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New Voters: You Won’t Be Able to Register to jfote After Monday ley **© T7> B§p %J& i^M^iv A .^by ? 3 f P^iWT- First 6 Sweepstakes’ Winner President Ross Roberts of the Rockville Chamber of Commerce, right, hands a pass book with a $25 starter de posit to Thomas R. Sampson, 11716 Garroiton rd„ Rockville, for a savings account in County Federal Savings & Loan as Sampson’s prize in the Sentinel’s “New Voter Registration Sweepstakes” contest. Sampson’s name was selected at ran dom from a list of more than 2200 new voters who regis tered since Sept. 4. Ed Mervis Photo From School Board Race Candidate Tries to Back Out But Name Will Stay on Ballot School Board candidate-at-large Leon R. Gross of Silver Spring this week found himself in the interesting position of being forced to run for office against the wishes of his boss. Gross, who is a member of the education committee of the Al lied Civic Group of Silver Spring, is a hearing examiner with the Federal Trade Commis sion. He has failed in an llth-hour attempt to take his name off the ballot as a candidate for School Board election, which he tried after being advised by FTC Paul Rand Dixon that he didn’t think Gross should run. His notice of withdrawal was filed with the Board of Election Supervisors here, along with a letter from Dixon in which the Spectrum By The Observer Republicans pulled closer to the Democrats in new voter registration figures released this week by Rose Dawson, clerk to the Board of Election Supervisors. By Tuesday, a total of 1108 Democrats had signed up as new voters and there were 903 Republicans. Only 200 of the 2211 total declined to state their political affiliation. Last week’s figures, going back to the start of the new voter registration drive Sept. 4 were: Democrats, 537; Republi cans, 367; declines, 82. Muny more new voters are coming into the roving boards of registry carrying Republican literature, according to one ob server who swung around to see several of the boards in action. And Ihe whole new voter registration drive has been, we are very sorry to say, a lack lustre affair. It seems fair enough to ascribe the apparent lack of new voter interest in, regis tration to a lack of new voter Interest in the election. And we know a lot of old voters aren’t very interested either. We must say, with all due recognition of the old cliches about the urgency of voter in terest in governmental affairs, that it’s kind of discouraging to be a Maryland voter. In Baltimore, we’re told, the gamblers are offering 10 to me that Tawes null get re-elected and they are having trouble finding takers. The lowest percentage voter (Continued on Page B 8) Co-op Officials Yank ‘Tropic’ Surprised officials of the Rockville Co-OP immediately withdrew “Tropic of Capri corn” from their shelves last week after the Sentinel re ported the controversial Hen ry Miller book was on sale in their store. Acting Genera) Manager Robert E. Morrow said nei ther he nor tlie store manager were aware the volume was among a new shipment of as sorted books delivered to them by a book distributing firm. latter “regretfully” expressed the opinion Gross should forego his candidacy. The Board, however, ruled it did not have the “discretion” to permit Gross's withdrawal after the filing deadline and could not comply with his request. Forced now into running, Gross would not say this week whether he would serve If elected. “I will cross that bridge when i ; I come to it,” he said, adding he ] j intends to make his decision : public before election day Nov. I 6 ’ ! Gross expressed concern that I the county’s present system of j elections does not permit School ! Board candidates a short inter val after filing deadline in which to “reconsider their feelings.” Meantime, Gross said he now intends to “exercise the preroga . tive of every citizen to express my opinions about the candi dates and the issues.” He said he would welcome the opportunity to speak before any group interested in hearing his views. Gross was one of three can didates seeking to unseat Dr. Harold F. Breimyer and Dr. Paul C. Howard, both candidates for re-election as at-large members j of the board. Others are Everett H. Woodward and William E. Coyle. In other races, incumbent Robert E. Morrow is opposed for re-election by William I. Saunders, of Olney Electric Co., and incumbent William R. Thomas 3d is opposed by Charles W. Bell, of Rockville. Edward G. Haddad, a school , teacher who had announced his candidacy but never reached the point of filing, withdrew several days before the filing deadline. CHS Students Gather Beans For Bleachers i . Gaithersburg High School . students have coined a new phrase, bleacher beans. This is , not a new strain of beans, but rather beans raised to help pay . for the new bleachers on the , GHS athletic field. , James Pope. Future Farmers , of America advisor, has pledged that all proceeds from the sale , of green snap beans will go into the bleacher fund. The FFA. Key Club, Student Council and other volunteer groups may be seen daily pick ing beans in the four-acre field located on route 353, one mile south of the school. Most of the beans have been sold to local produce markets and supermarkets. It is antici pated, however, that