davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-04-30

ing funds. 1t would have these
alternatives.
/. Comprehensive State-op-
Grated coverage. with States
having the option of doing the
inSuring themselves or con-
tracing through private in
surance companies, such as
Blue Cross or Blue Shield.
2. The purchase by individ-
uals of health insurance poll
cies they desire. with Federal
and State governments paying
perhaps half of the cost, up to
a certain level.
Proposals Under Way
The coverage would be avail
able only to persons 65 or older.
Under either option there
would be a deductible figure.
Present thinking was reported
to lean toward 5000 or $3.50 of
the medical cost which the in
dividual would have to pay be-
fore beginning to receive bene-
fits under the coverage.
State legislatures would have
to approve State plans after
enactment of the Federal law.
A provision is under discussion
under which the Federal Gov
would provide finan-
cial aid for coverage to indi-
viduals in States which failed
to act.
Evening star., 1960-04-30

on the filing Of a petition.
The board has ordered a for
NAL proceeding on Capitals
request. 1t first denied on
April 8 the application for i'm
mediate action. Capital there
upon asked for reconsideration.
The airline pointed out it is
faced with a critical financial
emergency because of steps
taken by Vickers- Armstrong;,
Ltd, to foreclose a chattel
mortgage on the Capital fleet.
Vickers is suing for back
payments of more than half of
the S68 million pledged by Cap
Evening star., 1960-04-30
Capital Again Denied
Prompt Mail Subsidy
BY the Associated Press

The Civil Aeronaucs Board has for second time
request by Capital Arlne for immediate
of almost $13 million
The board said yesterday its policy regarding
subsidy temporary basis docs that
all carriers financial straits shall be awarded subsidy simply
Evening star., 1960-04-30
New Approach Studied
For Aged Health Aid
BY the Associated Press

The Eisenhower administration today reported work
ing still another approach voluntary program for
medical care for the aged
Welfare Flemming has been working under
deadine up with plan that will be satisfactory
President Eisenhower and Yet will DEMOCRATIC
Evening star., 1960-04-30

River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers
Ferry and clear at Great Falls, Shena-
doah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1960-04-30

For high and low tides at the fol-
lowing points subtract times indicated
from the above.
Annapolis, hours: Bloody Point
Light, 3 hours; Colonial Beach, 5ss
hours; Desle, 3 hours: Solomons Island,
hours; Point Lookout, hours.
Evening star., 1960-04-30

Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, q5 on April 90.
Lowest, Is on March IL.
Tide Tables
Furnished by the United States Coas
and Geodetic Survey
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
A $3.25 Luncheon
In Sharp Contrast
Viewpoints

Washington I. Cleveland Potomac resi-
dent and veteran member of the Washington
office of the American Automobile Associa-
ton, has always been stickler for detail.
When it came time for him to report his
expenses at the recent 30-day session of the
Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, he
put them down-$325 to buy lunch for lady
delegate.
The lady in question, he reported, was
Edna P. Cook. And the topic of discussion
expansion of driver education and training in
State schools.
Cleveland has been prowling around the
legislative corridors of the State House for
quite few years now, talking to lawmakers
about legislation the AAA is interested in.
But this session he didn't incur any ex-
penses except picking up the tab for lady's
understanding that gentlemen should do
more often whether they're interested in leg
islation or not.
Some of the lobbyists !. er legislative
representatives listed somewhat larger sums
for the recent session. r. Robert Linowes,
Silver Spring attorney, filed a statement
showing he received more than $4628 in fees
and expenses. One of his clients, the Mary
land Nursing Home Association, paid him
$2624 including 1924 in expenses he said.
A Baltimore firm received $500 fee for
its lobbying efforts on behalf of the AssOcia.
ton Of Casualty and Surety Companies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
Less Secrecy

