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Evening star., 1961-01-12
Opposition Is GROWING
Rise in Cigarette Tax

State levy on cigarettes sold
there, would get $l.2 million
from the new levy. Montgom.
cry. which would be benefited
by only cent. since 1t already
has a 2-cent local levy in ad-
dition to the State tax, would
get an extra $698.000.
Other. Beneficiaries
The benefits to other coun-
ties include: Anne Arundel,
$697 900; Calvert, $4,000;
Charles, $4,000; Frederick,
$l06, 600; st. Mary's $13l 900,
and Washington. 100000.
In another legislative devel-
opment, a reapportionment bill
proposed by the Committee for
Fair Representation was sched-
uled for introduction in the
House Of Delegates today.
The bill would revise men,
berShip in the House and Sen
ate, giving the big counties
many more representatives
The bill has practically nc
chance of passing the rurally
controlled Legislature. but the
legislators from the big coun-
ties said they could use it al
a dealing point.
The bill is the third measure
to be introduced on reappor.
tionment. One sponsored By
State Senator Edward s. North.
rop, Democrat Of Montgomery
would add 20 seats to the House
af Delegates but would not dis.
turb the Senate. The othel
would call q constitutional con
vention to deal with reappor'
tionment.
Royce Hanson, executive di
rector Of the Committee TO
Fair Representation, said tina
If the committees bill Is no
received favorably he woul,
rather see the matter put of
for another year instead o
pushing a weaker proposal a
this session.
The Senate Finance Commit
tee yesterday set q hearing TO
F.. January 18, on a bill to revis
; Maryland's college scholarship
program.
Evening star., 1961-01-12
Fire Dumuoes
Jones Point
Bridge Link

A bridge which will connect
highways with the new Wood
row Wilson Bridge across the
Potomac River at Jones Point
was swept by q fire early today
which firemen had o difficult
time reaching.
The fire was on the 280-foot
Oxon Run Bay Bridge on the
Maryland shore. It involved
canvas and wooden framing
into which concrete had been
scheduled for pouring today.
firemen reported.
The alarm was SCUM d e d
shortly before ais am. Prince
Georges firemen and the Dis
trio fire boat responded, but the
District boat was unable 70
reach it because Of shallow
waters.
The Oxon Hill Volunteer Fire
Department managed to reach
the scene by going through the
st. Elizabeths Hospital farm
and driving across open fields.
They were joined later by
the Clinton. Silver Hill and
Allentown Road Volunteer Fire
Departments, the county fire
board said.
Russell Banister Of 1S Fair
haven avenue. Alexandria. an
operating engineer at the
bridge, said he started four
heaters about midnight to warm
the forms preparatory to pour
ing concrete. He later heard an
explosion and saw the flames.
Construction workers esti-
mated damage at from $1,000
to $4,000. They said it would
take about two days to make
repairs and get on schedule.
Evening star., 1961-01-12
School compromise
NAV Kill James Plan

