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Dennis, The Menace Paul Harvey 15 One works in the out of every six persons less than 40 hours a week U.S. Th Burlington Frit Prtu Thursday, April 5, 1954 Navy Says 'Petrel' Missile Has Shown High Degree of Reliability WASHINGTON, April 4 Navy has listed some of the secrecy around the 'Petrel" guided missile and said it has performed Vermont's Largest Savings Association Announces JEW POSTAGE PAID SAUE-BY-MAIL PLAN with an "exceptionally high" degree of reliability. The Navy and Fairchild Engine Airplane Hagerstown, indicated in a joint announcement that the Petrel air-to-surface missile is "one of the more complex" types now in production. The Petrel was described as Death of the Salesman WALK UP TO THE HARDWARE SECTION tomorrow. Probably you'll wait in line to get waited on.

Maybe you'll get what you ask for. But where somebody might easily expand that sale by the mention of a related item or nobody will. As long as there's a waiting line, the clerk figures why should he bother? And the competition for jobs is not keen in this era of peak employment. If the employer asks anything "extra" of his sales clerk, he'll have a vacancy to fill tomorrow. Again nobody wants a depression to cure this slothfulncss.

1 A SEVERE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION Invites a worse hazard in the form of cheaper dollars, increased regimentation of our economy. But I can't help wondering if the lost science of salesmanship isn't reflected in our conduct of international affairs. Free competitive American capitalism is the best economic system in the world. It has blessed our little 7 per cent of the earth's people with more than half of all the world's good things. We have the best product! BUT A LESSER PRODUCT-COMMUNISM has been sold to 100 million new customers in the past 10 years by better salesmen! These have bought.

A third of the people of the earth arc still shopping. Slogans, labels, premiums, free handouts won't do it. Either we start selling or we're likely to end up begging. havin; an intricate "electronic IflS brain" which virtually thinks itself and guides the missile target at high speed. Primarily Against Ships The weapon was described an air-to-sunace missile ly for use against enemy sea to primari ships However, in the Fairchild annual report the Petrel was refer red to as an air-to-underwatcr missile, meaning it was designed pri marily tor antisubmarine The Navy said a number of carft already are equipped the Petrel.

"Launched by patrol well outside range of the get air defense, the missile tacks at high speed and with vastaung euect, tne joint nouncement said. Use of the new missile will save the plane pilot from activity There, there hombv Don't cry. YOUR GET 1M THE CBR5AL? Burlington Federal Savings and Loan Asso Vermont Briefs LONDONDERRY A bold bob schoolhouse now pays the postage BOTH WAYS on all Save and Mortgage payment transactions. EVERY MAIL BOX is now a branch of our Associa antiaircraft hazards which attack-plane aviators met in World War II when they closed on the tar here. Desks were ransacked, but there was no apparent damage.

Entrance was gained by breaking a window. open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Let the cat attempted a raid on a hen house, and found it was a fatal mistake. Mrs. Leo Dumais heard fran tic squawkings and rushed from the house, grabbing an iron bar BELLOWS' were killed from the porch.

She encountered nam country the thief with a chicken in his mouth, and connected with the train on the which plowed get. Eliminates Pilot Loss FALLS-Seven deer opposite the Rocking- "Thus Petrel virtually Club by a freight nates the potential loss of ble, highly trained pilots as as costly planes and equipment." Rutland Railroad, through a herd of unknown number. bar. The chicken was uninjured. LUDLOW The bobcat weighed only eight year-old The Petrel is in production the Fairchild Guided Missiles Ronald R.

Goshea vision plant at Wyandanch, N.Y. It was tested extensively, Hospital after drink at the Naval Ordnance Test at his home. tion, Chincoteaguc, and L. son of Mr. and Mrs.

Ronald R. Goshea of Ludlow, died save you time, effort, parking problems and expense. EARN HIGHER DIVIDENDS on your savings 3 PAID FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. Earn 1 extra on a bonus savings account osk bonus folder. BURLINGTON FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Main St.

