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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03

Is NOT easy to criticize citizen or group of them
Tor ming suit in court and taking advantage of that
Io Oh renel PROVIDED by our democratic form of govern
ment At the time some suits are difficult 70 under
stand. $4,000
One OF these the legal action being brought by
group OF neghbors" Of the proposed Holy Cross Hosp
ta OF silver Spring The persons initiating this action are
concerned with certain parking and traffic problems that
the new hospital will create and now it seems to us are
seeming to display dogn-themangera by resort
ing to this ill-advised STEP They knew perfectly well
wnen tney bought their homes in that location that big
hospital was coming to the SITE Or if they had bothered
to make even the most cursory check they could have
quickly ascertained this fact The Silver Spring Hospital
Association acquired the hospital site Is years ago-ong
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03

hen dOnes WonoerouS place IN winch
to live Q've lived in Brooklyn tool with a
mystique all its own. I'm pretty high on mys-
tique at the moment having used It as the
theme for my new book Destroyer Squadron
Twenty-three" now climbing the sales ladder
in the bookstores. {PlugD For those who
came in late mystique is defined as faith or
belief which forms around person, thing,
or an idea. Well, Rockville is a thing, for
sure, and I'm convinced that it has mystique
for those who perceive it.
Where else will you find the good burgh-
srs and their spouses chased into their under
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Highway Wcste!

Let me refer to the article
about the cabin John" Bridge
in your issue of November "a.
This bridge is actually at
Carderock, on Rock Run, a mile
and a half above the already
famous Cabin John Bridge with
its beautiful stone arch over
the creek.
l have before me as write
the plans for what your article
refers to as IAN interchange of
the Circumferential at the bridge
(which will be for cars only,
fnasmuch as 80 percent of the
project will be built with Fed.
eral money that bars truck
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Small BottIe Ban


We see where County Man
ager Reese will attemp to stem
the constant complaints of dds.
orderly conduct and lettering
outside Rockville's Liquor Dis.
pensaries by banning the sale
of whiskey, vodka and gin in
miniature and half-pints" and
wine in "pints."
According to news reports,
Mr.. Reese admitted this was a
social problem which we
shouldn't close our eyes to, and
said that the problem existed
in other areas also, but was
controlled" That eventually
the small bottle" ban will be
applied to all county dispen.
Saries.
We sincerely hope this APP
proach will help solve the prob.
lem. But doesn't common-sense
tell us that taken alone it
might actually increase it? We
understand that "drunks and
pan handlers" repeatedly
causing most Of the trouble,
usually manage to rake up
enough money to buy whatever
size bottle Is for sale. And mod
crate, half-pint drinkers might
develop into pint-drinkers.
Most of us seem to agree that
our dispensary system is more
desirable than jive-joints. We do
think one especially important
time for County officials to mot
close their eyes, is when they're
choosing locations for such dis.
pensaries.
For example, it was exactly
the possibility of such an atmos.
phere as now reported in Rock
Vile, which home-owners in
Woodmoor and surrounding
areas had in mind several years
ago when we protested the 10.
cation of a liquor dispensary in
Four Corners. Our area con.
sisted largely of families whose
Oldest children were Just
coming into their teens and par.
ents feared the development of
an unwholesome community in.
fluence.
However, as we remember 1t,
our pleas were heard" by the
County Council and the dispen.
sary voted down. Then, for some
yet unexplained reason, another
hearing" was called, not so
well publicized, and the County
Council voted 1t back again!
Lila ID. Sennemann
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03

before the hard little of protesting neghbors moved
into the neighborhood.
Granted that traffic attracted by the hospital will alter
the present community pattern This is unavoidable 1t
is up to the hospital of course to keep inconvenience
the neghborhood to minimum and has already altered
original plans in line with this objective We are certain
they are willing to make still others if they practicable
Meanwhile it is difficult to see what the little group of die
hards hopes to accomplish by this negative STEP If it was
intended as not subtle form of pressure on the hos
pa to force it to make changes that the hospital feels
would interfere with efficient operation urge the hos
ptal to resist with all of its might.
Meanwhile, the hospital has pointed out the a-im-
porant fund drive to help make the hospital possible is
continuing County residents can-and shoud-contribute
without hesitation knowing that if one-ina- million stua
ton should develop that would upset the hospital plans
their contributions will be refunded in full
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03

