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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-27
By ELY Bradley
Sentinel Reporter

Leaders of most of the six
outspoken community groups
asked by the County Council
last week to furnish their
membership lists are not
likely to meet the Councils
deadline of Dec. 4, if at all.
Arguing against compliance
on everything from constitu-
tional grounds to pure prin-
ciple," they say they recognize,
almost to a man, they cannot
be forced to meet the Councils
request.
All have personal objections
to the request, but say they in
tend to air it thoroughly with
either their boards of directors
or membership before replying
to the Council.
Next regular meeting OF most
groups is not scheduled until
after the Dec. A deadline offered
by the Clerk to the County
Council in his letter.
The six groups include two
concerned with education, the
Council for Better Education
and the Committee for the Pub
lie Schools, and two dealing
with taxation, the n-Partisan
Taxpayers League and the Citi-
,zens Committee for Taxation,
as well as the watchdog" Mont
gomery County Citizens Plan
ming Association and the HUI
name Society.
II don't like the approach
they're taking" said CHE presi.
dent Frank A. Bell Jr. my
present inclination is to decline
the request. Just on principle,
it doesn't appeal to me-"
Bell said he will bring the
Councils request before his
board of directors Dec 9.
"I'm told" he added, I'VE do
not have to reveal names of our
members unless wer're subver.
sive or threatening the over
throw of the government
neither of which we are"
Frank puzzlement over the
Councils reasons for its request
were voiced by Mrs. Walker p.
Buel, president of the Humane
Society.
'I've been told by my attor-
ney not to do anything" she
said, adding, however, she
might write the Council to ask
why they want the list.
1T is my personal opinion,
this may go back on the old
Supreme Court ruling that no
organization shall be required to
disclose its membership lists"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-27

GAITEIERSBURG-When the
Henry M. Musser family gets
together they hire a pretty good
sized hall for the purpose.
The hall" on Sunday turned
out to be the Montgomery Coun-
ty Agricultural Center here.
And the reason was plain as
the noses on all those Musser
faces - there were so many of
them.
The family gathering was
held to celebrate the 5Oth wed.
ding anniversary Of Henry Mar.
ceIIus Musser, ~, and his wife,
Mary, 70.
A major topic of conversation
was the congratulatory card re
ceived by the couple from the
late President Kennedy.
Coming so soon after the
Presidents assassination, the
memento is certain to be treas.
ured in the family archives.
There are II children as re.
suit of the union and so grand
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-27
Kennedy's Congratulations
LIFE. Will Tell
Insurance Needs
Seminal Photo by Ed Mervis

Electronic programming of
life insurance needs is available
through a new service called
LIFE, life Insurance Fore
cast Electronically).
Introduced by Occidental Life
Insurance Company of Califor-
mia, the forecasting is done by
the company's $1.8 million IBM
computor system, according to
Don Regnell, the company's Be-
thesda agent.
The system provides an OBJ
jective analysis of the individu-
ais needs, including how much
insurance he should own, how
this insurance should be used
and his disability and retirement
needs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-27
Council Plea on Membership
Lists Likely to Be Ignored

letter as very selective
quest, not calculated to get full /
disclosure of all individuals who
seek to influence public deci-
sion.
"Any legislative body has the
right to know who is cOmmuni.
eating with it," Wood added.
estate and federal governments
have adopted laws governing
iobbies-and we're prepared to
say we are lobbyists for good
land planning"
But, he emphasized, every
governing body should seek dis
closure of representation Gin q
form applicable to all"
Joined in the argument that
Council decisions should be
made on the basis of the issues,
not on the membership of
groups presenting views on
them, were the two heads of
taxpayers groups.
Leo ]. Paulin, president of the
Non-Partisan Taxpayers League,
said he feels the request Is mot
germaine to what we repre-
sent"
81 have no objection to this
request, except there's no rea-
son why i, or any organization.
s hould provide membership
lists. Well give them the num-
Der of our members-12OO- but
in my personal opinion there's
no obligation on uor part to give
membership lists.
Darius v. Phillips, president
of the Citizens Committee for
Fair Taxation, echoed Paulin's
emphasis on the issues.
II believe" said Phillips, "the
County Council should decide
the issues on their merits, and /
would hope the Council MEM
bers consider the merits, rather
than what names were or were
not in groups.
II have no objection person
ally to giving them a list, but I
do object to the tactic of trying
to get a list of members as
though the membership was q
consideration"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-27

