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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
By Kent Palmer

words. The times are narrowing, ignore
things as we will
We face period of real sacrifice for all
of us, but few of us would have it any other
way After all, we're beginning to find, the
United States of America is worth living in
and worth sacrificing for. Lives will be dis
rupted but only the young-who will suffer
most from the disruption-are innocent Of
that disruption. The rest of us have felt it,
some of us more times than we want to
realize.
But the summer will continue to draw to
close and well-out of habit, which may be
blessing continue with the somewhat or
dered progression of our lives.
Wen get as many more trips to the
beach, as many more drives to the mountains,
as many more summer-bound pleasures as we
can Well watch the end of baseball season
with particular eye to the fortunes of the
new Senators) and the beginning of profes-
sional and college football with a particular
eye to the fortunes of George Preston Mar
shall, off the field.
Wen enjoy ourselves but in the backs of
our minds we'll watch the world-after all,
its pretty nice place to be, even with all
the trouble, and we'd like to keep it there,
somehow.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
A Few Words
Worth Keeping, After All

It's hard to believe but the summer is al.
most gone. There are, of course more hot
days left than most of us will enjoy and there
are still pleasurable pursuits to be had out
DOORS
The fact remains, however that few of
us can still look forward to vacations this
year. We are beginning to notice the short
ening days. And everywhere merchants are
reminding us that it is time to begin shopping
for back-to-school items o.
In some ways, it has been an uneventful
summer-regular office hours, the usual cook
outs, the enjoyable picnics, the horrible TV
fare, the final arrival of swelterng weather.
1t has also been, in other more frightening
ways, most eventful summer Hardly is
there place in the world where there isn't
a. smouldering fuse The high-pitched whine
OF jet in the sky has taken on a more SON.
Der meaning.
President Kennedy showed the nation how
serious things are simply by his recent APP
pearance on television. Soldering as were his
words, even more SOLDERING were the looks of
the man, who no longer is the youthful poll
tician of last falls campaign.
John F. Kennedy-it's hard to think of
him as Jack now-depicted the world situa.
ton in his manner, in his looks and in his
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
Account Of A Trip
TO Ocean Downs

Last night went to the races at Ocean
Downs, Md, with the same judge who loves
country ham and who threatens to eat ham
sandwiches on the Bay Bridge going back and
throw the ham bone into the Chesapeake.
There is nothing wrong with lawyer and
a Judge going to the races in Maryland,
even though ] defend gamblers who base
number games on the results of the races
and the Judge sends them over to Jesups
to repent the errors of their ways-the big
gest error being their neglect to contribute in
come to our Free State.
/ have had very little experience with
this business of wagering upon the validity
of my opinion of the relative speed Of horses.
AS matter of fact l have always preferred
dogs and sport cars as pets to horses.
We parked our car on a parking lot Of
prodigious size and entered place that
call the outskirts of the racetrack and were
accosted by an Individual of doubtful Gre
dentials who sold me a sheet of paper which
had the prospective winners printed there
upon. attempted to procure written guar
antee from him that the races would term
mate as his sheet indicated but he looked
at me as though was eccentric and thought
that / would not force the issue and would
refer the matter to my Eastern Shore lawyer
II events made it necessary to sue for false
representation
Armed with sheets of various predictions
we went to the grandstand, beneath which
were many cages similar to the cages the
banks keep their tellers and cashiers locked
up in, but these cages were different from
bank cages, in that over each one was sign
indicating the minimum deposit which would
be accepted.
1t has occurred to me that there were
great number Of depositors before the races
and that there were few, If any, Withdrawals
made by these depostors prior to leaving for
home. took my deposit slips to the with
drawal cage and asked for them to return
my money, with interest at per cent, but
my request was rejected because the horses
upon which my deposits were made did not
comply with the conditions imposed by my
depositees.
The history Of this unfortunate banking
venture started with the first race, when /
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05

