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Evening star., 1961-07-23

Only six more days remain
for Washington area camera
fans to try their skills in The
Stars. Amateur Snapshot Con-
test.
If you have been intending to
enter the contest but never
quite got around to it, you'd
better snap to it right now.
You can still enter as many
pictures as you like-in both
the color and black-and-white
divisions-at as many different
times as you like, just so they
are postmarked no later than
midnight next Saturday.
An 11th-hour entry will stand
as much chance as any other
to win local and national prizes
totaling more than $1,000.
Starting today in SUNDAY,
The Star Magazine page g.
cash prizes totaling $25 will be
awarded each week for 10 weeks
for the photos judged best in
each Of these four classes: (A)
Babies and Children; (B) Ac-
tivitieS; Co ScenicS and
Table Tops; and Cd Animal
Life. Four Honorable Mentions
also will be awarded.
After the close of the con-
test. the judges will select two
grand-prize winners in each of
the four claSses-one in color,
the other in black-and-white.
The color winners will receive
500 savings bonds and the
black-and-whites $25 bonds.
These eight pictures then
will be entered in the Newspa-
per Snapshot Awards, where
cash prizes totaling more than
$4,000 will be distributed.
Copies of the rules are avail
able at The Stars business
counter or may be obtained by
mail by sending a request ac-
companied by a stamped, self
addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1961-07-23

tion probably would not favor
tax boosts to pay for increased
defense spending. But tn e
President and his advisers are
sensitive to congressional
charges of fiscal irreSponsi-
bility."
A decision to propose tax in
creases would not necessarily
wipe out chances for enactment
of pending legislation to give
business investors an 8 per cent
tax credit. The President wants
a tax credit to stimulate invest
ment, as part Of the drive to
modernize the Nations produc-
tive plant and accelerate eco
nomic growth.
But an increase in individual
income taxes would strengthen
opposition by organized labor
and others to the tax break for
business. and might compli-
cate the Presidents plans to
propose broad tax reforms
next year.
Evening star., 1961-07-23
By LEE M. COIN
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy probably
will propose $3.50 billion of tax
increases to help pay for a de-
fense build-up, high-ranking
officials said yesterday.
He also may make other eco
i1omic moves-perhaps includ-
ing q request for standby con-
trols-to match military meas
ures to deal with the Berlin
crisis and other cold war trou-
bic spots. :.
Mr.. Kennedy will announce
his plans in q speech to the
Nation Tuesday and message
to Congress Wednesday.
Although last-minute changes
are possible, the President has
indicated to key advisers that
he will recommend tax boosts.
He is more likely than not
Evening star., 1961-07-23
Kennedy May Propose
S2-3 Billion Tax Rise

to accompany his (defense
spending) increase request with
proposals for q tax increase, 81
one highly placed source said
on the basis of talks with the
President.
Boost to Economy Seen
Mr.. Kennedy plans to boost
defense spending by more than
the amount Of the contemplate
ed tax increase, but the in
creased expenditures probably
would stimulate the economy
sufficiently to augment Gov
ernment revenues.
Alternative tax plans have
been presented to the Presi-
dent by Treasury Secretary
Dillon, Budget Director David
E. Bell and Walter w. Heller,
chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisers.
Some Of the plans would in
Evening star., 1961-07-23
Six More Days Left
In Snapshot Contest

These requests, like contest
entries, should be addressed to
The Stars Snapshot Contest,
225 Virginia avenue Sc, Wash
ington 3, D. c.
Condensed rules will be
found on today's Hobbies Page
and also are obtainable at
many photo supply dealers
throughout the Washington
retail trading area.
Evening star., 1961-07-23
Veterans Pension
Requirement Eused
BY the Associated Press

A bill to permit veterans to
count service in two wars
toward the 90-day minimum
necessary for pension purposes
was signed yesterday by Presi-
dent Kennedy.
The bill is designed to per-
NIT those who served less than
the StStutory limit during one
period Of service to lump two
or more such periods together
to make up the 90 days.
Evening star., 1961-07-23
Chest x-Ruy Unit
At Fourth and R

