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Board Views New Master Plan As 'General Guide' More Study Scheduled for Smith Report BOCA RATON NEWS Vol. 14, No. 114 Sunday, Aug. 24, 1969 40 Pages Board views new master plan as 'general guide' More study scheduled for Smith report By JIM RIFENBURG People Unlimited and city firemen gather disaster supplies. Boca Raton's master plan was called nothing more than a "broad, generalized guide" by members of the Planning and Zoning Board Thursday City answers night. Going through the report, page by page, for the past several weeks, the call for aid board came to the conclusion figures, statistics, tables and tabulations in the Milo Smith, planning consultants, plan Boca Raton residents, spared the are unreliable. wrath of a hurricane for the past We'll wait and see what the 1970 several years, poured out their census figures are and see if we can fit gratitude in the form of aid for them in to the plan," board chairman Camille's victims in Mississippi. >• Thomas Becker said. During the past week, at least four drives were underway to provide The P&Z board, however, said they assistance to persons injured and would recommend City Council use the homeless in the wake of the storm. report as a "broad guide", until new Food, clothing and medicine was being figures are available, probably collected'by the Boca Raton Welfare sometime in 1971. Council, the People-Unlimited youth The board hit first at the sanitary group, and the, Jaycees. Funds were facilities section of the report. being collected by the -County Red "It was not well layed out, '.'.member Cross chapter for hurricane relief Col. Robert Rodgers said. "If tLe' work. statistics are correct, we. •should The Welfare Council was working recommend to City Council mefibers with the Salvation Army antf plans to that they initiate a complete review." continue receiving items fat its Also coming under attack wa| the collection depot through Monday. The section on water treatment \ and depot is located in the A&P Con- distribution facilities. The board struction Co. warehouse in the 5400 recommended that Councilmen lo a New, high-speed compaterized typesetting equipment is now being used block of North Dixie highway. No Aracky high priority review on distribution in printing of the Boca Eaton News. is available for pickup from homes. methods and facilitis. Discussion Late Friday, a Welfare Council centered around size of water mains spokesman said that five truckloads and pressures throughout the city. had been collected and were being "With the fantastic growth Computer sets type hauled to Miami for airlift by the Salvation Army to Mississippi. possibilities of the city, I think we must revamp the entire system," Becker The Jaycees began Thursday night collecting clothing, powered milk, •stated. canned goods, canned meat and Future building of city facilities will for today's News see a new library "somewhere west of bedding. Persons who wish to have the than the text type used by most Jaycees pickup items at homes may Second avenue," according to Today's Boca Raton News is printed call 395-8788 or 391-2483. Sunday noon is recommendations that will be sent to using a new type face, produced by newspapers. the deadline for items routed to council and the possibility of the Police new, high-speed, computerized The Compugraphic typesetters use Mississippi through the Jaycees. Department utilizing the present typesetting machines. the photographic principle, with the type images exposed on photographic People Unlimited joined forces with library building as a records office. The new Compugraphic photo- composition machines contain small, paper. The machines enable operators the Boca Raton Fire Department for P&Z members also took a crack at single purpose computers which to ignore line-end and word their hurricane assistance drive. state and county building of schools. control the spacing, justifying and hyphenation decisions, since the Items intended for Mississippi storm "We don't want the School Board to other mechanical functions, setting computer handles these functions victims were being collected and build schools in the future without first any pre-determined line length in a automatically. By simplifying the packed at the main fire station on consulting the Planning and Zoning variety of type faces and sizes. operator's job, the system allows North Federal highway. Board and City Council," they said. Welfare Council depot is nearly filled. Each of the two machines runs at faster operation of the keyboards Boca Raton's airport will probably speeds up to 30 newspaper lines per which punch paper tape to control the never become anything more than an minute. ; typesetters. executive type facility, members They replace an older machine agreed. The machines are manufactured by which runs at about one third that the Compugraphic Corporation, University, jr. college ask "We don't forsee