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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07
Spotlight On Seniors At RIMS

tons took place in all Senior
homerooms. Friday morning
the results were officially an
nounced over the public address
system. Those four lucky kids
were Jim Burger, president;
Barbara Duquette, vice presi-
dent; jeanette Stup, secretary;
and Alice Clark, treasurer. Con-
gratulations to these well quail
fled students.
incidentally, Barbara, Jean
cite, and Alice are all cheerlead-
ers at r. M. and may be seen
each Saturday cheering loud
and long for their favorite
team. Wonder who?
The senior class, 308 students
strong, has had two meetings.
The first was held on Septem-
Der II, to discuss plans for the
coming year and generally go
over senior expenses. Questions
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07

based firm serving education,
in d u s try and government
through applied behavioral sci
ences. They were earned by:
Carole Biser, Stuart Crump,
Helen Fitzgibbon, James Full
ton, Carol Gehring, Chrissie Gel
vim, Bruce Grewell, Glenn Har-
rel, Sue Hengren, Alex John
son, Karen King, Mike Lawler
and Paul LEM.
Also, Lynn Margileth, Geor-
gia Moore, William Murphy
Michael Nichols, Steven DC.
krassa, Eugene Ogg, Paul Price,
Richard Prugh, Ellen Reid,
John Rishel, Sheriff. Ruckert,
Kathe Simmons, Cathy South,
all, Tracy Stackhouse, Char.
lotte Strong, Michael Wilson,
and Bowman Young.
NEDT exams were admins
tered in March to more than
$4,000 students in ninth and
tenth grade classes across the
nation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07
SENTINEL o eSSNff. MD.
Saturday October 7, 1851 s
Damascus
Doin's
n cI
By Anna Slacum

In their first home meet Sept.
%. the Damascus High cross
country team lost to B-CC and
High Point, but in our second
home meet, DIS came back to
defeat Springbrook and Harriet
Tubman. The w team, led by
Dick McAlister, and the varsity,
led by Paul Black, have now
evened their record at one loss
one win.
The yearbook staff is now
busy working on our 1862 Scim-
itar. This years sponsors are
Miss Hackett and Mr.. Brown,
and our editor-in-chief is Gary
Baker. Members of the staff are
busy getting ads and organizing
the jobs to be completed in or
der to make the 1862 edition of
the Scimitar better than ever!
The junior class at DIS is off
to a good start this year. Fri
day, October 6, they sponsored
their first dance of this school
session.
Junior class officers for the
current year are Marilyn Doo-
Ian, president; Richard Rosen-
berg, vice president; Harriet
Stipe, secretary, and Donald
Race, treasurer. They are a ca
pable group and are expecting
to do a good job with the aid
of their faculty advisors, Mr..
Stipe, Mrs. Heyhoe, and Mr..
Brown.
The Juniors are also looking
forward to receiving their class
rings for which they were meas
ured last week.
Tuesday our school enjoyed a
very interesting and informa-
tive assembly in the field of sci
ence. The topic was atomic en-
ergy and. its uses. The assembly
was presented by representa-
tive Of the Atomic Energy Com.
mission from Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Your correspondent has been
chosen to represent DIS at a
press conference with film pro-
Queer Otto Preminger on Octo-
Der Z in the Senate Office Bldg.
She will also attend a lunchean
at the Willard Hotel and will
see one and a half hours of the
actual shooting of the motion
picture, advise and Consent"
which Mr.. Preminger is cur
rently producing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07
By Dusty Cunningham

C'burg High is growing
larger each year. In order to ac-
commodate the 1,150 students
who are here this year, a new
wing will be in use shortly.
This much-needed new wing
will contain five new class
rooms plus darkroom, a spe-
cial recording room for foreign
language practice, and extra
equipment in the science rooms.
These rooms will witness many
exciting audio-lingual French
and Spanish classes as well as
those of biology, chemistry, and
commercial studies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07

total of lat high school seniors
qualifying for the final exami-
nations set for December 2. If
successful, they will be eligible
for four-year grants of up to
$1,000 annually to cover college
tuition.
Thirteen of the newly-an-
nounced semi-finalists are in
their senior year at Montgom-
cry Blair High School. Among
them is a pair of 17.year-old
twin brothers, Howard M. and
Kenneth G. Levin, while third
Levin youth-Leonard, not re-
lated--is also in the list. Others
are:
Carol A. Brimberg, Ann L.
Cooley, Robert L. F'leisher, Mar
vim E. Goldberg, Sheldon j.
Green, Stephanie M. Sweda,
Michael Tietelbaum, Barry N.
Walker, Michael w. 4Weisfield
and Anthony M. Yezer.
Three additional seni-final-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07
Sherwood
Shorts
By Bin Corneny

