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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-21
Sn1OOthness
OF Roads to
Be Checked

State Roads Commission en-.
gineers are going to spend 1860
determining how smooth and
slick Maryland roads are.
They also will launch tests
aimed at lowering "skid poten.
tial" of the roads. All three pro-
grams will cost an estimated
$63,700, the SRC said.
All types of pavement will be
subjected to smOOthness, or
reliability" tests. A fifth wheel
that measures up and down
motion caused by bumps will be
used by test crews.
If the gadget records more
than 100 inches of vertical move
ment in a mile, the road is con-
sidered excessively rough.
Other factors such as traffic
load and road material are cor
related with the roughness indi-
Gated. Roads all over the State
will be tested periodically, the
SRC said.
The fifth wheel will be used
first on new roads to give en-
gineers a base ratio of perform
ance. Roughness tests will help
in programming maintenance,
engineers hope.
Improvement of road mate
rails and specifications could
lead to shorter stopping dis
tances, they said. To this end,
a vehicle with good brakes and
tires will be brought to swift
stops on sections of highways
sprinkled with water.
The speed of a vehicle and its
measured stopping distance will
be applied to a formula to give
researchers a coefficient of fric-
ton. If a given road produces a
coefficient below what is con-
sidered normal, it will be con-
sldered dangerous under GER
tain conditions.
The reliability and braking
tests together will be analysed
In relation to the rightly of the
road-such as asphalt and con-
crete types, which give differing
performance reactions.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-21

no effort to push the people
away"
The Gaithersburg couple said
they found a tremendous" low
cost housing program going on,
not only in Havana but in rural
areas as well. And Castro's land
reform program has put hun
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-21
DIR. Lehman Attends
Puerto Rico Farley

DR.. Theodore Lehman, Rock
vile dentist attended a dental
convention in Puerto Rico last
week and later was to visit the
Virgin Island, Jamaica and
Haiti.
DR.. Lehman is president-elect
of the Washington alumni chap
ter of the Alpha Omega dental
fraternity.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-21

See the world-famed Balti.
more Colts play an exhibition
basketball game February 6 at
8 pm. in the Richard Montgom.
cry High School gym. Tickets
are available at the Sentinel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-21

post morten examination
showed death was caused by
drowning, according to DR..
Frank ]. Broschart, County
Medical Examiner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-21
The SenfineIs
Colts Foes in Came Here
Are An Interesting Lot

cop an assistant DA, and janitor - they're part
of The Sentnes basketball team which will take on the
fabulous Colts football squad in basketball thriller set
for pm February 6 at Richard Montgomery High
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-21

WEBSTER'S ILLUSTRATED
DICTIONARY
s37 pages = Thousands Of terms
end illustrations - synonyms and
snfonyms In tsxf-Beld rsadsbIs
type - New words section - Size
s-3/s"x5-i /2"x7".
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-21

Every mother OF sxpseiant mother
will benefit BY This book. Complete
information on prenatal care
through Bsby's sixth year. A guide
10 parents on the emotional as we'll
as the physical care OF the child.
including Diet. Clothing and Rsers-
stion. Fully illustrated. Size
sA"xsh". Over 500 pages.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Rush Hour Crash
Blocks Highway

A small foreign car side
swiped one car, crossed the
center strip of the Shirley
highway, f1iped over and
landed on top of another car
last night during the rush hour,
Alexandria police reported.
Traffic was tied up for about
an hour. Three persons suf-
fered minor injuries.
They were John T. Clark, 26,
of the 1900 block of Raleigh
avenue. Alexandria, listed as
driver of the foreign car, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen F. Mar
shall of 1918 Millard street,
Springfield.
Police said Clark, who was
charged with reckless driving,
was travelling north on Shirley
highway just south of the King
street interchange when he
sideSWiped a sedan driven by
the Rev. John E. Pickett, 43.
of New York. Mr.. Pickett
swerved his car into a ditch,
but was uninjured.
Clark's car, a Renault, spun
about eight feet in the air
across the center strip and
landed upside down on the car
driven by Mr.. Marshall. The
injured were treated at Alex
andria Hospital.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
NEW CAPITAL BELTWAY NAME
STIRS ROADS COMMISSION

