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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

Although l am a junior in
high school, a number of obser-
vations have occurred to me
from close association with
such people as my parents.
Among the paramount adj
vantages that we were told a
Republican County Council
would bring was a regard for.
the people of the county. How
ever, when we look at the Coun-
ty Councils decision to rezone
Wildwood Manor to permit
Alvin Aubinoe to build some
more of those high rise apart.
ments, we wonder if that is ac-
tually the case.
The Council was told by At
torney Hal Lackey name sug-
gest anything?), who is on the
County COP Committee (How
niceD, representing AL Aubinoe
and his wife, who is also on the
County COP Committee (How
niceD, that the present master
plan was all a mistake" Well
there are some Of us who think
that the County Council is a
mistake. a rather grotesque
one.
Shall we recall William H.
Vanderbilt Ia famous Republi-
can, how niceD who said:
"The Public be damned"
David Ross
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
Public Forum

of the majority of the body
making the decision?
What faith can we have in
the future of our residential in
vestment in Montgomery Coun-
~, what hope can we have in
its pleasant and orderly deveI-
opment il the carefully consid-
cred provisions of the Master
Plan are to be set aside, willy
nilly, for the apparent enrich
ment of that party's privileged
contributors?
In this zoning decision as in
few recent public actions, the
Republican Party as it is consti-
tuted in this County shows it.
self to be the Party of the Few,
whose aim is to help the rich
get richer, and the public will
and veal be damned.
Mrs. Donald NJ. Ross
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

As has been my custom for some years,
visited the Gopher home near the Sugarloaf
to see how they were coming along with the
holly. pine cones, the burning Yule log and
the brimning toddy with raisins on top
All of US were seated around the fire
place: the twins, Cooler who was reading the
Police Gazette, Monty, Sarana and L Harlotta
was seated apart looking with her sea green
eyes into red Goals on the hearth.
Sarana then asked me to tell them a
Christmas story. tried to beg off because
Christmas is bit confusing TO me this year.
But 1 began and told them this story
which has been in my mind for a while and
makes me very thoughtful
@Once upon time there were three men,
and i viii tell you about their lives and the
two things they had i'm common. All Of them
had the same idea and all Of them died .
sudden death.
The first was raised near a carpenters
house and he preached for three years. He
lived under the Roman Emperors when part
OF the world was in bondage to the other part
He conceived the idea that all men are free
He was nailed to cross where He died; and
the Roman Empire soon died partly as result
OF the slavery it fostered
The second was raised in log cabin and
ne became President Of nation which was
founded upon the idea of freedom as ex-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
By Jane Day
924-4924

