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Evening star., 1960-01-31
Gettysburg Hotel Fire
Blamed on Cigarette

headway because the guest, an
unidentified man, tried to fight
the fire himself rather than
turn in an alarm, according to
Gettysburg Fire Marshal DON
aid Jacobs.
Marshal Jacobs said flremen
were finally summoned rs min
utes after the blaze broke out
when police, dispatched to the
hotel to investigate screams,
discovered the fire.
State fire officials will be
consulted before 1t is decided
whether to take any action
against the guest. who was not
injured, Marshal Jacobs said.
Some so residents were forced
to flee in sub-freezing tempera-
lures as the pre-dawn blaze
raced through the top two floors
Of the old building. Firemen
were called in from six neigh
boring towns and brought the
flames under control nearly four
hours later.
However, some firemen were
still pouring water on the
smouldering building last night
The Adams House is a four.
story, brick-and-frame struc-
ture, which was once popular
with Civil War veterans re.
turning for their annual en-.
campmentS. 1t is located one
block from the Gettysburg Ho.
tel, used periodically by Presi.
dent Eisenhower as q tempo.
rary White House.
Two firemen were slightly in.
jured while fighting the blaze
Evening star., 1960-01-31

manitarian, struck from the
Roosevelt-Truman mold"
Then, he singled out Senator
Symington.
Senator Symington has un-
questionably m a stored the
greatest problem of our time
an overriding all-important
issue, the defense of the United
States, the physical survival oi
our country" be said.
II have not heard him say
that he knows more about de.
fenSe than almost anybody
else in the country, but Ger.
tainly no one is more qualified
to bring this issue of life anc
death to the attention Of thu
people Of America"
Evening star., 1960-01-31

CONCORD, N. H., Jan. 80
(AP).-Senator Kennedy today
knocked out two Of three op-
ponents in the preference poll
section Of New Hampshire S
NATURALIZATION presidential
primary March 8. One of the
two promptly announced he
would challenge the delegate
slate pledged to Senator Ken
nedy.
Evening star., 1960-01-31

GETTYSBURG, Pa, Jan. 30
(SpeciaD A guests cigarette
dropped on a mattress caused
the $250,000 blaze whic h
wrecked the historic Adams
House Hotel here today, fire
officials said.
The flames got tremendous
Evening star., 1960-01-19
Arlington PTA
OKs Higher Tax
If Schools Gain

A resolution backing in
creased State taxes If they aid
education was proposed last
night by the Arlington County
Council Of Parent-Teacher AS
SociationS.
William G. Raleigh. presi-
dent. said the suggested reso-
luton was stated in general
terms and did not mention a
State sales tax as a possible
source for the increased reve-
nue..
He said there were 80 many
alternatives" that it did not
seem appropriate" to single
out the proposed sales tax.
The proposed resolution also
asks that the money be dis
tributed on an equitable basis
with consideration given to
school enrollments and the
economic base upon which To-
cal tax payments to the State
are made.
The council decided to send
the suggested resolution to
local Parent-Teacher groups
for comment and to take II
up again at next months
meeting.
Evening star., 1960-01-19
Hearings on Bills
Set for Suburbs

Public hearings on proposed
new legislation to be con-
sidered by the Maryland Gen
eral Assembly will be held in
the Washington suburbs to-
night and tomorrow.
Montgomery County resi-
dents will have opportunity to
voice their views at 8 o'clock
tonight at the County Building
in Rockville.
The Prince Georges County
delegation will hold a similar
public hearing at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the courthouse in Upper
Marlboro.
Legislation during the 30
day session beginning February
3 will be limited to bills per-
tanning to revenue and fiscal
matters, acute emergencies, and
those dealing with the general
public welfare.
Evening star., 1960-01-19
Major Posts
Given Area
Delegates
BY a star stan Writer