Opposite Post Office Burlington, Vt. Insured to $10,000 by Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and a half pounds. in bpnngfield RUTLAND Four area men ing kerosene were scheduled to tour Windsor prison yesterday as members of a committee appointed at the Ver EAST televesion by the Fleet Operational Development Force. BURKE-A 124- minute show has been filmed 'The missile performed mont Conference on Social Wel here, to be a degree of reliability considered exceptionally high for such a sophisticated weapon," the Navy said. presented on the Ar-lene Francis Home show.

Its purpose is to give a better understanding of how rural Vermonters live. i Rear Admiral F.S. Withington, GENERALITIES ARE. RARELY FAIR. There are most always exceptions.

So there are still some salesmen left over from another era. But the average chap you encounter in a filling station or behind the piece-goods counter or in the furniture store is no longer a salesman. He's an "order-taker," nothing more. The sales force is the traditional front line of our industrial revolution. The lot of mankind has been made easier, his product better, his standard of living improved only to the extent that he has been able to sell himself or his output.

SHOP THE NOTIONS COUNTER, THE dress shop, the grocery store. Self-service has replaced salesmanship. Prosperity and plentiful jobs have helped to make us all fat. Nobody really wants to change that. But when we got fat, we got lazy.

And one of the most important arts we lost was the art of selling. "But," you say, "we are moving our merchandise anyway." That is so. BUT ADVERTISING IS DOING IT, NOT personal, customer-contact salesmanship. Trick trademarks, catchy jingles, fancy lables, mass media These techniques plus momentum are keeping our merchandise moving. But you'll scour the town before you'll find a really skilled sales person anymore.

And you'll find few of the new crop of graduates who want to be one. Bennett Cerf MERfi MENTION OF THE NAME OF Howard Hughes, millionaire toolmaker and movie tycoon, makes Hollywood folk rush to tell you scores of stories about his rather unconventional, behavior. Hughes is notorously careless about his attire; seeing him for the first time, visitors often refuse point-blank to believe that the unshaven, sloppily dressed young man with the soiled, scuffed white sneakers can possibly be one of the richest and most powerful figures on the West Coast. At one time, the whirlwindy Hughes went on a long-distance telephone kick, tying up the only booth in a Los Angeles drug store for hours at a time. The indignant druggist, unaware of the tycoon's identity, finally ordered him from the premises.

Hughes soon had the phone company install a second booth. "Satisfied now?" he asked. The druggist was not only satisfied, but Dr. George Crane CASE R-319: LOIS.L., 17, IS A VIVACIOUS high school senior. "Dr.

Crane, Lois is fairly popular," her father informed me, "but she has a bad habit that occasionally 'gets her into trouble. "Lois chronically borrows clothes from other girls and then forgets to return them. "She doesn't need those clothes, for her mother outfits her very generously and much beyond the average girl's wardrobe. "But whenever Lois sees anything attractive on any of her girl friends, she wants to wear it. What is wrong with her, anyway? Her older sister never was like that." LOIS, BEING THE YOUNGER DAUGH-ter, is inclined to be the extrovert.

And extroverts have little aversion to borrowing. Remember the Prodigal Son? He was a typical extrovert. The oldest child is more shy and reticent. He hoards his possessions. He is usually squeamish about wearing the clothing of other people and doesn't like for them to borrow his things.

But the extrovert is causal, carefree and careless about meticulous details such as repayment dates and interest rates. "Creditors," said Benjamin Franklin, "have better memories than debtors; they are a superstitious sect, great observers of days and times." Franklin was being humorous in thus describing the introvert creditor) vs. the extrovert (debtor). But his observations are very true. THE INTROVERT ALSO TENDS TO BE extra proud.

He doesn't like to feci under obligations to others. He wishes to win by his own unaided merit. Thus, he may resent following in his father's footsteps, so he launches into a different trade or profession. Saul Pett NEW YORK (A IT WAS A ROUGH WEEK for higher education all around the. world.

In Damascus, Syrian university students rioted while demanding an easier course in anatomy. They won their case at the cost of some minor changes in their own anatomy; 19 were injured. In Rangoon, 2,000 students felt they were stabbed in the back when an examination was called off after the questions were published in a local newspaper. They stoned arid stormed the education director's office. Police broke up the mob with gunfire.

