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nlng Association and the League
of Women Voters join the Plan
ning Commission In general
disapproval of the WSSC five
year sewage program.
Sen. Barry Goldwater speaks
to an enthralled Chevy Chase
Woman’s Republican Club. Is
he a presidents! condldate? He
says he knew that soon he'‘was
golnt to have to fish or cut
bait” but that he wanted “to
hang on to that bait as long
as I can.”
Twenty-five Rockville pooch
owners get $5 tickets for let
ting their animals run free
after Assistant Manager Allan
J. Ofensend reports that a new
law has been enforced since
May. City receives queries
from other cities throughout the
country on how the new program
works.
John Birch Society organizer
here gets non-committal recep
tion from the School Board to
her vehement charges that
'‘negative”, subversive and un-
American textbooks are used
In county schools.
Council rejects a Maryland-
National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission recommenda
tion and votes to approve ex
tension of the Northwest Branch
sewer line toNorbeck-Norwood
Road as a ‘‘priority’ prolect.
President Floyd points out the
sewer line Is needed to serve
a number of public facilities
In the area, Including Mont
gomery General Hospital.
County Attorney Robert G.
Tobin, Jr., who had said in
June that Council was legally
powerless to restore $1.2
million in funds for new teach
er salaries cut from the Board
of Education’s 1963-64 budget,
tells Sentinel his opinion will
not hold If school officials "have
the facts and figures to prove
an emergency exists.”
A "more lenient” version ol
the proposed ordinance govern
ing parades and public assem
blies Is handed to County Coun
cil members for study.
Board of Education pulls
Montgomery County Junior
College out of nationally-ac
cepted research project de
signed to combat the current
all-time high 1n college l drop
outs; Questlonalres filled out
by 700 junior college fresh
men are lttfjtoiunded because
they represented "an excursion
Into the realm of Invasion of
.privacy.” Educational Testing
Service of Princeton, N.J., who
Is conducting the poll, notes
the Board’s action Is the "only
evidence of any concern of this
type anywhere In the country.”
A proposal to transfer zoning
responsibility from the Mont
gomery County Council to a full
time zoning agency gets unan
imous support of delegates to
the Allied Civic Group.
October
Adolph E. Gude, leading
county businessman and a for
mer Republican leader dies in
Baltimore at the age of 68.
Mr. Gude served for 12 years
as a member of the Montgom
ery County Republican State
Central Committee, and was re
sponsible for leading landscape
plantings at the National Gal
lery of Art, the National Naval
Medical Center, and the
Lincoln Memorial.
Some 40 students of Richard
Montgomery High School lift
the burdens of city management
from the shoulders of Rock
ville city fathers for two
weeks in a mock demonstra
tion of their legislative prowess
during the Sixth Annual Student
Government Day.
Gov. Tawes sets hearing date
for formal clemency hearing
In the case of three Montgom
ery County Negro youths sen
tenced to death on the charge
of raping a white 16-year-old
Hyattsvllle girl.
Plans for a $25 million shop
ping center In the Lakevlew
Center site containing the
Washington’ area’s first com.
pletely air conditioned mall are
revealed.
The ordinance that would
control public assemblies In
the County Is turned back to
County Attorney Robert G.
Tobin for further revision. A
previous revision has elimin
ated Its application to P.T.A.,
civic associations, and similar
meetings
Montgomery County Smoking
Education Committee, after six
months of preparation, gets
ready to place before county
public, private and parochial
school students a complete pro
gram Informing them of the
( dangers of that habit.
J County Council flatly refuses
to provide emergency funds for
hiring 80 new teachers. Cc
ell member Kathryn E. Diggs,
who Initiated the Council’s turn
down of the fund request, notes
"A court’s not going to deter
mine this.”
Maryland Suburban Memor
ial Society, a unique organiza
tion aimed at reducing the high
cost of funerals through pre
planning of burial arrange
ments, Is announced.
School principal Dorothy Co
burn of the North Kemp Mill
Elementary School, the only
School trying out the Amldon
Plan, reports that It Isn’t as
revolutionary as most people,
Including the School Board
thinks.
Rockville’s Urban Renewal
Director Peter Chaney tells
Sentinel the city Is confident
It can begin to acquire pro
perty before the end of the year.
The original time table had peg
ged September as the month
when acquisition would get
underway.
County teachers, through the
Montgomery County Education
Assoclaton, ask that their
starting pay, when they have a
degree be raised from $4700
to S6OOO per year.
Gov. Tawes hears earnest
pleas for maximum clemency
for three young Negroes sen
tenced to die for raping a white
girl. The Governor listens for
two hours to entreaties that
the trio, now on death row
awaiting execution, be freed
at once . Observers say that
no such clemency hearing In
state history has attracted such
attention.
Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
reveals its is considering alter
ing Its corridor plan radically
to allow for population mush
rooms In Olney and Damascus.
