In fact,” he said, “the United States wants to encourage as much of that trade as can be done.” Officials said the agreement will be a guide for detailed policies to be hammered out in talks in Wah ington, London and Paris. About a third of the area of the United States still is classified as forest. Call 2-3254 And, Delores and parents embark ed on the triumphant flight back to Key West. On Saturday, we heard from Ma rio Disgdiertt. Delores and her pa rents had stayed at the Bronx apartment of Mario and his family. Mario, Abelardo’s brother, is also a native Key Wester. Here we learned that the World- Telegrain and Sun photographer had, very thoughtfully, sent little Delores the unused prints of the scenes depicting her New York temporary farewell. We wonder how she will feel about posing for photos when she returns in July. Successful Operation If there was any doubt about the success of Delores’ eye operation, such doubt should have been dis pelled by this incident. Demure De lores took one look at herself in the mirror. Right then and there, for the first time in her life, she realized that a young lady, age seven months, does not look her best, when roused from slumber. . .at six o’clock in the morning. A woman’s vanity must be serv ed. . .even at the tender age of seven months. For little Delores, it was really “Veni - Vidi - Vici.” Her New York experience, in paraphrased latin traslation “I came” to N. Y.. . .“I saw,” for the first time . . .in my life. . .“I, Conch, awed” by it all, am grateful to my fellow Key Westers who made it possible. 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