It's Back to Work Caused Changes in Two of the Candidate's Totals
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.l 1673 FLA Shower February 16-19, 1966 Hi Lo Rain Wed. 80 70 0 Thurs. 80 57 0 Fri. 81 70 0 Sat. noon 70 67 .65 BOCA RATON NEWS Boca Raton, Florida, February 20, 1966 20 Pages PRICE 10*. VOL. 11 NO, 27 City, Warren to Request More Intracoastal Bridges Master Plan 40th St. Span, Contract Set Four Laning For Signing Of Palmetto Seen The city, aided and abetted Council is expected to auth- •by County Commission Chair- orize the signing of a contract man George Warren, is going with City Planner Milo Smith after more bridges across the and Associates Tuesday night Intracoastal Waterway. at a cost of $24,850. Warren told the News yester- The long-needed and long- day that he would seek a "crash awaited "master plan" will take program" from the State Road 425 calendar days to complete Department for the construction according to Smith's estimate. of a span at NE 40th st. The commissioner will base Smith and Associates is one his plea both on the need.at Mr. and Mrs. James Caldwell cut the ribbons at the grounds for the of the largest planning firms 40th st. and on the poor condi- official opening of the Fiesta de Boca Raton. in the Southeast United States tion of the Palmetto Park rd. and were chosen for the job bridge, which has been con- several week's ago upon recom- ::W:%%%W::£:*%¥S:*^ stantly plagued with breakdowns mendation of the Planning and during the past few months. Zoning Board. The request will be made For its money, the city will March 15, the date of annual get an imposing array of in- meeting between the county formation. commission and the SRD, at First project will be the prep- which time priorities are set aration of maps, which will in- for the next fiscal year. Warren clude an existing land use map said SRD engineers had esti- The biggest of all such events in the city's history will end and a buildable land map, show- today. To capture the excitement of the action-crowded mated the cost of the 40th st. ing land within the city which span at .$750,000. Funds for the three-day program, the Boca Raton News will publish an is available for building and eight-page tabloid section of pictures in Thursday's edition. bridge would be allocated from how it is zoned at the present primary road funds, since the If you aren't a regular subscriber to the NewSj call 395-5121 time. and you can start with our Souvenir Fiesta Section! structure would connect U.S. 1 Next will come a population and A1A, both maintained under study, covering numbers, char- the state's primary, road plans. acteristics, composition and "We will ask for both en- distribution of the residents gineering and construction Clowns... and Fanfare throughout the city. This will within the one fiscal year," be done for the current year Warren said. "The Intracoast- and will also include estimates Grinning clowns romped With all the fanfare of a al at: 40th st. is very narrow Latin American holiday, the for each five year interval u->- compared to most of its length, ' tttrough the streets handing til 1985. candy to squealing children,, Fiesta de Boca Raton moves and the planned bridge will be Marching units strutted to the into its last day of activities An economic study will in- one of the most inexpensive to constant drum beats. today. clude identification of typ^es build across the waterway in Children and adults lined the The city's third annual fiesta, of commerce, industry and ser- many years." curbs laughing, talking and a benefit sponsored by the Deb- vice activities and their con- The city is expecting the ar- watching. bie - Rand Memorial Service tributions to the city. Retail rival of the deed for right of Gaily decorated floats and League to provide operating sales, employment tax revenues way for the strip from the In- cars moved along, stopping expenses for the Community and space utilization are also tracoastal to AlA from ' the every so often. Hospital, is being held at Royal major factors to be studied in owners. Warren, City Engineer The grand parade Thursday Palm Shopping Center. this phase. As in the case of J.P. Vansant and several citi- evening set the mood for the For two days, youngsters, population, estimates will be zens recently returned from third annual Fiesta de Boca big-eyed with wonder, cotton projected for 20 years. New York where they were able Raton which officially opened candy smeared across their A neighborhood study, show- to secure the needed property