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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18

submission of the names of
seven Personnel Board NOM
inees to the Democratic State
Central Committee for its APP
proval, asserting that the action
"abrogates the spirit of the
charter and nuiiifies the very
purpose for which the Personnel
Board was established"
The League, she added, urges
the County Council to support a
county merit system which is
completely free of any pos
siblity of partisanship and in
which citizens can have confid.
ence." Her letter suggested that
public comment be invited and
said the League would "wel-
come the opportunity to testify
on criteria to be considered
when appointments are being
made. :"
Barnett, the new Personnel
Board appointee, is an employee
of WTOP-TV, has been a county
resident since 1851 and is Repub-
lican chairman for the Fifth
Election District.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
To Report Or Not to Report

Two members Of the Montgomery County Board of
Education have expressed serious outside
groups tape-recordng their public meetings in Rockville
The Sentinel has been tapping the Board meetings for
two months partly in the interests Of accuracy partly be-
the actual words used in past meetings have when
transcribed resulted in graphic unique reports of meet
ings, devoid of editorial remarks
Majority Board members William E. Coyle and
Everett H. Woodward disturbed about these tapes get
ting into the wrong hands Then too the tapes might fall
into the hands of county parents or teachers.
Mr. Coyle is worried about invasion of privacy Of his
vocal chords He reminds his listening audience that I'VE
have property rights in voices"
The Board will instigate survey Of other school
policies the subject review the legal ramcaons and
decide way another before the next meeting Aug
whether not public meetings be recorded and
reported verbatim.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Negotiations
Under Way on
Bouic Tract

Negotiations are under way
for the City of Rockville to pur-
chase the first piece of property
to be acquired under its urban
renewal program.
The green light was received
by the city this week from fed.
eral officials who approved
Rockville's request TO purchase
the former Bouic property at
East Montgomery and Park
Street from the Rye Investment
Co.
Rockville requested approval
to begin negotiations when 1t
learned the business firm had
purchased the property and
planned to construct an office
building complex.
City Manager Walter Schei'
Der said the special request was
made because the tract can be
bought for less now than when
the office buildings get under
way.
The site is important to plans,
Scheiber said, which contem-
plate reconstructing the Veirs
Mill Road-Rockville Pike.Hun.
gerford Drive intersection.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
WSSC Drainage
Fund Approved

A 100000 bond issue for
continuation of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion's storm drainage program
was approved Tuesday by the
County Council.
The action followed an ap.
pearance before the council by
James ]. Lynch, secretary of
the sanitary agency, who noted
that the appropriation is in line
with an improvement program
authorized by the General AS.
sembly in 1861. Under the exist
ing setup, expenditure of the
funds will be confined to the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
District which covers urban and
suburban areas Of the county.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Lee Heads
Funds Drive
For MCFR

Blair Lee III, a leading
Montgomery County Demo-
crat and former member of
the Maryland General AS
sembly, has been named CO.
chairman of a statewide fl
nance committee of the
Maryland Committee for
Fair Representation.
Announcement Of the appoint
ment of Lee and Samuel Hop
kins, Baltimore Republican lead
er, was made this week by DR..
Royce Hanson, president of the
Fair Representation group.
Hanson said Lee and Hopkins
will direct the 23-county and
Baltimore City funds drive for
financing court costs of the
groups appeal to the United
States Supreme Court in it's
battle for reapportionment of
the Maryland State Senate.
Litigation before the court
came as the result of a 4 to 3
vote of the Maryland Court of
Appeals last year which denied
the Fair Representation Com
mittee's State Senate reappor-
tionment plea.
Initial planning meeting for
the funds drive was held last
night Wednesday, at the home
of Phillip Thorson in Glen Echo
Heights.
In the meantime, DR.. Roland
l. Perusse, Bethesda, chairman
of the Maryland Committee for
Fair Congressional Redistrict-
ing, has urged Emanuel Celler
of New York, chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee, to
push for passage Of one of sew
eral bills now pending before his
committee which would set
minimum standards for U. S.
congressional districts.
Perusse pointed out that two
successive sessions of the Mary
land General Assembly have
failed to produce an acceptable
bill for congressional redis-
tricting.
He said, Passage Of one of
these bills this summer or fall
Is perhaps the only hope which
the people of Maryland have of
being able to elect congressman
on the basis of fair districts
next year."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18

