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$34 Million
Is Asked
By Butcher
By William H. Smith
Sentinel Reporter
A $34.6 million county
operating budget proposed
by County Manager Mason
Butcher calls for no increase
—and conceivably, a drop—
in the general tax rate while
providing for expanded ser
vices in all major depart-1
ments serving the taxpayer.
Submitted to the County
Council last week, the budget
calls for expenditures of $22.2
million in county operating
funds; $2.6 million for county
debt service; $7.6 million for
school debt service and county '
capital construction, $2.1 mil
lion.
Butcher's plan as submitted
for general county operations
would reduce the existing tax
rate from 31 to 26 cents, with
part of the cut offset by an ex
pected two-cent increase in the
ad valorem tax for school debt
service, from 32 to 34 cents.
However, he pointed out that
the five-rent reduction was
based on his proposed use of all
motor vehicle license funds for
general county purposes, in
stead of dividing them with the
Board of Education, as has been
done in the past. He noted that
a State law requiring division of
the funds was repealed in 1961,
after the county’s new budget
had been approved, and said it
would be up to the Council to
decide whether it wanted to re
tain the full amount.
Should the division with the
Board of Education be termin
ated, officials noted, an increase
in the school tax rate would
obviously be necessary to offset
the loss.
Meanwhile, major provisions
of the budget as submitted by
the County Manager involve
these proposals:
Health Department: Butcher
recommended an appropriation
of $2,138,150 from a request of
$2,289,986, compared to the cur
rent figure of $1,972,726. Among
expanded services under the
new proposal would be five ad
ditional nurses, to be assigned
to secondary schools, and a var
iety of new projects to be fi
nanced entirely by Federal or
State funds.
Police Department: $3,752,424
recommended in comparison to
a request of $3,966,400 and a
current figure of $3,431,797. A
request for 33 new policemen
was reduced to six by the coun
ty manager, who pointed out
that opening of the new central
communication system will re
lieve a number of officers for
other duties.
Department of Public Works:
By far the largest single depart
ment in the county government
due to its extensive road con
struction and maintenance pro
gram, public works would re
ceive $5,338,260 under the
Butcher proposal compared to
a request for $5,774,551 and a
current budget of $5,337,163.
The new program would provide i
for continuation of the depart-;
ment’s program at its present 1
level.
Public Welfare: $1,691,148
recommended, compared to a re
quest for $1,705,711 and a cur
rent figure of $1,606,066. The
expanded program, calling for
seven additional employes, is
based entirely on plans outlined
by Federal and State officials,
who will contribute $1,116,038
of the total expanded.
Department of Recreation:
$873,345 in comparison to a re
quest for $885,929 and a current
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5-Day Plan
Course On How to Stop
Smoking Taken by 600
cl j
“Some of you have already smoked your last ciga
rette,” the speaker on the stage of Wheaton High School
declared.
Laughter rippled through the
audience of 600.
“You smoked it right outside
j the door there just before you
1 came in and for some of you,
it really will be your last.
“We are going to launch an
all out attack against smoking
S using every psychological and
physiological weapon at our
command. We are going to help
many of you stop smoking.
“How many of you want to
Spectrum
There are reports, pretty well
founded, that two of the three
local lower court judges— and
possibly the third - are in trou
ble as far as reappointment is
concerned.
The terms of Juvenile Court
Judge Alfred D. Noyes and Peo
ple’s Court Judges John B. Dia
mond and J. Grahame Walker
expire on May 1. And it'll be up
to the Republican-dominated
County Council to reappoint the
incumbents or select new
judges.
The two reportedly in trouble
are Judges Diamond and Walk
er. There's such a widesi/read
move under way to talk the !
Council into reappointing voter- 1
an Judge Noyes to the highly \
important Juvenile Court job I
however, that the picture on
\ him is all out of focus.
The images are much more
clear on Messrs. Diamond and
Walker, however. There are
plenty of Republican lawyers
who covet the judicial posts.
And some Council members pri
vately offer no apologies for
their strong feeling that they
did, after all, win the election
and there's no reason at all why j
they shouldn't name GOP stal- |
warts to the jobs.
Noyes, Walker and Diamond
have all formally applied for re
appointment. Others who have
formally notified the Council
they’re interested in the jobs in- !
elude: Harold C. Smith Jr. and
J. Hodge Smith, both Rockville
attorneys; J. Fendall Coughlin,
former trial magistrate, and
Charles D. Sanger Jr., Silver
Spring lawyer and longtime as
soeiate and friend of Circuit
Court Judge Kathryn Shook.
Some observers of the devel
ojhng situation are watching
closely to see if Judge Shook at
tempts to sway the Council in
its decision.