Perhaps l missed the point
DR.. Wilson was trying to make.
1t seems that Mr.. Milgram has
several past connections that
are somewhat questionable. 1t
is quite natural for an Ameri,
can to be skeptical about the
motives of a man who seems
to have q "pink.tinged" back.
ground If all Of these pink
connections are untrue, we may
then, and only then, proceed to
the rest of the letter.
AS long as a thing is shrouded
in secrecy, and cannot be dis.
cussed openly, in the American
way. there is something strange
about it. This, admittedly,
would be a change. While all
progress stems from change,
not all changes are necessarily
considered progress.
Let us get our feet on the
ground. DR.. Wilson is entitled
to wonder about this change in
his community. Ii this change
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07

commission necessarily will
agree with every suggestion put
forth, but each and every one
viii certainly be given serious
consideration.
l stated all the above at the
conclusion of the public hearing
last week, but by the time we
wound it up at 1890 on Thurs
day morning only about a dozen
hardy souls were still with us.
l am taking this opportunity to
thank all the others who were
there, including the faithful
press, and to urge upon all the
residents of Rockville a con-
tinued interest in this important
document known as a Master
Plan, a swell as the many other
varied functions of the Plan.
ming Commission.
John ID. McElrOy
Chairman
Rockville Planning
Commission
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
Questionable Procedure

The American Automobile Association and the many
motorists affected seem to have valid point in their
protests against the police departments crack
down county residents who have failed to obtain Mary
land license tags for their automobiles.
Laudable though their objective may be- we feel the
police employing somewhat Objectionable modus op-
erand in the ndiscrmnate tagging down of all cars with
cuofstae tags at certain spot check points, particular
y since most Of the checks are being made during the
rush hour when wageearners striving to get to work
on time.
Even with the knowledge that no wrong has been
committed to most motorists the experience of being
stopped by policeman is to say the least unpleasant
And to some of the tmd Ones can be downright
terrifying
Every day. thousands of out-of-stae cars come into
Maryland for perfectly legitimate reasons The fact that
their drivers face the prospect of being stopped by police
at any time for the purpose of identifying themselves
bit dsmayng and hardly i'm keeping with the best radi-
tons of Free State hospitality
To subject motorist to the ordeal of forced deten-
ton no matter for how short time we feel police should
have somewhat more substantial grounds than the mere
presence of out-ofstae cense-partcuarly when it
must be assumed majority of them are displaying these
licenses legally.
Other jurisdictions to have cped with the prob
lem OF censeaw evasion without resorting to the dras
tic method being employed here One of the more COM
mon methods has been to make nightly checks of specific
residential areas for the purpose of ascerainng the num-
Der OF out-ofstae licenses autos parked there night
after night In of extended overnight parking there
seems to be solid basis for issuing sumonses and de-
mandng that the car clarity their license status
The police department is to be commended for its
demonstrated desire to pin down those motorists who fall
IN the category of perennial evaers of our licensing laws
However we sincerely hope they will find less objection
able method of doing it. Why should the majority he MN
ished for the actions of few?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07

An idea tossed at random,
misunderstood, and corrupted, is
currently being given serious
consideration.
The Idea: If the county popu-
lation is due to grow tremen-
dously in the next few years
and cause taxes to increase.
why not raise the taxes now and
discourage a few would-be resi-
dents? Let's raise the taxes so
high that we can improve our
schools.
People who don't want to pay
high taxes for good schools can
live elsewhere, and this will be
a worthwhile place for those
who appreciate the values of
good education.
The corruption: zone and
build for people with above
average incomes.
The $500 initial school tax for
buyers of new homes is a step
In the right direction, but all OF
us ought TO pay more for better
education in the county.
County Resident
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
Manager Defended

/ read with interest the col.
umn by Barnard t. Welsh in
the March II issue of the Sen
tinel, wherein he refers to the
City Manager as carpet bag
ger" / have waited three weeks
to make these observations be,
cause / had thought, and indeed
expected, that others would take
UP the cudgel in defense of our
form of City government, but
they have not.
have no intention of engag,
ing Mr.. Welsh in a battle OF
words - l know ! could not win
such a battle. Few people could.
Neither do l propose to rush
to the defense of City Manager
Schieber. l think he needs no
defense. AS a professional
municipal manager his record
stands as his defense.
The City of Rockville and its
form of government are entitled
to a defense, however. The
Council-Manager system. under
which we operate, is not unique
as a form of government nor
as a form of management. A
great number of the cities of
the United States use this sys.
TEN. Our county government
and county school system use
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
Don't Buy Chicks!

