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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-28

date conflicted with activities
planned by a number of relig-
ious groups interested in the
controversy.
In preparing a statement on
their stand, officials of the hui
man relations commission also
indicated they would consider
sponsorship of a bill which
would isolate the county from
a pending state law to eliminate
racial segregation in II Mary
land counties. While II coun-
ties already have exempted
themselves from the bill be-
cause they don't want integra-
ton, the commissions proposed
isolation would be for the pur-
pose of allowing Montgomery
County to maintain it's own
law, independent of the State.
I'VE believe that the Public
Accommodations Ordinance is
valid ordinance" the commits
sion statement said. at is a We
hicle which is necessary to as
sure that no citizen or group
OF citizens need subject them
selves to inconvenience, en-
barrassment, utilization or bod
lily injury in order to obtain
rights which are already guar.
anteed them under the Consti-
tuition of the United States"
II expressed the belief that
the law already has helped
establish a climate of equal
treatment in places of public ac-
cOmmodatiOn in the county.
The commission reaffirmed
its confidence in a nine-mem-
Der commission, with one-third
of its members to be appointed |
annually by the County Coun.
Gil. And it again offered its
services to provide speakers for
community groups interested in
Fan equal opportunity climate"
Once again the commission
called for elimination of a
clause which exempts places
primarily in the sale
of alcoholic beverages from the
ordinance. The exem ptio n
clause, it declared, is discrim-
inatory because it is based |
upon the prejudiced assump-
ton that certain of our citizens /,
are incapable of behaving them
selves in a tavern simply be-
cause their skin augmentation
renders them thus incapable"
The Commission said its ex-
perience with the ordinance and
the exemption clause has
brought to light an obvious
weakness" under which tav-
erns engaged primarily in the
sale of alcohol can obtain res
taurant licenses identical to
those issued business places de-
irving their major income from
food. 1--WE would therefore re.
specially urge a thorough re-
of current licensing
procedures" its statement said.
The public hearing on the or.
dinance was scheduled by the
Council on the motion of Coun-
Gilman John Henry Hiser, whose
election campaign was based on
his proposal to wipe out the
human relations measure and
return county restaurants to the
right of operating on a segre-
gated basis.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-28

Adjustment OF the office
Of County Surveyor.
The citizens group endorsed
the present system Of filling the
county's top political offices
through partisan elections, and
also approved, in principle only,
the proposed mass transit sys-
TENS linking Montgomery and
the District.
The organization expressed
Serious reservations" on the
building cutback con-
tanned In the National Capital
Transportation Agency plans,
CONTINUED on Page 12)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-28
Guide Seeks
New Law on
Farm Taxes
Bill Would
Hit Large
Landowners

State Sen. Gilbert Guide
will introduce this week a bill
he says is aimed at prevent
ing land spectators from
cashing in on the states
farm assessment law.
Under GUIDES measure land.
owners would not be eligible
for a special tax break given
farm land unless the land is
zoned In the '1east intensive"
zoning category Of their county
in the case of Montgomery
County, two acres.
The proposal Is expected to
draw bowls of protest from
large landOwners-bOth devel-
Opers and legitimate farmers
who do not want to see the
value Of their land decreased.
At present in Montgomery
County, most farms and large
tracts awaiting development are
In the one-half acre coming
category. Land zoned one-half
acre (residential) Is much more
valuable than land zoned In the
two-acre (rural agriculturaD
category.
Guide said his measure Is also
designed to serve as a device
to help preserve open spaces.
This goal is spelled out in the
statewide farm assessment law,
he pointed out.
If a farmer, or a developer
who is temporarily farming
his large tract awaiting develop
ment, wants the preferential
farm assessment, Guide said, he
would have to rezone his land
to the two-acre category before
becoming eligible under the
proposal.
Once rezoned, the land would
then be assessed on the basis
of its value as farm property
much lower than II 1t were as
sessed as a potential housing
development site.
Sen. GUIDE said he believes
some landowners are taking I'M
fair advantage of the law by
ostensibly carrying on farming
operations and paying low taxes
while holding the land for sub
division development.
County officials say the tax
breaks given under the law re-
suit In about 81 million per year
In lost revenue.
While some county residents
are highly critical of the law
arguing 1t Is being abused,
others defend 1t. They say 1t
does encourage preservation of
open space, regardless of who 1t
benefits, and this is desirable
result.
These same defenders of the
law also express fears that Sen.
Guides proposal will cause
many farmers to hang on to
their coming classifications Of
one-half acre - rather than de.
value their land by rezonlng to
two-acre category to get the tax
break and this will result in
increased taxes for them,
forcing some out of business
and possibly leading to prema-
ture development Of their tracts.
Developers are unlikely 10 go
through the reZOning procedure,
these same persons point out,
and would rOutinely pay the
higher taxes knowing they will
recover this additional cash
outlay when the land is ulti.
mately developed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-28
DIR. Craig Speaks

