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talked to U.S." said Mr.. Burrell.
Joseph G. Weeda, another
vice chairman of the council.
said he feels that people will
take a more active interest in
the prevention of crime as they
accept the responsibility along
with police.
THE hearings were Just the
beginning of our work." said
Mr.. Weeda. THE council or
ganization should be contin-
ued as we concern ourselves
with an assessment of the
city'S crime situation. The
hearings awakened the inter-
eSts of the citizens"
During the two-week hear
ings. the overwhelming ma
jority Of the residents viewed
juvenile delinquency as the
major problem in the crime
picture. Police precinct cap
tains, however. testified that
juveniles accounted for a small
percentage of the crimes.
Significantly, none Of the
citizens made outright COM
plants about widespread gam
bling. narcotics or prostitution
as criminal conditions de-
manding the attention Of the
District government.
This, the council officers
felt, is an indication that resi-
dents believe the Metropolitan
Police is doing an effective
job. Residents, however. were
extremely critical in some in
stances Of the attitude of pS-
lice-especially toward Negroes.
All Kinds Of Gripes
Attendance (conservatively
estimated at 1000 persons) at
the hearings was on the slim
side the first week, but picked
up considerably the final week.
Noisy children, garbage
collection, landlords, unsightly
lots, Government red tape and
numerous other things were
criticized during the hearings.
In each instance, however, a
speaker was treated with
courtesy and forebearance and
allowed time to say what he
wanted to say. Time after time.
the chairmen emphasized 'this
Is your meeting we are here
to hear what you have to say"
1.-THE hearings were truly town
hall meetings and a good thing
for the city," said Mr.. Gasch.
They really mean business
because they actually listened
to us for once" said a lady
when she left a Friday night
hearing at Cardozo High School.
She echoed the comment of Mr..
Tucker, who said the hearings
were the first opportunity
District residents have had to
discuss crime problems with
each other"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01
District Heads
VoiceLament
SIS Million
Loon Stymied

District officials are con-
cerned over the apparent re-
fusal of the House District
Committee to act on their re-
quest for authority to borrow
SIS million.
The request for such legisla-
ton was sent to the House in
April in a formal letter tc
Speaker Mccormack. AS yet. nc
bill has been introduced, mol
has there been any sign that
hearings would be held on the
proposal.
District officials maintain
that unless authority is
granted by Congress and SUBJ
Sequently approved by its APP
preparations Committees, vir-
tually nothing would be avail
able for public works projects
in the fiscal year of 1864.
Only One Hearing
So far, the Senate District
Committee has held one hear
ing on the proposal. District
Commissioner Walter N. Tob-
riner testified that without the
loan essential construction
projects would be postponed.
In the fiscal 1868 budget, now
before the Senate and recently
passed by the House, the city
is asking that 1t complete the
borrowing Of SITS million, first
authorized five years ago. Per-
mission was requested to draw
down a total of $18.7 million.
If approved by the Senate, this
will exhaust the authorization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01

Of the standing players must
fill it, or forfeit his turn.
One thing the referee was
emphatic about: Failing
Down" is out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01
10Th OFF for Home

CAMP A. P. HILL. Va, June
80 (AP) The 10th Infantry
Division wound up its annual
summer encampment here to-
day as more than 5000 troops
headed for their homes in
Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Delaware. The soldiers had I'M
dergone two weeks of rigorous
combat training here and at
Camp Pickett.
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CAMP FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order to The Eve
ping Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail it to The Eve
ming Star, Second street
and Virginia avenue Sc,
Washington 3. D. c.. or
bring cash to The Star. A
receptionist in the lobby
will direct you to the CASH
ier's office.
The cost -$41.55 for IL
days, SPOTS for six days.
All sums received by The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp Fund go
to Family and Child Services of
Washington. a United Givers
Fund agency, for use of its Sum-
mer Outings Committee. Family
and Child Services is registered
under the District of Columbia
Charitable Solicitations Act No.
6-07-151.
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Governor Names Jones

