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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01
School Board Moves
Dollars So Building
Program Won't Curtail
Directs Supt. Norris To
Ask Mgr. Reese For Switch
In Funds; Land Price Up
Reject AshburtOn
8 Rooms; Advertise
For Revised 6 Rooms

The Montgomery County
School Board this week con-
tinued its juggling act of bal
ancing its construction budget
by another transfer of funds
in order to complete the Ken
sington Junior High.
The boards struggle began
last summer when the County
Council passed school construc-
ton budget cutting elementary
schools Is percent and secondary
schools eight percent.
Since then every new project
has ben reduced by cutting the
number of classrooms or deleting
the extras" such as all-purpose
rooms and kitchens; or lowering
building standards. When none of
these are possible the board at
tenpts to scrape up the money
elsewhere.
Monday night the board de
cided against doing a partial job
on the Kensington schools final
addition and turned to the prob
lem of raising the amount needed
from other funds.
The ALLEGATION for the new ad-
dition is $546,8O0; the total est
mated cost is $500, $40. In addi-
ton a $4,000 allotment for fur
niture and equipment is estimated
as $4,000 short by the staff.
The boards final decision was
to send Superintendent Forbes
Norris to the county manager to
ask for a transfer of a $4,000
surplus from the Sherwood High
School, created by the elimination
of a drainage system found I'M
necessary. Furniture and equip
Continued on Faye Alb
VOTE NEXT TUESDAY!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01
Council to Hear
All Sides in Fire
Department Fight

All interested parties will APP
pear before the County Council
Tuesday in the still-unresolved
problem Of a citienzs request for
a new fire department in the
Wheaton Woods area.
Meanwhile, the Council has or.
dered County Manager M. l..
Reese to bring up to date sur.
vey Of county fire protection
needs made in 1858 by the then.
director Of public safety Arthur
Miller
A group of Wheaton Woods
residents, the County Fire Board
and members Of the Kensington
and Rockville fire departments,
which now serve the Wheaton
Woods area, will appear before
the Council Tuesday.
The citizens have been seeking
a new fire department TO serve
the subdivisions along Viers Mill
Road between Rockville and
Wheaton since last year.
Last week the Fire Board rec.
commended denial of the citizens
request, holding that fire protec-
ton in the area is adequate and
that a new fire department would
go against Mr. MilleTs recon-
mendations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01
Rte. Md. 355
Stays; No
AIT. u. S. 24O

Remaining the old Rockville to
Frederick Road Alternate U. S.
Route 240 instead of its new num-
Der, Maryland 355, cannot be con-
sidered, according to George N.
Lewis, Jr., Director of the Mary
land State Roads Commissions
traffic division.
The denial came in letter to
Rockville attorney ]. Hodge
Smith, attorney for a group of
property owners along the old
road who recently petitioned the
SRC to change the road name.
The road was called Route 240
for many years, but was re-
named when the almost-parallel
dual-lane National Pike recently
opened between Rockville and
Frederick. The new super-high-
way was designated Route 240.
Mr. Lewis pointed out that the
American Association of State
Highway Officials "discourages"
the use of alternate" route num-
heIs.
Mr.. Lewis says the numbering
ard executive committees of the
association must approve all
route designations for Federal
highways.
The traffic division director al
Sc says the use of alternate"
road names many times results
in confusion and complaints from
the motoring public"
Mr.. Smith says the petitioners,
led by Eli Alper of Frederick
County, may appeal Mr.. Lewis
decision to the SRC commits
sioners.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01
Consultants Would Have Planning
Group Take Over ALI OF County

The expanded district would
also permit proper planning for
relocated government agencies
and better protection for the Pot
omac River and other stream val
leys, the report holds.
The reorganized park and plan
ming commission would have IS
members: four appointed by the
governor 1.-TWO from each coun-
ty), one named by the WSSC, and
five appointed by the governing
body of each county.
The five members from each
county would be sub.commissions
to deal with planning problems
within their respective jurisdic-
tons.
Each sub-agency would include
three citizens named by the gov
erning body, one member of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01
Lock-Joint Pipe Low With
$447,7l6 For 10000 Feet
"a Inch Concrete Duct
City Tells Council
1t Won't Sell Water
Outside Rockville
By Ronald Nessen