She added her group provided
the Council recently with a COM
plete list of its officers and di-
rectorS.
The heads of the two other
groups expressed interest in
knowing why only six organiza-
tons in the county had been
singled out for membership dis
closure.
Philander P. Claxton, head of
the Committee for the Public
Schools, said he is curious as
to why the many other groups
in the county which have ap-
peared before the Council have
not been given similar re-
quests"
Asked Ramsey Wood, presi-
dent of the Citizens Planning
Committee: eff the Councils
purpose is to let people know
who the folks are who's trying
to influence its decisions, is it
right to single out only a few"
Claxton said his groups list
of 300 dues-paying members is
rather impressive, and I'd hate
not to wave it before the Coun-
ty Council"
There is no question in my
mind" he noted, they haven't
the right to demand tits be.
ing requested merely as a
courtesy now, 1 understand"
Wood also said that he had
discussed news stories of the
Councils request with his direc.
tors last week, before receiving
the letter.
1.-THE planning association is
not a secret society of any
sort. Very few of us would
want to be associated with an
organization in which members
insisted on anonymity"
He said he, too, is graphing
with how to deal with the con.
stitutional question" if disclos.
ure, since it involves protection
OF members from mail order
distributors or crank letter
writer's"
He criticized the Council
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-27
Hearing Set
On Paving

A public hearing on a public
works project to pave residen'
tial streets in the Lyttonsville
area of Silver Spring will be
held by the County Council al
8 pm, Dec. 20 in the County
Building auditorium.
The project was requested by
43 of IS property owners af.
fected. Officials anticipate sub
stantial opposition from the re.
mainder.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-27
2 Defend
Ungraded
Program

The School Boards "iH-
QUESTION" into the structure
of the ungraded primaries
was labelled a "resounding
flop" recently by at least
two Montgomery County
residents following Mondays
special board meeting.
Phil Claxton, chairman bf the
Committe for Public Schools
told the Sentinel, Monday
night proceedings were another
example of the high-handed and
irresponsible abuse of power BY
Board president, Charles W.
Bell and the board majority"
Saunders, Claxton said Was
to make a report on a "sifua-
ton" at one of the non.gr3ded
elementary schools. "Nevefthe-
less, Mr.. Bell, supported by the
majority, chose to convert the
meeting into an inquisitibn of
the whole concept of the UNI
graded school," Claxton said.
Claxton, head of the 300-mem-
Der committee said he felt the
professional staff provided a
fine explanation of the un-
graded idea being tested in the
county. 1t appeared plainly
also" he added, that the great
majority of parents was salts
fled. AS a result, dispite its
cunning planning the majority's
cooked up attack was a resound-
ing flop"
Claxton, who contends it's the
responsibility Of his committee
to ~ find out facts about the
operation of the school network,
(2) disseminate information
about the school system and,
CD to act as a nonpartisan
body before public groups to
present unbiased information on
issues before the board, said the
public Is entitled to flair and
orderly conduct of their bust
ness by the board majority"
And he added: "They are not
getting it."
Alleging his views with those
Of Clsxton, for the benefit of
the ingraded Meadow Hall
Schoo. Leighton w. Dudley,
one o. the three school trustees,
said in a prepared statement
Immediately following Mondays
meeting, 1--WE in the Meadow
Hal School community have
been tremendously excited in
resent years watching our
school gradually become some
thing called an "ungraded
s.hool." The care with which
me system developed was
astounding. No "shotgunned"
new idea or panacea. Now our
school is in full swing as an
ungraded school"
Dudley, on behalf of himself
and trustees David B. Anthony
and Charles j. Mccormick, said
"our concern with the elemen-
tary school In our county is
deep and personal-it is our
children with whom we are con-
cerned. We like what has hap
pened in Montgomery County
schools during the past eight
years and we especially like
what has happened to Meadow
Hall School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