The mobile X-ray unit Of
fering free chest X-rays to
anyone over 10 years of age
win be located at Fourth and
R streets NV. tomorrow
through Friday.
Hours are 10 am. to 1890
pm. and lis to 6 pm. on
Monday and Friday. Tuesday
through Thursday hours are
! to $50 pm. and SIS to 9
pm,
The mobile unit is cospon-
sored by the D. C. Department
of Public Health and the D. c.
tuberculosis Association.
Evening star., 1961-07-23
Food BY BuIIoon

TAIPEI, Formosa, July a
(AP.-The Free China Relief
Association says balloons it
uses to deliver food parcels to
Red China fly as far as 1000
miles into the interior.
Evening star., 1961-07-23

crease tax rates on individual
incomes, some would boost cor
poration tax rates and some
would draw revenue from both
sources.
Until very recently, the Pres
ident planned to propose tax
reductions next year to correct
inequities and stimulate the
economy. He had expected to
find room for tax cuts in q
budget surplus anticipated for
fiscal 1868.
Surplus Threatened
But now the prospect of
increased defense spending
threatens to reduce the fiscal
1868 surplus and increase the
budget deficit for fiscal 1852
calculated conServatively at
$4.4 billion exclusive Of the
new defense outlays.
Strictly on the basis of eco
nomic theory, the administra-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15
Suburban Names DIR. Bolton
To Head Emergency Room

large the emergency room with
in the next two months, using
space vacated by the nursing
office, which has been moved to
the new Morgan Wing of the
hospital.
Mrs. Carter reminded county
residents that while the emer-
gency room is open "a hours a
day its purpose is to treat those
in need of emergency treatment
only. 1t is not a clinic, nor is
it to be substitute for the pa
tents family physician.
1t receives persons who have
been involved in accidents, per-
sons suffering acute illnesses re-
quiring immediate care, extreme
emergencies when the family
doctor cannot be reached and
special cases when arrange
ments have been made in adj
vance by the doctor.
Before coming to the emer-
gency room, patients should call
their own doctors. DR.. Bottoms
duty is to care for transient
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15
An Editorial

The Curriculum Study Committees final report
hghghts of which appear in todays issue of the Sem
tinel, provides valuable tool in helping boost the
county school system to its full potential
While prasng local schools as generally excellent
according to usually accepted standards, committee
members point out clearly the INACCURACIES that
county rich and literate Montgomery must
correct in order to meet the needs of all It's students
It is essential, therefore, that citizens throughout
the county makes themselves thoroughly familiar not
only with the recommendations in the summary
port but with the detailed suggestions Of the is study
groups in supplemental volume For only through
widespread public understanding of what should be
done and concerted action to plug the gaps in edu
cational system schools fulfill their function
of teaching the individual to think and to reason the
limit of his capacity
Crx of the report is the committees insistence
the schools primary roe-to impart specific knowl-
edge and skls Without these there can be founda-
ton for the development of the kind of critical and
analytical thinking that nation needs to survive as
free and democratic country
The committee makes il plain that the most inn
portant skill of all-the ability to reads the very
which sufficient emphasis is lacking in county
schools This may be due, at least in part to the pre-
vailing educational theory that the child cannot be
taught to read until he is ready for it.
We have always thought this theory is false and
should be abandoned. And we happy to note that
minority statement by Dr. Alan H. Mehler, a MEM
Der of the study group English strongly supports
our contention
DR.. Mehler, who holds high position in the Ma
tional Institutes of Health, wants reading to be intro
duced at the kindergarten level He also believes par
ents should be brought back from the limbo into
which educators have cast them and be allowed
and encouraged to help teach reading to their
children, even before they enter school
In view of the unsatisfactory results of the pres
ent school reading program DR.. Meher's suggestions
deserve trial by school officials At the risk of sound
ing prehistoric recall that Dr. Mehlers proposals
were being used when went to. school, with much
better results than those derived from present
methods
For those educators who refuse to concede that
anything good has happened in the past the achieve
ments Of students in the Amidon School in the District
of Columbia should be sufficient answer; for they
using the very methods advocated by this newspaper
and by DR.. Mehler.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15

patients with no local doctor,
local residents who are unable
to reach their private physicians
and patients sent by their doc
tors for treatment. Follow-up
care is not provided.
The emergency room has
complete operating room facili-
ties, antidotes for poisons, spe-
cial carts equipped to handle
fractures and burns, resuscita-
tors, oxygen, suction equipment
and supplies needed for first
aid.
Blood is available immediate
ly, and all x-ray and laboratory
facilities, along with operating
rooms, are available day and
night.
DR.. Bolton received her medi-
cal degree from the University
of Louisville School of Medicine,
served her internship at the
University of Pennsylvania Hos
pital and continued her medical
training for several years fol-
lowing that.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15
Midtown Rockville Merchants Group
Announce Winners in Sale Drawing

