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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-02
Scent Tax
Cut Looms
InR Rockville
Water, Sewer
Charges Will
Be Increased

In keeping with a five
year-old tradition, Rockville
city heads at the final budg-
ct session Monday moved to-
ward a tax reduction of three
cents, overruling a recon-
mendation from the city
manager for a 10 cent tax
increase, bringing the 1889
go tax from 70 cents to SO
cents.
Offsetting the tax decrease
the council agreed on a five
cent increase in water charges
and a 100 percent increase in
sewer charges with the cost to
taxpayers variously estimated
at from 60 cents to So.
Formal adoption of the budg.
ct was scheduled for last night
to go into effect today.
Present sewer charges of IS
cents per 100000 gallons under
this proposal would rise to 40
cents. Sewer charges which are
presently computed at Is per.
cent Of the water bill would go
to 20 cents or so percent of the
water bill.
Councilman Joseph c. Rodg.
ers proposed the five cent In
crease to balance the water sys.
tenn rather than substituting it
from the general fund. The
previously agreed upon doubling
OF sewer charges was designed
to make sewer services self
sufficient.
Although the proposal was
referred to several times dur
ing the long evening it wasn't
until midnight that the council
began earnest discussion of it.
By this time because of a
breakdown of one air-cOndition.
er the air in the room was sticky
and smOke-filled. Despite this
and the strong feelings botj'
and con the council - :. its
18th hour decision 4 relative
calm.
In a discussion centering on
the palatability to Rockville
voters of alternate revenue
measures, city officials were
unanimously agreed that max
ing the water system self-sup-
porting was sound budgetary
practice.
Disagreement centere on
when to put this into practice.
Pointing out there was no
public notification of the pro.
posed change City Manager
Walter A. S ch Ell Der recon.
mended postponement of the
matter until the 1960-61 budget.
Since the council had already
decided on raising the sewer
charges, he added, it would be
more polite to defer increasing
another utility at this time. A
deferment would have the
added advantage of giving the
staff time to develop a study
of the situation.
you are drawer than l." he
told the council, "if at one o'clock
Continued on Page ABB
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-02
Police Report
2 Break-Ins

Thieves took over $500 in mer-
chandise and cash in two sep
arate break-ins at Wolfson's De.
partment Store and the Wash.
ingtonian Motel service station,
both in the Gaithersburg area,
Monday night.
Police said watches and cloth.
ing valued at $500 were taken
from Wolfson's, which was en-,
tered through a skylight. At the
service station, the vandals took
an S18 radio, eight gallons Of
gasoline and an undetermined
amount Of cash from a cigarette
machine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-02
Hewitt
At Helm
Of WsSC

Frank L. Hewitt, jr., Sill
yer Spring real estate and in
surance man, was elected
chairman of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion at a meeting yesterday
in Hyattsville.
The development ended a six
week deadlock on the bi-county
agency over whether the chair
manship should go to a Mont
gomery or Prince Georges Coun.
ty commissioner.
Under the terms of the com.
promise, Prince Georges Coun-
TVS contender for the top WSSC
post, former States Attorney
Blair H. Smith, will take over
the job beginning June 1, 1861.
Hewitt will serve until then.
AT the same time, the WSSC
named Robert j. Mcleod, long
time engineering aide at the
commission, to the $4,000 io6
of chief engineer to succeed vet
eran chief engineer Harry B
Shaw who has retired.
In other action, the commits
sion reappointed the following
staff members: John B. Kenkel,
chief counsel; John t. Bonifant,
secretary; James j. Lynch,
treasurer; William S. Stanley,
full-time assistant counsel; j.
Lloyd Niles, assistant counsel;
Robert A. Diemer, assistant
counsel, and Arthur P. Brigham,
public Information officer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-02

