davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
ADDITIONS Set
In Rockville
Talent Test

Additions will be held Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday at the
Rockville Civic Center audito-
rum for the city's first annual
citywide talent show for youth,
to be held at the auditorium on
April Z at 8 pm.
Prospective contestants can
arrange to be placed on the
addition schedule by calling the
city recreation department, GA.
$4,000, from 9 am. to ) pm, or
the city Teen Center, GA. 4
1858, after z pm. Contest Off
cials emphasized that the audi
tions will be limited to those
who are scheduled in advance.
The competition is open to all
Rockville youths 18 years of age
and under. The Teen Center,
sponsor of the show, is seeking
the services of those who per-
form individually or in groups
in songs, dances, instrumentals,
dramatics. acrobatics. panto-
mines or other speciality acts.
In an effort to present the
best talent available in the Ap-
ril show. contestants will be
screened during the tryouts and
the most outstanding perform
ers will be selected to compete
for the three grand talent show
prizes.
The top prize will be a $25
savings account, while runner
up awards will be a watch and
a gift certificate at a clothing
store of the successful contest
ants choice. In the event group
winners are chosen for any OF
the first three places, substitute
prizes will be awarded.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
Board Appropes
Rockville Site
For yr. College

Acquisition of a Rockville
tract as the site of Montgom-
cry County's second junior col.
lege was authorized by the
Board of Education Tuesday,
subject to the County Councils
approval of a proposed budget
appropriation for the project.
The board approved for jun.
ior college use an 5000 acre por-
ton of the Anderson tract off
Route 355 at the northern end
of Rockville. Board President
Harold F. Breimyer said the
exact size of the property
sought by the school system is
unknown, pending completion
of surveys.
The property is adjacent to
the former Carver High School,
now in the process of being
renovated to provide a modern
administrative center for the
Board of Education. Breimyer
said negotiations for purchase
of the land are virtually com
plete, subject to approval of the
budget fund for the purpose.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
Vim. ]. Brannan
Appointed Agent
For Draft Appeal

William ]. Brannan, President
of the Silver Spring Board of
Trade, has been appointed Ap-
peals Agent for Local Draft
Board No. So, Silver Spring. He
replaces the late Paul Taggart.
There will be this week a
joint meeting of the Silver
Spring, Bethesda and Hyatts-
vile Locals. State officials of
the Draft Boards will present
20-year certificates and. em.
blems to Stephen James, Chair
man of the Silver Spring Board,
William H. Reynolds. Dr. Reed
N. Calvert, Medical Advisor,
and Mrs. Emma B. Waldrop, lie.
gal Advisor. DR.. Wheeler o.
Huff of the Bethesda Local also
will receive a 20.year certificate.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
improvement Project Set
In Bethesda -Cheuy Chase

The Bethesda-C Chevy Chase
Chamber of Commerce, through
its community improvement
committee, has launched cam
paign to spruce up the Bethes'
da.Chevy Chase business area
this spring.
Headed by Miss Mary Stock,
a landscape architect, the com.
mittee is seeking to enlist the
cooperation of garden, civic and
service clubs in the area in the
improvement project.
Chamber officials expressed
the hope that some Of the par
ticipating organizations will ac-
cept the responsibility for spe-
cific phases Of the program, in
cluding the maintenance Of
flower tubs to be placed
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23

throughout the business district
and other Identification prof.
ects.
Letters have been sent to area
clubs requesting them to desig-
nate representatives to work
with the improvement commit
tee A meeting Of the commit
tee and club representatives is
planned for the near future for
the purpose of drawing up
specific plans for the program.
James A. Barr, executive di-
rector Of the chamber, express
ed confidence that a coopera-
tive Identification project car
ried out by business and civic
Interests viii serve as a business
stimulant by bringing more
visitors to the area.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23

