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Wednesday, December 14. 1955
Neuberger Asks Funds
For West Rainier Dike
Washington U.R) The
office of Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger (D-Ore.), said today that
he had asked the Bureau of the
Budget to include funds from a
West Rainier, Ore., dike in its
1957 budget.
Neuberger asked $500,000 for
the project which would pro
vide the only protection for four
miles of a drainage district
along the Columbia river.
The only protection now is a
railroad embankment and Neu
berger said "a similar embank
ment, collapsing in 1948, result
ed in washing away of Vanport
city and caused the most dis
astrous flood damage in half a
century in the Pacific Northwest."
Italy and Germany To
Sign Manpowei Pact
Rome (U.R) Italy and Ger
many will sign an agreement in
Rome next week under which
Italian manpower may be used
in German factories eventually.
No transfer of Italian workers
is contemplated immediately.
But the two governments con
sider it possible in the future if
Germany's booming industry de
velops a manpower shortage and
Italy's unemployment problems
continue.
SUGAR RAY CELEBRATES New middleweight champ'
Sugar Ray Robinson sips champagne with his wife, Edna,
in Chicago to celebrate his victory over Carl (Bobo) Olson.
Robinson knocked out Bobo in the second round of their
championship fight.
Butter From Sandwiches Aids in Escape Effort
Portsmouth, England U.R)
Police said today two convicts
who escaped Tuesday apparent
ly greased their wrists with but
ter from their lunch sandwiches
and slipped out of their hand
cuffs. The escapees were' part of a
group of 28 prisoners being
transferred by bus from a main
land jail to the Isle of Wight
When the bus stopped at the
harbor to meet the ferry, the
two men got away,
Michigan's coastline is equal
in length to the Atlantic coast
line from Maine to Florida.
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Tending Airplane
Beacons Found
To Be Tough Job
Albany, N. Y. (U.R) The
beam from an air beacon stab
bing the darkness from a distant
mountain peak has become a fa
miliar light in this flying age.
But few people know about the
men who keep these sentinels
flickering without fail.
In eastern New York State, a
man named William Conlon,
who works for the Civil Aer
onautics Administration has the
job of tending 15 of the beacons.
Fifteen doesn't seem such a
lot until you learn where some
of them are located.
For example, the one atop
Black Mountain towering above
Lake George. On a mid-winter
dawn, Conlon, a heavy-set man
in his 50's, pulls on snowshoes
and starts up the peak with a
25-pound pack of tools, beacon
parts and a few candy bars.
Part - way up he hits frozen
snow and his snowshoes have to
be fitted with screws on the bot
toms to keep him from slipping
back on the icy glare.
At the top of the 2,600-foot
mountain, he finds an, ice-encrusted
fire tower. To reach the
beacon, he has to chop his way
up iron stairs into the vacant ob
server's lookout and through a
trapdoor to the roof.
With the mercury at 20 below
and a northwest wind whipping
by, Conlon takes off his gloves,
cleans and repairs the light, and
then climbs back down.
He used to have to make the
trip at least once a month. Now,
it's every two months.
Once a year, in summer, he
also hauls six 300-pound tanks
of acetylene to the peak. He
uses a tractor as far as possible
up the trail, then has a horse
pull the tanks one at a time the
remaining mile and one-half
straight up. The job usually
takes a week.
At one time, Conlon also tend
ed the beacon atop the highest
part of the George Washington
Bridge in New York City. Once
he climbed 648 feet above the
Hudson river to fix it but when
he climbed down he got a com
plaint. He had forgotten to turn
on the light.
Along with the beacons, Con
lon cares for boundary lights
and teletype machines at Albany
Airport. He makes no bones
about his preference.
"Teletypes are messy," Con
lon says, "I'd rather climb a
mountain and fix a beacon any
day."
Portland Defective
Head Takes Federal Job
Portland U.R) Detective
Capt William Browne, head of
Portland detectives, said today
he would leave Dec. 30 to accept
a job as a consultant to federal
agencies.
Browne said the. position may
be only temporary but that if it
lasted through March he would
probably apply for retirement
from his Portland job. He has
accumulated time off until then.
BORSCHT REPORT
Hartford, Conn. QJ.R) TJ. S.
Sen. William A. Purtell (R-Conn.)
back from a trip behind the Iron
Curtain, said he didn't think
much of Russian cooking. "Even
the borscht isn't as good there
as it is in America," he said.
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ACME HARDWARE -
BLAST RIPS UNION OFFICIAL'S AUTO Shown above is
the explosion shattered auto of Charles Clark, president of
Local 746, IUE-CIO, Columbus,' O. The car was bombed
as Clark addressed a mass meeting of some 3000 Westing
house strikers at a drive-in-theater a mile from the blast
scene.
Tips on Care
Of Hafs Offered
New York (U.R Rabbits are
scarce, so hat prices are on the
rise. Here are some tips on pre
serving men' hats from an ex
pert, Thomas Beff, hatter:
Don't let a hat accumulate
dust. One drop of rain and you
have a hard-to-remove mud spot.
Brush daily with the nap, using
a medium bristled clothes brush.
(Never use a whisk broom).