measure which would raise the
scale to $500 to $500 next
year. In fact. disclosure Of the
move to scuttle the James
Committee recommendation in
favor of a compromise teach
er pay plan came while a MSTA
representative was making his
rounds Of the State House.
Since the new proposal would
cost about 81 million more than
Gov. Tawes so far has said he
is willing to spend. it may run
into opposition from the chief
executive. He told a reporter
last night that he wants to look
at the proposal before making
any comment.
Senator Edward S. Northrop,
democrat Of Montgomery
County, said that he is stick
ing with the James plan at the
moment.
Senator James said the new
proposal would, in effect, scrap
the principle Of the plan ap-
proved by his committee. the
committee on taxation and fis-
Ical matters. He said the COM
mittee proposal is q balanced
program" designed to aid poor
counties to increase teacher
pay and help the growing
counties with their school con-
struction programs.
i Senator Pine said, however
that the new Congress is ex-
pected to provide considerable
construction funds for the 10.
calities and therefore the con.
struction fund set up in thu
James plan might we'll be ap.
piled to teachers salaries.
Lee Named
. In an apparently pre-ar'
J ranged move yesterday, Dele
gate Lee was named chairman
Of q subcommittee Of the Hous'
Ways and Means Committee Il
> study possible revision in thI
= committee plan. He was namet
= by A. Gordon Boone. Demo
Y cratic floor leader from Balti
. more County. who also head
the Ways and Means Commit
8 tee.
E Mr.. Lee said that at presen
| 1t is impossible to say wha
, lrevisions his subcommittee vii
D recommend in the James plan
II any. He said 1t will hea,
various proposals, including tn
one billed as the compromis'
: teacher pay plan.
3 The amounts the four sub
= urban counties would get 70
= educational purposes. under tn
new teacher pay plan, as com
pared with the James Commit
J, tee proposals are as follows
E Montgomery-$1.379,205 com
pared to $730.325 under tn
E James plan: Prince Georges
$1,418,878. against $l.09l.779
! Baltimore County-$1,1 ,15S. .27a
: compared to $506, 1856 and Ann
Arundel - $785,06l. agains
E $748, 8,041.
Evening star., 1961-01-12
BY q star staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS. Jan. IL. - A
move to scrap the James Com
mittee aid-to-education pro-
gram in favor of a general
teacher pay plan Is getting un-
der way with support from
some suburban county legisla-
tors.
The move is meeting strong
opposition, however. from Sen
ator William s. James. Demo-
crat Of Hartford. who headed
the legislative committee and
for whom the program is
named. It may also run into
opposition from Gov. Tawes.
The new proposal is essen
TALLY a compromise between
the James plan and the SIS
million pay raise bill being
pushed by the Maryland State
Teachers Association.
The James plan sets up
about $3.4 million in additional
State aid to localities which
could be used for future teacher
pay increases and another $3.1
million for aid for school con-
stEuetion. Under the new pro-
posal, the entire $6.5 million
plus about $4 million more
would go for teachers salaries
Held Not Enough
Among the leaders of tn,
group planning to scuttle tht
James plan are Baltimor'
County's legislators. SenatoI
James A. Pine, Democrat O.
Baltimore County. said tn
James plan does not d.
enough for his county.
Delegate Blair Lee III, chair
man Of the Montgomer.
County delegation, also said h,
is unhappy with the Jane
plan even though he was {
member Of the James commit
tee. Under the new proposal
the three big counties of Mont
gomery, Prince George and Bal
timore, would receive consider
ably more money than the
would under the James pro
gram.
In addition to the legislator
who are unhappy with tn
James plan. the new propose
probably will be attractive b
lawmakers who want to d
more for the teachers.
Compromise Hopeful
The Maryland State Teacher.
Association has. been battlin
for two years for its pro
gram which would raise mini
mum salaries to a scale @
$4,000 to $4,000. The presen
lninimums are $4,000 to $500
although all localities pay NOR
than that. The James commit
tee plan would raise the seal
10 $500 to $500.
The MSTA program woul
cost $13 million, but the or
ganization undoubtedly woul
settle for the compromis
Evening star., 1961-01-12
By q Star staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. ia bill
to stop welfare payments for
mothers who have illegitimate
children was introduced today
in the General Assembly by
State Senator Louis N. Phipps,
Democrat Of Anne Arundel
County.
The bill would cut off aid to
illegitimate children born after
the mother had gone on welfare
rolls.
Another bill introduced by
Senator Phipps would require
that any able bodied man re-
ceiving welfare funds do public
work.
Like Last Years Bill
The bill which would cut off
welfare payments to mothers
with illegitimate children is
similar to one introduced last
year by Senator John Sanford,
Democrat of Worcester County
Senator Sanford's bill, which
also carried a provision fol
sterilization of mothers bearing
illegitimate children, was killed
In committee after protests by
welfare department officials
and many organizations.
Bill on Hiring
The Assembly also is ex-
pected to receive today a bill
seeking to end racial discrimi-
nation in hiring by contractors
working for the State govern
ment.
duced today in the General
Assembly.
Another bill putting the
State on record as opposed to
discrimination in any direct
hiring 1t does also is scheduled
to be introduced.
Sponsor Of the bills is Dele
gate Irma G. Dixon. Demo-
crat Of Baltimore City. one of
the three Negroes In the Gen.
eral Assembly. At least two
other delegates from Baltimore
are expected to be co-sponsors
Of the measures.
The sponsors said they do not
Evening star., 1961-01-12

properly advertised in news
papers prior to the Statewide
referendum held in November.
He also contended the COM
pact was unconstitutional be-
cause it gave away Maryland's
rights in the Maryland -owned
river.
VIII Study Ruling
Mr.. Pressman said he will
make no decision regarding an
appeal until he has studied
Judge Sodaro's opinion and
consulted with his clients.
Jude Sodaro filed with his
37-page opinion a detailed
synopsis Of articles which ap-
peared in county newspapers
throughout the State. to show
the extent Of county publicity
Evening star., 1961-01-12
81 Million in Toxes

