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The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania • 41

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The Morning Calli
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Allentown, Pennsylvania
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THE MORNING CALL. AUentown, Thursday, May 26. 1968 41 La fay ette Lists 5 Honorary Degrees. represented his state in Con The three other honorary de A new engineering building on the Lafayette campus will gress since 1951. Richter, who gxees will go to philanthropist Charles A.

Dana of Bridgeport, la' it, I Iiiir -ft Eugene M. Thore of New York, a. 1925 Lafayette Sen. Winston Prouty of Vermont and Conrad Richter, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, will be among five honorary degree recipients June 3 at the Lafayette College commencement. Prouty, a Republican and a 1930 Lafayette graduate, has graduate and president of the at 10:45 a.m.

the following day. Gov. Hatfield in 1959 received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Lafayette. Richter will receive the honorary doctor of literature degree. His career as an author spans more than 50 years.

He has published 13 novels and numerous short stories. Sen. Prouty will be given th lives in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1951 with his novel "The Town." The author's father, the Rev. John A. Richter, was pastor of St.

Matthew's Lutheran Church, AUentown, from 1917 to 1926. be named after Dana on commencement day. Dr. Bennett will give the baccalaureate address at 8 p.m. June 2 on the South College Plaza.

Gov. Mark 0. Hatfield of Oregon will be commencement speaker on the same site Life Insurance Association of America, and Dr. John C. Ben nett of New York, president of.

Union Theological Seminary. 30 Groups Represented honorary doctor of laws degree. He began his national political career as a congressman in 1951 and has served in the Senate since 1959. This spring Prouty succeeded Monroe Forum Airs Welfare Needs in winning Senate approval for ferral services for children, to aid unmarried parents and chil The present, future and needed health and welfare resources of Monroe County were discussed in a day-long workshop dren born out of wedlock Mrs. Mildred Laky, clinical yesterday in the Stroudsburg psychologist of the Child Guid a development grant to finance a survey of the needs in the two-county area.

The grant figure has been tentatively set at $30,000. Both counties would have to appropriate "about 10 per cent of this amount, he explained. Once the application is granted, he added, the organization ance Center, public schools of YMCA. The forum-type meeting first of its kind in the county, was dinate services," he said. "If any community is to get its dollar's worth out of money invested in services, they must see that the various agencies work together." G.

T. Walters, administrator of Allied Services for the Handicapped, Scranton, described the residential and out-patient services and projected plans, including a new workshop building, establishment of a community residential center for his proposal to pay Social Security benefits to all persons 70 and over, whether or not they have ever paid any Social Security taxes. His proposal was an amendment to the Johnson administration's bill. Dana will be awarded th honorary doctor of humane letters degree. Through the Charles A.

Dana Foundation he has made substantial gifts to numerous education institutions. He is chairman of the board of sponsored by the Women's Club Carbon and Monroe counties, said children are referred to the center for various reasons academic programs, delinquent behavior and emotionally disturbed behavior. Many times of the Stroudsburgs and the Le would be functioning in about high Valley Social Service Ex two months. A director would be hired to conduct the survey. the clinic uses the services of change.

It was attended Dy representatives of 26. agencies and four other organizations." E. Holt Wyckoff Jr. of the mentally retarded in Scran the Dana a leading man- Stroudsburg, a member of the Social Service Exchange board, Jerry Yesalavage, assistant ton and a half-way house for uf acturer of automobile parts. regional coordinator of tne eco the mentally ill.

Thore, who will receive the opened the morning session nomic opportunity program During afternoon discussion sessions, it was generally agreed some of the services in one of a half dozen workshop speakers announced that an doctor of letters degree, has been president and chief executive officer of the Life Insurance Association of America which delved with some of Monroe County's newer services. He said he felt the workshop would give the agency members a chance to think together other county agencies, she said. Mrs. Camille Johnson, executive director of the Guidance center of Northampton and Monroe counties, reported the agency, supported by Community Chest funds, provides a treatment clinic for adults and children under the supervision of a psychiatrist. Paul J.

