The News Journal from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 22

T-rr if 0 0 Friday, December 31, 1965 22 Evening Journal, Wilmington, Del. Pa. 's Strict Weights-Measures Law Going Into Effect vision and deleted it from the found someone buying and paying for a 20 pound sack of potatoes but getting only 18 pounds," Polaski said. "The designation of 20 pounds was scratched out by pencil and 18 pounds written in, but the price remained the same and housewives overlooked the reduction in quantity." The law requires that potatoes be sold in units of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 pounds or any unit already standardized by law, such as bushels or pecks. Similar efforts were attempted to control the size and weight of bread but the legislature refused to go along with the pro- bill before passing it.

THE new law not only applies to food and clothing but ciga-garettes and tobacco products, as well. The penalties for violation of the provisions of the new weight-and-measures act range from fines of $20 to $500 and up to one year in jail, depending on the number and seriousness of the violation. First offenders will be subject to a fine of $20 to $200; $50 to $500 for second offenders, and $100 to $500 and one year in jail for subsequent violations. act, agents will have the legal right to go into any store in the state and take samples off the shelf to check the contents. Slight variances over and under the figure on the label will be permitted as long as the average of the samples tested comes out to at least the weight listed.

"We want everyone to know just how much they are getting," Polaski said. "Such phrases as family size, regular size, and economy size don't mean a thing. We want everything to be specific 16 ounces, 18 ounces or whatever it is." "Too often in the past we have "jumbo, full, giant, or over." "WHY should a package contain the phrase 'one full Polaski asked. "What other kind of pound is there?" The state official said the new law requires that the exact quantity of the product be displayed prominently on the main panel of the package. "No longer can it be on the side of a box or somewhere in small figures at the bottom," he said.

"The law even specifies how large the letters must be and prescribes a background that will make them stand out." UNDER the provisions of the in relation to their contents are the targets of the new act. AGENTS of the Department of Internal Affairs will have the power to make periodic samplings and investigations of products to determine if they comply with the new standards. If they don't, the agent will then have the authority to order such products off the market and return them to the packer. "Time after time, a housewife purchases a large box only to find it is only half full or less," Polaski noted. Specifically banned will be the use of catch rrhaSes like Day.

HAILED as a milestone in the effort to provide more protection for consumers, the new law is designed to increase the powers of the State Department of Internal Affairs in promoting equity between buyer and seller by eliminating misleading, exaggerated and deceptive advertising and packaging. "We want to guarantee the housewife that she gets her money's worth," explained William Polaski, director of the Bureau of Weights and Measures. Such practices as using giant-sized boxes which are too large HARRISBURG UP) Starting tomorrow, Pennsylvania housewives no longer will have to contend with such traditional shopping gimmicks as the "jumbo" quart, the "full" pound or the "giant, economy" pack. The arrival of 1966 also means service station operators in Pennsylvania must begin posting gasoline prices so the percentage figure can be seen as well as the first part of the price. Iis all part of the far-reaching new weights-and-measures law enacted by the 1965 legislature and signed by Gov.

Scranton to become effective New Year's Peninsula Shorts Dad's Tip Nets Arrest In Hit-Run Curbs Put on Auto Pollution of the Air A Westminster man yesterday linked damage to his station wagon with a hit-run accident and reported to state police his son had the vehicle at the time, police report. WASHINGTON (fl The Health, Education and Welfare The itX i2 have been pollution in 27 states and the Dis lar standards already ernment moves closer today to will make any revisions it trict of Columbia. mntrnl nf the air ool-ldeems necessary, and publisn As a result two youths were THE federal rules would Mine materials which spew! regulations in the register to arrested on a total of six charges in the accident in which adopted in California starting with 1966 vehicles. But a department statement said air pollution research indicates automotive pollutants take effect immediately apply to all gasoline-powered an Ashbourne Hills woman was automobiles and light trucks, from cars and light trucKs. Proposed federal standards, to start with 1968 models, are "WITH these standards," Wel- hurt.

whether manufactured in or im-i ft I I 1 Gard-contribute to eye and throat ir Koino mihiuhprf in the Federa fare secretary jonn w. ritation and possibly to major ported into the United States. They were developed follow p.m?c 'ner said, "we will take an im- Police said the father read of the incident in yesterday's Evening Journal noticed the damage to his station wagon espiratory diseases all parts irespira tor dis, Mr.Keene Gets Manor House Post SEAFORD The Rev. Milton H. Keene, minister of Mount Olivet Methodist Church, will be in charge of the Methodist Manor House, a retirement residence to open in August.

