FAU's Only Violence: a Water Fight
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
BOCA RATON NEWS Vol. 15, No. 1 Friday, Dec. 5, 1969 12 Pages 10 Cents 1369 DECEMBER 1969 SDS fizzled from the start JL_M_T W T S 12 3 4 [5] 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FAU's only violence: a water fight Duck hunts Carroll Shelor stood barefoot in the the term comes to mind. with protest and violence, FAU has in the McCarthy campaign, then joined moratorium demonstrations Oil the shadow of the Army recruiting desk, But Carroll, a heavyset 19-year-old remained an educational oasis, where the leftist New Party, then came to campus' liad the support of all those in unkempt hair blowing wildly in the from West Palm Beach, isn't going to the only discernible revolution is that FAU. my dormitory — except two or three." exercises wind, the words "New Party" em- revolt against anything. of the clothes dryer in the laundromat "Nobody really cares about And the Vietnam war is something blazoned in blue across his white t- Because FAU, as any student there at the girls' dorm. anything here," he said, more by way students have constant reminders of as shirt. will tell you, isn't that kind of a place. Why? of explanation than complaint. they stroll the covered walkways Campus revolutionary; Instantly, While other campuses have seethed "Apathy," says Shelor, who worked There is evidence, though, that FAU between classes in the imposing new in futility } students care about a lot of things — pebble-and-concrete buildings. from the deadly serious to the purely On this particular day, Capt. Hardy frivilous. Batchelor and Sgt. 1-C Darrell Hitt, The news for duck hunters is And one member of the college U.S. Army recruiters, are stationed at not good today. administration suggests it is com- the entrance to the college cafeteria, Oh, you can take your gun out mitment to an education, rather than soliciting recruits for the Army's to Loxahatchee and hunt, all apathy, which accounts for the Officer Candidate program. right. tranquility. Their desks are stacked with signs: Trouble is, there aren't many Shelor himself, who seems about as "Test Now for Army OCS. No ducks. militant as anyone on the campus and obligation. See if you can qualify. The duck population has isn't very militant at that, says recent (Continues on Page 5) shrunk to about 5,000, and that's only one duck for every six residents of Boca Raton. Jim I Rifenberg will tell you more To plan new school about the duck hunters' dilemma on Page 8A. If you're the stubborn kind and still want to go duck hunting over I the weekend, the weather should be favorable. It's warming up a FAU appoints bit, although there is some chance of showers. I Folk singing Folk singing is the action engineer dean tonight at Florida Atlantic •:•; University, where night club folk •A singer Vince Martin will be featured in concerts at 7:30 and Arkansas 9:30 in the University Theater. You can pick up tickets at the door at $2.50. man due Vince here Jan. 1 Martin i A new college of engineering at Martin is the fellow whose I Florida Atlantic University got off the record, "Cindy, O Cindy" started ground today with the appointment of him on a successful career in Al Ritt, a bearded liberal opposed to violent protest the first dean to direct planning of the 1957. new venture. II Appointed today by the State Board of Regents was Dr. Denys O. Ackhurst, Denys 0. Ackhurst Ladies' rights now head of the department of elec- 1,000 to live in community trical engineering at the University of Ladies who think it's a man's Arkansas. Approval of Ackhurst's world and think something ought appointment was unanimous and will Foundations' to be done about it will be in- become effective Jan. 1. terested in Sandy Wesley's story Dr. Kenneth R. Williams, FAU on Page 6. She tells what Florida on city's edge, backers say president, said he expects the new life span women are doing about "equal dean to be on campus at the first of the status." year to begin planning the curriculum 1 ByKATHIEKEIM in engineering. Classes are expected to V. News Staff Writer begin in the fall of next year in two new Festival goof 8 programs, chosen from among elec- protected The city's first big cluster trical, mechanical, civil or industrial development, which will become a engineering. Oops ... hope we didn't ruin WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Senate residential community of more than FAU, he noted, already offers your day yesterday by telling you rejected today by a 69-18 vote a "death 1,000 people living in its 625 units, has programs in ocean engineering and the big Fall Festival is at been approved by planners for the sentence" proposal which would have Pompano Park. It's not, of that department will serve as the western fringes of the city. nucleus for the college-to-be. The stripped foundations of their tax- course. It's at our own Memorial exempt status after 40 years. Park, through Sunday. (Pom- Planned by the Walter Judd Kassuba ocean engineering program here pano Park, in case you're in- Realty Corp., the cluster development already ranks sixth in enrollment After a shouting debate, senators terested, is a harness track and it would have a mixture of condominium among some 20 engineering courses voted to delete a provision in the tax doesn't officially open until Dec. apartments, duplexes, and single- offered within the state university reform bill to allow existing foun- 19.) family homes occupying about 140 system. dations 40 years to give away their 1 acres. assets or pay taxes on their income at Kassuba Corp. representatives The engineering college at Florida the same rate paid by corporations on Quick facts received tentative approval of tension of Palmetto Park road and including a deed restriction on Atlantic was authorized about two their investment income. preliminary plans from the Planning Camino Real. There is no development property usage that would bind years ago by the State- Legislature New foundations would be able to and Zoning Board Thursday night, WEATHER: Partly cloudy on the surrounding land, although Kassuba to build the required number which passed a special enabling act to maintain a tax-exempt status for only tonight and Saturday, with along with approval .of a rezoning some is planned for the future. of single-family homes. establish the program here. However, 8 petition that opens the way for the 40 years from the time of their slowly rising temperatures. Larry Coleman, a representative of There are no facilities for sewer and at that time no funds were ap- creation. High yesterday was 69, low building of a shopping center to serve the Kassuba interests, told board water service, but Coleman told board propriated for the college program or Sen. Albert E. Gore, D-Tenn., was 49; tonight's low will be the cluster development. members that his organization did not members that Kassuba would un- to hire a dean to begin planning of the fighting to maintain the 40-year 60 with Saturday's high 76. The site for the proposed develop- intend to "try to finesse anyone." dertake the entire cost of installing curriculum. BOATING: Near shore seas will lifespan provision in the bill, argued ment lies in the rectangle formed by Coleman said Kassuba Corp. would connections from the cluster site to the that an overwhelming majority of be 3-5 feet by this afternoon, city facilities. Subsequently, the Board of Regents I the planned southward extension of agree to regulations set down by the provided the necessary appropriation private foundations were created by 5-8 east of the Gulfstream. Military Trail and the western ex- board in order to protect city interests, (Continued on Page 3) Inland waters will be mostly and several months ago set the wheels millionaires to serve as tax havens and choppy. Low tide tonight at I in motion to establish the college. to publicize the name of their creator 11:14, high in the morning at Williams made the announcement of in perpetuity. 5:29, low again at 11:50 a.m. I Everything's OK now plans to move ahead with the project- FISHING: The Deerfield pier at a chamber of commerce meeting in boasts of kings, cobia, and May of this year. Among reasons cited lots of bottom fish. by Williams for establishment of the TELEVISION: Best pick is college is the need to serve industries Name of the Game at 8:30 on I in the area. channels 5 and 7. A car was their home MOVIES: de Sade, rated X, at Ackhurst is a native of England where he received all his professional the Boca Raton Theatre, I By SANDY WESLEY rent. But it was the first step in the i showing at 6, 8, and 10.. training. He received his doctoral right direction. degree from the University of Not- There is a streetlight out at I The mother had reached the end of The children were bathed and given tingham. the corner of Olive Way and the rope. a good set of clothing and the mother Boca Raton Road. We've tried Her husband had deserted her. She was given two weeks supply of He headed the department of to get the power company to had nine children ages one to nine who groceries for the family.