Games, parades mark \\ r • W ' ^.''J' Thanksgiving holiday By SANDY WESLEY Today is Thanksgiving Day. And in Boca Raton merchants, businessmen, women and children are taking time out to say thanks in whatever way they know best. Maybe they'll go to church this morning, maybe they'll visit the folks up north or down the line a bit. Maybe they'll watch a football game on television, maybe they'll attend one of the games in Boca Raton or down the line a bit. Maybe the children will watch the parades on television, maybe mis afternoon mom and dad will take the children downtown to see the Turkey Bowl parade. Maybe the family will eat traditional turkey dinners at home, or with friends and relatives; or maybe dad will take the family to a restaurant for turkey dinner. No matter how the day is spent, sometime during the day, Boca Raton residents most certainly will pause to count their blessings, as the song (Continued on Page. 5A) BOCA RATON NEWS Vol. 14, No. 155 Thursday, Nov. 27, 1969 38 Pages 10 Cents IBM outlines plans for expansion of plant here No increase in employes expected with expansion See drawing, page 6A exterior of the originally-announced Expansion plans for the still- building complex is now completed. unqompleted manufacturing — The remainder of IBM Boca Raton's development complex of International employees are located in various Business Machines were announced leased buildings. yesterday by William W. Eggleston, Earlier this month the company IBM's location general manager here. made known formation of its new The expansion will add. another General Systems Division, which 132,000 square feet to the complex, incorporates manufacturing and previously scheduled for completion at development activities in the area of 620,000 square feet. Buildings are now low-cost data processing equipment. under construction at the IBM site on Headed by C.B. Rogers Jr., president 51st street west of the Seaboard and general manager, the division's Coastline Railroad tracks. principal locations include the Boca i Eggleston said that the new ex- Raton and Rochester, Minn., plants pansion plans will not affect the and laboratories. company's projected employment The new division places general figures of 2,000 by the end of next year management responsibility at the and 2,400 by the end of 1971. The firm operating location. To accomplish this, - - v * p^^ currently employs 1,700 persons in its Plant General Manager Howard L. t*- -, operations here. Davidson and Laboratory Director However, Eggleston's an- Lawrence A. Wilson now report to nouncement also noted that the Eggleston, who is responsible for the company has no plans to discontinue product from start of development Today one of these four girls will be crowned Turkey (left) and Debbie Durant (center). Other two girls are operation at its leased space, 175,000 through the manufacturing process to Bowl Queen at the Boca Raton Turkey Bowl games at Tami Dunster, princess of the Jet Juniors, and Pamela square feet on Banyan Trail, which it customer shipment. Tonight's the night for lighting up Boca Raton High School. Candidates are Renee Franks Good, princess of the Jet 75's. has been occupying since September, The division's products include the the city. Boca Raton's Christmas 1967. recently announced System-3, the 1130 decorations on Federal highway, in- Of the total expansion, 125,000 System, both manufactured at Boca stalled by Public Works Department Start next week square feet will consist of an addition Raton; unit record equipment; card crews during the past week, will be to the three-story development input-output machines; data lighted for the first time tonight. laboratory building and the remaining acquisition and control equipment; 7,000 square feet will represent an and key entry devices other than data enlargement of the cafeteria. transmission terminals. Sewer plant repairs pushed Construction of these additions is Boca Raton will also continue to Suit would expected to begin late in 1970. No have manufacturing responsibility for Estimated cost of the job, Eidsness completion date has been announced. .the System 360 Model 20. Repairs to Boca Raton's sewage Tuesday the council authorized The new figure raises the space total of treatment plant will start next week, purchase of a 2,000 pounds a day said, "should not exceed $15,000." City Council voted to accept the IBM's new permanent facility here to Dr. Fred Eidsness, the city's con- chlorination machine from the 752,000 square feet. remove sulting engineer for water and sewer Wallace and Tiernan Division of recommendations and waive the Currently, more than 400 employees projects said yesterday. Pennwalt Corp. Price tag was $2,939. requirement for competitive bidding. in various manufacturing and Eidsness said yesterday that a new Councilmen also authorized "This is an emergency