Details of the testing pro.
gram were outlined in a status
report submitted to the Board
of Education by the boards de-
partment of research, which is
conducting the study.
Scheduled for evaluation
under the research program are
the effectiveness of teaching
machines" the psychological
effects of using windowless
classrooms in air.conditioned
schools, the use of teachers spe-
cializing in specific subjects as
compared to those who super
wise self-contained classrooms,
the advantage of expanded psy-
Geological services and other
facets of the county's curricu-
lum.
School officials also will at
tempt to determine why some
of the brighter students en-
counter difficulty in spelling
and why some pupils in the ex-
treme 10 category, both high
and low, have failed to match
average" students in achieve
ment tests. r-. 49,.
Another facet of the study
will be an opinion survey de-
signed to determine how the
public evaluates the county's
school program.
According to the report. some
300 elementary and high school
pupils will be used in the test
of teaching machines, including
simple cardboard instructional
aids and other devices. begin
ming next September.
1t also is planned to remodel
six classrooms to approximate"
the windowless rooms that will
feature new air-conditioned
schools, to determine their eff
fects on students.
While it has been established
that construction costs can be
saved by replacing exterior win
dows with air conditioning
equipment, the report said,
very little scientific evidence is
available about the psychologi.
cal effects upon children and
teen-agers in school situations,
or working in classrooms not
having access to exterior
sources of air and light.
A Systematic" study of the
controversial career recognition
program for teachers also is
planned as part of the research
program.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
Council
AnneIeS
Poor Farm
Photo by Hershey

The Rockville Mayor and
Council annexed the Mont
gomery County Poor Farm
acreage last Monday to pro-
vide city water and sewer
service for the new County De-
tention Home and Public Works
Depot recently completed on the
13-acre site. The County Coun-
Gil, upon request of its manager,
Mason Butcher, consented to the
annexation.
The city body, following re-
Gently adopted procedures, an
nexed and zoned the land at the
same time. The tract is split
down the middle by Interstate
Route 70S. At first the council
zoned the land east of the high
way RS and the land west of
the highway I-3, light industrial.
However, after an appearance
by Attorney David E. Belts
who spoke for owners of more
than IT'S acres Of land in the
area of Great Falls rd. and west
of 70S in opposition to the crea-
ton of a large tract of indus.
trial land so close to residential
property, the council recon
sidered its coming action.
After discussion in which mem
bers Of the council considered
zoning I-3 for only half of the
western part of the tract includ
ing the Public Works Depot, the
city fathers agreed to put the
coming matter on next week:
agenda.
The council also voted on q
street Improvement projects foi
Rockville that will cost between
$250,000 and 100000. It did SC
after adopting a policy guide fol
Its staff setting rs feet as tho
maximum width for Residential
streets for which homeowner.
can be charged frontfoot benefit
assessments.
Beall ave. citizens turned ouf
| in force to hear the council.
decision on improving a section
of their street. Original plan,
called for making it SO feet widt
but residents were strongly op
lposed to it and had Clipped ii
to hire an attorney to express
their feelings.
Mayor Alexander j. Greene
indicated he had given the
matter considerable though
since the public hearing last
week and agreed that heavy
traffic on Beall ave. is still some
what in the future. Eventually
the street will be cut through
TO N. Washington st. and carry
traffic from a new 500-hone de
velopment into the heart oi
Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
'G.I.s and Dolls

For the 18th consecutive year,
students of Gaithersburg High
School will present a school.
wide show, the "Follies." This
years production, &c. is and
Dolls" will be held March "a
and 25 at s:15 pm. in the high
school gym.
&c. Is and Dolls" is a musical
comedy having an original
script. It depicts the antics of
the WACs and GIs at an imag.
mary camp, Fort Vulnerable.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
Family Goes All-Out
To Support Symphony

Mrs. Harold A. Timlen, Of
Potomac High Lands, has at
tanned 100 per cent Of her
quota as neighbOrhOOd
chairman for the National
Symphony Orchestra sustain
ing fund drive, but her two
sons are still not satisfied.
notwithstanding the fact
that Mrs. Timken succeeded
in enlisting the support Of all
of the community's 80 fam
lilies in the fund drive, 10-year-
old Chris and Kelvin, g.. are
joining with another neigh
bOrhOod youngster Saturday
i'm the sponsorship of a pup
pet show to raise additional
funds for the campaign.
Along with 9-year-Old Vicky
Peel, the boys will present the
show at 1880 am. in the
recreation room of the Tim
ken home, Happy HILL" on
Cleveland dr.. in Potomac
High Lands. Entitled ITO
KazOO or Not to KazOO," the
show features an assortment
of stuffed animals playing
musical instruments, and
even has q character desig.
mated as DIR. Howard Mitch
ell, conductor Of the National
Symphony.
Admission is 10 cents, and
candy, popcorn and soft
drinks will be sold at inter.
mission.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
COP Women
Plan TO Visit
Legislature

