The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 52

Firm Gets Squeezed Two Companies Object to Name State Sewage Set-Up Called in 2-B THE MIAMI HERALD Wednesday Feb 10 1965 Abolish FIND Savs Senator One Agency Enough Sowder By ROBERT SHERRILL Capital Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE The National Life Insurance Company of Florida being organized by ex-Gov Farris Bryant and Comptroller Ray Green and multimillionaire Ed Ball ran into some stiff title opposition Tuesday National Life Insurance Co with headquarters in Vermont came belligerently in from the left and Life Insurance Company of Florida which headquarters in Miami came in from the right protesting that the name National Life Insurance Company of Florida sounds too much like both their names They asked Insurance Commissioner Broward Williams to make National Life Insurance Company of Florida change its name to something else This is already the second name the new company has had It started out under the title but the organizers took a lot of kidding about that Around the capitol it was nicknamed Amos and Andy Life So three weeks ago they changed it to National Life Etc Thomas Dew'olf attorney for Life Insurance Co of Florida said the new company's name is similar to ours But we don't say they are intentionally deceiving the James Brock general counsel for National Life Insurance Co the Vermont one which has $180 million business in Florida also said the new name is "deceptive of course we don't mean the company is actually trying to deceive anybody" Ralph Wickersham a young member of Bryant's Jacksonville law firm said he felt a roll of salami with a meat slicer coming in from both He said there would be no confusion i life insurance agents would identify their companies by their full names Both sides have 30 days in which to file complete arguments after which another hearing may be held staff Photo bv TOM MCCARTHY By JOHN McDERMOTT Herald Political Writer Abolition of the controversial Florida Inland Navigation District by transferring its functions to the State Conservation Board was proposed Tuesday by the head of a legislative investigating committee Sen Welborn Daniel told the Tiger Bay political luncheon club in Miami that the FIND serving 11 East Coast counties "appears out of step" with all other navigation districts in the state The Clermont lawmaker said preliminary investigations of the FIND indicate that free spending of tax money indiscriminate selling of public lands which should have been reserved for parks and violation of legislative intent Daniel is chairman of the Legislative Council's Governmental Reorganization and Efficiency Committee and a member of the special six-member subcommittee investigating FIND On the subcommittee also are Miamians Sen George Hollahan and Rep Louis Wolfson Some of the FIND expenditures in recent years which have a ed eye-lifting among Florida legislators are these: Per diem expenses to the 11 commissioners STS 718 attorney fees 8113750: a 85-000 pay boost for the district's general manager $84-000 to a Washington lobbyist in the past 14 years and $45-000 for surveys and appraisals "And of course there are many other questionable practices relating to office space secretarial salaries Christmas bonuses and like matters which will be examined thoroughly by the Daniel said It's a 131-Piece No-Name Toy That Whirls anti Jigplcs Raymond Powell 7 1 pul it together as a hohhy Tliingamajig Goes Round And Keeps People Young Press Wirephoto FSU Headhunter: Dr Hale Smith 1 100-year-old statue missing one $1000 Statue Loses Its Head about a year putting the thing together "There ain't no telling how much time I put into it" he drawled in his South Georgia May Powell has been showing his creation since December "except for rainy days" on the front lawn of his sister's home at 125 SW 19th Ave The grass is worn thin in two rows kids stand up front here to he pointed out their folks stand hack here and look over As he pointed one little mechanical girl served drinks to six others who pivoted to and fro A little boy turned and kissed a little girl while anolher couple parked a tiny car in a cigar-box garage A little farther away a girl milked a a dog nodded his head and a bird popped in and out of its nest Up in the corner of the three-by-six-foot display a bell clanged noisily and a little red woodpecker hammered at a tree Each of tile dozens of little scenes all powered by a tiny eleefrie motor whirred merrily while he talked "You oughta see the people that stop to see this Powell said and laughed Sub Gets Into the Act Now In Hunt for Sea JACKSONVILLE (UPI) Florida is five years ahead of the rest of the nation in battling stream pollution State Health Officer Wilson Sowder told the Association of County Health Officers Tuesday what little we have been given done an outstanding job in stream pollution Sowder declared "Our sewage treatment is 70 per cent adequacy against 45 per cent for the US "Florida is now where the remainder of the country hopes to be five years from now We can have air and water as pure as citizens want it and are willing to pay Sowder noted there is a move to set up a unit in another agency to regulate stream pollution "As our board president Dr Eugene Peek has commented if the Legislature adequately finance a program already in existence how can it expect to finance a duplicating he said Sowder said there also is a move to take the mental health program away from the State Health Board are proud of our record in mental Sowder said only way to progress in health In the long run is to handle its problems as a whole instead of in pieces "We have one of the best programs in the country one that originated the mental health worker program and pioneered in distribution of drugs so that patients could be treated at home instead of having to remain in He called the national health program and added need money grants made realistically rather than with so many strings and within such narrow fields