tificate; Mrs. Charles Whitley,
Derwood, $40 gift certificate.
Larry AIan-Mrs. Laura Zim-
norman, Rockville, S17.95 Nc
Gregor cabana set.
Town & Country Appliances
r. c. Browning, Germantown,
$685. RCA photograph.
w. T. Grant Co.-Mrs. G. L.
Ricketts,, Rockville, SIS gift GER
tificate.
Mark Motor Co. - Mrs. Vir-
ginia Hollingsworth, Rockville,
$40 auto service certificate.
G. C. Murphy Co.-Mrs. Heidi
Hargitt, Rockville, $37.77 rotary
power mower.
Modern Furniture Co. - Mrs.
Leslie Valentine, Rockville,
$24.95 Westinghouse dinnerware
set.
A. G. Watkins. Inc. - Mrs.
James L. Clatterbuck, Rock
vile, $685. bathroom air puri-
fier.
Miller's-Mrs. Charles Howes,
Rockville, SIS gift certificate.
Rockville Stationery - Alma
N. Thompson, Rockville, S25 gift
certificate.
Young Colony Shop-Leslie
w. Valentine, Rockville, SIS gift
certificate; Mrs. Thomas E.
Seaton, Rockville, S. gift certi
ficate.
Children's Center - Doris
Starkey, Silver Spring, SIS gift
certificate; Lucille Willis, Be
thesda, Route 3, S. gift certifi
cate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15

Winners of drawings held by
merchants during Midtown
Rockville Merchants Associa-
ton Old Fashioned Sale have
been announced.
Each store held a separate
drawing for its prizes, which
can be picked up by winners
from stores.
Merchants expressed their en-
thusiasm for the event and said
they were pleased with results.
The winners, by store:
Greta Stevens - Mrs. S. W..
Preffitt, Rockville, SIS gift GER
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15
Somerset
Files Appeal
On ZOning

An appeal Of a Montgomery
County coming decision by the
citizens of Somerset have push
ed a proposed Saks Fifth Ave-
nue. store for Chevy Chase far
into the future.
The councils decision would
permit construction of a SIS
million store on Wisconsin ave.
Somerset residents filed the
appeal in Montgomery County
Circuit Court last week, asking
the councils May % AZ vote in
favor of Saks be overturned.
Pending decision on the APP
peal, the store cannot begin
construction.
The Circuit Court assignment
office said the case probably
will not be heard until the end
of this year at the earliest.
May decision of the council
rezoned from residential to
commercial the block bounded
by Wisconsin and Belmont
ayes. and Oliver and Montgom-
cry SITS. opposite the Somerset
community.
Among the residents opposing
the stores construction are Air
Force Secretary Eugene M.
Zuckert and his wife, along with
Mayor Warren ]. Vinton. Some
% families made the appeal.
Zuckert, who lives in Chevy
Chase, said at a public hearing
last winter the rezoning would
change the character" of the
area.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15
ModernizatiOn Loans Are
Available for Home Buyers

National Association Of Real
Estate Boards and of virtually
all segments of the shelter in
dustry.
The new program Is designed
to help home owners secure fl
nancing on convenient terms for
basic renovation jobs to existing
housing, Mr.. Gray pointed out.
Such renovation or moderniza-
ton may include new roofing
and insulation, a new heating
plant and plumbing, kitchen i'm
provement, the addition of a
new bedroom or bathroom.
almost every realtor in
Montgomery County has among
his listings of houses for sale
existing homes in good neigh
borhoods which have attracted
the interest of prospective pur-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15
TO GET FACELFTING