Don't use dry cleaning fluids
on spots. Doing this always
leaves a ring. Use a dry rubber
sponge. Don't place your hat on
a shelf unless brim overhangs
the edge. This keeps brim from
buckling. Turn leather sweat
band out overnight during warm
weather. This dries hat and pre
vents staining.
Push out creases, round out
dents, turn up brim and stand
rain soaked hat on leather until
it dries naturally. Don't use ar
tificial heat. Don't continually
snap hat brim for it will cause
shape loss. Hold hat by the brim,
front and back, when placing it
on the head. This will keep
crown crease from popping out.
Store hat -in hat box between
seasons and keep away from
heated radiators. Panamas
should always be kept in a cool
place during the winter.
Finally, when checking your
hat make certain it is not thrown
in a heap with other hats. Which
is easier said than done, if some
popular New York gathering
places are any example.
Fish Sticks Said
Major Development
Gloucester, Mass. (UP.)
Fish sticks are being hailed as
the most important develop
ment in the fishing industry in
two centuries. '
Though the fish stick did not
go on the market until late in
1952, it already has establish
ed itself as a major segment of
the fishing industry.
Monthly production rates soar
ed throughout 1954, reaching 4,
900,000 pounds by year's end.
By last March, the monthly rate
had exceeded 7,000,000 pounds.
Of about 50 U. S. plants pro
cessing fish sticks, 20 are in
New England, with Gloucester
the principal manufacturing
center in the northeast.
Fish sticks are made primarily
from cod. However, ocean perch
(rosefish) and haddock also are
used. The raw material is a big
block or . slab of frozen fillets.
Sizes and weights vary greatly.
These blocks are run through
high-speed saws to obtain small
finger or sticks about SV2 in
ches by 1 inch by 3A inch. Still
frozen, the sticks are placed on
an automatic conveyor that pass
es them successively through a
prepared batter and a liberal
sprinkling of cracker crumbs.
Some sticks are removed at
this point and packaged to be
sold as "raw breaded" fish
sticks. These must be cooked by
the consumer. The remainder
continue through a big tank
where they ere slowly fried in
deep fat, then cooled quickly in
special cooling chambers.
Packing is done by hand, us
ually 10 sticks to a 10-ounce
package, the popular consumer
size. Packages are closed and
wrapped automatically and then
go to the quick freezing room,
Easy Credit by
Private Schools Eyed
New York -4U.R) More stu
dents are going to private
schools today because they can
get an education on easy credit,
according to a banking execu
tive. Privately controlled elemen
tary and secondary schools
showed an enrollment increase
of more than 725,000 students
over last year, said Rudolf Ne
burger, president of The Tuition
Plan, which handles pay-as-you-
go financing of school tuitions
and other fees. Total national
enrollment for the so-called ex
clusive schools, he added, was
4,690,000.
A significant portion of the in
crease in private school enroll
ment, Neuburger said, can be
attributed to wider use. of time
financing in paying school tui
tions and other fees. Total costs
at a private preparatory school
may run as high as $2,000 a
year, he added, although most
run well below this figure and
many schools offer scholarships
which trim the expenses greatly.
Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) It was
really cold cash somebody stole
from James Roaten. Roaten put
$1,000 in cash in his deepfreeze
for safekeeping. It was gone
when he went to look at it.
Help Fight TB
KKHMSIMASX GREETINGS 1955
College Training
Crop Dusters
College Station, Tex. (U.R)
Texas A.&M. College has started
the first college-sponsored train
ing course for crop-dusters.
Last year an estimated 628,-
000,000 pounds of dust and 91,-
000,000 gallons of sprays were
used by agricultural pilots.
College officials said the days
are gone when an aerial appli
cator was a harum-scarum guy
who was here today and gone to
morrow. There was no assurance
in the old days that the crop
was treated properly.
Aerial applicators of today are
responsible businessmen who
plan to' be in business next year
and the year after. They appre
ciate regular patronage as much
as the seed dealer.
Prof. Fred E. Weick, head of
the personal aircraft research
center o fthe Texas Engineering
Experiment Station, directs the
school.
The Texas A.&M. College sys
tem is sponsoring the school with
cooperation from the Civil Aer
onautics administration, the
Texas Aerial Applicators associ
ation and other interested
groups.
"The shortage of good pilots
is always critical," said Gale F
Hanson, agricultural operations
specialist with the CAA, who is
a key figure in the school.
Pilots taking the courses re
ceive instructions in all phases
of their future business from
top-ranking specialists in the dif
ferent fields.
Dr. J. C. Gaines, head of the
department of entomology, who
has worked with aerial control
of insect pests for more than 20
years, and his staff provide in
struction in this field.
Weick and his as s i s t a n t
George A. Roth will provide in
struction in aircraft care and
service, calibration of equip
ment and distribution patterns,
seeding and fertilizing and laws
and regulations on the subject.
The course runs five weeks,
with presentation of certificates
to those who qualify.
ieMISTMASjCREETING
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LOT OF MILEAGE
Marion, 111 (U.R) Will West
brook, of nearby Creal Springs,
certainly can't complain about
the wear he got from a pair of
tan walking shoes. Westbrook
bought the shoes for $7 in 1915
from a shoe store here. He wore
them only on Sundays and spe
cial occasions until 1948, but now
he wears them every day.
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