RICHMOND, Jan. 19.-Dele-
gates James NJ. Thomson of
Alexandria and William L.
Winston Of Arlington picked
UP two additional major COM
mittee assignments in the Gen
eral Assembly under appoint
mentS made in the House this
afternoon.
A freshman member, Dele
gate Dorothy McDiarmid of
Fairfax Falls Church, was
placed on four relatively minor
groups.
Three other House members,
Mrs. Kathryn Stone and Har-
rison Mann of Arlington and
John c. Webb of Fairfax-Falls
Church, retained the assign
ments they held in former
years.
Mr.. Thomson was assigned
to the Appropriations Commit
tee, which will have the say-so
on Governor Almonds proposed
$1.3 billion budget. He con-
tinues to serve on the polit-
ically-potent Privileges and
Elections Committee and the
Committee on Nominations and
Combinations. He also serves
on Courts of Justice, another
major assignment, as well as
the Claims Committee.
Mr.. Winston for the first
time picked up the Roads Com
mittee. which could help North
ern Virginia with its highway
problems. He continues on
Counties. Cities and Towns,
which will study a proposed
city charter for Arlington, and
on Finance, where the Cover
nors sales tax bill will be sent.
He also serves on the Currency
and Commerce and the Militia
and Police Committees.
Mrs. McDiarmid was assigned
to Public Institutions; Enrolled
Bills; immigration, and Library
Evening star., 1960-01-19

not be applied to travel by air
craft.
1t affirmed a decision of the
Spotsylvania County Circuit
Court awarding a $4,000 judg-
ment against John w. Wal
thew, a Richmond area air
craft mechanic. Mr.. Walthew
was plotting a plane which
crashed in attempting to take
off at Fredericksburg in De-
cember of 1856.
Passenger Killed
Miss Helen Elizabeth Taylor
"a guest in the plane, suffered
fatal injuries. The admin
istrator of her estate recovered
the verdict in a suit for wrong
full death.
The Supreme Court said 1t
has presumed the General AS
Isembly intends that provisions
of the automobile guest statute
should not apply to the opera
ton Of aircraft. Mr.. Walthew
based his appeal primarily on
the contention that he was
liable to his passenger for
ordinary negligence rather than
gross negligence. based on an
automobile liability law of 1898
The high court disagreed
saying what would be slight
negligence in the operation OF
a car might be gross negligence
with disastrous results in the
Operation of an airplane.
Evening star., 1960-01-19
$500 Theft Reported
By Rockville Bakery

The theft of $500 from the
Radford Process Bakery, 3061a
E a s t Montgomery avenue,
Rockville, Md, was reported
to Montgomery County police
yesterday. The money was miss
ing from a cash register when
employees arrived for work this
morning, police were told.
Police said entry to the store
was gained by breaking a lock
on a back door. The money
was put into the cash register
last night to make up a payroll
today, a company spokesman
said.
Evening star., 1960-01-19
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star STAFF Writer

RICHMOND, Jan. 19.-Gov
Almonds 3 per cent sales tax
for Virginia today appeared
headed for two major road
blocks as introduction of his
bill, originally set for last week,
was put of until tomorrow.
Anti-Almond forces, intent
on avenging the licking he gave
them on the public school in
tegration issue last year, were
in a position to bottle up sales
tax legislation in the Finance
Committees of both branches
of the Legislature.
The Senate yesterday filled
two vacancies on its 19-member
Finance Committee, bringing to
II the number of members who
had Joined the massive resist
ance bloc in opposing the Gov
ernor last year.
House Speaker E. Blackburn
Moore, a close associate of
Senator Byrd, Democrat of
Virginia. announced his COM
mittee appointments this after
noon.
Three Vacancies Filled
In filling three vacancies on
the House of Finance Commit
tee. he appeared to form a
group that would be evenly
divided between the Governors
supporters and his opponents.
He named one man who had
campaigned as a segregation
ist opposed to the Governors
school program, another who
voted against that program
last year and a third who
comes from Southside, Va,
where the sentiment is almost
unanimously against the Gov
ernor. Eight of the 16 members
of the committee supported
the administrators school
program last year.
Gov. Almonds sales tax pro-
gram. coupled with income anc
otehr tax reductions, is designed
to produce an additional $14G
million to bring his proposed
$1.3 billion budget into balance
over the next two years.
So intense is the feeling
against the Governor over the
school issue, however, that g
chief antiorganiZation Demo.
cratic member of the Legisla.
ture-Delegate Robert White.
head of Nelson County-warned
in House debate:
Il am squarely opposed tt
this assembly engaging in a
sitdown strike on public prof..
ects in order to achieve a po.
litical end"
Sees Bitter Struggle
Mr.. Whitehead, who some.
times is mentioned as a gu.
bernatorial possibility, tool
Evening star., 1960-01-19
Opposition to Almond Plan Grows
As Introduction of Bill Is Postponed