RICHMOND. June 80 GAP).
-Ligon L. Jones. Hopewell
Commemorative attorney the
past Is years, yesterday was
named by Gov. Harrison as the
new judge of the Bird judicial
circuit. He succeeds the late
Judge ]. Jordan Temple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01

Crime Study
Praise

Two weeks of public hearings Washington crime were
constructive and extremely useful officers of the Com
mssones Crime Council agreed yesterday At the time
they said the councils work just beginning.
The council ended the hearings in each of the citys IA
police precincts Friday night Organized the District Com
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concerning crime and possible
ways of curbing it, the council
now must review about 30 hours
of public testimony before writ
ing its report.
Oliver Gasch, a co-chairmaIl
Of the council, said the organ
ization will meet in executive
session to hear the opinions of
some of the city's top experts
in the fields of law enforce
ment. juvenile delinquency and
crime prevention and correc-
ton.
Grass Roots Opinion
Our report certainly will re-
fleet the grass roots opinion
we collected, but it also will be
augmented by expert, profess
Sional views" Mr.. Gasch said.
Il believe that seeds of real
progress were sown at the meet
ings and that the people have
been persuaded to do some
thing tangible to help with the
crime problem" he continued.
There was a minimum OF
acrimony and bitterness at the
hearings. There was a great
deal of freedom of expression,
Despite the sometimes rambling
remarks from some persons
believe the council received
many constructive IDEAS"
Mr.. Gasch, a former United
States Attorney here. said he
was encouraged that many
citizens expressed a feeling of
personal responsibility for i'm
proving conditions in their
neighborhoods. This, he said,
was tangible evidence of a
better city ahead of u.s."
Crime Not a Racial Factor
Sterling Tucker, a vice chair
man of the council, said the
meetings certainly created q
broader awareness of the prob
lem.
II think the hearings def.
nitely indicated that there Il
not as much hostility in tn,
community about the Grim,
problem as we had been led +,
> believe" he observed.
+ THE hearings indicated tina
the crime problem is not racial
, and that there is an area TO
closed cooperative Relationship
between the police and the com
munity."
Berkeley Burrell, president Of
the D. c. Chamber of Com
merce, the organization which
suggested the creation of the
crime council, said he feels the
hearings pointed up the need
for more cooperation between
police, citizens and Congress.
Some things we discovered,
especially in the area of juve-
nile delinquency and parental
responsibility, will require ex-
penditure of money, and since
some persons in Congress have
been critical of WaShington's
crime problems, they ought to
be more sympathetic now. :"
said Mr.. Burrell. a vice chair
man of the council.
"One significant thing is that
we received no complaints of
police brutality from any of
the rank-and-file residents who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01
Cities
a'1 People
Smallest U. S.
Renewal Project
BY ROBERT ]. LEWIS

