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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
The Key West Citizen
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L F• ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ... IP2I • 1954
WORMAW D. ARTMAN Business Manager
Entered at Key West, Florida, at Second Clast Matter *
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and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish
anonymous communications.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED
BY THE CITIZEN
1. More Hotels and Apartments.
2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion
3. Airports—Land and Sea.
4. Consolidation of County and City Governments.
5. Community Auditorium.
FRANCE SEEKS MORE AID • -
' The French revealed a few days ago that they want
ed United States financial aid in maintaining their forces
In South Vietnam. In other words, now that the war is
over, France wants the United States to pay for her mili
tary occupation or military upkeep of her soldiers
in Vietnam.
Though the French will enjoy major savings as a
result of the end of fighting in Indochina, they would in
crease these savings by getting the United States to pay
the cost of maintaining a defensive force in Indochina.
.Whether the United States will seriously consider this
proposal is not known as this is written.
In view of the French attitude in negotiations con
cerning the defense of Western Europe, however, we be
lieve the United States should let the French make their
own defense arrangements in Indochina. The French were
not willing to include Indochina in a defensive alliance
including several other South Asian countries, and, there
fore, we feel that the French should bear the responsibil
ity of defending Vietnam.
Moreover, the political situation in Vietnam is so
utterly confused at the moment that it would be fool
hardy for the United States to make further sacrifices to
stabilize the situation there.
The French have recently demonstrated that they
are the weakest link in the expected line-up against Com
munism in West Europe. This has been a great disap
pointment to the United States, in view of the fact that
this country has poured millions of dollars into France
since World War 11, after regaining that country from
the enemy and presenting it to the French people.
Half truths are. often more dangerous than no truths.
Food, rest, mental peace and exercise are the four
keys to ripe old age.
Beauty is not a necessity for a woman but it surely
makes life easier for her.
Unfortunately, no one is interested in your good ex
cuses for not doing anything.
A good-looking woman can always attract the wolves
if she wants to attract them.
, The man who overtulks about himself rarely
succeeds in fooling the public very long.
The -other day an American girl bullfighter was
badlyi gored by a 1,300-pound bull. Twice before she had
been hit, and continued to kill the bull. This time the bull
had to be killed by someone else. No one wins in this mis
placed “sport."
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Last Sunday, at the First Metho
dist Church, a lady's alligator
purse disappeared. The chances
are that someone picked it up by
mistake maybe sojne kid tried
to play a Halloween pfank by hid
ing it. It doesn’t"really make much
difference what happened the
important thing is that the purse
is missing.
Mrs. Touchton. wife of Rev. Paul
J. Touchton, pastor of the church,
is offering a reward for the return
of the pocketbook. It contained sev
eral items of great sentimental
value as well as money which, in
these days and times, none of us
can afford to lose. Can any reader
help in this situation?
New Cash Register
Since a couple of pages of
issue are already devoted to Car*
los Food Center, “This Rock”
might as well 'horn in’ on the sub
ject too. But it isn’t about the new
store that we wish to talk. Rather,
it is about anew cash register
which Carlos Calleja bought the
first of its kinds in South Florida
and one of the few which have
been released throughout the Unit
ed States.
Manufactured by the* National
Cash Register Company, this new
machine does everything biit spend
your money for you ; It does all
that existing models*. do such as
itemizing purchases, figuring tax
charges and adding the total. It
also does two more things—
When the customer pass<% over
his money or check to pay for pur
chases. the clerk touches a key
and the visual indicator immedia
tely shows the amount being ten
dered as well as printing it on the
receipt The machine then comput-
Hal Boyle
Says
NEW YORK CF An ambitious
girl today doesn t merely njarry a
man. She marries the corporation
he works for. too. 0
It has become a kind of 20th
Century bigapay.
For a is an open secret that
many large corporations now don t
majie a man an executive solely
on the* basis of his work in the
office
No indeedy. That is only-half
of it. The corporation spot checks
his wife also, to be surf that she
measures up to its requirements.
Thus arues a strange new indus
trial concept—"the ideal corporate
wife.”
The idea of being coldly studied
by the bifocal gaze of a huge cor
poration is rather frightening to
the average wife.
"I think I know how to please
husband.” she says, "but how
does a gicl go about keeping a
corporation happy?”
Suppose her husband sells
Buicks She is unnerved by the
thought that in some mysterious
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Gibb
es the amount of change which is
due.