* * *
A meeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee is
scheduled for next Wednesday
and if the full committee shows
up a decision will be made on
Ray Murphy’s successor on the
DSCC.
Unless something happens he-;
tween now and then, Warren
Browning— a former longtime
member of the DSCC narrowly
I defeated for re-eleetion last May
15—will probably get the job.
It’s been a confused situation
j but probably the main reason
\ for Browning’s almost certain
I selection is the desire on the'
I part of sorae members of the i
J liberal faction to mollify the j
| conservative wing of the j/arty. |
Also, Browning lost out in be
! ing elected to the committee by
the narrowest of margins last
May 15. And the chances of sev
eral outstanding lady candidates
are being damaged by the fact
that they’re ladies. There are al
ready three members of the
gentler sex on the committee
and there were some unkind
barbs last year during the heat
of the campaign—and after the
election debacle— about "petti
coat politics.”
The business of Browning
having narrowly lost out is also
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Band Will Get
8600 From City
m
The City of Rockville will
contribute S6OO to Richard
Montgomery High School's band
to offset half of a SI2OO deficit
incurred by purchase of new
band uniforms.
A plea for city aid was made i
I to the Mayor and Council last
, week by par ents of band mem- |
bers. Decision by the Mayor
j and Council to pick up part of .
I the tab came Monday night. I
quit if you can?” asked Rev.
Elman J. Folkenberg. Six hun
dred hands shot into the air.
They ranged from middle
aged or a little over to teen
agers —a surprisingly good
batch of them —and ail had
come to the "No-Smoking
Clinic” sponsored by the
county chapter of the Ameri
can Cancer Society, the
county Tuberculosis and
Heart Association and the
Washington Sanitarium and
Hospital.
It was the same “course”
j given last week by the same
instructors at the University of
Maryland. About 400 pupils
completed that course and this
one was being held immediately
following by popular demand.
The first of five 90-minute,
rapid fire lectures was started
Monday night at 7:30 with a
film on lung cancer. A noted
surgeon said there was no
doubt in his mind that tobacco
has cancer causing agents and
that smoking can be blamed for
lung cancer in humans.
An actual lung cancer case
and the various steps from de
tection to—in this case—cure
was shown graphically, includ
ing the actual incision of the
patient’s chest by a surgeon.
Medical aspects of the
smoking problem, after the
film ended, were handled by
Dr. J. Wayne MeFarland, an
Adventist physician. He and
Rev. Folkenberg, South Lan
caster, Mass., developed the
“five day” plan over the last
two and a half years with the
help of tlie medical and min
isterial departments of the
Seventh-day Adventist denom
ination.
To answer questions on
| whether it is best to stop
J smoking abruptly or try to
taper off, Rev. Folkenberg told
\ the story of the man who cut
j off a puppy dog’s tail a little
1 at a time thinking that method
! was more humane.
“You have a very complex
neuromuscular ha b i t,” Rev.
Folkenberg told his listeners.
And he said the average per
son "drifts steadily into an
ever growing consumption of
cigarettes.”
“Smoking,” he explained, “be
comes intertwined with every
thing you do. “When you’re
sad, you smoke; when you’re
worried, you smoke; when you
are happy, you smoke!”
“To say you are sick and
tired of smoking isn’t will
power,” Rev. Folkenberg em
phasized. “You’ve got to rec
ognize the problem and then do
something about it. That’s
will power.”
Rev. Folkenberg urged his
audience to repeat over and
over to themselves: “I choose
; not to smoke.”
Ways to ease withdrawal
pains were outlined by Dr.
McFarland. The “personal con
trol” program tells students
how to relax, urges them to
avoid areas and activities that
' might lead to weakening of
willpower, when to exercise,
deep breathing techniques, and
‘ intake of liquids to “wash out”
all the nicotine poisoning.
Final two classes will be held
tonight and tomorrow night
but the two course leaders said
Monday night that smokers will
probably receive little benefit
unless *hey take the full
“course.”
10-Story Office Building
To Rise Over B&O Tracks
Detailed plans were to be announced today for Mont
gomery County’s first “air rights” building, a proposed
construction project over top of the B&O Ftailroad tracks
in Bethesda approved by the County Council in 1955.
Host for the announcement
session in Washington will be
Roger W. Eisinger, member of
a group that was granted the
”air rights” privilege in a deci
sion of the County Council in ,
| which it approved rezoning
from R-60 to C-2 of an area
above a ravine east of the Wis
; eonsin Avenue bridge in Be
thesda.
A similar zone change was
i approved by the Council last,
I October for a larger area on j
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■ Cuban Family Given New Start
' By Rockville Church Members
By Ray Waller
Seninel Reporter
Seldom does a family
move to a new community
and find as many friends
and opportunities as did the
Rogelio Quincoses family,
who arrived in Rockville
last week.