DR.. James c. Craig, assistant
county school superintendent
for Institutional and personnel
services, will address the Tako-
ma Park Elementary School
P.TA March 5 on the subject
of what is significant to be
in the elementary
grades.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-28

The commission took it's
stand Monday night, a few
hours before the County Coun-
Gil voted to postpone the SEIZED
uled hearing from April 10 to
April "a because the original
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-28
Council Control
Move Is Resisted
By School Heads
Board Members Hit
County's Proposal
On Fund Transfers

Divided School Board
members agreed harmoni-
ously = and unanimously =
Monday night to resist a
County Council move that
would bring about greater
fiscal control over the School
Board by county government
heads.
But in another item on the
agenda approval of a $4,000
appropriation to start planning
special facilities for handicap
ped children they reverted to
their usual 4-3 split on contro-
versial matters.
In rare unanimous vote on
a major issue, the seven elected
school heads agreed to inform
the County Council of their OPP
position to a Council move that
would restrict the authority of
school heads to transfer funds
and give this power to the
County Council.
COuncilmen, without ex-
planning why about a month
ago, instructed the county at
tOrney to draft a proposed
state law prohibiting school
h ads from transferring
money from one fund to an
other during the fiscal year.
In the proposed law there
was a stipulation that only the
council could do this and then
only 10 percent of a particular
item.
In their formal reply to the
council, the School Board said
their attorney had ruled the
move was of questionable legal
ity. And they also stated they
thought transferring of school
funds should be a prerogative
of the school board and that the
would-be council restriction was
unnecessary"
In the debate over asking an
addition to the capital budget
to begin planning for handicap
ped children facilities, the three
holdover members urged ap.
proval of such an item.
They pointed to what they
consider a growing need for
special treatment of such child
rem and said inclusion of such
budget item would be evidence
of their intention-possibly by
July 1-of coming up with a
specific program to begin meet
ing the need.
The four newly-elected
members, however, voted
against approval of the $780,.
900 item on the ground that
no concrete plan has yet been
devised and it will be possible
to find planning money later
in the year from other school
fund sources, IL such a need
arises.
Board member William E.
Coyle said he believed seeking
such an appropriation now, be-
fore a firm plan is devised,
would be putting the cart be-
fore the horse" and he was sup
ported in this by the other three
majority members.
In other business:
Q The school heads held off
in awarding a $1,000 contract
for auditing of the school sys-
TENS books pending further
discussion with representatives
of the auditing firm as to what
services it would perform.
. Approved payment of a
$4,000 architects fee for prep
aration of preliminary plans for
Montgomery Junior College
which have been completed.
. Approved requesting $780,
900 in federal financial assist
ance under Public Law 815 for
purchase of initial equipment in
new schools.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-28
Whitman Club Performs

'The Admirable Crichton," a
popular British comedy, will be
presented by the Walt Whit
man High School Drama Club
in the Geodesic Field House
March and 2 at 8 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-28
Key Civic Group Calls
For Sweeping Changes
BY Ray Waller
Sentinel Reporter

The Allied Civic Group held an unprecedented double
evening meeting this week and passed resolutions calling for
multitude Of changes in county government operations
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-28
Rights Unit Reaffir1r1s
Belief in Its Purposes

In the face of pending public hearing on proposal
to discard Montgomery Countys public accommodations
law the Commission Human Relations has reiterated its
support of the anti-bias measure.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-28