OeleDTdLlOH Oh TIE = OuTtIl
of July this year in Mont
gomery County is shaping up
to be the biggest in the
county's his tory, thanks
largely to the dismissal on
Friday of thousands of Fed
eral, State, county and city
employees.
Heretofore, many of these
workers spurned public demon.
STATIONS after a hard week at
the office, but it is felt by Ia.
koma Park officials that the ex.
ira day of rest will find county
residents in a more festive
mood.
They should know. Takoma
Park has been staging the coun-
tvs biggest organized celebra-
ton of Independence Day for
just about so years now, and
this years observance looks
like the largest ever.
Takoma will be rivaled by
Wheaton which will put on its
second annual fireworks display
and other entertainment. Some
idea of the popularity of the
events may be formed by esti-
mates of the crowds that at
tended last year.
Police said that between 75,'
600 and 100000 watched the Ia
koma parade and more than
100000 saw that city's fireworks
show. Police at w he a ton
guessed that $4,000 viewed that
community's pyrotechnics. To
gether, these crowds approach
the size of others at the Wash.
ington fireworks event at the
Monument Grounds.
At the same time, travel ex'
perts predict that the roads, rails
and airways to vacation sites
will be super crowded this 4th OF
July weekend, thanks to the ear
ly release of all those workers
The National Safety Council in
Chicago and the American Auto
mobile Association have issued
warnings and urged safe driv,
ing.
Most of the County banks
have announced they will be
closed Friday but will stay oper
between 6 and 8 pm. tomorrow
Chain grocery stores will stay
open Friday but will shut their
doors Saturday.
Only exceptions among bank,
will be Suburban Trust Co., Cit
zens' Bank Of Tak0ma Park
and The Bank of Silver Spring
These banks will keep regular
hours Friday but the Montgom
cry County National Bank, tn,
Farmers Bank and Trust Com
pany, The Maryland State BanI
Of Montgomery County, the San
dy Spring Bank, the Bank O
Bethesda, the Kensingt0n Bank
the Bank Of Damascus and tn
PoOlesviIle Bank all viii b
closed Friday.
The Bank of Bethesda's drive
in service viii operate from
am. until 7 pm. Friday.
Rockville city employees vii
get Friday off, thanks TO Al
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-02
Teacher lntegration
Unit Asked by P-TAs
School Heads
Urged to Name
Bi-Racial Group

County P-TA leaders have
asked the school board to
set up a bi-racial advisory
group on teacher integra-
ton, it was learned this
week.
The action is an outgrowth of
recent transfer of all 10 Negro
teachers from Longview Ele-
mentary School, near Gathers
burg, because the school is be-
ing integrated this September.
The step was controversial
one.
Nine of the 10 teachers al
ready have been assigned to ele.
mentary schools elsewhere.
Longview Principal Edith
Throckmorton has not yet been
reassigned and there has been
speculation that she would lose
her principalship, although she
has been assured, it was learned.
that she will keep her present
salary.
The P-TA request, agreed
upon last Thursday at a meeting
of the P.TA Council executive
committee, results from the feel
ing on the part of some P.TA
leaders that the "Longview prob.
lem" could have been eased IL
the requested advisory group
had been in existence.
Lee Nichols, indignation ad.
visor to the P.TA executive COM
mittee, said the resolution adopt
ed was a short one urging the
board Of education TO appoint
committee of persons both
within and without the school
administration to act as an ad.
visory committee on matters of
personnel Indignation"
The step followed adoption by
Longview P.TA members and
others In the area of a little
publicized resolution protesting
the teachers transfer as being
discriminatory and an unfair
employment practice.
Following submission of that
resolution to the school board,
the county chapter of the Ma.
tional Association for Advance.
ment of Colored People added
its protest.
School Superintendent c. Tay-
lor Whittier, who lives in Cath
ersburg, was out Of town and
could not be reached for com.
ment. According to Nichols,
however, Whittier initially or
dered the transfer because he
felt that the feelings of the COM
munity were such that IT was
sufficient this coming school
year to integrate only the pu-
pills. Teacher indignation, he re-
portedly believed, could be
achieved later with there being
a greater possibility of commu-
nifty acceptance in the future.
Alphonzo Lee, head Of the
county NAACP, said he under
stood that the school admins
tration had relented since the
protest and offered some of the
Negro teachers a job at Long
view. None of them we're will
ing to accept appointment, how
ever, because they did not be.
lieve they would have the sup.
port Of the superintendent, Lee
said.
The schools Negro secretary
and custodian were also reas.
signed, Lee said. Also, the name
"LOngview" Is being dropped.
Meanwhile, it was brought out
by the P.TA Council that no Ne.
gro teacher has been discharged
because of indignation and that
80 Negro teachers in integrated
schools were rated highly fol.
lowing an evaluation test
During the past school year,
there were Is Negro teachers in
schools that remained segre-
gated and five OF those were
principals while one was a vice
principal. A total Of 80 new Ne
gro teachers have been hired
since September, 1853.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-02
Weather Outlook

The weather man promised
mostly cooler" for today with
some cloudiness.
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Evening star., 1959-12-12
CIV Chances Appear
Slim Against Furmon