ANNAPOLIS. Jan. IL (AP) -
Controller Louis L. Goldstein
said yesterday collections from
the excise taxes on liquor, wine
and beer totaled $4.6 million
for the first half of fiscal 1861.
Mr.. Goldstein said. the total
of $4,632.040 was slightly ahead
Of the $4.303.780 for the first
six months Of the past fiscal
year. The largest income came
from the tax on liquor which
accounted for $3.441,746 during
the first six months of the
current fiscal year.
Evening star., 1961-01-12

concerning the compact and
the referendum.
Mr.. Pressman's main attack
was based on a law calling
for the advertisement Of such
matters in Baltimore news
papers and at least two county
papers. He claimed this re-
lquirement had not been COM
piled with in the case Of the
compact.
Judge Sodaro noted that the
only publication Of the full text
had been in the Baltimore Sun.
but he ruled that in the light
OF the extensive Statewide
publicity there had been Sub
stantial compliance" with the
law.
Number Of Votes Cited
He cited the fact that 449, SAT
votes were cast for or against
the referendum. He said this
showed the extent Of the ex-
preston Of public opinion.
Mr.. Pressman also had at
tackled the constitutionality Of
the compact and claimed the
title of the 1859 ratifying legis-
lation was misleading and de-
ceptive.
But Judge Sodaro ruled the
title was not misleading and
was sufficiently descriptive to
comply with the provisions Of
the constitution.
Would Set Up Commission
The new compact would set
up a bi-State commission for
regulation Of fishing. It would
replace a 1875 pact which was
declared void by the Maryland
Legislature in 1858.
Virginia brought suit in the
Supreme Court to contest
Maryland's unilateral abroga-
ton Of the 17S5 compact, and
the high court named q special
master to help. the two States
reach an agreement out Of
court.
A bi-State commission was
appointed. and 1t drafted the
new compact. This document
was approved by both leglsla-
tures but petitioned onto ref
erendum by q group Of South
ern Maryland watermen.
The new pact was approved
by some 10000 votes in the No
vember 8 election. Mr.. Press
man then filed his suit con-
testing the validity Of that en-
dorsement.
i II no further court test il
made, the compact needs only
ratification by Congress to &C
in effect.
Evening star., 1961-01-12
Honors to Be Given

Representative Richard E.
Lankford, Democrat Of Mary
land, will present certificates
Of merit to outstanding con-
tributors to the community at
a meeting Of the Palmer Park
Citizens Association at 8
O'Clock tonight. The meet
ing will be held at Kent Junior
High School, Barlowe at Sher-
rill street, Palmer Park. Md.
Evening star., 1961-01-12
Planners Vote to Test
EIectronics for Doto
JOHN S. WILSON DARYL FALLS

The Maryland-National Cap.
ital Park and Planning Com
mission yesterday took q
hesitant first step into the age
of electronic data processing.
The commission, with some
members expressing questions
about the program. authorized
experimental use of data proc
essing machines for collec-
ton and analysis Of planning
information.
The project. officials said
would be handled under con-
tract by A. M. Woodruff Of
George Washington University
and other staff members.
Mr.. Woodruff, dean of the
university's School Of Govern
ment, is also chairman Of the
National Capital Planning
Commission. He said the uni
versity hopes to obtain money
to match $38.500 to be paid
by the N-NCPPC.
Not All Apparent
The scope Of the experimen.
tai program was not immedi.
ately apparent, planners said
Evening star., 1961-01-12
By Q Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS. Jan. 12.-The
new. cigarette tax proposed in
the General Assembly would
mean nearly So million in ad-
dittonal revenue for Prince
G Ge6rges and Montgomery
Counties. official figures re-
leased today show.
Bot even as the revenue esti-
mates were announced, opposi-
ton to the tax was growing
among Prince Georges and
other Southern Maryland leg
islators.
The Southern Marylan n d
counties and much Of Prince
Georges are tobacco-growing
areas which have traditionally
resisted tobacco taxes.
The new tax, proposed by
the Legislative Council, would
increase the State levy on Gig
arettes to 8 cents a pack. II
Is now 3 cents, although some
localities have an additional
tax Of their own on top Of the
State levy.
Sasscer Opuosed
Lansdale G. Sasscer, jr.
chairman Of the Prince Georges
legislative delegation, said HI
is opposed to the tax. MIR. Sas
seer, q non-smoker, is from
tobacco-growing family. Some
If not all. Of the others in tn
Prince Georges delegation
probably will oppose the tax.
The Maryland Tobacco Co
operative, composed Of tobacc'
growers, has scheduled q meet
ing for 7:30 pm. Monday IL
the Prince Georges Court Hous
in Upper Marlboro to "co-ordi
nate a united front in oppoA
ton to the cigarette tax bill.
The cigarette tax increase
part of a program Endorsed b
Gov. Tawes to give more aid +
the counties. All Of the ap
proximately IS million whic
would be raised by the lev
would 60 back to the localities
Prince Georges, which ha
no local tax but only the 3-cer
Evening star., 1961-01-12