Three students were injured. IN KYOTO, JAPAN, SOME 140 MEMBERS of the graduating class at Kyoto University Law School deliberately flunked theia; final exams. Bob Thomas HOLLYWOOD W-CAN A GIRL BE TOO pretty for pictures? Lori kelson thinks so, and she is doing something about it. No doubt about it, Lori is one of the prettiest girls around these parts. But that is not necessarily an asset, says she.

Here's her reasoning: fc "Hollywood is full of pretty young girls. You see them all around. It's not too hard for a girl to make a splash on account of her looks. But if you expect to carve yourself a career in this town, you have to take- one of two courses. "ONE, YOU'VE GOT TO GO AFTER THE sexy buildup.

But I don't think I'm the Marilyn Monroe type. "The other course is to make a name for yourself as an actress. It's hard to do, but it can be done girls like Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Eva Marie Saint have proved that. "But it's so hard for a girl like me to break Questions and Answers A readrr can fret th aniswer to any question of fact bv writinff The Burlington Tret Press Information Bureau. 1200 Eye Street.

N.W. Washington 6, D.C. Please enclose 8c lor return postage. PODRES: Q. What is Johnny Podres' ancestry? How is his name pronounced? A.

The Brooklyn Dodger's pitcher is" a New Yorker of Lithuanian ancestry. His name is pronounced Tod-res." OLD: Q. What state has the greatest percentage of old people in its population? is it Florida or California: A. Florida does not lead in the percentage of residents over 65 years of age, and neither docs California, although in both states the rate gain is well above all others. The state which (AV The chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, said the Petrel "is one of the more complex missiles both elec tronically and dyanmically developed by the Navy to date." No details were disclosed on the specifications or performance, but it was reported the missile is dow ered by a Fairchild J44 jet engine.

Snark Flies 2,000 Miles Information on the Petrel was made public a day after informed sources said a Snark guided mis sile had flown 2,000 miles into the central Atlantic after being for launched from Cape Canaveral in its rionda.t This was said to be the longest wiown distance ever covered by any pilotless aircraft. The teit flight of the jet-powered Snark was said to have taken place a as at few days ago. Pentagon informa tion officials declined to comment on the report. Research in the missile field is aimed at developing an intercontinental missile capable of reaching 5,000 miles. patrol with Officials who tested the Snark on its record run were said to have been trying to determine more about its range than its load- aircraft tar at carrying ability or maneuverabil dev ity.

an The Snark is being produced by Aircratt Hawthorne, Calif. thus the Internal Revenue Collected $67,672,000 tion From Vermont in 1955 WASHINGTON, April 4 W-The elimi valua Internal Revenue Service has well reported its tax tollections in 1955 totaled $69,294,764,000, compared at with $67,322,691,000 for 1954. Di State totals included: 1955 1954 Maine 168,415,000 165,215,000 first Mass. 1,869,773,000.1,820.885,000 Vermont 67,672,000 72,535,000 Sta later Conn, 1,215,636,000 1,214,677,000 N. H.

124,334,000 119.984.000 R. I. 285,377,000 283.914.000' with The number of people in the United Kingdom is increasing at the rate of 34 one hundredths of a per cent compared with 1.7 per cent a year in the United States. OPEN EVERY FRIDAY A The ciation by-Moil mail DIVIDENDS up to for free 186 Accounts Try And Stop Me speechless He had tried vainly for two years to get that second booth! 0 The Worry Clink The extrovert sees that.it is much easier to capitalize on his dad's pioneering, so he takes advantage of the chance to go into partnership with his father under a "Father Son' label. Even quiet, introvertive Abraham in Biblical times showed the typical independence and extra pride of the introvert.

FOR WHEN FOUR KINGS ATTACKED SO-dom, they captured Abraham's nephew Lot, plus all the city, and routed Sodom's king, plus several other monarchs leagued with him. Abraham then armed his servants and vanquished the four invading kings, recovering Lot and all the other booty. When the King of Sodom later asked Abraham to take all the spoils, except for Uie worn en and children, Abraham replied (Genesis I will not take from a thread to a shoelatchet, and 1 will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, 1 have made Abram rich." Any Prodigal Son would have taken the loot gleefully! But that is a vital difference between introverts vs. extroverts. SOME GIRLS WHO FEEL SOCIALLY Inferior, eagerly wish to "ape" or imitate their more popular classmates, which also explains the desire to wear the latter's clothes, necklaces and other jewlery.

