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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Political Pique?
IdiUes Won't Attend
Dinner for Kennedy

he will be able to attend.
Among those who will attend
the dinner for Senator Kennedy
will be Mayor j. Harold Grady
of Baltimore, State Comptroller
Louis L. GoIdstein, Attorney
General C. Ferdinand Sybert,
Congressman John r. Foley,
Thomas Finan, State Democrat
ic chairman, and David Hume,
State Democratic treasurer.
A spokesman for Governor
Tawes said his position had not
changed since last summer, at
which time he said he would
prefer an uncommitted Mary
land delegation to the Demo-
cratic nominating convention,
but that If Senator Kennedy
wished to enter the Maryland
primary next May, he would
welcome" him. Senator Ken
nedy repeatedly has not yet
finally decided whether he will
run in the Maryland primary.
The banquet is being spon-
sored by the Western Suburban
and Kensington-Wheaton Demo
cratic Clubs. Tickets are $3.50
each, and may be obtained from
or by calling Mrs. Carl w. Be-
rueffy at OIL. 6-4998.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Two ID. Men
Get 81 Months
For Gaming

Two District of Columbia
men received a total of II
months in the Maryland House
of Corrections on gambling
charges Tuesday.
CIRCUIT Court Judge Kathryn
]. Lawlor sentenced Richard
Lee George, SO, of 1443 P ST.,
NV. to nine months each on
separate counts of accepting
numbers bets and possession Of
lottery slips, the sentences to
run concurrently. She also
sentenced Wilton Hicks, as, of
1400 Potomac ave-, Sc. to nine
months for possession of lot.
terry slips.
George was arrested at the
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
where he worked as a driver.
Hicks was arrested on a con.
struction job at -Four Corners.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Bar Group
To Install

Maryland Attorney General
c. Ferdinand Sybert will adj
dress the installation of Of
ficers banquet of the Montgom-
cry County Bar Association to-
night at Manor Country Club,
Norbeck.
Associate Judge Stedman
Prescott, of the Maryland
Court of Appeals, and the four
judges of Maryland's Sixth Jul
dicial Circuit will be guests.
The new president is Alger Y.
Barbee, Rockville lawyer and a
member of the House of Dele
gates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Fund Shift
Speeds Up
New Jail

A total of $144, 600 ear
marked for the new Silver
Spring and the proposed Be-
thesda county service build
ings has been switched to
construction funds for the new
County jail on Seven Locks I'd,
Rockville.
ALLEGATION of the funds be-
came necessary when construc-
ton bids far exceeded county
estimates. Whereas the county
expected to build the Jail for
about $250,000, low bid on the
job October % was $406, 500.
County Manager Melvin L.
Reese directed that all bids be
rejected and the projected be re-
advertised. The results was a
new low bid of 1897, 39O-minus
architectural and engineering
costs to be provided by county
forces.
Low bid by a general contrac-
tor was Regent Construction
Co., and low bid for steel struc.
lures was Van DOren Iron
Works, of Cleveland. General
construction was low bid at
about 1921, 900 and the steel bid
was about $4,000, according
to John Blake Murphy, County
Architect.
Reese said that neither fund
transfer from the two county
building projects in Silver
Spring and Bethesda would
either slow down their progress
or impair the quality of con-
struction.
If the project had not been re-
advertised and additional funds
had not been provided, the jail
facilities would have faced a
slash of about 40 per cent.
Reese blamed the unexpected
ly high construction costs on
steel and the steel strike.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
SaUe 80 Seconds
By NetU Route

Rockville residents can
shave 80 seconds off their
driving time to the Pook's
Hill interchange, by using
the newly opened Washing
ton National Pike instead Of
Rockville Pike.
From the courthouse to
the Pooks Hill interchange
via w. Montgomery ave.
and the new pike, the dis
lance Is IN miles and can
be driven in 1914 minutes,
observing the speed limit of
go m.p.h. Driving from the
courthouse straight down
E. Montgomery ave. and the
Rockville Pike, the distance
Is only five miles but the
As m.p.h. speed limit and
five traffic lights increase
driving time to IL minutes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03

