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Evening star., 1960-08-17

the environment makes it
possible"
The only outright support for
the ban on social activities
came from Kitty Reynolds, of
the Arlington Chapter of the
Defenders of State Sovereignty
and Individual Liberties, a seq
regationist group. She recon-
mended that the board readopt
the prohibition. Mixed schools
mean mixed blood" she said.
At the conclusion of the
hearing, board member Rob-
ert A. Peck, moved that the
board reaffirm the policy, hut
the motion received no second.
Later he voted for postpone
ment and said he intended to
speak to parents because Il am
amazed at how the leaders of
the schools vary with the par
ents. I haven't run into a sin
gle person who felt we ought
to change this policy"
In moving to delay acting
on the policy, board member
L. Lee Bean said he had come
to the meeting prepared to
support continuation of tha
ban but that the sentiments
of speakers had surprised him.
Richmond View Weighed
He said he wanted to sound
out parents and the county's
representatives in the General
Assembly.
1t was clear that expected
reaction in Richmond was a
major factor in the attitude
of most board members.
Board Chairman Barnard Joy
noted that he Perrow Commis-
sion. which devised Virginia
freedom of choice" laws con-
corning desegregation, had
been quite critical" of extra
curricular activities in public
schools.
All school boards are now re-
quired to submit lists of such
activities to the State board
and some board members fear
decision by Arlington to in
tegrate social activities might
bring a Statewide ban for
which Arlington may be blamed.
Evening star., 1960-08-17

Ine pONcy aoopCeQ year ago
because of integration.
After seven speakers urged
the board to abandon its re-
strictions, board members, most
of whom had come prepared to
continue them, decided to post
pone action until tomorrow
night.
The board is expected, how
ever, to extend the policy for
another year at tomorrow's
meeting since most board men,
bers fear adverse action in
Richmond if Arlington permits
integrated social activities.
PTA Spokesman
Representatives from three
parent-teacher associations, the
County Council Of PTAs and
AiNC OIIISL SlNNC SLOuOo opOhS
during the special hearing.
Spokesman for Stratford
Junior High School and Wash
ington-Lee High School, both
of which are integrated, asked
the board to discontinue its
policy.
Kenneth Weaver, president
of the Washington-Lee PTA,
told the board its policy had
"tinges of dishonesty. 1 don't
know anybody in Arlington who
does not regard 1t as a Subter-
fuge."
William Raleigh, president of
the County Council of PTAs,
said his personal view" was
that the board should return
to normal operations of social
activities"
I'VE in Virginia over the past
six years have been able to
swallow a large camel" he
said. Il don't think we should
Strangle on this gnat."
The boards prohibition. Nor
ton Liftin. of the Arlington
Council on Human Relations.
declared, would create resent
ment and possibly lead to un-
necessary friction among the
students and administrators"
Theodore w. Taylor, presi-
dent of the Wakefield High
School PTA, said the board
should drop its policy only if
Evening star., 1960-08-17
NEW GIRL IN TOWN
Home Hunt Stirs
ALot of Advice