am a mother. When my chill
dren are distressed, am dis
tressed. And l think most
fathers and mothers are loath
to see their children upset or
grieved. Yet at Easter many
generous parents unwittingly
provide an experience for their
children which is almost always
fraught with eventual distress.
The giving of baby chicks and
ducklings to little boys and
girls at Eeaster time delights
the youngsters at first, but as
these little creatures sicken and
die, the children's joy is
changed to sadness.
Chicks and ducklings must be
kept very warm in order to sur
vive and most of our homes are
not set up for 80 degree
warmth. Chicks eat and drink
almost constantly, and they
must be SO provided or else
they die.
Most of the Easter chicks die
within a few days after being
brought home. And a joyous ex-
perience becomes a disappoint-
ing experience-not to mention
the cruelty to these little birds
who die of cold, hunger, and
too much handling.
Many communities forbid the
sale of chicks. ducklings and
goslings as Easter pets. The en-
tire states of New York, New
Jersey, and Massachusetts. as
well as smaller cities such as
Peoria, ILL.,, and Scranton, Pa,
Ito mention but two) have put
strict curbs on the sale of
Easter chicks and ducklings.
Think of something else to
delight a child. Gas parents
most of us are ingenious) !.
Something in which no crea.
lures suffering or death is in
volved, and which will leave a
happy memory in the child's
mind.
MRS. Jane HarwO0d HOag
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
Democracy Wins

rHE County Council should be congratulated for having
the courage to reverse itself the controversial Kay
apartment rezonng request at Connecticut ave- ana Vers
Mill I'd as did on Tuesday In doing it sided with
the homeowners and their best interests and against the
best interests of the developer We submit that the Tor
mer is somewhat more important than the latter.
The situation here was that homeowners were OPP
posed with great depth and with sustained bitterness to
this rezonng plea which they honestly felt would change
the character of their neighborhood.
The apartments would have been the first along the
entire length of Veirs Mill rd from Wheaton to Rockville
Arguments for approval of the request that
struction of nearby telephone company building and
swimming pool had already altered the character OF the
neghborhood and that the intersection of Connecticut
ave. and Veirs Mill rd will eventually be busy that
apartments rather than single family homes would be a
appropriate Neither the Sentinel nor the home
owners fighting the developer conceded any of those argu
rhents held water The telephone company building of
tasteful brick construction is not unatractive And the
swimming pool of attractive design and modern decor is
an asset rather than liability to the neghborhood AS
far as the future character of the Connecticut and
Veirs Mill I'd intersection let's cross that bridge when we
come to ii in few years.
The Council once it had approved the Kay plea, could
have subbony stuck by its guns refusing to listen to the
indignant citizens. But it chose to listen This is denoc-
racy This is good We said in earlier editorial this
subject that the citizens in this case sody united in OPP
position to the rezonng should not have apartments
jammed down their throas Well stand by that state
ment
We certainly agree with some the council that zon-
ing cannot be conducted the basis of show of hands
coming hearing That would create coming chaos But
when entire community is up in arms coming,
some consideration must be given Besides was demon
strated need for apartments at this site shown? That
should be the sole criterion for granting rezonng
Apartments are important; they needed by our
society But do not believe they needed this
site at this time.
Hence think the council acted wisely last Tuesday
In its reversal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07

Post of criminal libel in an
editorial critical of proceedings
in Peoples Court, where four
Officers accused of beating
Smith were acquitted OF assault
charges and Smith himself was
sentenced to one-year in Jail
for attacking one of the officers,
The county jury, in its re.
port, found no evidence of bru,
tality, and expressed the opin,
ion that the officers did no,
use more force than was nee.
essary' to subdue Smith.
1t commended both Judge
John B. Diamond and Assistant
States Attorney Harper M
Smith, both of whom were
named in the Post editorial, for
their roles in the proceedings
in which the officers were ac.
quilted and Smith convicted.
1t was THE jury's conclusion
that there was no ''maladminis'
tration or lop-sided justice" in
the case. The newspaper edi.
torial was titled "Lop-Sided Jus.
tice."
The panel also contended that
Smith lied" both during the
trial and in his appearance be.
fore the grand jury.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
US. Jury Probe of Smith
Case Put Off indefinitely