as at Sowder named a number of other fields in which he said the state had made outstanding accomplishments including mosquito control narcotics control hospitalization for indigents immunization for children planned parenthood home nursing care glaucoma detection cancer control help for migratory agricultural workers and public health research The Health Officers Association elected officers before concluding its annual session Dr Henry I Langston of Fort Walton Beach the Okaloosa County health officer was chosen president-elect to succeed Brevard Health Officer Dr Paul Haney who is the incoming president Pinellas Health Officer Dr John Obenschain was chosen vice president-elect and Orange County Health Officer Dr Wilfred Sisk was elected secretary-treasurer $46 Million Urged for State Bases Herald Bureau WASHINGTON The Department of Defense rec-ommended Tuesday that more than 46 million dollars be spent on military construction in Florida during fiscal 1966 Almost half of the amount requested for Florida would be spent at Jacksonville's Naval Air Station and the Air Force's MacDill Field at Tampa The Navy requested SS34-000 for operational facilities and troop housing at Key-West Naval Air Station and an additional $1293000 for supply and hospital facilities at the Key West Navy station The authorization bill presented to the Pentagon also includes $1704000 for improvement of facilities and troop housing at Homestead Air Force Base Total amount of the bill for bases in the US and abroad is 19 billion dollars Of that amount 228 million was requested to construct 12500 new family housing units Pentagon officials said the total authorization is needed to provide many replacements for obsolete and inefficient facilities necessary to reduce the cost of base operation and maintenance By PAUL SCHRE1BER Herald Writer Raymond Powell a crisp 74 likes to think young "A man who retires and just sits down live long" he said "so I decided I needed a He came up with a 134-piece collect ion of toy animals and dolls hooked together with coat-hanger wire and fishing line all geared to dance walk drive clang and just plain move He doesn't have a name for it of the things I picked up out of junk Altogether Powell spent public officials at the Miami Boat Yards were well attended by Coast Guard and Navy officers all of whom have a "service interest" in the vessel's trials The tests will make the first time a forged aluminum hull of tills size has been put through its paces at such depths use of aluminum" company experts explained "has permitted the use of much higher payload of in-struments and scientists than has ever been possible with ships of other Completely equipped with still and motion picture cameras the Aiuminaut has one gadget now fully familiar television viewers It is an "instant replay" video lope recorder which will permit the captain to review at once any territory his cameras just filmed on a sweep over the ocean bottom And Miami's outboarders needn't feel their own pleasure boats are underpowered The Aluminaut's twin screws are driven by four storage batteries and turn up just five horsepouer for each Check Your Capacity ESSEN Germany (UPI) Herbert Stender said he intends to market a device similar to the police drunkometer to help a citizen determine when he is approaching the one-too-imany stage the test scheduled for the deep underwater trenches of the Bahamas The Aiuminaut will carry a normal crew of four two operators and two scientists but can take six persons along with its 6000-pound payload if necessary Thirty-two hours underwater will be the submerged time but the sub is capable of remaining at any depth up to 72 hours While underwater the Alu-minairt will have a speed of 38 knots considered by most scientists to be "pretty terrific considering its wide "The company" Reynolds officials said "is primarily interested in minerals at the bottom of the sea This includes oil aluminum nodules even gold if we can find There are no provisions to drop divers from the vessel Instead the vessel is equipped with brilliant lights and newly perfected "automatic to seek out and pick up samples The ceremonies Tuesday at which the Aiuminaut was introduced to the press and To Slay in Tampa By JAMES BUCHANAN Herald Staff Writer A deepsca exploration submarine designed to search for oil and minerals at depths of 15000 feet was unveiled Tuesday at a Miami shipyard Christened the the 51-foot vessel is the pet project of Louis Reynolds board chairman of Reynolds Aluminum Co which financed its design and manufacturer Needless to say the 75 tons are almost exclusively aluminum or as one company official put it: "The biggest roll of foil you ever did Designed not only to go to greater depths than any other maneuverable submarine the Alirminaut will he the first research platform able to propel itself over an 80-mile range of sea bottom The sub grit its own bottom uet at New London Conn but was brought to Miami for extensive testing that will begin in two weeks It will remain in this area "for an indefinite company oflicials said with No Fair Move Eyed-Conner drive by and stop and run home to get their kids They love it" Powell is leaving Miami for a short Mhile to take his to Ieeshurg and show it to his grandchildren "My son wants me to show it to all the school kids but I don't know whether I'll be gone that long" And tne whirred and the figures jiggled and a car stopped and the people came up to look Everybody smiled Officer to Study it FBI Academy Major Adam Klimkow-ski of the Miami Police Department will attend the 75th session of the FBI's National Academy in Washington beginning in March A Frohbose special agent in charge of the FBI here and Police Chief Waiter Headley said Major Kiimkowski was selected for the three-month course after a searching background investigation by the FBI Kiimkowski 42 a native of Pittsburgh lias risen through the ranks to the position of major lie joined the Miami Police Department in June 1947 after three