This is because the manner In
which the machines work is the
very thing the commission
wants to find out.
Ideally. Dean Woodruff, said,
the electronic data processing
equipment would handle cards
bearing information about every
piece Of property in Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges Coun-
ties.
However, he noted, the cost
Of such a study would be pro-
hibitive. For this reason, he
said, the experiment will be
limited to selected areas in both
counties.
Like Running Census
Dean Woodruff said he hopes
to 60 beyond gathering Of land
use information to study such
things as crime, disease. tax re-
turns and business information
in connection with planning
items.
Planners likened the project,
II expanded after the test sur
lvey. to q continual census.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-29
Area Leaders For
Scout Fund Drive
Continued from page one)

tCOuIluutu IL Jill pd6C ChOI
William H. Bateman, III, Presi-
dent of Symington Wayne Corpora
ton, Salisbury, Maryland and a
member of the executive board of
the Council; Walter S. Carpenter,
Jr., Chairman of the Board, Ell.
dupont de Nemours and Company,
Inc, Wilmington and a longtime
supporter of the Boy Scouts; Char
les II. Doerger, President of Elec-
trio Hose and Rubber Company,
Wilmington and who previously
served as chairman for the 1861
Scouting Exposition; Albert E. For
ster, President and Chairman of
the Board, Hercules Powder Com
pany, Wilmington and was chair
man in 1860 for the 5Oth Golden
Anniversary of Scouting and the
1853 Scouting Exposition; Ralph
X. Gottshall, President and Chair
man of the Board, Atlas Chemical
Industries, Inc, Wilmington, a
former member of the executive
board of the Council; John w.
Noble, President of Noble Motor
Company, Easton, Maryland, i'm
mediate past president of the Coun-
Gil, and presently serving as fl
nance chairman; Eugene r. Perry,
President of National Vulvanized
Fibre Company, Wilmington, and
Council President; William Poole,
Wilmington attorney and eminent
Scouter, regional chairman OF
n II lDxr
Scouts of America and chairman
of the Councils long range plan
ming committee.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-29
CEDAR NECK
Mrs. Serena Hayes
Phone: GA 2-4749

81 live, yet not | but Christ
liveth in me-" Galatians 2:2O.
Thought for the Day "To have
a successful year, l must live
Christ"
January hath XXI days 1st
month. January receives it's name
from the ancient Roman deity,
Janus, the God of Gates and doors
hence the beginning of all
things; birth flower, carnation;
birth stone, Garnet which endows
it's wearer with the virtue of con-
stancy.
At The Gate of Year
l said to a man who stood at
the gate of a year, "Give me a light
that l may tread safely into the
unknown" And he replied, go
out into the darkness, and put
your hand into the hand of God
That shall be to you better than
a light, and safer than a known
way"
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Paver and
family, Miss Judy Paver and niece,
Terry Ann Talley, and Mrs. Har-
riett Karl-all of Hialeah a n d
Miami, Florida, are visiting with
their brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey Sapp and sons.
Mrs. Anna Stene was a holiday
guest of her daughter and family
the BrownlOw Morris family.
James Hayes and children were
dinner guests of their parents on
Wednesday evening, December 20.
The occasion was James 36th
birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Horvat en-
tertained to Christmas dinner, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Hayes, Mrs.
Carolyn Hayt and daughter, Beth
any.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Clark visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sacker in
Magnolia, on Wednesday evening
On Saturday evening, the Tom
Clark family entertained to a
Christmas dinner their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
don Clark, and children, Billie,
Tommy and Jerry, of Middletown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Clark visited
Miss Lima Clark in Greenwood on
Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Carter of Mil
ton, Mrs. Mildred Donovan and
Miss Jenny Donovan of Whining
ton were Christmas night guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Brantley Donovan
and daughter.
"a man who has committed a
mistake and doesn't correct it, is
making another mistake"
Christmas Day dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Mills were
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Andrews,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hopkins, Teddy
Walius, and Denny Harrison. Call
ers were Mr.. and Mrs. R O n d
Jackson, Norman Wiley, M S.
Ruth Tuturice of Norristown, Pa,
and Mrs. Anna Lee Strahle.
ET-2 Richard Andrews of Hart
ford, Connecticut is spending the
Christmas holidays with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard An
drews.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Waller of
Laurel, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Williams of Seaford, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Emory and children, Mr.. and
Mrs Paul Shahan and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ingram, Mrs.
Clara Ingram and son, d n n e,
were Christmas Eve dinner guests
of Miss Alice Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Mills and
family entertained to their annual
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-29

ements, but deceive no reader of
sensibility.
Any honest, dedicated poet,
with a nose and an eye, will take
up a new volume of verse, rifle
the pages through, and decide af-
ter two minutes, by a pricking of
his finger tips, whether or not the
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-29