AT a meeting with the
superintendent of schools
Monday night, county teach
ers rather politely suggested
that eight days on the job
before classes begin in the fall
Is too much.
Or. C. Taylor Whittier, super
intendent of schools for Mont
gomery County, invited repre-
sentatives of teachers and P-TA
groups to a meeting at Broome
Junior High School in Rockville
to discuss next years proposed
school calendar.
Only point which aroused dis
cussion was the proposal to
have eight days of "in-service
training" for teachers before
classes begin next fall. This
would mean that teachers would
report for duty August "a, and
children would begin classes
September 6.
In past years, teachers have
had at the most four duty days
before beginning of classes.
Arthur D. Simonds, speaking
for the Montgomery County
E ducation Association, told
Whittier that general feeling of
teachers in his organization was
opposed to the increased num-
Der of duty days before classes.
He said it looked suspicious that
the increase in duty days should
come just following this years
raise in pay. Simonds said the
teachers at least wanted to have
a voice in discussing and decid-
ing whether or not these added
duty days were necessary.
Mrs. G. E. Geise, who identi.
fled herself as not a teacher but
from the P-TA at Forest Grove
School, said she wanted Whit.
tier to explain what the teachers
were expected to do in the eight
days before beginning of
classes. She said she believed
that two days would be more
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Lees Open
Space Plan
Hits Snag

The proposal to create a
new zone for golf courses,
with the goal of preserving
open spaces in Montgomery
County, ran into opposition
on the County Council Tuesday.
AS proposed, golf courses now
assessed in line with neighbor.
ing land uses would have their
own special assessment which,
it appears would be lower.
AS things now stand, most
golf courses are zoned residen-
tial and exists as special excep-
tons at a higher tax rate. They
may, if they wish, give up the
golf business and start sub
dividing.
This very possibility worried
Councilman David L. CahOOn
this week. "The public is going
to have to find adequate police
powers to deny them changes in
land use when they come to us
for rezoning," he said.
There is no indication at this
time that any golf course plans
to do this. But Blair Lee III,
chairman of a Council advisory
committee dealing with open
space planning, warned the
Council that County tax asses
sors will sharply increase taxes
on golf courses next year.
This could force them to move
or get out of the business, leav-
ing their open areas free to sub
division. The "police powers"
referred to by Cahoon would
check this move. The new zone
would negate the tax hike.
at might mean some loss in
tax dollars but it would guaran-
tee open spaces in the long rum"
County Manager Melvin L.
Reese said.
But Councilman Grover X.
Walker commented, "Are golf
course owners excited by future
taxes? Have any complained to
your" he asked Reese and his
colleagues at large.
Hearing no answer, he con-
tinued, Il don't see why we
should jump into this unless
they are worried. And / don't
believe in (tax methods) as a
way of preserving open spaces.
Nevertheless, the County At
torney's office was directed to
draw up new zone which would
be discussed further by the
Council and then thrown up to
discussion at public hearings.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03

Claude E. Pistole, 31-year-
old Rockville carpenter, was
sentenced to one year in the
Maryland House of Correc-
tons Monday for driving
while drunk.
States Attorney Leonard r.
Hardy declined to prosecute
Pistole on two other charges of
driving under the influence, one
of driving on a suspended per-
NIT, another of driving on re-
voked permit, and still another
of driving without headlights.
With the consent of the court,
he nolle prossed-or dropped
charges.
Although Pistole-in trouble
with the police for a long list
of traffic violations since he
came here 10 years ago-was
sentenced to one year in Jail,
he could be freed in about four
months.
Prisoners are frequently put
on parole after serving only one
third of their sentence il they
are well behaved.
Judge Anderson sent Pistole
to Jail despite the accused's
pleas that he needs medical at
tention for an injured back and
time to prosecute an accident
claim stemming from his in
jury, suffered in October, 1858.
DR.. Norman Oliver, a Silver
Spring orthopedic surgeon con.
suited by Pistole, testified that
Imprisonment would not aggra-
vate the injury which he de-
scribed either as a ruptured
spinal disc or a cyst pressing
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Six Time Drunk Driuing
Offender Gets One Year

