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PHILADELPHIA DAILY INI IS W'; An Afternoon Nawspopar Published by TRIANGLE PUBLICATIONS INC, 22nd and ARCH Philadelphia 1, Pa WALTER H. ANNENBERG, PRESIDENT GORDON f. CHEW, PUBLISHER J. RAT HUNT, MANAGING EDITOR Volume XXXVI No. 203 Talaphen tOcutl 3-5200 JJ Sibicription Rataii Daily $12.50 a Vaan (1 .23 a Month SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1960 Congratulations! Messages of congratulation from all over the world are pouring in on President-elect and Mrs.

John F. Kennedy on the birth of their first son. We add our own. And we are happy that both mother and son are reported "doing beautifully." We hope, that the baby's sister, Caroline, has a happy birthday tomorrow. It's her third, a very important day in a young lady's life.

tXli4 I'Q Have Fun Safely And Now for the Big Decisions Jerry Doyle is ill From tha N. T. Journal-America. Letters to the Editor continuing Results Last August the Daily News ran a feature story on Talking Point The Blame In the light of the painful exhibition by undisciplined citizens in New Orleans, it seems well to remind ourselves that tha whole patten for this despicable conduct was established by the Governor and the members of the Louisiana Legislature and Louisiana Congressmen and Senators. Had these "sterling citizens" acted with discipline and with respect for law and order and with a Just regard for the principles of American democracy, such, a posture would have contributed much to the self-control of the people.

CALVIN D. BANKS Field Secretary, NAACP "All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth." ARISTOTLE 'Heartless' After reading the article In the Daily News about the poor dog that was rescued from the river and taken to the Penna. SPCA at 350 E. Erie I must say I am very upset. How could anyone who owned this do? be so heartless and leave this animal to its fate? MARIE A.

GRASBERGER our family's business, the Toy Club, Inc. As you know, Is made up of hundreds of small businesses conducted by housewives in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Since your story appeared, I have received dozens of calls from our demonstrators telling me about the amazing response to your article. Everywhere they went, our ladies were greeted with "Oh, are you with the Company we read about in the Daily News?" We try to keep the Toy Club a warm, family business. The key words in We are now about in the middle of what police warily call "The Big Weekend." It began Thanksgiving Day and continues through tomorrow night.

Police are worried about traffic accidents, drunken driving, burglaries and other troubles that mount this time of year. Philadelphia is' proving itself again worthy of the title we gave it last year "Football Capital, U. S. Thursday was the Penn-Cornell game. Today is the Army-Navy game, with more than 100,000 spectators in Philadelphia Stadium.

Tomorrow the Eagles play the Giants in Franklin Field, before a sell-out crowd of 60,000. There are many scholastic games. Still to come is the Liberty Bowl game, this year between Penn State and Oregon on Dec. 17. Big games mean heavy traffic.

Shoppers and football game, spectators vie for street space. Tomorrow night comes the big homeward rush for many motorists who have managed a four-day holiday. We join in Mayor Dihl'orth's plea for as many as possible to use public transpbrtation. PTC is adding buses and subway trains for shoppers and football fans. The Reading is adding a "Christmas Special" for shoppers on its Operation Northeast.

We hope you have fun on the Big Weekend and get hpme safely. If you drive, remember the other motorist, and pedestrians. The Thanksgiving weekend should be a time for giving thanks, not for mourning. Including the Russians Philadelphia is accustomed to having delegations from other American cities com0 here to study our transportation system. But this weekend Our Town is showing it off to a group of Russian railroad officials.

The 10-man delegation is headed by a Soviet minister of full cabinet rank B. Beschev, Minister of Railroad Transportation Enterprise. Yesterday the delegation visited the Pennsylvania Railroad's ore pier on Delaware Ave. Then they watched the Pennsy handle homeward bound shoppers and commuters at Suburban Station. It was "Big Friday," traditional start of the Christmas shopping season and part of "The Big Weekend" (see above).

Today the Russians will watch operations at 30th St. Station, including the handling of mail, train dispatching, And then inspect something new in world railroading a hotbox detector at Berwyn. Later they'll visit Pittsburgh. Incidentally, the Pennsy has just asked the Public Utility Commission to abandon all suburban commuter service in the Pittsburgh area. Philadelphia keeps its commuter service thriving.

The trip here is part of a U. exchange program. It follows by about six months an inspection tour of Russian railroads by U. S. rail executives.

We trust the Russians return home impressed with the fact that U. S. railroads have invested more than $15 billion in improvements since World War II. That's private capital, our Red visitors please note. Memo for Historians (Political Issues Div.) The mayor of Torri Benaco, a resort town in Italy, has been defeated for reelection because he opposed Bikini bathing suits.

Merchants claimed his ban hurt tourist business. our vocabulary are "friendliness" and "trust." Apparently the Daily News is the same kind of newspaper. Its local influence precedes us everywhere we go. A big "thank you" from the whole family. FRANK AND ROSEMARY CALLAN Query Since the ordinance beginning Nov.

28 will prosecute offenders for littering, I suggest that many will suffer through no fault of their own. I have found that between Spring Garden St. to Lehigh Ave. and from river to river, many children and grownups throw litter on other people's pavements. Why should householders be punished for something they did not do? OBSERVER "Room Service Has Defected, Fidel.