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The chronicle., 1963-12-05
Says Rucism
Was Involved
lin Killing Case

EVREUX, France (UPD-A
defense attorney at the court
martial Of two Negro American
soldiers accused of murder In
the death Of a white airman
claimed Wed, racial trouble
was behind the incident.
American officials have main
tanned that the Staying last Sep
TENDER occurred during a
drunken barracks brawl with nc
racial overtones.
But the defense attorney,
Capt. Norman H. Kirshman Of
Milford, NJ, said the victim
Of the incident and a number
Of other airmen called the de-
PENDANTS "dirty niggers" and
hurled other insults.
81 am not asking for acquittal
because my boys are colored,"
Kirshman said. "But racism is
there. 1t is there today, it will
be there tomorrow and it was
there Sept. g."
Sept. 6 is the day Airman
Lie. Robert Padgett, %, Of
Woodlawn, Va. died of a frac-
tured skull following a brawl al
the us. air base near Evreux.
Kirshman claimed an autopsy
showed Padgett had been drink
ing before his death.
Charged with unpremeditatec
murder in the incident were
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
WPMP PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
Rood Dedication

BATESVILLE, Miss. (UPI)-
The newest strip Of Interstate
Highway SIS to be completed
will be dedicated here Dec. 1;
by Roy G. Adams, Northern
District highway commission
er, it was announced here to
day.
Editor |. H. Howell of the
P~anolian, chairman Of the ar
r%angementS, said 1t. Gov. ELECT
Carroll Gartin would be the
principal speaker at the dedica-
ton.
Howell S a the ceremony
would officially open the ST.
million strip between here and
Oakland, Is miles south Of here.
He said the new section would
join a 49-mile segment opened
to traffic last year extending
from the Mississippi Tennessee
state line south to BateSville.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
Venezuela
important
BY PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst

Impossible to perceive at the
time, there was tragic irony in
President Kennedy'S greeting
upon the occasion last Feb. 10
Of Venezuelan President Romu-
10 Betancourt's state visit to
Washington.
"You represent all that we
admire in a political leader"
Kennedy said.
He was addressing a man
who had survived three asSas-
sination attempts and still was
to survive a fourth in a nation
which was the No. l target of
Castro ~communism's attempt to
destroy democracy in Latin
America.
Yet 10 months later, it was
President Kennedy, leader of
the worlds free nations, who
was himself to fall victim to an
aSsaSSin'S bullet.
This week Venezuela turned
an important corner.
Despite terrorist threats,
more than three million Vene-
zuelans turned out in free cleo
tons to name Betancourt's sue
cessor. It was an important tri-
umph for Betancourt who has
been determined that first, free
elections be held and second,
that next March he should turn
his office peacefully over to the
man who won.
Important Victory
1t was an important victory,
too, for the Venezuelan people
and for the Venezuelan military
who successfully had resisted
the temptation to seize the
reins of government and thus
provide the terrorists with proof
that democracy in Latin Ameri-
ca would not work.
Now a new test involving the
whole Of Latin America is at
hand.
Only a few weeks prior to Be
t%ancourt'S Washington visit,
Communist Cuba itself had
made clear the Importance it
attached to Venezuela.
In a Havana rally marking
the fifth anniversary Of the ov-
erthrow of Venezuelan dictator
Perez Jimenez, Cuban Commu-
mist leader Bias Roca declared
that the Venezuelan rebels are
not alone and that 1--WE will
continue giving them our back
ing every day." And he added:
when they achieve their full
independence and make them
selves owners of the great rich
es in oil, aluminium and every
thing their earth imprisons,
then all Of America shall burn.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
IMPULSIvENESS

CHICAGO CUPID - The acct
dent-prone person most likely
is impulsive and gets hurt
through his own imprudent &C.
tons, says DR.. Wilbert E.. For
dyce, of the University of Wash
ington School Of Medicine.
In a study of So men who
had incurred paralyzing spinal
injuries in accidents, the sub
jects were first tested for per.
sonality traits, then interviewed
to determine the circumstances
leading to each accident. Re.
suits, reported in the Journal
of the American Medical Asso.
citation, showed a high correla-
ton between patients judged to
be ''implusive : dominated and
accidents regarded as results Of
imprudent behavior.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

freezes over"
Eddins said, II worked as
hard as any man for redistrict-
ing in the regular session, and a
bill would have been passed had
it not been for Judge MayhalI
and Ed Mauldin. We were about
to work out an agreement in the
Senate when they showed up
and m e S S e d up everything
Mauldin is a prominent Leigh.
ton farmer.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