The new names of the Capital beltway and Rockville
pike are worrying the Maryland State Roads Commission
IN letter to the Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, the roads agency said it
wished the planners had left the names as they were
The Capital beltway formerly called the Capitol
Deltway: Inc planners who control road names
changed it because they thought reference to the cv
rather than the building more appropriate
Now the State roads group is worried about plans
to use picture of the Capitol building on road signs
Stop worrying and use the signs if you want to- the
planners said yesterday They declined to change the
name. ~
The commission sent the State protest over remaining
part OF Wisconsin avenue the Rockville pike to the
Montgomery County Planning Board for whatever action
it feels appropriate
The county planning board selected the new name
at the urging of citizens who thought it more correct
historically
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Judge Nelson, Heavy
Sentencer, Retiresot 81
BY ROBERTA HORNIG
Star stan Writer

Judge George D. Nelson, 81,
officially steps down today after
20 years. three months and l8
days on the Municipal Court
bench.
He will sit in the ID. c."
drunk courtl for one more
day, but as a retired judge
helping out the short handed
court.
The senior judge, Judge Neil
son retires with the reputation
of being one of the heaviest
sentencers in the court system.
Throughout his two terms,
he consistently has doled out
heavy penalties to repeating
offenders in the traffic and
drunk courts-both favorites of
his.
Hard on Repeaters
His philosophy has been to
give a man a chance the first
time. but give maximum SEN
tences to repeaters."
Judge Nelson has dealt
especially firmly with drivers
convicted of drunken or reck-
less driving and operating on
a revoked permit.
He long has advocated a
permanent, one-man traffic
court. This system, he said,
Evening star., 1960-08-18

cure problem drinkers rather
than send them to jail for pun
ishment.
With those who fail" the
program and come back to
court time and again, however,
Judge Nelson. a non-drinker
himself. usually hands out the
maximum 80 day sentence
Drinking, he says, is often the
source Of other types of crime.
To ID. C. in 1929
Born in Logan, Utah, Judge
Nelson came to the District in
1929 to work on a news maga-
zine. He completed George
Evening star., 1960-08-18

Washington U University Law
School in 1888 after attending
night sessions for four years.
In 1884, he was appointed an
assistant corporation counsel.
Six years later, President
Roosevelt appointed him to the
bench.
Judge Nelson, his wife, jean
nine, and their 9-year-old
daughter, Stephanie, live in
Georgetown. He retireS on a
$l2, ,000-a-year pension.
He plans to return to private
practice here, specializing in in
ternational and business law.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
PLAN B RECOMMENDED
7 Subdivisions Battle
Access to Third

built before being asked to han
die the added traffic.
But you're going to dump all
that traffic on the other peo-
pie" said a board member, w.
Lawson King.
They've got better roads"
said Mr.. Gravelle.
The planning board, emerg-
ing from the controversy. di-
rected the builder of the new
subdivision to forget about Plan
A and follow Plan B. but with
the alterations made in ink on
Plan A.
Planning board members eX-
planned this meant cars from
the new subdivision would use
the one road through lillian
dale to get to the highway.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
NEW GIRL IN TOWN
New Social WhirI
Has Many Beats

tation. All generslizations are
dangerous even this one
Gale Xander mas, the
Younger. came to mind.
revamped preconceived notions
and generalizations, born out
OF hearSay and suppoSition.
Not all of them are lonely
Or on a gay. mad whirl. Or
bright. Or dull. Or ambitious
Or loving the Government. Or
hating it.
There are those who echo
Carol from Tennessee, a dis
gusted ex-Government girl who
says. Il quit because the agency
I worked for is so organized it's
dull. They use correspondence
manuals they used at the turn
of the century just because
that's the way it's done ]
couldn't stand the routine, dull
ness, red tape"
Some Enjoyment
But for every one like Carol
there's a girl who accepts and
enjoys her job. There are women
who were once new girls in
town" and have worked up to
GS-9 and higher clasSifications
to become, as one major put it
"the backbone of an office"
Socially there are the bitter
and diSillusioned. But there are
also girls who gave up dreams
of dancing with ambassadors
and happily settled for canoe
rides down the Potomac to the
accompanying sounds of q
Water Gate band concert.
They are 10000 individuals.
And despite the Overwhelming
number of them, each one has
gravitated to the kind of life
she would make for herself in
any other large city.
Evening star., 1960-08-18

Continued From Page B-1
class ones. So they'll pay less
for a course in one of these
other places and learn absolu-
tely nothing. The reputable
places do some good.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Probers Seek
Cause Of Blast
AT Navy Plant