RICHMOND, Dec. IL (Spe-
ciaD George Washington Uni
versity's basketball team may
we'll lose its fourth game in
six starts against Furman here
tonight, but Coach Bill Rein
hart and his charges feel they
have no cause for alarm.
A 1888 beating from The
Citadel in the first game of
last nights double : header
dropped the Colonials below
the 500 mark for the first time
this season with a 2-3 mark.
1t gave them a % record in
the Southern Conference.
Furman blasted Richmond,
1858, in the nightcap and the
two winners switch opponents
in the conclusion of the two
night stand tonight.
Reinhart always tries to pre-
serve his honey, calm philos-
ophy and his teams reversals
come as no surprise. With only
Howie Bash back from last sea-
sons starting team, CIV idin't
figure to get off fast this sea-
son.
| The Colonials trailed, 1892,
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Senator Asks NFL
ToWuive BIuckout
On Title Contest

Senator Butler, Republican
Of Maryland. yesterday wrote
to Austin Gunsel, acting COM
missioner of the National Foot
ball League, urging him to
waive the television blackout
rule for the championship game
of December 27. In the letter
he argued that the game will
be viewable to millions oi
Americans across the country
through the medium of tele-
vision. Those people most
anxious to see the game. namely
the citizens of Baltimore. will
be prevented from seeing the
spectacle"
The Senator suggested that
a refusal to waive the rule could
easily be termed unreasonable
stubborn and illogical regard
ing a game which year after
year is assured of being a SELL
out"
Although Baltimore'S partici.
patton in the championship
game depends on the Colt.
winning over or tying Los An.
gelies today, the Senator sale
ne could not consider the pos.
slbility that the Colts will
not play in the championship
game"
Evening star., 1959-12-12
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star stan Writer

The New York Giants will
check into their Washington
hotel today for tomorrow
wind-up against the Redskins
Not that the Eastern Di-
vision champions are worried
about the outcome of tomor-
rows game-they want to see
the Colts-Rams game at Los
Angeles on TV.
The Redskins can expect no
mercy tomorrow, even though
the New Workers have their
second straight division crown
safely tucked away. Quarter
back Charlie Conerly, who
never has led the league in
passing, is No. l at the mo-
ment, and the Giants aim to
keep him there.
Then there's Frank Clifford
The collar-ad boy is only 29
yards shy of matching Eddie
Prices all-time club ground
gaining record of 3,263 yards
and is only three touchdowns
short of breaking Ken Strong's s
all-time club scoring record OF
35l points.
Clifford ouSted George Wash.
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Giants Plan No Letup
Against Redskins Here

ington's Tuffy Leemans as the
teams second all-time ground
gamer in his first appearance
against the Redskins two weeks
ago.
The Giants also would like
to keep Pat Summerall, the
placement-kicker, at the top
of the leagues scorers.' But
Pat has an ailing left leg and
may be used only sparingly,
if at all.
The Redskins may not have
to face Alex Webster, one of
New York's best ball carriers
and leading scorers. because
of an injury. Phil King, re-
serve fullback, also will miss
the game because of a spinal
injury. But the New Workers
figure to wip without them.
The Giants have one more
incentive, if they need one
more: Not since 1853 has a
division champion won as many
as 10 games. The Browns won
the Eastern Division that year
with an ILL record, and the
Detroit Lions took Western Di-
vision honors with a 1912 mark
and went on to edge the Browns
in the playoff, 17-l6.
Evening star., 1959-12-12
By MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star star Writer

Kurt Schwarz received the
coveted TEKE award, as the
player who made the greatest
contribution to Maryland foot
ball during his college career
at the Terps' football banquet
last night at the Hotel Statler
Schwarz, who a week ago
was awarded the Jim Tatum
Memorial Trophy as the out
standing tackle by the M Club,
was a draft choice of the Red
skins last year.
Tom Gunderman. the Terps'
ll-Conference guard, was
awarded the Anthony c. Nardo
Trophy as the outstanding line
man. The unsung player was
Tackle Joe Gardi, who received
the Alvin L. Aubinoe Trophy.
The four Terrapin Club
awards we're:
Best offensive liheman, Gun
derman; best defensive line
man. Rod Breedlove. third
draft choice of the San Fran
cisco Forty Miners; best Of
fenSive back, Jim Joyce, the
ground gaining champion of
the Atlantic Coast Conference;
and best defensive back,
Dwayne Fletcher.
All award winners are SEMI
ors except Fletcher, a junior
The Terps ended a SIS sea-
Evening star., 1959-12-12
WROTE NAME IN RECORD BOOKS
Death of BottomIey
Ends CoIorfuI Career