Continued on Page 12)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-07
Miss Roberts,
Maj. WeIhom
Are Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur F.
Roberts of Longmeadow,
Mass, announce the engage
ment of their daughter
Pamela to Mai. Walter Fred
erick Welham, jr., USN, son
of Capt. and Mrs. Walter F.
Welham, USN, of Annapolis,
A September wedding is
planned
Miss Roberts a TENDED
Longmeadow schools and is q
1862 graduate of Hood Col
lege in Frederick, Md. She Is
a provisional member of the
Junior League of Springfield,
Mass Inc. and during the
past year taught in the West
Springfield school system.
Mai. Welham Is q graduate
Of the United States Naval
Academy and the United
States Submarine School In
New London, Conn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-07

Mrs. Martin A. Mason has
been elected president Of the
Women's Board Of the George
Washington University Hos
pital. to serve during the
coming year.
Other new officers include
Mrs. Samuel M. Burgess II,
first vice president; Mrs.
Francis L. Kiep, second vice
president, and Mrs. Joseph H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-07
cIRcLlNGl THE COUNTRYSIDE
Show-de-o Is New Trend

deco. IL might prove to be
the coming thing for the
young rider since informality
was the dress Of the day
rather than boots and coats.
The Fourth itself was cele-
brated in every hamlet and
town, including Middleburg,
where the magnificent dis
play Of fireworks at the
Community Center drew
hundreds Of spectators.
No man in space could
have survived in the areas
heavens, since fireworks kept
the sky bright from town
line to town line 4. heaven
ward, that is. There were dis
plays at Glenwood race track,
the @. Oliver Iselin's, the
James Rowleys, and. assorted
other places.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-07
BY DOLORES PHILLIPS
star Special Writer

MIDDLEBURG, Va.--Most
Of the young gentry have been
spending their Fourth Of July
week end at the Warrenton
Pony Show, doing what they
spend most of the year do
ing riding their ponies
and junior horses in an ex-
plosive way.
The Warrenton Pony Show
is the Oldest one in America.
started A years ago by chill
dren for a local benefit. 1t
has grown from a walk to a
full canter and this year Is
spreading itself over three
days.
Today the final champion
ship, for local ponies and
Junior horses, will be pinned.
Six other championships have
been awarded, but the local
division is the one dear to
the heart Of Fauquier, Lou
doun, Prince william, Stat
ford, Culpeper, Rappahan-
mock, Warren and Clark
counties. These all adjoin
Fauquier and children who
live in these counties are
eligible for the local division.
Officers Of the show this
year are Alex Calvert, jr.,
president; Donnie Buchanan
and Clay Brittle, IT,, vice
presidents; Helen Calvert,
secretary; Elinor Fletcher. re-
cording secretary, and Bever-
ley Harrison, treasurer. Most
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-07

Of their mothers and fathers
have grown up as officers
of the show.
Adult advisers" this year
are j. North Fletcher. Clay
Brittle. ST.. and MRS. William
Rowland. MRS. T. Kenneth
Ellis Of Hot Spring, Va. Is
steward: Z. G. Bywaters Of
Warrenton, ringmaster, and
the judges for the local divi-
sion today are Mr.. A. y. c.
Cunningham and Mr.. w. j.
Quinn, both Of Warrenton.
Judges for the other divi-
sion were Mrs. John B. Lee
Of Middleburg. Joseph A.
Molony Of Penns Park, Penn,
Daniel p. Lenehan Of Sewick-
ley. Penn, and Col. C. c.
JauWin.
Connie" Jadwin's wife,
the former Peggy Keith, pro-
baby remembers more about
the Warrenton Pony Show
than all Of today's young
ones rolled into one. In fact,
she might have started 1t
since at one time she raised
ponies at her farm near
Warrenton, and her children
broke and trained them,
Those children Of the Mid
dleburg-Leesburg area who
did not 60 to Warrenton yes
terday rode at Joannie Du-
Points roundup near Blue
mont. Va. where there was
everything on the schedule
from sack races to barrel
bending. Known as a show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-07
MEETING Slated

The New Idea Society Of
the Palisade S Community
Church will hold a luncheon
meeting at 1890 pm. Thurs
day at the Evans Farm Inn.
Mrs. John Mack, president of
the society, will preside. Mrs.
Lee Shanks is program chair
man.
Evening star., 1963-03-17