Friday morning. faces, have treked along behind ing how the areas such as Royal at no charge. The city had pre- More than 800 persons parents looking at booths, tak- Palm Yacht and Country Club, viously acquired the right-of- marched and rode down ing in rides, and sampling spicy Royal Oak Hills, Boca Raton way from Federal Highway to Palmetto Park road and on Spanish foods offered by hawk- Square, Country Club Village, The proposed 40th st. bridge (dotted line) will join Federal High- the waterway. Federal highway to the Fiesta ing vendors. Boca Islands, the Estates, Villa way and Ocean Boulevard (A1A). Shown in the foreground is the Meanwhile, both Warren and Today it will probably be the grounds as the 10,000 spec- Rica should fit into the city's University National Bank fronting on U.S. 1. the city will ask forfour-laning same thing. — Boca Raton News Aerial Photo of the span on Palmetto Pk. rd. tators watched. t planning, will be made. Once at the grounds, march- Today's activities will begin Warren said that while this at 9:30 a.m. in the Cafe de Los Then will come other plans, project is "long overdue," he ers and spectators merged, including one on land use and waited and listened as G. Bart- Gitanos with a pancake break- would ask the SRD to build the fast to be served until 1 p.m. major • thoroughfares, another lett Brown ell, Chamber of Com- on community facilities, still .a bit of the blarney 40th st. span first. merch manager, presented when the fiesta grounds will "I think Boca Raton needs again open for business. another on the business district. trophies to the parade winners. Did St. Patrick's Day come by this agglomeration of mech- two bridges across the water- way, and the widening of the The trophy for the best decor- Meanwhile, fiesta activities The $24,850 figure includes about a month early? anical parts and strike now to ated float went to St. Andrew's the cost of all plans, studies It may have for John J. Quinn, free the citizens of • this city Palmetto Pk. rd. bridge will will get into full swing at Royal take months," he said. Clarence School for Boys, most original Palm Polo Grounds when the and other components. It is to the city attorney. from the shackles of frustra- float, St, Paul Lutheran Church. be paid in 14 equal install- Directed to write a resolution tion by which they have too Davidson, district engineer for Lee County, Fla., PossetteDrill the SRD, has indicated that the Best youth group trophy was Team and Beto Ruiz of Costa ments of $1,600 each with a asking the State Road Depart- long been fettered because of coped by Pompano Twirlers, lump sum payment of $2,450 ment to widen the Palmetto the continual failures of this widening of the bridge is on the Rica, present an exhibition at SRD's list, and that it will cost best musical unit, Conniston 2:30 p.m. upon submission of the sum- Park rd. bridge, the attorney recalcitrant, juncture." Junior High School, and best mary report. about $800,000. An all-star polo game will spread the blarney like this: marching unit, Carver High The signing of the contract . ."That the forces of the Now if the district engineer's City Council is expected to follow at 3 p.m. will culminate a year-long drive name was just Clarence pass a resolution Tuesday night The Charles Marqusee trophy Fiesta activities will end with SRD be directed to accept the for the best fiesta window by the City Council. challenge thrown down to them O'David-son. asking that the bridge be four- a moonlight bowling tournament laned. went to Mrs. Albert C. John- at 9 p.m. in University Bowl. son, owner of the Brass Knock- Fiesta grounds will close at er. 10 p.m. Canvass Board :•:•:•:-:•:•: For City Council Finds Errors Voting totals in last Tues- day's election showed three er- rors in a review Thursday by the Canvassing Board, and It's Back to Work caused changes in two of the candidate's totals. It will be "back to work" for ways. Winners Robert I. Hon'chell the City Council Tuesday night. Public hearings are set for and Harold Maull picked up an- City activities took an annual an assessment roll on Palm other 100 votes each, giving a hiatus during the election Avenue, East; on an amendment total for Honchell for 2,698 period, and short meetings were to the plumbing code and on es- and Maull 2,615. Totals for Joe the rule, but council faces a tablishing a central purchasing DeLong and John Flancher were four-page agenda Tuesday night. department. unchanged at 1,995 and 764, Top item may be the dis- Quinn has prepared resolu- respectively.