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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04

David Scull, chairman of the
Maryland COP Central Com
mittee, and Newton I. Steers Jr.,
newly-appointed COP chairman
of the Eighth Congressional
District, were among the first
II to sign up for a chance to
talk at the hearing. Of the II
only one, Henry J. Noyes, UNI
successful Republican candidate
for the House of Delegates last
fall, is listed to speak against
the ordinance
Steers, who ran unsuccessful
ly last year as Republican can
didate for Maryland's at-large
seat in Congress, is a Bethesda
resident.
San Juan, who also lives in
Bethesda, spoke in favor of the
ordinance when it was first pro-
posed in 1861.
The public hearing is being
held on Councilman John H.
Hiser's proposal to repeal the
13-month.old ordinance banning
discrimination in public places
whose main business is not the
serving of alcoholic beverages.
The air of mystery surround
ing the County Councils enact
ment of unusual ground rules"
which have drawn much pro-
test-began to clear this week.
Procedural rules for the hear
ing - which limit arguments
for and against the ordinance to
80 minutes for each side-first
appeared in a March % news
release from the County Coun-
Gil. The release listed John A.
Floyd, council president, as an
nouncer of the rules.
But Floyd told The Sentinel
last week that he was in the
hospital when the release went
out, and had no part of this"
He limited he would like the
rules changed to conform with
more normal public hearing
procedures, but later said he
would not bring the matter up
before the council.
A County Information Office
spokesman said the office was
originally handed the release by
Hiser, but baked at issuing it
under Floyd's name without the
latter's permission.
The spokesman said Floyd
called later that evening and
cleared the release.
Floyd says he had influenza at
the time, and was under soda
ton. He says he has a vague
recollection" of the matter COM
ing up, and may well have made
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04
Council Eyes
Reversal On
Metro Group

The Montgomery County
Council is considering a re-
versal of its recent contro-
versial decision to withdraw
from the Washington Metro
politan Council of Govern
ments.
The issue was revived Tues
day at the suggestion of DR..
Thomas Wilson, one of the five
Republican members who voted
originally for the withdrawal,
after he conceded that his re-
cent association with other SUI
burban members of the council
had altered his views on its ef-
fectiveness.
An immediate vote, however,
was deferred at the suggestion
of President John A. Floyd, who
said he felt the entire council
should be present when the mat
ter is reconsidered officially.
Mary A Hepburn did not attend
the day-long meeting.
Under a decision reached by
the Council two months ago, it
would withdraw from the area
organization on July l, the end
of its fiscal year. Its members,
however, have continued to
serve actively with the group
and DR.. Wilson has been regu-
lar attendant at meetings of the
councils internal organization
committee since his appoint
ment last month.
A major point Of objection
raised earlier by Republican
members of the Council was
affect of membership on the
coming years budget, which
would require contribution of
$23 400. Several councilmen ex-
pressed doubt that the advan-
tages of council membership
would justify the expenditure.
DIR. Wilson said Tuesday, how
ever, that his association with
other members of the internal
organization committee have
convinced him that a majority
now favor a program that
would be of greater advantage
to the suburban members.
81 think it is quite possible
that we could prevent the Coun-
Gil of Governments from NOV
ing in the direction it was
headed for direction we
didn't care for in the past" he
asserted.
Asked later about the unfav.
orable direction" he referred
to, DR.. Wilson said he felt the
council had a tendency to oper-
ate as a metropolitan agency to
the point where sit would sub
vert the authority of individual
! Jurisdictions" He added that his
recent association has convinced
him that a majority of members
now favor retention of their
individual power.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04
Property Tax
Relief Said
To Be Goal
Special to The Sentinel