PFC. Raymond c. Bost Jr. Of
Pittsburgh and PFC. Robert C.
Burrell Of Philadelphia.
The prosecutor, Capt. James
Richie of Tulsa, Okla, told the
court martial board Of II white
officers that Bost, Burrell and
four others committed an "un-
provoked attack" on the air
men with sticks and steel bars
used in cots.
BoSt, Burrell and the four
others, including one white
serviceman, face a possible
maximum sentence of life in
prison if they are convicted.
The four others will be tried
separately.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

cur that any good will come Of
it,"
, 1963-10-03
HARVEY
-{cantlnued from page y

ton, who has had many years
Of experience here and IN En-
g.and designing and develop
in racing cars and boats. In
fact, Sutton worked on the
Bluebird for Sir Malcolm
Campbell
Taylor revealed that the in
tense heat generated by the
jas turbo jet engine during
recent static testing necessl-
tated the use Of special mounts
fcr the power-plant.
ITO solve the problem, one
Of Harvey's metallurical en-
gineers developed a titanium
, 1963-10-03
hanger bracket and it works
fine" said Taylor.

The two and one quarter
ton hydrojet, designed BY Rich.
HalIett, one Of Americas top
builders Of 0drag boats IS
expected to touch the 300 mph
mark in the American at
tempt. Because Of a box-like
tunnel built into the bottom
Of the hull, the Jet boat will
literally fly two inches above
the water during the speed
runs. Taylor, to break the for
year-old worlds water speed
record, held by the English
man, must flash through a
measured mile in about Is
seconds.
, 1963-10-03
no be continued


Joan, makes her local stage
debut in "Winkelbergo the
Ben Hecht play which my
press agent friends Joe Hoeing
and George Edwards are put
tin on at stage society theatre.
We're really excited about
Christina" George tells me,
@She wears very chic clothes
III her role Of a fashion maya
zine editer-and she looks like
a million dollars, As a matter
Of fact, that's just one Of the
roles she plays in CIR show
she takes on three ether char
acterizations in the sane ply.
That's quite an order for any
actress, even for JOAN Craw
ford. Eut Christina recently
was voted the Most talented
young actress to play SUM
mer sto5k in MiiwauEee-so
she d.
Yasmin Kahn. now 1919
years cid don't forget that ~,
end SO pretty, is back from
three weeks Of summer amp
with all sorts or things to tel
Mother Rita Hayworth. At
tie Cam the week re ore she
left, Yasmin was chosen to
play the "4eada IN South
and she did her own
singing and dancing as la
Mary Martin.
Shell stay with R ia until
her mother leaves fer Spain
il September to make CIR
GUS The movie has a three
shooting schedule but
Rita has asked for ard receive
a promise to be free at
Cllristmas time to he with
beth her daughters, Yasm ii,
and Re5ecca Welles.
, 1963-10-03
YOU roc CAN BE a GOVERNOR

aid in the construction of hos
pitfalls, the Bonding Rigths bill,
and Submerged Land Bill, all
Of which he had reported on in
more detail earlier.
ITO be continl1ed)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-03
From This Angle
Cory Cocoons