ial Africa and the Gold,
Slave, and Ivory Coasts. The
next, Canada, Mexico, and fif-
teen states of the Union.
Next year it will be around
the world again but, always.
the trail ends in Rockville.
Why?
l guess it's because Rock.
Vile is a wacky as well as
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03

stituting locally useful access
for Macarthur Blvd. and Per-
simmon Tree Road at a cost Of
less than a single million.
There's callous disregard of
Federal law if the Bureau of
Public Roads allows interstate
"90-10' funds to construct this
truckless interchange system
with the Circumferential at
Rock Run. Trucks are already
excluded from the Circumferen.
tial east of the Pookshill Inter.
change over Rock Creek in VIC.
lation of Federal law; for those
80 percent Federal funds, far
from barring truck traffic as
the Sentinel story says, require
that it shall not be barred from
any Interstate Highway.
Incidentally, the Maryland
engineers who found the river
80 feet deep where the new
bridge will go, had no occasion
for surprise; for that deep hole
is not in soft material. It's in
solid rock. When the river is
fully flooded the water passes
through the Stubblefield Gap
under such pressure that one
looks up at the crest of the flood
when standing on the bank!
This makes the plans for re-
routing Rock Run to empty
above what is to be a filled
causeway--instead of bridging
over the low, flood plain between
the Canal and the River-un-
sound as a construction econ
omy, and especially inexcusable
when squandering millions on
nine 80 needless interchange
bridges involving the Memorial
Parkway.
What is it that makes the
Bureau of Public Roads turn our
wanderlust into a squanderlust?
Could it be those heavy consult.
ants fees going to professional
associates? Here's a matter for
the Blatnik Subcommittee of the
House Committee on Public
Works to consider in their in
vestigation Of the extravaganza
terminal corruption would be
of less significance) in the Inter-
state Highway Program. This
waste of public funds was
clearly foreseen by DR.. Godfrey
Crowther of the London Econ
omist in 1856 after he had toured
our highways for 10000 miles,
in an address before a New
York lunch club. The pay-as.we.
go gas taxes have succeeded,
not in making the system SOL
vent, but rather in putting small
cars from abroad on our high
ways in place of secondhand
gas-guzzlers of American make.
This has been no small factor
in our growing shortage of in
ternational exchange.
There is a strong sentiment
in the area of both Cabin John
and Rock Run to have the whole
area, between River Road and
the river, replanned for roads
and other utilities, and rezoned
expression In a resolution, now
before the County Council, by
the West Montgomery County
Citizens Association. None of
the Circumferential Highway
should be built south of River
Road until these plans have been
developed, for they concern the
future development of what
should be the most picturesque
area for residence in the whole
metropolitan area; the hills %
homes around Great Falls.
Alden Potter
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
Letters to the Editor

traffic. The interchange will
allow cars to get onto the Cir.
cumferential from Macarthur
Blvd"
These plans show an inter.
change, not with Macarthur
Washington Memorial Parkway
Macarthur Blvd. Is bridged
without any connection to or
from the Circumferential High.
way. To use the latter, traffic
on Macarthur Blvd. must pass
onto the Memorial Parkway
eithe ra mile above or a mlle
below the interchange. All trucks
must go from Macarthur Blvd.
to River Road to get on the
Circumferential because there
is no connection anywhere with
Macarthur Blvd, and the Me-
mortal Parkway is not open to
any trucking.
Passenger cars on Macarthur
Blvd. cannot 60 north on the
Circumferential Spur along
Cabin John Creek. To get on
the Circumferential they must
go on a 2-mile detour via the
Parkway or, like trucks, go to
River Road. In other words, the
Cabin John Creek Interchange
Spur is a fifth wheel, costing
over 81 million, which could and
should be eliminated by a Park
way connection with Wilson
Lane to carry down-river traffic
from the Circumferential via
River Road to the Parkway.
Traffic from the area north
of River Road (say Rockville)
should not have to detour all
the way to the river, i.e., to the
Parkway, then on the White
hurst Freeway under Key
Bridge into Foggy Bottom, and
then on the Inner Loop. Such
traffic now goes down Wiscon-
sin ave-, to Massachusetts ave-,
to get to Union Station and the
Capitol. The immediate recon-
struction of now dangerous
River Road as an arterial high.
way into the city would elimin-
ate this very expensive river.
side detour and take trucks as
well as cars out of the crush
of traffic on Wisconsin ave-,
thus removing any excuse for
the extravaganza called cor
ridor," east of Wisconsin ave-,
through Bethesda, which has
been so plainly and properly
condemned by General yelling.
This direct, River-Road route
would cost far less than half of
the cost of plans now shown on
the map of the Mass Transporta.
ton Survey in Montgomery
County and NV. Washington.
Most of the cost would be In
the District, borne by special
appropriations of the Federal
Government. 1t would tear up
far fewer homes than the Sur.
vey plans and give far better
service; would take a lot of
traffic out of the Foggy Bottom
tangle. 1t could have saved mil
lions already sunk in making
the Memorial Parkway into a
four.lane speedway; and it can
still save millions py eliminat-
ing the proposed expenditure of
SO million on the Cabin John
Interchange System and sub.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
By Ken Jones