DR.. Patricia Bolton of Rock
vile has been appointed as full
time emergency room physician
for Suburban Hospital in Be-
thesda.
The appointment was an
nounced by Mrs. Amelia C. Car
ter, hospital administrator, who
said that appointment of a full
time physician will facilitate
care of patients in need of emer-
gency treatment.
In addition to DR.. Bolton,
residents and interns of the hos
pital will, as in the past, rotate
duties in the emergency room
and physicians designated by
the medical staff are available
II their services are needed.
Activities in the emergency
room, according to Mrs. Carter,
are at an all-time high, with 600
more patients treated in the
first six months of 1861 than
during the same period last
year.
Plans are underway to en-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15

chasers because of the ameni-
ties that are a distinctive fea-
ture Of older homes - larger
rooms, established neighbor.
hood, extensive landscaping, and
so on" he said.
'1n many cases, house-hunt-
ers have been attracted to these
homes but have hesitated to buy
because they have felt that the
house needed modernization in
some respect. The high interest
rate and monthly repayment
schedule of such modernization
under previous prevailing lend
ing programs in addition to the
purchase financing have acted
as a deterrent.
"The new FILA program viii
be a real help in the solution Of
CONTINUED on Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15
Lions TO Hold
Picnic Sunday

Members of the Lions Club of
Silver Spring will conduct their
annual picnic Sunday at the
farm of Robert L. McKeever,
ST., one of the charter members
of the club.
Arrangements are being made
by Robert L. McKeever, jr. The
McKeever farm, a showplace of
Montgomery County, is at the
junction of Ednor I'd. and Nor
wood I'd.
Wives and children Of mem
bers of the club will attend the
picnic. Hours are from noon
until dark. In the event of rain
the picnic viii be held August
u.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15

Woolworth's - Marion Yeat-
man, Germantown, SIS gift GER
tificate.
Curtis Shoe Per Mart David
j. .Brandenburg, Clarksburg,
500 General Electric rotisserie
oven.
Mack's Hardware - Donald
Grimmer, Rockville, $14.95 Mir
rormatic percolator.
Dial Drugs = Mrs. Myrtle
Thomas, Sellman, S6.95 bath
room scale.
Dowell Ceramics-Naomi Ma
gruder, Rockville, $685. mosaic
framed picture.
Hi Boy-Marie McCalharon,
Washington Grove, $40 food GER
tificate.
Raff's Sunoco Mrs. John
Russ, Rockville, auto fabrication
and oil change.
Market Center - Miss Ada
May Thompson, Clarksburg,
country ham.
Montgomery County Office
Equipment Co.-Mrs. ]. c. Dean,
$40 gift certificate.
Ace Wrecking - Mrs. Hattie
May Thompson, Clarksburg,
two gallons of paint.
Saah Furniture Co. - Miss
Rosemary Dwyer, Rockville,
$50 unfinished bookcase.
Villa Theater-Phyllis Dove,
Gaithersburg; Ruth Morgan,
Wheaton; Emma Fairfax, Dick
erson, theater passes.
Rockville Rexall Drugs -.
Laura Burruss, Gaithersburg,
SIS Hunt vaporizer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15
County Students Fall
Short in Basic English
First IL Series on Study Group Reports

First IN Series Study Group Reports
Drastic revision of the English program in Mont
gomery County schools is key recommendation in
the Curriculum Study Committees final report.
Noting national concern that the average high
school graduate is not well skilled in the use of the
English language and that county students fall below
the national norm in spelling the committee declared:
'The opportunity for each student to develop his
ability to communicate in English to the maximum ex-
tent practicable should take priority over all other
considerations"
The need to master English is "all important the
committee emphasized. To achieve this ai the report
suggested placing children in classes according to their
reading ability, rather than chronologcaly, in the
early school years
Other recommendations included:
!. The language arts program in elementary
schools should emphasize phonetcs, grammar and
spelling at all levels.
q Reading speed and comprehension should be
stressed in secondary schools
g. Composition and creative writing should be ex-
tensive and should begin soon the student de-
velops useful vocabulary for writing
a. Listening should be recognized as specific skill
and should be emphasized in all grades.
s. Training in speech techniques should be made
part of the English program in the super high school
grades.
g. Reading problems should be identified early
and remedial assistance should be available In all
grades to prevent unnecessary retardaton" of stu
dents.
To help carry out these recommendations the
committee urged that teachers be relieved Of the load
of noncIassroom duties. This would give instructors
time to correct papers and counsel students on
personal basis.
A minority report by DR.. Alan H. Mehler, a MEM
Der of the study group English, went even further.
Dr. Mehler is chief of the Engine Chemistry Section,
National Institutes of Health
Continued Page 81.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-15