Health Service, DR.. Christensen
practiced in Hemingford, Neb.
His USPHS assignments were in
Missouri and on Staten Island,
N. Y, where he completed a
two-year residency in a public
health hospital.
Planned to See Son
DR.. Ford's daughter. Mrs.
Betty Jane Russell. of 6710 Red
Top road, Takoma Park, said
Mr.. Ford was flying to Cali
fornia to visit q son in the
medical school at Iona Linda
tCaif) University.
Besides his son and daughter,
Mr.. Ford leaves his wife, Atah.
Of the home address. Relatives
said he retired three years ago
as a salesman for the Columbia
Union College.
Mrs. Lowry said DR.. Lowry
originally had planned to take
her with him on the trip.
II was supposed to go along
It was the first time I didn't
go. I felt it wasn't worth the
risk" she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Desi Arnuz Weds
On 46th Birthday

LAS VEGAS, New, Mar. 2
(APD. Desi Arnaz married
Mrs. Edith Hirsch today-his
46th birthday-in a ceremony
cheered by flowers from his
former wife, Lucille Ball.
1t was the second marriage
for both Mr.. Arnaz and his
bride.
Actors Van johnson and
Jimmy Durante watched as the
Cuban entertainer married
Mrs. Hirsch, As.
Mrs. Durante was matron-
of-honor. DR.. Marcus Rabwin
Of Los Angeles, a long time
friend of Mr.. Arnaz, was best
man.
Mr.. Arnaz said Miss Ball
sent the couple roses in the
shape Of a horseshoe. A card
said, you both picked a
winner"
Mrs. Hirsch was divorced
last Tuesday night in Juarez.
Mexico. from Clement Hirsch,
millionaire sportsman and rae
ing stable owner.
Mr.. Arnaz and Miss Ball
were divorced in May 1860.
She has since been married to
TV comedian Gary Morton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Phone Co. Nurse
Gets Pom Am Job

Anne M. Pupac. q CAP Tele-
phone Co. visiting nurse here,
has been selected as team
nurse for the Pan American
Games in Sac Paulo. Brazil. this
spring. the United States olym-
pic Committee has announced
This is the second time Miss
Pupac has been selected to at
tend American athletes abroad
In 1860 she accompanied the
Omitted States team TO the 18th
Olympics in Rome.
Miss Pupac. who has been In
the medical department Of the
telephone company since 1858
Is a graduate Of the Youngs-
town (Ohio) Hospital Associa-
tons School Of Nursing. She
took graduate work at CatholiC
University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Foster Returns
From Geneva

NEW YORK, March 2 (AP) i.
Disarmament negotiator Will
liam C. Foster returned from
Geneva today for conferences
with President Kennedy. reit-
Grating his doubt Of a Soviet
claim on detection Of under
ground explosions.
Mr.. Foster said If the time
ever comes when there is a
fool-proof system of detecting
such nuclear explosions the
problem Of on-site inspection
would be eliminated.
But Mr.. Foster said he still
has received no answer to his
challenge to the Russians to
give him a list of all United
States underground explosions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Flu Moving West;
Fewer Deaths Here

The Nations influenza out
breaks are still rising, but def
nitely moving westward, the
latest United States Public
Health Service figures report.
Nationally, there were $50
excess deaths due to influenza
and pneumonia like illnesses in
the week ending February %,
the health service said. About
IT'S deaths from those diseases
occurred that week, when about
525 would have been normal.
But there was a decline in
cases in the Washington area
DR.. Murray Grant of the Dis
trict's health service said the
outbreak was on the wane
here, having reached its peak
two weeks ago.
Deaths from influenza or
pneumonia probably will be
about twice what they were
last year for the next several
weeks, although there would
be fewer cases, he said. Some
persons who became sick dur
ing the height of the areas
outbreak two weeks ago might
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
CRASH
Wreckoge Strewn
Over Wide Area