was browsing through my log books the
other afternoon and a persistent question
emerged from the entry packed pages: Why
do 1 keep coming back to Rockville, in Mont
gomery County?s
In the logs one year showed much time
spent in Hawaii and the Orient. The next it
was Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Europe The
next, Morocco, the Northern Sahara, Equator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Late Squirt by LoyoIu
Nips Eagles in Thriller

BALTIMORE, Feb. 81 (Spe-
ciaD A long set shot by Joe
O'Hara and a layup by Ed
Murine arried Loyola over the
crucial final moments to a 10
SO upset victory over American
University here tonight.
The loss cost the Eagles the
Mason-Dixon Conference regu-
lar season basketball cham
pionShip. They wound up with
an ll-3 record, to finish behind
Baltimore University, which
had 1873.
Willie Jones, AUS normally
red-hot point maker, had a
cold night tonight, winding up
with four goals and IL points
Loyola, on the other hand, was
red hot at the start, building
a 13-point lead in the first half
AU cut the margin to two
points by halftime and took a
seven-point lead, 50-43, with
nine minutes to go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Sho' men Rally
ToUpsetCU

CHESTERTOWN, Md, Feb.
81 (AP).-Washington College
outscored Catholic University
by 10 points in the second half
tonight to upset the fourth
place Cardinals, $685., in a
Mason-Dixon Conference bas-
ketball game.
Catholic U. had things pretty
much its own way during the
first half with a lead ranging
to IL points. It's halftime
margin was six points.
The second half saw the lead
change hands II times. John
Leverage put the Sho'men
ahead to stay at 47-45 by hit
ting a jump shot with 3::35 to
go. Washington maintained its
lead with free throws by Nor
man Phillips, Dick Callahan
and Lee Willenbacher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

Senator's manager failed to
peddle even one piece of prop
erty. Bobo Newsom isn't
in love with the Senator'S front
Office. d.. Says he wrote asking
for a scouting job and never
got an answer.
Outflelder Bob Allison Of the
Senator's lacks a year and a
half Of getting his degree in
physical education at Kansas
and intends to acquire it ulti-
mately, but he couldn't pass up
a chance to pick up $4,000 in
Cuba this winter. -. Bill
Felker, one OF the raw rockies
with the Senators, pitched
three no-hitters in high school.
&C.. Jack Kralick, another
prospect from the deep minors,
pitched two no-hitters in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
ConIey Standing Firm
DESPITE 'HoIdout' Label

as April II. The Celts made
the playoffs by clinching the
Eastern title last night at De-
troit, with four-point help
from Conley.
Il suppose Conley is a little
confused" TebbettS said, what
with basketball and baseball
overlapping. But he'd better
make his choice soon between
the two. He was cut twice by
the CelticS during the season.
The only thing that saved him
was all the injuries they've
had"
Conley, making a brief STOP
over at his home before re-
joining the Celtics at Cincin-
natl tomorrow, has cited those
Injuries in stating that he has
IAN obligation" to the MIA
club.
AS for the Braves, Conley
said: Il couldn't work out if 1
was in Bradenton, because /
haven't signed my contract.
They want me to take a rs
per cent cut and I'm dissatis-
fed. Nobody on the Braves
has been in touch with me for
a month. and I'm not report
ing for training until I sign. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
BLADES Miller
WINS SECTION

