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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-17

Opening lead: King of hearts.
In this case South has a pretty
CHASTITY hand but be properly
responds to North's repeated
takeOut double. Actually, South
has better clubs than spades
but wisely prefers a response
Of two spades to a response of
three clubs.
Even If South goes down at
two spades he is glad he re-
sponded. West would have made
two hearts doubled, scoring
game and rubber, If South had
passed.
South is even happier If he
succeeds in making his con-
tract Of two spades. 1t seems
at first glance that he must lose
three trumps, one heart, and
two diamonds, but South can
save one of these tricks if he
IS quick and nimble.
Runs Clubs
South wins the first trick with
dummy's ace of hearts and runs
the clubs. That is, declarer
caShes the ace and king of
clubs and then overtakes
dummy's jack with his own
queen. When the clubs break
evenly, fortunately for South,
declarer leads his last club and
discards dummy's low heart.
West cannot gain by ruffing
the last club, so he discards a
heart. East rufus with a small
trump, but this eventually costs
him a trump trick.
No matter how the defense
proceeds, declarer leads trumps
twice. The four remaining
trumps come down on two
leads, so that South loses only
two trump tricks in addition to
the club ruff and two diamonds.
Daily Question
AS dealer, you hold:
AJ1Os5 VAS DA862 @AKJ.
What do you say?
Answer: Bid one no-trump.
This shows balanced diStribd-
ton, strength in at least three
suits and a count of 16 to 10
points in high cards.
(copyright. 1868. Gen. Features Corp)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
From This Angle
Gi|es-Johnson Case

In September 1862 I wrote letter to
Gov Tawes requesting clemency for John G..
Giles and James v. Giles who were convicted
of rape and sentenced to death in Montgom.
cry County Circuit Court.
In letter written this month to the
governor have requested that the sentences
of John G. Giles, James v. Giles, and Joseph
E. Johnson (who was tried separately be
reduced to 10 months. This request is based
on a report to the Governor by DR.. Harold
Knapp dated June H. 1868 and on the supple
mental petition for celemency submitted by at.
torneys Stedman Prescott Jr. and Hal Witt.
In book entitled, "Listen to Leaders in
Law" Tupper Love-l96S), Edward Ben.
nett Williams, the eminent trial attorney,
writes In chapter about trial law: 'In pre-.
pairing case for trial, lawyer must under.
stand that he has one purpose; the complete
development of all the facts. Nothing less
than this will suffice. Every detail must be
examined. Every person who has any InowI
edge Of any fact in issue must be inter.
viewed emphasis by Mr.. Williams). mean
exactly what say. All facts. Every person.
This Is the preparation so often overlooked
by trial lawyers, and this is why they fail in
the courtroom"
AS DR.. Knapp's study clearly shows, all
facts were not brought into the courtroom
in the Giles-Johnson case. In point of fact,
some readily available and very important
facts concerning the complainant and her
escort were not brought before the judge and
the jury at either trial. 1t may be that the
introduction of facts regarding the character
and conduct of a Juvenile witness presents
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
EcIipses, Trees, Swings
Welsh Rare Bit

We are now belly deep in summer; and
some OF us can go to the mountains, others to
the sea, and then there are some of us who
just stay home and try their cases according
to the call of the docket and watch the sum-
mer days and nights pass by with wisp of a
tear in our eyes.
l am one of the latter this year. Some
one must stay home to make the money to
send to Italy. But summer at home can be
season of considerable joy. Monty Gopher,
Sarana, Harlotta and I are experiencing a
certain relief from the strain of being ION
vacation"
l was at the Gopher barony during the
eclipse and wondered at the strange and love-
Iy quality Of light from the sun during the
time that 1t was partially obscured by the
moon. 1 noticed that in this light cast
double shadow and seemed to be out of focus.
Monty noticed it too, but he said 1t was from
the Wild Turkey he had been drinking.
But on this long summer afternoon and
evening, Monty, Sarana and I sat in the old
garden swing which holds four people and
swings back and forth in response to light
pressure from the feet. 1t was the old FASH
Toned A-shape swing which you see no more
of nowadays. Monty's swing is strategcally
placed in grove of pin oaks whose limbs are
cut up high so that tender grass can grow
beneath them.
We talked, while swinging our time away,
about what it is that makes Mungummery
County the lovely spot it is, and how it has
come to pass that SO many of us have lived
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
by Barney Welsh