ANNAPOLIS-A bill CIV
ing broad new taxing powers
to Montgomery-as a move
which could lead to taking
some of the heavy load off
the county property tax
was enacted by the General
Assembly shortly before it
adjourned its 1868 session.
State Sen. Gilbert GUIDE said
such principal sources of state
revenue as sales, income, gaso-
line and liquor taxes could not
be tapped by the County Coun.
ell under the law that now
awaits Gov. J. Willard Tawes'
signature.
But the Council would be able
under the powers given IL in the
bill, to possibly add a gross tax
on utilities or perhaps impose
a new levy on some phase Of
new cOnstruction-probabIy the
county's major industry.
1T is now up to the County
Council to begin studying ways
1t can use the authority con-
tanned in this bill to create new
revenue sources to help take
some Of the load off the county
property tax" Sen. Guide said.
Numerous other local bills
cleared the assembly and win
be forwarded to the governor
soon.
One would set up statewide
referendum on whether the
Montgomery County Orphans
Court should be abolished. If
approved, Sen. Guide said, this
would lead to removal Of the
names of three candidates for
the Orphans Court from the
county's already bulky ballot.
Another, II signed by the
governor, would increase the
pay Of Peoples Court Judges
from $4,000 to $4,000 per year
and that of the chief Judge Of
Peoples Court from $15,5OO to
$17,5OO. II would also extend the
terms Of such judges from eight
to 10 years.
Still another measure enacted
raises from $500 to $4,000 the
credit that a property owner
over 65 gets on his home and
lot before he must pay the pro-
perty tax. II such a persons
property Is condemned and he
must move, he does not lose his
five-year residence eligibility.
A major bill enacted at the
behest Of the Republican major
ity on the Montgomery delega.
ton was one requiring nonparti.
san primaries for county School
Board candidates. Previously,
they filed only in the general
election.
In a move 10 slow sewer line
extensions into unpIanned areas,
Sen. Guide pushed through legis-
lation limiting the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commits
si0n's authority on this 10 areas
where planners have adopted
detailed, sectional master plans.
The WSSCs rural water area
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area. AL lGdSI 1ONl SCoISS, lin
for the facility.
Montgomery's County Council
doesn't want it.
In the wake of a recent offer
of a free 400-acre site in Pooles-
vile, council president John A.
Floyd said last week that only
one other councilman, Grover K.
Walker, is willing to join him
in the push to get the health
center into Montgomery.
There's a push by the other
five members to keep it out of
the county altogether" Floyd
said.
He said the matter was dis
cussed at a council work ses-
sion last week. The meeting was
open to the public, he said, but
discussion of the facility did not
begin until everyone had left"
HEW tried to get the 45OO-
employee health center for
which it anticipates a $45 Mil
lion payroll = into the Rock
vile area last spring, but ran
into trouble from congressman
who wanted to locate it away
from Washington. The measure
eventually died in Senate and
House appropriations subcom-
mittees.
The action is back on the hill
now, and is expected to reach
the House floor late this month.
HEW has had free land offers
for the center in Virginia's Fau-
ouier County, in West Virginia
and in North Cardinals tri-uni-.
versity Research Triangle"
Maryland Gov. ]. Willard Tawes
has a list of four free sites, and
the U. S. Agriculture Depart
ment has offered 400 acres near
Beltsville, in Prince Georges
County.
The Poolesville offer comes
from developer Bernard N. Sic
gel, and consists of 400 acres OF
"high. dry and disable land" The
site lacks water and sewerage,
both of which Siegel says could
be installed cheaply. 1t lies 80
road miles from downtown
Washington.
An HEW spokesman says the
agency would prefer to locate
not more than 20 miles from
downtown Washington. 1t
considers the roads in the
PooIesville area Inadequate for
such a large facility. These
needs fit the Rockville area per-
fectIy, he pointed out.
Council feeling against the
facility centers on its size and
exemption of federal property
from property taxes.
II don't like the government
getting too much of a strong
hold" Councilman John H.
Hiser said Friday. "This is a
case where they'll be getting a
lot of tax-free property, and we
won't be able to do a thing
about it. We've got enough gov
eminent out here now"
IF we get too much govern
ment out here it will become
Just like Washington" said DR..
Thomas M. Wilson, council
president pro tenn. II don't want
Montgomery County to become
just another part of Washing
ton"
He said the council had not
actively rejected the health cen
ter, but "the consensus the other
night was that we would just
sit back and see what happens"
The State Department of Eco
nomic Development said Mon
day that none of the four sites
being offered by Gov. Tawes is
in Montgomery. The sites, the
department said, lie in Howard,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04

obscure many of the beautiful
and costly homes in the subur-
ban area make it much easier
for the invaders to attain their
goals.
With many Of the hOusebreak.
ings occurring when the Oceu.
pants are away from the area,
Col. McAuliffe said he felt a
good share of them result from
the fact that their residents are
not taking proper precautions
before they leave.
by all means, notify police
when you plan to go away and
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04

the telephone call, "but I don't
remember"
The Montgomery County
Democratic Practices Commit
tee, which is organizing the pro-
test of the Commute equal
time" limitation said Tuesday it
has copies of about 10 letters of
protest sent to the council. They
said a petition being circulated
among ministers of various
faiths in the county has SO sig
natures.
Steers also said Tuesday he
was in disagreement with the
limitation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04
county police department.