on a spinal nerve. Pistole should
not be required to perform
heavy labor, however, DR.. Oliver
testified.
Hardy said the drunk driving
conviction presented to Judge
Anderson this week was one in
which Pistole acquiesced to a
urine chemical test July 25. The
test resulted in a finding of SO
per cent alcohol in the speci-
men. A reading of 20 is prima
facie evidence that driver is
under the influence of alcohol
At the same time, Hardy
brought out all of Pistole's
other drunk driving convictions,
appeals TO those convictions,
forfeitures and convictions and
all other charges stemming
from drinking and driving.
Despite plea for mercy by
Pistole's attorney, Kelley Lit
teral, Judge Anderson said, I'm
not going to show him any
mercy. Probation would not do
this man any good. He has been
practically flouting the law"
Since Pistole came TO Mary.
land, he has committed six
drunk-driving offenses and 16
other lesser traffic violations,
police records show.
His attorney said "99 per cent
Of his trouble has been caused
by domestic difficulties" Pts
tole Is separated from his wife
He has been sentenced to 10
months in Peoples Court by
Judge Samuel Gordon but he
appealed. In the lower court he
had testified he drank heavily
to ease the pain of his back in
jury.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03

techniques would be used to
rate each child's progress.
The school board expects to
include funds for such an I'M
graded primary, on a pilot basis,
in at least one Montgomery
County school in 196O-6I.
Mrs. Kramer stated that the
goal of quality education "can.
not be reached by timid meas
ures and the board will move
ahead in the coming year to
provide necessary changes and
improvements"
Other planned innovations
will include placing a certain
number of teachers on a II.
month contract; providing for
eign language classes in junior
high schools, so that pupils who
had FLES.sponsored language
training in elementary school
can continue it without inter.
ruption; and complete reorgan-
ization of the supervisory and
administrative staff.
The board will continue its
experimental studies with use
of specialized teachers for
particular subject in grades four
through six, and with its fable
learner" classes for children ca.
pable of progressing faster than
the regular curriculum.
1t also hopes to meet more
adequately specific needs such
as adequate supplies of library
books and construction of school
buildings, and to increase sal.
aries of supervisors and prin-
cipals.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Cash Prizes Offered!
Sentinel TO FOraUard
Santa Claus Letters

Once again the Sentinel has decided to help little
boys and girls get their letters through to Santa Claus
up at the far North Pole.
But since there so states now and old Santa
has two to visit this Christmas we hope that
children will be sure and mail their letters little
earlier.
We enjoy helping children and Santa MUCH
we going to offer cash prizes to the best letter.
writer's: four first prizes of S. each and four second
prizes of $3.50 each.
The Sentinel will publish as many Of the letters
as possible starting next week. right up to Christmas
Eve. Winners will be announced December 81.
Legble writing is important of course, but the
fancy letters not necessarily those that win. It's
the genuine feeling that counts.
Address the letters to Santa Claus, in care of
Montgomery County Sentinel, 215 East Montgomery
ave-, Rockville. Good luck, and-Merry Christmas
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Four Days ar Stoke
Earlier Reporting Dates
FrO,vned on By Teachers

than ample for classroom prepa-
ration and teacher orientation.
Whittier explained that the
other six days would be used for
"grade-area and subject-area
meetings between teachers"
and Countrywide programs" for
teacher orientation.
Mrs. Geise protested that sIi1
still didn't know what he meant.
A number of unidentified per-
sons, presumably teachers, said
they thought two days suffi-
Gent for teacher preparation
before classes, and that further
in-service training would be
more valuable later on after
teachers had discovered what
their problems were going to be.
Louis Levin, a member of
the Allied Civic Group, stood up
to say he thought the teachers
at the meeting were being very
polite, and perhaps not fully ex-
pressing their feelings. He said
that though he was not a teach
er himself, he had been told by
teachers that they were not al
ways getting much out of the in
service training days, and that
some had used the term "gobble-
degook" to describe what went
on.
Whittier assured the meeting
that all points of view expressed
would be given thorough consid-
GRAFTON before reaching final de-
cision on the calendar.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
--. schools
Elimination Of Early
Grades TO Be Studied