Mr. Keene, author of the column, "Think It Over," which appears regularly in the Evening Journal, was appointed administrator of the house by Bishop John Wesley Lord of the Washington Area of the Methodist Church. He will continue to serve as Mount Olivet pastor until mid-May, with the assistance of the Rev. John N. Link.

The Methodist sponsored retirement residence, now under construction along the Nanticoke River adjacent to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, will have accommodations for 210 residents. The structure, begun this year, is being built at a cost of $3.5 million. It will have individual residence rooms, an infirmary, dining hall, chapel, cook nooks, library, gift and soda shop and physio-therapy department. Hits a Billion SELBYVILLE Chicken Suggested changes can be'portant step toward controlling r.n....; fmm the. nation of the country.

ing this year's passage of the Clean Air Act amendments maae curing ine louum. ah it studies also have ereaiesi single ui nfnnllution" vegetation and property and notified troopers. Carolyn B. Teal, 22, 66 Gerda days. Then which authorized regulation of vehicle discharges believed a the Department w.

r- hazard to health or welfare Circle Ashbourne Hills, released after treatment at Delaware Di vision after her car was flipped over on the Concord Pike just south of Silverside Road. Busker Sees Trailer Tax Law Hints Changes Among other things, the proposed standards would set maximum allowable rates for the discharge of two major automotive air pollutants hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. Hydrocarbons are a ma IT was struck from behind by a green station wagon which failed to stop, police said. Last night the father of John jor ingredient in the formation C. Robinson 17, of the 700 block Ambleside Drive, West By JERRY SAWENZA iget the model number, the sales In Kent iff Tide to Iprice, the age and depreciation, said, We re just getting into.

The new state law making an(j then try to reduce that fig- it. we'll start after the first a ieuidi gts. house trailers subject to prop-jure down to 1950, the same year of the year." He said each of THE pr0p0sed standards for minster, called state police to report that the car was his and that his son had it at the time of the incident. ertv taxes has some "bugs" ta determine replacement assessors wm pe dsneu engines 0f 140 or more cuoic Staff Photo by Frank Fahey locate the trailers his res- mcnes cylinder displacement costs for other real estate." it and may have to be amended, one of its sponsors said to jpective territory. would limit tailpipe exhaust of Police said their investigation Wed 60 Years HE.

criticized the. law showed that young Robinson day (ITHPn nff rials nointert OUt livuiui-muuiio iu "pretty bad legislation. 1.. "In six year's time, I've never I thit taw does not define a not more than 275 parts per uau mc was not driving at the time but rniri rvc uicry mat ia -1 1 a ever orew xnai iaw aiiu u.umu v. ever uiew i u- hnmB nnH this cmA lpad imillion of exhaust and carbon seen a perfect bill yet," that a friend, Richard T.

Sub- oaiu, ,1 prices went soaring for a time Rep. Glenn W. Busher, D-Smyr- eu asmonoxide to an average of 1.5 yesterday at the Poultry Grow luskey, 19, of the 100 block Meri-den Drive, Canterbury Hills, it-- 1 vr per cent by volume over the ers Exchange in recognition of entire life of the vehicle. was at the wheel. General Foods Corp.

They lived 41 years in Rutherford, N.J., before moving to Delaware two years ago. They have two daughters, Mrs. Ferman C. Brice, Newark, and Mrs. John E.

Damerel, Richmond, five grandchildren, and eight na. He saw intent oi me iaw was to provide some relief for owners of permanent homes he said. classifying a preiaoncaiea Busker confirmed that asses-j house that is moved on skids. Mr. and Mrs.

Gardner M. Smith, University Park Apartments, Newark, were honored at a family dinner yesterday, their 60th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Smith is the former Lois Atchley. Both Smiths were born, raised and married in Hamilton, Ohio.

He is a retired credit manager for the billionth pound sold this year on the Delmarva The POLICE said each was ar The average car without an 'sors weren't consulted. "We The law stipulates that the exhaust control system gives and Poultry Co. of Selby- rested on charges of reckless driving, failing to stop at the ville paid $2,052 for six chickens an average price of $342 for scene of an accident and fail and dealers. That seemed, to belapply for a placement permit1 off about 800 parts per million the fairest way." jfrom the Board of Assessment hydrocarbons and 3.5 per ing to identify himself at an cent of carbon monoxide from accident scene. each.

The English Grill chain of restaurants bought six chickens for $837, or $139.50 apiece. He added: "It going to be a each mobile home he owns. problem. There's no doubt about ut fff h. tho Operators of mobile home The charges against Robinson 2 Drivers In Car Held will be heard in New Castle optional rPVPnPthPv take in." parks "if furnished copies of DEATHS Joseph C.