county police department.
The continued recognition of
its high-class status is "unde-
niably" one of the factors res
ponsible for a continuing in
crease in the county's crime
rate, according to Col. James S.
McAuliffe, superintendent of
police.
Repeated news stories stress
ing the fact that the county
leads the nation in average in
come per family have the effect
of a "publicized invitation" to
housebreakers, the police chief
said. And, he added, the impress
sive trees and shrubbery that
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04
Steers and Hawks
Picked By COP

Newton I. Stees Jr., former
Republican candidate for Con-
gressman-at-large has been APP
pointed Republican chairman
for Maryland's New Eighth
Congressional District, and Cor
don L. Hawk of Bethesda has
been elected Sixth Congression-
al District chairman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04
Broad Taxing
Powers Given
County in Bill
Scull, Steers Support
Rights Law Retention

Two of the areas major Republican leaders have
signed up for chance to defend the countys public
modaons ordinance at April "a public hearing and
Pedro San JUAN deputy protocol chief of the u S. State
Department, has announced his intention to join Them
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04
McAuIiffe Concerned
about Rise In Crime

Montgomery County's widespread reputation one
of the nations weaest of pride to many
local residents-isnt ute pleasing to officials of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04
I4EW Unit
FrOWnedO on
By Council
BY H-JOOSt POlak
Sentinel Reporter

The u S. Department of Health, Education and We'll
fare wants to spend $78 Million to locate proposed
vironmenta health center in the metropolitan Washington
area At least four states including Maryland fighting
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04
EXCELLENT
RESULTS

from the Sentinel Want Ads, say
Suburban Property Management. Re
esived many applicants from our
help wanted I'D.
CLERICAI,-Proficien typing. filing an
general office duties. Hours 1000 am. 4
500 pm. Mon. Fri. $50 TO start. Mr.
Ryon. 20 10000 Suburban Properiie
Management.
Major companies are finding quail
fled help from oil over Mont9oner,
County thru Sentinel Want Ads.
SENTINEL WANT ADS
CAN HELP, TOO.
CALL TODAY
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2 s.m.-9 pm. Mon.-Fri.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04
Urban Renewal

For a full report on what's
happening in Rockville's ambi-
tious, multi-million dollar urban
renewal program, turn to Will
liam Smiths story on Page 81
of this issue.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-04
Something NeaO !!

There's something new and
exciting on the Montgomery
County horizon the Sentinels
new and greatly expanded want
ad pages. Take a look for what
you want! And try one to see
how fast they sell!
Evening star., 1963-01-25

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Evening star., 1963-01-25

FORD '62 Fairlane Tudor, blue
Cyl. straight trans. Best offer,
Evening star., 1963-01-25
COMETS

,o1 COMET 4-Door Sedan. blue, 4. 9 ",
Mercomoiie drive. 60 NAN
No. $500 SISoS
81 COMET 2.poor ssdon, blue, z. an,
Mereomoiie drive. Na 0NG
No. e5l4 .---- SISSS
'el COMET Model s22 Club Ssdon, srmins
white. R. H., bucket scots. cfRO0
No. 9736 OISSH
Evening star., 1963-01-25
ISI3EGI3H,

80 cHtVRottT Biseayns 4-pr. rs" Bloc.
& . H., powerslids, power efnOfN
steering. No. 1854 |IUSS
80 oHEvRoltT Bel Air Sport Ssdon ernin.
white. :. H.. powsrglids. Nf a0N
No. 1885 $780,. OIESS
Evening star., 1963-01-25
VoaS sgSS 81 PLoUD SsSSn P6sTiAd f1DsSs OE9sE Eas

FORD So wagon 9-pass.. 1 owner,
S299. FLOOD PONTIAC. 1921
Conn.
FORD 80 Gust, 500 "6' Tudor,
auto. trans. h. A SELECT used
car, 1-yr. warranty. SS05,
l.. P, Stafford RAMBLER CITY
RAMSEY AND COLESVILLE RID.
Across From New-Car Showroom
s s.. MD. JU. 5-68l6
FORD '62 Fairlane Tudor, blue
9 Cyl :, straight trans. Best offer,
RE. 5-S594.
FORD '56 VS. Park Lane wagon,
I and B., auto. trans. Like new.
ROYAL MOTORS
lmperial-C -ChrySler-Plymouth-simca
400 Georgia Ave, NV. ia. $4,000
FORD '62 Galaxie 300" Fordor
hardtop, orig. finish. r. and a.,
auto, power steering, power
brakes, power seat, power win
dows, factory air conditioning
like new. condition throughout.
special sale price, S2,345.
Hill & Sanders
THE BEST PLACE TO BUY
1880 Viers Mil Rd.. Wheaton. Nd
! 94g-4O60
Evening star., 1963-01-25