At the same time, the planners
revise their estimates of the
growth of Germantown down
ward by 20,000 people by the
year 2000.
Page F. Hopkins, Board of
Zoning Appeals member and
target of conflict of Interest
charges by a county civic
group, says his hands are clean
and that he is "at a complete
loss to know what they are
talking about.”
County farmers worry about
light hay, corn and barley crop,
as drought plagues area. No
rain recorded for 26 days, and
Assistant State Forester Wil
liam |RL. Johnson, who Is also
head of jhe Division of Fire
Coijtrol reports that the onlv
tning that has kept the situa
tion from becoming critical Is
that the state has experienced
extremely light winds.
Council reaches tentative de
cision to annex and rezone over
300 acres of the Pollnger tract
on Route 355. Controversy
over zoning for the tract had
caused developer Milton Pol
lnger to pull out of earlier
annexation proceedings last
year. He reflled in the summer
for annexation by Rockville.
School Board learns that con
troversial college questlon
alres filled out by Montgomery
County Junior College fresh
man will be burned by the Ed
ucational Testing Service, the
organization that administered
the research poll. They noted
that the "six - package ship
ment cannot be returned, but
will be .... destroyed by
burning.”
County Council deliberates
over a request of high-rise
apartment zoning in North
Bethesda on land owned by Alvin
L. and Dorothy Aublnoe. Pe
tition pulls a full house of op
position from neighboring land
owners at public hearing.
State Sen. Gilbert Gude re
ports that developers should
be denied access to major sewer
line extensions through the
Northwest Branch watershed.
The legislator successfully
sponsored a bill last year giv
ing County Council new legal
power to control development
through control of sewer lines.
Montgomery County’s Citi
zens Study Commission on Al
cohol Beverage Laws gains
Council majority recommenda
tion for some liberalization of
the county’s 30-year.old liquor
control system. Council mem
bers are asked to give Indi
vidual recommendations on
specific revisions they favor.
Gaithersburg’s Mayor and
Town Council are requested to
meet with the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission on their newly pro
posed plans for the town and
possible plans for expansion. A
staff report submitted to the
commission disagrees with the
town’s plans for several major
highways, and certain zoning
situations within the town
limits.
Gov. Tawes commutes the
death sentence of three Negro
youths who were sentenced to die
for raping a 16-year-old Hyatts
vllle girl. statement notes,
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"There Is a serious question in
my mind that justice In this
case demands the execution of
these Individuals. . . ”, Giles-
Johnson Defense Committee
meets to Initiate a major drive
for funds so that a new trial
may be secured for the youths.
November
Backers of a proposed S2OO
million planned community for
10,000 to 12,000 adults of 52
years and older on a 1000-
acre tract near Norbeck make
plans public.
Sliver Spring attorney
Thomas E. Schmidt, indicted
by a grand Jury for offering
$50,000 to an attorney for the
Maryland-National Park and
Planning Commission, claims
his action was a joke.
Montgomery County Chamber
of Commerce requests toppri
ority be given for the Improve
ment of six roads at their an
nual "County Government
Night” dinner.
County mourns dead of two
world wars during annual Vet
eran Day service held through
out the county. Gov. Tawes
participates in ceremonies at
the Bethesda-Chevy Chase War
Memorial.
Police Supt. James S. Mc-
Aullffee reveals that resig
nations from the county’s police
force are running twice as
heavy as usual. He notes, that
his department has lost over
108 years worth of experienced
Individual officers’ experience
In "the most exacting work In
the county.”
School Board bans all student
smoking In public schools and
votes to eliminate all existing
smoking areas. Boardmember
Everett H. Woodward cites ex
cerpts from public school laws
of Maryland, which states that
"pupils are prohibited from us
ing tobacco In any form on the
school premises during the
school hours.”
Six active "non-partisan”
community groups receive a
request from the Clerk of the
County Council for lists of their
dues-paylng members, so that
Council can be "better inform
ed” on their representation.
Maryland Court rule which
provides that a "motion for a
new trial shall be filed within
three days after the reception
it a verdict” Is under consid
eration by the Standing Cpm
mlttee on Rules and Pro
cedures, Judge John B. Gray,
chairman of the committee re
veals.
Councilman Thomas A. Wil
son proposes the county look
Into the possibility of acquiring
a site for a municapally-sup
ported auditorium which could
accommodate anything from a
concert to a convention.
Montgomery County Civic
Federation calls on Council and
the Board of Z. nlng Appeals to
prohibit Its members from ap
pearing in rezoning matters as
expert witnesses.
Expediting Committee of the
Maryland - National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
proposes two new zoning class
ifications, the "town sector
zone” and the "residential
cluster zone”.
Sam Elg, noted developer and
owner of the Washingtonian
Country Club and Motel : in
Gaithersburg, is charged with
pressuring Council members to
reverse themselves In a zoning
decision. Elg denies charges
as an "Irresponsible attack on
my Integrity.”
