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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Crossing Cure

The concluding paragraph of
last weeks editorial, apropos
the recent grade crossing acct
dent and freight wreck, caught
my jaundiced eye. 1t was sug.
gested therein that the B & o
RR slow down their trains while
travelling through lower Mont.
gomery County land especially
Rockville).
This suggestion has caused me
some perplexity, since I had read
recently, also in the Sentinel, I
believe, that Bay Bridge Off
Gals are after an increase in
the speed limit across that mar.
row structure.
Possibly the Sentinel had its
tongue in cheek when this was
written. One can't stop progress,
and speed seems to be progress
these days! Anyway, I find it
hard to fault the Railroads at
a grade crossing accident. Hav-
ing lived near a grade crossing
for a number of years, l have
had ample time to watch the
driving habits of the public at
these places. According to my
calculations about IS per cent
Of the cars crossing the tracks
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Desegrega+ion Is
Many-sided Thing
County Comment

To many, the most memorable aspect of
the Little Rock school mess is the quiet cour-
age of the Negro children who braved the
petty rabble and shabby politics to become the
first of their race to enter the doors of Cen
trail High School.
Their example demonstrates, more dra-
matically than anything else, that racial equal
ity will be achieved only through the joint
sacrifice of both whites and Negroes. On a
smaller and less sensational scale, the principle
holds true in Montgomery County.
According to early reports, county schools
this week took another moderate step toward
total indignation without any undue bitches.
When school opened Tuesday morning an
estimated so per cent of the county's some
3150 Negro pupils were seated in classrooms
with white children If the estimates are cor
rect, this represents an increase of some 10
per cent over last year.
The school administration rates hearty
commentator for the progress it already has
made, and for the careful future plans it has
developed, toward the ultimate goal No.
where as has often been noted, has integra-
ton proceeded more smoothly and with less
fuss. Nor is there reason to doubt that re-
mainder of the transition will prove any less
smooth than it has to date.
Nevertheless, in terms of the emotional
upheaval in individual hearts, the toughest
part is yet to come.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10

REROUTING by school authorities of school buses so
that the latter do not at any time cross the main BIO
RR line through the county is good step.
Continued of grade crossings by buses loaded with
school children should indeed be considered out of the
question even though it means sending them over
longer route to the nearest bridge.
AS we've said here before = and as we are going to
keep on repeating funds must be found to solve the
grade crossing problem Until this is DONE however, such
steps as seeing 1t that school children not exposed
to this danger should be encouraged When someone is
killed at one of these crossings which could happen
tomorrow or next week, next month = we predict an
outraged ctizeny will demand that the crossings be closed
even though it means reroung all traffic many blocks
off its course Meanwhile, are completely at loss to
understand the apparent view of the B&O itself that 1t
has no responsibility to help solve this acute problem
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10

read with much regret and
misgivings that the Montgom-
cry County School Board had
found it necessary to retreat in
its stand not to reduce the mum.
Der of school attendance days
which it had previously an
nounced for the 1959-1960 school
year.
The school boards decision to
add a few extra days to the
school year was a good one.
If logic is applied to this crucial
field of primary education and
all the tremendous and various
problems encompassing it, it
would seem elementary that in
the overloaded and sometimes
under-manned schools, each day
our children attend class the
greater their chance of receiv-
ing the learning we all so eager
ly strive to give them.
Why the parents are against
the heightened year, am at a
loss to see. l for one sincerely
enjoy my son and am glad to
have him with me on all and
any occasions but this doesn't
blind me to the fact that there
Is positively no substitute for a
good fundamental education.
The opportunity my son shares
now with the other children of
our county will be his only one
and he must use it and benefit
by it.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Shelter Policy
A ONTGONERY COUNTY seems to be on the right