situation," Eidsness told the council, "and time materials distribution operations are Nov.24-26 chlorinator is already on order for the Wakeman Construction Co. to make located at the new site, and as the High Low Rain 1-95 plat plant and repairs to the secondary repairs to the secondary digester at does not permit us to proceed through interiors are readied additional groups Mon. 81 71 ° digester are expected to start at the regular formalities." A lawsuit to force removal from the plant. Included in the job is of employees will occupy the buildings. Tues. 79 71' 0 Still pending is a request to court records of a plat showing the first of the week. City Council Tuesday removal of sand and scum and It is estimated that 90 per cent of the Wed. 80 62 Tr. authorized emergency expenditures disposing of it "in a suitable place." (Continued on Page 5A) right of way for Interstate 95 through a for the improvements, recommended section of Boca Raton Square was filed by Eidsness as part of a $50,000 repair Tuesday by Drummond Construction package the week before. Co. Repairs to the plant, described by The suit follows a city resolution City Manager Alan Alford a month ago County studies outfall plans calling on Gov. Claude Kirk to expedite as a "baling wire operation," became condemnation proceedings for right of way acquisition in that! area. The necessary when the city's outfall Consulting engineers for Palm dorsement. Florida for the next few years to build nutrient reduction, with discharge to City's resolution calls attention to the sewage disposal system was not Beach County this week were putting Vincent Patton, executive director of treatment facilities. Conservation Area 1 of the Central and fact that the Drummond firm has completed on schedule. Eidsness has finishing touches to a report on the Florida Department of Air and While Palm Beach County has not obtained a building permit for a home said that the repairs and other im- countywide sewage disposal methods Southern Florida Flood Control Water Pollution Control, suggested yet applied for federal grants to defray in the proposed right of way and urges provements should eliminate the odor which could lead to sizeable federal District west of State Road 7. that a detailed plan from the county costs of water and sewage treatment haste to save taxpayers' funds. problem at the presently overloaded grants. would gain his agency's support for — Complete treatment with plants, it is expected to make ap- Drummond, however, maintains plant and improve the sanitary con- ocean outfall with 90 per cent treat- discharge to disposal wells. The report also will be presented to plication before the next fiscal year, that the plat showing the right of way ment. That support, he indicated, dition of the plant effluent which flows the state legislative delegation from July 1,1970. — Complete treatment with is not a proper document. It was into the El Rio canal. the county at a meeting in December. would lend weight to changes in law by County Commission Chairman E.D. discharge to a spray irrigation system. provided the court with an affidavit by The delegation, which has expressed the State Legislature which now Ocean outfall, with pre-treatment, is Arnold Ramos, district road engineer concern about ocean outfall systems, prohibits ocean outfall in the county (Dan) Gaynor, a member of the water and sewer committee, pointed out that the most economical method. for the department of transportation, will get a chance to review outfall with unless voters approve it next who stated that it was the final engineering studies now underway Inside the NEWS up to 40 per cent treatment before November. During last Friday's meeting, State drawing. include several methods for treating Representative Raymond Moudry said discharge in the Gulfstream, and other On federal financial assistance, It was filed when the city and the sewage. it was his -, opinion that the county alternate means for sewage disposal Drummond firm agreed to an out of Patton said his department — which "It never has been the intent of the legislative delegation would be Ann Landers 4B under the county's planning. court settlement on acceptance of the administers federal funds for treat- county to put sewage into ocean outfall "favorably impressed" with an ocean Church News 10B Last Friday, the County Com- subdivision plat provided the plat ment plants — favors helping urban unless the system is upgraded," he outfall plan calling for 90 per cent Classifieds 11-12-13B mission's water and sewer committee provided it contained a warning to areas such as Palm Beach County treatment before discharge to the Editorials 4A heard from a state air and water said. "Our main concern has been to prospective buyers about the In- since growth creates the most serious remove pollution from inland waters." Gulfsiream.