An experimental program
in VIII h earlier school
grades would be merged into
an "ungraded primary" is
planned for the 1960-61
school budget, it was announced
yesterday.
Mrs. Rose Kramer, president
of the school board, and DR.. C.
Taylor Whittier, superintendent
of schools, held a conference
yesterday at the Board of Edu-
cation in Rockville, in which
they outlined general detectives
the school board will consider in
calculating the new budget.
Overall objective is ito i'm
prove the quality of education
for the $4,000 children in Mont
gomery County schools" To
achieve this, several new plans
and programs are being consid-
cred, among them the "ungrad-
ed primary"
In the "ungraded primary
several of the first grades
would be merged, and instead of
progressing through successive
grades one year at a time, a
child would be advanced from
one group to another as he is
ready. The board believes that
such system would get many
children off to a faster start
in their education. Expert coun-
selling and diagnostic testing
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Tough Conflicts Law
Urged by Commission
Study Group
Backs Plan
With Teeth

A sweeping conflicts-of-
interest proposal designed
to keep Montgomery County
officials of the future "as
clean as a hounds TOOTH
has been recommended by a
special committee appointed by
the County Council to study the
subject.
The revolutionary plan, which
County Manager M. L. Reese
has openly indicated he thinks
Is far too rough, asks the coun-
ty governing body to:
. Adopt a Code of Govern
mental Ethics which spells out
that when an officials private
interests is adverse to the public
interest, he is guilty of con.
flict of interest situation.
eAppoint an independent
commission of five citizens that
would hear or initiate com.
plants concerning conflict of in
terest situations about public of.
ficials. ALI hearings would be
open to the public. Complaints
and Investigations should be
kept confidential. The commits.
sion should render advisory
opinions on conflict of interest
situations when asked to do so.
1t should transmit its findings
to appropriate authority"
. Public conflict of interest"
hearings should be held before
principal officers" are APP
pointed.
= The County Council should
recommend to Independent
towns and cities in the county
that they, too, should adopt the
ethical code; also the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan.
ming Commission and the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission.
One Of the most sweeping pro-
visions In the proposal Is that
sanctions be taken against per.
sons or firms trying to tempt
public officials by taking such
steps as dismissing their appli.
cations. or appeals, or canceIing
contracts or awards.
The recommendations were
made unanimously by the five
member committee after study
of several months. Committee
chairman was Frederic P. Lee,
former County Council presi-
dent and a leading Washington
lawyer. The other four COM
mittee members were: Edith
Dinwoodey, George z. Ijams,
Clark F. King, and Charles D.
Sanger, jr. King and Sanger
are also lawyers.
The proposal, a real ''hot po-
tato," results from public air
ing Of conflict OF interest
charges against some Mont
gomery County officials in the
past. The question became a
campaign issue in the 1858 Dem
ocratic primary and, accord
ingly, cou nty De m CORA is
promised the study If they were
elected The all.Democratic
County Council took the step as
its first official act upon taking
office.
On Tuesday, the Council voted
to defer any action on the re-
port for at least as days to allow
time for the public to study it.
While they took no formal
stand as a body, individual
Councilmen had some off.the-
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Apartment
OK Will
Be Fought

