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Evening star., 1961-04-25

TO retain Cne present real eS-
tate tax rate of $2.42 per 500
assessed valuation. The total
budget is about $7.3 million
more than last year.
The commissioners, in keeping
the present tax rate, set a pat
tern already followed in neigh
boring Montgomery County.
Denied by the commissioners
was a 1-cent hike requested in
the present 10-cent park tax
levied in the metropolitan dis
trict for the Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Police, Teacher Pay Up
Effective July l, the budget
grants a $500 acrosS-the-board
pay increase for policemen
raises teacher salaries and in
cludes funds to revamp county
jail operations to comply with
recommendations of Federal
and State prison inspectors.
The new appropriation also
carries funds for two more as
sistantS in the States attorney.
office. raises for the present
prosecutors staff, and money
for a new Peoples Court to bt
set up in January.
The county contribution tc
the overall budget will be $29.4
million, an increase of about 81
million, with the rest coming
from Federal and State aid and
other sources.
Computations were made or
a county asseSSable base last
January of $847 million, and
expected to rise to $877 million
during the fiscal year. The
base last year was $794 million
Cigarette Tax Rises
Prince Georges will receive
$l.2 million from the new
Statewide s. cent per pacI
cigarette tax. Residents have
been paying a three-cent levy.
The county allotment under
the James Committee bill give.
the school board $1.02 million
while some $4,000 will 60 tc
the Welfare Department.
County officials said only the
additional State aid saved
Prince Georges from a tax in
crease.
An approved School Board
budget Of $50 million repre-
sentS a cut Of nearly $50O,00O
from school administrators re-
quests. Some $198,000 was cut
from each Of the school capital
outlay and Improvement re-
quests, and about $4,000
dropped from the maintenance
budget. Balance Of the reduc-
ton will come from teacher
and supervisory salaries.
The county approved a new
bachelor degree scale of $4,50O
to $1,000 in Is steps. The
present scale has the same
minimum, but the maximum
now is $1,000 and the School
Board had asked for $1,000.
The master degree scale was
raised to $4,000 to $1,000, COM
pared to a present schedule Of
$4,700 to $7,400 in is steps.
School construction is han
Evening star., 1961-04-25
Record Budget Holds
Prince Georges. Toxes
$507 Million Plan Keeps $242 Rate;
Other Counties May Follow Puttern
By JAMES B. ROWLAND
Star Staff Writer

record $507 million budget, with increase in the
present rate adopted today by the Prince Georges
County Commissioners.
Cushioned by about $235OO0O in aid provided
in bills signed by Gov Tawes yesterday and by cutting 81
million off departmental requests the county heads able
Evening star., 1961-04-25

all restraints. It doesn't mean
they are undisciplined-they're
Just not subject to traditions
and stabilizationS of the past. "
One such artist is Mr.. Bab-
bitt, Princeton professor and
who said enthu-
siastically at an afternoon press
conference: "Never have we had
Evening star., 1961-04-25

such a diversive music period
as now"
One of the first American
composers to use the 12-tone
system, which gets so compli-
Gated in definition that Mr.,
Babbitt said: Lets simply say
it's a different means or system
of organizing music, developed
in the '20s.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Audubon Naturalist,