OfIh, "a, June SO.-Old
= Mr.. Prowell explains Tin
his 1907 History Of York
County, that this historic
city was the Nations Capital
for nine months during the
Revolutionary War.
When Congress assembled
at York, it was composed of
no more than 80 members
-" he wrote.
"At the time it convened
here, there was little hope
that the Army under Wash
ington would eventually de-
feat the British forces in
America.
Everything was dark and
foreboding, and the success
of the War for independence
seemed doubtful.
When the members as
sembled here September 80,
1777, the provincial Court
House Quilt in York's Con-
tinental Square in 1851 they
beheld the chief cities of the
country in the hands of the
enemy, and the shattered
army around Philadelphia
retreating before a conquer
ing foe"
Then good news arrived,
a conspiracy against George
Washington was engendered
and snow-as a direct out
c0me-York has been deSig-
mated, 1875 years later, as
the city with the smallest
urban-renewal project in the
United States.
THE GOOD NEWS that
arrived was of the surrender
of British Gen. Burgoyne
to Gen. Horatio Gates at
Saratoga.
1t was a StupendouS vic
tory, and it made a lot of
people think Gen. Gates was
the active, mastery capac-
ity" John Adams said was
needed to save the country.
Congress was so much
pleased with the turn of
events, it drafted the first
national Thanksgiving Proc
lamation.
The members decided to
make Gen. Gates president
of the Board of War, and
Summoned him to York.
At this point wrote Old
Mr.. ProwelD the member
ship was now almost entirely
opposed to the interest of
Gen. Washington, who had
not yet doomed up as the
dominant personality of the
Revolution"
WHEN GEN. GATES ar
rived in York, he rented a
house at 159 West Market
street, next to the Plough
Tavern.
Mrs. Gates was reputedly
the wealthiest woman in
America at the time, and the
General and his lady liked
to entertain.
Many members of the Con-
tinental Congress thought he
should be the commander
in-chief of the Army instead
of Gen. Washington, who had
suffered defeats at Brandy
wine and Germantown and
whose men were suffering
through a bitter winter at
Valley Forge. Opposition
within the Army to Wash
ington centered en- a Gen.
Thomas Conway, a friend
of Gen. Gates.
With a conspiracy afoot
to throw out Washington and
replace him with Gates, the
Marquis de Lafayette arrived
in town.
Gen. Gates invited him to
a lavish dinner at his resi-
dence at 159 West Market
street.
Instead of joining the
Gates supporters at this
dinner (Old Mr.. Prowell re-
countS) Gen. Lafayette was
loyal and proposed a toast
to Washington. Thus he
helped defeat the so-called
Conway Cabal against the
commander-in-chief
All this happened back in
TIT and 1778. But that's
how the Gates House-plus
the Plough Tavern next door
happens to be the coun-
try's smallest urban-renewal
project in 1862.
The cost? Federal grant,
SAG, 900; State contribution,
$4,000; city contribution,
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IT'S 18th ST. NV.
EFFICIENCY, $s7.5O

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eiesa.or apt. bldg. with 24-houI
switchboard service. See or cal
Res. ME-, AID. 2-7951.
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z ST. 5. T., 2IOo-I-bedroom ant
available, Liv. rm., din. area. m.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-16

and attention to metropolitan
problems. Maryland has be-
come essentially an industrial
and urban state. 1t needs a
state government that is re-
sponsive to the needs of its peo-
pie in today's world"
Born in Sweden, Mrs. Thor.
son came to this country as an
infant with her parents, to live
in Altoona, Pa, through her
high school years. She is a
graduate of the University of
Tennessee and took post grad
uate studies at Columbia and
New York Universities.
Mrs. Thorson has been a resi-.
dent of the county since 1947.
She is the wife of Phillip T.
Thorson, chief of administration
of the International Monetary
Fund.
The Thorson have three chill
dren-Ingrid, 19, a sophomore
at st. Olaf College; Erik, IL, a
senior at Sidewell Friends
School, and Louise, 10, sew
enth-grader at Western Junior
High School.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-16
Circuit Court Proceedings.
In Carl Estep's Sentencing

