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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-02-23

paved and unpaved.
But it is the poor people who
have to make the daily struggle
to get to and from their houses
over the unpaved stretches who
are suffering the most.
Some of them, in their hour of
need, have appealed to the Sen
tinel to make a public plea for
assistance. Mrs. Robert R. Pratt
who lives on the unpaved section
of Emory Lane which runs be-
tween Redland Road and Georgia
Avenue called to tell us her sad
story.
Not even the mailman, that in
trepid drawer of the storm" will
tackle parts of her road. And
the school buses which make five
trips a day are forever getting
stuck.
III Families There
There are II residents on
Emory Lane itself and in addition
there are all the people living
on Pine Tree, Hollyridge and
Redland Roads who also use the
lane. It's muddy mess and Mrs.
Pratt wants something done
about it.
So do the people on Snouffer
School Road. In fact they have
organized a citizens committee in
Guiding the majority of the prop
erty owners; elected chairman,
Captain Jack c. Webb, and a
secretary, Mrs. Emmy Lou Allen,
and are busy sending out letters
in all directions.
To the County manager, the
Upper Montgomery County Plan
ming Commission, the director of
public works, the deputy director
of civil defense and the Sentinel
the Snouffer School Road Citizens
Committee is appealing for "a
survey of the road to determine
what right-of-way concessions
will be required of property own.
ers in the conversion of the road
to an arterial road in conform
ance with its approved planning
status"
The II or so families living on
the road ii of whom have to
commute daily made the follow
ing points to back up their plea.
Evacuation Road
First that the road has major
importance in the evacuation of
residents of the national seat of
government by civil defense when
attack occurs"
The civil defense people have
Snouffer School Road listed as a
one-lane evacuation line. The line
is two lanes right up Snouffer
School Road but the civil defense
people take a realistic attitude on
the condition of the road. Since
il is the end of the 20-mile limit,
anyone who gets stuck on the
road can start dispensing" right
then and there.
The second and third points the
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-02-23
Shame on Us!

AS almost everyone has no.
ticed by now, the headline on
the lead story in last weeks
Sentinel was all wrong. The
head read Capacity Audience
At Zone Hearing Favors Root
Plan. The truth Of the mat
ter, as the story clearly stated,
is that the audience favored the
JamisOn plan. II was just one
Of those goofs that headline
wri'rrs have nightmares about
and last week, in the heat of a
deadline.time, the nightmare
came true The error was com.
pIeteIy unintentional, and
we're very sorry about it.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-02-23
Deans List Released

Marilyn G.. Shaw of Spencer.
vile, Richard b. Maury of Gar
rett Park and Paul +. Beck of
kensington are among 81 Mont
gomery Junior College students
who have been named to the
deans list for outstanding AGA
demic records during the recently
completed first semester.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-02-23
Rural Zone Law Passed Unanimously
ROckville's Election
Date Tipped to April

Rockville's city election date changed Tuesday
night from the first Monday in May to the last Monday in
April by amendment to the charter adopted by the
and council which will go into effect in time to change the
date this year from May to April 80.
second amendment adopted at the time changes
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-02-23

The Rockville Board Of
Trade has moved to a new Of
flee room number nine in
the Watkins Building, 400 East
Montgomery Avenue. The
phone number, Poplar 2-4O4O,
remains the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
The PubIic's ldeu

County residents generany
want to preserve the purity Of
streams near their homes. They
look on a sewage disposal plant
as a menace that threatens to
dump increasing amounts OF
pollution into their bucolic
brooks.
Already there are Is sewage
disposal plants in the county, or
under construction. These in
clude the four public plants in
the county sewer program, serv-
ing four watersheds that make
up 81 square miles in the east
ern quarter of the county.
Those who oppose more dis
posal plants favor combining
new development to these water
sheds, already severed, SO other
streams can be preserved.
Some of the existing plants
have given these DIRECTORS good
reason to feel as they do.
The odors and half-treated ef-
fluent from several private plants
have brought bitter complaints
to State and county officials on
more than one occasion during
the past several years.
The pump at one plant goes
out Of commission every time
there is a heavy rain. This lets
raw sewage escape into the near
est stream. Suburban residents
fearful of a health menace and
farmers who saw their cows die
have complained.
Even promises of close super
vision over disposal plants and
scientific guarantees" against
pollution are not enough to con-
vince residents that their
streams won't be impaired by
treatment plants. They feel that
anything mechanical can get out
of order. If that happens too
many times with a disposal plant,
the stream on which it is located
is apt to become just another
open seWer-like the Potomac
River.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
Developers Are Eager

