Lions Club library representative Herb Watt presents a $100 check (WD) 1-12-77LIONS CLUB library representative Herb Watt
presents a $100 check to Lake Park head librarian Lorna.
-Adams for the purchase of large print books. The North
Palm Beach club's donation is part of the on-going
Sight Conservation Program of Lions International.
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LIONS , CLUB library representative Herb Watt
presents a $100 check to Lake Park head librarian Lorna
,.Adams for the purchase of Iarge print books. The North
Palm Beach club's donation is part of the on-going
Sight Conservation Program of Lions International.
Decision Due -Soon
In MacArthur Suit
By BILL TERRY-
Page
ERRN
Post Staff Writer
NORTH PALM BEACH -- A federal judge will decide this
week whether multimillionaire developer John D. MacArthur
owns submerged land off Singer Island and has the right to fill
it in.
The legal snarl of the case was made less complicated
yesterday by a 4-0 action by the Village Council here. p
The judge asked that MacArthur and the vill
down some on the charges and countercharges, to abbreviate
cut
gate
the case," Councilman Herbert Watt said. "That's what
council voted to do, after MacArthur's lawyers offered t the
the portion of the suit seeking return of back taxes.' � to
Watt said the village in turn agreed to drop itsortion of
the case which seeks to have MacArthur remove fill already
put into the lake. eady
Several years ago, MacArthur indicated his intention
dredge and fill — with council approval --to
ed lato
around Big Munyon Island and the eastern shore of land
Worth, in North Palm Beach. Lake
Then, in 1969, the council by a 3-2 vote reversed itself.
That resulted in MacArthur suing the village, askingthe
to make the village return taxes it had collected to 199. court
The village countered by asking the courts to make Mac-
Arthur remove fill which had beenlaced in
a entrance to Big Munyon Island. p the lake at the
Watt said federal Judge Emett Choate of
the Southern
District of Florida has scheduled the case for today, though
other non -related cases are ahead of it on the docket.