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f azcie Liberman, ho said
�'' ' b Other members of the cown-
In` 'h •"d reached'"t pinochle s: 4-sometimes argued for hours
of success. e became _ .r '• over matters of little import-
mayor of 'Wand' Beach, died
`;�.a ance to thity. Liberman, a
i last night at,Mount Sinai Hospi- g e chuge man, would listen, fall
tan. •• _ .., ''--%` • asleep, be awakened by` -the
noise and.announce:
Liberman,70, was the victim. 1- �` 1" "I move,we abdicate for to-
of a chronic bronchial disease '
day I got work to do."
which had troubled him for ..:...t. '' Liberman made the„widely-
years.
widelyyears.
.. quoted, "pinochle" comment
Although he was known for his ''"' when, he was named mayor in
malapropisms — some of which , , June, 1947, under the system
were deliberate-Liberman was of that time which gave the
a shrewd businessman, a mil- MARCIE LIBERMAN office to'the high man in the
lionaire and oneof the area's- . • . ; council elections.
most generous philanthropist • • Congregation at the Beach, and He admitted that he some-
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1 He was credited as a city of- Liberman - without publicity timesdreamed up other as
ficial with helping Miami Beach saults on the language to break
attain one o'the best municipal — contributed.forttmes to Mount the tension at council sessions.•
credit ratings in the country. Sinai, the University)of Miami "If I can get those guy:
The rating has enabled the city and many gther inst;tutions, laughing, they may forget what
to save millions of. dollars .in Liberman was appointed to the they were arguing about," he
interest on bond issues. city council in Decetpber, 1943, said.'
Liberman and his father, the to fill a vacancy created by' the Liberman took great delight
late Philip Liberman, helped resignation of Mitchell Wolfson. ,in hls rolg of mayor --passing
build the Beth .Jacob Orthodox He served until JAe. 1963. Continued on 4A Col.
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Continued from Page 1.4 He was born "Jan. 24, 1898, The only surviving sen
out keys to the city by the in New York`City, and came to his immediate family
thousand and leading the St. Miami Beach in 1929 from sister.
Patrick's Day p a r a d e as ; •
"O'Liberman." Wilkes-Barre;Pa.,where he had
t established a chain of clothing L
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Councilman Melvin J. Rich- stores. KIDS ASk
azd, who was involved in some Philip Liberman established
furious battles while serving the Mercantile National Bank at DARNEDE EDE 4
with Liberman, recalled: Miami Beaclil in 1931. When he
. "I don't know how he did it, died in 1937, he left the prop- THINGS
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'd but he always managed to es- erty to his son and daughter,
' cape controversy. For some rea- Mrs. Bertha Miller of New York NEW YORK (AP)
` son, he was rarely involved City. , wasn't the kind of questic
in it." " Marcie Liberman• who had would expect from a if
Richard said Liberman led been in the wholesale liquor old high school journalist.
f business, took over as a vice New York Mayor John
the campaign for an ordinance president .of the bank. He sold say had asked the city's
requiring builders to provide off- his interest In the Mercantile school editors to gather•
• street parking. school
in 1954, and -retired news conference yesterda
, "That was his baby and he from businessexcept for super- give their-views on ho'
I. stuck it through," Richard said. vision of his investments. school dropout problem
"He envisioned the day when ' Liberman, a'bachelor, lived best be curbed.
traffic would be too jammed to for more than 20 years at the
'.f, tolerate on-street parking." Albion Hotel at 1650 James Louise E. Katzman, o
Ave., Miami Beach. Friends and
150 student/journalists, as}
Councilman D. Lee Powell, persons seeking favors knew "Mr. Lindsay, why don
who also served for years with that they always could find him permit your own children
Liberman, said, "People hadeither in a corner of the lobby tend public schools instc
confidence in Marcie, and hewhich he made his own or in a private schools?"
was always available. He was barbershop across the street. Before the mayor 'cool
a very well-liked man." He announced his candidacy swer, Schools Superinte
• for reelection to the council in Bernard E. Donovan repli
• ncome Up In Spain 1963, but did no campaigning "We say pupils should s'
' MADRID (AP) '- Per capita and was defeated. school wherever they arc
Ci income in Spain has risen to "The people did me a favor said "It doesn't have to b
' 35,640 pesetas ($594) a year, when they decided not to re- particular school , , -
,,f the government says. It did not elect me," he said later. "Now ,All four of the mayor's
I disclose the amount of the in. I don't get tapped for so many dren are enrolled in p
crease. loans." schools.