The men who build new sub
divisions say Fairfax County, is
the hot spot" in the Metropoli-
tan Area for new development.
Hundreds of undeveloped acres
are within 20 minutes of the
White House. Even the prospect
of a master plan to confine close
development to existing sewer
areas has not discouraged de-
velopers. They feel sure the
county can't hold the coming line
forever. When it budges, the
Accotink and Pohick watersheds
already hemmed in OH three
SIDES by burgeonins subdivisions
are iiext in line for develop
m mt.
developers, like other business
men, want to make money. The
more they hold their costs down,
the more they profit.
an undeve, oped areas of Acco-
tink and Pohick where no public
sewer facilities exist, developers
have to put them in. They can't
afford to put in cross-country
pipelines to serve one subdivision.
Even the county can't yet afford
to put In cross-country pipelines
where development is likely to be
scattered for many years to come.
So a small sewage disposal plant
on the nearest stream is the way
they choose to serve new subdi-
visions.
Most developers argue that
sewage disposal plants on Ac-
cotink and Pohick won't cause
pollution as much as Seepage
from septic tanks and storm
wash In a fast-growing county
like Fairfax. Even without
severed subdivisions. they say,
development will go ahead any
how with each new home in
stalling septic tank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

Faf1a& county real eState-ap-
proximately one-fifth of the total
county area.
Accotink Is Fort Belvoir's
source of drinking water. Pohick
is a picturesque stream enjoyed
by many residents along its banks
for swimming. fishing and boat
ing during the summer.
The problem has been brought
to a head at this time by appli-
cations for new and expanded
sewage treatment facilities on
the two streams.
The town of Fairfax wants to
expand its plant on Accotink
The existing plant pre-dates the
water board. 1t is the only dis
posal plant on Accotink above
the Belvoir reservoir, not count
ing the small Parr-Franconia
Warehouse plant which drains
through a large pond. and not
directly into Accotink..
The town of Vienna wants to
build a new plant on Accotink
because its present plant is over
loaded. The present plant drains
into Difficult run. which flows
into the Potomac River above the
District water intake.
Stafford Builders also have
asked permission to build o dis
posal plant on Accotink. to serve
new developments outside the
town Of Fairfax.
Homer Hoyt. well-known plan
ner. has applied for permission
to build a plant on a tributary
Of Pohick to serve his proposed
new subdivision.
It is up to the water board to
determine whether these two
streams can handle the discharge
from an increasing number of
disposal plants, or whether the
large area they drain must be
preserved from suburban devel-
opment - at least until so m e
other plan for treating sewage
is available.
The choice is not easy. Like
the blind men who each got a
different idea of an elephant
when they touched it. feelings
on the stream problem vary with
unlike interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
Water Bourd Role