wagered upon thing called Church Spire.'
| thought that my bet might have the force
OF celestial backing, but my horse was ap-
parently hopelessly earthbound At the inter-
mission, noticed that the track officials of.
fered odds upon a very well-groomed animal
name Equitable Crime" / bet upon this
favorite to come in third Tor SHOW" as I
learned in correct parlance) but when my
companion learned that bet upon the favor
lite to "show" he teased me and wouldn't go
to the depositors cage with me. In the next
race bet on "long shot named "Job Re.
visited" in honor Of my friend Melvin Reese.
He came in, and permitted me to join the
skinny line of happy customers at the with
drawal cage.
l was so happy with having discovered
my ability to understand horses that missed
the next three races because I went to the
stables to talk with them. learned that the
horses were having difficulty determining
who should win the feature race.
This feature carried lot of prestige with
it. There was one-year-old called Butcher
Boy" whose trainer plays a good golf game
when he hits the ball; "Iickeys Hopeful"
who shows fast early form; "Tawes Tornedo,"
who started early but fades badly in the
stretch; "Northrop's Robes" who appears
sure winner; Lees Legacy who runs fast
but has shown tendency to zig-zag on an open
track; "Scull's Skull" who has overlooked
that name as a by-line, and "Jackie's Jodh
purs." who is the international favorite
The horses could not agree upon the
eventual winner, nor could the owners,
trainers or jockeys, and there was nothing
left to do except face the issue and run the
race on the level. This horrible prospect
frightened all concerned and nearly cost the
large crowd of horse-flesh experts two years
out of their lives.
Well Wick, know you would never guess
the result-so I'll tell you. 1t was the only
six.horse photo finish dead heat in the his
tory of Maryland racing. The seventh horse,
"Tawes Tornado" got fouled up at the start
ing gate at his own eastern shore and, al
though SO lengths behind, claimed a foul,
which was disallowed
Tackles Jodhpurs" showed splendid form
and good spirits and is the favorite filly of
Ocean Downs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
Assignment America:

BY Phyllis BatteIIe

NEW YORK - Some cool
ideas and cold quotes for hot,
humid day-on and off the rec.
ord:
In steam rooms, they use a
technique to help patron S
breathe. A chunk of ice is
cupped in a towel, and the Gus
toners nose is applied to it.
The chilled oxygen is revivify-
ing, whether inhaled at the
gym, or on the back porch at
home.
The coolest reading for sum-
mer is an unfunny, dull book;
thinking heats the head, and
laughing stirs up the body
fuels.
The coolest music is silence.
Striving to Guido ones com.
panions on the golf course and
tennis courts or in the swim.
ming pool constitutes several
socially acceptable forms of
suicide. DIR. George Griffith,
professor of medicine, Univer.
sity of Southern California.
Burning body energy makes
a body hot. Many women think
to conserve energy by relax.
ing" over their homework. But
note the latest advice from
Cornell University researchers:
Laboratory tests show that
you actually use four per cent
more energy when you sit,
rather than stand, to wash
dishes and iron. Lifting a one
pound item from a counter to a
shelf takes six percent more
energy when you're sitting on
a stool.
sanger is a warmth which
lights itself."-Old African say.
ing. Dogs dig holes under trees
and lie in them, but people have
too much civilized stupidity.
A law should be drawn
against restaurants which make
their own laws barring men
from entering without coats and
ties. Lawsie, lawsie, it is a vic.
lation of nature.
A long, cold alcoholic drink
on a hot day is a refreshing
thought - but a face-flushing
actually.
ANY woman who submits
her complexion regularly to the
rays of the sun will be old-look-
ing long before her time
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05

lena Rubinstein.
Blister your shoulders, bis
ter your knees,
Blister yourself anywhere
you can please,
Turn yourself into an ash
or an ember,
But when you have done so
l hope you'll remember,
Il shall not feel that my
presence is vital.
mo matter where you MAJ
stage your recital" - Margaret
Fishback.
To distract a child in hot
weather, give him big pail of
dense soapsuds, and let him pat
big handfuls all over himself
making like a live snowman. 1t
distracts and cools him. Cleans
him up, too.
OF course, the best relief
from the heat are kindly
thoughts about summer. Re.
member the horrors of last
winter, and then repeat over to
yourself this ccolade by
Michael Brown:
Summer is sailor. in a row.
boat and ice cream on your
dress when you're four years
old. Summer is a man with
his coat off, wet sand between
your toes, the smell of a gar
den an hour before moonrise.
Summer is silk itself, a giant
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
Dog Double Crosses
His Canine Friends