some beans will be sold at an FFA stand on route 335. Beans will be available for approximately the next three weeks. William P. Hall, principal, has said, “The support of the ; entire GHS student body in this project is gratifying. We are extremely proud of very stu idem who helped in this proj ject.” No new voters will be registered after Monday for the Nov. 6 general election. A total of 2211 new voters in the county have signed up since a new voter registration drive started Sept. 4. Final pleas were issued this week to new voters by of ficials of both parties and key civic, business and govern mental leaders. Roving boards of registry will sit tonight and tomorrow night from 7:30 to 9:30 o’clock at Kemp Mill Elementary School, tile Damascus Fire House and Georgian Forest Ele mentary School. On Friday and Saturday new voters may register at the Board of Elections Supervisors’ office. Court house, Rockville, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and again on Mon day from 9:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 7:*30 to 9:30 p.m. fW- \m tiMill St Bfilfl 108th Yeor - No. 12—hiblishod Event Thursday ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. I**2 GArdon 4-7700 TWO SECTIONS ■ Copy Planning Unit Okays $7500 Survey Of Its Role In Wake Of PAS Study High-Rise jDue Here! By I.ila H. Thomson Sentinel Reporter At least five junior sky-; scrapers are expected to be pushing up to unprecedented heights for commercial structures in Rockville be fore year-end; and, By next spring, a luxury type $3 million motel and restaurant will be rounding into shape on the east side df Rockville Pike just above j Congressional Plaza. Two of the high-rise buildings | now are under construction at ! Rollins Park. The first of four ! scheduled, for Rollins Park, each ; will contain 130 units and will i rise seven stories. Construction cost of each is estimated to be $1.2 million. At the same time, it is ex pected a seven-story office build ing and motel will rise shortly on Rockville Pike across from Court House Square apart ments. Details are being handled by the Rockville office of Sam uel W. Bogley; in addition a six store building for Suburban Trust Company is scheduled for North Washington Street be yond the N. Washington Street shopping center; and, A new, six-story Medical Arts Building is planned for Rock ville Pike and Edmonston Drive on the site of the building pres ently occupied by Glen Koepe nick real estate office. The Medical Arts Building will be constructed by a syndi cate of doctors headed by Dr. Herman Maganzini. Before this gets under way, however, the structure occupied by Koepenick will be razed and the first 400 feet of Edmonston Drive ex tended will be built by the City. Congressional House, the $3 million motel and restaurant which will get under way early next Spring, will be constructed by Wheeler Corporation of Prince Georges County. De signed by William L. Mayne of Arlington, Va., the ceramic, glass and metal structure will be built "in the round” and rise four floors, excluding the lobby floor. To be constructed on ap proximately 3% acres of land, the circle building will have a diameter of 240 feet. Parking facilities and shops will be on the ground floor and a swimming pool on the first. Motel rooms on additional floors will command a view of the pool from overlooking cabanas. About 152 rental units are in cluded. Negotiations are under way at this time with a large, na tionally known hotel chain inte rested in a leasing arrangement and an equally well known res taurant chain interested in a lux ury restaurant in the Washing ton area. 4-H Group Elects Christine West has been elect ed president of the Potomac ■ Glen 4-H for the current year, heading a slate that also in cludes Kay Saddler, vice presi dent; Kyle Ann Jones, secre-j tary, and Susan Eyler, treas- j jurer. || g||(nnj -/■ __WK Sj ’•' |M V.’*g | -* if' ak mhh IP wvflr an m r v U •Jr Mm jpH Jj \ { j\ Wk jP? MgfrL . J|ar\ fl| . BMfc. P Proud Presentation Associate Supreme Court Justice Tom C. (.’lark, right, and Chief Judge of the Mont gomery County People’s Court John B. Dia mond, center, display to beaming County Council president David I* Cahoon, the sec ond American Bar Association Traffic Court City Asks Post Office Site Change Rockville has proposed to the United States Post Office Department that it consider two additional sites for loca tion of a new post office at the County Seat before com pleting construction plans to build at North Washington St., and Martin’s Lane. Desirable locations the city wants the department to con sider are the east side of_Hun gerford drive, north of Park road, and the northeast side of E. Montgomery southwest of Dodge at. Official City objections to the North Washington st. location center around probable conges tion which will result on the narrow thoroughfare from post office traffic, and the fact that no time table has been set up for widening of Martin’s Lane. At this time, the City has funds available for engineering design and rights-of-way acquisi tions along Martin’s Lane. In the event these phases of the widening project are concluded this year, funds for widening work will be allocated in the next fiscal budget. It has been pointed out to Post Office Department officials by the City, that while another site choice may involve greater initial expenditure, decided over all advantages will be gained in accessibility. Campers to Air Plan* The Family Campers Associa tion will hold its first fall meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the Social Hall of the Rockville Civic Center. Supported by the Rockville department of recrea tion, the group will discuss plans for a family campout in mid-October at Big Meadows on Sky Line Drive. Then the registration books will bt-*losed uAUI after Nov. 6. \\lk J* , L Meanwhile, new voters still have an opportunity to get in on the fun and prizes of the Sentinel’s ; 'h(ew #e|iii?