A team of investigators from
the Pentagon searched today
for the cause of a powder
magazine explosion at the
Navy Propellant Plant yester-
day which killed one worker
and injured 20 others.
All 81 were civilian employees
Of the plant at Indian Head
Md, which makes propellant
fuels for the Navy's Polaris and
other missiles. No one was in
the magazine when it blew UP
The force OF the blast was
felt for miles and left a gap
ing hole where the one-story
reinforced concrete bunker
once stood.
The dead man was identified
as Francis Lewis Mercer, 25, OF
Marbury, Charles County, Md
Mr.. Mercer. WHO was a powder
and explosives worker, was
married and the father Of three
children. A former District
resident, he came to the plant
in October, 1859. His death
was attributed to head injuries.
1000 Feet Away
The dead man and those in
Jured were working IN a three
story building about 1000 feet
from the magazine.
Comdr. A. H. Galvani, COM
manding officer of the base
said, the blast blew Mr..
Mercer out Of the building"
The Navy said the cause of
the explosion was not known.
There were two quick ex-
plosions and then a lot of
smoke" Comdr. Galvani said.
There was no fire but the
smoke and dust were visible for
miles"
Comdr. Galvani said the
magazine. which was covered
with earth, was a 6O-by so
foot building containing casting
powder. an ingredient of missile
fuel. The magazine was one
of many. he said.
The explosion rocked the
area just 80 minutes after the
night shift began work at 4
pm.
List Of Injured
The injured suffered only
cuts and bruises, Comdr.
Galvani said. and only two
were kept overnight in the base
hospital.
They were identified as James
T. Bynum and LIE Roy Gates,
both Of Indian Head.
The other injured were iden-
titled as:
Gary K. Bowie. Suitland:
Charles C. Bowie, Falkner: Car
roll Chefley, La Plata; Norman
Carroll, Nanjemoy; Clifford
Dunnington, Pisgah.
Also George S. Gray, Acco-
keek; Parrish Jarrett, Indian
Head; William E. johnson, In
dian Head; John Lavinder,
Brandywine; Richard Newman.
Indian Head: George C. Seu-
bert. Indian Head.
Also James T. Somerville, Po-
monkey: Junior D. Taylor, In
dian Head: George A. Thomp-
son, Indian Head; John r.
Ward. Indian Head; Charles
w a shington, Washington:
Luther Welch. Indian Head,
and George H. Young, Wash
ington.
The two blasts left a hole
in the ground which Comdr.
Galvani described as a mod
crate crater"
Evening star., 1960-08-18

would bring about consistency
and certainty in the punish
ment of traffic offenders and
would forewarn the public of
what to expect in court.
Judge Nelson was also one
of the first hackers of the
courts Alcoholic Rehabilita-
ton Unit, which attempts to
Evening star., 1960-08-18
United Fund Goal Set

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Aug.
l8 (SpeciaD "A goal of $264,-
446 has been established for
the 1860 Hagerstown-W Washing
ton County United Fund cam
paign-an increase of $2,404
over the goal of last year.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Cookout for Prisoners

McALESTER, Okla, (AP).-
Gas service went out tempo
rarily at the city Jail and Po-
lice Capt. Bob oliver came to
the rescue. He used his outdoor
cooking equipment to prepare
the prisoners meals.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
BY DANA BULLEN
Star STAFF Writer

The Montgomery County
Planning Board. often an UNI
pire in suburban planning
squabbles. nearly got caught
yesterday in a crossfire between
warning subdivisions.
The combatants. who really
were aiming their fire at a
third subdivision, were resi-
dents of Burnt Mills Hills and
Hillandale.
The problem was how resi-
dents in a new 132-home sub
division being built between the
two older areas were going to
get to the highway.
The planning staff ap-
preached the problem known
as Plan A and Plan B.
Under Plan A, access to the
new subdivision would be over
an existing road through Hill
andale and over a new connec-
ton through Burnt Mills Hills.
Opposition Petition
Residents in Burnt Mills Hills
didn't like this idea. They
used a 59-signature petition,
an aerial photograph and maps
to show their roads couldn't
handle the added traffic.
Under Plan B. homeowners
in the new subdivision would
do the best they could to reach
New Hampshire avenue over
the one road through lillian
dale.
The Hillandale residents
who had 80 signatures on their
petition, objected.
John w. Neumann, attorney
for the owners of the land on
which the new subdivision is
being built, asked the planning
board to settle the question.
1--WE really don't care much
where the access is" he sale
reSignedly.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Confusing Roads

