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NSWS-FILE BIHSSRZ BOX 1678 ST- AUGUSTINE FLA The Board Meets The City Commission this week opened its hearings as a Board of Equalization to study the proposed tax assessment rolls. It also provided an opportunity for a picture of the whole group working together. Seated from left are Commis- - missioners Ed Guthrie and Robert I. Honchell, , City Manager L.M. McConnell, Mayor Sidney ,:* Brodhead, City Attorney Roberta McKenry, and * Commissioners Bernard Turner and Harold Maull. Largest Circulation Of Any Newspaper In Boca Raton Area BOCA RATON NEWS VOL. 10 NO. 40 Boca Raton, Fla., April 8, 1965 26 pages PRICE Equalization Board Studies City's Largest Tax Roll Bfblefowii Asks For Reed Gets Committee Assignments Exemption As Legislature Opens In Tallahassee The City Commis- Donald Reed, Boca E.C. Rowell and Senate but will probably dis- the law be changed to sion, sitting as the Raton's representative President James E. appoint school teachers, make the deadline Board of Equalization, in the Florida Legisla- Connor indicated they educators and state of- March 1, and drop the took action yesterday ture, yesterday was will insist on a balanced ficials. controversial 13-month morning to reduce as- named to two commit- budget, and Rowell was The governor may plate which would have sessments on property tees as the biennial as- vehement on the fact," have laid to rest one of made the deadline even- in the Lake Wyman signments were hand- Reed said. his campaign promises tually be July 1. Shores area. ed out. The stand on no new — the reduction of li- Burns predicted that Approximately 15 Reed, minority lead- taxes will please most of cense fees. However, the state would have parcels were reduced er of the Republicans in the citizens of Florida, he did recommend that (Continued on page 14A) from 5 to 10 per cent. an overwhelmingly These were the only Democratic House, Well, it wasn't exactly the "straw that broke the camel's back." Crews be- changes the board au- landed the post of vice- To Conduct Survey gan work Wednesday removing the humps from the Florida East Coast rail- thorized before recess- chairman of the Com- road crossing at Palmetto Park road. In spite of the traffic whizzing by, ing until April 30, mittees on Resolutions workmen continued working asphalt into the roadway on the west side of the An application from and Memorials and will tracks. George Christy, Boca also serve on the Com- Villas, was rejected. mittee on Government City Hires Traffit Consultant The board also filed ap- Organizations. The City Commis- has found that it is pos- techniques and speed plication for exemption The committee ap- sion Tuesday approved sible to increase the program, signals, tim- from Bibletown. pointments were the plans to hire a firm of capacity of the street ing, sign analysis, in- Court Delays Decision These were the only only action taken in the consulting engineers to system from 15 to 20 tersection flows . .. and requests from taxpay- short session yesterday draft an operational per cent by "good, sound to turn over in bound ers following the post- in the House. traffic study here. traffic engineering copies full recom- ing of the city's first Reed told the News Acting on a recom- practices." mendations and conclu- full-value tax roll last that the reaction to Gov. mendation by City Man- "This also includes," sions." he added. In 1st Sign Test Case month by OwenBennion, Haydon Burns' speech ager L.M. McConnell, Kunde said, "a much tax assessor. opening the 1965 ses- the commissioners ap- greater freedom of Decision has been taken of the-business and asked to see the pic- The commission will, sion was generally fav- proved hiring the firm movement, a decrease withheld one week in the the allegedly illegal tures. however, review its pol- orable. of Kunde and Associ- of travel time between icy on assessments next "It was pretty long, case of William Tru- signs. Defense Coun- Apparently both men ates to conduct the sur- origin and destination Amusement Page 6A piano who appeared in sel Brannen said he thought they would be week, with an eye on next though," he said. vey for $2,200. and, in short, making year's roll. The legislator was of Church 11B court Tuesday charged would stipulate the pic- normal photographs and driving a pleasure in- 11-12- 13A with violation of the city tures were'taken of the were taken aback when The 1965 roll is by the opinion that legisla- George H. Kunde, stead of thenerve-rack- Classifieds sign ordinance, business and would not color movies were far the largest in his- tive heads, as well as president of the firm, ing thing it presently is. Editorials 4B Trupiano was charg- argue against their be- shown. Brannen re- tory, and reached a total the governor, are com- said surveys of this type Public Notices 13A-6B- ed with six counts re- ing presented into the marked, "do you have of $208,008,000, with mitted on a no-non- are intended to get