Many Montgomery County
families are expected to use a
new home loan insurance pro-
gram Of the Federal Housing
Administration in buying older
homes needing modernization,
c. Robert Gray, president of the
county's Board of Realtors said
this week.
Established by the Housing
Act of 1861, the new FILA pro-
gram provides for the insurance
of home Improvement loans of
not less than $500 or more than
$4,000 for a period of up to 20
years with a maximum permits
sibIe interest rate of six per
cent.
This was one of the few sec
tons of the omnibus housing
bill that had the support of the
Tabor City tribune., 1961-02-01
SAFE ENTRANCE

IL pou plan to remodel porch
es or other entryways to your
nome, consider safety in plan
ming. One suggestion is that the
entrance landing should be AZ
least 5 by z feet. Allow two
feet Of standing space on the
latch side Of the door. This
gives enough space for a per
son to stand without having 10
step off when the door swings
II there are one or more
steps, provide both a hand rail
Tor the steps and a guard rail
around the porch platform
It's best to have overhead pro-
lection to prevent rain, ice or
snow from piling up on steps
or landing. An outdoor light is
needed that makes il possible
TO see steps and landing clear
~ sitter dsSik.
Ihs treads Of The stsps shsss,d
Tabor City tribune., 1961-02-01

MIR. and Mrs. c. w. Todd
and family and Mrs. Vernon
GmganuS and children were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bill \ "ru OF Whiteville.
NJ. Mrs. Cecil Harris of
Whit,,... and Mrs. Pete VIII
ham.u9 Ind Sammy of Leban-
ON were Sunday guests Of MIR.
and Mrs. Sam z. Gore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Fairfax,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Anderson.
Mrs. Duretha Cox and Diana
Cox We're Sunday guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Ander-
son and family of Whiteville.
Mrs. Blanche Bloodgood OF
Wilmington is visiting relatives
here for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Hinson
and family were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rhone Ander-
son and family of Whiteville.
Mrs. Ebert Long and Terry
Long OF StatcSvillc were visit
orS at Sunday School also Mrs.
Foster Reynolds of Summerton,
5. c.
Mrs. Rachel Ward is spend
ing few days with a SiSter-in-
law Mrs. Eta Hinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Ward, Jr.
and Cathy Ward were visiting
in Wilmington Sunday.
Mrs. RoSSic HinSon. Mrs. Et-
Ia HinSon. Rodney Hinson and
Mrs. Rachel Ward were Sum
day dinner guests of Mrs. Mat
tie Gore and Miss Media Gore
of New Hope.
Earl Duncan was home for
the weekend with his parents
MIR. and Mrs. Bennie Duncan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Williams
and family of Guideway and
Mrs. Lucille Stephens of Clar-
cnoon We're Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Long. They had as their after
noon gueStS-Mr. and Mrs
DalmaS HinSon of Whitevill,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmore Cor,
of Route 3. Tabor City. John
Bunyon Stanley and Frank In.
mis- Of Whiteville and Mr.. and
! Mrs. Shack Buffkin of Tabor
| City.
Mrs. Philip Mcpherson. Will
lard. Kenneth and Phil were
visiting here Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Nc
PhcrSon and Sue Peterson OF
Beaverdam were Monday night
dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
Lloyd Hinson and Family.
Happy Birthday to Willard
Mcpherson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dow Hinsor
were Wednesday night dinner
J guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. ". r
Tabor City tribune., 1961-02-01

Gross of Whiteville.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Hinson
and family and Mrs. Eta Hin
son We're Friday night dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell
Strickland.
ALL IN FUN-A woman
waiting at the door ready TO
60 to the store had her arms
full OF coats and four little
children at her side. Her hus-
band coming down the stairs,
asked why she was standing
there. She replied, handing
him the coats "This time YOU
put the children's coats on and
I'll go honk the horn"
Tabor City tribune., 1961-02-01

&c w;dc enough to provide Sc
cure steady placing of the en-
tire foot. A usual rule for safe
steps is 10 have the width of
the tread and the highth of the
riser combined equal about Ia
inches with the tread mcaSur-
ing about llEs inches.
Tabor City tribune., 1961-02-01

scanty passage, burning. back.
ache, leg pain. Take surprising
BUkETS i-day treatment. II
not pleased, pour soc back al
any drug store. TODAY at
Damcron Drug Store.
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