Later the board took up the
matter again. The acting chair
man Louis A. Gravelle, noted
that roads in Burnt Mills Hills
were sometimes confusing.
You have to have a map to
find out where you're going"
he said. THE worst thing this
planning board could do would
be to push more traffic into
Burnt Mills Hills"
Mr.. Gravelle said roads in
Burnt Mills Hills should be re-
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Personality Mechanics

places do some good.
Personality Mechanics
; The personality courses are
, very vague, though. You want
instill a personality. All you
can give is the mechanical tools
with which to compete in a
social situation. Such things as
when you enter room-pause
"a moment. You will look poised
and people will notice you ,"
1t seemed hard to believe but
she said, And they actually
teach that even if you don't
READ books, memorize the
titles"
The next day I picked out
some girls at random in the
Pentagon and asked if any of
them had taken charm courses.
One squealed yes and the others
admitted they had all thought
of it.
The ex-charm school girl
said. My roommate and 4
went out of curiosity. They
told me the course would be
$4,000. I thought, They can't
give me a $500 course but the
guy was such a smooth talker
he signed me up. We paid $40
a month and kicked ourselves
every time we thought of it,"
Another spot offering an
antidote for social blues is the
dancing school. 1 opened the
door of one to be hit by a blast
of cool air and cool music and
the professional grin of male
instructor who propelled me in
to the main room. All the in
structors grinned at all the
other instructors and all the
dancers murmured 1-2-3, 1-2-3.
"A Government girl? Well,
isn't that nice? We have lots
of them. They come to our
Thursday night dances and we
have much fun" chartered my
instructor. Into little room
we went to try the fox trot,
rhumba and meringue.
Prices Given
"Ahhhh. you've danced lot,"
said my friend.
We checked a list, deciding
my rhythm, natural ability and
animation were excellent Che
spelled it "eXoellant") and that
I would have to work on bal
ance and styling. He jotted
down that I could get 30 hours
for $427.50 - a mere $3.50 |
down and five months at $66.
Or IS hours at half the price.
I murmured I'd have to think |
it over and that it was a little
steep. He tapped his pencil
for a minute and said, 1--we got |
an idea" He picked up the
phone and after a few minutes
conversation I found that the
unknown gracious soul on the
other end had made it possible
for me to take a five-hour
course for $72.50. My friends
bright face fell. when I said I'd
still have to think it over. The
pressure was on.
"Why'don't you put a deposit
Of 50 down."
Il don't even have that /
much with me-" This was no
lie. My last cab ride had left
me broke.
why don't we just 60 right
up and make another appoint
ment?" he persisted.
This we did and I breathed /
a sigh of relief that l had !
given an alias and would never
be on their recruitment list.
Can Learn Cheaper
For the Government girl who
wants to learn more about
dancing, there are ways less
painful to the pocketbook, like
the YWCA, the USO and other
military dances and church
groups. One such place is the
Armed Forces Center of the
Protestant Episcopal Church,
which offers Saturday night
dancing and instructions, a 35-
cent dinner plus Sunday open
houses.
In my few weeks of observ-
ing Government girls-jobs,
apartments, social life-a quo
Evening star., 1960-06-09

PROVINCIAL Cherry
Senior Dining Room Buff
fet. go inches $500
Evening star., 1960-06-09

DANISH Walnut Chest
Server. Only 1------------ 44.44
BLOWING ROCK 9-Pc.
Danish Walnut Senior Din
ing Group. Consists of buf-
fet, breakfront china, extern
chairs irs~.--------------------s79.oc w 9.oc
CONTEMPORARY 9-Pc.
FruitwOOd Dining Room
Group, with unusual burl
accents. Consists of 66-inch
buffet, hutch top with doors,
oval extension table, cane
back, foam-rubber chairs 750.0C
Evening star., 1960-06-09
TRADITIONAL BEDROOM

JAQUES BODART Chest, in
Vouvray blue and white fin
ISL ISS,UU
NATIONAL 4-Pc. Italian
Provincial Bedroom Suite, in
Tuscany walnut. Consists of
double dresser, mirror,
double bed and night table, 249.0O
SAGINAW 6-Pc. Italian Con-
temporary Bedroom Suite, in
butternut. Consists of triple
dresser, mirror, double bed
and 2 night tables 439.00
MORGANTON 5-Pc. Custom
FruitwOOd French Provincial
Bedroom Suite. Consists of
triple dresser, mirror, double
bed and 2 night tables 495.00
CHERRY FRUITWOOD A.
Pc. Bedroom Suites. Con-
Sists of a double dresser and
mirror. full-size double bed
ana cneSC ---------------ZS ZSS .OO
BROWNSVILLE Solid Maple
Bedroom Suite. Consists of
53-in., eight-drawer triple
dresser, mirror, chest and
double size spindle bed 334.00
GEORGETOWN GAL
LERIES HIBRITEN 6-Pc.
French Provincial Bedroom
Suite, consisting of massive
triple dresser, mirror, chest
on-chest, dual 6/6 chairback
bed and 2 night tables. Only
Evening star., 1960-06-09
FRIDAY & SATURDAY AT
WAREHOUSE ONLY