it ever being a speed, and which operates on the same WiUmington, Mass. commercial airport," they said. "strike-on" principle used by , However it was voted to recommend typewriters. Boca Raton News production City Council consider it as a future The new type face is Com- manager Charles Jesse has completed problem with normal growth. pugraphic's nine-point News No. 3; a two-week factory training course in NSF funds for ocean studies Walter Young, city ian- which is especially designed for operation, maintenance and repair of p the new typesetting system. (Continued on 5A) newspaper text, and is slightly larger A joint request for National Science the study of ocean engineering at FAU. our professors figure they would be Foundation funds to plan cooperative The grant request points to the better off financially if they were programs in the marine and ocean growing ocean science industry in taking the courses instead of teaching engineering fields has been made by Palm Beach County as evidence of the them." Florida Atlantic University and Palm need for both Marine Technicians and Dr. Harold C. Manor, PBJC Beach Junior College. Ocean Engineers. president, told the board that many The request, approved Wednesday arrangements must be made before by the PBJC trustees, asks for funds It names five of these industries; the new programs could begin. for a two-week conference in August Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., 1970, and continuing one-day con- Oceanography Development Corp., The grant request foresees jointuse ferences through that academic year, Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc., of boats and other laboratory facilities followed by a six-week session in the Perry Submarine Builders, and West at FAU, making it possible for summer of 1971. India Shipping Company, Sic. students at PBJC to obtain practical experience. The objective of the study would be A number of PBJC graduates have • the development of two different already enrolled in the department of "We hope we can get the new programs of study for students at ocean engineering at FAU, but the PBJC: one a two-year program programs underway by the winter development of specific coordinated term,"(January, 1970) Dr. Manor leading to employment as a marine programs would broaden and extend technician the other leading directly to said, "but, until the new programs are the cooperation between the two in- implemented, we will continue our stitutions. current studies leading to ocean Dr. Raymond F. McAllister, engineering." professor of ocean engineering at FAU, told board members "some of Ann Landers Page4B our best students are from PBJC." Calendar 5B Responding to inquiries from the Classifieds 9-10-11B board Dr. McAllister said there are Editorials 4A good job opportunities both in this area Public Notices 9B and elsewhere for graduates of two Aug. 20-23,1969 Real Estate 6-7B and four-year programs in marine Hi Lo Rain Sports 6A technology and ocean engineering. Wed. 90 79 0 Registration for new students and orientation for all looked like with teachers and students moving furniture Travel 3A "One of our graduates started at Thurs. • 89 69 0 students will start Monday at 8:30 ajn. as the county and equipment into place as Principal Bruce McDonald Women's News 1-2-3-4B $9300 two years ago and is now making Fri. 92 69 0 school board prepares to swing into operation at the new toured the $2.5 million facility during the past week. Back to School Section C more than $14,000" he said. "Some of Sat(noon) .91 73 0 Boca Eaton Junior High School. This is what the scene 2A BOCA RATON NEWS Sunday, Aug. 24, 1969 FAMOUS UUUK PURPLE Pi CHINESE RESTAURANT In the COVE SHOPPING CENTER ROYAL PALM PLAZA DEERFIEbD ComraonffiaJlhUnfedmE5WT5 \,^r^/->i\ / P\—\r*w~iir> Serving Lunch- Dinner - Late Supper Aiadu-JtonHWurton OUllCiy LA^nnio in CLOSED MONDAY Open Noon til Midnight Funeral services for FOR RESERVATION OR TAKE OUT ORDERS - 399-5455 CARRY - OUTS FOR OFFICES - HOME - PICNICS Rev. George Thompson STORES - PARTIES Funeral services were held York; a son, Paul Thomson, 2:00 - 4:00 - 6:00 - 8:00 - 10:00 Thursday in North Syracuse, who is chairman of the Palm New York, for the Rev. Dr. Beach County Development 399=8454 Commission; and six George Thomson, who died 11 A.M. -11 P.M. * 7 DAYS A WEEK while vacationing in New grandsons. Jersey. Dr. Thomson was pastor of the University Mrs. Bernecker Baptist Church: Born in Episcopalian in Funeral services were held Scotland on January 17, 1899, Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Dr. Thomson moved with his Church for Mrs. lillie S. family to Canada at an early Bernecker, 85 of 3774 N.W. A 10th century castle age. Later, as a young man, 3rd Ave., who died Tuesday. in a 20th century war! he moved to the United Mrs. Bernecker came to Jitates, becoming a Boca Raton 10 years ago from naturalized citizen.
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