A federal grand jury in
vestigation of police brutali-
ty charges by Melvin w.
Smith, originally scheduled
for April 10 in Baltimore,
has been postponed indefinitely.
Leon H. A. Pierson, United
States district attorney for the
Baltimore area, said the post.
ponement was the result of the
M on ON cry County grand
tury's decision to make its own
Investigation of the case.
I'VE called IT off when we
learned another grand jury was
looking into IT," said Pierson.
He said no new date has been
set and added: II won't know
where we stand until have a
chance to consult representa-.
yves OF the Department OF
Justice"
While the purpose Of the
scheduled federal probe was to
look into possible civil rights
violations involved in the handl.
ing of the Smith case, the Mont.
gomefy County probe took a
completely different course.
The jury returned two indict.
ments accusing the Washington
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07

Roger Furquhdr

John C. Luber, former speaker of the
House of Delegates said he was paid $1269.02
by his employer, the Baltimore Ohio RR,
including $500 in salary. Charles D. Sanger,
jr., listed $116721 including $3.50 salary as
coming from Benjamin Franklin University.
But lobbying is only one OF the ways big
firms that have big stake in the outcome
of Annapolis legislation use to try to gain
their ends
Some of the beer and whisky interests
and the laundry interests and the railroad and
trucking and race track interests and some
times the labor interests-not to mention nu-
merous other interests that are well-heeled,
are as fast as creased lightning when it
comes to picking up the entertainment tab for
Annapolis legislators and their friends.
Big parties are thrown that sometimes
cost thousands of dollars and it's not uncom-
mon for the entire 123.member House Of Dele
gates, the Remember Senate and the entire
State House cOterie numbering hundreds of
persons to be invited to big Wiling ding.
Legislative business may or may not be quiet
ly discussed. But the main purpose is to
leave the guest with a warm feeling toward
mine host and his legislative interests.
Compared to some of these operators,
Washington 1. Cleveland and his perfectly
proper and legitimate S3.25 luncheon item is
a real piker
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
Barnard T. Welsh

You laid your fingers when you took your
oath.
Do not forget: you, too, are human seed
And are like us who for your judgment wait.
Life is like garden disarrayed,
Wherein the flower completes with sturdy
weed
And scarce survives And like the flower is
truth
Love it tenderly and seek it everywhere;
For it may be that you find it among thorns.
And if you punish
Because the law so wills, do so in calm
And not in vengeance so that there be balm
Abiding in necessity.
Never trust those who grimly eye for eye
And tooth for tooth demand. Those are dead
ly wages
OF errors left to us from darker ages
And, above ALL serve your own time Heed its
urgent cry
For its own law. This is your duty now.
And do not bow,
slave and hangman, to the written, dusty
word.
For what is written must wilt and die
Ii literally tended by dullwitted slaves.
The written law loving gardener Graves.
Who, wise and selfless, with his bodv's blood
The vineyard feeds. For if the gardener has
sinned,
Trials Will be mock, and law and Justice both
helpless cropping for the wind.
30 give OF your time and mind my Judge
ana from all OF your heart-for such demands
your oath.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
County Law
Judges Oath Demands
Time. Mind and Heart
County Law

There is always talk during the race for
the judgeship of the Circuit Court for Mont.
gomery County about the qualifications of the
candidates, the large number of them, the
methods of selecting judges, and why it is
that some lawyers want to be judges and
others do not This IS natural talk. But there
is little said about the duties of judge.
judge must interpret and apply the law.
In what manner is this to be done?
This question is best answered in poem
written by an Austrian, Anton Wildgans
t1881-1932). 1t was translated from German
into English by Albert Ehrenzweig. / altered
it somewhat but have not changed its mean
ing. Heretofore, the poem has been unknown
to the American Bench and Bar 1t is felt
that it is classic of its kind and most appro.
pirate at the present time.
To Newly Elected Judge
You are so new-does not your hand retain,
When placed upon the Bible your oath to
bind,
The tension that you felt when, to your future
You were preferred over lawyers of your
kind?
So that overnight, power-much power-has
come to you.
You are not weaned of clients, nor yet sage;
OF life and sorrow but yet CLEAN
And like sapling strong and of an age
To learn, it is hoped. Remember that above
the natural dream
OF power and prestige, rules forever both
Justice and the Law, upon whose endless seam
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
Suve Those Trees!