Zone good water line" to
the Potomac River will be bet
ter than "two or three lines"
Mrs. Stella Werner, member
Of the Montgomery County
Council, told representatives
Of the city of Rockville and
the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission Tuesday.
The remark came during dis
cussion between the city, which
is pushing ahead with plans to
build $2.6 million water line to
the river and the WSSC, which
hopes to have its own Potomac
tap operating by 1960-and the
Council.
No agreement was reached at
the meeting, but Rockville May
or Dickran Y. Hovsepian told re-
porters afterwards that the city
will continue to negotiate with
the WSSC for an arrangement
that would require only one Po-
tomac tap.
Mrs. Werner complained that
the Council is charged with zon-
ing and planning, but the water
supply, which partially controls
growth, is outside the Councils
jurisdiction.
Asked by Mrs. Werner if the
city had considered joining with
the county in a solution to the
Rockville and up-county water
supply problem, City Councilman
Alexander Greene said, We've
always recognized the WSSC as
water authority for the area"
Mayor Hovsepian stated, Il
didn't think Of the county in
terms Of water supplier."
Mrs. Werner remarked, I'VE
could be-"
Rockville and the upper county
are outside the jurisdiction of
the WSSC.
In reply TO another Werner
question the mayor said the city
would have to change its charter
in order to sell water to property
owners along the proposed river
to.city pipe.
Mr. Greene said the city did
not intend to Ego into competi.
Continued on Page ABB
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01
WINK Radio
Election
COUerdge

Radio Station WINK 1890
on your diaD, Rockville, will
broadcast election results on a
24-hOur per day basis until
winners in all contests have
been determined.
The broadcasts will com.
mence early Tuesday, Novem.
Der 6, with color stories, before
the polls close and will report
detailed results from all cOun-
ty precincts just as soon as the
unofficial results are made
available by the Montgomery
County Press Association.
State and national totals will
be aired continuously as the
results are tailed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01

The Jurisdictions of the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission should be extended
to all of Montgomery and Prince
Georges counties.
That was the recommendation
handed the MNCPPC this week
by LadisIas Segoe Associates Of
Cincinnati, Ohio, city planners
and consulting engineers, who
also urged reorganization OF the
park and planning commission.
The extensions were proposed
to eliminate the COMMISSIONS, inef
ficiencies, inequities, and simple
Inconvenience occasioned by the
non-concurrence" of the MNCPPC
Regional District and county
boundaries.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01
Might Shun WSSC;
Consultants Say Own
System is Best Bet
By Dorothy Waleski

Rockville took another step
towards getting its water
from the Potomac with the
opening Tuesday night, of
five bids for the 10000 feet
of water pipe necessary for
the project.
Turning over to the engi-
neers and staff for analysis, the
low bidder was the Lock-Joint
Pipe Company of East Orange,
New Jersey, for $477,716 of CON
crete pipe. The other bids were
for steel and castiron pipes.
Roland Simpson of Gilbert AS
sociates, the engineering firm
hired for the water line, said the
bids were 10 per cent under the
estimate.
The staff will make its recon-
mendations and the contract is
expected to be awarded at the No
vember 10 Mayor and Council
meeting.
Mr.. Simpson also presented the
city officials with a detailed fl
nancial comparison between the
cost Of the city's line and the cost
Of purchasing water from the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission with a final recon-
mendation that the city would
benefit most by having its own
line.
The spokesman for the engi-
neering firm also reported that
bids on the construction of the
line, the filter plant and the in
take station could be taken by
the end of February. His firm is
Continued on Page A.3
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01
County Buys ST Land

Montgomery County will ac-
cept the offer of more than a
half-acre of land for 81 near the
Motel Washingtonian at the new
National Pike and Shady Grove
Rd.
Sam Fig, motel president, will
sell the county 29,373 square feet
of land for 81 to permit the i'm
provement of Fields Rd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01
Sam Fig
Heads Nov.
Grand Jury