our lives here without being tortured by
wanderlust ~
Now Monty is no poet, but he has touch
of artistry. l find so many people in Num-
gummery County have yen for beauty and
the feel for art. I do not mean this sappy
stuff we find on canvas in the art shoppes of
Georgetown. / mean that Monty and Sarana
appreciate the things that make Mmgummery
County beautiful. =
I'll tell you the best can what Monty
said to me in the garden swing. He said,
"Mouthpiece, the trees are what make this a.
noble place. I could get 100 more acres BY
clearing my land of timber, but can no
longer cut down a tree. Trees are people,
You have got to live with tree before you
know it. Trees are like men and women too
Watch those oaks on Forest and Montgomery
Avenue in Rockville thrash around in storm.
They are like wrestlers fighting for their
lives"
"Or sit beneath a willow trees boughs,
dropping like child in his mothers arms or
a duckling beneath protective wings. I arm
always moved by the trees of our county.
They are now In summer grandeur" -
Look across the pasture at the ubiquitous
cedar tree. If we have tree common to all
it is the cedar They look like the ones Van
hemlock, or the pine, or the full maple; and
look across the horizon as you drive to my
farm, and watch the cattle in countless groves
of oak and poplar. Yes, mouthpiece, ! love the
trees Of our County" -
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
by Gerda Grow

ing individual freedom under the law and in
promoting our Free private and competitive
enterprise system"
I'm from the South My grandmother
told me that every tub sits on its own bottom,
and that cannot claim my forbears' accom-
plishments as my own I became a Repub-
lican to keep the opportunity to make my own
record"
''The people do not doubt the basic
strength of America, but they fear it has been /.
tragically shackled by indecision and expedi-
ence We Republicans seem to have more
faith in the individual, faith in our form of
government and faith in the American public.
We do not need the prerogatives of power so
sought by the Democrats. We want strong
two-party system so that always there shall
be real choice, and so that the principles we
believe in will have fighting chance to sur.
Vive"
we believe in minimum government CON-
trolled by the people. We want less federal
interference and more local decisions by the
citizens who know their own problems best" -
Il subscribe to Woodrow Wilson's prin-
ciple of justice to all peoples and nationalties.
and their right to live on equal terms of liber-
ty and safety with one another, whether they
be strong or weak. But to me, Justice is
two.way street"
Welfare statism is like a drug dulling
the senses as it becomes an unshakeable habit. .
For 30 years, through the New Deal, Fair Deal .
and New Frontier the Republican party has .
been the only deterrent force holding back
this trend"
I'VE were founded as republic not .
mobocracy. This is a government of laws not ;
emotion. When emotions control, we are in a
state of anarchy. believe we live under the :
greatest government ever devised by the mind /.
oil man, and l want to preserve that form Of
government" .
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
WhyAG COP?
COP Views