School Board members clash
over procedures used In pre
senting criticism of the county’s
experimental non-graded pri
mary education system. Dis
satisfied parents also make
sentiments known.
County United Givers Fund
workers not only meet their
$175,000 goal but add SIO,OOO
to the amount collected and
hit 105.5 percent of the county
quota.
President John F. Kennedy is
assassinated. County joins U.S.
In mourning loss and services
are held In places of worship
throughout the county. Body
brought to Bethesda Naval Med
ical Center for autopsy.
December
School Board Supt. C. Taylor
Whittier asks for 409 more
teachers, a s6l million oper
ating budget, and a $17.9 mil
lion capital budget for 1964-65.
Activities of the county’s
School Board under close sur
veillance by state and national
teacher organizations, con
sidering the Imposition of sanc
tions which would make It un
ethical for a teacher to apply
for work here. Richard L.
Morgan, legal counsel for the
Commission on Professional
Rights and Responsibilities of
the National Education Associa
tion says, "It Is apparent that
there is continuing discord and
a shocking lack of profession
al employes of the school sys
tem.”
The Montgomery County
Civic Federation and the Al
lied Civic Groups hear a pro
posal that the two groups merge.
One hundred and forty-five
zoning applications filed with
the County’s Department of In
spection and Licenses, many In
volving land now largely unde
veloped in agricultural use.
Sentinel launches Its Christ
mas fund for 109 old folks in
private nursing homes through
out the county and after three
weeks collects $660 allowing
those who have been forgotten
all through the year to be re
membered at Christmas time.
The $350,000 Wheaton Youth
Is opened by the Montgomery
County Department of Recrea
tion, containing social hall with
a seating capacity of 360, roller
skating area, fenced-In patlon,
and special features for senior
citizens.
Plans for a 337 acre com
munity of homes, apartments,
town houses, offices, commer
cial and industrial buildings
and recreational facilities west
of Gaithersburg are revealed
by Danac Real Estate Invest
ment Corporation.
County officials and area bus
inessmen appear before special
grand Jury investigating pos
sible conflicts of Interests.
Three county citizens as
sociations file for Council’s
consideration a renewed re
quest for creation of a rural
zone catagory in which build
ing would not be permitted on
lots of less than five acres.
Hal J. Lackey, attorney for
Alvin L. and Dorothy Aublnoe,
gets preliminary approval for
apartment zoning on a 23-acre
tract in the Wildwood Manor
section of North Bethesda. Re
sidents up In armsl
County Council gives prelim
inary approval to a request by
Bernard N. Siegel for rezonlng
of over 535 acres he owns
between Willard Road and
Hughes Road south of Pooles
vllle. County planners had
hoped to protect the area from
heavy development.
Four Montgomery County
Circuit Court judges clear Leo
nard T. Kardy, state’s attor
ney, of a claim by A.D.C. Judge
that he used his public office
to benefit a client In his pri
vate law practice.
New School Board President
William 'B.' Coyle reports that
goals of the county school sys
tem as stated are perfectly ac
ceptable to him, but notes that
the National Education Associa
tion’s formal investigation of
teacher climate here, Is a
"serious matter.”
Amid cries over county of
ficials using public funds to
finance a convention trip to
Hawaii to attend annual meet
ing of the National Alcoholic
Beverage Control Association,
Council members begin to de
clare expenses Incurred on the
trip and make rebates to the
county.
Numerous spokesmen attend
a crowded hearing on the pro
posed Palisades route held by
the Park and Planning Com
mission and express unanimous
opinion against the $11.4 high
way.
Council axes 24-room win
dowless addition to Albert Ein
stein High School In Wheaton
after School Board asks for
$667,000 appropriation for the
construction.
Sentinel gets tremendous re
sponse to portraits and inaugur
al address of late President.
More than 1100 copies sold In
five days and $lB5 collected
goes to Montgomery County As
sociation for Retarded Child
ren.
Council President Floydpro
poses that the nine "dry” areas
of the county be cut off from
revenues they receive that have
been collected from liquor dis
pensary sales In "wet” dis
tricts.
Isadore Gudelsky, noted area
developer and philanthropist,
dies at Suburban Hospital.
County officials and outstand
ing area businessman attend
services at the Jewish Com
munity Center for the owner of
the Wheaton Plaza Shop
ping Center, the fourth largest
In the country.
Ten civic leaders blast
Poolesvllle zoning approved
preliminarily by Council In a
7-0 vote. Group calls 300-
acres development pro
posal "shocking".
County residents dream and
wish for a white Christmas
and their wishes come true
with 10 Inches of the lovely
stuff.
Santa Claus Is seen heading
over the county and Christmas
morning boys and girls from
Sliver Spring to Damascus find
the fruits of his and Daddy’s
toll.
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