A A ONTGOMERY COUNTY seems to be on the right
W. track in sticking to the shelter policy as dstin-
gushed from the evacuation policy in civil defense
County civil defense officials and government leaders
have in effect stuck out their tongue at State and national
civil defense experts and leaders who argue that policy
of prearranged flight from bombed areas is best.
It doesn't take much Imagination to visualize the
nighmarsh confusion and chaos that would result from
following policy of evacuation rather than shelter
here if the crisis comes The few main thoroughfares
would be hopeessly cogged by seehing mass of des-
perate humanity trying to escape no doubt in heavy
fallout.
The Nations civil defense chief, Leo A Hoegh has
stated that without shelters few if any, county residents
would survive" Yet civil defense officials persist in
advocating evacuation 1t seems suicidal and county
leaders should be commended for their clear thinking Now
how do go about getting the shelter program OF the
ground?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10

Another miss Maryland" has
been picked and no representa-.
tive from Rockville, as usual.
We have plenty of pretty and
talented girls in Rockville, so
why not a Miss Rockville" to
participate in the Miss Mary.
land" contest?
Come on you young hopefuls
who have talent and looks. Write
your city officials and let them
know you want a chance at
Miss Maryland"
Jack Fry
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
BY 81 Vote from r. !
City Council
Names Tuchtan

enough to let the Chamber NOM
mate a candidate.
Immediately afterwards, May
or Greene called for a 10-minute
break to discuss Brooks sug'
gestion. The S0-minute session
ensued.
It was learned later tina t
Brooks and some members OF
the Chamber of Commerce
wanted to nominate Rockville
insurance man George Elliott,
a resident of Hungerford Towne.
Tuchtan is a native of Terry
town, N. Y. and was educated
in New York City public schools.
He has lived in Rockville with
his wife and two children since
1852. He is currently employed
as a staff aide to an assistant
commissioner of the General
Services Administration.
Tuchtan, Ecker, Rausch and
Mayor Greene are all employed
by the Federal Government in
Washington. Only Rodgers, an
engineer, is self-emplOyed.
Tuchtan is a longtime men,
Der of the Citizens For Good
Government, new broom group
from the Twinbrook area, that
swept ex-Mayor Hovsepian into
office. He also belongs to the
potentially powerful Twinbrook
Citizens Association. He ran for
election to the City Council a.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
4 Will Fight

AS I too am retired, / SYM
pathize with the tax plight of
Mr.. Hoffman. Tax-wise, Mont
gomery County is hardly the
ideal place for retirement.
Through our lifetime we have
carried our full share of taxes,
and are unfairly exploited. Mr..
Hancock recognizes this when
he says: Perhaps retired per.
sons should be relieved from the
obligation to support education.
al costs" He goes on to say
however: "At the present time
organized pressure for SNOWFALL
ing spending in the name Of
education is too effective to per.
NIT any legislative body to ex-
empt retired persons from the
school tax" How right he is!
What is needed is effective or
gained public opinion to coun-
teract this pressure. The oppor-
tunity was there at the County
Council budget hearings, but the
general public was too apathetic
to attend. Again Mr.. Hancock is
right when he stresses action
at the polls, rather than COM
plants when the tax bills come
in.
As an intelligent County Of
ficer and citizen, he can hardly
be proud however of his spe.
cious argument that increase in
value of Mr.. Hoffman's prop
erty has been Sufficient to pay
all taxes and special assess
ments and to leave a bal
ance in excess of $4,000" Mr..
Hoffman has paid the taxes, no
one else. He could only recoup
them by liquidation. This he
cannot do, for, short of pass.
ing on into tax-free world, he
must buy other shelter, and will
then pay similarly inflated fig
ure. 1t is the so per cent or
more decline in the dollar which
has caused these increases, not
some magic virtue of living in
Montgomery County. The only
beneficiary is the tax collector,
whose greatly increased assess
ments and tax rates are applied
to these inflated values. Mr..
Hancock knows all this well
enough, and that his economic
reasoning is pure hokum.
At bottom, the whole question
is this: Is elementary tax jus.
tice possible when the major
ity either insists on SNOWFALL.
ing spending" or is too apathet.
ic to resist? AS matters stand,
the minority in which Mr.. Hoff-
man and I find ourselves must
apparently either "a die, ~
move out of the County, ~
swallow the injustice, or az
fight. l will fight, if there are
enough of like mind.
Herbert j. Holland
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10