'Why," asked our young friend from
Rotterdam, Holland, "are you Republican,"
He had been giving us his reactions to
day in Rockville, where he witnessed, in Cir
cult and Peoples Courts, the heartbeat of an
America considerably different from that of
the American tourist This led naturally to
politics and his question.
There have been times" said the head of
the household, "when that was a difficult
question to answer"
However" he continued, II am Repub-
lcan because desire fiscal responsibility and
integrity in government. Over the years
have come to the inevitable conclusion that
this will be possible only through the Repub-
lican party. 1 believe absolutely in the free
enterprise system and abhor the welfare state
theory"
This evenings conversation prompted con-
siderable research among other Republicans.
Each of the following paragraphs is a sep
arate opinion. None touch on a particular
issue and Intentionally so. They do, however,
show basic philosophy held dear by the lib
eral, moderate or conservative alike.
II believe in free enterprise and in local
government"
Whether we call ourselves liberals or
conservatives we believe Americans have a
right to choose their own destinies. We're not
willing to entrust our lives and those of our
children to patrialists who believe American
people don't have sense enough to think for
themselves"
Republicans are for ALL the people,
keeping the nation prosperous and at peace
Republicans know economic wellbeing is root
ed in individual incentive, not government
decree"
I'VE are citizens who believe in preserving
and strengthening the principles of govern
ment embodied in the Constitution, in protect.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
by Les KimbIe

legal problems, but surely, If that witness
can send man to the gas chamber with testi- ,
mony, there must be some way to INTRODUCES. !.
facts that may bear on the reliability of that
testimony. "a,
Obviously courtappointed attorneys for
poor clients cannot afford the preparation
that Mr.. Williams recommends, for in some
cases such preparation must cost hundreds
or even thousands of dollars AS a layrnan,
it does seem to me that some provision should
be made in capital cases to enable the de-
tense to search for facts as recommended bYs
Mr.. Williams. Perhaps it will be necessary
to provide State assistance. Surely the State
is able to afford the money and the person.
mel necessary to obtain the facts in a case
where a mans life hangs in the balance. The
state draws on considerable resources to find
the facts to convict man. -
have further requested that an execu-
tive study be made to determine il an in. r
justice was done to the defendants in the.
Giles-Johnson case. II it is found that Justice
did, indeed, take wrong turning, a full par.~
don would seem to be the minimum corrective
action that the State could take 20
In his book, zone Mans Freedom" Ed:
ward Bennett Williams writes IT wanted to
write of the transcendent Importance of safe.
guarding and preserving intact all of our
civil liberties, and of my deep conviction that
whenever government infringes on any of
these rights, it begins with the weak and the
friendless, or the scorned and the depraved. ,
on the nonconformist and the unorthodox.
1t never begins with the strong, the rich, the
popular, or the orthodox"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08

gomery County police motor
cycle picked up the lead.
at sounds incredible, but less
than an hour elapsed between
the time the child was shot, and
the moment when / began sur
gerry" he added.
James Martin is in Jail,
charged with assault with intent
to kill, according to county
police. Preliminary hearing in
Peoples Court is set for Aug.
II, they said.
Pearls mother, Mrs. Lillian
Martin, told the Sentinel, 1T
was an accident. James said he
didn't know the gun was load
ed" The gun belonged to a
cousin, she explained, who
"pawned it to James for So"
Widowed last year, Mrs. Mar
tin has raised 10 children, aged
nine to q, in a three-bedroom
house off Travilah Road, Gath
ersburg. She told the Sentinel
she has part-time work, and
I'VE think the Welfare Board
will help pay Pearls hospital
bill"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
TO Tupe or Not to Tope

