Evening star., 1952-12-31
Council Ho|dsUp
Action for Two
Liquor Stores
Montgomery Body to
Meet Next Tuesday
To Get Reaction

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To Get Reaction
The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil today awaited the storm Of
reaction expected on proposals for
new county liquor stores at
Gaithersburg and Viers Mill vii
lage.
Similar proposals a year ago
ignited stout protests. and the
Council voted against extending
the county liquor dispensary sys-
tenn to those two locations. The
county now has eight liquor
stores. the northernmost being at
Rockville.
The proposal for the new dis
pensaries was renewed yesterday
by County Manager Irving G. Nc
Nayr. Then it was tabled by the
Council until next Tuesdays meet
ing at Rockville to see how the
public accepts the idea.
In other actions yesterday the
Council deferred action on police
pay raises and declined to sup
port either of the two major
State aid to school bills to be
considered by the forthcoming
Maryland General Assembly.
Public Hearing Proposed.
On the proposed new liquor
stores one Council member, Mrs.
Stella B. Werner. called for a
public hearing. They have them
for alcoholic beverage license ap-
plications,r she said.
Her idea was not voted on, how
ever, and the majority of the
council went along with the plan
to table the proposal for one
week.
Mrs. Werner also indicated that
she is opposed to the two new
dispensaries, stating her belief
that the county stores ought to
be located only in larger centers
of population.
While not opposing the new
stores. Councilman Grover Walker
|of Gaithersburg and Lathrop E.
Smith Of Travillah expressed fears
that the council would be in for
a rugged time from residents of
the traditionally dry up-county
area.
The County Department of
Liquor Control believes the new
stores would increase revenues. A
spokesman for the department
said present dispensaries at Rock
vile and Wheaton are over
crowded. Many residents, the
spokesman said. buy their beer
and liquor outside the county be-
cause the dispensaries are not
convenient to them.
Estimates Profit.
Mr.. McNayr guessed that the
two new stores would net between
$50.000 and 100000 in their first
year. This, of course, would in
clude sales taken away from other
county liquor stores.
Action on proposed police pay
raises was deferred because the
council felt salaries of some ranks
should be higher than those rec
commended by the Personnel
Board. The proposed new salary
schedule was sent back to the
board and will come up for action
again next Tuesday.
The council suggested that
corporals and sergeants receive
$50 more a year than the board
proposed and that lieutenants and
captains receive 500 more a year
than the original board recon-
mendation.
Under the original Personnel
Board salary schedule, starting
salaries of corporals, sergeants,
lieutenants and captains would
have remained the same as at
present. Annual increases up to
four years in rank were provided,
however. At present. annual
increases are given to corporals
after one year only and to SER
geants, lieutenants and captains
after the first and second years
in their rank.
On another police matter, Mr..
McNayr presented recommended
ton from Arthur E. Miller, direc-
tor of public safety, that RESPONSE
bility for collecting coins from
parking meters be removed from
the Police Department. Mr.. Nc
Nayr said he intended to return
that function to the Department
of Finance under next years
budget.
Discretion ON School Bills.
The decision not to support any
specific legislative proposals for
State aid to schools was made
after Councilman Smith said he
thought the matter ought to be
left up to the discretion of the
county's delegation to the Legisla-
ture.
The two major State-aid bills
scheduled to be considered by. the
Legislature In its three-month
session opening next Wednesday
are:
Senate bill 48, which would in
crease the minimum scale of
teachers pay to $4,000 and in
crease general State contribu-
tions to school operating costs.
The Green Commission bill
calls for $500 increases in State
supported minimum teachers
salaries until a floor Of $4,000 is
reached. The new scale would
become fully effective in 1855.
but in the meantime, the State
would pay whatever it cost to
give teachers salaries ranging up
from $2,500. 1t provides for
speeding up automatic annual
raises, starting in 1858. so teach
ers would get 500 increases the
first two years and 5000 for the
next eight years.
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