In a letter received by the
County Council at its regular
meeting Tuesday, the League
president, Mrs. William N. Gar
rott, expressed regret at the
appointment of Cletus. Barnett
to replace Lackey on the ground
that he is publicly Identified
with partisan activities in his
role as a Republican precinct
chairman"
The appointment of Lackey.
who continued to serve on the
Personnel Board until a sue
cessor could be chosen after
announcing his intention to re-
sign last March, was attacked
by the League on the ground
he was a member of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee.
His continued membership
after accepting the post, the
women voters contended, called
for his immediate dismissal.
The Leagues position was
brushed aside, however, after
a formal ruling by Acting
County Attorney Douglas II.
Moore Jr., in which he pointed
out that Lackey was not act
ually under the county's merit
system even though his position
involved merit system employees.
AS a result, he contended, a
charter provision prohibiting
political activity by county en-
ployes did not apply in the
Lackey case.
In its letter concerning Bar
nett, the League said that de-
spite the legal opinion it is still
convinced that "the appointment
of an active party worker as
chairman Tor member) of the
Personnel Board is not in the
public interest"
The council took no formal
action on the letter but, at the
suggestion of Mary A. Hepburn,
agreed simply to acknowledge
receipt of the complaint, with
out getting involved in a letter
writing contest"
Mrs. CARROT said in her letter
the League has, for many years,
had a consistent policy OF OPP
posing any action which could
possibly lead to partisanship in
the employment Of county per.
sonnet" She cited an instance
in 1859 when it objected to the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Benefit
Show Set

The Rockville Department of
Recreation and the Maryland
Recreation and Park Society
will present Ambassadors of
Fun" a Commute benefit per.
Torrance for the Park Society's
scholarship fund.
The show, July "a, 8 pm, will
feature Hymac the Magician,
saving" a spectator In half,
metamorphosis, III ootin g
through a live person, and Dor
othy, "the lady with fingers of
vision" Tickets, so cents, are
available at the Rockville City
Hall Recreation office, or may
be purchased at the Civic Cen
ter Auditorium where the per-
Torrance will be held.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Equal Rights
Unit Seeks
Volunteers

A special appeal for volun-
teers has been issued by the
Montgomery County Commits
sion on Human Relations as a
prelude to its plans for an in
tensified program of community
activity.
The commission announced
that its next meeting, to be
held July %, will be devoted
primarily to the formation of
working committees interested
in providing equal rights for all
in the areas of employment,
housing, justice, public accom-
modations, health and welfare.
The plans include formation
of additional volunteer citizen
committees to work with edu-
cation for intergroup relations
and to develop a long-range
campaign of activity for the
commission through a paid
staff. Invitations to join the
committees, each to be headed
by a commission member, were
mailed last week to county civic
groups and private citizens who
previously have expressed in
terest in the field Of human re-
lations.
Other county residents who
are interested in volunteering
for service on the committee
are urged to contact the COM
mission chairman, the Rev.
Kenneth B. Vented, 2102 Stan
ley Ave, Rockville, in advance
of the July meeting. The ses.
sion viii be held in the County
Council chamber in Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Reservists Undertake
Study Of CD Problems