upon your shoulders, Your Honor that the really u-
innate question of life and death rests.
Il think it is admission of defeat to say 10
year old boy is man; is beyond salvation at ALL
think that there must be hope, and think So
cety will not be harmed if he were given life plus
the 20 years for burglary.
i also advise, Your Honor, in my opinion, you
are only bound by the Court of Appeals decision
You're not bound by prior decisions Of this Court.
Il feel when crying for blood resounded in the
corridors of this courthouse have heard that cry
that the Bench adds little to the user of Bar by
sentencing to DEATH Those who sentence death are
looking toward the past. Pm confident of that Your
Honor The future is with the Court; the greatness is
with the Court that looks to life not to death.
There are those of us who have looked death
right in the eye, Your Honor We have done it in the
War, and we have done it when we were wheeled
down the corridors of hospital when we didn't know
were coming out
"You know, Your Honor, and know that life is
sweet That there is glory to the day and beauty
to the night. And that only God has the right to de-
prive man OF the opportunity to see the morning
Judge Shook: Mr. Hardy.
"Mr. Hardy: Just two points, Your Honor to
Clarity the record
Il believe the defendant Estep was just tried in
4407 Mr.. Welsh made comment about life and 20
years
Zone other matter: He mentioned the "cry for
blood in the courthouse" Your Honor knows the
long have been in the office We cannot ask for
it in this case. That province is in Your Honor. We
are not asking for any death penalty. We believe the
question of the sentence is always with the Court.
I'VE have commented cases. We just
want to clarity that point
Judge Shook: Well in the years have been on
the Bench member Of the States Attorneys Office
has asked the Judge to inflict the punishment of
the death penalty. / have heard States Attorneys
argue to the jury that the matter to whether or
not the death penalty should be imposed, should be
left to the Court and that is the only recollection
this Court has, And certainly, Mr.. State this Court
regards you prosecutor, not prosecutor. And
the times you have served and your predecessors
have served they have left the matter of the
fencing solely to the Judge and of course, trying the
case is the easiest part To determine what sentence
to impose in a crime of this magnitude is indeed an
awesome responsibility.
This Court haj not hesitated in the past to nflict
the death penalty, which the legislature in its wisdom
has provided in this State. The Court doesn't believe
that it will hesitate in the future.
This case has caused the Court great deal of
concern, and that is the reason it has been over
month since the was tried, and the Court has
been considering what penalty to invoke
The legislature, as Mr. Welsh has said has pro-
tContinued Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-16
League Sets
Redistricting
Talks Here

Proposals for MaIyland's
Congressional redistricting will
be discussed at unit meetings of
the Montgomery County League
of Women Voters next week.
The meeting schedule is:
January % 8:15 pm. Ban.
nockburn, Mrs. Harold D. Ben
gelsdorf, 6516 E. Halbert rd.;
Bethesda hevy Chase, Miss
Ann Dingledine, 100 Center
dr., NH; Georgia ave-, Mrs.
Eugene Barkin, 2420 Harmon
St; North Bethesda, Mrs. Mel
vim Rubin, 1905 Maple Ridge
I'd; Rockville, Mrs. William
Filler, 302 Bradley ave-; Rose
mary Hills, Mrs. Seymour Sny-
derman, $500 Lanier dr.; Wheat
on, Mrs. N. Doctor, 1914 Little
ton ST; and $3.50 pm. Northwest
Park, Mrs. Joseph A. Lambert,
762 N. Hampton st.
January % GAS am. Massa-
chusetts ave-, Mrs. Henry w.
Allen, 6603 Tusculum I'd; Up
County Provisional, Mrs. Harry
M. Leet, 125 Washington Grove
rd.. Gaithersburg CUp.County
unit will be postponed if there
is snow.
January "a 9:45 am, Mid
County Provisional, Mrs. Law
renee L. Kavanan, 4517 Edge
field rd.; 8:15 pm. Kemp Hill,
Mrs. Herbert d. Rochen, 1927
Bybee St; Silver Spring, Mrs.
David SislSind, 304 Cavalier ct.
January 25- $50 am. Silver
Spring, Mrs. Fielding Ogburn,
9204 Second ave.; 3:45 am,
Bethesda-C Chevy Chase, Mrs.
William Wynne, 3401 Thornap-
pie St; 8:15 pm. Burtonsville.
Mrs. James Mcconnell, 1890
Kruhn I'd; Colesville, Mrs. Sven
G. Stackig, 100 Apple Grove rd.;
Glenmont, Mrs. Irving Sager,
1892 Galvez ST.; and Massachu-
sets ave., Mrs. Charles d. Iy-
son, 7407 Honeywell la.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-16
Beall Asked
S&LProbe
4 Years Ago
His Request Was
Turned Down by
Senate Committee