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 (AP).-
Bob Thorne of Bladensburg
Md High School won his sec
ton Of the mile run in 4::28.9
in the National InterScholastic
Track and Field championships
in Madison Square Garden to-
day.
The other Washington Area
runner, John Garten of George
Washington High of Alexan-
dria, Va, did not place in his
section of the mile.
Thorne was in the SLOW" sec
ton. and as a result. he did not
get into the final placings. Bob
Mack of Weequahic High, New
ark, captured the mile in APPS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

MILWAUKEE,, Feb. 81 (AP) .
The Braves today labeled
Pitcher Gene Conley a holdout
and pushed back their threat
of suspension to April 9.
The 6-foot-8 highlander,
who had been threatened with
immediate suspension by Man.
ager Fred Haney if he didn't
report for training today with
other batterymen at Braden-
ton, Fla, said at his home here
this morning that he will play
pro basketball until the last
ball is thrown through the
hoop" this season.
Birdie Tebbetts. executive
vice president of the Braves,
put the holdout stamp on Con-
ley. who had an 0-6 record and
a 4.88 earned-run average last
season. but added: I'VE can {
suspend him under baseball law
until the season opens April
o.. If he hasn't reported by
then, he'll be suspended"
Conley. who resumed his bas-
ketball career this season with
the Boston Celtics, could be in
yolved in the National Basket
pall Association playoffs as late
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Yonks Sign
McDouqoId
AtOId Pay

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Feb,
81 (AP). - Now that the
Yankees front Office has
changed its mind about salary
cuts. Gil McDougald has agreed
to, terms. The 30-year-old in
fielder signed his 1853 contract
today for a reported $4,000,
the same amount he drew last
season.
He had been tagged for a
$4,000 cut in the Yankees orig
inal offer.
That leaves only five mem
bers Of the world champions
unsigned. notably Mickey
Mantle, the switch-swinging
slammer, and Whitley Ford, the
stubby southpaw who can have
a raise If he agrees to be good
after hours.
The good conduct clause,
also included in the contract
offered Mantle, was not in
McDougald's contract.
The original $1,000 pay cut
for McDougald stemmed from
his $50 batting average last
season. the lowest Of his eight
year career with the Yankees
and a 39-point drop from his
1857 mark. Still, he was one
of the standoutS as the YAM
KEGS reclaimed the world
championship from Milwaukee.
He batted 1921 in the World
Series-his first 800 series per-
Torrance.
The other Yankees still UNI
signed are Pitcher Virgil
Trucks, Third Baseman Andy
Carey and First Baseman John
Jaciuk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
TRACK
Continued From Page CT

pound overweight because !
have been using saddle soap
omit. But I don't want to cause
any disturbance. so I decided
to try my luck with it instead
of switching"
Backus, a 270-pound sales
man from Mansfield, Mass,
who once was washed out of
the Air Force because at g.
foot-5 and ITO pounds he was
underweight, captured the
weight throw for the sixth
year in a row. 1t also marked
the second straight year he has
broken his own indoor stand
ard.
Stew Thomson, a former
Yale star now with the New
York AC, was second with a
1910 heave, while AL Hall,
also of the NYAC, finished
third with 61-l134.
Backus made his record
throw on his third try.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
SENATORS
Continued From Page CT

sion contract. Also interested.
according to Griffith, are sta
tons WMAL and WRC.
The Senators boss said sew
eral plans are being considered
for televising games. One
would present TV games only
on Saturdays and Sundays, a
total 26 games for the season,
while another would show 48
games, same as last season. All
plans for radio call for broad
casting the full slate of 154
games.
Griffith said five or six"
sponsors are dealing with him,
but that his initial problem is
to clear station time, then dis
cuSS money with potential
sponsors.
This is the latest the Sena-
tors ever have gone without
signing for radio and television.
Consequently, it is believed they
will be forced to settle for
around 100000 instead of the
S330,000 they received from the
National Brewing Co., last year
Courtney reported with a
small scar on his forehead. only
visible sign of his accident in
Louisiana. He was attempting
to pass a car. He realized he
couldn't make it and veered into
a ditch. He was thrown through
the windshield of his half-ton
tSuck.
The truck turned over three
more times after l was thrown
out" Courtney said. Il got a
lot Of cuts on my back and this
little old scar on my forehead.
l was lucky"
Clint said his racing stable
now boasts IS horses. Couple
of good ones in that bunch.
too" he said. Maybe they can't
go with the best. but they're
sure to make me some money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Virginia Wins
In 20 Overtime