grasp. Reasons are often more
social than monetary because
splitting expenses would make
apartment rates in these areas
almost on a par with those in
Arlington.
AS one GS-3 girl said about
Georgetowners. They're not
my crowd. I wouldn't know
what to say to them"
But for the prestige" Gov
ernment girlS-those who work
on the Hill or in Government
jobs of more creative work than
the GS-3 or 4 classification
usually demandS-Georgetown
is the ultimate"
A Senator's secretary said, Il
lived with three other girls l
met at the Meridian Hill in a
large one-bedroom apartment.
Then two of us moved into an
efficiency. When I got the Sen
ate Job I lived near the Capitol
for a while"
She smiled with satisfaction
and said, Nov I live in a two
bedroom row house in George
town with four girls. We pay
5000 a month plus utilities
that's about $12 more a month.
And we split groceries"
She estimated that most of
the girls who live in similar
quarters are in the $4,000 to
$6,500 salary bracket.
Not all girls Jump into apart
ment living. The YWCA has
permanent quarters for 78 girls
and the majority of them are
with the Government. They
pay $38 to $40 a month for
single rooms and $29 to $34
per person for doubles. There
are no private baths.
Dorm for $50
Hartnett Hall, a huge CO.
educational dorm" on Twen-
ty-f1rst street NV, accommo-
dates 780. OF these, 400 are
girls-about so per cent Gov
eminent girls. They pay $18
to $25 a week for singles.
There are wash basins in each
room and a maximum of four
share a bath. They get maid
service five days week and a
chance to meet fellows in the
dining room. where they get
two meals a day. six days a
week, for their weekly rate.
In addition to the all-female
Meridian, there is the Evange-
line on L street, occupied by
220 girls. IS per cent of whom
are Government employees. For
SIG to S22 a week. they get a
room, two meals a day, seven
days a week, and share baths.
I The Old SCOTS Hotel, built
during the war for Government
workers, has been renamed the
Admiral. 1t still has several
Government employees and they
get a 81 reduction in their
weekly room rates-from $3.50
to $3.50. An additional $8.25
a week buys two meals a day.
TomOrrOw-Government Girl
Society.
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AUTO OF BUTLER
IS STOLEN FROM
ALMOND GARAGE

RICHMOND CAPD. -
Somebody broke into Gov.
Almonds garage and stole
his buffers car, police said.
The thief forced the
lock on the garage, located
near the mansion, and
drove the car away with
out attracting attention.
The butler. Alonzo FL
lott, so, left the car while
he was out of town with
the Governor, who is va
cationing.
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force him to quit the force.
HE has been deeply humili-
ated: railroaded into a lowly.
trivial, meaningless task" At
torney Oren Lewis. jr., declared
at a crowded hearing before the
county Civil Service CommiS-
sion.
But County Manager A. T.
Lundberg and Police Chief Will
liam Fawver, both of whom
Sergt. Runyon publicly has de-
nounced as incompetent. de-.
Tended assignment of the for
mer detective as a security
officer" at the county property
yard. County equipment is kept
at the yard, and one area is
used to store pieces of trash
and stumpS which are too big
for the incinerator until they
can be chopped up.
Special Squad Planned
Asserting there have been
numerous thefts at the yard.
they said they intend to create
a special police squad which
would patrol public property
and parks throughout the
county.
They maintained that Scrgt.
Runyon was assigned to the
newly established beat partially
so he could gain experience
which would enable him to Or
ganiZe such a squad.
Plans for the park and prop
erty detail heretofore have not
been mentioned publicly.
Under cross examination, Mr..
Lundberg said the plans are for
the future, have not been put
on paper and that Sergt. Pun
yon never was informed Of
them.
Urged Lundberg Discharge
Sergt. Runyon retired in 1858
after he was disabled while
making an arrest. That year
and last, he unsuccessfully
campaigned for election to the
County Board on platforms de-
manding the discharge of both
Mr.. Lundberg and Mai. Fawver
After a physical examination
last May. the County Retire.
ment Board ruled Sergt. Run
yon was fit to perform the
duties of a detective sergeant
and directed that he be re-
instated.
He appealed to the commits
sion last night to recommend
his transfer to the detective
division from the property
yard where he has walked
from 4 to II pm. each week.
day since he reported for duty
August 2.
Evening star., 1960-08-17
Pedestrian Killed

WINCHESTER, Va, Aug. II
CAP).-A pedestrian was struck
and killed yesterday by a trac-
tor-trailer on U. S. II north of
Winchester. State police ten
tatively identified the victim as
Melvin Russell Messick. 80, Of
Stephenson in Frederick
County.
Evening star., 1960-08-17
Runyon Tells Sorrows
Of County Police Beat
By JOHN BARRON
Star Stan Writer