Information to the Cessna.
The message radioed to the
Cessna from Greensboro, the
FAA said, was that the weather
was closing in and that the
ceiling was below the visual
Tight minimum. The Green's
boro radio operator said the
planes pilot indicated he would
try to land anyway. The crash
however, is about 80 miles from
the Greensboro airfield.
On the South Carlonia side
Of the border, officials said the
cloud ceiling was dropping
rapidly Friday morning and
that rain and ground fog was
reported in the mountains.
DR.. Lowry and his passengers
took off at 6 am. Friday from
Hyde Field in nearby Clinton,
Md, on a cross-country trip 10
Sacramento, Calf. The physi-
cian-pilot and DR.. Christensen
planned to attend an alumni
meeting at the Iona Linda
(Cal0 Medical School. Mr.. Ford
intended to visit his son, a
medical student at Iona Linda.
DR.. Lowry was the head elder
of the Pennsylvania Avenue Ad-
ventist Church here. The three
other victims were also Seventh
Day Adventists.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Lois
Lowry, he leaves six children,
Malcolm, %; Warren, 20; Bev-
erly and Barbara, 18-year-old
twins; Susan, IA. and Shelly,
~. The Lowry home is at 6420
Ritchie road, Suitland, Md.
DR.. Lowry, a general prac-
titioner, established the District
Heights clinic at 1900 Marlboro
pike 10 years ago.
A native of Simsboro, La,
he was a Medical Corps captain
in World War II and served in
the European Theater Of oper-
lions for Is months. He had
been flying for the past 10
years and was an active tennis
player.
DR.. Christensen and his wife
were the parents of four chill
dren, Ronald. II; Robert, IS;
Richard, 10. and Joy. 4.
7 Years With NH
DR.. Christensen, a graduate
of Union College, Lincoln, Neb.,
and the Iona Linda Medical
School. was a member Of the
unsatisfactory section at the
NH Clinical Center for the past
seven years. He leaves, besides
his children, his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Christensen,
Of Dodge Center. Mimi, q
brother, Robert, also Of Dodge
Center. and a sister. Mrs. Le-
berta Holenbeck, Of Minneapo-
lis. MINI.
Mrs. Christenson's survivors
include her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. ]. Hamilton. and a
sister, Mrs. Iva May Cline, all
Of Mitchell. Neb.
Before joining the Public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

cases in the county since the
beginning of the year.
The Prince Georges health
service reported that cases
were not only going down. but
that deaths from influenza
and pneumonia were running
less for 1868 than 1862.
Nine new States were added
to the outbreak list by Feb
ruary %. These States were
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecti-
cut, Iowa. Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Missouri. Pennsylvania
and Texas.
George Stenhouse, of the
Communicable Disease Center
Of the U. s. Public Health
Service in Atlanta, Ga, said
that what was happening was
"a series of epidemics going
from State to State" He en-
phasized. however, that the
outbreak was nothing as ex-
tensive as in 1887"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

Our Deferred Payment Plan requires down home
furnishings purchases Of $500 Convenient payments arranged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

succumb. keeping the number
of deaths above normal.
Officials in Montgomery
County reported at the end OF
last week that the decline had
brought the county back to
normal, based on a 5 per cent
absentee rate from the schools.
The school absentee rate there
was up to 20 per cent in Janu-
airy. DR.. Daniel Krank, of the
Montgomery Health Service,
said.
DR.. Harold Kennedy, Of the
Fairfax health service, report
ed that cases of influenza were
declining, although there's
still an awful lot Of it around. "
He estimated a total of $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

Then, he said. the flu season
began earlier and no one had
any built-in immunity to Asian
flu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

The current outbreak is
nothing like 1917, he said. be-
cause Of the new drugs for
fighting bacterial Infection"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-05
d Showed DisresPect,
Dallas Educator Says

DALLAS, Dec. 5 (AP).-Dis-
respect for President Kennedy
was displayed by only Is Dallas
public school pupils as they
learned he had been slain,
Superintendent w. T. White
says.
"They were the only ones out
of more than $4,000 students
in our system who showed any
taste out of line and who didn't
appreciate the tragedy of the
moment or understand its sig
nificance," he said.
"All of them we're counseled
by their teachers to give them
the proper attitude and under
standing"
A Methodist minister, the
Rev. William A. Holmes Of
Dallas, asserted in o television
network interview last week
that fourth graders in one
school cheered at hearing the
news of the assassination.
There were reports Of like
reaction among some school
children in other cities across
the Nation.
The remark Of Mr.. Holmes,
repeating parts of a sermon he
gave earlier. stirred local con-
troversy. Several school spokes-
men disputed his account. A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-05
Senate Group
0KsWorksB Bill
By the Associated Press