Sam Fig, prominent Silver
Spring developer, has been picked
as foreman of the November
grand jury by Circuit Court
judges Kathryn J. Lawlor and
Thomas M. Anderson.
Prospective jurors are being
served this week and the grand
and petite juries will be selected
Nov. Is, the day the Grand Jury
convenes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01

in rescue operations during the
floods of July 81, 1856. He was
the first Rockville fireman killed
in the line of duty.
The resolution was signed by
Marbery f. Gates, department
president; Rev. William w.
Dodge, chairman of the resolu.
tons committee, and Henry r.
Nicewamer, secretary.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01
MemOridIize EICOod Smith

A resolution expressing "sin-
cere regrets at his parting. the
loss we have suffered, and heart
felt sympathy to his wife and
family was passed in memory of
Elwood Fl. Smith by the Rock
vile Volunteer Fire Department
at a recent meeting.
Smith, a volunteer fireman for
two and half years, drowned in
Rock Creek while participating
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-11-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Richards Sees
Fringe Wars

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. IA (P)
Representative James p. Rich.
ards, Democrat. Of South Caro-.
lima, retiring this year from thu
House of Representatives, pre-.
dicted here last night "that Their,
will be a good many fringe war.
and that the United States viii
be in them"
Mr.. Richards, speaking to the
Columbia American Legion Post
also knocked Democratic Presi.
Dental Nominee Adlai Steven.
sons stand on atomic bomb tests
and the draft.
Il am ashamed to say" Mr.
Richards said, that Stevenson
has advocated the discontinue
Iance of atomic bomb tests and
the reduction Of the draft.
Mr.. Richards, chairman Of the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee. declared the United States
must have hydrogen bombs to
dissuade Russia from starting
la war.
II believe We have the sense
and the wisdom and faith in
Almighty God to prevent an
atomic war" he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Two Detectives GET
Citutions for Work
On Narcotics Case

Citations as policemen Of the
month" for July were awarded
yesterday to Probationary De-
tectives John r. Panetta and
Guy w. Holcomb, jrs of the mar
cotics squad.
The two were also presented
the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment's Award of Merit at the
luncheon ceremony at the Ken
esaw Cafe.
The policemen won the honor
for the part they played in
breaking up a large narcotics
ring. The two were leading fig-
ures in the month-long investi-
cation by police and Federal
agents which preceded the series
Of arrests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-A thun-
derstorm likely late this evening,
Low tonight 81. Fair and cooler
tomorrow.
Maryland-Cloudy with scat
tered thundershowers tonight
low So to SIS in the west and IS
to 70 in the east. Fair and not
as warm tomorrow. Small craft
warnings are displayed.
Virginia-Hot in the south
early tonight. turning cooler in
the north. Low around so in
the north and So to 68 in the
south. Fair and cooler tomor-
row.
Wind-South to southwest, 20
to 80 miles per hour. with scat
tered thunder squalls this eve
ming on the lower Potomac and
Chesapeake Bay. Winds becom-
ing northwesterly, 10 to 20 miles
per hour tonight. West or
northwest winds 10 to 20 miles
per hour tomorrow. Visibility
good except during the squalls.
The District Of Columbia Medi-
cal Society ragweed pollen count
for the "a hours ending at 8
am. today is 46 grains per cubic
yard OF air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
us. Sons of ItuIy
Open Orphunuge

CASINO, Italy. Sept. IA (P).-
An orphanage to house 500 chill
dren was dedicated here yester-
day by the American Order OF
the Sons of Italy on the site OF
one Of World War IFS bitterest
battles.
The orphanage is at the foot
of Monastery Hill, where allied
forces fought for four months in
1914 in action that made Casino
Italy's most devastated city.
Italian Agriculture Minister
Emilio Colombo welcomed $50
members of the Order of the
Sons of Italy. He expressed the
governments thanks for the
drive the order conduc e d
through the United States to
obtain funds for the 100000
structure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Fills ISLAND TO BE SOLD
TO COMMERCIAL BUYER