Montgomery County provides good ex.
ample Of the results of the revolution that
has taken place in the last three decades.
That revolution is the growth of suburbia. To-
day about 30 per cent of American children
live In suburbia and the number grows every
year. Throughout the nation the subdivisions
of suburbia continue to grow around every
city.
One of the common elements among sub.
division families is the family income. Houses
OF about the same cost make up most of the
individual subdivisions. Families Of the same
economic and social level live, play, go to
school, and shop together at the nearest shop
ping center. 1t is true that sections Of the
cities are similarly divided but divisions are
not as sharp and the isolation by social group
is not so complete
Peter Wyden who has lived in Bethesda.
Chevy Chase, Md, University City, near st.
Louis, and Highland Park, near Chicago. has
written a book "Suburbias Coddled Kids"
doubleday 1852, which examines the effects
Of such isolation on children Mr.. Wyden
found a surprising similarity in the three sub.
urbs mentioned
SocIoioglstS, pnycnlatrlsts. and other stu
dents OF the human race have expressed con.
Germ about the effects of suburban living on
children. Children who are exposed day after
day only to others of the same economic and
social status are likely to get very narrow
and distorted picture of their nation and the
people in that nation Conformity and the
lack OF individual values seem to be encour.
aged. The mass leads the mass, all enjoying
the pleasures of suburban living and escaping
and forgetting the problems of urban resi-.
dents.
one Illustration of the mass leading the
mass Is Johnny's or Mary's demand for this
OF mat because they" let their children have
IL. Ihey' as group have no CUTS Parents
VINO allow they" to tell them how to raise
their children have no CUTS either. How many
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-03
by Les Kimble

of we parents can say that we have never
allowed "they" to unduly influence our judg.
ment? can't
One of the common elements in many
suburbs is the organization of children's &C.
tivities 1t begins at tender age and con.
tinues through grammar school, junior high,
and high school Clubs, socials, lessons,
dances, sports parties and every imaginable
form of organized activity fill the children's
hours Little girls of II to ID in lip stick and
tight skirts are practicing social activities
with boys who might better be flying kits,
playing catch, or taking apart an old alarm
clock Some of these activities seem to be for
the benefit of the parents, not the children
What will be the effects of the suburban
cocoOns In politics when our next generation
comes Of political age? Men and women who
have seldom II ever, seen the rough and rag.
ged living in many urban areas will not be
likely to take balanced view of the nations
needs 1 wonder how many far right views
regarding the welfare state, mental health.
income tax, and other such matters are the
result of prolonged living in the coy eocoons
of suburbia?
The effects of the flight to the suburbs
are already showing on CITY schools. Manu-
great cities in our nation have tremendous
problems with over-crowded and dilapidated
schools. Washington and New York are prime
examples Schools in different areas have al
ways been different but today the differences
between suburban and city schools are great
IN many areas The city school children will
become voters too.
ANY American has the right to live among
those OF similar interests and social levels
Many OF us in suburbia have moved out of
the city to escape the CRIME, the dirt, and the
noise OF the city Many parents move to sub.
urola TO provide decent atmosphere for
tnelr children to grow up in. Nevertheless,
tne phght OF our cities and the effects of the
coy cocoons of suburbia on our children
snouio remain the concern of all thinking
Americans.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-03
by Barney Welsh

into bushes that require more than legal
skill to plant
Therefore, October and September being
the time for transplantng, sent my spies
out to get some men with intelligence enough
to dig holes and put bushes therein.
The first spy of mine was a one legged
gentleman who is known in the clan as the
Mayor of Scotland which is down Snake Den
way on the Seven Locks Road. Well the
Mayor lined up sub-contractor (who lowed
as how he would do the hole job for century
note, after he had botched it up), and the
sub got a sub-sub with stronger back and
weaker mind to dig the holes
/ sneaked home at lunch, and It was then
that 1 discovered this hierarchy of labor in
full blossom. The contractor was giving
orders, the subcOntractOr was drunk, and the
sub-sub contractor was asleep in hole with a
box bush in his arms.
Next day 1 employed laborer around
town to finish the start of the job. l had
high hopes but he fouled up on door,
So Sunday l called for Goober Gopher,
and he and transplanted some English box
on Sunday morning. And this is how come
you good people going to Church on that day
were shocked with the sight of men in my
front yard with a shovel instead of q three
wood and have dug up about the same
amount of dirt with each of them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-03