Even early savage tribes did likewise. In fact, they'd eat the heart of brave foes, thinking this would then make them brave, too. For an interesting "Test of Introverts vs. Extroverts," send for my "Vocational Guidance Kit," enclosing a stamped return envelope, plus 20c. It contains several other tests that are fun for party games, as well as helpful yardsticks for building successful personalities.

Oddities in the News Why? No jobs waiting for them. Besides, it's cheaper living in college than outside. In California, a Pasadena City College student was arrested for throwing a home-made bomb at and damaging the home of his psychology teacher. THE HOUSTON MISSING PERSONS BU-reau should have no trouble in finding a missing husband whose wife described him thus: "He has a flat forehead and a large nose, and mouth. All in all, he looks like a In Muskegon, 19-year-old Diana Titus won a divorce after stipulating that her husband asked her to help him quit smoking and then accused her of nagging when she tried.

A New Orleans bar, popular with seamen, posted this sign: "We don't have a television set, but we guarantee a fight every night." Too Pretty for Hollywood? out of ingenue roles. I don't mean that I want to play character women. But I'd at least like to play character ingenues." YOUNG LORI HAS HER EYE ON A RQLE that she thinks would help her escape from playing the girl friend of film heroes. It's the part of a deaf, dumb and blind girl who is treated wretchedly until she is befriended by Joan Crawford. The picture is called "The Story of Esther Costello." "NOBODY THINKS I CAN PLAY IT, BUT I do," she said resolutely.

"To prove it, I had the makeup people at Paramount fix me up so I looked a mess. I had some pictures taken and have sent them to the director, David Miller. So far she hasn't heard, but she's hoping. And, lest the cynical suspect that it's all a publicity scheme, let me add that she doesn't employ a press agent. It's all her own idea and she's hepped up about it.

0 Send in Your Query ranked first in percentage of old people in a recent study was New Hampshire, with 10.8 per cent of its residents over 65. Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Missouri, North Dakota, and Kansas all had over 10 per cent, but Florida with 8.6 per cent and California 8.5 per cent were close to the national average, 8.1 per cent. TELEGRAM; Q. Was the 208-foot congratulatory telegram received by Dr. Jonas Salk, discoverer of the polio vaccine, the longest ever transmitted? A.

No, the birthday telegram sent to Presi-ident Franklin D. Roosevelt on Jan. 30, 1934, was much longer and is believed to hold the record. It was 4 mile long, required 19 hours to transmit and cost $421. fare to study the problems and care of the state's youthful offend ers.

Those planning to attend were Arthur S. Funke of the Guidance Center; Frank A. Mazza of the Probation and Parole De partment; Municipal Judge Ed ward G. McClallen and State's Atty. Earie J.

Bishop. RUTLAND-The Rutland School Board has approved special com mittees to study salaries for coaching at Rutland High School. The future of the Meldon School building, when the seventh and eighth grades move to their new site next year, will also be stud ied. Two requests have been re ceived for the use of the building One is that it be used as a recreation center, the other that it be used as a teen-age center. POULTNEY The new swim ming pool at Green Mountain Jun ior College here will be opened to morrow night, and will be dedicated April 27 and 28.

BELLOWS FALLS Rob- ert J. Malley will head the new Bellows Falls field office of tne New England Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Malley's most recent assignment was at Water-bury, where he was opera tion officer for the Disaster Re lief Office after the floods in west ern Connecticut and western Mas sachusetts. SHARON Mark G.

Drown of Sharon has said he is considering running for Windsor County sena tor, but has not yet made up his mind. He said he would have no announcement until about April 25, the date of the district Republican women's meeting in Springfield. SHAFTSBURY-State police are investigating vandalism at the Norlhfield Names Robert Pierce H. S. Principal NORTHFIELD.

April 4-At a special meeting of the Northfield School Board Saturday evening Robert Pierce, who is completing his second year as principal of Hardwick Academy, was elected principal of Northfield High School for the next school year. He will succeed Lloyd Crane, principal of the local school the past six years. Crane has resign ed to accept a position in the department of education at Norwich University. Pierce taught in Northfield High School for six years and was the assistant principal before going to Hardwick. Coming to Northfield from Lynddnville, he was graduated from Norwich University in 1948.

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