BOCA RATON Boca Raton, Florida February 10,1966 30 Pages VOL
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BOX. 1678 e Weather s? -AUGUSTISJ February 5-9, 1966 HI Lo Rain- Sat. 60 41 0 Sun. - 68 40 0 Mon. 73 55 0 Tues. 76 54 0 Wed. noon 75 66 0 BOCA RATON Boca Raton, Florida February 10,1966 30 Pages VOL. .11 NO. 24 PRICE TO* Only Six Days But Pot Just R®c§ Qyiif F@r bur -Caididatos. For four political aspirants, the magic number is six. That's how many days are left until the doors on the big black machines are opened and the votes are counted. The winners will get terms of two years each on the Boca Ra- ton City Council. Incumbents Robert I. Honchell and Harold Maull face bids from Joe De Long and John Flancher, For all four, it'll probably be a long six days, though in- terest around town has not been at all hectic. As usual in Boca Raton, the time between the first and_ sec- ond elections is usually" very quiet. All the public forums are out of the way, and the time is spent by the candidates in re- grouping and solidying their organizations. This will be the first election A.I1 of Boca Raton's Boy Scout and Sea Scout troops joined forces in six years in which there are for a camporee last weekend to test the area which the city plans no teams of candidates, though to purchase for additional beach and park property. The pastoral some of the individual support- Open again, the Palmetto Park road bridge halts automobile traffic. beauty of the area, often difficult to see from the highway, was ers of the office seekers have dearly evident as the sunlight filtered through the Australian pines lumped teams together. At the present time, at least in their htracoostol Waterway Bridge and air heavy with wood smoke. public utterances, each candi- date is running on his own. The four all have experience on the city council and its Council Turns Thumbs Down forerunner, the city commis- Fix Old, Give sion. The city not only needs an- to the waterway. accident in the Riviera or Honchell is seeking his third other bridge across the Intra- At the same time, council oceanfront sections of the city," term. An attorney, in the city On Proposal to Block Street • coastal-.Waterway, but needs an instructed City Manager L.M. he said. for 10 years, he has based his: existent bridge repaired, and McConnell to notify Chelsie The city's future plans for posed street was included in campaign on his prior service streets and traffic aren't worth the list of projected arterial council took action Tuesday Senerchia, State Road Board and the accomplishments whil#' night along those lines. member of this district, of the a thing if exceptions are al- and secondary routes suggested in office. j| lowed to developers, Mayor Sid by City Engineer J.P. Vansant Expenses for a trip to New "troubles" with the bridge on Maull is serving as dp|>uty York to discuss right-of-way East Palmetto Park road, Brodhead said Tuesday as City in 1964, and okayed by the mayor, and held the city's high- Council ordered a beach front council at that time. for the extension of Northeast "The bridge has a long his- est office last year. A retired 40th street were okayed for City tory of being in trouble," Dep- condominium to . comply with Not only did the city plan to Air Force officer, he also two-year-old ordinances. open that route, Deputy Mayor Engineer J.P. Vansant. He'll uty Mayor Harold Maull re- served on the Planning and ported to the council. "Over San Remo, through its at- Harold Maull said, but he Zoning Board. discuss, with the new owners of torney P.J. Brannen, and its thought San Remo should dedi- the former J. Myer Schine tract the past week end, the bridge Bridge operations are an up DeLong is attempting a come- was closed to traffic for several engineer, John A. Grant Jr., cate the 60-foot right-of-way back on the council. He served the possibility of acquiring right and down proposition in Boca asked council whether or not it needed for the project. six years, including two terms of way from the Intracoastal to hours at three different times. Ocean Boulevard (AlA). The Constant repetition of this could Ratom intended to proceed with a "We are definitely going to as mayor, before losing in 1965 The Palmetto Park road planned city street parallel to need another north-south street city already has possession for result in severe loss of lives Ocean Boulevard (AlA) and the in that area to serve the high (Continued on Page 16A) the route from Federal