years of service in the Army Conner noted that the Florida State Fair and annual Gasparilla Festival have become a big social function of the inter season here "We (the committee) want to assist you in making it even he said Conner presented Carl Bro-rein Sr president of the State Fair Association a check from the Florida Department of Agriculture for $7270 for use in premium prizes along with several other checks to be given to various livestock organizations for use as prize money at the fair Conner said the total amounted to $10000 and said the money represented fees collected by the department Conner touched briefly on the state's crackdown on gambling games at fairs in Florida but not directly on the ruling here that banned all booths offering prizes for a money consideration "Fairs should provide a wholesome surrounding for children and for family he said "This is what fairs should be and are in The committee Conner heads has approved a list of 40 games for use at fairs in Florida all of them including an element of skill State Attorney Paul Antinori Jr ruled before the opening of the state fair that such games were gambling and would not be allowed Herald Bureau Wire Reports TALLAHASSEE The head of a 1100-year-old Indonesian statue valued at $1-000 has been stolen at Florida State University The school said that the head disappeared from one of the two 400-pound statues that stood in the hall at the Anthropology and Archaeology Department for several years The stone figures were borrowed from Fran Shaw Sr of Meridian Plantation near Tallahassee and the school said it would have to pay for the figure if the head is not returned The missing head had been broken from the body once before and fastened back on with concrete Dr Hale Smith head of the department said it would have been easy to remove since it weighs only about 25 pounds III Rusk Tapes Radio Program COC OA BEACH Secretary of Sta'e Dean Rusk recuperating from a cold taped a rado program Tuesday with two high school students and said he was feeling much better had a wonder-f i rest in Florida" said Rusk who lias been here since Wednes-Dean Rusk day He said he plans to return to Washington Thursday The Cocoa Beach high school students Jeanne Harris 17 and Tom Whitehead 18 said obtaining the interview was "an experience they wouid never It wili ite broadcast Saturday morning over a program WRKT regularly sols aside lor the high school Rusk who is visiting tiv home of Undersecretary of State George Ball said "Florida is a kind of second home to me" lie said he had vacationed here and at Hobe Sound and had spent consid-eiable time in Paint Beach when John Kennedy Mas president Rabid Animals Are on Upswing UVTiNONVILLK The State Board of Health warned Tuesday of a slight upswing in the number of animals contracting rabies It was warned specifically of an increase in the number of rabid bats It said that 44 were reported last year 24 of them in Hillsborough County and the remainder scattered thioughout most of the rest of the state The health department said that rabies is 100 per cent fatal to animal or man once the disease develops There is no vaccine to protect against it but anti-rabies shots which are extremely painful Van usually prevent it from developing if FLORIDA started quickly enough after the bite Man Falls Off Moving II ou se ST PETERSBURG A man fell off the roof of a house in a traffic accident Tuesday Hugh Bynum 38 was stationed on the rooftop to push overhead power lines out of the way while the building Mas being moved down a St Petersburg street Bynum's condition Mas reported poor at a hospital Ailing Governor Stays in Bed JACKSONVILLE Gov Haydon Burns has canceled i schedule and is concen-t a i on recove ring from the influ a ho hasn't been aide to shake off since the of President Lyndon Johnson three I 'It NS weeks ago He wasn't Tampa for luncheon at Tuesday nor tivities Monday Mrs Burns said her husband began feeling better Monday after a relapse over the weekend at their Jacksonville home He was following the doctor's advice and staying in hed at least through Tues-lay she said Bums is not trying to talk to anyone or do any work she said able to go to the governor's the State Fair Gasparilla fes- Mom Charged In Death JACKSONVILLE Mrs Pauline Rex was charged Tuesday with murdering her two young daughters who were drowned in a bathtub Police said Mrs Rex declined to talk to detectives Tuesday on the advice of her attorney She was held without bond She told police Monday night she drowned her laughters Angela 12 and Regina 8 when they returned home from school Detectives said she apparently was upset about an argument with her husband Mrs Rex swallowed sleeping pills following the drownings but then called police and was taAn to a hospital TAMPA (UPI I The agriculture livestock and fair committee has never discussed the possible shift of the Florida State Fair from Tampa Agriculture Secretary Doyle Conner said Tuesday Conner speaking at the annual dinner in conjunction with the fair said he knew there has been talk in the state of such action in the past "The committee has not at any time discussed anything about shifting the fair from this city to another city" he said personal desire Is that it will remain right here in the city of Conner said Conner was one of two speakers at the governor-less dinner Gov Haydon Bums remained at his Jacksonville home recuperating from a siege of the flu He also missed Monday's Gasparilla invasion and parade Frank Stockton administrative assistant to the governor told the group of state county and local leaders that Bums regretted not being able to attend the functions He said he talked with Burns just before noon and the governor said be was "feeling better" and he hoped to be able to be back in Tallahassee for today's Cabinet meeting Mrs Borns also cancelled out her appearance at a women's luncheon Staff Photo by BILL KUENZEL Shipwreck Hunters Don't Worry About will search for oil and This Competition not gold coins.