antee that the localities will
get back at least so per cent
Of the net yield from the sales
tax"
Gov. Almond has refused to
make a fiat guarantee to the
localities.
While the Governor and Mr..
Pope might come to terms on
the amount-$45 million-to
be distributed to the localities,
there was an apparent impasse
on the basic question Of guar
anteeing to the localities a
fixed percentage of sales tax
revenues.
Coupled with Mr.. Pope's OBJ
lection was the related pro-
posal by the Governor to pro-
vide income tax relief by rails
ing exemptions from $1,000 to
ST 500 for the taxpayer and a
similar increase for his wife.
At present. the taxpayer pays
2 per cent on the first $4,000
of his taxable income: 8 per
cent on the next $4,000 and 5
per cent on all above $4,000.
Mr.. Pope insisted that income
tax relief should be afforded
by eliminating the tax within
the 2 per cent bracket.
OF significance to fast-grow-
ing areas, such as Northern
Virginia. was the comment by
Mr.. Pope that he favored dis
tribution Of the localities share
on a current population" basis.
One of the chief criticisms
Of Gov. Almonds program
even among some of his sup
porters-is that he would tie
the distribution formula to the
1860 census which would
penalize rapidly expanding
areas soon after the census
figures became obsolete.
Evening star., 1960-01-19

note of both the integration
fight last year and the forth
coming campaign for Cover
nor next year by declaring
"All signs point to a bitter
and decisive struggle (on the
sales tax iSSue). Too much
talk and action are now being
devoted to shaping the politi-
cal situation for 1861 and set
ting political scores and too
little to the pressing problems
which now face us as elected
representatives of the people
We must place the interest of
Virginia ahead Of personali-
ties, factional differences and
political reprisal."
Mr.. Whitehead lauded Gov.
Almonds presentation last week
of the States fiscal needs. He
offered no objection to any Of
them.
Yet. the anti-organization
leader offered a substitute plan
which, he said, would meet the
Governors requirements with
out the enactment of the pro-
posed general sales and Use
tax.
Mr.. Whitehead said Virginia
could raise $48 million a year
by imposing Scents a pack
tax on cigarettes and a 10 per
cent levy on liquor and wine.
Would Increase Beer Tax
This amount. he contended,
would be only Sc million short
of what Gov. Almond said he
would need to balance the State
budget. The differences, he ar
gued. could be made up by in
creasing the existing tax on
beer
Mr.. Whitehead's proposition,
unlike the Governors, how
ever, does not contemplate re-
turning any part of the new
revenue to the Localities. Gov
Almonds program would pro-
duce $45 million over the next
two years to be distributed
among the counties, cities and
towns, based on 1860 census
figures.
1t now appears that the ad-
ministration's sales tax bill
will be introduced by Chair.
man c. K. Hutchens of the
House Finance Committee,
who voted against the Gov.
ernor's school program on a
key test of the segregation is.
sue last year.
Delegate Sam Pope of South
ampton, whose biennial efforts
to enact a sales tax earned
him the friendly title of "Sales
Tax Sam" has refused to serve
as patron of the Governor
bill. He told reporters:
IF I can't sponsor it, I can't
support it,"
The Southampton delegate
said, "I want an absolute guar.
Evening star., 1960-01-19
Urban County
Plan Offered
For Fairfax