Arlington police Sergeant Russell Runyon received
than 20 concentrations for bravery night
he testified he has been assigned to guard garbage dump
He broke again when he related that
him mans locker and ordered him to
walk two-mie beat in what he charged effort to
Evening star., 1960-08-17
Arlington DeIoysRuIing
On School Dance Ban

The Arlington School Board night intending to
act on its policy banning schoolsponsored put of
the matter after only speaker of nine supported
prohibition.
More than 100 crowded into the hearing
and stood in the doorway hear speakers on
Evening star., 1960-08-17
RuyOn's Record Cited

Mr.. Lundberg. Mr.. Fawver
and Personnel Director Jack
Foster all agreed that Sergt.
Runyon was outstanding dur
ing his l6 years as a county
policeman, the last eight OF
which he spent on the vice
squad.
mo one contends that Rus
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-05-05

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Top Gun After 10 Years
Youthful Chief Detectiue
Heads C0unty's SLeuths

Despite the fact that he hasn't worn uniform in 10
years, hasn't made arrest in eight months and admits
to being mediocre pistol shot, Capt Kenneth w. Watkins
at &c. is of the youngest to achieve rank
on the Montgomery County police department
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-16

trouble bringing back fugitives
in this class. The HOUSEKEEPING
remains only a misdemeanor
but the culprit can also be
charged with grand larceny.
The burglary law poses an
other problem in Maryland.
Any housebreaking after dark
automatically is a felony. Au-
thorities use 6 pm. as the hour
of darkness in the winter. But
what about summers Daylight
Saving. Time when there's
plenty of light until 9 pm?
Burglary aside, Watkins is
glad about another Maryland
statue known as the Bouse Act.
This exempts evidence obtained
in narcotics cases from a law
that bars introduction of evil
dence gotten Illegally.
In other words, even if police
arrest someone unlawfully for
a narcotic violation, or seize
evidence of narcotics Illegally,
that evidence may nevertheless
be introduced at trials. Similar
evidence obtained Illegally in
other crimes may not be
brought into a trial.
Watkins said he feels strong
ly" that sellers and handlers of
narcotics outside Montgomery
County "are very well aware of
the Bouse Act" For that rea-
son, he said, Montgomery Coun-
ty seldom if ever has to charge
county residents with pushing
dope. Most of the few narcotics
offenders here are users, he
said.
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New Home for Police Leased In Bethesda

First move toward con-
struction of a new Bethesda
county building and police
station came last week as
the county signed an occu-
pancy lease for temporary
headquarters on Arlington I'd.
County Architect John B.
Murphy said the 12-month lease
amounts to about $4,000, ap-
proximately 81 per square foot
of floor space. Address of the
temporary home of Bethesda's
Gilman police force and clerks
is 6939 Arlington I'd.
Murphy said he hopes to
move employees into the build
ing in mid-July. He said he is
drawing up specifications for
bids to demolish the present
county building and will try to
advertise those bids the end of
this month.
Construction bids on the new
building should be ready for ad-
vertising in August or early
September, Murphy said, in
order that work can get under
way this fall. Construction
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-16

should be completed in a year
to Is months, he added.
Continuing growth of the Be-
thesda community and services
required dictated construction
of a new county building. The
new edifice will go up on the
site of the present building.
The building will be a COM
bination parking garage and
office facility, four stories tall.
The parking garage will have
five levels but will be the same
height as the adjoining office
building, inasmuch as less room
is required for parking floors.
Occupants of the building
will be able to walk to their
offices from their respective
parking levels.
The stone-sided building now
on the Wisconsin ave. site
houses the police department
and four cells in its basement.
So crowded are Capt. Charles
E. Peters police squads, an un.
used cell for women prisoners
has been pressed into use as the
stations traffic headquarters.
The building also contains the
Bethesda Peoples Court. There
won't be enough room for the
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Speed Plans