- tration Sweepstakes.” V... Names of new voters registered between Sept. 4-24 will be selected at random for the following: A chance to meet Gov. J. Millard Tawes in his State Capitol office, lunch with Sen. J. Glenn Beall on Capitol Hill, lunch with the entire seven-memher County Council, a SMH> savings bond donated by the Sentinel; a $25 savings bond given by Maryland National Bank; a SSO savings bond by Rabinow Engineering Co.; SSO bond by Bernard Siegel, own- Established 1555 Award made to tlie comity within the past four years. The award, which recognizes advancements in the conduct of People’s Court and its handling of traffic cases over tlie past year, was presented at the Coun cil’s meeting this week. Ed Mervis Photo By Candidate School Construction Laxity Is Charged A school board candidate’s charges that county taxpay ers are not getting their money’s worth in the school construction program met with film denials from offi cials this week. Outspoken School Board can didate William E. Coyle of Sli ver Spring made the charges Tuesday in a luncheon speech before the Bethesda Kiwaniu Club. “Mr. Coyle has made a lot of allegations I think he’d better be prepared to prove,” said School; Supt. C. Taylor Whittier. Among the charges was a claim that school officials turn ed down an offer by a contrac tor to save $30,000 in the build ing of the new Bushey Drive Elementary School by substitut ing split-rock brick for pre-cast concrete panels in the outer walls of the $494,000 circular structure. School officials countered that ihe actual saving would have been closer to $5700, further offest by the "intan gible loss” of time in meeting deadline for tlie school’s con pie tion. James H. Sheldon, director of school construction, said he had queried the builder on substitut ing brick walls “ as a lever to get quicker delivery on the con crete panels,” which had been delayed in their design stage. Figures provided him showed total cost of caulking, construc tion and erection of the con crete panels would be $41,700, Sheldon said. Brick substitution would have cost the School Board $28,000, for a difference of $13,700- but a S3OOO charge for work already done on the panels and another SSOOO for re design work would have re duced this saving to $5700. “Since the forms for tlie concrete panels were already in and the panels were made, it was too late to seriously consider making a change,” lie explained. “We’d have had to enlirel.v stop the job for redesign.” He met Coyle's criticism of Construction Cost Savings Are Cited Amid the ruckus over school construction stirred up j by School Board candidate William Coyle Mils week, school officials quietly dis closed some sizeable “fringe benefits” of what they feel Is their sound eapltal spending program. School facilities director I,eter Welch said a complete new elementary school, two school additions and a doubl ing of tlie planntsl capacity of a fourth have been fi nanced from construction sav ings in tlie past two years. “In the seven hours Mr. ! Coyle spent on his survey, I could probably document $1 million from unallocated building funds and another $475,000 in reappropriated 1 county funds we’ve been able to turn into school construc tion,” said Welch. the "angel cake” design of the ■ Bushey dr. school with figures , showing it requires 3300 square i feet less than a comparative [ school of conventional design 1 “for a $45,000 saving there.” Other charges made by Coyle alter a seven-hour in spection tour of 12 schools , were met with equal equani ‘ (Continued on Page A2i er of River Road Country Club; $25 bonds by E. Brooke Lee, Suburban Trust Co., Rockville builder Glen 4. Koepenick: a $lO gift certificate from A. Gude Sons, nurseries and land scapers; a $25 savings bond from Cabin John Gardens to a new registrant In Precinct 7-8; another $25 bond from Janies W. Church, president of the housing corporation to any neighbor whom the winner of the first bond Identifies as having persuaded him to register; a $25 bond from Guardian Federal Savings & Loan Association of Silver Spring; a $25 starter deposit toward a savings account at County Fed eral Savings & Loan, Rockville; a “top quality” six-tube tran sistor radio from the First National Bank of Maryland which has brandies in Rockville, Twlnbrook, Kensington, Pooles ville and Gaithersburg. Polinger Eases Plea On Tract With a referendum set for Oct. 1 on the controversial annexation of the 412-acre Anderson tract on Route 355 by of Rockville, it appeared this week city officials and developer Milton Polinger will agree on zoning compro