ROCKVILLE has lost valued public servant as result
X of the resignation of Charles w. Prettyman from the
City Council.
Mr. Prettyman lifelong resident here, brought to
the Council sound viewpoint based intimate knowledge
of the communtys residents and their institutions that will
be difficult = If not impossible - to replace.
We are sure that the poor health which has slowed
brilliant public career and thriving law practice will not
last long and Mr. Prettman will bounce back to the top
of the heap where he has been for long and where
he belongs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

tied the castle to see how she
was getting along.
He is DR.. George Middleton,
a middle-aged Scot to whom
the l,100 people of Ballater
to take their aches and pains,
Today, DR.. Middleton climbed
into his runabout and drove
10 miles to Balmoral Castle,
where his patient was 33-year-
old Queen Elizabeth II.
DR.. Middleton did not ex-
anime the Queen, who is ex-
pecting her third child early
next year. He just stopped by
briefly. He always does when
the Queen is at Balmoral.
DR.. Middleton left with the
Queens thanks. He would not
comment.
But the doctors wife, who
met the Queen yesterday, said
"she looks wonderfully we'll"
Engulfed by Messages
Tourists and kilograms,
meanwhile, engulfed this lovely
Scottish castle, built by Queen
Victoria in 1854. Gables of con-
gratulations from all over the
world kept Ballater's postmis-
tress working all day.
Inside the estate, the Queer
took a leisurely walk with
Prince Philip and their two
children, Prince Charles, 10
and Princess Anne, 8. They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Fraud Charged
InLabOr Wires

North Carolina Congressman
reported yesterday that truck
ing companies in that State are
protesting against the unau-
thorized use of company names
in kilograms urging support
for the Shelley labor bill.
Several members said they
have received scores of ldenti-
cal kilograms last week. carry
ing the signatures of trucking
companies and individuals
asking that they vote against
the Landrum- Griffin LABOR bill
Representatives Barden, Len
non, Whitener and Alexander,
Democrats, and Jonas, Repub-
lican, said they received a
batch of such kilograms which
were followed yesterday by
communications from truck
ing companies.
Mr.. Barden, chairman of
the House Labor Committee,
told a reporter the kilograms
urging support for the Shelley
bill were teamster-inspired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

necks. Four detectives stood
at the castle gates urging sight
seers to move along there,
please"
Hundreds of vacationers were
still pouring into the area to-
night, tanning hotels in the
picturesque villages of Ballater,
Braemar and Aboyne.
Since the announcement OF
the royal baby we have been
swamped with calls from all
over Britain" said one hotel
operator. II could fill another
hundred rooms easily"
Even bigger crowds were ex-
pected tomorrow when the
Queen and her family are ex-
pected to drive to nearby Cra-
THE Church for a Sunday
morning service.
Village Doctor Visits
But amid all the fuss, one
man stayed calm.
A soft-spoken village doctor
who has known the Queen
since she was a little girl, Wis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

and designed to give the i'm
preston" that they represented
company views.
He described them as a "hor-
rible fraud"
However, Mr.. Whitener said
he didn't feel that the tele-
grams were meant to give the
impression they were speaking
for the companies. He said he
regarded the use of the COM
pany names as a means OF
Identification.
Mr.. Alexander had the same
idea. He said there were SO
many kilograms that he knew
none Of the companies could
have that many Spokesman
and that he regarded the use
OF the company name as
merely showing where the en-
ploye worked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Tourists Flock to See
Expectont Elizabeth

BALMoRAL, Scotland, Aug. 8
(AP).-Thousands Of tourists
flocked around Balmoral to-
night almost within earshot Of
Queen Elizabeth II, the expect
ant mother who rules over
Britain.
1t was as II the 33-year-old
monarch was expecting her first
baby instead Of her third.
Cars jammed the country
roads around the Queens sum-
mer vacation home in Balmoral
Castle amid the hills and
heather Of the Scottish high
lands.
Mayor william Anderson OF
nearby Ballater appealed for
peace and quiet" for the
Queen. But while he spoke
crowds thronged the area hop
ing for a glimpse Of the royal
mother-to-be and her two chill
dren, Prince Charles and Prin-
cess Anne.
Extra Police on Duty
Extra police were rushed to
Balmoral to fend off rubber
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Benson to Be Guest
At Corn Area RuIIy