Mrs. Werner quickly inter-
jected:
eff you need more money, you
shouldn't wait until budget
time. If it's a question of funds,
we should know about it imme-
diately so we can transfer
funds, If necessary"
The planning board chairman
then attributed the lag in part
to the difficulty of getting ex-
perienced personnel
More Cooperation Urged
At this point, Cahoon empha-
sized the need to work closely
with operating and constructing
agencies $50 we won't have
plans that the construction
agencies can't implement"
He cited as an example of
lack OF cooperation a recent
complaint by Robert ]. Mcleod,
the sanitary commissions chief
engineer, that he had not been
consulted in the preparation of
the Rock Creek watershed plan.
The council member also said
the planners had approved an
80-foot right-of-way on certain
streets but that the county's
public works staff said it was
unable to accept this.
Brewer acknowledged that
there is no excuse for this"
and promised to discuss the
matter with the planning staff.
Councilman William Hickey
then mentioned the importance
of a plan to extend Connecticut
ave. To this, Brewer said field
surveys of this project have al
ready been completed.
The meeting ended on an ami.
cable note, with Brewer promis-
ing that 1--WE will do our best
to make ourselves available to
the council whenever it re-
quests" This was in response
to a suggestion by Mrs. Wer-
ner for regular meetings be-
tween the two groups-perhaps
every two months.
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Chamber Sparks

Continued from Page y
young people with an aware
ness of what lies ahead in the
business world"
The need for such a program
was indicated at a recent con-
ference with a group of Damas-
Gus High School students, who
asked many serious ques.
tions," according to Cook. He
ssid an "air of apathy" was de-
tected on the part of some of
the students who did not seem
concerned about job opportuni-
ties because they anticipated
being called into the armed
forces on graduating from high
school.
what they failed to recog-
nize was that proper schooling
and part-time summer employ
ment also can help them adjust
better to the armed services
and thereby spend their time
more profitably in preparing
for their return to civilian nfe,"
Cook observed.
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Centennial Boost
CONTINUED from Page u

Continued from Page u
tor of All Saints Episcopal
Church; Miss Rita Beauchert,
Silver Spring, executive direc-
tor of the Health and Welfare
Council, and James C. Gildea,
Chevy Chase, a labor official.
The commission also will
have representatives from the
County Council, the planning
board, the Health, Welfare and
Recreation Departments and
the School Board.
zoning applications approved
were:
From apartment and single
Family home classification to in
dUstrial of SO acres along Co
lumbia pike near White Oak.
From single-family homes to
CO (office building) of 2 acres
of Sixteenth st. and the Balti-
mere & Ohio Railroad, Silver
Spring.
From single-family homes to
commercial of nearly 2 acres at
Aspen Hill I'd. east of Connec.
ticut ave.
From apartments to CONNER
cia) of property on the east side
OF Amherst ave-, near Univer.
sity blvd, Wheaton.
Those denied were:
From residential to apart
ments of IS acres at White Oak.
From residential tc CO of
land at S615 Second ave-, Silver
Spring.
From residential to CONNER.
cial of land at 10819 Lexington
St. Kensington.
From residential to CONNER.
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court in the Arlington I'd.
building, so the courts opera
tons may be integrated with
Rockville Peoples Court. No
decision has been made, how
ever.
Fortunately, the temporary
headquarters has a room en-
cased in concrete that can be
adapted at little cost to hold
four prisoners. The room was
used by the General Tire and
Vulcanizing Co., last occupant
Of the one-floor building. A
basement under one-third of the
building will be used for locker
rooms, etc.
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moves from the time of the
first public hospital built for
"sick and soul.sick" mariners,
left ashore when their ship.
mates sailed from Baltimore
port, to Maryland's modern
programs designed to help the
States 1000 patients in State
Hospitals.
Not until 1915 did handful
of medical pioneers led by
Adolph Meyer, found the Mental
Hygiene Society of Maryland
which was accepted as a divi-
sion Of the National Association
for Mental Health in 1855.
Hamby's book contains pho
tographs and comparative budg-
cts keyed to progress of mental
health in the State. While
Handy found real pioneering
in Maryland in the battle to
conquer mans most prevalent
major illness, he notes a con-
tinuing over-crowding and staff
shortages in State mental in.
situations.
Handy took the title of his
book from public reaction to
an expose Of the States mental
hospitals.
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Implements