mises that will bring the tract within city limits and onto Rockville tax books. Polinger purchased the so called Anderson tract for $1.7 million. Early this year, he peti tioned for annexation and zon ing which would have permitted construction of 1,672 housing units, including high rise apart ments. He also asked for 31 acres *! commercial and 30 ■acres oi industrial zoning. The Rockville Planning Commission, however, turned thumbs down on apartments and told Polinger he could build 670 single family dwellings and 204 in high density R-65 zoning. At the same time, lit said “no” to industrial and recommended five acres for commercial. In April, the Mayor and Council backed up Planning Coni mission recommenda tions; told Polinger to seek professional help in planning his development, and Invited him to return at a later date with a more detailed plan. At the same time, however. It agreed to the annexation. Polinger, in an unprecedented move, requested a referendum on annexation. The law allows a 45-day protest period on an nexations before finalization and provides for referendum procedures. Monday night, Polinger, flanked by his attorney, C. Ed ward Nicholson and planning consultants Mott and Hayden of Washington, appeared before the Mayor and Council with a pared-down version of his orig inal request. Among other things, he re quested that 37 'i acres of land in* classified in the R-30 zone instead of 87.9 acres; 253 acres for R-90 rather than 112.8. In the matter of commercial, the original request for 31 acres was dropped to 10 acres in the C-2 classification. No request was made for industrial. For 28.6 acres immediately ad jacent to the requested commer cial zoning, Polinger asked for R-S zoning. In effect, this is a form of holding zone for future classification. Polinger indicated he would ask for rezoning of the R-S land when he could demonstrate need for additional commercial. Mayor Frank Ecker indicated the Mayor and Council would "think” about the new requests until next Monday night and told Polinger to "think” of addi tional concessions he may be able to make, particularly, in the matter of apartments acre age. He indicated additional R-S zoning would be more palatable to the city at this time. It was agreed by the council, however, that Polinger's re quests have reached shirt sleeves discussion stage and next Monday night, a week be fore the referendum date, may bring about agreement. Polinger said if the Monday night meeting results in favor able consideration of his zoning, the voters c property owners and those residing on iti will vote “yes” for annexation. We Invite You! Without advertising, the Sentinel could not publish. We Invite you to support our advertisers and in so doing you are supporting the Sentinel. Thanks! Preliminary Report Due By Oct. 15 By Roger B. Farquhar Sentinel Reporter The embattled Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commission rec ommended for abolishment by Public Administration Service announced yester day it is hiring a New York governmental survey firm to analyze the M-NCPPC’s role in government here. Chairman Herbert W. Wells, of the M-NCPPC, revealed in a surprise move the Institute of Public Administration had been retained at a cost not to exceed $7500 to put the M-NCPPC under a microscope and come up with a preliminary report by October 15. “I am happy to announce that the Institute of Public Ad ministration has agreed to examine the regional planning role of the M-NCPPC,” Well* said at yesterday’s meeting. “To achieve this goal,” lie continued, “the IPA will re view the commission’s general powers and responsibilities, Its relationships with other governmental agencies and with citizens organizations and other groups Interested in guiding the orderly growth and development of the Mont gomery-Prince Georges reg ion. IPA will also study, Wells said, “the means of implement ing the commission’s proposed revised general plan prepared by its technical staff and sched uled for publication on October 1.” “We have asked the insti tute,” Wells said, “to give us a preliminary report by October 15, covering the commission’s general role in the metropolitan area, its capability to plan and implement the plans for sound regional development and pro posals for more intensive future studies.” After October 15, the official said, IPA will submit an outline and cost estimates of further studies necessary to develop de tailed recommendations for im proving the commission’s inter nal procedures and relationships with other public and private or ganizations in the region. He said these may include legisla tive recommendations. The development Is signifi cant in that the six-month i Continued on Page A2i R\IHS Parents Seeking Band Uniform Funds The Band Parents Association of Richard Montgomery High School will meet tonight in the school’s band room starting at 8 o’clock to discuss ways of rais ing money for new uniform* for hand members. Present uniforms, now 10 years old, are called very inade quate by leaders of the parents’ group and they emphasize that no public funds are available for new ones. Some fund-raising methods already discussed include a spaghetti dinner, a school dance and washing of cars by band members. More than 50 students play in the band.