.m.m OF 3 R >N 3343:2 BOCA RATON NEWS /ol, 15, No. 82 Wednesdoy, April 1, 1970 20 Pages 10 Cents YOUR DAY County attorneys rule out 197D APRIL 197Q rehearlngs on trailer objections S M T W T F 2 3 4 5 6 7X9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 'Take zone protest to court' ByKATHIEKEIM commissioners that because of commission decisions even though "Those are the only two cases in zoning commission Tuesday voicing Boca Raton has no other course of legislation setting up the zoning Ruff and Danciu contended it would which the board of adjustment has any objection to it. appeal on a county zoning decision commission it could not honor the have such powers. power. They are specifically not The County Zoning Commission had Census than to file a suit in circuit court, the request. "In its list of duties it is charged with empowered to deal with questions of granted a permit to Milton Greenberg county commission was advised Wolfe said that although Ruff and hearing appeals of decisions of ad- land use." to use a 635-acre tract of land west of Tuesday afternoon. Daneiu said no board of adjustment ministrative officials when it is felt The City Council has filed two Boca Raton as a trailer park, but Boca forms Earlier in the day deputy mayor had been created in spite of a they are in error — for instance, the petitions with the County Commission Raton officials and residents have Emil Danciu and city attorney John requirement that one be set up, a zoning director," Wolfe said. and one with the zoning commission been objecting to the issuing of the Ruff had pushed for a review of a board of adjustment was in fact "Secondly, they hear cases in which asking for a rehearing of the' decision permit because of a feeling that in- County Zoning Commission decision meeting regularly. there would be a hardship on the part to permit the mobile home park. In sufficient planning accompanied the and for a recognized board to handle However, according to Wolfe, the of a property owner beer use of things addition, a petition signed by 10 decision. due appeals, but zoning commission at- board of adjustment did not have the like setback requirements. This is residents of an area near the proposed Wolfe said emphatically that torney, Paul C. Wolfe reported to power to hear appeals of zoning commonly known as a variance. trailer park was forwarded to the no In case you've forgotten, today (Continued oa Page 12) is the day you're supposed to count noses in your house and mail in the census questionnaire Controllers you found in your mailbox last weekend. Just fill it out with your LEFT trusty lead pencil, put it in the envelope Uncle Sam has TURN generously provided you, and drop it in a mailbox ... no fooling. reject back No postage, either. Wettest to work plea WASHINGTON (UPI) —Air traffic- significant trend back to work." As April begins, South Florida controllers today ignored a back to Beggs met with members of five should be able to look forward to work plea from their leaders, leaving controller unions but exlcluded of- drying out from the wettest air travellers to face a seventh day of ficials of the 7,500 man Professional March ever recorded here. delays and flight cancelations. Air Traffic Controllers Organization Gus Hager, the Weather Undersecretary of Transportation (PATCO) which triggered the "sick- Bureau's cooperative observer James Beggs said: "We don't see a out." here, said 9.20 inches of rain fell "PATCO is in an illegal position as on Boca Raton during the past far as the government is concerned," month. The figure compares with Medina Beggs said. an average of 3.59 inches and a The government contends the sick- record low rainfall of 1.01 inches out is an illegal strike. Beggs said the in March, 1965. In the 15 years situation today "is much the same" as that records have been kept here, it has been in the last several days. the previous record March WASHINGTON (UPI) —Capt. He said, however, that there was a rainfall was in 1958 when 7.78 Ernest L. Medina was accused today slow trickle of controllers returning to inches fell. by the Army of responsibility for all of work and the air traffic system was the alleged murders of Vietnamese operating "reasonably well." civilians at My Lai on March 16, 1968. But Beggs said the government has seen "no action on the part of the Medina, commander of the Army controllers" to respond to a plea by Members of Teamsters Local 600 stop work at truck were refusing to go to work today as contracts ran out Your day? company that swept into the village, their executive director, F. Lee 'Jailey. terminal In St. Louis. Many teamsters across the country without a new agreement.—-UPI Telephoto previously was accused of concealing According to Kenneth Lyons, evidence of the alleged massacre. president of the National Association Four individual charges of murder Did you have a spider on the of Government Employes, the second placed against him at that time, plus largest of the air traffic controller coffee pot this morning, Mom? one of maiming, still stand. The And how about that flat tire on unions, "many controllers still are too Contract ends, some original charge was brought March 17. frightened to return." But he added he the family chariot, Pop? Then The 33-year-old Medina, of Pico there were holes in the living felt sure within the next few days they Rivera, Calif., told a news conference will be back. room carpet you were told about at the Pentagon some weeks before while you were brushing your charges were placed against him that The government said earlier that it teeth and the airplane in the back teamsters walk out he did not order a massacre, and that would not meet with the controllers yard. If you had kids who are none was reported to him. until they agreed to go back to work. tuned in on April Fool's Day, they In New York, stronghold for WASHINGTON (UPI) —Thousands headquarters in Washington said no drivers struck today from Atlanta to didn't let up until you were militants of the organization, 64 of 167 of Teamster truck drivers staged strike vote had even been taken. San Francisco. The entire trucking climbing the walls and pulling City building controllers showed up for work. The scattered strikes across the nation Labor Secretary George P. Schultz industry in St. Louis was shut down your hair. total for the Tuesday day shift was 45 today and the government called for asked union and management to draw and large numbers were reported on All in all, it wasn't really "your out of 158. steps to maintain "essential services" up plans to maintain essential services strike in Cincinnati, Denver, Kansas day" at all. In Kansas City 55 controllers in event of a general shutdown of the in event of a general shutdown and City, Minneapolis and Memphis. permits up reported for work out of 106. That was trucking industry. said both sides assured him they would But such major cities as New York By PETE PEPINSKY below Tuesday when 61 worked. The walkouts came after the do so. and Chicago were strike free. The city Building Department had to An FAA spokesman, Dennis Feld- Teamsters contract with their em- Similar scattered walkouts by Operations were reported normal in Quick facts hustle last month to keep up with a man, said: "We see a hopeful trend, ployers ran out without a new Teamsters three years ago led to a New York City, upstate New York and mild building boom. but there still are large numbers of agreement on pay, and despite the fact lockout by industry after two days. New Jersey. In Chicago, independent A total of 142 building permits were men out." the national Teamsters Union Proclaiming "no contract, no work," negotiations between two major unions Weather: Partly cloudy, and industry leaders reached an im- continued warm through issued hi March, representing a total estimated value of construction of passe Tuesday but union leaders ex- Thursday. High yesterday 84, Demanding flight to N. Korea pressed hope for a settlement soon. low this morning 75, noon $4,629,050. Single family residences were in A spokesman for Trucking Em- today 83. Low temperature ployers Inc. (TEI), representing 12,000 forecast for tonight 70, high great number, with 37 permits at an average estimated value, not including firms in the negotiations, expressed no tomorrow 88. surprise at the scattered work stop- Boating: Seas three to five feet; the price of the land, of $26,680. The Students still holding jet multi-family dwellings, three in pages. inland waters choppy, sub- TEI said it made a new, more siding at night. High tides at number, accounted for the high SEOUL (UPI)-South Korean and at 3:16 p.m. Tuesday (1:16 a.m. EST) were freed. His tough stand apparently estimated cost for the month, con- Japanese authorities took a tough in a contest of wills between the sword had the blessing of South Korean and generous wage offer Tuesday before J. 4:11 p.m. Wednesday and at Curtis Counts, director of the Federal 4:53 a.m. and 5:17 p.m. tributing $3.2 million. attitude today toward a band of radical waving hijackers who have threatened U.S.