ST. LOUIS, Dec. IL (AP).-
Sunny Jim Bottomley, the only
player in major league baseball
history to drive in II runs in
one game, died of a heart all
ment while Christmas shopping
yesterday. He was SO.
The former first baseman.
the National Leagues most
valuable player in 1929 and a
veteran of IS seasons with the
St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati
Reds and old st. Louis Browns,
lived up to his name until the
end. He was joking with a
friend only moments before he
was found slumped over the
wheel of his car in a downtown
parking lot.
1t was on September 16,
1924, that James Leroy Bot
tomley wrote his name into the
record books with six hits good
for IL RBI against the Phila-
delphia Phils. The hits in
cluded two home runs. a double
and three singles.
Repeats Spree
He repeated his -for-six
achievement on August 5. 1881.
against Pittsburgh, this time
with a double and five singles.
He is the only National Lacquer
to go siX-for-six two times.
The cocky first baseman,
who wore his cap at a rakish
angle and was noted for his
sunny disposition, had a life
time batting average of $40
and fielded .988 during his
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Colleges Begin
Merry WhirI
In Basketball
BY the Associated Press

The Steel Bowl at Pittsburgh
and the Treasure State Classic
at Bozeman, Mont, last night
opened a big list of major COL
lege basketball tournaments
that will run through the
Christmas holidays. Next Fri
day, four more big tournaments
will get under way.
But while Pittsburgh and
Duquesne were setting up a
hometown finale for the Steel
Bowl for the second straight
year, and Oklahoma City and
Montana State gained the finals
Of the Bozeman affair. two At
lantic Conference teams were
making it tough for a pair of
Big Eight Conference teams.
Slightly favored Kansas
State. defending Big Eight
champions, was handed a 66-59
defeat by North Carolina State.
Kansas. a winner over North
western and Texas Tech, was
beaten 60-49 by North Caro-
lima.
Pitt Wins Upset
Pitt, soundly trounced by
Ohio State and Purdue re-
Gently, pulled a shocker by
downing st. Johns of Brooklyn
the 1859 national invitational
championship to 73. William
& Mary. undefeated in four
starts, was beaten by Duquesne
in another squeaker, 53-52.
Oklahoma City ran up to
1925 halftime lead over San
Francisco and sailed into the
finals with a 71-54 victory
Fred Moses got IT points for
Oklahoma, while Ron Cox hit
IA for the Dons. Larry Chanay
led Montana State to a 8l-75
victory over Oregon with 80
points in a nip-and-tuck af-
fair. Chanay got only six field
goals, but made 20 of 26 free
throws.
Pitt. which beat Duquesne
IN the Steel Bowl last year
trailed st. Johns 1854 in the
second half. Then Pitt rallied
for is straight points for a
1884 lead and the ball game
Tony Jackson of St. Johns
scored l9 points, two more
than for Pitts Bill Mauro.
Dukes Third Straight
Duquesne won its third
straight, after trailing 22-2e
at halftime. The Dukes went
ahead to stay 42-40 with
less than seven minutes tc
go. William and Mary's Bey
Vaughan tailed 18 points
while Duquesne's George Brown
got IL.
Two sophomores, Denny Lutz
and Jon Simbeck, helped the
North Carolina State cause
See BASKETBALL, Page A-12
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Angry Rams Shoot
For Upset as Colts
Go for CIincher

But some of the players,
notably Les Richter, Jon Ar
nett. Lou Michaels, Don Bur-
roughs and Leon Clarke, fired
back at Harmon.
And Line Coach Lou Rym-
kus, a great player with Notre
Dame and the Clevelan d
Browns, declared:
LAS a player and a coach. 1
always wanted to win. l think
these kids do, too. We have a
good chance to win from Bal
timore."
Possibly the most worried
man about the matter was the
Colt coach, Weeb Ewbank.
He made it no secret that he
respected the Rams, regardless
Of their 2-9 record. And it
would be just as well if they
weren't stirred up more than
usual.
$4,000 Expected
So today's expected $4,000
crowd, plus the TV audience,
could expect excitement.
IF we can stay in with them
for three quarters, then the
pressure will be on the Colts,
and anything could happen,
said one Ram.
Baltimore was physically
sound, which meant that
Johnny Unitas, Alan Ameche
Ray Berry and others, plus the
defensive unit would be hard
to upend
The Rams still had serious
injury problems. But among
the healthy were such long
range scoring threats as Jon
Arnett, Tom Wilson or pass
catching Del Shofner.
In other games tomorrow,
the Philadelphia Eagles hope to
preserve their undisputed
second place against the
threatening Cleveland Browns
in the Eastern Division at
Philadelphia; New York plays
the Redskins at Washington.
and the Chicago Cardinals play
the SteelerS at Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Schworz Given Award
At Maryland Banquet