Continued from Page u
complete revision Of the docu-
ment.
In preface to the resolution,
the board recognized its "obli-
cation in the public interest to
achieve high quality Of design
for new schools of Montgom-
cry County at economical cost, :"
and conceded that the advisory
committees recommendations
appear well-considered in the
light of the boards own expert
ence."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-16
Legal Advertisement
zONING AMENDMENT
DEPARTMENT OF

LEI AN MESlN Vt
INSPECTION AND LICENSES
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.
Rockville, Maryland
A public hearing on the fol-
lowing application for Zoning
Amendment will be heard in the
auditorium of the County Office
Building, Rockville, Maryland,
THURSDAY, JULY %, 1860
AT 8 O'CLOCK Pm.
or as soon thereafter as it can
be heard.
NUMBER CAT, County
Council, Applicant, for amend
ment to the text CT the Zoning
Ordinance for the Maryland
Washington Regional District
in Montgomery County, Mary
land, to require tnat the Board
OF Appeals give thirty days no
tice in connection with ali hear
ings held before the Board, that
in case of a petition for special
exception, the property with
which the public hearing is con-
cerned be posted by a sign;
add a new subsection to Section
1o7-47, titled 'Non-Conforming
Uses" to permit additions and
structural alterations to be
made to certain buildings devot-
ed to a non-conforming use
when located in IN RIA or R-R
Zone; and amend Section 1918
c., pertaining to off-street park
ing requirements in connection
with multiple-family dwellings.
Copies Of the proposal may be
obtained from the Office of the
Director, Department of Inspec.
ton and Licenses, County Of
flee Building, Rockville, Mary
land.
E. w. BUCKIIN
Director
Department Of Inspection
and Licenses 1t-72786-16
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CONTINUED from Page u
ed apartment locations which
the council had requested.
Brewer said the plan would
contain such information.
Potomac Plan Needed
Mrs. Werner then mentioned
the need for a master plan for
the Potomac area in view of
congressional legislation to
build an interceptor sewer from
Dulles international Airport
across the Potomac to hook up
with an extension of a line
along the Maryland side.
Brewer said the planning
agency had no immediate plans
for such a study, but assured
Mrs. Werner tina the group
would cooperate fully with the
the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission in this matter.
From Councilman David Ca
hoon came the statement that
"there is a public need" for the
Paint Branch watershed plan,
along with a request for a de-
finite timetable on the project.
In reply, Brewer said he
hoped to have public hearings
held in the summer of 1861,
with adoption that fall.
1--WE will try our very best
to produce these plans as quick
ly as possible" he assured the
group.
Cahoon also cited the need
for completion of the master
plan of highways and extension
of the general plan.
1--WE had hoped to have these
done this year." he said. "Now,
it appears we will have to wait
another year, and we are sit
ting here with 200 coming appli-
cations coming in each year."
Brewer placed the blame for
the delay on lack of funds, but
I
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cial of property at 1os15 Lex
ington ST., Kensington.
From R-R to commercial of
2 acres at Shady Grove rd. and
Fields rd., near Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-16
New High Store Opens

A new High store has opened
its doors at 1915 Grub rd., in
the Rock Creek Shopping Cen
ter, Silver Spring. Hours are
from 9 am. to II pm. daily and
Sunday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-16

ignored by other departments
reluctant to extradict a man for
only a misdemeanor.
If the man gets more than
500, however, he becomes a
felon and Watkins has no
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-16
Mental Illness in State
Is Subject Of New Book

Free copies of 24page booklet outlining the mental
care programs in Maryland from 1897 to 1860 are now
available from the Maryland Association for Mental Health
200 North Charles ST., Baltimore
Titled "A Bell Must Ring" the book by Raw Hambv