NEW YORK, E-Ellis Island will be put Ip for sale to
the highest bidder for commercial use.
The 27h-acre island in New York Bay, gateway to
America for millions Of immigrants for half century was
given up by the immigration service November H. 1854
Decision to sell the island announced last night by
Walter F. Downey regional commissioner for the General
Services Administration of the Federal Government
Advertisements for bids will appear in newspapers next
Tuesday November 10 will be he deadne for submission
of bids.
The ended hopes that the historic spot
picnic ground for Dutch settlers gaows site the
Pirate Gibbs and the site harbor defense fortnight
be preserved as public area.
Mr. Downey said the island will be sold for commercial
because local government applied officially for it,
He added that nonproft group came forward with
request for the property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

for retraining Of many Of our
present personnel and will bring
about the establishment Of new
skills. We may see defense ac-
tivities relocated or closed en-
tirely as we move further into
the new era.
Every group that represents
Navy employees has a big job
ahead Of it in keeping abreast
of the changes and dislocation
of personnel that will result.
1t will take the combined re-
sources Of labor and management
to convince the employees affected
that their well-being is given
the proper consideration" Mr.
Powell added. He said Navy al
ready is working on plans to
alleviate and reassign them ia
other duties.
The NFFE convention went on
record in favor Of legislation to
give official recognition and bar
gaining rights to Federal en-
ploye unions. 1t also asked that
Federal annuities be tax exempt.
The convention will consider
many more resolutions today, in
GLIDING those asking for a CLASH
fed pay raise.
The NFFE delegates yesterday
unanimously elected Michael
hardwood and Henry Nolda for
their first full two-year terms
as president and secretary-treas-
urer, respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
|Womon's vogrunc,
Case Is Dropped

Charges Of vagrancy against
Ia S5-year-old woman were
dropped in Municipal Court
yesterday. when Judge Thomas
c. scalley ruled the Govern
ment had failed to prove the
woman was unemployed.
Matte B. Wilson was arrested
in July at a home in the 1900
block Of Calvert street NV.
On Wednesday, Mrs. la M.
Baker, So, pleaded guilty to a
charge Of operating a disorderly
house at the Calvert street home
and was sentenced to pay a fine
OF 500 or serve so days in jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
RESORT FORECAST

South Jersey-Fair and
cooler tomorrow, high rs
to 80. Moderate northwest
erly winds.
Upper Bay-Fair and not
as warm tomorrow, high in
lower Dos. Winds northwest,
IL to is miles per hour.
Lower Bay--Fair and not
as warm tomorrow, high in
middle sos. Winds 10 to Is
miles per hour.
Ocean Beaches--Fair and
not as warm tomorrow, high
30 to 81. Moderate north
erly winds.
SKYLINE Drive-Partly
cloudy and not as warm to-
morrow. high in the upper
70s. Visibility good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
|AirIines to Tighten
Ticket Reservations

Airline tickets not picked up
within a certain time limit win
be cancelled, effective Sunday. the
Air Transport Association adj
vised today.
Termed q "no-Show" control
plan. it is expected to reduce the
number Of late cancellations and
o-shows"-people who fail to
cancel reservations and don't
luse them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

first year since 1887 that no bur-
ricane crossed a United States
|coastline.
Welcome Relief
And it will be a welcome relief
after 1855. when hurricanes
killed 218 persons and took a
property damage toll Of more
than 81 billion in this country.
The major factor in the lack
of big storms this year. Mr..
Dunn said, is that the "wester-
lies" which normally blow
through the temperate zone,
have shifted southwark, dipping
into the sub-tropics.
These high altitude winds
have brought with them cooler
air and low pressure which dis
courages the formation Of hur-
ricanes. Tropical storms feed on
warm, moist air and high pres
sure.
And if a hurricane does FORM
Mr.. Dunn said, the westerlies
will tend to shunt it away from
the coast"
So far this year, there have
been five tropical storms but
only one real hurricane, Betsy.
and it was a comparatively weak
one.,. 1t veered away into the
Atlantic after once threatening
to hit the Florida coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Art Show Entries
Are Due Today

Entries are due by 6 pm. to-
day for the outdoor art show
open to all area artists this
week end in the gardens at 1926
and 1929 Wisconsin avenue NV,
Each artist may submit three
works in any medium. including
sculpture. Pictures should be
prepared for hanging. and all
work should have been done in
the last year. There is a 81
entry fee per artist to 90 to-
ward awards.
Entries should be made at the
Collectors Corner, 1925 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV.
The show will be held from 10
am. to 6 pm. tomorrow and
from ] to S pm. Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Construction ImperiIs
People Next Door