This whole silly business about whether tape record
ings should be allowed at the School Board meetings has
gone about far enough and is time school heads be-
gan concerning themselves with somewhat more basic
questions such as where in the world is public education
in Montgomery County headed and how will school chill
dren fare when schools reopen in little three weeks
from
We note with some horror that the school boards dis
ngushed legal advisor has been consulted on the subject
various boards of education and other public bodies IN the
Washington area have been asked what their procedures
are the National Education Association and the United
States Office of Education have been quered and heavens
knows where this thing likely to end up Perhaps the
Maryland attorney general and maybe the attorney
general of the United States not to mention the aters
brothers, might be consulted.
Perhaps it would be helpful to the School Board and
enable it to resolve this burning controversy we were
to advise it that no matter what it decides, want to
take down of its open public meetings word for word
propose do exactly that And debate the ques-
ton until the small hours if it wishes but we are
certain other media feel the way and will follow
the course of action.
public meeting is public meeting and it is futile
for any school board member to try to prove that public
meeting is only partly public meeting. Would those
against tape recording of meetings have all wear ear
plugs board meetings they could be taken out or put
back in at signal from, say, the board president who
would let know which parts of the public meetings are
public and which parts Of the public meetings not
public?
Of course the absurdity of the arguments Of those
opposed to allowing tape recorders in the room is best
illustrated by simply pointing out that any time wish
we can send skilled senographer to the meeting and
have her take down every word in shorthand then tram
scribe it. Or would the board rule against this, too?
So we submit that signs should be posted mo recorders
or stenographers allowed"
One board member who recently criticized the press
for Superficial inaccurate and often watered down. re-
porting has indicated he views tape recorders diy Ho
hum, it's all very complicated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
Keys to the Exchequer

The County Council, which always controls the school
systems purse strings year at budget-adopton
time moved this week to exert greater fiscal control over
the school heads all year long.
In friendly" suits filed in county circuit court, the
County Council asks the court to determine whether the
school heads beyond their legal authority early this
year in assigning unaocated accumulated funds to two
school building projects without council permission.
The court, presumably must now rule on this SUBJ
je that has produced disagreement between prev
councils and school boards we'll When the question
is settled by the courts that will be that and the air will
have been cleared Both parties then, will know in the
future where they stand and remedial legislation is in
dicated that remedy should be pursued.
Meanwhile, although the temptation may be great
the County Council must remember that while 1t should
never allow any school board to abrogate its fiscal manage
responsibility and authority it must also never enter
the field of public education policy which has been clearly
delegated to the school board by county voters and state
law Also, if the County Council should pull the school
boards purse strings tightly that public education is
seriously impaired the voters will take due note when
the next election rolls around and remember where the
responsibility lies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
Cool Breeze

How fortunate that in one
brief period we are given op-
portunity for a fresh start
with the two most important
problems that face our coun.
try today-civil rights and the
threat of a nuclear war. The
prospects of the ratification
of the test ban treaty and pas.
sage of significant civil rights
legislation comes like a cool
breeze into our hot summer.
Having been offered this
chance, we must not allow
negativism to spoil it. 1t is
hard to understand the reluc.
lance of some of our congress
men to bring these hopes to
reality.
Thomas e.
Marie Ferington,
Spencerville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08

On July %, James Martin, 10,
shot Pearl, his sister, in the
backyard of their home near
Gaithersburg, according to
police. In Pearls own words,
II was trying to get the playin'
cards away from James. I
heard a shot. I fell down real
hard. I hurt, a little"
"It's a miracle the child
lived" according to the thoracic
surgeon who operated on Pearl
at Suburban Hospital less than
an hour later. The bullet enter
ed the middle of the chest, went
through the breastbone, the
doctor said, then ripped through
the upper and lower lobes of
the right lung tearing a hole
as big as the tip of an index
finger, through the right atrium
of the heart.
"A tremendous amount of
blood gushed out Of that hole"
he said. another five minutes
and the child would have died."
After making an incision in
the chest, he sutured the heart
and the torn up areas that were
ripped by the bullet, especially
the lung sections. He said it
was a simple matter to draw
out the bullet, which had lodged
behind the right rib cage. The
doctor said he took Is stitches
in the child's chest.
Pearl Is alive today, according
to the doctor, because of the
incredible speed, efficiency and
cooperation of the Montgomery
County and District police who
escorted me from Children's
Hospital to Suburban Hospital
In less than IA minutes"
within seconds after we got
the emergency call, a District
motorcycle policeman was there
at the hospital" the surgeon
said. with sirens screaming
we raced to the Maryland.Dis-
trict line where, without a sec
ond's change in speed a Mont
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08