In cases where refund deposits
are due the customer on such
things as bottles, coupons, etc.,
this is automatically calculated, re
gisterd and printed on the custo
mer's receipt.
The change-computing machine
gives both customers and mer
chant an accurately printed record
of each and every step in any
transaction. John M. Wilson, NCR
vice president says: “Cash regis
ters have always shown how much
the customer owes the merchant.
Now we have a register that gives
the same protection to the custom
er by showing just how much the
merchant owes him.”
Community Chost
Are y.ou doing vour share toward
helping the Community Chest? It
is one of our most important chari
table organizations, you know.
If you stop to think about the
matter, the Community Chest
really isn’t a charitable outfit. It
is a combined group of much-need
ed civic organizations which are
devoted to your welfare and to the
betterment of Key Welt. You can't
consider it charity when you give
something to help yotlrself.
f The Community Chut combines
the needs for funds of twelve char
itable and welfare olganizations.
It, makes one drive a year for
these funds which is certainly a
lot more pleasant tha* spreading
an appeal for money throughout the
entire year.
Shoul.d a solicitor comes your
way. give generously. You’ll be
helping to improve the community
and you won’t be 'hit’ again for
another donation by Bie groups
which comprise the Community
Chest. •
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way she may commit a blunder,
a blunder that will not only cause
her husband to lose out on a pro
motion to district sales manager
but also cause General Motors it
self to drop 30 points on the stock
market. It's an awful big respon
sibility to put on the shoulders of
one frail but well-meaning woman.
Fortunately, she has some tips
to guide her. But they tend only
to give her a feeling of inferiority.
For surveys of the “ideal corpor
ate wife" shows that washing be
hind her ears, keeping her bus :
band well-fid and contented, and
raising her kids are hardly enough.
She should dress well but not too
well, be “the college type.” devel
op social charm put her husband s
job first at ail times, k'ep abreast
of his bus mess but keep her nose
out of rt, be active in the com
munity, stay within her household
budget, never be jealous of her
husband’s secretary or associates,
and so forth and so on
Put more simply, she akwdd
merge the qualities of Florence
Key West
In Days Gone By
November 4, 1*34
(Sunday. No paper)
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November 4, 1*44
Amended liquor ordinance, in
creasing the number of bars by
one, was passed on final reading
last night and becomes law after
it is signed by Mayor Willard M.
Albury.
Eight warrants were issued this
morning for the arrest of Key
Westers, charged with “setting up
| games of chance,” and Chief Depu
ty Sheriff A. H. Mclnnis said that
| probably all will have been served
j before the end of the day.
ENTIRE FAMILY OF 13
j HAS TUBERCULOSIS
! SANATORIUM, Tex. (ift-Eleven
| members of a 13-person west Tex
as family have been hospitalized
this week for treatment of tuber
! culosis.
Nightingale, Mary Margaret Mc-
Bride, Mother Machree, Catherine
the Great of Russia, and a female
I Dale Carnegie.
Otherwise, if she asks her hus
: band in 1974 why he hasn’t had a
raise in pay for 20 years, she is
likely lo be crashed by the reply:
Remember that time we went
to the boss's house in 1954, and
; you ruined my career. The boss
decided right then you’d never be
the ideal corporate wife, and there
was no point in promoting me be
cause you and only make the cor
poration look untidy.”
This ideal-corporate wife non
! sense could break up a lot of
! happy homes. It may result in
articles in the women’s confession
magazines entitled, “My Busted
Romance with TYie American
Telephone and Telegraph C 0..”
"Why One Wife Failed with Ana
conda Copper,” and "The True
Story of How 1 Let Down Standard
Oil.”
Some indignant ladies, however,
say the mere thought of having
their wifely qualifications judged
by a corporation brings out the
spirit of Lady Macßeth in them.
A few sample reactions:
“Would it help if I did the dance
of the seven veils at the next stock
holders’ meeting*”
"Suppose 1 learn to sparkle for
General Electric, and then my hus
band switches his job and goes to
work for U.S. Steel. What do 1
do to help him put on more
tonnage, or just try to look more
durable?”
"Personally, if I have to please
all my husband bosses as well
as him, too, well they'd better
start looking for a lady robot, I’ll
take in washing."
One woman. I thought, had a
very sensible solution to the prob
lem of the ideal corporate wife.
“If wives are that important to
a corporation.” she said, “why
don't they put us mi the payroll,
too? Then they'd get some real
action.”