1t is as has been frequently pointed out, extremely
difficult to legislate morality On the strength of new
resolution being adopted law being passed. or new
rule being invoked it is highly unlikely that certain public
officials will doff their lambs covering and reveal that 1t
actually snow-white lamb underneath all the time
and not big sharp-fanged wolf at all.
Adoption of resolutions and passage Of laws and in
voking Of rules the subject Of conflict of interests
however is highly desirable While they may not change
overnight the character of public official who is
concerned with private interest than public interest such
rules and regulations when promulgated serve as con-
slant reminder to hayward public official that his main
job is not to put his hand in the till or to take care of his
friends The idea, he may be reminded by such actions is
to try with might and main to the public interest
Accordingly the action of the Montgomery Planning
Board this week in adopting resolution calling for the
filing Of afdavits by its members which would show the
the property holdings of EACH for possible conflict of in
erests study and review, is proper and audabe move
We do not know about the legal complexities that may be
involved but we do know the purposes are good
BY the same token, adoption Of code of ethics -
while it will certainly does not deter public official out to
do the taxpayer goods not bad idea either In prin
cple this too is good and public officials who think along
these lines thinking constructvey and positively and
public interestedly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-03
COP Views
Electorate Is Behind COP

The first year in office of the politically
moderate, economy-minded County Council
and School Board is nearly at an end. To
reminisce, let's go back to a Star editorial on
Dec. II, 1862, which said,
"As for the newly-elected members them.
selves, it is evident that they at least will
strive to live up to their campaign promises
of economy. The question however, is how
firmly and stanchly these good intentions
will stand against the pressures which inevi
tably will be exerted from some quarter in
behalf of virtually every specific program that
is susceptible to money-saving curtailment.
That is when the chips will be down. And that
is when the performances of the new officials
will have to be judged. We wish them luck"
Luck they have needed and fortitude TO
withstand the pressures predicted by the Star.
These pressures, for the most part, have orig
mated with the liberal wing of the Democratic
party. This faction seeks, apparently to
perpetuate itself in office in spite of its de.
feat at the polls, by acting as a sort of gov.
ernmentin-exile. 1t constantly strives for con.
troll of the Council and School Board by sew
eral methods. One is to oppose all actions by
vociferous objection at every opportunity and
thus try to obtain public approval of their
views by loud noises. Another is to ignore
what cannot be objected to. At every public
hearing the liberals appear en- masse appar.
emily hoping to achieve their goals and con.
troll by kind of Town Hall pressure tactic
The opposition pounces on every move the
Council makes whether II has reason to or
not. It cannot afford to have the public re.
member the record which brought about its
defeat. With such red herring methods short.
memOried public is easily Iured from the free
spending past which 1t eagerly voted out Of
office . year ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-03
by Gerda Grow

Remember way back when, in 1862. Supt
Whittier needed S14 million for school con.
struction but could, all of sudden, get along
with 81 million? Or the 50 million surplus the
education Center so casually found in its &C.
counting?
Remember when this present Council sold
SIS million bond issue authorized bv the
previous Council? And obtained the lowest
interest rate (2.91s levied in the history of
the county?
Remember the cut in property tax rates
given you by the County? Remember the rise
IN assessments determined by the State
Assessors office?
Remember the Assessments Review Com.
mlttee established by the Council? This com.
mlttee has completed the first review of prop
erty assessments in Montgomery County to be
made in eight years
Remember that citizens over 65 now have
an additional $1,000 exemption in their real
estate assessment? The Council has eased
the tax burden of these older people so that
they can remain in Montgomery County
Remember House Bill 374? The AnnapOIIs
delegation made further taxing power avail.
able to the Council. II is not now confined To
properly taxing, but can tax other sources,
thus relieving the property owners burden
These are few Of the accomplishments
OF the moderate, economy-minded Council and
School Board during this past year. The con.
slant critical noises against the present
administrators will continue so long as the
liberals do not have a government Of their
choosing. The present local administrations
should not listen to these noises. They should
continue to resist the pressures. The moder.
ate, economyminded electorate is still behind
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-03
Wise Move On The Councils Port