Audubon Naturalist,
Audubon Naturalist Society of Central Atlantic States
through the sleeping woodland you may
" suddenly find yourself accompanied by blithe group
hardy feahered mites including chckadees tmice king
lets Carolina downy woodpecker two and perhaps
creeper Most of these birds stay above ground at
level higher The forest floor is practically devoid of
bird the which about
hollow sumps and honeysucke angles they escort
along with occasional chrr loud ringing TEEerd
TEE-erdl"
brown speckled white belly which has hoped up
from the easrewn ground The bird perches branch and
watches through big brown its betrayed
the ckng the wings and the SLOW deliberate
wagRns of its tail Through your you
the brown his changes to rsset red
and tail This cooring the hallmark of the
hermit thrush
This bird is the only thrush which commonly
winters Washington other thushes the robin
bueb also winter here but hardly be confused
with the hermit
home hermts seek the owand
thckets of holly greenbrer honeysuckle and
poison The berries of these and other plants
their chief diet in winter.
If YOUR acquaintance with the limited
knowing him his wnterng grounds you are indeed i'm
pressed with hermike silence and preference for so
tude from his kind You would hardly guess that he
is of the most gifted singers in all brddom Unfortunately
Washington residents the hermit seldom renders his
haunnRy beautiful melody away from his woods
mer home To have unfogeabe experience is well worth
a trip late May June to Garrett County, Nd
which the nearest to Washington where the hermit
nests
By the first May all the herms have left the Wash
ineton area the other spobreasted hrushes
he graycheeked swansons wood thrush and veer be-
ginning their southery winering grounds
thrusheS the hermit the only
The wemade plant bres and is sunk under
lowyng juniper bluebery other rather dense ground
cover skbue well concealed
from predatory eyes.
Next Sunday: The Great. Horned Owl
Evening star., 1961-08-06

HOO "a NEWS AND LOCAL NEWS.
Color. Harkness. Ward
@ Pm EAST.
Variety Interviews. Hour "The Big
Budup." Press asentry is discussed by
Eddie Jaffe, Russell BirdweII Chester
Burger Sol zatt and 0any DeImin.
% ABc NEWS FINAL.
News.
q IL pm. REPORT.
News, Weather, Sports and TV Editorial.
l1:l2 Cd JOE MecAFFREY REPORTING.
News.
Ills Cd NEWS. WEATHER. SPORTS.
Color. Rash. Forester. Simpson.
q WEAER. SP'TS. LOCAL NEWS.
Allen. GiImartin Meyer.
1l:2o Cd THE LATE SHOW.
Movie IVA Hours. "The Green Man."
1857. A professional assassin schemes to
knock off an obnoxious diplomat. Aastair
Sim, Terry Thomas tForeisn Film Fes-
tivaI)
11::3o Cd JACK PAAR SHOW.
Variety. IVA Hours. Color. Guest: Wal
ter Herman.
7 EDITORIAL. TUESDAY MOVIE.
Approx. Hours beginning Of the End"
1857 Huge creatures threaten to destroy
the city of Chicago Peter Graves. Pesgie
Castle.
1900 Cd PM WEST.
Variety Interviews. Ayako HosokaWa
sings American tunes from Japanese
point of view; Kenny Burke plays banjo
pieces ranging from classical to Jazz.
1870 @ NEWSBEAT.
1880 0 THE LATE, LATE SHOW.
Movie ! Hour. "GirI in 313." 1910. A
gang of jewel thieves use a swank hotel
as headquarters. Florence Rice. Kent
Taylor.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
African VioIets,
Seedlings Aided
ByNew Gudqets

Two new gadgets are being
displayed that should appeal to
many gardeners. The first, a
most interesting container for
African violets and similar
house plants. features a reser-
voir that dipenses moisture
slowly into a container from
which 1t rises through capillary
action to the pots) made OF
peat moss. Also. moisture
evaporating from the container
rises about the pot and foliage
to provide q humid atmosphere
which in our modern homes is
badly needed by plants.
Further there is q plastic col
lar to support the foliage, thus
avoiding stem rot and possibly
crown rot.
The other gadget is an adap-
tation Of the peatpot holders
This device not only holds O
dozen peat pots but has a rack
and q reservoir for watering
them, thus making them ever
more handy and useful thar
those which last spring We
found so effective in starting
plants indoors. One could place
a few seeds in a peat pot and
when they are well started
thin to one plant. Then thil
plant could be kept in the same
container and growing vigor'
ously until time to set 1t out o.
doors. This new rack and wa
tering tray will make them ever
more appealing.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
GARDEN
BOOK
THERAPY THROUGH HORTI.