A $4.5 billion public works
money bill was approved by the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee today.
It includes $45 million for
the accelerated public works
program for which the House
had approved no funds.
The bill, which provides
funds for the current fiscal
year, represents a s224,871 300
increase over the amount
approved by the House.
The measure, which now
goes to the Senate, finances
river and harbor and flood
control projects. reclamation
programs, the Atomic Energy
Commission and other public
activities.
The Senate committee ap-
proved s1,123,265, 900, which is
SCI, 482, 300 above the House
figure, for rivers and harbors
and flood control projects.
An So million increase over
the $348.14 700 House allow
ance was approved for the
Bureau of Reclamation.
The Atomic Energy Commits
sion, under the Senate commit
tee proposal, would receive a
total of $2,78s, 219, 900, which is
up $10O,0S0,O00 from the
House.
The Tennessee Valley Au-
thority was recommended for
$48,284,0OO, a S2,284,000 boost
from the House allowance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-05

cleared up" Mr.. White said. II
have had an opportunity to
talk with all the principals and
this is the first day that I feel
fully informed and that I can
speak with confidence"
He said of those showing a
diSrespectful attitude, IL we're
in elementary grades and one
was in high school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-05
Baker PrObers
ToQuizHeadoi
Vending Firm
BY PAUL HOPE
Star staff Writer

Senate investigators viii be-
gin taking testimony tomorrow
on Robert @. Bobby Bakers
role in vending machine opera
tons.
The Senate Rules Committee
viii question Stanley Lee, gen.
eral manager Of the Capitol
Vending Co., which is suing
Mr.. Baker in United States
District Court. Capitol claims
that Mr.. Baker. former secre-
tary of the Senate Democratic
majority. improperly used his
influence to have a vending
machine contract taken away
from Capitol.
The committee also will hear
two officials Of Melpar, Inc.
the Falls Church electronics
firm where Capitol had the
vending contract. Appearing
at the closed session of the
committee will be Edward NJ.
Bostick, Melpar president, and
Arthur C.. Weld, executive vice
president.
Hill Is Quizzed
The suit was filed by Ralph
l.. Hill, Capitol's former presi-
dent. Mr.. Hill, who recently
sold the vending business, has
been quizzed by staff members
of the committee and may be
called to testify next week.
Mr.. Hill, who is seeking
100000 damages, claims that
he paid Mr.. Baker to secure the
Melpar contract for Capitol
but that later Mr.. Baker inter-
vened to have the Melpar bust
ness awarded to another vend-
ing firm. Mr.. Baker has denied
the charges.
williams Retained
It was disclosed yesterday
that Mr.. Baker has retained
Edward Bennett Williams, well
known Washington criminaI
lawyer, to represent him.
Mr.. Bakers former attorney
Abe Fortas, withdrew as Mr.
Bakers counsel because he Ii
performing some assignments
for President johnson.
He said the tasks, which re-
portedly include working a;
laison between the Justice De-
partment and the President or
the investigation Of the assassi-
nation of President Kennedy
might result in "embarrass-
ment." The Justice Department
also is investigating Mr.. Bakers
activities.
The change Of attorneys ha,
resulted in poStponement o.
court action in the Capito
Vending Co. suit. Preliminary
motions were scheduled to bt
heard next week. but Capitol'i
attorney, David Gardner, saic
this has been delayed to Janu-
airy 8 at the request of Mr.. VIII
liams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-05

suburban junior high school
teacher reported similar ap-
plause by some of her pupils.
II feel this needs to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-02
Grace Mackenzie,
Native of Cunudu

Miss Grace E. Mackenzie, SIS,
an employe Of the International
Finance Corp, died Saturday
at Doctors Hospital of cancer.
A native of Winnipeg, Can
ada, Miss Mackenzie came to
Washington in 1912 to work for
the War Supplies and Procure
ment Mission of the Australian
government. In 1947, she Joined
the staff of the World Bank as
secretary to the banks treas
urer. In 1856 she transferred
to the banks affiliate, the In
ternational Finance Corp,
where she was secretary to the
vice-president.
She was a member Of the Ma
tional Presbyterian Church,
and lived at 5000 seth street
NV.
Survivors include two broth
ers, Duncan j. Mackenzie of
Edmonton, Canada, and Murdo
Mackenzie Of Winnipeg, Can
ada.
Services were held today at
Gawler's Funeral Chapel, $3.50
Wisconsin avenue NV, fol-
lowed by burial at Rock Greek
cemetery.