An increased enrolment at
Sherwood has changed the
sports schedule. Sherwood plays
the toughest schedule in its his
tory. So far, this schedule has
taken its toll, but we are con-
fident that the spirit of the
school viii carry the team.
New courses in Sociology, Ec-
onomics, Music Appreciation,
and Public Speaking are being
offered this year to enhance the
knowledge of the student and
broaden his interest. Changes in
curriculum have affected the
Journalism. There is now a COM
bined course in the production
of the paper and the year book.
The course is team-taught by
Robert Emler and Mrs. Eliza
beth Lechliter. Another change
In the journalism department
is the completion of the news
paper within the school. Mr..
Rice and the printing depart
ment can now assemble the en-
tire paper. Sherwood is now the
only paper in the county which
produces the paper entirely
within its walls.
my Three Angels" farce,
will be the school production
this year. 1t win open early on
November 10. The play, written
by Sam and Bella Spewack, will
be under the direction of Rich
ard Ertzman, head of the
dramatic department. The cast
unlike many schools, has been
chosen from every senior class.
Three choristers, Selena john
son, Lewis Malcolm, and Ronald
Miller, chosen by Choral Direc-
tor Don Springer to represent
Sherwood High at the State
Teachers Convention in Balti-
more Oct. u, 19, and 20, will
sing in the State Chorus.
Selling season football tickets
has taxed the Pep Club, Cheer
leaders, and football team mem
bers 10 their limit. The tickets
sell for $3.50.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07

Carol Wharen. The queen will
be elected by the football team.
Good luck to all the girls.
Marilyn Gull, a Senior at
RMEIS, spent the summer in
Indonesia as a foreign exchange
student. Marilyn also appeared
youth Wants to Know" re-
Gently.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07
9 oifhersburg News Notes

Cost of the new wing will
total about $206,000. This figure
seems high until one considers
the large quantity of specialized
equipment to be used in these
rooms.
Our fine band has been active
during the first few weeks of
this school year and is looking
forward to November Is, when
it will participate in the annual
Maryland Band Day. For this
festive occasion, Miss Price will
lead the band during the half.
time of the big Maryland-Wake
Forest football game. Bands
from all over the state will be
present for the competition.
Another highlight on their
agenda will be the annual Band
Concert; it will be held on the
first of December this year.
Traditions are being altered
in current school contests.
There are two big contests
CContinued on PAGE 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07
Reminder

Contributing editors are re-
minded of the following dead
lines for copy for the Sentinel's
high school news page:
Down-county schools = Copy
must be in the Sentinel office
by noon Friday, for publication
in Tuesdays issue. Upper coun.
ty schools Copy should be in
by noon Wednesday, for inclu-
sion in Saturdays issue.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07
RMHS Freshmen,
Sophs Honored

Thirty ninth and tenth grade students at Richard
Montgomery High School have received certificates for
their outstanding performances on the National Educa-
tional Development Tests
RMHS principal Guy E. Jewell said the certificates
were awarded by Science Research Associates Chicago
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07
Is More Named
AS Scholarship
- ;n Nau.4v N,,4 &c CAa4>'e lat
" in County Out Of Sfote's 147

Announcement of the names of 10 more county high
school students who have qualified semifnats in the
National Merit Scholarship Corporation competition for
college scholarships this week brought the total number
of candidates in the county to 70.
This figure represents just under half Of Maryands
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-07

Selling season football tickets
has taxed the Pep Club, Cheer
leaders, and football team mem
bers TO their limit. The tickets
sell for $3.50.
Evening star., 1961-03-20
Auto Death DiscIoses
Wealth of Woman, 70