Four citizens aSSocia-
tons around the focus of
Veirs Mill I'd. and Connecti-
cut ave., Wheaton, are mar
shalling organized opposi-
ton to the granting of apart
ment coming last week for a
tract abutting those two roads.
Mrs. James Ownes, of 12116
Anterior CT, and Mrs. Donald
Drown, of 1908 Bushey dr.,
said that their Connecticut ave.
Park Citizens Association, as
well as three others, are meet
ing this week to coordinate
action.
The other three associations
are the Connecticut ave. Estates
Citizens Association, the Holi-
day Park Citizens Association
and the Stoneybrook Citizens
Association.
All four will petition the
County Council to reconsider
their granting of R-30 apart
ment coming to Kay Construc-
ton Company, owner of II acres
North of Connecticut ave. and
East of Veirs Mill I'd.
'If they don't reconsider, we
intend to take the Council to
court" Mrs. Ownes declared
vehemently.
The Juror was caused by a
coming decision that was holly
debated even among Council
members. The twelve-acre tract
was one of three adjacent tracts
for which apartment coming was
requested.
The other two, smaller ones
were rejected. The Sentinel er-
roneously reported the 12-acre
tract probably would be denied.
We regret the error.
Decision to grant apartment
coming to Kay's tract resulted
from a four-to-three Council
vote (Werner, Frosh and Hickey
dissenting) that split Council
coming theory.
While Councilmen CahoOn,
McCeney, Williams and Walker
found the tract TO be best suited
to multi-family use, their col.
leagues were exactly opposed.
The schism was evident even
in the Maryland-National Cap
ital Park and Planning Com.
mission. Whereas the Commits
sion's technical staff recon.
mended denial of the application
(from R-60 residential to either
R-30 or RIO apartment), the
Montgomery County Planning
Board disagreed, and said the
complex of existing and planned
highways at the site made
single-family development i'm
practical.
The County Council, agreeing
that "this is a problem prop
erty," disagreed in part with
the Planning Board. They said
they would not agree that every
major highway intersection or
dual highway calls for multi
family dwellings.
In fact, the Council said, there
will have to be many more
single-family dwellings next to
parkways, expressways, etc, IL
current development trends con-
tinue. To develop otherwise
would encourage strip" apart.
ment coming, they said.
The four affirming Council.
men noted that the apartment
development planned by Kay
Construction is right across the
road from the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company
building, which is backed up by
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
L, NJ, N, o DriUers
Get Warning

Maryland drivers whose
last names begin either with
the letters L, M, N or 0,
and who have not re-regis-
tered their drivers licenses
must do so before Deem
Der 81 or be guilty of driv-
ing on an expired license.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Weather Outlook

Temperatures will stay at
seasonal levels with little day
to day change the next four
days. Average temperatures
will be AZ high, 80 low.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-08-29
RESIDENTS PROTEST

Continued from Page ID the homes already there. There was some objection to the dwell ingS design, too.
 KnudSen stated, however, that it was far from his intention to erect any building in the area that would in any way lower the valua- tionS of the existing homes. He stated the building was well con- structed, and even now conformed to a good standard building code. With the inlr royementS ana alter ations l propose to make" he said, T think it will be comparable to the homes in the area. It would be foolish to me to complete the dwelling below FILA standards, should 1 want to sell in the future. !"
 Jack Hinckel spoke as did Egge- meyer and Verne Fannin. We are here merely to ask the City to protect eur. Investments" Hin- ckel stated.
 The Council and home owners seemed satisfied that the matter be left to the City Manager to act as he sees fit when application is made for building.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-08-29
Labor Day, September 7

Labor Day can be vari0usly de fined as: the end of summer; the beginning of the school year; a national traffic jam; or simply an excuse for long weekend away from the office.
 But the founder of the holiday, Peter J. Mcclure, conceived it as a tribute to ''the industrial spirit, the great vital force of every na- tion:''
 In 1882, Mcclure =: a. leader in the Knights of Labor =; proposed that day be set aside to honor the working man. He suggested the first Monday in September. since it came almost midway between In dependence Day and Thanksgiving Day.
 The Central Labor Union of New York adopted his proposal and held the first Labor Day cele- bration on September 5th. AS Mo Guire had suggested, the union paraded through the streets of Manhattan, to show the strength
Kodiak mirror., 1959-08-29

and spirit of trade and labor or ganizationS.
 Shortly after, the Knights of Labor. voted for an annual cele- bration,. In 1884, the Federation of Oranized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada-predecessor of the Am erican Federation of Labor IT voted to make the celebration na- tional. N" '-''-
 The first state to make Labor Day legal holiday was Oregon, in 1887 according to The World Book Encyclopedia. The legisla- lures of Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York quickly followed suit and, in 1894, Con greSS made Labor Day national holiday.
 Labor Day now ranks with h. dependence Day, Washington s Birthday and Thanksgiving Day as the most generally celebrated holidays in the US.