Pre-Christmas activity in the
neighborhood gets in full swing
tonight with several events
scheduled.
The Sherwood High School
band and chorus will present its
annual Christmas program to-
night at 8 at the school. The
chorus is under the direction of
Kenneth Manly and the band is
under Bruno Laakko. Chore-
ography for the dances has been
done by Mrs. Virginia Herald
and the scenery is the work of
the students under the direction
of Joseph Mayer.
The Lions Club is holding its
annual Christmas party for
members and their families at
the Ashton Methodist Church
beginning at 6:45 pm. There
will be group singing, a recita-
ton and Santa Claus with gifts
for the youngsters and refresh
ments. Then the group will go
caroling to several homes in the
neighborhood.
The Sandy Spring bank is
having its Christmas party to-
night at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. David L. Watterworth.
st. Johns Church School
closes for the holidays tomor-
row following a hCristmas play
with music at the school at
/ pm. Mrs. Daniel Abbott is
music director for the annual
event which is followed by a
party for the children.
For several hundred members
of the community Christmas
came for two magic hours at
the Meeting House last weekend
- the two performances of the
Sandy Spring Friends School
concert, Saturday night and
Sunday afternoon. The exqui-
site music, the precision of the
chorus, the charm of the instru-
mental solos, and the whole
hearted interest on the faces of
the 80 young men and women
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
. Budget
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Continued from Page One)
and more than S. million from
other sources.
Noting that beginning teach.
er's salaries are below the mar.
ket at the present time," and
that the system is having diff
ficult time in attracting new
teachers, DR.. Whittier has
included in the budget $750, SOS
allotment to raise starting sal
aries for teachers from $4,820 to
$500 per year.
Three new services have also
been recommended In the bud
get.
An item Of $4,000 has been
asked to start a pilot program
In 20 to "a schools in order to
provide Commute lunch period
Tor all teachers by using addi-
tional staff.
The recommendation notes
that elementary school teachers
are on duty continuously from
the opening to the closing of
school each day without a lunch
period free from duty.
Other new services asked are
a Basic Services Studies Pro-
gram for beginning students at
Montgomery Junior College, and
monies in order to bring place.
ment directors of selected
teacher training colleges and
universities to the county in
order to visit the school system.
Major items included in the
recommendation are:
. Funds totaling $87, 1868 for
the Institutional program and
preparation for the operation of
the Rockville campus Of Mont.
gomery Junior College.
. $117,500 to replace IS pas
senger buses. The recommends
ton notes that seven of the
buses Of the 300 now In opera.
ton have reached the manda-
tory retirement age of 10 years,
while the others should be
replaced from the viewpoint of
economy and efficiency.
. Also, $4,000 for 20 addi-
tional buses to support the
growing number of pupils.
. $16,59S for the evening
high school. The recommended
ton calls for the lowering of
evening school tuition, due to
the large drop in enrolment
caused by tuition increases last
year.
. $l3s,OOO for adult educa.
ton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
$l7,995 Granted
For MIC Program

The Joint Board for Scienti-
Tic Education has received q
grant of $17,995 from the Ma,
tional Science Foundation Tor
a summer program for county
biology teachers at MontRom.
cry Junior College.
Twenty-four teachers win Be
selected to attend the four week
program that win feature out.
standing area scientists lectur.
ing on their particular fields.
The program, which viii take
place at the junior college June
29-July "a, is designed to assist
the secondary schools in plan
ming and improving their
courses, also to develop coopera-
ton between the colleges and
high schools in increasing the
quality Of education in the sci
ences.
The program is under the d.
rection Of Robert B. Nicodemus,
jr., an instructor in the colleges
biology department.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
by Les Kimble

and understanding of literature. This kuow,.
edge and understanding is usually found IN
professionals, writers, teachers, librarians,
editors and the like. We should be sure that
no semi-literate individual, whatever his for.
mai education, has the position Of censor.
Psychiatrists know that some of those
most concerned with evil in pictures and read.
ing material are not normal in their thinking
ABOUT sex 10 eliminate any minds that have
Deen twisted or stunted in this area, appli.
cants Tor the post of censor should be given
psychiatric examination. We should not have
censors who can see evil almost anywhere.
ABOUT ~ years ago I visited the island
OF Ban where most of the women wore onlv
skirts, leaving the tops of the bodies bare.
These women also bathed in streams along.
SIDE the roads. The leers and lascivious noi,t.
ing OF fingers and cameras by q crovud ~
American visitors quickly made these women
angry and ashamed These women were mt
angry and ashamed about their bodies. h,t
about the attitude of the Americans. The evil
was not in the naked bodiesebut In the nina.
of the visitors -
10 prevent any misuse of censorshin
powers, such as the suppression of relis,ous
OF pohtical views, we should have a cornr;t.
zee Oh censor'watchers. To be on the al,
sloe' perhaps we should have a COMMITTEES
70 watch the censor-watchers. Or wouldn't Il
pc simpler TO enforce the obscenity laws thar
we now nave to prevent the sale of obscene
material! In this way, not only win the sale
u obscene material be stopped, but even
more important, the censors win be EXPOSED
70 IuH public view Their views win be feste1
IN court OF law where witnesses of manv
opinions can be heard. I can think at "a
Detter way to preserve our freedoms.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
The Aubinoe Rezoning-Why?