/ The water board is In q spot
like the little Dutch boy who
plugged q hole In the dixie with
his finger. II the water board
suddenly pulls out all stops for
sewage disposal On Accotink and
Pohick. the county can expect q
flood of new development. Even
| If rezonings are denied, some de-
velopers say new homes will 60
up on larger lots as sewers be-
come available.
| This dizzy development poten-
itial in the two watersheds
prompted the water board to
schedule the special heating. One
or two plants might go on the
streams without causing any
trouble. but the prospect Of q
whole string Of plants is some
thing to ponder.
4 The Virginia State Water Con-
trol Board, was established in
1916 by action Of the General
Assembly to preserve the purity
of unpolluted streams. and to
clean up streams already pol
lluted.
The water control law states
that it is the water boards duty
to decide what quality the water
Iof any stream should have, and
take all appropriate" steps to
preserve that quality.
/ Members Of the water board
are the same five men who were
appointed when 1t was estab-
lished 10 years ago. All are lay
men. They rely strongly on the
Recommendations Of their over
worked staff engineers in max
ing decisions. E. Blackburn
Moore of Berryville. an apple
grower and speaker of the House
of Delegates, is chairman. Other
members are T. Brady Saunders
of Richmond. who is president OF
a millwork firm; Thomas M.
Thornhill of Lynchburg. who is
in the fuel oil business; Ross H.
Walker of Richmond. a stock
broker, and r. A. West Of Cow
Iington, manager of an oil COM
lpany.
To decide the quality standard
OF a stream, the water board con-
siders what use is made Of a
stream, plus the streams ability
to cleanse itself.
Primary treatment plants
sometimes are all right where
the flow of a stream can dilute
the effiuent sufficiently, accord
ing to water board engineers.
Secondary treatment is re-
CURED for less fluent streams.
The water board has been ap-
proving plants that give IS to
go per cent treatment on small
er streams. 1t is possible to build
a plant that gives IS per cent
treatment or better. The higher
the treatment, the more the
cost. According to A. H. Paessler,
executive secretary of the water
board who is a chemical engineer.
a secondary treatment plant can
discharge effluent that is as
pure or purer than the normal
flow of water in streams. The
difficulty Is getting the public
to accept that idea--and getting
developers TO- build such expen-
sive plants.
j Whatever the outcome may
be, the forthcoming hearing
shows that the water board real
ICES how fast Fairfax County Is
growing, and fears the rapid
growth might pollute its SPAR
king streams beyond redemption
unless watched closely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
Stote Water Board
To Determine Fate
Of Foirfox Streams
Bids for New Sewage Plants
Peril Recreation, Drinking Uses
By MARY Lou WERNER

Can Fairfax County streams the triple function Of
plying drinking water recreation and disposal?
The county must that question by January as
that the Virginia State Water Control Board hold
ing to decide the fate Of Accotnk and Pohck Creeks
These two drain nearly 85 miles of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

Developers claim 1t is to the
county's advantage to encourage
private sewer installations. This
builds up customers. making 1t
financially possible for the coun-
Ity eventually to take over the
privately installed sewers and
Incorporate them into the
county system.
"A County Dilemma
Population prophets predict
$4,000 residents In Fairfax
County by 1880. That's more
than q 100 per cent increase
above the present $4,000. 1t
means thousands of new homes.
Where should they be built?
A proposed master plan has
been drafted by consultant
Francis Dodd McHugh, placing
most future development in the
eastern corner Of the county
already severed. That plan
hasn't been adopted yet. and
already new subdivisions have
spilled beyond the limits recon-
Imended by Mr.. McHugh.
Even the master plan cannot
help the situation In and around
the town Of Fairfax. The towns
disposal plant has reached It's
capacity.
According to Mayor John
Wood. there are hundreds Of lots
within the town that cannot be
used unless the disposal plant is
Expanded.
Mayor Wood has asked the
Board of County Supervisors to
Join the town in seeking APP
proval for enlargement of its
plant. The supervisors are
awaiting results of a county
stream study before giving an
answer to Mayor Wood.
Fairfax County has other un-
developed watersheds besides Po-
hick and Accotink. but there are
reasons the county feels they
must be protected.
Practically all the undeveloped
watersheds in the northwest cor
ner Of the county including
Difficult Run. with 50 square
miles-drain into the Potomac
River above the Districts water
intake.
The watersheds In the west
and south corners Of the county
drain into Occoquan above the
Alexandria and Virginia Water
Co. reservoir, which supplies the
city Of Alexandria and parts Of
Fairfax County.
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02

SPRINGHILL, Nova Scotia, tR The known death toll of a coal mine disaster here mounted today to 13 and hope waned for 1l3 men still trapped in tunnels more than half mile below the surface.
 Two of the known dead were rescue workers killed by coal gas after entering the mine to search for the missing men.
 Rescue workers found four bod ies during the night at the 3,400- foot level. They said they saw no sign of life in the deep workings where the remaining men were known to be trapped.
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
Grade Schools Convert To Ballpoint Pens