PORT ARTHUR, Tex. (UPD
Catching stray dogs is a
cinch for this city's assistant
dogcatcher.
He is a dog too.
The canine catcher's name is
Bud, an 85-pound German Shep.
ard who is the pet of dog.
catcher Anthony Broussard.
Bud rides on top of Brous.
sard's truck, waiting for an as.
signment. When Broussard
spots a stray dog, he calls for
Bud to chase the dog.
After catching the stray, Bud
often lies on top of his victim
until Broussard arrives to rope
the dog. Their teamwork pays
off with an average of about 10
catches a day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
Korean to Study
State Highways

Maryland is one of three
states whose highway depart.
ments have been selected as
models for study by a Korean
public works official.
He is Yu Rok Han, chief,
Highway Section, Pusan Dis
trict Bureau of Public Works.
Other highway departments
chosen are Oregon and Maine.
While studying Maryland's
methods, he will be instructed
by members of the Bureau of
Maintenance, headed by C. Bates
Chaires.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
Hospital Bill for
Is Years Totals
100000 Plus

KANSAS CITY, Mo. CUPD-
Even for a 94-year-old man
Homer McWilliams has a stag.
gering hospital bill.
His private room on the first
floor at Trinity Lutheran hos.
pital, plus private nurses
around the clock, carries
price tag of $40 per day. And
he has been a patient at the
hospital for almost Is years.
McWilliams, a bachelor, flo.
ures that the care over the
years has cost him in excess of
100000.
But the expenditure doesn't
bother him. He is independ.
emily wealthy, having wide.
spread real estate investments
in the Kansas City area.
McWilliams was 80 years old
in January, 1947, when he was
struck by car while return.
ing home from work. He suf.
fered a broken left arm and
shoulder and injuries to his left
knee and head.
Physicians examining him
discovered several organic dis.
orders which were corrected in
the hospital. Tl.ey say the ac.
cident prolonged his life bv
forcing him to remain in bed
and to receive hospital care.
McWilliams still carries on
his business from his hospital
room, although most of it is
handled by his aide, Coriolanus
Thorp, jr.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05

geranium and music from q
flute far away"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
On The Line

NEW YORK, Aug. i - PEG.
pie places things :.
The Federal Prime Minister
of Nigeria, Albaji, the Hon. Sir
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa,
K.BE., LID, MIR. rose in
his flowing robes at the head
table Of the Overseas Press Club
luncheon in his honor and the
audience rose with him and APP
plauded.
The leader of the most order
ly and impressive of the new
African states, which has a pop
ulation of 100000, is an edu-
Gator trained in his own land
and at the University of Lon
don. He speaks softly and
British" - to American ears
= and he pronounced MISSISSIPPI
pi in the most interesting way
imaginable. He put the accent
on the second syllable, which
gave Old Man River haunting
new quality.
when people like me visit
your country" the prime min
lister said, lit is thought that
we have nothing in mind but
aid technical aid or the like.
But we have other things in
mind. We come to learn, to
see how the American people
live, how they cherish freedom,
and what they have been able
to achieve"
A soft sigh of relief filled
the room.
There were some inane ques-
tons after that about how he
stood on the American race
problem. He fielded them ably,
to the effect that he and his
group had not been subjected to
any indignities. He preferred
to talk about his own country.
How did he feel about the
Voice of America?
He shrugged. "All of us
should put out nothing but the
truth"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05

S SENTINEL o eoSSTSl ND'
Saturday. August 5. 1851
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
Missing!

MUSHROOM HEIGHTS,
Mich. CUPID - The theft of
1000 gallons of gasoline from
two trucks left police with two
questions to answer.
1. Who took the gas?
2. What did he put it into?
The latter, they said, was
harder to solve than the first.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
Nuisance Value

DURHAM (UPD-This new
Republic of South Africa is hav.
ms a tough time paying off
about S1.9 in perpetual loan"
bonds of the old Cape Colony.
Issued in the 18th century, they
have priority over all new gov.
eminent securities and cannot
be redeemed without the hold.
ers' consent. The government
wants to pay them off because
they are a bookkeeping nui-
sance.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
BY Bob Considine
Reg. U. S. Pat. offie.