There are many reasons why the application of Mr.
and MrSAin l. Aubnoe for high-rise apartment coming
Of their 22acre tract at Old Georgetown Road and Ri us
should not be approved.
Here are 10 of them:
The existing bridge over Rt 7OS beside the tract
designed to carry much less traffic than it would
with $50 apartment units there Redesign and rebuilding
Of the bridge would cost several hundred thousand dollars
With the quadrant owned by the Aubnoes rezoned
to high density use would logical that the other
three quadrants should be similarly treated in the in
teess Of fair play What happens then to the surrounding
community
The requested rezoning is in direct conflict with
the master plan adopted for the in April 1852 How
have any faith in planning and orderly growth il
master plan changed radically only eight months after
its adoption?
Sudden addition Of up to $50 residential units in
highly compact viii create need for additional
commercial facilities in the and how does that also
affect the surrounding community which is now almost
entirely singlefamily residential?
Many, many homeowners bought there on the
asSunlpdon-and some say they were promised by the
AubiDoes sales representatives that the entire
would remain in singIefamly homes. II was designed
a community of 1900 persons and the controversial
Abinoe rezonng by itself could add $500 persons almost
overnight subdivision plan calling for single family
development Of the tract under discussion approved
in 1859
Rezonings in order to be consistent with current
legal principals should not be approved by governing
bodies unless that needs rectfyng has been
made or there has been change Of character in the
The site in question is completely surrounded by
sngefamiy home coming except the to the north
west and that Is rural residential (one-haf acre)
. Both the staff of the Maryland-NatonaI Car,ital
Park and Planning Commission and the Montgomery IRAN
ming Board recommended against the Aubnoe application
Approval Of such zonngs where political overtones
are SO heavy tends to destroy the publcs confidence in
government Both Of the heavy financial con-
tributors to the Republican party, one Of them is
member Of the Republican State Central Committee the
attorney handling the is also member of the
Republican State Central Committee and drafter Of the
COP platform last year, and comfortable majority Of
the county governing body is composed Of Republicans
Citizens charging politics" in such situation may not
be correct but they can't be blamed for wondering
Highway access to the tract in question is I'M
favorable. The nearest point at which medan break
Is possible In rebuilt Old Georgetown Road is about 300
feet south of the site, point which be reached only
by first going through other snge-famiy residences
Here Is one reason why the application should be
approved:
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubinoe and Mr.. Lackey want it APP
proved There Is great deal more money to be made
from high rise apartments than there is from single
family housing on the sized tract
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
Sandy Spring
Concert Due Tonight At High School

who sang lent a most moving
quality to a beautiful perform.
ance. The final note of the final
chorus left many with tears in
their eyes and half caught sob
in the throat.
The neighborhood was sad.
dened this week by the death Of
one of It's most beloved mem.
bers, Miss Bea Moore. During
her years as librarian. the
Sandy Spring library was q
place Of quiet pleasure, touched
by her graciousness and intel.
lect.
st. Luke's Church Sunday
School is presenting its Christ.
mas pageant at $50 pm. Sun.
day. l
The Methodist Youth Fellow.
ship VIII offer a play in tableau
'form- The Christmas STORY
beginning at Z pm. at the Ash
ton Church.
The Sandy; Spring Volunteer
Fire Department will. have its
annual community carol sing
and Christmas Tree lighting
ceremony at the fire house at
z pm. Saturday.
The Junior Chamber of Com.
merce will take needy children
in the area to Silver Spring
Saturday for their annual
Christmas shopping spree. Later
at st. Luke's Parish Hall, the
Jaycees viii help the children
wrap their presents for their
families and have a party with
Santa Claus for the youngsters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Chi.
chester accompanied by MIR. and
Mrs. Ridgeley Chichester and
their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Walters
spent the past weekend visiting
friends and relatives in VIII
mington and New Castle, Del.
Mr.. Robert Chichester cele-
brated a birthday while there
and was honored at a dinner
party given by his aunt and
her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