LANSING, Mich, Sept. IA (P)
The order around lansing
old city hall is keep your heaC
down." until the new city hal
lis built next door.
Yesterday. a crowbar slipped
from q workman's hand. smashed
through q window in the old city
hall and plunged down an empty
stairway, no one was hurt. Ear.
lier, a hot rivet shot through ar
Office window, just missing sew.
eral employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

peCOIuS law HeAJ year.
Mr.. Folsom also Endorsed legis-
lation to raise the maximum pay
for professional and top admin
istrative jobs in Government.
Discussing the need for great
er employe benefits, Mr.. Folsom
said:
Legislation is urgently needed
to attract and hold competent
personnel to Federal service and
to provide additional incentive
to those who choose Federal en-
ployment as a career.
Many Federal employees have
responsibilities that are impor-
tant to the welfare Of the coun-
try. One of the major rewards
in Government employment is
the satisfaction Of performing
a service to the people of the
country. However, the Federal
Government has an obligation
to its employes-and, more i'm
portant, to all the people serv-
iced by the Federal Government
Ito maintain an adequate level
of compensation and other bene-
fits to sustain the economic Sc
curity of those in the Federal
service.
Irons Backs Plan
Another speaker, Warren B.
Irons, chief Of the Civil Service
Commissions Bureau of Opera
tons, the official who drafted
the administrators major
health insurance plan, said this
kind of insurance is the kind of
protection employees can't get for
themselves.
The major health insurance
would provide benefits for long
and costly illnesses, which result
in expenses above those provided
in private basic health insurance
plans, Mr.. Irons said.
Mr.. Irons said more than rs
per cent of Federal employees
and their families already carry
basic health insurance plans with
private insurance groups.
Mr.. Irons added, however
I'VE feel the important thing
for the Government to try to do
for Federal employees in this
area of health insurance was
to try to provide for you the
kind Of protection you can't get
for yourself. That is why we
chose major medical insurance.
Navy Plans Told
Another speaker. E. B. Powell,
jr.. labor advisor to the Nays
ONCE of Industrial Relations,
told the delegates the Navy is
converting to atomic power and
this will mean many. many in
|dividual relocations" among
Nays civilian employees.
Although the conversion will
be gradual, 1t may result in clos
ing of some naval activities and
relocation of others, Mr.. Powell
said.
He said the transition to the
new methods will be accelerated
n the years ahead and that
this will cause elimination Of
many Skills we now use. call
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
IHindu-MosIem Riots
kill 2, Iniure 6

BOMBAY. India. Sept. IA up.
Two persons were killed and
six injured today in renewed
Hindu-Moslem rioting over a re-
Gently published book, Religious
Leaders" which Moslems con-
slider offensive.
oficial reports said deaths oc-
Cured at Jubbulpore, in the
central provinces. Police ar
rested 800 rioters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

Florida, believe it or not, ne
had q big storm since 1850 and
that always accompany them
Water tables are far below nor
NAL.
And Richard Simpson, head Of
the National Hurricane Research
Project, wants to see some hur-
ricanes.
The research project, launched
this year, is intended to perfect
long distance hurricane fore
casts and to find some way to
divert or weaken the more dam
gerous tropical storms.
Have to See Them
obviously" said Mr.. Simpson,
'the amount Of information you
get depends on the number of
specimens you have to work with.
We can't do much unless we see
some storms"
Most persons along the At
lantic seaboard will be delighted,
however. With the cautious
statement by Mr.. Dunn, chief
storm forecaster in the Miami
Weather Bureau, that conditions
are not right for hurricanes.
I'VE might have another hur-
ricane or two before the season
ends" he said, but there's a
good possibility that none will
reach the United States main
land.
That's not a definite forecast
of course. I'm just optimistic
about It,"
If it happens, it win be the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Legion Head to Speuk

CHARLOTTESVILLE, va,
Sept. IA Especially Wilbur C.
tDan) Daniel. new national
commander of the American
Legion. will visit here October
27-28 for the fall State Legion
conference.
Mr.. Daniel, 42-year old World
War II veteran, will speak at
the conference October 81.