highway or property in case of fire or bridge — currently blacklisted In^racoastal Waterway be- density of population that will by the City Council for its tween Northeast 51st st, and be there," he told Grant, who erratic behavior — opened Northeast 20th st. The pro- spoke for San Remo, "and also Movie Stars Liven Class Session 11,052 times during 1965, ac- as a service road in order to cording to State Road Depart- provide sanitary, fire and safety ment statistics. Pestai leceipts facilities in the area." In March alone, the busiest Maull said that the San Remo month, the Palmetto bridge property is 1,250 feet from The Gentle Rain' Falls at FAU opened 1,448 times. ocean to waterway, and must be All told, the city's ' three bisected by a public street. The "gentle rain" in Florida in area theaters. cast, the class and their pro- drawbridges, two over the In- The local postoffice is show- Though Grant said he could Atlantic's history class was Compared to their adventures fessor, Dr. Charles Kolinski, tracoastal Waterway and one ing one of the greatest increases not speak for San Remo, he did more a fizzle than a drizzle, in finding the classroom, the grew more fidgety. over the Boca Raton Inlet, in volume in the Southeastern question Maull's assertion that but the students loved it any- cast's experiences in Brazil Noting a couple hurrying opened 28,315 times during the United States, and interior the condominium could be way. paled to insignificance. toward the classroom, a student past year. changes are being made to take classified as a subdivision, in Billed as a first run report Here are some highlights- asked if "those looked like The club bridge on Camino care of it, Don McDermott, the order for the city to seek the from Brazil, the program for from the scenario: movie people?" As they drew Real was closed to car traffic postmaster, said yesterday. gift of right-of-way. History 331 was to feature three It almost looked as if History closer, one student posed the more than any other, probably • "We have trained a complete Council took unanimous action movie stars and a producer. 331 was one show which wouldn't crucial question: because of boat traffic between new staff for counter functions," to reassert the need and plan Their show, "The Gentle Rain," "go on." As minutes ticked by "Are you the movie folk?" the Boca Raton Hotel and points he told the News. "We believe for the street. filmed in Brazil, opens today without an appearance by the They didn't deny it. south. Statistics show that the this will enable us to give fast- bridge there opened 15,749 er, more efficient and courteous A round of applause from the times, with a peak of 1,941 service at the windows in the predominately male audience openings in January. F or postoffice." . .oops, students. .greeted March, the busiest time for McDermott said that other the pair inside the classroom. the other two bridges, the fig- training programs had been But then half of the pair was ure was 1,757. undertaken to school other new lissome Linda Day, the female The Inlet bridge not only is employes as well as long-time lead in the movie. higher, than the others, but be- workers to speed up the handling The other half was Burt cause of the bad channel situa- and more error-free delivery of Caudle of Boca Raton, producer tion is less frequently .used by mail. of the film for his Caudle In- large boats. It opened only 1,514 January's volume showed a ternational Productions. times during the entire year whopping 35 percent increase with a March peak of 226. over the same month last year, Questions ran a full gamut, the postmaster said. Postal re- starting off with one for Miss- ceipts for the period were Day: Manager to Stady $38,262.19 compared to $27,- "Did you fall in love with 519.36. the figure for the first the Iguassu Falls?" month of this year exceeded "Yes," she answered simply the total receipts for the entire and to the point. Then she ex- Obviously pleased at the tre- year of 1955. plained how she very nearly mendous mandate given it to Almost two million pieces of didn't get to the falls at all be- acquire beachfront property, mail were handled in the 31 cause the seats in the airplane City Council Tuesday night days of the month; 1,980,699 weren't fastened to the floor. ordered Manager L.M. Mc- in comparison to 1,639,681 of Connell to "negotiate" for such January, 1965. Caudle found Brazil a "magic property. land," but ticked off a history Councilman Robert I.