Rogelio, his wife Enid, and
son Armando came here under
the sponsorship of the Rockville
Presbyterian Church. It was the
climax of many weeks’ efforts
by Rev. James Fahl and Mrs.
Mary Lee Daugherty, who head
ed the church’s Cuban family
resettlement committee.
The Quincoses are Cuban ref- j
ugees who have been in the
United States for two years
the west side of the highway
bridge, where development
above the railroad ravine was
proposed by the E.J.P. Corp.
of Arlington, Va. In both cases,
according to data submitted
with their applications, the ap
plicants have long-term leases
from the B&O for use of
space above the Railroad spur.
A third project of this type
reportedly is under consider- i
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Established, 1855
an incision on the chest of a lung cancer vic
tim before removing the cancerous tissue.
—Sentinel Photo by Ed Mervis
first in Miami and then in New
Jersey. Neither of these two
areas offered stable employment
conditions, so they were offered
the opportunity to come to Rock
ville by the Presbyterian re
settlement committee.
Even before they arrived,
many members in the local
church were hard at work pre
paring the best possible wel
! (See Photograph On Page 3)
come —a home and employment.
Mrs. Dougherty’s committee j
furnished a home at 518 Beall
Ave. which was rented by the j
church, and arranged with sev
eral companies and agencies to
interview Mr. and Mrs. Quin-1
| coses for jobs.
Both of them have broad back
grounds of experience. Rogeliol
was assistant superintendent of
a textile manufacturing plant
employing 2800 people, before
organizing his own real estate
development corporation in Ha
vana. Enid is a dentist, and will'
practice here after she passes
her state examination.
Rogelio had come to the Unit- j
ed States many times both as a 1
student and tourist. When he
c&me over in January, 1961, to
! accompany one of his two sons,
Roger Jr. to Georgia Tech, dip
lomatic relations between the
two countries were broken, and
1 neither could return to Cuba. (
: Rogelio went to Miami and sent!
; for Enid and Armado, who both !
1 risked their personal safety to 1
1 escape. • •
Like many other refugees,
| the family waited there hoping.
1 that the Castro government |
breathe deeply, from time to time, after you
stop smoking to ease the withdrawal symp
toms. —Sentinel Photos by Ed Mervis
would be overthrown, but after
the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs
invasion, they requested to be re
settled elsewhere in the country
where they could find jobs.
Their first attempt in Edison,
N. J. proved fruitless. That area
was hit by a recession last year.
The Prebyterian organization
knew that the Rockville church
was anxious to help Cuban fa
mily, and therefore arranged for
the Quincoses to come here.
It was not the first time Roge
lio had been to Rockville. He
spent the Christmas vacation of
1939 here with his roommate,
Robert Pumphrey, who runs a
funeral home in Montgomery
County. Both were students at
Woodstoek Military Aeademy.
While at the academy, Rogelio
was rifle team captain and com
pany commander.
Roger Jr. will graduate from
Georgia Tech this spring as an
industrial engineer. He plans to
come to Rockville to seek a job.
Armando, 17, the other son, en
tered Richard Montgomery High
School this week and will finish
his secondary schooling here.
Enid will also be busy studying
for her state examination to
qualify as a dentist. She plans!
to enroll at Georgetown Univer
sity for a year.
The prospects for the family
are excellent, according to Rev.
Fahl. Several agencies have ex
pressed enthusiasm to interview
them and take advantage of <
their many talents. Among his
other interests, Rogelio is an ex- j
pert equestrian, and rode with a j i
Cuban club which competed in i <
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Suit Testing
Liquor Laws
To Be Filed
A suit attacking constitutionality of the county’s 30-
year-old liquor laws was expected to be filed this week in
Montgomery County Circuit Court.
City Lets
Zen Den
Reopen
Zen Den, a young people’s
non-alcoholic club in Rock
ville, reopened last Friday
night with a new name—
“ Harbor Club”—and, possi
bly, a new set of trials and
tribulations.
The entrepreneur, owner
David De Reimer, said member
ship now will be confined to
“those under 21” and will be
under the direction of Terry
Chapman and Danny Butts,
both area residents. Former age
limit was 25.
Chapman, operator of Teen
time Record Shop, will be mas
ter of ceremonies. Butts, an em
ploye of Veteran’s Sheet Metal,
will play host.
The club was closed recently
by Rockville officials until cer
tain installations met city re
quirements.
In the meantime, city officials
said they have asked De Reimer
to furnish them with a mem
bership list so they may de
termine whether a license is
required other than one which
permits the establishment to
operate as a private club.
City Manager Walter Scheiber
said the city has “substantial
proof” that customers were ad
mitted at last Friday’s reopen
ing by the payment of one dol
lar.