How did American aid over
lures differ from Soviet aid
overtures to his government?
The man who is determined
to steer his country's course
down a bloc-less path shook his
head.
II know the American aid
program because it exists" he
said, ''but the Soviets' aid pro-
gram I know nothing about, for
the Soviets have not made any
offers to Nigeria at ALL"
Ambassador Angler Biddle
Duke. in time, politely moved
the prime minister on to his
next appointment. The last
time Sir Abubakar spoke at the
club he tended to that detail
himself. He told DIR. James
Sheldon, program chairman,
that he had an appointment at
$3.50. But by 9:15 the questions
were just getting good. DR..
Sheldon asked him if the $3.50
appointment could be put back
fol a bit. Could the club call
the person the prime minister
was supposed to meet? Could
he perhaps send a substitute?
mot very WELL" the prime
minister answered in his
thoughtful way. THE $3.50 ap-
pointment is with myself. To
think. To think about the
speech l must make in the
United Nations Assembly in the
morning"
About the worst thing the
UN could do to Cuba, in con-
nection with that hi-jacked
$j,500,000 Eastern Airlines
Electra, would be to award it
to the Castro government -
with the proviso that it oper-
ate it as efficiently and as lush
ly as its previous owner.
This would involve the erec-
ton of fine new $4,000, 900
terminal at Havana, the better
to receive it and send it on its
missions, the training of stew
ardesses, a new $4,000, 900
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05

maintenance shop with special
ly trained ground crewmen, ex-
pensive regular check-ups on
engines, tires, controls, etc.,
proper control tower, a special
ground-control devices for land
ing the plane in foul weather,
a flying crew protected by US.
unions and drawing salaries up
to $4,000, full insurance for
plane and passengers, free food
and drink, an electronic ticket
ing service, ETC., ETC., etc.
In six months Castro would
be demanding that UN give the
Electra back t. Eddie Ricken-
hacker.
Non-conformist bar fly l know
sobered up the Overseas Press
Club bar the other night by
ordering a new type of mar
TIM: English vermouth and
French gin.
Bert Bacharach had the best
new drink story I've seen in
years. A whimsical soul, spot
ting a grasshopper, bent down
to it and asked, "did you know
we humans have named a drink
after your"
The grasshopper was thor
oughly confused. "A drink
named Irving?" it asked.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-17
Kennedy Wins First Round on Plan to
 Reorganize the NLRB

WASHINGTON LR - President Kennedy's plan to reorganize the the National Labor Relations Board won first round victory today in the Senate Government Operations Committee.
 By vote 6-3 the committee went on record as opposed to a move to veto the plan.
 The plan, which would allow the NLRB to delegate it's func- tions to individual members to speed it's work, now goes to the Senate. The vote there is sched- uled for Wednesday.
 Kennedy has a 500 record up to now on his reorganization plans, which automatically go in- to effect unless vetoed by either the Senate or House within 60 days after they are submitted.
 Congress has vetoed his pro- posals to reOrganize the securities and exchange Commission and Federal Communications Com mission, but has approved reor- ganization of the Federal Trade Commission and Civil Aeronau- tics Board.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-17
Red China-NOrth Korea
 Say Yugoslavia Dangerous To Communist Movement

TOKYO lR - Red China and North Korea declared a belief Saturday that "the main danger to the present international Com munist movement" is in the re- vision of Yugoslavia.
 "A resolute struggle must be waged against it," the two Asian allies said in joint communique broadcast less than 48 hours after the windup of Yugoslav-Soviet love feast in Moscow.
 Despite this slap at the inde- pendent Communism of President Tito, the communique tended to minimize reported friction be- tween Peiping and Moscow. At several points it voiced strong support for policies of the Soviet Union, including Berlin.
 Premier Khrushchev has been trying off and on for years to heal the Stalin era split between Moscow and Belgrade over diver gence of Tito's Yugoslav party from the Kremlin line - the Communist sin called revisionism.
 Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Yugoslav Foreign Minister Koca Popovic announced only Thursday that their nations positions on most international problems coincide. This statement, issued after week-long visit by Popovic to Moscow, indicated re- lations between those two nations are the WarmeSt in long time.
 Chinese Communists theoreti- clans have never looked kindly on Titos brand of Communism and now the North Koreans sound committed to the Chinese view.
 The communique was signed during visit to Red China of North Keoran Premier Kim H. Sung. He has just returned to his capital, Pyongyang, from a talk with Communist leader Mao Tze- Tung in Hangchow.
 The United States was accused again of formenting danger of a new world war.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-17
Negro Killed in Racial
 Disturbances in Chicago