Members of the Women's Re-
publican Club Of Silver Spring
will attend a meeting of the
Maryland State Legislature
Tuesday, March 2S.
The group plans to leave
Grace Episcopal Church on
Georgia ave. at 10 am. and will
have lunch in Annapolis before
going to the State House.
Interested persons wishing to
make the tour can call Mrs.
Robert Bradley, Juniper S-2016.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
Council Spurns
Delegation Bill
AS Unfamiliar
Proposed Court
Clerk Measure
Is Disapproved

Dissension between the
Montgomery County Coun-
Gil and the county's legisla-
tive delegation flared openly
this week, when the council
refused to support a delegation
bill on the ground that it had
not been consulted on the
measure.
Rejecting its growing dis
content with the delegations
failure to keep it posted on bills
affecting the county, the council
voted to disapprove legislation
which would create chief
clerk for the county's three
Peoples Courts. The council
acted with virtually no discus
sion of the merits of the pro-
posal, but took its position on
the basis of its uflfamiliarity
with the Legislation.
The Peoples Court bill was
described by County Attorney
Alfred H. Carter in a routine
report on the status of legisla-
ton affecting the county.
Said Council President Will
liam F. Hickey: 'T'hey keep
coming up with bills we've
never been told about. I think
we should issue a statement out
lining our position"
Displeased with Methods
He added: Il think we should
say we're not pleased with the
methods OF introducing legisla.
ton that directly affects this
county"
| Councilman David H. Cahoon
supported Hickey's remarks
with the observation that when
we are not consulted on county
Legislation and have to make a
last-minute decision, we have
little alternative but to cast a
negative vote"
The Peoples Court measure
was one of two bills disapproved
by the council at its Tuesday
meeting, the other involving a
proposal to create a local land
holding agency for the purpose
Of acquiring undeveloped land
for future "open space" use by
the county or other govern
mental agencies.
Deemed Unnecessary
However, in this case the
council agreed that the obiec-
tives of the measure were COM
mendable, but council members
said they felt 1t was unneces-
sary because the government
already has means Of acquiring
land for future use.
"rhis would simply create
another agency to talk to the
Others" observed Councilman
Joe M. Kyle.
In another legislative develop
ment, the council declined TO
support a proposed amendment
) Continued on Page A6)
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
County To Observe
Holiday Tomorrow

Montgomery County offices
will be closed tomorrow as a
substitute holiday for Mary
land Day, which falls on
Saturday. All libraries and
bOOlxmObiles will be closed
Saturday but open Friday.
Motorists will be able to
get their auto tags on both
days i'm the Revenue and Dis
bursements Office on the
third floor Of the County
Office Building in Rockville.
The office will close at 1 pm.
on Saturday.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
Career Plan
Disapproved
Teachers Favor Objective But
Are Not in Accord With Method

Montgomery County school teachers while favoring
merit system for salary and professional advancement
do not approve the plan currently utilized by the counts
Board of Education
This conclusion was reached in poll conducted by
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23

the Montgomery County Edu-
cation Association to determine
the reaction of its members to
the plan now in effect in the
county school system, according
to Arthur D. Simonds, execu-
tive secretary of the educa-
tional group.
The poll reached more than
5000 teachers in a system en-
ploying some $500 educators, ST.
monds reported.
While the detectives of the
merit plan were approved by
an Overwhelming" majority of
members polled, an even larger
majority expressed "displeas-
ure" with procedures now en-
ployed by the school board in its
advancement program.
The purpose of the plan, ST.
monds reported, was supported
by 1893 members as opposed to
977.
But 1885 members expressed
dissatisfaction with the pres
ent plan as compared to 703
who favored it.
The merit plan, as outlined by
school officials, is designed to
improve teaching standards and
to provide greater incentive to
participants. To qualify for ad-
vancement under the program,
teachers must have masters
degree, 10 years experience in
teaching and tenure, and must
be certified by principals and
supervisors assigned to evaluate
their performance.
A final step in the advance
ment program is recommen-
dation by a board of review
composed of teachers, admins
traitors and supervisors.
A principal bone of contention
in the program, The Sentinel
has been informed, is the pro-
vision calling for evaluation by
principals and supervisors. A
number of teachers have ex-
pressed the feeling that per-
sonaiity differences have i'm
paired their chances of winning
certification from professional
associates within their own
schools.
Simonds said the MEGA has
taken no position on the merit
plan pending a meeting of it's
career recognition committee on
March % at which time the
group will review the findings
of the poll and prepare recon-
mendations to the Board of Ed
ucation to make the plan more
attractive to teachers.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
Budget Spokesman
Asked to Register