He said De Reimer explained
the one-dollar payments were
deposits on annual membership
dues of $6.
De Reimer claims a member
ship of 370, but so far has fail
ed to turn over his list. Scheiber
said from what the city can
learn of the operation, De Reim
er did not keep accurate records
on the one-dollar payers who
made deposits on their member
ship at the door on Friday.
An application by the Harbor
Club’s owner for a permit to
operate a game room on the
first floor of the establishment
(the former E. Montgomery
Avenue location of Worth’s De
partment Store) was withdrawn
last Saturday.
Scheiber said several “games”
which had been placed in the
first floor section of the build
ing have been moved upstairs
to Harbor Club precincts and
the city is about to determine
whether they can stay there
without a special license such as
would be issued to a commercial
establishment.
In Rockville
Taxpayer Not Wildly
In Favor of Dog Law
Rockville’s proposed ordinance to give tickets to dog
owners who allow their pets to roam may have these far
reaching repercussions:
1. Political action by dog-own
ing voters in the next municipal
election;
2. A similar ordinance for
control of cats, which some peo
ple don’t like around anyway.
In a letter to Mayor Frank
Ecker, which followed fast on
the heels of an announced hear
ing date on the ticketing ordi
nance, Dale Barnes, 634 Crocus!
Drive, Rockville, told the Mayor
such control measures will be
"expensive to administer.”
What’ more, Barnes said, “It is
going to force dog owners in
Rockville to unite in some sort
of organization for political ac
tion.”
Barnes minced no words
about tile fact that as a dog
owner “subject to possible sum
-1 mens, I am going to press for.
FLES Issue
Turn to page four of this is
sue of the Sentinel for a
thought provoking “communi
cation” from an expert In the
field of language teaching on
the subject of the county’s for
eign languages program in ele
mentary schools.
Attorney Glenn J. Goldburn
said his suit challenging the
liquor laws would be filed on
behalf of certain restaurant
owners who feel present laws
discriminate against them.
Under the old laws enacted
in 1933 and rarely amended
since, only three county restau
rants and country clubs can
serve liquor by the drink.
As a result of the hesitancy
of legislators to tamper with
the controversial laws, no
changes have been made for
many years. Many restaurants
want such licenses but have not
been able to get them.
Loopholes have been found In
cluding one that enables clubs
to form for the purpose of stor
ing a member’s bottle. Another
practice here Is for a restaurant
to serve "setups” and send a
messenger to a nearby liquor
dispensary to purchase drinks
for its patrons.
Goldburn said two of the
restaurants obtained their 11-
censes when the General As
sembly in 1933 enacted a bill
providing that restaurants
which had 30 chairs and $30,000
capital investment in 1932—the
year before—would be eligible—
and then only In the fourth,
eighth and tenth election dis
tricts.
Calling the old law “discrim
inatory,” Goldburn said there Is
“no way you can possibly com
ply with it.” He said he took
the case only under the condi
tion that If he should lose In the
lower courts, he would be able
to take It up to United States
Supreme Court.
"This Is a completely arbi
trary exercise of police power,"
Goldburn told a reporter. ‘lt’s
a retrospective law and violates
both the federal and state con
stitution.”
If the county laws are ruled
unconstitutional, It could lead to
“wide open” sale of liquor here
as a result of there being—tem
porarily—no regulations on li
cense holders, one legal ob
server predicted this week.
He conceded, however, that
corrective legislation could be
quickly enacted at a special
session of the General Assembly
If need be.
Meanwhile, the case could
drag on In the courts so that a
final ruling would not be hand
ed down for a year or two.
As part of its decision to put
off pressing for liquor changes
now, the delegation unanimous
ly amended the delaying resolu
tion submitted by State Sen.
Gilbert Gude to provide that a
citizens committee which will
study the complex liquor situa
tion would report back by
Jan. 15.
Goldburn said the “10 or so”
restaurants retaining him in the
test case had agreed to concen
trate their fire on trying to win
a Class “B” (wine, beer and
liquor) license for Villa Rosa
I Restaurant in Silver Spring.
slmllar action In regard to cat*
—which I hate. Any lews la rank
discrimination.”
On the subject of Allen J.
Ofensend, assistant to the city
manager who is responsible for
enforcement of dog control
measures at the county seat,
Barnes said "Ofensend is not
now willing to give the name of
anyone who reports a loose dog
to the dogcatcher. He doesn't
want to ‘start any neighborhood
arguments!” If a loose dog be
comes a misdemeanor, Barnes
stated, "I am going to want my
right to be confronted by my
accused enforced, and there had
better be proof or I will sue for
false arrest.
A hearing on the proposed
“ticketing" ordinance has been
set for March 25.