RICHMOND, Jan. 1.-TWO
new forms Of urban county
government would be offered
Fairfax County under q bill in
troduced this afternoon by that
areas State Senator, John A.
K. Donovan.
1t is the proposal recon-
mended recently by the Vir-
ginia Advisory Legislative
Council.
II believe the prospects of
passage are excellent" Senator
Donovan said. "It not only
has. the Endorsement Of the
VALC but has substantial sup
port Of members of both House
and Senate Committees on
County's, Cities and Towns"
Adding to its chances of
enactment is the fact that the
two new optional forms are
offered only to Fairfax, not
affecting any other county.
The measure would create
what would be known as an
urban county form of govern
ment and an urban county
manager form.
Voters Approval Needed
Either form would have to
be approved by voters before
it could take effect.
The new plans do not pre-
vent towns and cities in or ad-
jacent to Fairfax County from
annexing territory. However,
they would prohibit the incor-
poration of new municipalities,
thus putting brake on further
augmentation" of the county
The county would be divided
into five to eleven districts,
each electing it's own district
council to handle zoninR and
planning matters within its
borders.
A board of supervisors would
be preserved under either form
and one member would be
elected from each council dis
trict. The supervisors would be
required to act on matters for
warded to them from each dis
trict council.
Special Services Allowed
The overall plan is designed
to meet the needs of a large
county, such as Fairfax, which
has both urban and rural char
acteristicS. 1t would permit
special services to be performed
in some districts that other
areas of the county do not re-
quire.
Senator Donovan also intro
duced another bill providing a
S700 across-the-board income
tax exemption.
Instead of a 1000 exemption
for the taxpayer, a like amount
for his wife and 5000 for each
child. the Donovan bill would
allow a fiat S700 exemption for
each member of a family
Gov. Almond. in connection
with his sales tax program to
be submitted tomorrow, has
proposed that income tax ex-
emptions be raised from $1,000
to $l,50O each for the taxpayer
and his wife with no change
for dependent children.
Senator Donovan has intro
duced the same bill at each
session since 1852.
After declaring he felt the
chances are excellent" for pas
sage of the Fairfax government
bill. he add, Il would not say
the same for my tax bill"
Evening star., 1960-01-19

crossing the street to allow a
car to pass in front of him. A
jury returned damages in Mr..
Vong's favor, but the Norfolk
Circuit Court set aside the ver-
dict on a holding that Mr..
Wong was guilty Of contribu-
tory negligence.
Five members Of the appeals
court sided with the trial Judge.
They said the center of the
street should not be considered
a comparative safety zone by
any pedestrian trying to cross.
Justice Archibald C. Buchanan,
joined by Chief Justice John
w. Eggleston, dissented.
Harsh Rule, Buchanan Says
Justices Buchanan and Eg-
gleston said the majority opin-
ion held the pedestrian guilty
Of contributory negligence for
mot lodging this taxicab when
it came across from a lane
where it ought to have been
and struck him as he stood in
a place where he had a right
to believe he was in no danger
from It," Justice Buchanan
concluded:
ut seems to me a harsh rule
to lay down, even for the agile
to say nothing for the aged"
In another case, the high
court held that the principle
Of the liability Of q host to his
guests travelling by car should
Evening star., 1960-01-19
Heads U. of Nd. Fund

DR.. Lloyd E. Church of 8218
Wisconsin avenue. dental re-
Searcher and author with the
Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology, has been named
Montgomery County chairman
Of the Greater University Of
Maryland Fund.
Evening star., 1960-01-19
Should Have Dodged,
Court Tells Pedestrian

RICHMOND, Jan. 19 (AP).-A pedestrian who fails to
dodge oncomng is guilty OF contrbutoy negligence
and cannot damages for his injuries Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals held yesterday.
The case involved j. P. Wong, H. who struck by
taxicab in Norfolk rainy night stopped while
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-10
Rockville CIubwoman
Is Workshop Delegate

Mrs. Hugo N. Eskildson of
the Rockville Woman's Club
was a representative at the
Nursing Home Workshop held
recently at the Kensington
Gardens Nursing Home.
The local visiting committee,
formed on the recommendation
of the Governors Conference on
the Problems of the Aging, is
a joint project of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs,
the Nursing Home Association
and the Montgomery County
tuberculosis and Heart Asso-
citation.
what goes on in a nursing
home and how can a visiting
committee enrich the lives of
nursing home residents?" was
the program subject, according
to Mrs. Joseph M. Gallagher,
Workshop moderator for speak
ers and panelists who described
the. medical, physical and social
needs of nursing home patients.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-10
Arena schedules
u. S. Premiere

The second play on Arena
Stages schedule for the 1860
81 season is ''The Egg" by Fe-
licien Marceau, in translation
by the young American writer,
Robert Schlitt. The North
American premiere of the work
will open a full months fun on
Tuesday, November Is and con-
tinue through December IL.
"The Egg" is an outstanding
French comedy, which carries
with it a profound philosophi-
cal look at life. The story is
told through the eyes of the
young man, Emil Magis. Not
only does Magis narrate the
story, but, through the use of
a Observation-Disclosures tech.
nique, moves in and out of the
action as it progresses.
The play is one of the most
successful European plays in
many years. First produced in
Paris in 1856, it has been seen
all over Europe, in South Amer
lea and Israel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-10
Chamber Wives
Plan Luncheon,
Fashion Show