tional French" but It is un.
likely their futures will be
jeopardized - only the frus-
tration of a few parents will
be tested when they begin to
carry out the responsibilities
for which they have always
been logically responsible.
But Montgomery County will
still have an outstanding
drill team" for they have in
a great majority, the kind of
dedicated parents who will
accept the responsibilities
that are theirs and provide
the leadership for "bandsmen
and drill teams" of stature
and distinction.
ID. l.. Johnson
Bethesda
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
Letters
Bandsmen Cost

spoke at some great length
about a championship band
and drill team" and captured
my imagination to the very
end when it ended with a sud-
den shock of realization that
1t was written In far away
Indianapolis, which I believe Is
in Indiana and not Montgom.
cry County. Let me take you
now If I may from this fan
tasy from far away to the
realism of a Montgomery
County home owning tax
payer.
Suppose this Montgomery
County taxpayer equally be-
lieved in an outstanding band
and drill team" and shared
pride in its record of compe-
tition with other bands and
drill teams. But suppose in
this great county there were
vocal minorities which were
not just satisfied with an out.
standing band and drill
team. Just to be the best
bandsmen was not enough for
this minority group which was
represented largely by ambi-
tious pressure groups. They
wanted their bandsmen
housed in new costly round"
drill halls" instead of eco
nomical but adequate conven-
tional halls brick was no
longer adequate, but now 1t
was ceramic tile f. the space
and cost per "bandsman" was
tripled and quadrupled. 1t
was no longer sufficient to be
just the best bandsman," but
it was also necessary for the
"bandsmen" to learn to drive
automobiles so their parents
could pay lesser rates, they
must learn foreign languages,
not as a prerequisite to future
studies but more for pres
tige" so they could impress
their friends and foreign ma
tionals when they went on
their annual summer jaunts
to Europe. They also must
learn to play football, base
ball, tennis, golf, archery and
other activities that would
contribute little or nothing to
their education as bands
men,"
And suddenly but surely at
long last the taxpaying home
owner found that the cost
per bandsman" was approach
ing 5000 per individual as con-
trasted to the national aver.
age of $3.50 - the highest in
the entire Nation! And his
annual tax bill had gone up
for the average homeowner
from $3.50 in 1851 to $500 in
1868! And of this almost so
percent went to the bands
men and drill team" at the
expense of police protection,
fire protection, roads, parks,
medical services and the null
titudes of other services to
which the county taxpayer
felt rightly entitled. But UNI
fortunately the firemen and
policemen, the motorists and
mentally i'll did not have the
pressure groups to speak for
them and their voices were
lost in the frantic scramble
for more and more and more
dollars" for this great "band
and drill team"
But at long last sanity and
reason has prevailed in the
year 1868 and for the first
time in perhaps 10 years the
taxes for this great team"
will not have to be increased.
Good judgment has predomi-
mated and the facilities to pro-
vide quality bandsmen and
a quality drill team will be
available as always. AS good
as ever before if not better.
Perhaps some of the bands
men" will have to depend on
their parents for the extras"
such as automobile driving,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
Brother Is Charged
Girl, 9, Shot in Heart,
Frolics After Surgery
By Robin DOrr
Sentinel Reporter

Nne-year-old Pearl A. Martin was feeling good and
walking around" less than "a hours after % caber
bullet pierced her heart and right lung.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08

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Services Set
On Thanksgiving
For P~ascagoUla

A community Thanksgiving
service will be held Thursday
at s am. at First Baptist
Church in Pascagoula, it was
announced by the Rev. Arthur
A. Schneider Jr. pastor of
First Presbyterian Church of
PascagOula.
The Rev. James A. Walker,
pastor Of Eastlawn Methodist
Church, will be the speaker
and Dewey 7. Lane, minister
of music at Calvary Baptist
Church, will have charge Of
the musical program.
All denominations are ex-
tended an invitation to attend
this special service.