you can shop for these tremendous
furniture values at Majors. We
brought over many suites and single
pieces from our two stores and
furniture from our
model homes and apartments. All
furniture is our own, nothing was
specially purchased for this
presentation. We sincerely believe
these to be the finest values we have
ever offered in long time. If you
need furniture, we urge you to be
here early. Naturally the best always
goes first. So get here early! Friday,
IL Noon to 9 PM, and Saturday,
9 Am. to 7 Pm. at Majors Warehouse,
not at our stores.
Evening star., 1960-06-09

STEPHEN French Provin-
ciaI Sofa. Exposed fruit
wood frame. Covered in
persimmon color fabric.
Foam rubber seat cuSh-
ions. Soiled. Only H. 1900
Evening star., 1960-06-09
MODERN AND
TRAD. LIVING ROOM

DREXEL Mans Lounge
Chair. In coral striped fab
ric Drexelux seat conStruc-
ton. As is --------------- $500
Evening star., 1960-06-09

MORGANTON S-Pc. Ma
hOgany Dining Room
Suite. Consists of buffet,
large extension table, 2
arm chairs and 4 side
chairs. Just 1------- 2S3.O0
Evening star., 1960-06-09

EARLY AMERICAN THOMAS
WILLIE. Maple and Cherry Bed
room and Dining Room at Low
Warehouse Prices.
Evening star., 1960-06-09
MAJOR; WAREHOUSE STORE
EE|:|: RHODE Is! AND AVE.
SLEEP SOFAS

PULLMAN Sleep Sofa. Foam
rubber seat cushions, COW
cred in charcoal and white
4dUI ~
SEALY Sleep Sofa. With
PoSturepedic mattress. Gov.
cred in toast and white
tweed. Foam rubber seat
cushions
CHESAPEAKE 2-Pc. Sec
tiOnal Sleep Sofa. One sec
tion is a sleeper. Foam rub
ber seat cuShions----------,
SEALY Sleep Sofa. Modern
style with PoSturepedic mat
treSS, durable beige cover.
Foam rubber zippered seat
Evening star., 1960-06-09
MODERN AND
coNTEMP. BEDROOM

JOHNSON HANDLEY
JOHNSON 6-Pc. Bedroom
Suite. Unusual chinchilla
finish, with cork accents.
Consists of large dresser,
mirror, chest, 6/6 dual
tables ------~---1---,T"--4 w 495.oo
Evening star., 1960-06-09
MODERN AND
CONTEMP. DINING ROOM

HERITAGE 9-Pc. Dining
Room Group, in walnut.
Consists of buffet and
hutch top, round extern
and 4 side chairs $500
Evening star., 1960-06-09
MODERN AND
CONTEMP. LIVING ROO

VALLEY 15-FOOt Curved 2
Pc. Sectional Sofa. Charcoal
fabric, moulded full foam
rubber back, with foam rub
ber seat cushions. Fabric
stained. AS is --,.
Evening star., 1960-06-09

FANCHER French Provincial
Junior Dining Room Suite.
In Sauterne finish on cherry.
Consists of server, base,
china top, drop-leaf extern
sion table, 2 arm and 2 side
chairs S25. 90
FRENCH PROVINCIAL 9-Pc.
Senior Dining Room Suite,
in antique white and gold,
decorated with cherry fruit
wood tops on buffet and
table. Consists of 60-inch
buffet, breakfront china,
43X60 oval extension table, 2
arm and side chairs 495.00
GOLDEN BISQUE 9-Pc.
French Provincial Dining
Room Suite. In cheerful
golden biSque finish. Con-
SiStS of buffet, china, oval
extension table, arm chairs
and side chairs 4l4.0O
MODERN AND
TNNTEAp nIAIMG DNNkA
Evening star., 1960-06-09

STANDBUILT 12O- Inch
Loose Pillow Back Sofa,
complete with cellarette
bar. Foam rubber seat
and back cushions. Beige
and brown striped fabric $500
Evening star., 1960-06-09
PROVINCIAL AND
TRAD. DINING ROOM

FRENCH PROVINCIAL Co.
inch Buffet. In walnut,
fruitwood finish. Only l. $500
MAHOGANY BreakfrOnt.
18th Century swirl mahog-
Only ! 1,-- 10000
Italian Provincial Dining
Room Suite. Consists of jun
ior buffet, china, 44-inch
round extension table and 4
side chairs -----------5 $1,000