THERAPY THROUGH HORTI-
CULTURE. By Donald P.
Watson and Alice w. Burlin-
game. Published by the Mac
MILAN Co., so Fifth avenue,
New York IL. $4.95.
This book will undoubtedly
be a surprise to many who will
be looking for examples of using
horticulture to overcome mental
and physical handicapS. The
writer's, and properly, knowing
that the values Of horticultural
therapy have been well estab-
lished, devote much Of this
valuable book to the best
methods for each Of the many
kinds Of patients that can be
benefited. Also, because Of the
many places where horticulture
is being used, certain limita-
tions have been ascertained and
they are fully covered by the
writer's.
Chapter Nine, Therapeutic
Evaluations," diagrams a num-
ber of activities under the head
ings Scope Of Technique, Phys
lical Effects, Mental Results, and
Recommendations for Applica-
ton. These activities cover
several items which will be a
surprise to many who have not
taken the time to study the eff
fects Of some Of the simpler
garden jobs on the gardener.
The places for the various
major theraputic programs is
covered as well as sources Of
materials for the project, which
are for the most part carried
on by volunteers from sponsor
ing garden clubs. w. H. Y.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
MARYLAND Federated Clubs
Plan March ID Symposium

Mrs. j. william Middendorf
jr., is president of the sponsor
ing group, the Federated Gar
den Clubs of Maryland, Inc
Mrs. Paul D. Sowell, chairman
and Mrs. ]. Cookman Boyd
co-chairman, have on theil
committee: Mrs. Gordon M
Allen, Mrs. Wendell D. Allen
Mrs. Jesse F. Hakes, Mrs. Regi-
nald Smith, Mrs. Francis S
Gather, jr., Mrs. James r
Henderson, Mrs. Roland N
King, Mrs. H. Chace Tatnall
Mrs. ]. Ashton Devereux, CO.
chairman of tickets; Mrs. J
Elmer Weisheit, jr.. reserva-
tions which are limited to 45(
people; Mrs. Richard N. Wills
Miss Martha D. Bright, Mrs
Gideon N. Stieff, Mrs. Marshal
A. Carlton, and Mrs. John Nc
Nair.
Serving as hostesses are the
executive committee members
of the Federation: Mrs. J
William Middendorf, jr., Mrs
Frank A. Bolton, Mrs. Herman
Hollerith, Mrs. Lewis Peters
Mrs. Wendell D. Allen, Mrs
Richard N. Wills, and Mrs. H
K. Douglas Cotton. Other host
esses include the Federation
five district directors: Mrs
Re ginald v. Truitt, Mrs
Charles S. Dell, ST., Mrs. H
Benton Meecaslin, Mrs. Johr
Graft Cockey and Mrs. Lucier
T. Thomas.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
The Federated Garden Clubs

The Federated Garden Clubs
of Maryland, Inc. will hold
its second Symposium at the
Baltimore Museum of Art
March IA, from 10:30 until
3:45. Guest speakers will be
Mrs. William F. Lowry jr. o1
Bethel Park, Pa. and Mrs
Robert A. Reister Of Syracuse,
NY.
Mrs. RieSter is q professionaI
designer, sculptures, author ant
teacher. Currently, she is en-
gagged as q landscape consul
liant and designer and vii
lecture on "Awareness anc
Imagination In Arranging"
Mrs. Lowry will present al
Iafternoon demonstration o.
flower arranging appropriate tC
1.-THE title "Yesterday-Today
Tomorrow" Mrs. Lowry ha!
participated in the Metropol'
itan and Williamsburg SYM
tposiums and has been thu
Eguest exhibitor in the Carnegie
Museum In Pittsburgh, thu
New York international ShoV
and the Philadelphia Flower
Show.
Guided museum tours will b'
made between the morning ant
afternoon sessions while luncl
is being served in the Antioch
court.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Prune to Get
NeWWood and
Better Blooms