Sounds like a good sound busi
ness idea. Any husband would work
harder he’d have to if his
corporation promoted his wife on
a family performance basis.
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Editor, The Citizen.
Those who oppose fluoridation of
public water supply have been call
ed crackpots by an overxealous
fluoridation promoter. Why? Do
they oppose anyone who wants flu-;
oride for his family? No All they |
want is that fluoride shouldn’t be
forced on themselves whenever
they open a faucet. Whatever their
reasons are for their objection is
nobody’s business but their own, as 1
long as we live in a free country.
I don’t want to call anybody a
crackpot. But what do you call
somebody who. completely ignor
ing the diversity of human beings
physically, mentally and spiritual
ly, with all their diverse likes and
dislikes, wants to level up every
body and everything?
A recent letter to this forum
opens with a statement of a very’
laudable purpose to end all non
sense about fluoridation once and
for all. What could be nicer? It
then proceeds to rig up two whip
ping boys, Dr. C. T. Betts of Tole
do. Ohio and Dr. Royal Lee .of
Milwaukee. Does this whipping boy
method prove that our public wa
ter supply should be fluoridated?
I don’t think so. By the way. I’m
not a food fadiat, or arty kind of a
fadist, not even a fluoridation of
public water fadist.
It is my understanding that Am
erican Medical Association consid
ers fluoridation outside of its pro
vince and therefore has never of
ficially endorsed fluoridation of
public water supply. To my sur-j
prise I see A. M. A. sandwiched in j
among the long array of endorsers
of public water supply, among
them even the nurses’ associations
which up to now have been, un
justly of course, overlooked in the
fluoridation controversy. I may be
wrong and will be glad to be cor
rected if anybody will refer me
to any official statement made by
A. M. A. that it officially endor
ses fluoridation of public water
supply. Period.
I’m not against those who want
fluoride in their diet. Let anybody
have it who wants it. Some-peo
ple add quinine water to their
drinks. It would be presumptuous
of me to argue aganst their doing
so. But personally I don’t want
it. Does that make me nonsensi
cal or a crackpot or otherwise sub
ject to scorn?
People of San Diego, California,
after using fluoridation of their
public water supply, voted to dis
continue ut. Now somebody wants
me to believe those voters did not
now what they were doing, and
that Key Westers might also vote
wrong unless properly and scienti
fically instructed about fluorida
tion and therefore City Commision
ers should do it on their own res
ponsibility. May I ask what kind
of scientific erudition is required
to decide between free choice and
compulsory medication? Isn’t it a
rnazing that our City Commission
ers are being urged to act like
Commissars, rulers over poor ig
norant peasants? If this is only the
beginning, what next is to be forced
upon us?
However, in case of popular de
mand for municipal distribution
points of free fluoridated water to
families desiring it, our City Com
missioners and the Mayor, a dis
tinguished professional engineer,
could. I’m sure, devise some plan
to meet such demand. But they
shouldn't be badgered with re
quests to foist on us sornetiiing
which did not originate with us,
for which we did not ask, which
came from some bureau outaide
Key West (date July , 1954). The
Mayor, I'm sure, could count on
wholehearted cooperation of Key
West Engineers’ Club, a progres
sive, public spirited organization,
and we would be getting some
where.
In conclusion may I state most
emphatically that I’m not motivat
ed by any personal animosity to
ward either of the two local den
tists who are prominently in front
of fluoridation campaign. I have
deep respect for all dentists, high
ly useful members of any com
munity. Unfortunately, some of
them, figuratively speaking, stray
away from their chairs toward the
public water pipe which is a mun
icipal and not a dental busness.
If they would aak for free distri
bution points of properly fluoridat
| ed potable water for all who want
it they would have no opposition
from anybody
We have to live together on this
little island, all of us, those who
want fluoride as well as those who
don't. It won t be fair to favor
one side and prejudice the other.
The people on both sides are neigh
borly, generous and kindly people.
Why not disregard all outaide pres
sure and work something that
would be fair to all our people?
Why not? It can be done.
Sincerely.
A R.
More than a fifth of the cola
mined in the United Sates comes
from mines owned by steel, rail
road, utility and other consuming
companies and moves directly into
their opera tool.
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NEW YORK, UP—The quest for
more business end higher profits
spurs industrial research in these
competitive days and also adds
urgency to the search for ways o
squeeze some of the gamble out of
new enterprises.
For they are a gamble.