Behind the simple austere
facade Of her life, Miss Vic
toria Seydler had the means
to live like a queen had she so
chosen.
Miss Seydler. 10. had spent
nearly so years in @ shabby,
barren room-and-a-half apart
ment at 1925 Eleventh street
NV,
She was a mystery to her
neighbors, who saw her only
as she took morning and eve
ming walks. always attired in
a worn green cloth coat with q
scarf over her head.
Last night she did not return
from her walk. A truck struck
and killed her as she crossed
Connecticut avenue at K street
NV. Police charged the driver
T. E. Turman, 33, of the 51OC
block Of Crittenden street. Ed
monston, Md. with homicide
At Georgetown Hospital, at
tendantS made an amazing
discovery. In the airline flight
bag she was carrying, Miss
Seydler had $5,795 in cash
bankbooks listing $4,000 in
deposits and records Of numer-
Gus stocks.
At the little apartment, police
found a metal strong box and
other evidence of wealth, but
little else Of value. The furn.
Evening star., 1961-03-20

ardy and represent the spirit
Of totalitarian rather than dem
ocratic Jurisprudence"
Law Based on 1854 Ruling
"In its petition (for a writ
Of mandamus) the prosecution
is seeking the transformation
Of pSychiatry into an instru-
mentality Of oppression in the
service Of the Government,
the said.
Under the 1854 Durham rule
the basis for the Districts law
on insanity, a defendant who is
acquitted by reason of insanity
must be committed to a mental
institution for treatment.
Defense lawyers often have
said the commitment, being for
an indefinite period, can result
in a longer period Of confine-
ment than a defendant might
receive If he pleaded guilty.
In their court paper, Mrs.
Melchoir's lawyers argued that
a court should not interfere
with a defendants trial strategy
except in extraordinary circum-
stances.
The Municipal Court Of Ap-
peals will hear all arguments
on Judge Kronheim'S ruling at
IL am. tomorrow. Attorney F.
Joseph Donohue, his former
law partner, will represent
Judge Kronheim.
Evening star., 1961-03-20

ishings consisted of a chest oi
drawers, q badly damaged
wicker chair and a cot. There
was no stove in the kitchen
only a new but empty refriger'
ator.
She received $S4.10 eact
month in social security checks
A pension and dividend check
gave Miss Seydler an income o.
about $500 a year.
Some Of the stocks she had
owned jointly with a sister
Elsa, who had lived with hel
until her death two years ago
Since then Miss Seydler had
lived alone and no one was
seen visiting her.
Born in Yonkers, N. Y, Mis-.
Seydler joined the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. ir
Baltimore in 1914 and was
transferred to Washington ir
1921.
She held numerous secre.
tarial positions and retired ir
october, 1850, as an admin.
iStrative assistant.
She and her sister were thu
first tenants in the first-floor
front apartment they shared
Although she never mingled
with the neighbors, Miss Seyd-
Ter alway was courteous to
them, and kept her apartment
tidy.
Evening star., 1961-03-20
D. c. to Buy Milk
For Year Under
Single Contract

The District has decided to
buy its milk under terms Of q
one-year contract, rather than
two contracts for shorter Pc
riods. The purpose Is to attempt
to get better prices.
Rexford G. Vessels, District
procurement officer, said the
city will receive bids on its first
year-long milk contract on
April 4.
He said that previously the
District has been letting one
contract on a nine-month basis
to get milk for schools and in
Stitutions and another for a
three-month summer period to
provide milk for institutions
only.
Mr.. Vessels said he believes
the one-year contract will "give
the dairieS better continuity
and encourage lower prices"
The District buys nearly 50
million worth of milk a year.
Mr.. VESSELS said he is con-
Sidering the possibility of
awarding milk contracts in the
future on a five-year basis. But
he added that Congress would
have to pass new legislation
before this could be done.
Evening star., 1961-03-20

today that the old District
Building could be saved with.
out serious harm to the original
concept. If this were done, the
Grand Plaza would have direct
access from Pennsylvania ave.
nue. and E street, as we'll al
from Fourteenth street.
Delayed by Adjustments"
In the planning of Fedora,
construction for Washington
between 1856 and 1866, the two
triangle projects were to have
been undertaken in the perioc
1960-62.
Adjustments" in the pro.
gram. meanwhile, a Government
Services Administration spokes.
man said, have pushed the two
projects off-Schedule.
There's a lot Of feeling that
the Triangle ought to be COM
pleted soon, and it's very much
a part Of the current program
he added.
Evening star., 1961-03-20
Parking Area Ban
To Be Appealed

The District Commissioners
will appeal to the Senate Dis
trict Committee to reject a pro-
peSed ban on the future con-
struction of public parking ia
cilities here.
The restriction has been
tackled on the sales tax. in
crease bill approved by the
House District Committee.
This amendment to the sales
tax bill would transfer the mil
lion fund of the Motor We
hicle Agency consisting of park
ing meter receipts to the High
way Department.
Both Commissioners Walter
N. Tobriner and Frederick
Clarke have said that they are
disturbed at the possible pre-
vention of the District from
building additional public park
ing facilities.
Evening star., 1961-03-20
CITIES AND PEOPLE
Completion of Triangle in Sight