The County Council really should give up its i'll
conceived plan to regulate parades public assemblies
meetings or whatever is it is trying to regulate.
When the ordinance was first drawn up it was pointed
out by speakers at public hearing attended by 500 tax
payers and citizens that permission of the county manager
would be needed for two Brownie Scouts to meet
street and discuss plans for their forthcoming
cookie sale solicitation labor unions would have to go
the county manager for permission to picket and two or
trick treaters would not be allowed to confer
the sidewalk about their plans for the evening before
Halloween And every garden club, PTA, womens group
religious organization and even cells of the John Birch
Society that public buildings for their meetings would
have to get permit from the county manager too Also,
they'd better get it three days In advance they could
be put in the clink.
So our county government heads deciding the public
may have made solid point two bounced the proposed
law back to the county attorneys office and suggested
that few revisions be made This very wise
the Councils part
new draft of the proposed law has now been SUBJ
mtted and this one discovered this week-no doubt
with considerable constenationdd not specifically
exempt bona de political party activities So the proposal
has again been returned to the county attorneys office
with instructions to make that political party activ
ties not covered by the law This was very very
wise move on the Councils part.
Now the next move that hope will happen is for
the Council and the county attorney to quietly forget all
about the whole silly idea and let's get with the really
important business facing the county, like what are we
going to do about chemistry physics French and English
casses that have 35 40 kids in them because
bit shortsghted last Spring? That would be
very, very, very wise move on the Councils part.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-03
Best Do II Yourself

This past Sunday of uncertain weather,
was deprived of the opportunity to rough
1t around the golf course at my favorite
hangout on River Road. decided to build UP
my character by reverting to an old pastirne
OF mine: the transplanting Of English box and
surveying the damage caused to our garden
by the highly unskilled labor imported into
Mungummery County from across the Poto.
mac.
cannot recall when did not love Eng.
fish box. The gardens of Williamsburg, Mount
Vernon, Annapolis and on the Dupont estate
move me- When teenager, started collect.
ing them. When we went to O church supper,
or on q Sunday drive, would buy one or
two maybe about six to ten inches high.
took Voltaires words: "Everyman Ii
entitled to his own garden" seriously My idea
OF a garden consisted of q greensward lined
with box crossed with brick walks edged with
more box. suppose it would be called an old
fashioned formal garden, quite unlike the
loose mess of flowers and shrubbery which
my mother flung together to create a place
Of beauty
AS time passed. spent many hours trans.
planting these growing trophies They went
from yard to yard from tennis court to
front or back lawn. And over a period of 80
years these eightinch plants which I handled
SO easily In my younger days. have grown
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-03
. Rights Unit

CONTINUED from Page y
to receive his MA. there this
fall.
He drove a school bus to help
finance his college education.
Weights community activities
include membership In the Opt.
mist Club of Rockville and its
speech scholarship committee,
All Club work at Boyds, and
service as treasurer of the Mont.
gomery County Young Republi.
cans.
He has taught Sunday School
at st. Marks A.M.E. Church at
Boyds, and was appointed last
week to the School Boards
planning committee for the
observance of American Educa.
ton Week here, on Nov. 10.16.
Married, he lives at 6211 Rock
hurst Road, Bethesda.
Mrs. Soul, longtime county
resident, has been active in
work of the social action com.
mittee of Christ Congregational
Church - from which she says
her interest in the Human
Relations Commissions efforts
stemmed.
She and one of her two grown
daughters took part In the Aug.
% civil rights march on Wash
ingtOn, along with other mem.
bers of the church.
1.-THE commission has an edu.
cational job to do to pro-
mote understanding, peace and
order" she says, "but it must
be fair and sensible"
While she thinks the commits
sion can do much to make white
citizens aware Of the feeling of
modification and Illustration the
colored feel every day." Mrs.
Scull warns at cannot automa.
tically approve every demand
every civil rights organization
makes"
She points out that Montgom.
cry County has had no racial
demonstrations since passage of
the public accommodations ordi.
nance restored order to the
county," but is concerned about
definite" discrimination in
housing she says exists here.
Taverns should remain exempt
from the anti.discrimination
ordinance, Mrs. Scull feels, but
she favOrs a thorough review
Of existing standards for the
issuance OF tavern and restau.
rant licenses"
I'm not sure what restau.
rants are hiding behind that ex-
emption," she explains.
A busy woman who has
spent "at least half" of her
time for the past seven years
as a "part-timer secretary to
her husband in his business and
political activities, Mrs. Scull
has lived in the county II
years.
The Souls present home is