The Montgomery County
Council is asking citizens who
wish to speak at this years
budget hearings to register now
with the clerks office, PO. D
2121, extension 321 or 322.
Public hearings on operating
and capital budgets of the
Board of Education and the
County Government will be held
beginning March 27. A list Of
speakers is being compiled now
and additional names will be
taken just before each hearing
begins. All hearings begin at
8 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-03-23
Board Posts Open

The Montgomery County
Council is receiving applications
for two vacancies on the Coun-
ty Electrical Board, which ex-
amines applications for licens-
ing as electrical contractors or
special electrical contractors.
Members serve without compen-
sation for 3-year terms.
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Magazine Editor
To Be Appointed
Envoy to Guinea

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (AP).-
William Atwood, foreign editor
Of Look magazine, has been Of
fered the post of Ambassador,
to Guinea and indicated he will
accept, it was learned authori-
tatively today. ~
Mr.. Atwood, AZ, resides In
New Canaan, Conn. He was q
foreign correspondent In Europe
for the New York Herald Trib-
une and Golfers magazine for
many years. based in Paris.
Mr.. Atwood repeatedly turned
down q post with Adlai Steven
son in the United States dele
cation to the United Nations
in favor Of the Guinea assign
ment. He Is q longtime asso-
ciate Of Mr.. Stevenson and also
worked for President Kennedy
during the campaign.
The Guinea assignment is
considered a sensitive one since
the government Of Sekou Toure
has established close relations
with several Communist ma
tions.
Both Mr.. Atwood and his
wife are bi-lingual, speaking
French and English with equal
facility. French is the Ian
guage most commonly used in
Guinea, a former French colony
on the West Coast Of Africa. !
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Fugitive RobbeF 8
Placed by FBI
On Wanted List
BY the Associated Press

The FBI today put william
Chester Cole, q youthful fugi-
tive from q Fort Myers Tla.)
prison camp. on its list Of 10
most wanted men,"
Cole. %. escaped with six
others from the Fort Myers
camp last August 6 while he
was serving a life term for o
1858 series Of grocery and
liquor store holdups in the
Pensacola F'la0 area.
The FBI described Cole as
"a vicious and brutal armed
robber who should be consid-
cred extremely dangerous"
After the Florida escape,
Cole and q companion allegedly
kidnapped q Venice (Fla.) cou-
pie and forced them to drive to
Tampa. Cole and his compan-
ion subsequently went to LOU
isiana and allegedly engaged in.
a series Of automobile and store
robberies. in which some Of
the victims were assaulted.
Cole Is q native Of Holly,
Fla, and q former fisherman
and construction worker. -
Evening star., 1961-02-02

School. He is a lawyer Snd
served with the United States
Navy in World War II with 80
months overseas. :"
Fernand Joseph st. Gern1atn,
33, Woonsocket, r. I. - Now
serving his first term in Con-
gress, Mr.. st. Germain is one
of the youngest members Of
Congress. He is a lawyer O
graduate Of Providence Col
lege and Boston University
Law School. He worked his
way through college as a cloth
spreader in a garment factory
and as a fountain clerk. Before
his election, he served in the
Rhode Island legislature for
eight years. He is married and
has one child. -
Evening star., 1961-02-02
House Dc. UnitAwoits
Last 2G.O.P Members

The House District Com
mittee needed at least two
more names Of minority mem
bers today to finally get down
to business.
Republicans have picked up
one more seat on the committee
which yesterday was practic-
ally formed with the appoint
ment of five new Democrats
and the reappointment Of 10
others. There are Is members,
Is Democrats and 10 Republic
cans. Last years ratio was is
to 8.
House Republican leaders.
however, are not expected to
select new members until some
time next week. There is one
vacancy to be filled, plus the
new seat available.
The Democratic Committee
Evening star., 1961-02-02

on Committees continued Rep
resentative Mcmillan of South
Carolina as chairman of the
committee while accepting the
designations Of two members.
Representatives Matthews of
Florida and Vanik of Ohio.
There were also three vacan-
cies.
Mr.. Matthews, considered a
hard-working member of the
committee last year, resigned
to devote more time to the
Agriculture Committee.
Mr.. Vanik asked to be trans
ferred to the Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fish
cries.
The new Democratic men,
bers, subject to ratification by
the House and not listed in the
Evening star., 1961-02-02