In the second project. the
Post Office Department Build
ing would be extended west
ward along E street and span
Thirteenth street.
This westward extension
would require razing the Coast
Guard Building at Thirteenth
and E streets.
If carried out according to
the original plan, the addition
would extend all the way to
Fourteenth street and require
the razing, also, Of the present
District Building.
Doing this would provide an
unbroken north boundary for
the Grand Plaza" now used as
a parking lot behind the Dis
trict Building. Originally this
area was to be one Of the Dis
trict's pleaSantest ornimental
squaresa major focus Of the
Nations Capital.
There is considerable feeling
Evening star., 1961-03-20

Sixth street on the east anc
Fifteenth street on the west.
It's tip nearest the Capitol is
at the point where Constitu-
ton and Pennsylvania avenues
join. This is the Apex Building
occupied by the Federal Trade
Commission.
From = there, the Triangle
widenS out to the west and
includes the huge Commerce
Department building at its
Fifteenth street boundary.
Only two parts of this giant
complex remain unfinished.
But from the standpoint OF
the appearance of the Triangle,
they are crucial parts. With
out them the triangular form is
broken and lacks two Of its
most gracious and ornamental
elements.
These elements are the
Grand Plaza" facing Four
teenth street, behind the Dis
trict Building, and the Grand
Circle on Twelfth street. just
south Of Pennsylvania avenue,
Building to Be RaZed
The Government matter of
factly designates the two un-
finished parts Of the design
as % the Internal Revenue
Building extension and (2) the
Post Office Department Build
ing extension.
The Internal Revenue ex-
tension calls for razing the
massive. tower-bedecked old
Post Office Building between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets,
on Pennsylvania avenue, across
from the former Star Building
The old Post Office Building
is out of harmony with the
rest of the design, it's tower
competes with views of the
Capitol and the Washington
Monument. and it provides only
limited office space.
Replacing it is to be a new
section Of the Internal Revenue
Building. It will extend from
the unfinished brick face OF
the present structure at Elev-
enth street and Pennsylvania
avenue westward to Twelfth
street.
This link will have a semi
circular section on Twelfth
street, across from the exist.
ing semicircular part of the
Post Office Department Build
ing.
The two collonaded, semi
circular facades facing each
other on Twelfth street, south
of Pennsylvania avenue, would
form the Grand Circle" en-.
visaged in the original plan.
Evening star., 1961-03-20

RECENTLY the mounted
police came upon a puzzler.
A full sized subterranean
room had been dug out. The
entrance was a hole in the
floor Of the forest, no larger
than a manhole in the street.
The room was lighted by a
number of lanterns stolen
from barricades protecting
traffic from excavations in
the street.
Much of the earth which
had been dug out to make
the room had not been re-
moved. That led to its dis
covery.
The Park Police kept an
eye on it for a while but no
one came near it. To this
day they don't know whether
it was the work of boys or
tramps. The work was un-
done. Park department la
borers filled the hole.
We went back into the
stalls and looked over the
horses. Sergt. Beye rides a
beautiful cream -colored Palo-
mino. The other horses are
black. Corp. Pickeral has a
Morgan stallion.
With the coming of spring
there will be more riding in
the park and an occasional
runaway which has thrown
its rider. The mounted po-
lice can be depended on to
catch the horse and bring
him back.
About 200 horses are rid
den in the park. Soft sur
faced roads are getting so
scarce In the country that
several Montgomery owners
bring their horses to the
park in motor horse vans for
q canter on the bride paths.
Evening star., 1961-03-20

CIleCk Charges 1dSG wednesday,
before Municipal Court Judge
Milton S. Kronheim, jr.
The Judge, in accepting the
pleas, ruled out a trial at which
the competency Of Mrs. Mel
choir, who had a record of
mental illness, might have been
questioned.
Sentence Results in Release
Judge Kronheim gave her a
retroactive 30-day sentence, in
effect releasing her because of
time already spent in confine-
ment, mostly at St. Elizabeths
Hospital.
After Wednesdays trial,
United States Attorney Oliver
Gasch asked the Municipal
Court of Appeals to order the
judge to reverse himself and
throw out the guilty pleas. Mr..
Gasch argued that the judges
ruling ignored a recent case in
which the United States Court
Of Appeals said a judge can re-
fuse the guilty plea Of a de-
fendant with evidence of
mental illness.
Judge Kronheim said Mrs
Melchoir's case involved differ
ent facts from the one decided
by the United States Court Of
Appeals and had been handled
with no abuse of judicial dis
cretion."
In the court paper filed to-
day, Mrs. Melchoir's attorneys
Richard Arenas and Alexander
L. Benton, termed the Govern
ment's request contrary to the
letter and spirit of the Consti-
tuition"
They argued that a retrial
would amount to double jeop-
Evening star., 1961-03-20
Two Senators Seek
Death Penalty End
New D. G. Bill
Raises Hopes
For Passage