Callis, vinnn oic whnithis law and applications for the who presently carry the luii property tax load. Busker said the law at least provides a "starting point." He and Rep. John P. Kelly, D-Edge-hill, co-sponsored the bill (H.B. 168) which provides for taxation of mobile homes on the same basis as other real property.

ESTIMATES based on returns irom $15 school taxes imposed on trailers indicate there are approximately 7,500 mobile homes in the state's three counties 2,800 to 3.000 in New Castle, same car: is to oress charges under the said placement permits -must 71, Federalsburg, John Eveland. 92. Hillsboro. Miss White was driving the! County Family Court and Sub-luskey will be arraigned later before Magistrate Kathryn A. Downs, Independence Mall, police said.

mavimnm SBnigive a copy ot tne iaw ana ue car when it hit the two parked er within 10 days after the mo fine for owners who move their trailers to evade payment of the tax, and whether the new assessment is to be based on 1950 reDlacement costs, as real es- its exhaust. LESS stringent standards were developed for smaller engines, including the small imported cars, because they discharge a smaller volume of pollutants than the larger engines, the department said. Gardner warned that stiffer controls will be needed before 1980 when motor vehicles will be so numerous as to make the present standards inadequate. Said the secretary: "That will pose an even more serious problem for the motor vehicle industry, and they should begin thinking about it now." bile home has moved into the park. ON or before April 1, the operator must submit to the board of assessment "the names and 3,000 to 3,500 in Sussex and 1,233 jtate js or on current replace- Brick Helps Thief Get Record Player A brick-throwing burglar in Kent.

Iment costs. One county tax official said, i In Sussex CoUntv. R. Glen addresses of all persons having A man and woman were arrested by Wilmington police on motor vehicle law violations after an auto hit two parked cars last night in the 1600 block N. Claymont St.

Lucille White, 22, 800 block Monroe was charged with operating an automobile without a license. Donald B. Gaines, 23, 700 block Monroe was charged with operating an auto while under the influence of liquor, leaving the scene of an accident and allowing an unlicensed operator to to drive his car. Police said this is how two drivers were arrested in the Mrs. Alfred T.

Henderson, 75, Blackbird; Mrs. John M. Collins, 89, Laurel; Harold R. Reynolds, 62, Chesapeake City, Alvin G. Pryor, 58, Smyrna; Thomas G.

Chadwick 65, Townsend; William R. Small-wood, 75, Dover; Alexander Robinson, 70, North East; Otis McGrath, 67, Cambridge, Mrs. C. P. Vincent, 63, Milton.

Passenger, 79, Hurt in Crash A 79-year-old passenger was however, "I know there's a president of Levylmobile homes in his land." cars at 9:15 p.m. Gaines then took the wheel and drove off, only to be halted by police at 14th and Thatcher Sts. Gaines was held in $1,000 bail and Miss White, under $100 for hearings in Municipal Court Jan. 12. Billiards, Cues Stolen Intruders yesterday stole 20 billiard balls and five cue sticks valued at $220 from the Willie Crisconi Billiard Center, 1256 Centerville Road, state police report.

early today smashed a plate glas window at ABC Sales Service, 929 Church grabbed a record player and fled, according to Wilmington police. more. These are just the ones court said, "We've our! Mobile home owners who that are on the tax rolls." )tax asseSsors to run them move out of the county to evade The $15 school 4ax is repealed (trailers) down and try to as-j the tax, or operators who fail to by the new law. jsess them. We've given themj submit the required information, The law also says the trailers authority to hire extra subject to penalties of up to must be assessed and on the tax HE said that, while some $50 fine or 10 days in jail, rolls by April 1, and that's one trailers will be on the books by) The only exemptions stipu-of the "bugs." (April 1, the assessors "don't Hated are for unoccupied mobile Clayton S.

Harrison chief See how it can all be done in homes located on a dealer's dis-assessor for New Castle County, time. Yet it wouldn't be fair toplay lot, and for mobile homes Police were on the scene within minutes after a burglar alarm warning and an anonymous phone call. They picked up a suspect who was later released. hurt torfay when the auto in which he was riding was in Liquor Clerk Locked In, $97 Stolen volved in a collision at 8th and Monroe Sts. pointed out that the existing ap- tax only part of them." jbeanng a Delaware license tag.

Names in the News Larry Mitchell of 600 Dela ware Ave. was treated at Delaware Division for laceration of Fractured Governor A liquor store clerk was forced in a washroom last night by two robbers who fled with about $97. the head and detained for X-ray. According to police, Mitchell was riding in a car driven by Foster Dawkins, 65, of the 700 block W. 10th St.

The Dawkins car and one driven by Alfredo H. Aponte of 604 N. Clayton collided at 8:15 a.m. Police ar Compiled from Dispatches Wallace was a bantamweight Golden Gloves champion in Alabama in 1936-37 and was The holdup occurred about 7 Alabama Gov. George C.