CHICAGO tR - A coroners in- quest into a killing that touched off racial disturbances last week was continued today to allow more time for investigation.
 Victim of the killing was Mat thew Tolbert Jr, IT, Negro who was shot in the head with a 22 caliber pistol as he stood talking with three friends July 12.
 He was a former pupil at liar rison High School, on the south west side. The school was the focal point of disturbances in which 20 white persons were at tackled last week by rowing gangs of Negroes
 The neighborhood is l2 miles from a Lake Michigan beach where disorders occurred yester- day after Negroes took part in an organized integration of the recreation spot.
 At Rainbow Beach there was antagonism between white bathers and police who assembled there to protect Negroes using the fa- cility.
 Eleven white youths were ar rested by police task force of 250 men.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-17
Marine Accidents Take Heavy
 Toll of Life in Japan Last Year

TOKYO tR - Japan'S coast guard reports 688 persons died in marine accidents invloving 3,366 vessels last year and damage totaled $137, 100000.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-17
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT

MT. and Mrs. E. C. Straub an- nounce the engagement of their daughter, Claudia Jeane to Sgt. Homer G. White Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer G. White Sr., of Louisville, Miss. An early fall wedding is planned.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-17
NEW TRICK

DAMASCUS, Syria tR - The only item in Mustafa Kharsa's kit of burglar tools was a rubber ball. Mustafa, Is, used to play with his ball in front of a house, police said, then toss it through a window and asked to be let in- side to fetch the ball. Police said that he admitted picking up more than $500 worth of items in a dozen Eleppo homes as he hunted around the house to find the ball.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-17

so Thousand Homeless Tn India as Rain-Swollen Dam Bursts
 BOMBAY, India LR - Fifty thousand persons were homeless Saturday in Poona, 75 miles south east of Bombay, as a result of floods earlier in the week that claimed 59 lives after the rain swollen Mutha River burst a dam.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-17
Charles Frazier was fined S1C(

Charles Frazier was fined $1G0 with $50 suspended for selling furs without a dealers license and the same fine for illegal pos session of furs. Mir Frazier states that he was unaware of the li- cenSe or he would have had one.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-17

What can you believe: The jack rabbit isn't really a rabbit, but a hare. And the domestic Belgian hare isn't a hare but a rabbit.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-27
Sen. Styles Bridges, Senior COP Member Of Senate, Passes Sunday

CONCORD, NH. @ = A fu- neral service at the New Hamp- shire State House at noon Wed- nesday is planned for Sen. Styles Bridges, 6S. senior Republican member of the Senate. who died Sunday.
 President Kennedy led the tri- butes to the Senator, Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, ranking member of the powerful Appropriations Com mittee and second ranking Re- publican on the Armed Services Committee,
 Many political observers in tra- ditionally Republican New Hamp- shire believed Republican Gov. Wesley Powell, graduate of Bridges staff, would be appointed to succeed him, although some other reports mentioned Bridges widow.
 The appointment will hold the seat only until the 1882 election, when the voters vii choose a senator to complete the balance of Bridges term, which expires in 1866.
 Powell can not appoint himself. He would have to resign as gov- ernor and be appointed by his successor, the president of the State Senate, Samuel Green, a Manchester Republican.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-27
Union Membership Falls Off Slightly
 Throughout Nation

WASHINGTON M Union membership fell off slightly in 1860, the Labor Departmezs. says.
 A report issued Friday also found that a small but steady de- cline in the percentage of the labor force belonging to unions continued
 There were 17,049. .o00 Ameri- cans in unions in 1860, decrease of 68, ,0OO from 1859 but an in crease of 36,000 since 1858, said the department.
 The union membership repre- sents 23.3 per cent Of the total labor force Of 73,12e 900 in 1860. Tn 1859 it was 23s8 per cent and in 1858 tt was 238 per cent.
 m 1953 the IS ,948 ,000 union members represented 25.2 per cent of the total labor force.