FORD SO V-s Park Lane wagon.
and b. auto. trans. Like new.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
BUT WITH STRINGS
Surplus Carries Guarantee

Columbus, Ohio, although the
goods are actually scattered at
various Federal facilities around
the country. Prospective buyers
may inspect the items or study
the descriptive catalog before
hand by contracting the Defense
Surplus Sales Office at the
Army Depot in Columbus.
The Defense Supply Agency's
Logistics Service Center at Bat
tie Greek, Mich, which has
overall responsibility for the
military surplus sales program,
says this will be the first time
1t has offered merchandise on
"a right facts or possible re-
fund" basis.
This, the Government ex-
plains, means 1t will guarantee
that every item offered for sale
is accurately described in the
catalog, something the big mail
order houses have been doing
for years.
The Governments guaran-
tee, however. applies only to
the "factual" description of the
item, such as whether it is new
or used, or red or black. The
Government will not be re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
BY DON BACON
Star Business Writer

Winfred Friendly Fred
Hinkley and George r. "Smil-
ing George" Beam. the Federal
Governments two and only
full-time auctioneers, will lead
an unusual surplus merchandise
sale July "a, marking the Gov
ernment's first attempt to offer
its customers q kind Of money
back guarantee"
The observation-disclosures 1t
is expected to win more salts
fled buyers for Uncle Sans UNI
ending flow of surplus goods
has more strings than a $40 suit.
On the block at the forthcom-
ing auction will be an estimated
SAC million worth of military
surplus machine tools and in
dustrial production equipment.
Included among the $50 items
will be such things as drilling,
buffing, grinding and honing
machines. gear cutters, genera
tors, heat-treating furnaces.
lathes, hoists, winches, lappers
and shapers.
The bidding will take place
at the Deshler-H Hilton Hotel in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
Storm Over Merger of Rock Island
Recalls Rail Borons' Famed Fights

of tax advantages, to Rock Is
land shareholders.
Henry Crown, Chicago finan-
cier and industrialist and key
Rock Island stakeholder, backed
the Union Pacific proposition.
He said he was committed to
do so before the North Western
stepped forward. Crown, his
family and close associates own
about is per cent Of Rock Is
land shares.
Allied with the Union Pa
cific was the wealthy and pow
erful Southern Pacific Rail-
road.
Under the Union Pacific Rock
Island arrangement, the South
ern Pacific would get to buy,
upon completion of the mer-
ger, about one-half of Rock
Island trackage, all southwest
and south Of Kansas City.
AS part of the North West
ern plan, Mr.. Heineman an
nounced opening of merger
talks with the Chicago, Mil
waukee, st. Paul g. Pacific
Railroad, and presumably hopes
to pick up financial strength
from that quarter.
If the battle is joined, o final
decision may be years off. The
issue next goes to stockholder'
of the Rock Island and Unior
Pacific.
Ultimately, the Interstate
Commerce Commission, nation
al railroad regulatory agency
would have to give approval
for any change in Rock Island
status.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
Three Area Banks
Order Dividends

Dividend actions were an
nounced by three Washington
area banks yesterday.
President Garrett A. Pendle-
ton OF McLachlen Banking
Corp. reported a semiannual
dividend Of $3.50 a share will
be paid by that institution July
l TO holders Of record June 20.
President John p. Sippel Of
the Citizens National Of Laurel
said a quarterly dividend OF rs
cents a share will be paid July
! TO holders of record June 20.
President Edward D. Sack Of
the Bank Of Bethesda said a
semiannual dividend Of rs cents
a share was paid Thursday on
increased stock resulting from
a 20 per cent stock dividend in
April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
Realtors Told
How to Have
HeurtAttuck
BY DANIEL POOLE
Star Real Estate Editor