When you talk to many peo-
pie about pruning they want
to know why it is necessary
to prune? There are a number
of reasons.
The quality Of bloom deteri-
crates as the canes or branches
age.
The best bloom comes on new
wood or wood that is only one
year old.
There Is not much difference
between one year and two year
wood as to bloom quality but
wood that is three years or over
produces inferior quality bloom.
Our yards are too small to have
inferior bloom whether on q
spirea or on q climbing rose.
Again, with limited space in
the yards it is highly desirable
to keep shrubs within bounds.
The stronger growers require
heavier pruning than those
weak to moderately vigorous.
AS the wood of a shrub ages
it tends to produce all Of the
new growth and bloom at the
top, thus having a bare-legged
effect. BY removing the older
canes and forcing new growth
to come from the base the en-
tire shrub appears young and
is clothed with leaves and flow
ers from the ground up.
Another reason for an annual
pruning Is to remove the old
scaly wood which usually pro-
vides the best of winter quar-
ters for insects and diseases.
The evergreens are in even
greater need Of regular pruning
than are the deciduouS orna-
mental bushes. The evergreens
not only will outgrow their sit
uations If not regularly pruned,
but also most Of them become
too thin to present the best
appearance. Unless the tops
are kept under restraint the
plants will shed their interior
needles during sum m er
droughts and become mere
shells rather than vigorous ap-
pearing shrubs.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Lawn Diseases Discussed
At Pesticide Conference

Prof. j. B. Wilson Of the
University of Maryland, speak
ing at the pesticide conference
that was held by county agents
of Montgomery and Prince
Georges recently, advocated q
regular spray program fol
lawns, one that would control
most Of the lawn diseases COM
mon here. He said rose grow
ers do this and many people
are just as interested in Their
lawns.
Prof. Wilson said there are
nearly always two or three dis
eases active in q lawn from
April to october. BY using 8
broad spectrum material anc
by applying regularly. he said
bare spots can be avoided.
Common diseases here are
Brown patch, dollar spot, fad
ing out, melting out, slim molds
and mushrooms.
Helminthosporium, the lea!
spot of bluegrass and fescues
sometimes called melting out
leaf mold, ETC., is largely re-
sponsible for the tops Of grasses
dying each summer.
It is seldom that more thar
one disease will attack q lawr
vigorously. but when grass Il
too highly fertilized in the
spring or other favorable con.
ditions prevail, more than one
disease may appear.
Prof. Wilson gave these dilu.
tions for the more commonly
used fungicideS: Quantities arr
for 10 gallons Of water in eacf
case:
/. Actidione RZ-1la ounces
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Rose PRUNING
Demonstration

A pruning demonstration will
be held by the Potomac Rose
Society Sunday afternoon
starting promptly at 2 O'Clock
at the Shoreham Hotel Rose
Garden. The do-it-yourself
show will continue until 4 pm
and visitors are urged to bring
along gloves and shears.
j. Benjamin Williams, con-
sulting rosarian of the Amer.
ican Rose Society Colonial Dis.
trict. embracing the District
Maryland and Virginia, will be
in charge.
Evening star., 1961-03-03

2. Captain so per cent wet
table powders ounces.
8. Ceresan 75-2la ounces.
4. Ceresan 1902 ounces.
5. Kromad-3 ounces.
6. Mer-Cad-3 ounces
7. Panogen turf spray -
3 ounces.
8. PIMA, PMAS, Puraturf,
Tag-3 ounces.
8. Zineb-6 ounces.
Note, however, that in cases
Of 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8, bent grasses
are sensitive to organic mer-
curies, Prof. Wilson said.
Mixes Of 10 gallons will treat
1000 square feet Of lawn area
Allow "a to 48 hours to elapse
before watering the treated
lawn.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Rose Family Tree