ST. LOUIS, R-Inkwells are on the way out in St. Louis ele- mentary schools.
 Superintendent of Instruction Philip J.. Hickey said yesterday the change to ballpoint pens will come in February. He said 22,500 pens will be needed with $720 worth of refills at 10 cents each for grades five thru eight.
 Ut will eliminate such unfor- tunate accidents as when a pen point is pushed with a little bit of vigor into persons body" Hickey noted.
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
ANTI-SOVIET DEMONSTRATIONS IN ROMANIA

VIENNA, RlThe Hungarian radio said last night anti-Soviet demonstrations broke out in the neighboring Soviet satellite of Romania yesterday.
 Free radio Budapest said thou sands of students had demonstrat- ed in Bucharest, the Romanian capital, shouting for French lang uage courses instead of Russian. It added that Romanian police had made arrests among the dem onstrating students.
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
Hope Dims for ll3 Men Still
 Trapped in Nova Scotia Mine

Six other miners were fatally injured when the explosion roared thru the Cumberland Railway and Coal Go. mine slope last night, leveling buildings and reducing surface workings to rubble. Gas fumes killed one rescue worker.
 Nine men were hospitalized.
 The fumes hampered volunteer efforts to get the men who were entombed in gas-filled shafts. If efforts fail, it will prove Canada's worst mine disaster in 40 years.
 The explosion, believed to have been caused by coal dust, blew out the inclined entrances of No. 4. It hurled one man thru a win dow, smashed nearby buildings and shook the surrounding coun- tryside
 The Springhill coal field has been described as one of the most dangerous in Nova Scotia because of the gas fumes. In 1914, a mine blast at Hillcrest, Alberta, cost 193 lives. Springhill itself suf- fered a major disaster in 1891. when 125 miners were killed.
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
A Family Affair

OROFINO, Idaho, R-Mr. and Mrs. William Philpot both did their duty as they saw it yester- day.
 Philpot, as Orofino chief of po- lice, issued citation charging his wife with failure to yield the right of way after the car she was driving collided with another.
 Then Mrs. Philpot, as cores pondent for the Lewiston Trib- une, sat down and wrote a news item about the event.
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
Polish Red Party Appeals to Nation To Keep Calm

WARSAW R-The Polish Con- munist Party, warned that a Hungarian style armed revolution might burst out here, appealed to the nation today to maintain calm and discipline.
 "Reactionary elements are try ing to raise their heads," the par tvs Central Committee said in a manifesto.
 The committee deplored what it called the "bestial murders of Communists in Hungary" and said Poland should not have the same kind of chaos. It urged that there not be any armed revolt to get Russian troops to leave Po- land.
 At the same time the manifesto, widely published and broadcast, said Poland should maintain its alliance with Russia and attacked what it termed the "Anglo-French aggression in Egypt"
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
Tension Grips Budapest in Wake of
 New Russian Troop Movements

the Kremlin-dominated Warsaw pact and claiming neutral free dom from any power bloc.
 The government, meanwhile, prepared to resign today and make way temporarily for a small "inner cabinet" of experts under Nagy.
 Nagy quickly informed the United Nations of the Soviet mili- tary movements and placed Hun gary under JUN. protection as a neutral country.
 Soviet embassy representatives assured the Premier the troop movements were only a regroup- ing and not aggressive. They said their forces had ringed Hungarian airfields to ensure evacuation of wounded Soviet soldiers and de pendents. Russian soldiers and families were seen leaving the Soviet embassy during the night.
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
Telephone Co.
 Sues Truck Line For Gyp Tactics