BEDFORD SPRINGS. Pa
Washington's realtors and
mortgage bankers. who con-
clude their largest convention
here today, have learned how
to assure having a heart attack
by the time they're As.
This is the formula for a
coronary given by DR.. Richard
C. Bates Of Lansing. Mich, a
leading heart specialist and ma
tionally noted speaker on the
subject:
"You should be a man, live
in q city. make plenty Of mon
ey, work behind a desk all
day, grow fat, consume plenty
Of dairy products, smoke two
packs Of cigarettes q day, and
never exercise"
After DR.. Bates talk, which
was in a jocular vein, most Of
the men had a light salad for
lunch and walked around the
18-hole golf course at the Bed
ford Springs Hotel.
Another speaker at the ses-
sion was c. Francis Solomon,
jr., Of Salt Lake City, president
Of the American Institute of
Real Estate Appraisers. He was
one Of four national presidents
to address the four-day con-
vention.
Mr.. Solomon called for in
creased personal educational
development in the real estate
field-especially among those
in the appraisal fraternity.
Experience and judgment
are not enough" he said. "You
must have an educational back
ground. We have to specialize
because we're living in a day Of
specialists"
The last event Of the ninth
annual Joint convention Of the
Washington Board of Realtors
and the Mortgage Bankers
Association Of Metropolitan
Washington was a black-tie
reception and dinner-dance.
Honoring Charles H. Purcell,
president Of the Washington
Board Of Realtors, it was at
tended by a record-breaking
300 realtors, mortgage bankers,
and their wives. Presiding was
Earl w. Farr, jr., convention
chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30

sponsible for its own opinion
of the Misunderstanding wheth-
er it is in good. fair or poor
condition. Neither will it guar
antee that figures or weight,
original cost or number of units
to a lot are exactly correct.
Presumably the Government
will avoid the quaint language
of the used car salesman
C"cream puff" "a steal'O in
describing such things as power
Scrapers and chucking ma
chimes. Friendly Fred and
Smiling George, however, are
not under any such restriction
as they unwind their larynxes
during the heat of the auction.
Even though the opinions
and estimates are not guaran-
teed," a surplus sales official
noted, 1.-THE Government will do
its best to give realistic opin-
ions about the condition Of
items and to estimate &C
curately."
Under the new guarantee,
which will be tried for an ex-
perimental period Of six months
at certain sales offices in the
Southeast and Midwest, the
Government will either adjust
the contract price on items in
accurately described, or will
take back the property and re-
fund the purchase price, plus
the buyers reasonable trans
portation costs.
Friendly Fred and Smiling
George. employees of the De-
Tense Logistics Services Gen.
ter who travel all over the
country auctioning military
surplus, declined to estimate
what prices the machine tools
might bring. In contrast to
most other Government sur
plus, however. machine tools
sometimes net more on resale
than their original cost to the
taxpayer, they said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
BY ROGER LANE
ISOLATED Press Business Writ,

AseoSAobco EAOoS ouSAhOoS "AASSt
NEW YORK.-A financial
storm is brewing that sawors
Of Touchdown, drag-out fights
among the now legendary rail-
road barons of rs years ago.
1t blew up almost overnight
this week in the style of epic
battles waged by the Hills,
Vanderbilts, Harrimans and
Jay Gould before the turn of
the century.
The prize: the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad, a
mid-continent line with stra-
tegic importance largely to
Western railroads because of
its access to Chicago.
The adversaries: the rich,
stored Union Pacific Railroad.
a kind of Goliath in present
circumstances, and the poor
relation Chicago & North
Western Railway, the David of
the piece.
Guiding the North Westerns
slingshot is Ben w. Heineman
board chairman since 1856 ano
widely regarded in the industry
as an unusually bold and re.
sourceful executive.
Mr.. Heineman startled thu
railroad world last monday
with a handsome Sis million
offer in stock, income bond,
and cash for the Rock Island
The surprise was the greater
because of its timing-thret
days before Rock Island direc-
tors were to pass on an earlier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
Wheaton Bank Nets
Profit in First Year

The Metropolitan National
Bank of Wheaton, Md, has
set some kind Of a record by
showing a net income after
taxes in its first year OF oper-
ations.
President Frank Proudfoot
yesterday announced that in
the year ended June %, the
institution had a net profit Of
S3l .022 after setting aside Si0.-
300 for interest and taxes. The
bank started on June 10, 1862,
Just a year and ten days
earlier.
Ordinarily a new bank is
not able TO show a profit in
It's first year because Of Or
ganizational costs and time re-
auired to put assets to work.
Low costs and fast employ
ment OF funds enabled his bank