Pink Parfait. the 1851 ALI
America grandiflora rose, has
the following family tree: Eva
and Golden Rapture crossed
to produce Pinocchio: Char
lotte Armstrong and Show Cir
crossed to produce First Love
Pink Parfait is the cross o1
Pinocchio and First Love.
Duet, the All-America hybrid
tea. has the following fore.
bears: President Hoover. Mrs
Sam McGredy, Charlotte Arm
strong and Fandango, on one
side; Floradora, Charlotte
Armstrong and Roundelay on
the other. The immediate cross
Is between Fandango anc
Roundelay.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
UndergIoss Show
CumeIIiu Society
Fndoy, March }

The annual underglaSs show
Of the Camellia Society of the
Potomac Valley will be held
on March II and IL at the
Woodward and Lothrop's Chevy
Chase store. The society's an
nual meeting will be held
Saturday night.
Hours for the show are:
Saturday, 2 to Z pm; Sunday,
noon to 6 pm.
Edward P. Carter Is chair
man Of shows.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Record for SuIes
OF Rose Bushes
Expected in 81

Because the rose is the num-
ber one flower for the Nations
gardeners, the nursery industry
expects to sell more than SO
million rose bushes this year.
And, because the American
gardener wants the newest and
best, he Is expected to pay
nearly $3.50 million for these
rose bushes. These two figures
are top for the rose growing
industry.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Film Available

A 16-mm movie showing
scenes from the Floiade and
titled Floral Olympics," is now
available for use by garden
clubs. providing they have an
attendance Of so or more peo-
pie. The film, produced for the
California Spray Chemical Co.,
should be requested by writing
to L. c. Czufin, Ortho Film
Service Library, Ortho and
Lucas Way, Richmond, Calf.
No charge is made for the
use Of this film other than
postage to return. 1t takes 16
minutes to show.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Pruning Lesson
To Be Given by
Bill Iounomun

A demonstration Of how to
prune shrubbery. roses and
fruit trees will be given tomor-
row at 10 am. at the home Of
Mrs. P. w. Root, 6700 Selkirk
drive, Bethesda, to which the
public Is invited.
Wilbur H. (BilD Youngman,
garden editor Of The Star, will
be in charge and answer ques-
tions,
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Planting Pointers
For Rosebushes

Don't use fertilizers in the
soil when first planting a rose
bush. Instead, use four shovel
fuls Of wet peat moss per plant.
Remember, in planting roses
the only essentials, beside the
plant, are soil and water.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Roses Robust

Roses are one of the easiest
plants in the world to. grow.
They thrive in every State, in
cluding Alaska, and they are
widely planted throughout Eu-
rope and Asia. The rose, ac-
cording to archaeologists, has
been with us 35 million years.
Evening star., 1961-03-03

The annual show of outdoor
blooms will be April Is and 16.
This will be at Woodies' Seven
Corners Store.
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get honorable mention. AS
grand prizes, The Star. viii
award a 500 United States Saw
ings Bond to each Of the four
winners in the color class and
$25 bonds as grand prizes to
the four winners in black-and-
white at the end of the 10-week
period.
All eight weekly winners will
be entered in the Newspaper
Snapshot Awards, where judges
will distribute a total of 500, $50
in prizes from $1,000 down to
SIS.
Four categories in both color
and black-and-white are set
up: Class A. Babies and Chill
dren; Class B, Activities; Class
C, Scenes and Table tops, "
and Glass D, Animals.
The four weekly prize win
ming photos will be published
in Sunday, The Star Magazine,
each week starting July %.
Honorable mention winners will
be listed.
Entries should be addressed
to The Star Snapshot Contest
Editor, 225 Virginia avenue
Sc, Washington 8, DC.
Complete rules for the con-
test are available at The Star
business counter. Condensed
rules appear on the Hobbies
Page of today's Star, and are
available at Photographic sup
ply centerS.
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Snapshot Could Win
Fame, Modest Fortune