order of their seniority, yet to
be determined, are:
Basil A. Whitener, Is, Gas.
tonia, N. c. Now serving his
third term in Congress, Mr..
Whitener is a lawyer-Duke
University Law School-who
served as a gunnery officer in
World War II. He is married,
has three children, is a Meth
odist, and has long been active
in the North Carolina Chamber
of Commerce. He is also a mem
Der Of the American Bar As
Sociation and has served on
several national law groups
studying judicial improvements.
Jeffery Cohelan, 46, Berkeley,
Calif.-Now serving his second
term in Congress. Mr.. Cohelan
is a graduate of the University
Of California, School Of Eco
nomics, and a Fulbright re-
search scholar. He has served
as an official of a milk drivers
AMI dairy employees union in
California as well as a member
of the Berkeley City Council.
He is married and has two
daughters and two sons.
Evening star., 1961-02-02

Frank w. Burke, 40. Louisville,
Ky.-Now serving his second
term in Congress. Mr.. Burke
is a lawyer and has served in
several municipal posts in
Louisville, including assistant
Evening star., 1961-02-02

city attorney, director Of Public
Safety and executive assistant
to the Mayor. He is married
and has four children.
George HuddleSton, jr., 40,
Birmingham, Ala.-Now serv-
Evening star., 1961-02-02

ing his fourth term in Congress,
Mr.. Huddleston Is the son of
the late Representative Hud-
dleston. He grew UP in Wash
ington and was captain Of the
cadet corps at Eastern High
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-01-12
Survey Shows Glacier
County Lost Nineteen
Businesses Last Year

"There are 10 less business con
Germs in Glacier county today
than there were last year." says
r. F. Rollins. manager of the
Billings, Montana office of Dun
& Bradstreet. Inc. Basing his
facts upon a physical count OF
the January, 1861 edition of the
Dun & BraGstreet Reference
Book, Rollins points out that in
1860, 800 businesses were listed
in Glacier county and today 281
business are listed. The state of
Montana had 1875 business con.
Germs listed in the Dun g. Brad
street Inc. Reference Book OF
January, 1860 and 1912 listed
in the reference book for Janu-
airy, 1861.
According tis DIR. Rollins. each
January business concerns in all
parts of the United States are
asked by Dun & Bradstreet for
copies of their financial state
ments. This year requests are
being sent to approximately
three millions business concerns
- to the corner grocery worth
a few thousand dollars as well
as to businesses worth millions.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-01-12
Three Monfununs
Die In Pittsburgh
Plane Crash

The tragic crash of Cessna
100 plane Sunday during a snow
storm near Monroeille, Pa, q
suburb of Pittsburgh, cost the
lives of three Montana men, Rich
ard Robert Kullberg, 81, Cut
Bank; William Smith, 81, Conrad,
and Dwight L. Rowe, %, Conrad.
The crash took place while on
a flight from Chicago to Pitts
burgh where the men were going
for a surprise visit to a service
buddy of one of the men.
Kullberg, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dick Kullberg, prominent in
Rocky Mountain area oil circles,
will be buried tomorrow at the
Crown Hill cemetery at Cut Bank
at 2 pm. with services from the
Lutheran Church.
Smith, a former Cut Bank resi-
dent, too will be buried Friday
at 9 am. at Conrad, with serv-
ices from the Catholic Church.
Funeral services for Rowe will
be at Conrad Saturday at 2 pm.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-01-12
Alaskan WiIdIife
Film To Be Shown
AT Cut Bank

Ever think of immigrating to
Alaska? Or, perhaps, it's only
hunting and fishing, not perma-
nent residence, that beckons you
to our 10th state.
Whatever your reason for Alas
kan interest, you'll find a mass
of authoritative answers in the
program Offered the public on
Wednesday, January ID at 8 pm.
at the old Cut Bank gym under
the auspices of the Glacier Wild
life Association. -
For Is years, Cecil Rhode has
dwelled in a log cabin on the
shores of beautiful lake Kenai
For two solid hours, you'll be
transformed into an Alaskan
sourdough," Bud Cunningham,
club president, promised. With
veteran Alaskan photographer
and guide Cecil Rhode, on hand
in person to narrate his living
color films of Alaskan. wildlife,
you'll come away feeling you
were there"