NEW CASTLE, Ind. Aug. 8
(AP).-Agriculture Secretary
Benson has accepted an invi-
tation to speak at the National
Mechanical Corn Picking con-
test october 1916 at Straughn,
Ind.
Other speakers will include
Senator Allen ]. Ellender,
Democrat Of Louisiana. Sem
ator Vance Hartke, Democrat
of Indiana, and Indiana Gov.
Harold w. Handley.
Twenty contestants from 10
States will complete in the
events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
India Buys Oil Pipe

LONDON. Aug. 8 PA
British firm, Stewards and
LloydS Ltd. is supplying $50
million worth Of steel pipe for
a 270-mile oil pipeline in AS
sam, midas northeastern state
on the Red China frontier. 1t
will connect oilfields at Nahor-
katiya to an oil refinery to be
erected near Gauhati.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Wuterqute Concert
At $50 TONIGHT
AT Strikes Back

A free concert at the Water
gate by the Marine Band is
scheduled for $3.50 o'clock to-
night, the National Capital
Parks Office has announced.
A tour of the water lilies at
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens is
scheduled for $50 am. this
morning. The Gardens are To-
Gated near Kenilworth avenue
and Douglas street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

exercised the family's Corgi
terriers and one dachshund on
the green lawns. The gardens
now are rich with roses and on
the mountain slopes the heather
will soon be blooming. T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington, D. C., August 9, 1859
Service Row Goes On
with Ceiling on Funds
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
star staff Writer

Defense Secretary McEoys that the ceiling
the military budget will remain the next year makes
thing pretty certain The Penagons biggest current
dispute limited war;" will continue undated for that
period
The limited war issue behind most fights among service
personnel today
high plane it is dispute the nature of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Indonesiu Hit by Flu

JAKARTA, Aug. 8 (AP).-
Influenza killed rs Indonesians
in eight villages around Ban
dung in June and July. health
authorities report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

limited-war force called CAST
pronounced kay-saf and stand
ing for Composite Air Strike
Force).
AT Strikes Back
The basic Air Force reaction,
however. has been to strike
back against Army and Navy
limited war policy advocates. 1t
says, in effect. the Army's
STRAC is a fraud, just a
bunch of soldiers with cumber-
some equipment thousands of
miles and several weeks away
from any fight who would be
dead ducks in any engagement
if they weren't protected by
the Air Force big war deterrent
power.
Marine Corps leaders are
convinced, furthermore, that
the Army doesn't believe in its
own STRAC. That force. Ma
rines say, was created to lever
money and prestige out of the
budget. not to fight a serious
war. Limited wars will be
fought by the group that al
ways fights them, the Marines.
Air Force officers say the
Navy limited war force simply
will be sunk If it gets into a
real battle. 1t can cruise
around the fringes of the Com
muniSt world if it wants, but
it will survive only If the Air
Force is strong enough to deter
the Communists from A-bomb-
ing the big carriers.
Supercarrier Need
To fight even the Red Chi
nese air force, air generals
argue, the Navy would need a
hundred supercarriers. It has
four.
The Air Force suggests the
Army and Navy spend their
money on less glamorous but
more important things.
All the services are split to
some degree in the limited war
controversy. Even the Air Force
had one general, o. P. Wey-
land, who retired a few days
ago, who pushed limited war.
("He's come to believe in his
own CAST arguments" a.
starred colleague of Gen. Wey-
land said Sadly.)
Army and Navy leaders fight
back by charging the Air Force
with vast overexpenditures on
duplicating atomic weapons
that will snever be used. And
they defend their own limited
war forces.
STRAC is the only group
with the power to take and
hold land in a limited war, the
Army says. 1t will work even
though the Air Force deliber-
ately starveS it for air trans
port and the Navy holds back
on sufficient sea transport.
STRAC has three effective
divisions to move on short no
tice.
Navy Argument
The Navy says its big-car-
rier striking forces are the
only Self-contained limited war
forces that are on the scene
all the time, can hit hard and
fast and cannot be zeroed in
by enemy missiles.
The Marines, of course, are
the landing soldiers who would
complement the air and sea
fighting of the carrier forces.
They are always with the feet,
ready to fight.
Each side in this argument
says national survival is en-
dangered by the fight for
money and prestige Of the
other side.
The new defense budget, just
approved by Congress, carries
no comfort for the limited war
side. And continuance of the
same ceiling in next years
budget shows the limited war
proponents can get their money
only by taking it away from
the Air Force or by abandon
ment of some present Army
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

