To Study Beach Plan Atlanta Team Will Inspect Sites Here Officials of the Atlanta Reg- Ional Office of the U.S
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BOX 1678 ST•• AUGUST-IMS FLA BOCA RATON NEWS 32084 • Vol. 12, No. 22 January 10,1967 Tuesday 104 HUDdle This Week i To Study Beach Plan Atlanta Team Will Inspect Sites Here Officials of the Atlanta Reg- ional Office of the U.S. Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD)will visit Boca Raton this week to check once again on the city's application for federal matching funds for acquistion and improvement of additional beach frontage and for an ocean outfall sewer sys- tem. The inspection should lead to a letter of consent from HUD which will in effect permit the city to negotiate for beachfront without prejudicing the possi- bility of federal funds, Manager Alan Alford said. Two of the last remaining The pattern of progress. Sewer pipes form an almost abstract barriers in the city's request fell last week: pattern of light and shadow which belies their mundane destination. A NEW combination report, Palmetto Park road is torn up again. .in a installation of sewer lines along the road be- including the requests for $1 new place. The old construction projects still tween Fourth avenue and the FEC tracks. million in matching funds for haven't been finished. Workmen Monday began beach acquisition and $500,000 Reed's House Chores for improvements was filed; The Palm Beach Area Plan- ning Board APB was approved by HUD officials, a long-await- Cut Short by Court Gov. Kirk, Rep. Rogers Join ed event which "qualified" Boca Raton and other county com- Boca Raton's Donald Reed Reed had been named as a munities for federal grants, was one of two floor leaders in joint floor leader for the Con- Alford submitted the report, the House of Representatives (Continued on Page 12) prepared by Planning Director yesterday in Tallahassee—a job Walter Young, on Friday, the that lasted just two hours. ESSA Team for FA U Tour • same day that Boca, Raton's House organization had just After touring in the Palm University's Florida Atlantic University Administration, 1 John H. Flancher 'Vas notified gotten underway in the special will get a chance to talk about Also slated to be on hand when Beach area, the group wil fly of the approval of the APB, session when the U.S. Supreme its plans in the field of ocean the ESSA site evaluation com- (Continued on Page 12) "Comprehensive planning Court said the Legislature was Enrollment Up sciences Thursday when it hosts mittee visits the FAU campus requirements have been met", malapportioned. a delegation from theEnviro- are Govo Claude R. Kirk and Earl H. Metzger, Jr., assistant The session was called last Enrollment at Florida Atlan- mental Sciences and Services Congressman Paul G. Rogers. regional manager of HUD, said week by Gov. Claude Kirk to tic University is running well The committee is touring the Big Land Sale in the letter to Flancher. "This rewrite the Florida Constitu- ahead of last year at this time Eastern seaboard inspecting will enable consideration to be tion, but the Court's ruling and late registrations are con- sites which meet the criteria given to applications for water brought procedures to a halt, tinuing to roll in. established for ESSA's perman- Is Recorded and sewer facilities grants, as legislative leaders hastily Robert Koser, registrar, said ent headquarters. open spaces grants and other called a recess. a total of 3,055 students were Partly cloudy and mild is the The ESSA headquarters is a The second large land sale such grants from Palm Beach In the opinion of many ob- registered at the close of the forecast for Boca Raton today. multi-million-dollar plum in as many months was re- County." servers in Tallahassee, the regular registration period. South to southeasterly winds which potentially will do for corded in Palm Beach County's Three other cities in the ruling left the Legislature with Last year at this time, the from 5 to 12 miles an hour ocean science and exploration courthouse Friday. county have also made requests only one thing it can do legally: university had registered 2,780 are expected today. Highest what the NASA-Cape Kennedy The Glades Road South Corp- for federal funds. reapportion itself. students. temperature today is expected complex has done for space oration purchased from William Young said that his beach and Although winter term regis- to be near 81 and a low tonight exploration. F, Mitchell as trustee 520 acres water and sewer applications tration usually shows a drop of about 70, County hosts for the