Beautiful trees mature so
slowly and the work of a bull
dozer is so final! Please don't
level the little green relief pro-
vided by the Vinson property.
The center of the town of
Rockville has little enough to
recommend it esthetically now
lets keep this spot for tired
eyes to rest on, even though
we may not have time to pause
and rest physically, it still could
give the spirit a lift.
Claire Wells
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07

l am taking advantage OF
your letters column to express
my thanks to the citizens of
Rockville for their tremendous
response to the Planning Com
missions Preliminary Master
Plan, and particularly to the
more than 200 persons who at.
tended the public hearing on the
plan last week.
This kind of response surely
confirms the fact that the many.
many hours of midnight oil
poured into the plan by the
commission and its small staff
were fully justified.
The public hearing on the
plan was also a gratifying ex.
perience. The witnesses, some
80 of them, were generally kind
to US, their testimony was well
reasoned, constructive and very
helpful to the commission. l
do not mean TO imply that the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
CRY Election
David Rosoff

1t is unfortunate that sec
tionalism has become an issue
in this years campaign for
mayor and council. A dra.
matte example of the conse'
quences of this philosophy is
indelibly written in the pages
of American history with the
blood of thousands of men in
blue and gray who lost their
lives in the Civil War. Resi-
dents of Rockville should be
proud of their city and not try
TO set themselves apart from
the rest of the community. Re
cent rumblings in the Hunger.
ford subdivision to the effect
that they have been ignored by
Rockville's political reform
committee tCGG) have pro
vided stimulus for the follow
ing observations:
In 1858. when the present
Mayor and Council were elect
ed to office. only three resi-
dents of Hungerford Towne
were present at the neighbor'
hood meeting, which had been
called for the purpose of SEND
ing a delegate to the Nominat-
ing Convention sponsored by
Citizens For Good Government.
This year Hungerford had as
many candidates for office as
it had in attendance at its
neighborhood meeting In 1858.
Furthermore, several residents
of Hungerford are presently
serving on city statutary bodies
and in fact hold important Of
fices like the craftsmanship Of
the Rockville Planning Com.
mission, membership on the
Civic Center Commission, etc.
Another interesting point to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-07
Letters to the Editor

be considered is that of the 50
voting delegates at the nomin-
ating convention, over IL per
cent or one out of every nine,
were residents of Hungerford
Towne. Hungerford t1ds rep.
resented at this years nominal
ing convention. However, this
convention with no pressure
from CGG and in spite of a
sizeable Hungerford vote, saw
fit to nominate the five men.
from the city at large, who it
felt were best qualified to run
this city's affairs.
Citizens for Good Govern
ment was born to stamp out in
efficient government. 1t exists
today to see that Rockville has
honest, open and efficient gov
eminent, free of Special inter-
ests." Since 1854, Rockville's
Mayors and Councilmen have
been honest and capable men
who were selected by the citi-
zens in free. democratic as
sembly of community leaders.
These men, Alexander Greene,
our present Mayor and CGG's
candidate for Mayor in 1860,
and the following four candi-
dates for Council: Frank Ecker,
Achilles Tuchtan, Glenn Koe-
penick and Ralph Williams. did
not become egg candidates UNI
til they were chosen in Con-
vention by neighborhood lead.
ers, businessmen and repre-
sentatives from almost every
organized group in the City
in fact, by 50 voting delegates
of whom only five were APP
pointed by cog. Only then
did these men receive the prom.
Use of support from egg.
Edward j. Mack, Jr., Chrm.
Campaign Committee,
Citizens for Good Government