son with last weeks 1928 vic
tory over North Carolina State
Coach Tom Nugent present.
ed monogram awards to "a
letter winners for the season
In the group are ten seniors,
10 juniors, and IA sophomores
Seniors Breedlove, Tom Flor
Gardi. Gunderman, Joyce, Bill LaZaro,
Schwarz, Victor Schwartz, Ronald
Shaffer and Ger Verardi.
Juniors: Dale Betty Pete Boinis
Everett Cloud, Leroy Dietrich, Fletcher
Bob Gallagher, Lou Ingram, Norm
Kaufman, Vincent Scott and TONY
Scotti
Sophomores: Dick Barlund, Jim Boff
Gary Collins Jim Davidson, George
Draksler. Pat Drass, Bob Hacker, Ken
HouSer, Bill Kirchiro. Joe None, Dick
Novak, Henry Poniatowski, Ken Psire
and Tom Sankovich.
Evening star., 1959-12-12

l.99l-game career. most of il
with the Cardinals.
In his first full season with
the Redbirds, in 1923, he battec
.37l. Through 1881 he battec
over 300 every year except
1926, when he just missed al
.299, and he made up for il
that year by hitting .345 in the
World Series.
He played in four series with
the Cards, in 1926, 1923, 1896
and 1881.
Third Best In 1881
In 1881 he was in the closest
batting race in National League
history, finishing third behinc
Chick Hafey and Bill Terry
Hafey finished with .3489
Terry with .3486, and Bottom.
ley with .3482.
Bottomley, a native Of Ogels.
by, ILL.,, and son of a Goa
miner, had planned to follow
his fathers trade until a st
Louis policeman saw him socR
two home runs and three
triples in a Semipro game or
Labor Day, 1919. The police.
man tipped Branch Hickey
then general manager of tht
Cardinals. Rickey signed him
Bottomley raised Hereford
cattle on a 120-acre ranch
near New Haven, Mo-, unit
his heart ailment forced hin
to less strenuous pursuits. Re.
Gently he and his wife hac
been living at Sullivan, Mo.
so miles southwest of st
Louis.
AS a hobby in recent year!
he had secuted for various
major league clubs. -Four year.
ago he returned to the gamt
actively as manager of a Chi,
cago Cubs farm team but has
to give that up because of hi
recurring heart condition.
Evening star., 1959-12-12
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. IL (AP)
The III a mpion Baltimore
Colts were favored to whip the
Los Angeles Rams today and
wrap up the Western Division
title of the National Football
League.
But the lowly Rams, riled by
sharp criticism leveled their
way all week, admittedly we're
capable of scoring an upset.
The Colts were picked by IL
points to hand Los Angeles it's
eighth straight loss and 10th
of the season in a contest set
for TV screening across the
Nation by CHS starting at 4:3o
pm. EST. Qn Washington
WTOP-9.)
The Colts were aiming at a
win and clear title to the divi-
sion crown and a shot at the
New York Giants for the NIL
championship.
PlayOf Possible
A Colt loss, coupled with VIC
tories by the San Francisco
Forty Miners over Green Bay
and the Chicago Bears over De-
troit tomorrow. would throw
the division race into a three
way tie and force a playof.
The Rams we're cunning fol
personal satisfaction after 6
horrible year, and some ot
them, including Head Coact
Sid Gilman, probably were
fighting for their jobs.
4 SportScaSter Tommy Har.
mon, former Michigan All.
America and later a Ram half
back star, stirred up the Ram.
when he branded some Of them
'gutless."
Then another former Ram
great, Tom Fears, blasted Gill.
man. He declared the players
have no confidence in him anc
concluded:
Gilman has had the long
est tenure of any Ram coach
the finest material and the
worst record"
Gilman declined to comment
on Fears contention.
Evening star., 1959-12-12
WEEKEND SPORTS
ON RADIO-V

TELEVISION
Today
Bowling
Bowl the Champ, WMAL-7.
4 pm.
Football
Baltimore Colts VS.. Los An
geles Rams, WTOP-9, 4:30
pm.
All-Star Golf, WMAL-7. 5
pm.
Sunday
Basketball
New York Knickerbockers
VS.. Detroit Pistons, WRC-4,
2:15 pm.
Golf
Championship Golf, WRC-
4, 4:30 pm.
RADIO
Today
Football
Baltimore Colts VS.. Los An
geleS Rams. VOL, 4::3o pm.
Sunday
Football
Redskins VS.. New York
Giants, WTOP, 1::55 pm.