Wallace, a former captain of the University of Alabama boxing p.m. at a liquor store owned fiirst V-i mkt nn-int nrliila ir rt ntit- uiith rested Dawkins on a charge of where Anthony Nedewski, team. Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet Union's first cosmonaut, says a growing number of professions will take part in future space flights. 63, of 829 Tatnall was on duty alone. tui cu ma tigiiL wiiai vyiuig ytui rvaig uui nxui a punching bag in a Miami hotel gym.

A press aide said Wallace was using a heavy punching bag and using a net set of gloves. He is here representing his state in Orange Bowl game activities. Gagarin noted in a Moscow interview that pilots, engineers, a scientist and a doctor have peal period is March 1 to March 15. The new law does not set an appeal period for owners of mobile homes. HARRISON questioned whether that means the mobile home owner has no appeal.

Or does it mean there will be a new appeal period? He said that is one oi many questions he has submitted to Levy Court attorneys for clarification. Busker said, "This has been a bug that frankly I can't answer. Certainly it was not our intent to bypass the appeal." A poll yesterday showed that none of the counties has started assessing trailers yet but all are preparing for the massiva job. Sussex Levy Court, for ex- additional assessors. Harrison said that one af the major problems will be to determine the assessed valuation of the mobile homes.

"The only way I can see we can do it is to Ft. Ord Has New Meningitis Case FORT ORD, Calif. Ft. Ord. closed less than a year been up already in Soviet spacecraft.

disregarding a stop sign. Belting Raid Brings Arrest Delaware State Police, armed with' a search warrant, yesterday afternoon raided a Jeffer-, its occupant on three gambling 1 charges. George J. Pratt, 34, of unit; block Independence was released by Magistrate John Nedewski said the men took $85 from the cash register and $12 from his pockets before barricading him in the washroom. Police said the victim told them that the men did not display any weapons.

Nedewski said one told him It was a holdup and forced him into the washroom. He waited Actor Anthony Quinn and Miss Yolanda Addolori, a member of a prominent Venetian iaiiiiiv, have uav.i uui a iuuiiiugu m-cuac. A mZ i 4 "-J rv '-I Warn jwwaMMi i m'mmimemtMttammsi r-wiitiw i iKiiwii 11 ttni'miwi Quinn, 50, met Miss Addolori five years ago in Italy and they have two sons, Frank, 2, and Daniel, 1. He obtained a divorce last Jan 21 from his first wife, Katherine, daughter of 't if- -Ail 4 fmw4 1 i i the late movie producer Cecil B. DeMille.

there until he was sure they were gone, then opened a window and called for help. Two small boyd heard his Matushefske of Wilmington Man-' or under $2,000 bail for the New Actress Patricia Neal hopes to return to Castle County Court of Common Pleas. cries and ran to the News-Journal where they told Pratt was charged with re their story to James R. Allen ceiving and recording horse racing bets, being concerned in interest in lottery policy writing and possession of lottery tickets foreman of the Evening Journal mail room. Allen notified police and then ran to the Open House for Anniversary ago when meningitis killed a (for football and basketball work within a year.

The 39-year-old Academy Award winner was felled by a series of strokes early this year. Her husband, author Raold Dahl, said in London, "My wife said today she feels certain she will be working within 12 months." Actor Scan Connery secret agent 007 In the James Bond series has been named Britain's most popular movie star for the second straight year. The top 10 stars of 1965, in order, were: Sean Connery, Elvis Presley, Julie Andrews, Sophia Loren, Rex Harrison, The Beatles, Richard Burton, Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole and John Wayne. games.) liquor store. The two men were described as "quiet spoken, tall and heavyset Negroes." Radios Forbidden DOVERCOURT, England (UPD number of recruits, has anotner case.

Army spokesman said it is the first case since the post was reopened for basic training April 1. The post had been closed since Dec. 1, 1964, following an outbreak of meningitis that killed 15 men and affected more than 100 others. to 7 p.m. He is a retired carpenter and she retired after several years with the Sperry-Hutchison Co.

Their children are Capt. Charles E. Nickerson, Ft. Bliss, and Mrs. Henry Dunsmore and William Nickerson, both of McDaniel Crest.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Nickerson, 311 Delaware McDaniel Crest, will be honored tomorrow by their children on their 50th wedding anniversay. An open house will be held at the Washington Heights Century Club, 2300 Baynard from 4 It was the second robbery of the store this year.

In July, Carlino said, he was on duty Anglers have been forbidden to use transistor radios while fishing here because it disturbs when three men entered with Gov. George C. Wallace He used a new set of gloves. weapons and took about $200. the fish.

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