his former capacity as a plan.
ner. The Plan is apparently
meaningless where the ones
seeking to change it are stal.
warts of the Republican Party.
But more Importantly, what
Of the oft repeated Republican
campaign promises to do away
with the unnecessary expendi-
ture of our tax dollars? Can
anyone seriously doubt that
the Council can now deny
similar rezoning to the own.
e-s of the other three quad.
rants, and that the immediate
result of the erection of high
rise apartments here win be ir.
resistible pressure for a multi
million dollar rebuilding of the
existing interchange into full
cloVerIedI, Sucn as was neceS-
sary at the Germantown inter-
change? This money must
come either directly or indi.
rectly from the county tax.
payers, who will have thus
been twice MIXED, once to pay
for the Master Plan and once
for the variation from it.
The party loyalty of this
majority must be soul salts.
flying indeed to compensate for
their lost integrity.
Vincent NJ. Creedon
Bethesda.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

/ have been a resident and
homeowner in Bethesda, for
the last five years. 1 am also
a registered Republican.
/ want to express to you, in
writing, my and my wife's in
dignation and surprise at the
way the four Republican mem
bers of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Council voted in favor of
Mr.. A. L. Aubinoe's proposed
rezoning application lease G.
1881 for building a high-rise
apartment at the intersection
of Old Georgetown Road and
Interstate 70S. / live in the
community behind the pro-
posed building and we strong
ly resent the utmost disregard,
shown by Mr.. Floyd, Miss
Diggs, Mrs. Hepburn and Mr..
Hiser for the public interest,
as evidenced by the over 1000
signatures and a multitude of
letters opposing said rezoning.
These people have rendered a
disservice to those of us who
elected them, by asking the
county lawyer to bring forth a
favorable position for the re-
coming during the next meet
ing Of the council on Dec. II,
1868.
AS / said in my letter to the
Clerk of Montgomery County
Council, dated Oct. 1, 1868,
neither we nor the other par
ents in the neighborhood are
interested in having a traffic
hazard created for our young
children. AS / also stated in the
same letter, a change in coming
to the financial advantage of
an individual which disregards
the interest of community
property owners as a group
contradicts the basic principles
of representative government.
The aforementioned mem.
bers owe 1t to the community
they live in, they owe it to
their fellow citizens, and, above
all, they owe it to themselves
to vote against the proposed
position, and thus regain the
trust and confidence of their
constituents.
Andrew s. Tegeris, MD.
Bethesda.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11

lation of $4,000 men over %
years old, 10000 were killed.
The humiliation of recon-
struction after the war pro-
duced a deep wound in Missis-
sippi's pride.
Carpetbaggers put illiterate
slaves in posts of authority over
former masters. One Negro
served as Lieutenant Governor
Another factor is the Negro
white population ratio in some
counties. In 1860, the State
had 915,743 Negroes in its o.
1914 population.
Fear Lowered Standards
There is the fear that inte-
grafton would lower standards
of morality and education be-
cause of the cultural lag be-
tween Negroes and whites.
While dedicated to Segrega-
ton, the State government
claims 1t has spent record sums
since World War II to euualize
white and Negro schools.
About 1000 clasSrooms have
been built at costs approaching
500 million. Two-thirds of
them were for Negroes.
Heritage and a developing
economy, merging tradition and
progress, contribute to many
contrasts in MiSSiSsippi-but
the people who make up the
sometimes bewildering society
seem much the same as people
everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11