Wives of members of the
Rockville Chamber of Com
merce and their guests will gath.
er for a noon luncheon and
fashion show at Normandy
Farm on Wednesday. Novem.
Der 16.
Winter styles from Greta Ste
vens will be modelled by a
group of chamber wives with
narration by Phyllis Boddie.
The program will also include
awarding of door prizes.
Planned as a strictly social
affair, the event is being ar.
ranged by Mrs. L. Ross Roberts
with the assistance of Mrs. F.
Bache Albert, Mrs. John C. Hick-
man, Mrs. Harold H. Holbrook,
Mrs. Glen J. Koepenick, Mrs.
James r. Miller, ir., Mrs. Yer.
non H. Miller, Mrs. Roger H.
Spencer, Mrs. w. Mack Wells
(wife of the chamber president),
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-10
Still a Few Vacancies
In SIimnas+ic Course

There are still a few vacan-
cies in the Rockville Recreation
partment's "Slimnastics" classy
Departments ISL m n a site s"
class being taught by Virginia
Moore, MRS. Maryland 1860"
Due to the Maryland Municipal
Leagues convention November
1912 at the civic center, starting
date for the course has been
postponed to November II.
Glasses, to be held from 10 to
1880 am. each Thursday, are
aimed at reproportioning the
figure through dieting and exer
else. Tuition is $40 for 20 les
sons. Baby sitting is available
for pre-school children.
Interested women may tele-
phone Garden $4,000 to register.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-10
You Must Be Over So
To Attend This Meeting

Area residents lover go" are
issued a cordial invitation to at
tend a meeting of the Silver
Spring Seniors at 1870 pm. on
November II in the Silver
Spring Library. The organiza-
ton is sponsored by the Silver
Spring Woman's Club.
In addition to reading, "The
Widow O'Shane," by Mrs. Ber-
tina Collins, the group will hear
Mrs. Robert M. Sullivan of thee
Florence Crittenden Home de-
scribe the work and detectives
of the home, for which the SEN
iors have been doing sewing.
Hostesses for the gathering
are Mrs. E. M. Meyer and Mrs.
r. ]. Myers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-10

The 10th anniversary of the
Rock Creek Women's Republ.
can Club will be celebrated
with a luncheon at the Column
bia Country Club next Tuesday
at II noon. Among the special
guests at the birthday party will
be the founders OF the club, past
presidents, State senator's and
key officials of State and coun.
ty Republican clubs.
An election of officers will
take place at 1890 am. preced-
ing the luncheon, according to
Mrs. Joseph NJ. F. Ryan, jr.,
chairman of the nominating
committee. Nominees include
Mrs. Don B. Kendall, president;
Mrs. Corwin c. Lockwood, first
vice president; Mrs. T. r. Lettis,
second vice president; Mrs. D.
c. Murchison, third vice presi-
dent; Mrs. William Kloepfer, jr.,
fourth vice president; Mrs.
Charles S. Bresler, recording
secretary; Miss Helen D. Jones,
assistant recording secretary.
Also Mrs. Elizabeth Jane
Maynard, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Isaac Bortman, as
sistant corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Allen belong, treasurer,
and Mrs. w. S. Weatherspoon,
assistant treasurer.
Invitations have been mailed
to Senator's j. Glenn Beall and
Marshall Butler, Mrs. Stephen
Johnson, president of the Mont
gomery County Federation of
Republican Women; Mrs. Will
liam Hepburn, president of the
Maryland Federation of Repub-
lican Women; and David Scull,
chairman of the Montgomery
County Republican State Cen.
trail Committee and Mrs. Scull.
Past presidents include Mrs.
William A. Kehoe, Mrs. Louis
Gravelle, Miss Louise Gore,
Mrs. Albert Hermann and Mrs.
Harold Dudley.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-10

Mrs. Cornelius M. Whalen and
Mrs. Frank E. Williams.
Models include Mrs. Lew
Brooks, Mrs. Sidney Fishman,
Mrs. Adolph E. Guide, ir., Mrs.
Joseph F. Hagan, Mrs. Richard
Kimmel and Mrs. John I. Rit-
terpusch.
Tickets, SITS each, will be
distributed at the door to wives
who make reservations with the
Chamber office, Garden $4,000.