rice M. Morton, 405 Deerfield
Ave, Silver Spring; Major
Arthur P. Wagner, 11104 Mich
olas Drive, Silver Spring; Spe-
cialist 5 Alexander w. Geyger,
$50 Flower Ave-, Takoma Park,
and Master Sergeant Daniel C.
Meekins, Jr., 1908 Windham
Lane, Silver Spring. Il
Twenty-Five of the IS officers
of the 354th saw overseas serv-
ice in World War II. Their COM
bined military service-both &C.
tive and reserve - totals $40
years. They wear a collective %
battle stars won In World War
II campaigns; six of the unit
were decorated with the Bronze
Star Medal, two with the Purple
Heart, and two with the Army
Commentator Ribbon. The
units commanding officer, Col
onel ReitZ - a veteran of AZ
World War III combat missions
as a B-24 bomber pilot-wears
the Air Medal with IL oak-leaf
clusters.
These same 25 officers hold a
collective 80 college degrees, in
Guiding 10 Masters; two Pho. s
one MD; and three law degrees.
The 20 enlisted men of the
354th comprise an elite group.
Among them they hold Is col
lege degrees. Three of the en-
listed men are lawyers, two are
economists, one is a mechanical
engineer, one a teacher, one a
science writer. Several are spe-
cialists employed by the Federal
government. Half of them
speak at least one foreign Ian.
guage.
The 354th Civil Affairs Area
Headquarters B was recently
awarded a Superior Unit Ger
tificate" by the Secretary of the
Army. This is the Department
of the Army's top citation for
its reserve units.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Don't Look
At Eclipse
Saturday

Even a one-second look at
the solar eclipse this Satur-
day may result in blindness,
the American Medical Asso-
citation warned last week.
Adding their appeal to that Of
the Central Maryland Optic
metric Society, the Maryland
Academy of Sciences and other
national and international or
CARNATIONS, the ANA strongly
urged people to avoid looking
at or photographing the phe-
nomenon.
In Montgomery County SO
per cent of the suns surface
will be BACKED out by the shad-
ow of the moon passing between
it and the earth. Even so, ANA
officials declared, the remainder
of the suns light visible to resi-.
dents could literally cook the re-
tina within a second, causing
partial or total blindness.
The only safe way to see the
eclipse, which will reach totally
in Maryland at approximately
$50 pm, is by using the PRO
lection method" according to
ANA officials.
Stand with the sun behind
you, holding a white card in
front, and a cardboard with a
pin hole punched in the center.
The suns rays will go through
the pin hole and be reflected
on the white paper in front Of
you.
"The safest way to view the
eclipse" the ANA concluded"
is on television or through
m agazine and newspaper
photos"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Action Follows
4-3 Denial of
Firenlen's Bid
By William III. Smith
Sentinel Reporter

A controversial site ada
cent to st. Bernadette's
Church. and School was re-
portedly purchased by the
Archdiocese of Washington
Tuesday, shortly after the
Montgomery County Coun-
Gil refused to approve its use
by the Silver Spring Volun-
teer Fire Department.
Located at University Boule-
ward and st. Lawrence Drive,
the property had been approved
by the council for use as a fire
department site last week by a
80 vote. But Monday night, the
governing body reversed its
position and voted 4-3 to reject
the plan in the face of over
whelrning opposition from area
residents.
The rejection was brought
about by a change in the posi-
don of Councilman John Henry
Hiser, who voted against the
location after first suggesting
that the entire matter be defer
red to give representatives of
the fire department and neigh
borhood citizens an opportunity
to get together for a harmonious
discussion of the fire station
problem.
A spokesman in the Archdio-
cesar office in Washington con-
firmed Tuesday that steps have
been taken to acquire the prop
erty, but declined to elaborate
"at this point" because ''nego-
tiations are still under way"
The vote against the proposed
fire station location was 4-3, in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
No Objection
To Pay Hike

A proposal to Increase the
compensation of the Mayor and
Council OF Rockville met with
no opposition Monday night
when a public hearing was held
on the charter amendment.
Under the proposal, compen.
sation will be increased from
$500 to $1,000 for each of the
four council members and from
$1,000 to $2400 for the Mayor.
The increases will not apply
to the present Council
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Council Gets
Silver Spring
Parking Plan