some theological and some
practical.
One key to both race and
liquor is religion. This con-
sentative State where Baptists
and Methodists predominant is
proud of its reputation for
fundamentaliSt theology and
literal Bible Interpretation
Blue laws against Sunday bust
ness are widely enforced.
Gov. Ross Barnett, who
teaches a Baptist Sunday
School class, spoke for many
when he said:
1.-THE good Lord was the orig
inal segregationist. He put the
black man in Africa-separated
him. He made us white
because he wanted us white
and he intended that we should
stay that way"
Barnett Vetoed Wine
A bill to permit the sale Of
wine on a local option basi:
passed the 1862 Legislature but
was vetoed by Gov. Barnett
The Governor mixed Biblica
injunctionS with alcoholism
figures in explaining why hi
killed the bill.
II feel that serious mora
principles are involved" he said
Il would not want to do any
thing that would cause an!
child to waver. E"
Racial attitudes in the Stat
probably developed from thu
paternalism of the STAKEHOLDER
modified by history.
Wealthy Before War
Mississippi was the fifth
wealthiest State before thu
Civil War, but lost 80 per CEN
of its $500 million wealth in the
fighting. From a white popu'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy today made a dra-
matte appeal to Senator Erwin
Democrat of North Carolina
to lend his prestige to the
support of the administrations
omnibus civil right bill.
The appeal was made during
another hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee on
the proposed legislation and
was quickly rejected by Sen
ator Erwin.
AS the committee held its
eleventh meeting on the rights
measure, it was learned that
Southern Senators probably
will permit the Senate to ex-
tend the life of the Civil Rights
Commission before it expires
September 80.
Senator Erwin, a leading foe
OF the administration rights
bill, today questioned the At
torney General for the ninth
time. The Senator challenged
Section 6 of the legislation, as
recently revised by the Justice
Department.
Under this section, the Gov
eminent could bring suits in
Federal court to terminate any
federally assisted program ir
which discrimination was prac-
ticed.
The North Carolinian uues.
TONED the authority that woulc
be given Federal agencies tt
establish rules to prevent dis.
elimination. He cited instance.
OF what he described as dis.
elimination by some agencie.
in favor of Negroes.
Mr.. Kennedy said Senator
Erwin had not spoken out
against discrimination against
Negroes. He cited the recent
decision of the TuSkegee Gala. }
High School team to drop play.
ing football because Negroes
had been enrolled in the school
With your prestige" the At
torney General told Senator
Erwin, you could make a great
contribution in these trying
times"
Senator Erwin, speaking with
some emotion, said he did moi
approve of Alabama's Gov
George Wallace and that 81
think he is an alder and abet-
tor" Of legislation such as the
administration has proposed.
He added that I'm against
all discrimination" and cited
many actions he has taken tc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11
Bob Kennedy Plea Fails
ToSwoy Erwin on Rights

demonstrate this. Then he told
the Attorney General: you are
just not fair to me in saying
I've not spoken out against
discrimination"
Mr.. Kennedy explained that
he was referring to the current
hearings and told Senator
Erwin that he had a lawyer
who would take him down to
Alabama and show instances
of discrimination.
IT have to stay here and
fight for constitutional govern
ment," the Senator replied.
The Attorney General said
it would take only 48 hours,
but Senator Erwin repeated
that he did not have the time.
AS the hearing ended, Sena-
tor Erwin said he had no fur
ther questions "at this time"
The Attorney General
quickly asked, what does that
mean, Senator?"
The Senator replied that he
might have some additional
inquiries on the basis of ques-
tons asked later by other
members of the committee.
Senator Heating, Republican
of New York, said he would
propose at the next meeting on
the legislation that hearings be
turned over to the ConStitu-
tional Rights Subcommittee as
a means of expediting the con-
Sideration of the bill. He ex-
planned that the subcommittee
is empowered to hold one-man
hearings and in this way the
hearings could be speeded up.
Senator Heating proposed
this earlier in this series of
hearings but 1t was rejected by
Committee Chairman EaStland,
Democrat of Mississippi.
With the Attorney General
scheduled to be out of town
this week, the committees next
hearing probably will be held
Tuesday.
Democratic Leader Mansfield
and Republican Leader Dirksen
yesterday assured Sc nator
Heating that they will offer an
amendment to some bill to be
taken up in the next three
weeks to keep the Civil Rights
Commission alive.
The leaders gave Senator
Heating this assurance after
he threatened to offer an
amendment extending the COM
mission as a rider on the Presi-
dents medical education bill,