A futile appeal for a
broad-scale investigation of
uninsured savings and loan
firms in the State was voiced
by Senator j. Glenn Beall,
Republican, on the U. S. SEN
floor four years ago this
March, it was recalled this
week.
The Senator's plea for prop.
err steps to safeguard the hard
earned savings of our citizens
was turned down after two days
Of hearings by the Senate Com
mittee on Banking and Curren-
cy, which concluded the prob
lem belonged to State rather
than federal legislators.
Beall's original interest was
in a probe Of the Family Saw
ings and Loan Association OF
Silver Spring, which he
charged was misleading the
public through its advertising.
Statements in the firms eds
declaring that It's savings ac-
counts were fully insured by a
private institution were particu-
larly questioned by Beall.
Scope of Beall's proposed in
vestigation was subsequently
broadened to include other saw
ings and loan firms which said
their deposits were covered by
private insurance.
During the Senate hearings,
Family Savings president John
G. Persian--indicted last fall
for larceny after trust--de-
clared his firm was the victim
of federally1nsured competitors
attempting to stop It's substan-
tial inroads into their business.
The Senate committees con-
clusion that State savings and
loan regulations were outside
the jurisdiction OF Congress
was reached after considerable
testimony on questionable prac-
tees engaged in by both Fam
lily Savings and other non-feder.
allylnsured.associations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-16
Silver Spring
Girl Chosen
In Program

Miss Dorothy Lee Meiklejohn,
5000 Eastern dr., Silver Spring,
freshman student at Mont
gomery Junior College, has been
selected by members of the Cir
Gle K organization as their rep
resentative in the Summer
Work Exchange Program to
spend six weeks this summer in
France.
On the exchange side of the
program, a student from France
will spend the same weeks here,
residing with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Fredricks of Chevy Chase.
The program is sponsored by
Circle K International, of which
the MIC chapter is a member
organization. In turn, Circle K
is sponsored by Kiwanis Inter
national, through the Kiwanis
Club of Silver Spring.
Sam Fig, Silver Spring XII
wanian, has guaranteed employ
ment for the summer weeks by
the visiting French student.
Miss Meiklejohn, former stu.
dent of Montgomery Blair High
School, will arrive in France
about July IS for her six weeks
stay. During that time she will
live with a French family and
will be employed during the
day.
The program, approved by
the Department of State, allows
an annual exchange of many
students, without interrupting
their academic education.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-16
MART ThOrsOn Files
For Md. Legislature

Mrs. MART Thorson of Glen
Echo Heights, State chairman
of the 1861 Dollars for Demo
Gratis" drive, has announced she
will seek her party's nomination
to the State Legislatures House
of Delegates in the May pri-
maries.
Long interested in health and
welfare activities in the county,
Mrs. Thorson was one of the
organizers of the National Capt.
tai Area Health and Welfare
Council, serving as its first sec
rotary.
She is the immediate past
chairman of the Montgomery
Health and Welfare Council and
during her tenure last May she
received the National Capital
Area Councils community serv-
ice award for her leadership in
organizing and building com
munity interest in these fields.
Currently member of the
State and Montgomery County
Commissions for Children and
Youth, she serves on the State
and was delegate to the White
House Conference on Children
and Youth in 1860.
An active Democratic party
worker for many years, she is
now serving her third elected
term as corresponding secretary
of the Woman's Democratic
Club of Montgomery County.
She was the first president of
the Fort Summer Woman's
Democratic Club and is chair
man of the Regional Committee
of the Women's National Demo
cratic Club.
In announcing her candidacy,
Mrs. Thorson declared ''im-
provements are needed" at the
State level of government.
"Our outmoded constitution,
our fiscal system, our highway
program, our assistance to
school-all need new look"
she asserted, adding:
I'VE who live in metropolitan
areas like Montgomery County
need adequate representation
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-16
Youth Groups
To Join Talks

Members of high school youth
'fellowships Of IL county Pro-
testant churches will partici-
pate in a discussion on 1.-The
Meaning OF Sex in the Christian
Life" at 6:15 pm. January 26
at the Bethesda Methodist
Church.
The Rev. Leroy S. Graham,
chaplain of American Univer.
sity, will be the principal speak
err. The program is sponsored
by the Community Christian
Youth Council.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-16
Budget Hearings Set

Public hearings on the School
Superintendent recommended
capital and operating budgets
for Montgomery County schools
will be held at 8 pm. January
IL and "a. Both hearings will be
in the auditorium of the new
Educational Services Center, $50
North Washington St, Rock
vile.