TOPEKA, Kan, R--Southwest- ern Bell Telephone Go. sued King Van Lines of Wichita, Kan, for $6,000, alleging it used an intri- cate code system to avoid having to pay for, long distance calls.
 A company spokesman said it was the first legal action of it's kind ever taken by Bell system.
 The complaint alleged King Van had it's drivers use fictitious names and identifications in plac- ing collect and person-to-person calls.
 On the receiving end, the tele- phone company charged, King Van could decipher the drivers real name and location, his desti- nation, how much of a load he had, and other information.
 It would refuse the call or say the person wanted wasn't there.
 The driver would figure out his instructions from the response, the telephone company said.
 Southwest Bell estimated it lost more than $250 month on such calls.
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
By GEORGE HOLLYWOOD

BUDAPEST, R-Tension today gripped Budapest in the wake of fresh Soviet troop movements into Hungary, but Premier Imre Nagy's government sought to minimize the gravity of the situ- ation.
 The government spokesman said this morning no new Russian troops had entered Hungary after an estimated two Soviet divisions poured across the border from Russia yesterday.
 The spokesman said the situa- ton which last night was "ex- tremely grave" had "relaxed" to- day. But the Budapest population waited anxiously to see if the Russians would move again.
 The Soviet troop move came in the wake of Nays announcement that Hungary was pulling out of
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
Russia Asks Conference Of Bandung Powers To Demand CeaSe-Fire

MOSCOW, E-The Soviet Un- ion called yesterday for an imme- diate conference of the Bandung powers to demand a cease-fire in Egypt and withdrawal of all for eign forces from Egyptian terri tory.
 The Bandung powers include the Asian-African group of na- tions. Israel is not represented.
 The Soviet Union left open the question of its own participation at such a conference. It is not a member of the Bandung group.
 The Kremlin's call was an open bid to champion the cause of Asian nations before the world.
 It was contained in letters from President Voroshilov and Pre- mier Bulganin to Prime Minister Nehru of India and President Su- karno of Indonesia.
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
40 Miles of Road Completed On Highway 97

The Bureau of Public Roads, better known to us as the Alaska Road Commission completed their work on Highway 97 yesterday and will have completed moving in their equipment today, it has been announced.
 The road has been completed for 40 miles and preliminary work has been completed to Grand Central, on the west side of Salmon Lake.
 Frank Morris, district engineer, said that the balance of the funds on hand have been allocated for bridge materials to be used in the spring.
 It is believed that this is the latest that road work has been performed in this area.
The Nome nugget., 1956-11-02
Assembly 65-4 for Peace; Egyptians Losing Ground

Israel today announced occupa- tion of the entire Gaza strip and claimed other smashing victories in ground action against Egyptian forces.
 The French defense ministry said Egypt's air force had been completely put out of fighting condition" by repeated poundings from British-French air forces.
 There still was no word of ground invasion by British or French forces. But a French spokesman in Paris said the combined force on Cyprus was increasing steadily.
 A spokesman at Israeli army headquarters in Tel Aviv reported the surrender of Gaza City, the Egyptian headquarters for the Gaza strip, after a tank-led 1s- raeli task force smashed into the city
 The surrender put the entire strip in Israeli hands and ended 24-hour fight for the region. Isaeli troops yesterday captured Rafah, the only other major cen ter in the strip.
 The Gaza territory, a 25 by 8 mile finger of land separating the southern end of Israel from the Mediterranean, has long been a center of Israeli-Egyptian border troubles. Elimination of Fedayeen (commando) bases in the area was one of Israels announced objec- tives in it's thrust into Egypt on Monday.
 Martial law was declared thru out Egypt.
 The British air ministry in London said Royal Air Force heavy and medium bombers were keeping up fheir nonstop strikes against the Egyptian air bases today.
 None of cur aircraft has been reported missing" British spokesman said.
 A Middle East diplomatic source at Rome, reported today that President Nasser of Egypt has re- signed, but several hours of checking ] brought no support of the rumor.
 With strict censorship operat- ing in Egypt, the AP bureau there apparently was unable to com ment on the report. nj
 Egyptian army headquarters an. nounced that a fishing vessel sunk by British air lombard ment has blocked the southern entrance to the Suez Canal.
 It was the second vessel report ed sunk in the 103-mile waterway causing obstruction to navigation.