Business failure tables are top
heavy with casualties among the
newcomers to any particular field.
And marketing specialists say that
from 5 to 10 new products flop for
every one that catches on.
Steadily mounting spending for
industrial research has brought a
trend toward specialization. Some
study ways to perfect products.
Some probe into the whims of con
sumers. Some do research for only
one industry. Some specialize ji
the customs, needs and profit
chances in one particular region.
Seventy per cent of the project*
of the Midwest Research Institute
of Kansas City are (or corporations
in six Midwestern States
Nebraska, lowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Ark ansa J.
The institute was founded 10
years ago with contributions by 7%
individuals and corporations to do
a nonprofit Job of upgrading of the
industrial and agricultural econ
omy of the region. Its president.
Dr. Charles N. Kimball, an East
erner. says the prime aim ia foster
ing "science-based” industry in an
area that traditionally emphasized
farming and merchandizing.
Todays
Business
Mirror
By Saiß Damon
..The institute, working w it field*
of science, has undertaken 1,400 re
search and development projects
for 550 companies throughout the
nation, delving into such things as
soluble coffee, automatic clothes
dryers and low -calorie candy bar*.
Armour Research Foundation <<f
the Illinois Institute of Technology
in Chicago reports it did 55t re
search projects for industry and
government m the past year. Dr.
Haldon A. Leedy, its director, aa>s
its next big project is building
what be calls the nation's first nu
clear reactor specifically construct
ed for mdustria! research.
Only one field the burgeoning
chemical industry is served by
the Roger Williams Technical St
Economic Services. Inc. The presi
dent, Roger Williams Jr., has
worked out a system whereby mul
tiple clients share the expense of
'a project. Just now, lor example, a
number of companies are splitting
the bill lor a study of market pov
iibiiities and raw material supplies
for additives to livestock feed to
stimulate growth.
Many research firms work on the
marketing problems involved in
launching new products or in en
tering new regions.
"The average new industrial
product it seldom s natural,” eon.
tends Fred I. Smith, industrial mar
keting specialist of Steward, Doug,
ail k Associates. "Without prior
market study, it's a 10-1 gamble.’* \n\n notas cubanas
Por RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO
PARQUES PARA NlftOS
Cayo Hueso es una ciudad sin
parques. Aqui los niños, sobre
todo, los más pequeños, no cuen
tan :o- ningún parque apropiado,
donde puedan acudir las madres
o las manejadoras, para que tos
pequeños disfruten no solo del aire
libre, tan necesario para la
conservación de la buena salud,
sino del esparcimiento propio de
esa edad.
Aquí donde quiera que hay un
terreno yermo, los mayores se lo
toman, para retozar, practicar un
foot ball de quinta clase, alejando
a los más pequeños, ante el
peligro de recibir o un pelotazo,
o un mal golpe
Es lástima quenen una ciudad
como Key West, que bien pudiera
llamarse la "ciudad d los niáet"
por el inmenso número de ellos
que aqui viven, no hayan pensado
sus gobernantes, en prepararles
un parque en lugar céntrico, donde
esos pequeños ángeles, puedan
distraerse y gozar de las venta
jas del ejercicio al aire libre
No basta con acercarles a la
playa. Algunos niños se desme
joran. con el aire del mar. En
cambio, el aire seco de alturas
mayores y lejos del mar, les
fortalece sus pulmones y gozan de
cabal salud
Preparar un parque para esos
pequeñitoa. no costaría mucho
dinero a la ciudad. Y si los
mayores tienen derecho a que se
les compongan las calles, se les
alumbre como es debido, los pe
queños, también tienen sus dere
chos y debieran de tenerlo en
cuenta los que rigen los destinos
de la ciudad.
Nada hay más hermoso que ver
reunidos a los pequeños niños,
entretenidos en sus juegos infan
tiles e inocentes. '*Diad venir a
mi les niñas" dijo Jesús y cuando
El pedia tal cosa, es porque vela
en esos ángeles, la única señal de
sinceridad, de pureza y de candor,
existente en este mundo.
Por eso nos parece que ya es
hora de que los Comisionados de
la Ciudad que suelen perder a
veces, un buen tiempo discutiendo
cosas que en nada benefician a la
ciudad, vayan pensando en los
niños. Casi todos ellos son padres
de familia y algunos tienen hijos
pequeñitoc. Si eso es asi, no
comprendemos cómo no se les ha
ocurrido hacer algo en beneficio
de esos, de los más pequeños. Lo
raro es que este pais se caracte
riza por el respeto y la atención
que prestan todos, a los niños,
a los ancianos y a los animalitos.