Expansion of three existing
public parking facilities in the
Silver Spring area through con-
struction of upper-deck spaces
has been proposed by Wilbur
Smith and Associates as the
initial step in a long-range i'm
provement program.
The consulting engineers re-
port, resulting from a study
inaugurated last fall, was sub
mitted to the County Council
this week. 1t set the estimated
cost at 81, $4,000, to be offset in
part by ad valorem taxes and
revenues received from parking
violations, and proposed installa-
ton of additional parking meters
in certain off-street areas to sup
plement those already in oper-
alton as added revenue mea-
sures.
The proposed expansion pro-
gram was summarized to in
cIude the following:
Site A-located in the block
bounded by Fenwick Lane,
Georgia Avenue, Cameron
Street and Second Avenue, now
providing 283 spaces. Construc-
ton of the upper level would
increase the capacity to SOP
spaces.
Site B-located in the block
bounded by Ellsworth Drive,
Cedar Street, Pershing Drive
and Fenton Street, consisting of
two separate lots providing 443
spaces. Construction of a park
ing deck over the northern por-
ton of the site would bring a
total of 651 spaces.
Site C-located in the south
ern area of the business dis
trict west of Georgia Avenue
and now providing 204 spaces.
The proposed deck would in
crease the total to 365 spaces.
The additions, the engineers
said, would provide a net gain
of $40 spaces in the start of a
program that must be continued
to achieve an overall total of
1885 new spaces needed by 1878.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18

Seven Montgomery County
Army reservists-all members
of the 354th Civil Affairs Area
Headquarters B-reported Sat
urday at FIT. Meade, Md, for
their annual two-week tour of
active duty.
Highlight of this years sum-
mer encampment will be a four
day problem called Exercise
Thunderhead" which will test
the ability of a U. S. Army re-
serve unit to support civil au.
thorities In the event of a nu-
clear attack on the state of
Maryland.
Members of the 354th-com-
prising As commissioned and
enlisted Army reservists from
Maryland, Virginia, and the Dis
trict of Columbia-are civilian
specialists in fields such as law,
medicine, government, public
safety, communications, and
public information.
They will join top Maryland
civil defense Notwithstanding
Major General Rinaldo Van
Brunt (USA, ret.), director of
the Maryland Civil Defense
Agency-in seeking solutions to
problems which would stem
from widespread destruction in
the INSTRUMENTATION area
in event of enemy attack.
The four-day Exercise Thun-
derhead' will run from July
% through July 26-the second
week of the 354th's encampment
at Fort Meade.
alphabetically In Exercise
Thunderhead" one airborme nuc.
lear strike has wiped out ap-
proximately 40 per cent of the
city of Baltimore, while addi-
tional strikes have wrought
widespread destruction still
hypothetical - In other parts of
Maryland.
Major areas of concern of the
District area reservists will in
clude preservation of law and
order, fire protection, emergen-
cy disqualification and medical
care, housing, mass feeding,
evacuation, communications,
transportation, initial restora-
ton of essential facilities, and
public information.
The problems which the
354th's members will be called
on to solve win emphasize staff
coordination and cooperation be-
tween military and civilian agen-
cies-the latter represented by
officials of the Maryland Civil
Defense Agency.
Exercise Thunderhead" will
be directed by Colonel Daniel
Still (USA, ret.), Operations
Officer of the Maryland Civil
Defense Agency, and Colonel
Ivan A. Reitz of Springfield, Va,
Commanding Officer of the
354th.
The Montgomery County re-
servists who will participate in
Exercise Thunderhead' IN
clude: Lieutenant Colonel Culli-
son Cady, 1903 Aurora Drive,
Kensington; Major David Klein,
Alb West Leland Street, Chevy
Chase; Major Saul Lavisky,
10811 Georgia Avenue, Silver
Spring; Lieutenant Colonel Maui
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Church Buys
Disputed Site

