BOCA RATON NEWS Vol. 15, No. 50 Sunday, Feb. 15, 1970 34 Pages 10 Cents Lawsuit studied St- Funds raised to challenge school appearance code ByKATHIEKEIM A group of students spearheading the drive to challenge the appearance Students at Boca Raton High School regulations say about $200 has been are raising money to back an effort to raised so far. The money that is raised challenge the school's policy on per- will help retain an attorney should the sonal appearance. students take their case to court. Some of the students have said they are considering a suit against the schoolfbecauseithey say the wording of The City Council candidates, from left, are Tore Wallin, Bill Moore, Pat Honchell, and Earl Sloane. YOUR DAY the school's policy on such things as 197O FEBRUARY i97O the length of a boy's hair or a girl's M T W skirt leaves the school in a position to All agree: money 2 3 4 5 6 7 interpret the provisions arbitrarily. • If 9 10 11 12 13 14 The present policy, established by needed to fix roads 16 17 18 19 20 21 the county school board and in- 23 24 25 26 27 28 terpreted locally be each school's administration, includes statesment such as a male student's hair should be of "reasonable" length and worn in a"standard" hair style; girls are to Don't wear skirts or dresses of a Council race ends with "reasonable" length; and boys must wear socks. forget There is no precise definition of what is meant by "reasonable," so there should be some guidelines added students say. to vote Others in the group of students ob- runoff vote Tuesday Since the News doesn't come jecting to the dress and hair regulations, such as senior Steve By PETE PEPINSKY improvements. Earl Sloane, the fourth hopeful, wide tax. out on Mondays, we must urge The four candidates in the runoff you now to get out and vote Alger, feel there should be no Moore also spoke to the traffic conjectured that the city should guidelines imposed by the school City Council election all agree on the congestion problem in the downtown complete its $7 million drainage The outfall system and the jetport Tuesday. This runoff election is missing factor which is delaying city site west of the city were brought up in the last chance to vote. You system at all. area, "let's synchronize traffic signals program after total sewering is While students said there could be a street improvements — money. so that you can go through town completed, and then worry about the questions from the floor. know, if someone you don't The outfall query concerned the support is elected, and you didn't suit to force changes in appearance "There's a practical limit to what without stopping if you wish," Moore road construction. regulations or abolish them entirely, the Council can allocate to each stated. "We should install traffic The candidates were also in accord location for the discharge of raw even vote, you really don't have sewage during the interval between much to say about it. their attorney said there are no plans department," Tore Wallin explained to signals at every intersection along we on plans for developing the lands west at this time to file a suit. He added, the audience at the Boca Raton need proper lane markings with of the present city limits. They greed the completion of the outfall pipe and however, that he is prepared to enter Jaycees forum last night. "TG improve reflective paint," he added. that the only proper growth of the city the completion of the new treatment the case actively in the event school our streets we need more money, and Incumbent Councilman Pat Hon- was a planned, orderly growth which plant. Specifically, it was asked Polo Sunday officials take any arbitrary steps to for that we need more taxes. The only chell cited the phenomenal growth of worked to provide the necessary whether the city should send the ef- block the student protest. was to do that is to increase our the city and major improvement service facilities, such as police and fluent into the El Rio Canal, as is presently done, or through the ocean Principal Gerald Daniels indicated assessment, and that we can do." program rejected by the people in 1963 fire protection, recreational facilities, The sun will shine The breezes outfall. will blow gently and warm. And at the end of the week that he was Candidate Bill Moore ad\'ised that and 1966 as major factors in the slow sanitation and education before the Wallin reported that the city's it'll be a great day for polo sympathetic to comments that dress the city look into state funds for help. road improvement progress. "The expansion is completed. consulting engineers planned to extend . Sunday. Milwaukee'.-.and Miami and hair policies could be interpret He mentioned Gov. Claude Ki~k's idea lack of money is the root of all evil, arbitrarily and that they could be to charge an extra cent of gasoline fas .oncerniiig road construction," MOC-.E* suggested that the revenues the pipe from the plant to the outfall take the field at 3 pin. Previous and discharge the effluent, regardless to the game some 50 antique unfair. and return it to the people for road Honchell paraphrased. collected through the newly established interim services and of the treatment condition, during the automobiles will parade and be interim period. on display. Presentation Wednesday facilities fee could be utilized for ex- pansion needs. (Continued on Page 3A) The question of who owns the Boca Open house Raton Inlet was also bandied about. Honchell, a local attorney, stated that Just wait The 530 foot USS Compass Nixon drafting 'philosophy' Arvida, in his judgement, could never Island, an experimental own the Inlet because of 40 year of navigation ship, will be open for public access. He added that the for the bill! public visiting on Sunday Feb. 15 KEY BISCAYNE (UPI)— President requirements. include any decision on further troop matter might be resolved by litigation, from 1 to 4 pjn. at Port Nixon's 30,000 word foreign policy Officials said Nixon is nearing withdrawals from Vietnam or the sale but that the city hoped for negotiation. The ad says you can buy anything Everglades. statement Wednesday will outline his completion of the message, which will of more jets to Israel. with it, but this is ridiculous. deal with the world's trouble spots in "If Arvida owns it, let them keep it The Compass Island is moored "general philosophy," but willnot seek Nixon still is in the process of con- A local real estate firm has accepted congressional endorsement of new general, but without reference to open," Moore said. He propsed that if at Berth 24 on the passenger pier sidering a decision on the Israeli a BankAmericard charge as the down doctrines or legislation, the White specific new actions. the Inlet were found to belong to the in the southern section of the request for added airpower, officials payment on a real estate transaction. harbor. Sunday should be a great House said today. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. city, a tax district, similar to the "This opens a whole new vista for Laird, who returns to Washington said, and an announcement probably situations in Boynton Beach and day, so why not drive down to Officials said the unprecedented, will come at the end of the month. real estate sales," said Tom Meredith, Port Everglades? comprehensive report will deal with Sunday after a oneweek tour of Hillsboro Beach, be setup to spread the vice president of Keating-Meredith both foreign policy and national Vietnam, and Secretary of State The President's stay in Florida has cost of inlet maintenace among the Properties, Inc. "We not only will Quick facts security matters, and will indicate William P. Rogers, now on an African been marked by cold weather and little users. accept BankAmericard as deposits on directions for the United States' future factfinding diplomatic mission, will sunshine. Mostly he was relaxing with Sloane added that since 70 per cent of real estate, we will also accept it for Weather: Clear and mild posture in the world. supplement the Nixon message with his family and cruising on Biscayne the residents of Roca Raton were af- rent payments in our apartment Saturday, becoming partly It will be followed up on Friday by a testimony before House and Senate Bay. He was expected to head back to fected by the backed-up water the houses." cloudy • Sunday. Zero separate Defense Department committees within the next few weeks. Washington Sunday evening for a busy closed Inlet causes, maintenance of There's the answer to the first-of- probability of rain. Low statement on its policies and budget Officials said the report would not week ahead. the Inlet should be provided by a city- the-month blues . .or is it? Saturday night 60, high Sunday 77. Boating: Seas 1-3 feet. Inland waters will have a light chop. Winds east to southeast at 5-15 mph. Low tide Saturday 7:18 Tampa Bay oil slick spreads p.m. High tides Sunday 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. Low tides Sunday 10:06 a.m. and 10:24 TAMPA Fla (UPI) More than 25 aground in heavy fog and burst a diameter and by midnight it had Lt. Michael J. Shchiro of the Coast Why is it that our Boca p.m.