The fact that your photo.
graphic experience may be al
limited as your camera equip.
ment should not deter you from
competing in The Stars 10.
week Amateur Snapshot Con.
test, now at midpoint.
The contest is just what its
name implies. It's for amateurs
In the past, some of the lowli-
est Of amateurs have not only
won prizes in Washington area
competition, but have gone on
to capture honors in the News
paper Snapshot Awards, the
national competitions in which
The Star participates.
Timidity, in short, should
have no place among amateur
photographers. Why forclose
the chance for national recog-
milton, to say nothing of at
tractive cash prizes?
Each week The Star offers
$40 for the best Of eight top
snapshots. This one is the
Snapshot Of the Week" Three
other top winners receive SIS
each, while the remaining four
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Some Autoists Save
On Committing Time

The driver who commutes
from downtown to the Prince
Georges suburbs by way Of New
York avenue and Defense high
way has knocked off 8 or 9
minutes Of his travel time each
way compared to what it took
four years ago.
This was one Of the find
ings Of time-travel tests con-
Quoted last week by the Dis
trict division Of the American
Automobile Association.
Outbound trips for those mo-
florists headed out Lee high
way and River road increased
by 9 minutes, the greatest in
creases shown by the time
travel tests.
Twelve separate routes were
tested. with distances averag-
ing about IS miles from AAA
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headquarters at Seventeenth
and G streets NV. A similar
test was made in 1857.
Comparing results Of last
weeks tests with those Of four
years ago, AAA officials con-
cluded that the average time
it takes Washington area auto
mobile commuters to get to and
from work has not changed
appreciably."
The best time improvement
was on the Defense highway
route.
The tests showed that some
routes are taking longer and
others are covered in less time
than in 1857. Increases in traf-
fic volumes on area highways
have been offset in some in
stances by highway improve
ments. Some routes were
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South TyroI PurIey
Apparently Doomed

ZURICH, Switzerland, June
"a (AP).-An Austrian-Italian
conference on violence in dis
puted South Tyrol ran into a
deadlock tonight and both sides
indicated a breakup was i'm
minent.
Failure Of the two countries
to reach agreement in the bit
ter 16-year-old dispute prob
ably would throw the problem
back into the United Nations.
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slower last week than four years
ago because of construction now
underway.
On nearly every one Of the
IL tested routes, the inbound
time was shorter than the out:
bound time.
Each driver started the in
bound trip at 1880 am. and the
outbound trip at Sis pm. The
days tested were Tuesday and
Wednesday.
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In Love and Out

CHATTANOOGA (AP).-Ro-
nance got a tie in Hamilton
County during the first two
months of 1861. There were "a
marriages-and "a divorces.
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AVERAGES

This table traffic time
tested the AAA the 1861 trip
Bridge included of the George Washington Memorial parkway
which existence a
minutes the inbound trip ee astersk)
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NO MONEY DOWN
At SEARS

THAT'S right! You pay no money
dotCn on ANYTHING you buy al
Sears on credit!
Evening star., 1961-12-03

eral Manager AL Bolan of the
promo citing Championship
Sports, Inc. said the Toronto
fight may go on about 1890
There will be no radio broad
cast in the United States.
Bolan, counting optimisti-
cally that some of the football
fans will stay over, says he is
looking for a crowd of 10000
and a gate of close to $780,
900. Tickets are priced at $40,
$40. $50 and $50 for Canada's
first heavyweight title fight.
Patterson has been guaran-
teed 40 per cent of the gate
and so per cent of the TV share
and movie rights. McNeeley,
whose best previous purse was
$4,000. will collect 20 per cent
of everything. The one-time
Michigan State tackle could
earn in the neighborhood of
100000 in addition to his big
crack at the title.
McNeeley, a go, 200-pounder,
has been fighting professional
ly for little more than three
years. He has won all %, 18
by kpockouts. However, there
isn't a top fighter on his list.