comparison to the 80 vote in
its favor last week. Council
members Kathryn Diggs and
Grover Walker, who declined to
vote the first time, took part in
the decision but because they
took opposing stands their par
ticipation had no effect on the
final outcome.
= In announcing her intention
to participate, Miss Diggs said
she did not vote last week
because she was not fully
acquainted with some aspects
of the issue. She emphasized
that her decision, in no way,
would be influenced by pressure
or threats of reprisal despite
the fact that she had received
letters and phone calls, assert
ing "I'l never be affected by
any intimidation"
Walker also said he had farnil-
iaT'ized himself with the facts
more thoroughly since the ques-
ton first came to a vote and
was prepared to cast a ballot.
Like Miss Diggs, he said his
decision would have nothing
whatever to do with the letters
I have received"
Hiser, who made the motion
to approve the site last week,
declined to repeat his action
after suggesting the matter be
deferred and voted against the
question when it came up on a
motion of Williams.
Before the question came to
a vote, Assistant County Attor.
ney Thomas Walker told the
council some 500 letters had
been received from area resi-
dents, all but a few of them
expressing opposition to the
move.
Following the council vote
Mrs. Blanche Cawton, president
of the Pinecrest Citizens Asso-
citation and organizer of a move
to block the action, said she was
"deliriously happy" about the
result.
Henry F. Hurley, chairman of
a special committee composed
of members of the Pinecrest
and Woodmoor Citizens Associa-
tons, commended the council
for its decision. "And that
means all members, including
those who voted against it,
because we are fully aware that
the question was a very delicate
one and we are sure every
member was entirely sincere
when he cast his vote" Hurley
said.
He said Hiser deserves par
ticular praise because he had
the courage to change his posi-
ton when all the facts were
brought out"
IF, in the heat of the moment
anything said was acrimonious,
we sincerely regret it," Hurley
continued. "And we are confid-
ent, from our standpoint, that
the fire department will be able
to find a suitable location and
continue to give us the splendid
service it has given us in the
past"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Bulletin

Ellen Bateman, AGO Rem
ST., Rockville, has won End
place In the AII-Woman Trans
continental Air Race, better
known as the Powder Puff
Derby. Conflicting a Piper
Cherokee 1870, she will split
the $500 cash prize with her
pilot, Mrs. Nancy Lyman of
Florida. The two pilots flew
from California July 10, and
arrived in Atlantic City, N. j.,
July 16.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Lackey Successor
Assailed League

The newlyappointed successor to Hal Lackey former
Republican chairman of the County Personnel Board whose
selection bitterly assaled by the League of Women
Voters has also into the Leagues line of fire.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
BloOdmobile

The BIOOdmoblIe will be at
the Campbell Printing Co.,
COS SOuthlawn Lane, Rock
vile, Friday, July 10, from 10
to 2. Donors are urged to
stop by.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Editorial Opinion

Columns and weII-Inown col
umnists whose byIines appear
on the Sentinel editorial page
are informative and thought
provoking. Read them every
week In the interest of good citi.
zenship.
Evening star., 1963-05-22
l ISTATE.

uIIT CnN 1870 Wilson Blvd.
WA@~~N IA. 7.lAB0
CHARLTON HEsToN YyrrTE
lMfMIEux, "DfAMONp HEAD"
lpanAvlsion- n-EaatmAn Color
Evening star., 1963-05-22
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Film Attractions
and Times Of Showing

Stage
NatiOnal-Dark. "Take Her,
She's Mine" starts May 20.
Arena Stage-"The Three
penny Opera" $3.50 pm.
Screen
AmbassadOr-"Indiscreet", /,
4:35 and S:15 pm. ut Hap
pened at the Worlds Fair;
2:45, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Apex-"Love and Larceny;
/, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15. 8 and 9:55
pm.
Capitol - Cattle King;
1910, 2:l0, 4:05, 8, 8. 9:55 pm
Dupont - "Bell Antonio,
1:2O, $40. B:25, 1880, 9;S5 pm
Keith's-"Dr. Mo-; 11:25
1880, 3:35, $40, 7:45 and 9:5C
pm.
Macarthur "The Wrong
Arm of the Law; $3.50, 8 anc
9:55 pm.
MetrOpOlitan-"It Happened
at the Worlds Fair; 1l:3(
am, 1855, 6:25 and 10 pm
"Indiscreet"; lis, 4:45 anc
8:15 pm.
Ontari0-"Lawrence of Ara.
bia"; 8:15 pm.
Palace-"The Yellow Ca.
nary; l1:45 am. 1:25, 3:O5
4:50, $3.50, 8:15 and 9:55 pm.
Playhouse - Sundays anc