! was at the console before dawn,
checking out range safety. This is
one Of the many systems involving
thousands Of men and hundreds Of
aircraft, ships, radar and radio install
lations encircling the world.
In front Of me, recessed in tie con-
sols's swtoce, sOge isUO small brass
Ieu~s hike ordinary iehs saOisches. The
ssiarh at my Ie)t hand 'Ous marked
"AIm, ,"theO eOneGtmyrighi, "Dest1'c'."
Flip the 'Arm'' switch and the rocket
engines are shut down by radio COM
mand. 'Destruct" fires explosive
charges blasting open the fuel tanks
toburn up the fuel before it hits earth.
The radio commands are coded
SO a rocket cannot be blown either
by accidental radio emissions or by
design Of a sabOteur.
Each switch controls two or more
independent transmission systems =
eonSisVsd % ssxi pogs
Evening star., 1963-03-17
and PAT FRANK

fragments viii not rain down Florida town or on
vulnerable Of the Cape. He tries to dump the
mad brute into the sea. That isn't always easy.
Such a failing rocket is called ''Hamer." Its
FIRE win soon reach the sensitive destruct system,
and render destruction impossible. Yet Major Ham
mOnd must Try to wait until the Aamer has OverAOwn
the beach, hoping its wires don't melt.
He has on occasion blown one and scattered
hot metal over unPeOPled acres of the Cape to
avoid terrible gamble. Perhaps the Aamer would
have continued east and dived harmlessly into the
sea- But ii might have bOOmeranged back towards
the coast. It might have landed on DaytOna, or
Palm Beach, or Satellite Beach, where his own
home is, and his wife and two sons.
But the worst moments for WintOn Hammond
come on the marginal fights, where a rockets
behavior is not quite correct, but not entirely
wrong either, and he must make hairline decision.
Sometimes he has "a long time to think, like half
minute" Sometimes it's two or three seconds.
Ten seconds is about average, and he describes it
frankly as ten seconds Of hell
One unfOrgettable ten-second HELP came just
after the launching Of AstrOnaut Wally Schirra's
stigma T. on its epOchal six orbits Of the earth Here,
in Major Hammonds own words, is what happened:
MAJOR HAMMOND, On the morning Of the
Schirra launch Central Control, as usual, was an
orderly madhouse its inhabitants chattering in the
strange new tongues Of rOcketry and electrOnics.
I was at the console before dawn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22

This is the kind Of thing
that people like to kid
about" he said, but he has
found it a tool Of growing
Importance as the volume Of
mail climbs ever upward.
The Post Office Depart
ment handles 68 billion pieces
Of mail a year, and this is
expected to go up to 100 mil
lion pieces by 1870. he said.
It will take the ZIP code
and other automated devices
to keep the department
abreast Of the fantastic vol
ume Of mail" without con-
slant increases in the price
Of stamps, he suggested.
Post Office workers have
no need to fear that automa-
ton will get some Of their
jobs, he declared.
I'VE can develop these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22
Dinner Dance

The annual Fall Dinner
Dance, sponsored by the
women's Club of the Army
Surgeon Generals Office,
will be held tomorrow eve
ming at the Officers Club,
Walter Reed Army Medical
Center. Heading the receiv-
ing line will be Army Sur
geon Geenral, 1t. General
Leonard D Heaton and Mrs.
Heaton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22
Growing Tool
CLUB
CALENDAR
TOMORROW


Captain Wendell Wolfe
Chapter, DCDAR - Meeting
at noon in the home of Mrs.
Foster w. Nixon, Silver
Spring, Md.
Democratic WOmen's Ma
tiOnal Council - Luncheon
meeting at noon in the Bur-
lington Hotel.
Colonel william Branth-
wayte Society, Colonial
Danes XVII Century-Meet-
ing at 2 pm. in the home Of
Mrs. Walter Ward, Chevy
Chase. Md.
American Association of
University Women, Wash
ingtOn Branch-Tea, lecture
and a documentary film at 4
pm. in the Indian Embassy.
LOughbOr0ugh Lions Club
Ladies Night dinner dance
with cocktails at 6 pm.
University WOmen's Club,
Inc. - Mixed dinner-bridge
party at $50 pm.
Radio Club of Northern
Virginia-Ladies Night din
ner at 8 pm. in Evans Farm
Inn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22
He Finds Town of Runnors

programs without costing
one single Post Office worker
his job, because Of the ex-
pansion of the mail volume
and the normal labor turn
over" he said.
In fact, he added, Il am
being sanguine to think we
can do it without an increase
Of staff"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22