Eugene Wiley and sons, Martin,
Kevin, and Bryan; and Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore YerkeS and sons,
Townsend and Duane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wiley and
sons. of Todds Estate. spent from
Sunday to Wednesday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Mills.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-29

Graves said that when one reads
or writes a true poem ''the hairs
stand on end, the eyes water, the
throat constructs, the skin crawls
and a shiver runs down the spine"
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Read The Classified Ads
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-29
Greenwood Man
Wins Promotion
(continv ed from page one)

(cOntinV ed from page one)
was commissioned a second lieu
tenant and appointed battery ex-
ecutive officer.
In civilian life, Major Cannon is
nurseryman in Bridgeville, and
is a member of the American Nur-
serymen's Association, Maryland
Nurserymen's Association, and the
American Horticultural Society.
Major Cannon is married to the
former Veronica Elizabeth Kali
ing. They have seven children.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-29

In a lecture at Oxford. he said:
True poetic frances excite
memorable images, strong per-
sonal rhythms and a peculiar syn
tax which together transcend in
emotional force the most consid
cred rhetoric
False frances initiate these ell
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-29
RECOGNIZING THE MUSE

OXFORD, England (P)-A for
mula for telling a real poet from
a false one has been advanced by
Robert Graves, author and profess
sOr of poetry at Oxford Univer-
Sity.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-29

Each person possesses about
$4,000 pairs of genes, or heredity
carriers.
Evening star., 1961-06-23
D. c. School Films Stir
Jeers in New Orleans

narration provided by q
speaker.
A considerable number in
the crowd booed and shouted
remarks during the movie.
This isn't America, it's At
rica," one person said. Con.
gressmen ought to have theil
eyes opened" another said
They're paid off in Washing
ton" someone else yelled.
Eighteen still photos also
were flashed on the screen
One showed a white pupil ano
a Negro pupil with their arms
around each other and several
Negro pupils looking on.
Perez Hits IntegratiOn
Mr.. Perez said the films
showed that integration has
driven the white children out
of Washington'S public schools
Emile Wagner, jr., a stauneh
segregationist school board
member who broke with the
four other board members, said
public education in Louisiana
is doomed unless there is q
change of plans and policy or
a national scale.
He called for sacrifices to
provide funds for private
schools.
Evening star., 1961-06-23
Dr.. Sam Sheppard
Gets Cancer 7 est
At Penitentiury

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June %
(AP).-Dr. Sam Sheppard was
to undergo tests at Ohio Peni-
tentiary here today to deter
mine if a lump on his chest
was caused by cancer or some
thing else.
The former osteopathic sur
geon, an inmate at the Marion
(Ohio) Correctional Institution
since last January 5, had been
injected with cancerous tiSSuc
in an experiment at the peni-
tentiary three years ago.
Maury C. Koblentz, chief of
the Ohio division of correction,
in announcing that Sheppard
will be brought back here for
medical tests, said prison ply
sicianS have "a very, very grave
doubt" that the lump on his
chest has anything to do with
the cancer experiment.
Mr.. Koblentz said none of
the I'll inmates who partici-
pated in the cancer test has
shown any sign of cancer or
any major or serious reac-
tion" from it.
Sheppard was convicted of
Second-degree murder in the
1854 Staying of his wife and
was sentenced to life in prison.
Evening star., 1961-06-23

NEW ORLEANS, June "a
(AP).-A citizens council rally
of about 1000 persons last
night jeered films and still pic
lures of formerly all-white
schools in Washington, D. C.
Leander H. Perez, sr., vet
eran political boss of oil-rich
Plaquemines and st. Bernard
Parishes, said District of Co.
lumbia schools have become 80
per cent Negro since desegre-
cation took place.
A 9-minute film showed
scenes of children in recess on
Fairgrounds and children COM
ing out of school on their way
home. Most of the children
were Negroes. There were no
pictures of fighting or stone
throwing.
Some FrOlicked
Some Of the children made
faces and waved at the camera.
One scene showed Negro chill
dren frolicking outside school.
School officials in Washing
ton reported they were told that
photographers urged students
to fight, throw stones and mis-
behave for photo purposes. The
photographers denied the
charges.
The film was silent, with