Alguien dijo muy graciosamente
en cierta ocasión, que Cayo Hueso
no era parte de los Estados Uni
dos. ' Y decís tal cosa, porque
muchas cosas que los propios
americanos se cuidan de tener y
defender en otras ciudades, aqui
en el Cayo, pasan desapercibidas
para todos.
Hay que despertar del letargo
en que viven aqui los gobernantes
y los políticos que aspiran. Hay
que pensar al aspirar, no solo en
las ventajas que trae consigo una
elección para un cargo representa
tivo, sino que también hay que
tener en cuenta, cuando se aspira
y se triunfa, en esos pedacitoa de
cielo, que constituyen ls parte
mis bella, pura e inocente de la
Creación.
Aquí se organizan campeonatos
de foot ball de varias categorías;
de base ball de distintas catego
rías, basket ball, golf, bolos etc.
Pero, ninguno organiza un festival
donde los nimios puedan encon-
te-ar alegre esparcimiento. Nin
guno de los que aspiran y salen
electos, piensa en que atendiendo
a los niños, se está trabajando no
solo para el presente, sino para
ej futuro de este querido pueblo.
Esos niños serán los hombres del
manaña. los que rijan los destinos
de la colectividad y preparándoles
desde ahora, serán excelentes
ciudadanos y posiblemente, con el
adelanto constante del progreso,
lo haran muchísimo mejor que
los que ahora actúan.
En casi todas las ciudades de la
Union, que cuenten con más do
veinte y cinco mil habitantes,
existen parques para recreo de los
niños pequeños. Y es un verdadero
encanto ver a esas almas ingenuas,
cómo se entretienen unos con los
toros, corriendo y haciendo ejerci
cios que contribuyen de manera
positiva y eficaz a la buena salud
de los propios pequeños
Aquí donde se vive en aparta
mentos. Muchos de. ellos, sin la
ventilación necesaria, es donde se
impone el establecimiento de lo
gares de recreo para los niños,
procurando que los mayores los
zagaletones, no invadan esos lu
gares, con sus prácticas bruscas
de foot bal!, o de basket ball.
Aparte del lejano parque dé
Bayview. los muchachos no tienen
en la ciudad ningún otro lugar
donde pasar el tiempo. De ahi que
muchas veces conviertan las ralles
y callejones, en terrenos de base
ball o de foot ball, sin importarles
poco ni mucho, romperle el “coco**
a algún pacifico transeúnte que
cruce por las inmediaciones.
Y !o peor del caso es que cuando
se les llama la atención de que
las calles no son precisamente el
lugar más adecuado para la
práctica de tales deportes, escu
chan a quien se lo dice, se encojen
de hombros y siguen impertérritos
en sus juegos, muchas veces en
presencia de las propias autori
dades que cruzan por c! lugar.
Má* de una vez hemos tenido
que requerir a grandullones quo
jugaban a la pelota en la cuadra
en que vivimos Y muy pocas ve
ces nos hicieron caso cusndo les
requeríamos.
Todo eso es muy pintoresco y
hasta chistoso, si se quiere, pero
no es justo que se falte al respeto
de los vecinos y mucho ménos quo
si les ponga en peligro de recibir
una lesión más o ménos grave,
que después de producida, no hay
a quien reclamar los daños y
perjuicios , . .
Por eso pedimos que nuestros
flamantes Comisionados de la
Ciudad, piensen en la erección de
un parque dentro de la Ciudad,
para que alü se distraigan los
pequeños niños. Es algo que rada
día es más necesario, que lo está
pidiendo a gritos toda la gran
familia que aqui vive y que, nunca
ha podido lograr que tal cosa se
hiciera.
L política es el arte de gobernar.
Pero al gobernar, hay que ofrecer
a los gobernados que depositan su
confianza y dan su voto a. ks
electos, parte de los beaefícioa
que obtienen los que han triunfado
en la elección. Y que no se diga,
que en ciertos cargos io que se
obtiene es demasiado insignifi
cante, como por ejemplo, como
Comisionado de la Ciudad. Si so
fuera completamente cierto, no
habría ciudadanos que se gastaran
cientos de pesos en tratar de salir
electos, porque nadie está peleado
con su propio dinero.
Hace mucha falta, repetimos, un
parque para los parvulítos de la
colectividad.