Der 8 and IS at Sligo Com
munity Building from $50 to
1850 am.
For further information
and registration. call the Rec
reation Department. County
Office Building, Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22
SALE! MOSAIC TILE
100 COLORS Al o9c PER SQUARE FOOTl

For unique Christmas gifts home decoration. Italian
mosaic tile is one of the most otroctNe and practical
surfoces you can use 1t spiIIpoof bunproof alcohol
proof and chiIdproOf You con make wonderful snack
tobes for holiday entertaining redo your bar dining
table top, make triVets, cover kitchen counters and
spIoshbocks At these low prices you be totally
inhibited in corVine out your decorative ideos. The
regular price is 81 IS per square foot Sheet Now
sale, 100 luscious coors ct e9c sheet! Open week.
doy evenings until s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22

brook. at 8 pm. Thursdays:
Sligo Community Building in
Silver Spring on Tuesdays at
Gas am. and the Bethesda
Youth Center at s:45 aLl.
Mondays.
A two session workshop in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22

home and eandlemaking viii
be taught in Evora Ding
mans Christmas Workshops,
beginning this week.
Three weekly sessions Of
classes viii be taught at
Rock Greek Center, Meadow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22

decorating cakes and cook
les for Christmas viii be con-
Quoted BY Margery windes
December 3 and 10 at Long
Branch Recreation Center
from 8 TO 10 pm. and Deem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22
Christmas
Workshops

Instruction in gift wrap
pins. decorations for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22
Amazing Difference

But it is amazing to me
the difference in the top
leadership" he said. Whereas
he found top leadership" in
the Post office Department
all good D emocrat s.
back home he found the tax
department employees, VIII o
came in during 20 years Of
Republican rule, lacking in
top quality.
Som e h ow. it seems the
Republican Party doesn't
create that kind of top lead
ership," he complained.
He has been amazed to find
that the Post Office Depart
ment is such a big bust
ness-bigger than many
private firms" the new cabi-
net official said.
I'VE have $50, 900 people
on our payroll. They'll never
again be able to say I haven't
met a payroll. Our payroll is
sos million a day. That's
bigger than most businesses"
One Of the things the Ken
needy administration has new
er received sufficient credit
for, Mr.. Gronouski h a S
found, is the revolutionary
change in the Post Office, "
which has thrown open its
doors to employees, in terms
of opportunity, human rela-
lions and human rights"
Growing Tool
The greatest curiosity ]
had" upon becoming P t.
master General, had to dc
with the ZIP Code, the speak
er said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22
By ISABELLE SHELTON
Star staff Writer

The newest Kennedy cabi-
net member gave his assess
ment last night Of the Ma
tons Capital and his new
Job.
Washington has more sill
ly rumors running around
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22
No Firing Desires

Some Of the rumorS, Mr..
Gronouski said unhappily.
seemed to concern even l."
II was supposed to have
been told by somebody-NOT
ocratic) Chairman
John Bailey, the stories spe-
cified-to knock heads off.
from seven to 100 of them in
the Post Office Department.
THE only way to react to
such rumors is to ignore 'em,
and that's what I'm trying to
do" the Postmaster General
told the group. 81 compli-
ment myself that If such a
decision (of firing p people,
had to be made, I'd make it
myself"
Actually, Mr.. Gronouski
stressed, he has no desire to
fire people. II find we have
in this shop (the Post Office
Department. so me Of the
ablest people I have ever
seen in any organization"
He thought he ran a pref
ty good organization" back
home in Wisconsin. where he
headed the tax department.
he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-22
Picture on Pose D-sl

than the small town in
which I was born (p0pula-
ton 1l3."
1T Is run by a lot Of top
notch guys who had the best
possible training for learning
how to run things-the
Democratic Party"
The guys" who work for
him in the Post Office De-
partment, particularly. are
wonderfully efficient.
They're always stuffing
pieces Of paper under my
nose that I don't know much
about. You have to really
trust those guys. They could
dig your grave overnight"
So it all looks to Postmas-
ter General John Gronouski,
after about two months as
Postmaster General. He
spoke last night at a dinner
in his honor given by the
Woman's National Demo-
cratic Club.