News Tribune, The (Newspaper) - April 14, 1975, Fort Pierce, Florida The News Tribune Monday April 14 1975 Page 2 ERA Backers Concentrate on 5 Senators TALLAHASSEE Fla UPI The Equal Rights Amendment narrowly approved in the House faces another uphill battle this week in the Senate and proponents of the ERA are ning an all-out campaign to swing at least five senators to their side ERA supporters begin their vigorous week of campaigning day with a parade with such prominent feminists as author Betty Friedan and National Organization for Women dent Karen DeCrow in its first massive show of strength Gov Reubin Askew was to greet the marchers on the steps at noon The ERA which prohibits governmental discrimination on the basis of sex was narrowly proved by a vote in the House last Thursday night Both sides say the Senate vote ex- late this week will be even closer than the House vote even though forces hold a potentially killing edge in committee The ERA has been ratified by Did Transsexual Bilk MIAMI UPI Jerry Dean Michael says he always dreamed of the day when he could manufacture a car make millions of dollars and go on in life as a woman Instead Michael a father of five who admits to be- ing a transsexual is scheduled to be arraigned before a U.S Magistrate today on charges he bilked hundreds of Dallas in- while posing as a woman automotive entrepreneur Dallas authorities claim Michael posing as Geraldine Elizabeth Carmichael president of a company that claimed to have developed a wonder sold hundreds of cars and car dealerships to investors who believed his claims the wheeled vehicle could gel 70 miles to the gallon It would have made me the next Henry Michael said Saturday from the male section of the Dade County Jail Only a few weeks ago 1 was a he said I was on the verge of greatness Whatever happens 1 still want to become a woman and I want to ture that car Michael said he has been un- sexual transformation for the past six years including hormone injections and a sex- change operation He has the high-pitched voice and breasts of a woman I am a he said but 1 am not a fraud Mrs Carmichael was charged with nine others in an indictment handed down Feb 5 in Dallas Since then police claim the Michael family which includes Michael's wife Vivian and their five children was not seen again in Dallas Authorities said they conclud- ed Michael and Mrs Carmichael were the same person after ing with Michael's family FBI agents finally traced the Michaels to a northwest Dade County home and staked it out until they apprehended Michael last day Agents said Michael may prefer to be a woman but as far as we know it is all in the mind I would have preferred to be in the women's section of the Michael said I consider myself a woman but I'm sort of an in-between CHIEF AREA DEL RIO Tex UPI Del Rio located on the Mexican border is the state's chief sheep lamb and wool producing area 34 slates and needs approval of four more to become the amendment of the Constitution In past ratification battles 21 senators have voted against the ERA and 16 have voted for it Thus proponents of the ERA need to keep all 16 of those senators who have voted for the amendment plus pick up all three formally undecided votes and woo away two of the 21 votes On the other side the Stop ERA ladies need only to hold onto the votes they recruited the past two years The ERA previously failed 54 in the House during the 1973 session and died in the Senate 19 last year Senate rules committee man Lew Brantley D- Jacksonville has no qualms about stifling the ERA off the floor but if that doesn't happen he is willing to kill the ratifying resolution wherever he finds it If no senator on the rules committee has changed his tion it would be he said But it is my feeling that there are a couple who would be willing to vote it out of com- then vote against it on the floor The rules committee is split against the ERA Senate President Dempsey J City did not refer the ERA to the judiciary committee which would be the usual committee to consider such a proposal Barron who is immovably opposed to the ERA made the move in light of a panel edge against the ment Of the 11 freshmen in the Senate six voted against the ERA when they were in the House and two voted for it Another newcomer Sen Edgar Dunn Beach has no prior