A bill to abolish the manda-
tory death penalty for first
degree murder in the District
today was introduced again in
the Senate.
Similar legislation was bur-
led last year in a dispute over
conflicting Senate and House
versions.
Outlooks for favorable con-
sideration frightened with the
introduction in the Senate this
afternoon of legislation almost
identical to a measure passed
by the House in the last Con-
greSS.
Senator Hartke, Democrat of
Indiana, chairman of the Dis
trict Judiciary Subcommittee
Joined Senator Heating, Re-
publican of New York, an orig
inal crusader for the reform,
in offering the measure.
The new Keating bill would
allow jury to recommend life
imprisonment in a irst-degree
murder case by unanimous vote.
This recommendation would be
binding on the court.
Alternative Provided
If jurors were unable to
agree, the judge could sentence
defendants either to death or
to life imprisonment.
A convicted murderer would
not be eligible for parole for
at least 20 years.
The District of Columbia is
the only remaining Jurisdiction
in the United States with a
"non-discretionary" death pen
atty. Present law demands that
defendants convicted of first
degree murder, regardless of
the circumstances, be sent to
the electric chair.
1T should be made clear that
this legislation would not abol-
ish capital punishment as
SUCH" Senator Keating said.
"All it would do is to remove
the inflexible, inexorable, un-
alterable requirement Of pres
ent law that every defendant
convicted for first-degree mur-
der be sentenced to death.
Difference Noted
Senator Hartke'S subcorn-
mittee last year reported a bill
making life Imprisonment the
basic penalty for first-degree
murder, unless jurors unani-
mouSly recommended death.
Even then, a judge, after a
pre-Sentence hearing, could
veto the death sentence in
favor of life Imprisonment.
Some committeeman baked
at this proposal, claiming that
judges would be unloading
their responsibility on jurors.
The Keating bill is sup
ported by the District Of CO.
lumbia Law Enforcement
Council.
Evening star., 1961-03-20

ent good health, keeps busy
maintaining an Arlington home
for his wife, who will soon re-
tire from government service
An 89-year-old former do
mestic sits in a sunny corner
of a personal care home and
tries to read, with hazy eyes,
the message printed on a two
week old church bulletin.
To the statistician these
three can be classed as old. But
as individuals, their hopes anc
their problems are unique.
Financial Status Varies
The lawyer is comparatively
wealthy, and his money buys
him the best of care. The pos
tai employe has one pension
and is assured Of another, and
he counts financial problems as
minor. The former maid is
destitute, with few relatives
and she is cared for by the
District welfare department.
The common denomination
linking the three seems TO be
that they all want to be useful
to somebody, somehow.
And it is around this need
of older people to feel useful
and at least q little independ-
ent that many Of the newer
programs in the Washington
metropolitan area are built.
Evening star., 1961-03-20
PROBLEMS
Wealthy Destitute Old People Want to Lead Useful Lives

tive director Of the Districts
Council on the Aging, said that
her group had plans to train
counselors in this field. She
said, however, that the future
of the council was in etoubt.
Future Is Problem
The council was set up last
year to compile information on
older people in the District
for the White House Confer
ence on the Aging. Similar
councils are active in Virginia
and Maryland. The District
council has operated on a Fed
eral grant. and. recently, on
contributions made by other
District departments.
There is a $4,000 appro-
priation for the council in the
1961-62 budget" DR.. Treasure
said, But nobody seems to
know if we are going to get it
or not"
The Health and Welfare
Council of the National Capt.
tai Area, coordinating group
for many of the voluntary
agencies working in the field
of the aged. has a central re-
ferral service. This service,
available to anyone, will at
tempt to put a person in con-
tact with the right agency to
help solve a particular prob
lem.
The council, however, is not
presently equipped to handle
large-scale counseling activi-
ties.
A 72-year-old former school
teacher put the problem this
way: with all these Govern
ment regulations, and new
laws and all, a person should
have some place to go to get
it all explained. So many older
people don't know where to go
for help, or for just plain COM
panionship."
Tomorrow: Whots beinu done 70 HELM.