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BDI L673 SI AUQ-JZIlaZ FLA 32054 BOCA RATON NEWS Vol. 12, No. 155 Thursday, November 16, 1967 26 Pages Corps pledges water for conservation area Park?Lox' get equal treatment By JIM RIFENBURG BELLE GLADE - Loxahatch- ee, the vast Everglades area west of Boca Raton, will re- ceive as much water as anyone else, including Everglades Na- tional Park, the Corps of En- gineers said here yesterday. More than 250 people attended a public hearing at which the Corps explained plans they hope to put through U.S. Congress for revamping Florida's water- sheds. Preliminary reports had in- dicated Conservation Area number one, known here as.the- Loxahatchee, Area Two and Area Three would be dry 20 times in the next 36 years. Prince Andei Lobanow-Rostovsky, Professor Emeritus, Univer- However, Ted Hauessner, chief of the Corps* Hydrology sity of Michigan and Professor Samua! A. Portnoy, chairman of the Branch, said the preliminary History Department, College of Humanities, Florida Atlantic Uni- reports were not entirely true. versity discuss Russian history prior to lecture by Rostoveky at 'Minimum levels in the Con- FAU this week. The history department was host for the lecture by servation Areas may be low- Prince -- his topic was "50 Years of Soviet Communism: An His- ered from six inches to one torian's Evaluation." Prince Rostovsk is a direct decent of the Florida Atlantic University President Kenneth tion director, and other chamber members after foot, but not more than that," Rurik line, founders of Russia, a former captain of the Russian R. Williams shakes hands with Lester E. Cad- addressing the group at a morning meeting at he said. "And right now we aren't Imperial Guards, veteran of the white army under General Denikin man, the Chamber of Commerce's civic promo- Royal Palm Cafeteria. certain they will be lowered at in the civil war against the red forces, and a volunteer in the all. It will be at least a year French army druing WWI. '21st Century' before schedules can definitely be set. '' Basically,'' he told the News, "water will be conserved by a 'Long night'seen cessation of dumping into the University is prototype Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico in periods of heavy rain. Why is Florida Atlantic the of Commerce coffee. "And we would expect the same or more This water will be put into a for planning board most visited university in the have accepted the difficult chal- for the coming year," he noted. raising program in Lake Okee- country? lenge of committment to edu- He gave a hint of greater things chobee. Tonight promises to be a long al to the east from R-l-A to Dr. Kenneth R. Williams, F AU cational technology — the mis- to come in mentioning an even- "All water then will be equit- night for Planning and Zoning R-3-A for an apartment com- president, said Wednesday sion of finding out how the tual enrollment of 15,000 stu- ably distributed on a basis of board members who will hold plex. morning the reason it has cap- magnificent achievements of dents by 1975 in a multi-cam- needs to farm lands, coastal public hearings on four rezoning There was to be a fourth pe- tured the interest of educators American industry and technol- pus University." areas, conservation areas and petitions and possibly issue de- tition tonight from Palm-Aire throughout the country and ogy can be translated into equal- A record among universities, to Everglades National Park." cisions on two other petitions for rezoning of another piece abroad is that it is the proto- ly magnificent resources of he said, is FAU*s 2500 grad- In reply to a question by which were tabled from last of property in the northernpart type of the university of the learning and research." uates in only four years. He Herbert Benton, representing month's hearings. of town, but the company with- 21st century, unlike any other That educators must learn ascribed this accomplishment interests in the Conservation in the country today." The two tabled petitions are drew the petition. how to harness the great tools to FAU's structure as an upper- Areas, Hauessner said it linked with a third petition which Because Marqusee and Itven- "We are the first to devote of the computer and' of audio- division institution and to the "would be up to the conserva- will be presented tonight by us' petitions cover most of the ourselves to true upper-divi- visual resources Williams cited fact that it is situated in the tion interests how low the water Charles B. Marqusee. vacant property in the northern sion level work," he told guests as the top priority item, midst of "a great