max- "Our proposal would Real Estate 10 A garding allegedly illegal case. However, he and popcorn too?" $188,332,300 as taxable. sense, no-additional-tax imum utilization from be to conduct this study 8-9-lEA policy, the existing street sys- . with standard traf- Sports signs at Boca Car Wash Judge Dix were some- TV Listings 6A on North Federal high- what surprised when Dix (Continued on page 14A) (Continued on page 14A) "Both House Speaker tem. He said his firm fic engineering study Section B way. Women's News Judge Kenneth Dix, after listening to argu- Architect to Draw Plan ments by City Prosecu- tor Jerry Stejskal and Defense Counsel P.J. Brannen, reserved rul- ing until 9:30 a.m. next City Beach Plan Boosted Tuesday. Judge Dix explained he would study Plans to acquire more north beach. More than ter mains in the Riviera briefs presented by both public beach property a thousand feet more has section. attorneys. moved forward at Tues- been suggested, both AUTHORIZED execu- During the long pro- day's City Commission north and south of the tion of an agreement ceedings, it was brought meeting when commis- present site. with the Florida East out pictures had been sioners agreed to meet In other action at Coast Railroad to per- with an architect to draw Tuesday's meeting, the mit installation of a wa- land use plans. City Commission: ter main under the E. Manny Abraben, HELD public hearings tracks. The city will The Weather who volunteered to un- on two ordinances, one pick up the extra cost dertake the land-use relating to district for installation of a 36 April 3-7, 1965 plan for a one-dollar boundary line'plats &nd a inch casing, although Hi Lo Rain fee, is expected to attend second creating two- only a 12 inch main is Sat. 83 54 the City Commission's family zoning in block contemplated at the Sun. 79 69 workshop meeting Mon- one of the Spanish Vil- present time. day to talk over beach Mon. 84 64 lage plat. Both were APPROVED an ex- A strike by the Carpenters acquisition plans and adopted without public pense allowance for the Union against members of the Broward County Tues. 82 64 anticipated use. comment. Builders Exchange has idled workmen on a number of jobs in the city. The Wed. noon 83 62 secretary of the Civil The city anticipates a INSTRUCTED the city Service Board. The al- carpenters have not, however, struck against the general contractors or owners U.S. Weather Bureau official bond issue to finance attorney to proceed with lowance is not to exceed of the projects as a result of' a dispute with them. Among the major projects recordings from the coopera. hit by the strike was Florida five station, Boca Raton. purchase of additional drafting the lien ordi- $150 per month. Atlantic University where a dormitory complex beach property in the vi- nance for the engineer's and cafeteria building with a total value of $1.8 million are under construc- cinity of the present assessment roll for wa- (Continued on page 14A) tion. With a Gallic Touch From Charles de Gaulle The United States and the Gold Situation cent magnitude — effect our domestic monetary hold as international monetary structure the nations with inter-, By Dr. Robert E. Miller henceforth to settle all system. Thus as of national money, and yet in. one segment of its net international debts monetary reserves — stand? it is just these deficits economy, we are pretty Department of Economic* in gold — which only the last month $13 billion a reserve "as good as Finally, what more Florida Atlantic University of the less than 15 we gold" under the Bretton should be done? There that are creating the close to a silly tail wag- United States is now own was not officially circumstances that may ging the.dog story. A return to the inter- committed to do, if Woods agreement: are probably as many force the system itself available for our for- whereas now with the current plans for revi- Electric base board national gold standard somewhat reluctantly; eign trade or support to collapse. And even has been generally er- (b) that the nations economic rehabilitation sion of the present in- more strangely, the units take up little space of the dollar — leaving and economic growth of ternational monetary and fit any room decor. roneously reported in should pay off in gold, less than $2 billion present international the world press as hav- over a specified time, the nations of Western system as there have monetary system brings ing been recommended after freezing these against the potential Europe and Japan — a been temporary exped- foreign short - term greater growth than that ients to hold it together, forth the anomalous sit- BOCA RATON NEWS by French President de debts at no interest, all claims of almost $30 uation where the poor- Gaulle — along with the foreign holdings of in the United States, they such as: (a) return to er nations in effect have 2A April 8,1965 correctly reported their currencies— billion against our gold have less need for Am- the gold standard; (b) stock.