limited-war force called CAST
pronounced kay-saf and stand
ing for Composite Air Strike
Force).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

next war OF wars. But on 3
lower, rougher and more
fascinating plane, it is a fight
among the services over money,
power and prestige.
The Army and Navy want to
take money away from the Air
Force and spend it on limited
war forces. The Air Force is
hanging on to the money and
It accuses the Army and Navy
Of fraud.
Evening star., 1959-06-25
By the Associated Press

Senator Goldwater, Republi-
can of Arizona, protested yes
terday against what he termed
intemperate language and
name-calling by Senator Morse.
Democrat of Oregon.
Senator Morse replied that
Senator Goldwater could file a
Senate resolution of censure
against him if he wished. He
added he is willing at any time
to let the Senate pass judg-
ment on his conduct, adding:
I'm amused by this attack
It's no new type of attack"
Senator Morse said that as
long as he is a member of the
Senate, he intends to carry out
his duties within the rules and
in accord with his own iudg-
ment of what needs to be said.
Remarks Quoted
In a Senate speech, Senator
Goldwater quoted remarks
made by Senator Morse both
inside and outside the Senate.
He said he was concerned with
maintaining the reputation of
the Senate.
Senator Goldwater. for ex-
ample. quoted Senator Morse
as describing President Eisen-
hover in 1856 as "the most
Evening star., 1959-06-25
BY the Associated Press

Vice President Nixon will Join
in welcoming RusSia's first
deputy premier. Frol Kozlov,
after he arrives Sunday for a
16-day goodwill tour Of the
United States.
Mr.. Nixon will not be at Idle
wild Airport when Mr.. Kozlov,
accompanied by a delegation of
81 aides and Soviet newsmen.
steps of a Soviet TU-l04 Jet
airliner Sunday morning.
But he will be on hand at
the New York Coliseum Mon
day night to help Mr.. Kozlov
officially open the Soviet ma
tional exhibition.
TeIevised Dedication
The special dedication cere-
monies, which are to feature
speeches by Mr.. Nixon and Mr..
Kozlov. are to be televised
coast to coast in keeping with
the Soviet leaders request to
appear on American television.
The Nixon-Kozlov meeting in
New York will be the first high
level American contact with the
51-year-old confidant of Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Administration leaders are
reported to be keenly inter-
ested in Mr.. Kozlov's visit ct
this time, believing he might
give a clue whether Russia in
tends to ease its present tough
attitude in negotiations over
Berlin's future.
Evening star., 1959-06-25
Nixon to Join Welcome
For Visiting Red Chief

Mr.. Kozlov tentatively plans
to go on to Washington for
three days of informal talks
with a top rank cross section
of administration leaders in
cluding President Eisenhower,
Secretary of State Herter ans
Mr.. Nixon.
,. U. S. Tour Set
Afterward, he plans quick
flying visits to San Francisco,
Detroit. Chicago and Pitts
burgh before returning to New
York for a farewell two-day
stay.
During his tour, Mr.. Kozlov
is expected to hammer hard on
the Soviet peace and friendship
theme. Like Deputy Soviet
Premier AnastaS 1. MIkCyan
who visited in January. Mr..
Kozlov is expected to plug the
idea Of more Soviet-American
trade and contacts as the path
to world peace.
Administration leaders have
granted virtually every request
he has put forward. m8inly to
insure a warm welcome for Mr..
Nixon when the Vice President
tours some half dozen Soviet
cities beginning July %.
Mr.. Nixon and his party will
go to Moscow by American Jet
airliner ostensibly to dedicate
an American national exhibit
ton which opens July 25. He
plans to continue on a tour of
Russian and Siberian cities.