reservoir level would be drawn in time of Marqusee, who wants to build part of town, Planning and Zon- at the Boca Raton Chamber "The cost of quality educa- of persons aspiring to graduate drought. a large shopping center complex ing board members planned to must be decreased if we studies •— one third of all the "We'll confer with State near Lake Roger's Isles, last discuss the rezoning petitions are to do the job of training teachers in the state are in this people, with the agriculture month asked for rezoning of in relationship to each other County waives the millions coming into the region." areas and with cities, he said. property located between North- before making a decision, schools of tomorrow," he said. More than 200 members and "We'll determine what the min- east 40 and 46 streets along Other petitions up for public Continuing on the economic guests attended the program. imum can safely be to supply all Federal Highway and the Intra- hearing tonight which also might FIND tract theme in the educational pic- Newly elected President Wil- of the needs. This would include coastal Waterway from R-l-B draw some opposition are for ture, Williams emphasized the liam D. Ackerman announced wildlife and recreation, as well to R-B-l and R-4. rezoning of property located in Boca Raton's title to an eight- need for private support of the next meeting will be held as drinking water for cities and acre . recreation area on the Both petitions are part of the block 11, Country Club Village state-funded institutions to pro- at the Royal Palm Polo Field, agricultural use." same shopping center package. from B-2 to R-B-l, and a pe- shores of Lake Wyman is free vide the "margin for excel- Dec. 6 at 8:30 a.m. Several people spoke in oppo- and clear. .almost. Members of the board tabled tition by Robert S. DeMarcofor lence" that great institutions sition to the Corps' plan, but petition number one until they rezoning lots one through 24, The County Commission this have, such as the Universities most admitted this opposition week waived any objections it could study it in relationship to Boca Raton Heights, near El Rio of Michigan and California. He was based on preliminary re- the second petition. Canal, from R-l-D to R-3. might have or claim to the land, paid tribute to the FAU Found- ports and not on the revised re- currently held by the Florida The other tabled petition from Last petition on the public ation which got the university November 13-15, 1967 port given yesterday at the Itvenus Development and Indus- hearing agenda is from Boca Inland Navigation District. off the ground in the first place Hi Lo Rain meeting. Land and Development Co. for Originally intended as a spoil with its raising of a quarter of trial Corp., asked for rezoning area for Intracoastal Water- Monday 82 65 .08 However, most interests said of property bounded by C-15 rezoning of lots one through a million dollars to provide Tuesday 80 57 0 the time lapse between the re- canal on the north, Hidden Val- eight, University Heights, first way dredging projects, the the spade work before the legis- addition, from R-l-D to R-2. southern eight-acres of the site lature appropriated the neces- Wed. Noon 80 56 0 (Continued on Page 2A) ley on the south and Intracoast- is now filled to the point that it sary money. has little value as a spoil area. ' Not one great state univer- To combat 'boozeparties' Eventually, the city hopes to sity in the country can be de- acquire the entire spoil area for pendent on public finance development as a major park- alone," he offered. • marina complex. An account of the economic State officials already have impact of FAU showed $38 mil- Teen center revamps program indicated that they have no in- lion new dollars brought into terest in the area. To obtain Boca Raton and the surrounding By SANDY WESLEY said teenage president, Tony dates was promising, they said Kingma said. the area from FIND, the city area, according to the president. Orpesa, "but we're not getting the younger kids who ran for of- "I think if we were better or- first had to obtain waivers from On operation alone $22 million Optimism mixed with a little the cooperation we need. fice wanted the title. The older ganized and if everyone knew the state and Palm Beach has been spent to date. Through pessimism has set in at Boca Although the six new officers kids threw their hats in be- just what was going on the Ju- County. June of this year salaries have Raton Teenage Center these of Teen Town werepleated with cause they didn't want to see the venile Jury would be more ef- City Manager Alan Alford said totaled $10 and a half million.