WINSTON SALEM, N c.,
Feb. 81 tAP).-Virginia shaoeG
Wake Forest, 81-7S, in a double
overtime Atlantic Coast Con-
ference basketball game here
tonight.
Two stolen passes by Viz
ginia's John Haner that were
turned into field goals enabled
the Cavaliers to tie the score
twice in the second overtime.
Bill Metzger put Virginia in
front. 1916, with two free
throws. The Cavaliers then
added three free throws before
Allie Hart dropped a pair of
charity shots with / second TO
go. to end the scoring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

minors and another in the
National Baseball Congress
tournament last summer after
being released by the White
Sox organization.
If he has enough players
around and in shape, Lavagetto
plans to play a squad game
Saturday. Coach Ellis Clary
dropped 80 pounds during the
winter, the better to fit In the
little Kharman-Ghia auto he
drove to camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

But the Greyhounds again
found the range and caught UP
at 66-66, with two minutes
left. O'Hara then let go with
his long one, AU tried to play
it with caution, hoping for a
late goal that would tie 1t, but
Jones missed the shot with 20
seconds left and Murn dropped
in the clincher. Ed Clements
of AU added two foul shots
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
TODAY'S SPORTS
ON RADIO-W
TELEvISION
Basketball

TELEvISION
Basketball
Detroit Pistons VS.. Syracuse
Nationals, 'WRC-4, 2.30 pm.
Bowling
Bowling Stars, WMAL-I
4:30 pm.
RADIO
Auto Racing
N A S c A R international
Sweepstake Race, VOL, in four
25-minute segments, 2.35, 1886,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Carolina Cuts Margin

The TerpS boosted their mar
gin to IS points at 51-36 but
ihomentarily slowed the pace.
The Tar Heels took advantage
of it to close the margin to
53-46.
But Bechtle came through
again. the Terps' defense
frightened, and Maryland scored
10 straight points to put the
game beyond reach.
Bechtle, Bunge, Krukar and
Mcneil played all but the last
minute and each contributed
his special part of the tight
web of defense.
Coach Frank Mcclure. whose
Tar Heels now have a 17-2 rec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Bulls Nips FrOsh

In the preliminary game,
Ernie Cage. who led the Dis
trict schoolboyS in scoring last
year and played for Mount st.
Mary's for the first half of this
season, hit on a Jump shot with
II seconds remaining to give
Bulls Prep a 74-73 victory over
the Maryland Frosh.
Bulls had a 14-point lead at
halftime, but Maryland was in
command by four points with
less than two minutes to go.
Then Bulls rallied. Cage scored
% points to tie Chuck Zerger
ofthe Terps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
BechtIe Hot as Terps
Upset North Carolina

ord, said Maryland's defense
was the story. He said the turn
ing point came when Salz was
thrown out of the game as the
Tar Heels were moving.
1T was just stupidity" he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Bunge Hot OFF Boards

DIS al ONAASS AAAOt~
doubled the total of any North
Carolina player off the back
boards as he helped, the Terps
maintain control in that de-
partment. Bechtle was the sec
ond high rebounder.
Bechtle, fastest of the TerpS,
was magnificent as he raced
down the floor on the fast
break and either scored or was
fouled on his attempts Sew
eral times he tainted Caro-
lima defender by dribbling from
a crouch, and just as the OPP
posing player relaxed a bit,
Bechtle would leap and score
with a shot over the fellows
head.
Maryland was leading, 41-30,
when Bechtle started his streak,
and it was 59-46 when Mcneil
finally interrupted Bechtle's
monopoly on Maryland scoring
by making a layup.
Three times the Terps led by
IL points in the first half, and
they took a 1925 lead into the
intermission when Doc Vein
garten scored from midcourt
with 2 seconds remaining.
Weingarten. whose last CO.
starring role was against North
Carolina here last year, played
almost half the game because
Jim Halleck was in foul trouble
and again came through in a
reserve role.