legislative service but two others West Palm Beach Democrats Don Chitders and Harry Johnston are counted as undecided by the forces Democrats Guy Spicola of Tampa and Dick Renick of Miami voted for the ERA as House members The 14 current senators who voted for the ERA last year and return this session are Independent Lori Wilson of Merritt bland the Senate's only woman member Miami Democrats George Firestone Jack Gordon Bob Graham man Winn Ken Myers and Ralph Poston Jim Glisson Phil Lewis Palm Beach Henry Sayler Petersburg Dan Scarborough D- Jacksonville Alan Trask Meade John Vogt Island and Zinkel D- Hollywood The 15 veteran senators who voted against the amendment last year are Barron Brantley Childers Richard J Deeb Petersburg Tom Gallen D- Warren Henderson David Lane Lauderdale Julian Lane D- Tampa David McClain Tampa Curtis Peterson D- Lakeland Ken Plante Orlando Bob Saunders D- Gainesville Walter Sims Orlando Chester Stolzenburg Fort lauderdale and John Ware Petersburg Freshman senators who voted against the ERA as House members in 1973 are Sens non Holloway Mattox Hair Kenneth MacKay Pat Thomas Jon C Thomas Fort Lauderdale and Tom Tobiassen Dickinson Scapegoat JACKSONVILLE Fla UPI A federal judge is expected to rule today on the admissibility of tax returns which defense lawyers claim will prove former slate Comptroller Fred son was a scapegoat in an ex- scheme U.S District Judge W Terrell Hodges examined the records of Corp President E.G Banks over the weekend The proposed evidence includes Banks individual returns for the years 1969 through 1973 and the corporate returns of for the same period The defense opening its case for Dickinson Friday said Banks was the man behind the scheme to withhold bank charters from three state banks until the organizers made a portion of their stock available Mr Dickinson was merely a scapegoat in cleansing Mr Banks of the offenses he chief defense counsel Walter Ar- nold said Friday in his opening arguments Then tapping Dickinson on the shoulder Ar- nold added The only evidence against this defendant is street gossip and innuendo The defense said the returns show Banks was in a high tax bracket and may have set up a called slush fund at in a lower lax bracket to avoid ing the money go to him directly Banks an unindicted conspirator in the case testified he made gifts of more than 000 to political candidates and of- fice holders from the secret fund which was formed from in- CUSTOM MADE TO YOUR HEARING LOSS THE MADE-TO-ORDER HEARING AID discount on all accessories All battery prices reduced FREE gift for all FREE inspection discount on purchase of any new If you hear 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the defense called its first witness but the witness refused to testify on grounds of possible self-incrimination Philip H Shears president of the of Winter Park and the man Banks has identified as the day-to-day administrator of the fund cited his fifth ment rights in response to all questions and was dismissed I Almanac By United Press International Today is Monday April 14 the 104th day of 1975 with 261 to follow The moon is approaching its first quarter The morning stars are Mercury Mars and Jupiter The evening stars are Venus and Saturn Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries British Antarctic explorer Sir James Clark was born April 14 1800 This is the birthday of actor Rod Steiger On this day in In 1861 the flag of the Confederacy was raised over Ft Sumter as Union troops there surrendered In 1865 John Wilkes Booth crept into the box of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford Theater in Washington and shot him Lincoln died the next morning In 1910 President William Howard Tail set a precedent by throwing out the first baseball to open the major league season In 1965 Frank Mitchell 15 became the first black page boy in the House of A thought for the British novelist Dinah Craik said Oh my son's my son til he gets him a wife but my daughter's my daughter all her life ERA SUPPORTERS Nancy Olsen of Orlando left and Debbie Landsberg of Gainesville right work on posters and signs to be carried in the scheduled Equal Rights Amendment March today from the Governor's Mansion to the state Capitol in Tallahassee Note the sign in the foreground has the name of the