ESSA of land for $1.2 million. have already been informally from the fall term, the de- Official recordings here committee's visit will be the The acreage lies south of approved by the APB, and pre- crease at FAU continues to during the past few days were: Ocean Sciences and Engineer- Glades road west of Paradise dicted that the letter of con- Ann Landers Page 7 run below normal. The univer- ing Council. Rogers will fly Palms, outside the city limits. sent from HUD officials would Classifieds 10- 11 sity had 3,482 students enrolled January 7-9, 1967 from Washington, even though It is besected by Powerline road be forthcoming within two Editorials 4 last term. Hi Lo Rain Congress is in session, to join and reaches to the Sunstream weeks. Public Notices Late registration will con- Sat. 76 60 0 the ESSA group for its brief- Groves on the west. Consideration of the grant Sun. 78 70 0 Sports tinue through Jan. 13 with tardy ing at the Port of Palm Beach The price reflects a value will take several months, Alford Women's News 6- 7 students paying a 55 penalty. Mon. noon 79 71 0 headquarters. of about $2,250 per acre. said. What Can You Buy for Library is a Home Town Effort By Maude Morgan Thomas gift really, from the group of Let's see what we've got for feeling of southern hospitality Boca Raton started off the civic-minded private owners our money.- Stacks of books, with that made you think of black- new year with a $10 investment who have nurtured it over the colors reflected in light and eyed peas. which will pay off its dividends years to the bright bud it is shiny floors. A wailful of win- And why not, because here is in the wealth of literature and today, and have now presented dows, ceiling -to-floor. Wall- Mrs. Janet Murray, chief lib- knowledge which has enriched it to the city, with a $10.00 to- to-wall. Round tables, chairs. rarian, who came to Boca Raton civilization for centuries and ken payment to legalize the A room for children and their eight will to do so for centuries to transaction. special books. Atmosphere. The (Continued on Page 2) come. So what does $10 buy today? Drive down this quiet street, past a grove of full-grown ban- yan trees until you come to a cool modern edifice that nestles warmly ih its place. Park your car in the macadam driveway and walk past shrubs and flowering plants to a wide front door. Open it, and go right in. You feel at home. You can almost smell bread baking, ba- con frying, black-eyed peas cooking on some back burner. And hear coffee perking. Two little girls brush carefully by you on their way out. A white haired couple look up from a corner table and smile frater- nally. Other eyes look up from their work and smile briskly, then get back to work, because there's a lot to do. You really don't smell food cooking, of course, because this isn't a private residence, nor a restaurant. This is a house of books, and the only edible served here is food for thought. This is your newly purchased Checking out books at library charge desk. Boca Raton Public Library. A Interior shot shows library reading room. 2 Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1967 BOCA RATON NEWS Boca Raton s Library Pays Dividends on Investment (Continued from Page 1) only a token 50 cents hands of his friends, Kent painting vivid post- Mrs. Dorothy Parsons, others help when they Mrs. Terry has learned blessing. Every book years ago from Hunt- for a two year mem- with now and then a ers for various events, semi-retired, works have time. "Last week to hide her copies until must be examined for bership. shell picture he has and a little girl settling ington, W. Va., where part-time cataloging Mrs. Alexander and I she has at least looked suitability and possible she had also been a books. Her daughter is cleaned the filters in them over. duplication. Rare books The library will grow made for Mrs. Murray's delightedly down with an librarian. She is Johnny- and first editions are with Boca Raton. New office? And with Mrs. apple and a good book. also in library work, at the air-conditioning Now we come to the on-the-job with a cool set aside for a special departments will be FAU. The Parsons units," Mrs. Murray reason for, the ultimate no-nonsense efficiency place in Mrs. Murray's added—films, records Discover a Delightful Hobby moved here from Statan said."We thought of the aim of, this library. office. Others are pro- and other unforeseen in- that has helped make Island, N.Y. some time $20.00 the job would The city has acquired cessed and put right on novations. Improve- the library the sparkling ago, cost, and then we you, too.