at- torney general's wife first and Bob name second UPI Telephoto 100 Exiles Ask U.S To Resume Cuban Ties MIAMI UPI A group of about 100 Cuban exiles calling for a nonviolent solution to the tragedy which has divided have called for resumption of diplomatic relations between the United Stales and Cuba The Rev Manuel Viera one of several clergymen who is part of the Cuban Christians for Justice and Freedom said Saturday the group believes the normalization of relations is the best native to the frustrations and dis- orientation that corrodes the Cuban exile today The Rev Viera a well-known opponent of Castro's regime in the called on other exiles to allow us to start a new way to the nonviolent solution to the tragedy which has divided us The Rev Viera said the group took an advertisement in day's editions of the New York Times to state its position He said the fewer than 100 members of the group scattered throughout the U.S paid for the advertisement We are aware that this tion is controversial and will result in attacks on us by some extremists among our com- the Rev Viera said Although we are not seeking controversy or attacks neither will we avoid them in pursuing our objectives for they are grounded in our Christian con- science and we believe they are in the best interest of our he said In addition to restoration of diplomatic relations the called for a lifting of the economic embargo against Cuba and the elimination of all Soviet and U.S bases on the island The only thing it the economic embargo has is to provide Castro with an excuse to justify the economic disaster in our the Rev Viera said With the lifting of the em- bargo and the normalization ol diplomatic relations between tht United States and Cuba the potential conflict between the two nations will be eliminated and the Castro regime will not be able to appeal to the threat as the reason for keeping our nations in a permanent slate of the Rev Viera said The to fSl 30.00 30.00 FOR PERIOD Ending 7 EOT Tuesday During Monday night rain or showers will be found along the lower half of the Pacific coast upper Mississippi valley and vicinity northern Florida and parts of the mid tic states A few scattered showers may also be found in the Rockies Elsewhere mostly fair weather should prevail Minimum temperatures approx max readings in parenthesis Atlanta 53 Boston 33 Dallas 45 Denver 33 Duluth 26 Houston 51 Kansas Los Angeles 53 Miami 74 New Orleans 62 New York 37 San Francisco 43 Seattle 41 St Louis 33 65 and Washington 40 High law Agenda for the City Planning Board Meeting of Tuesday April 15 1975 in City Hall Conference Room 500 Boston Avenue Fort Pierce Florida at P.M OLD BUSINESS a Dave Wilbur Request for Returned due to change In request South 14th Street b Ocean Village Request for Rezoning to c Flea Market Cody Bailey Request Report from Committee NEW BUSINESS a Request for Rezoning to b Southern Bell Site Plan for office bldg on South St c Site Plan for New Jerusalem Mt Holiness Church of God d Trinity Lutheran Church Site Plan for day School Addition e Barb Wire Discussion of Its use in tial Zones f Discussion on possible housing for Senior Wm G Rogers High Low SOUTH BRIDGE TIDES Today p.m p.m Tomorrow p.m p.m Jetty Tides Two Hours Earlier LOCAL DATA YESTERDAY High Low Rainfall April To Dale Barometer Sunset Today Sunrise Tomorrow Zones Forecast Zones Partly cloudy to cloudy through Tuesday A chance of showers and a few thunderstorms mainly tonight or Tuesday Highs mid to upper 80s and lows tonight mid to upper 60s Southeasterly winds 15 to occasionally 20 miles per hour shifting southerly tonight and northerly early Tuesday Rain probability 20 per cent day 50 per cent tonight and Tuesday Zones Partly cloudy through Tuesday A chance of showers Tuesday Highs mid to upper 80s Lows tonight mid to upper 60s Southeasterly winds 15 to occasionally 20 miles per hour and becoming southerly Tuesday Rain probability 30 per cent Tuesday Zones 20 and 22 Partly cloudy through Tuesday A slight chance of showers Tuesday Highs low to mid 80s Lows tonight low to mid 70s Southeasterly winds 15 to 20 miles per hour Rain probability 20 per cent Tuesday MIAMI UPI Florida boating Ponce de Leon Inlet to Jupiter Inlet Winds east and southeasterly 15 knots today and tonight Seas 2 to 4 feet Partly cloudy weather