Franz Exchange Board president, was in charge of the: luncheon session during which other resources available in the county were ex the county were not used to the and take an over-all look at fullest extent, either because since 1964. residents are not aware of them, I Thore is general chairman of because some may be too proud! the 1965-66 annual Lafayette to accept assistance or because i College fund, it isn't always recognized that! Dr. Bennett, nominee for the the resources, to talk together and consider whether the present resources are meeting the needs and to work together and application for federal iunas has been made by Monroe Coun-ty for a "Head Start" program. The proposed program, to be conducted over an eight week period for "culturally deprived" children of preschool age, would involve about 35 children, he said. It is hoped the grant may come in time to start the program in July.

Yesalavage also noted that Monroe and Wayne counties the services are available for honorary doctor of divinity de- everyone. gree, is editorial board chair- Leaders were David J. Ander- man of the journal Christianity son, associate professor of edu-tand Crisis. He has been active cation and psychology. East.

in national and international see what the agencies can do as a team. The newest service in the county was explained by Charles C. Jones, executive director of the Monroe County Children's Bureau. He said the agency's purpose is to furnish. Stroudsburg State College; Mrs.

theological matters and has plained. The varied clinical programs offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Health were described by Dr. Richard Goyne of Wilkes-Barre, medical director of Region 1. "It's highly essential to coor J. L.

Cohen, president of Gir) (written many books and articles Scouts of Monroe County, and dealing with the ecumenical have joined forces as a unit Mrs. Harold S. Pond mem- movement and the social re- and organized an antipoverty committee which is applying for information, screening and re ber of the Exchange Board. 1 sponsibility of Christianity. torists that a school is located nearby.

The marker is manufactured by Holland Suco Color Co. in TANGO, ANYONE? Mary Beth Mengel of Bethlehem appears to be dancing with a ghost, but it's actually a plastic marker used to warn mo Just Like Applying Bandage burgers and. Sticky, Plastic Road Markers Play Role in Traffic Safety hot do steaks aid ribs, do taste figure rubbed onto the pavement by A Stockertown firm is contri-' The illuminated white buting to traffic safety across is placed lying down in the hand or roller to insure instant sticking. the nation by producting plastic stf.et The The firm also supplies markings for airports and parking plastic strips used as markings come in vari markers for streets and high 'street ways. better ous colors and designs.

outdoors -with relishes by lots throughout the nation. Seven state highways depart ments and 31 municipalities "It's as easy as applying an adhesive bandage," Emery declares. A street is swept clean of dust and dirt. The strips are with populations of 130,000 or more are using the material I) Manufactured urder the trade name "Presslabs," the substance is impervious to sunlight, water, oil, gasoline and salt. There are no traffic delays for drying.

Traffic can move over it immediately after William Emery of Bethlehem, sales manager for the Holland-Suco Color says the polyvinyl chloride synthetic plastic has replaced painted crosswalks and the familiar white center line in many major cities of the United States. The pressure sensitive adhesive material can be found along Hamilton Street in Allen-town. Broad Street in Bethlehem and Northampton Street in Easton. One of four companies producing -the product in the coun-j try, Holland-Suco. a subsidiary of Chemetron has laid applied.

The stockertown firm, formal PIDA Approves $380,000 in Loans For 2 Groups Call Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority this week announced -tentative approval of loans worth $380,000 sought by two industrial development organizations. Two applications from the Bucks County Industrial Development Corp. seek $220,000 to provide 352 new jobs. The ly Neff Laboratories, began manufacturing the product in 1951. The plant employes 125 persons.

The U.S. Department of Com merce has requested all states to apply uniform marking standards, and most states, cities and towns are going along with 150 miles of. material in Washington, D.C., and 60 miles in the City of Baltimore. Emery claims Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington had to be painted five or six times a the request, Emery reports. Greater Hazleton Cando has Holland-Suco is currently preparing to produce 96,000 feet of center line markings.

It has been reported by vari ous cities that the markings have not been affected by snow year. But the plastic product, filed for $160,000 to create 47: laid in 1962, has withstood new j0DS an(i a $282,000 payroll. 1 heavy traffic and weather con-, involved in the Bucks appli-! ditions. Rations are a new building for One of the most unusual gad- an optical scanning corporation gets produced by the firm is a in Newtcwn Township and a 53-inch high and 31-inch wide new facility for Eckol "running child" figure used in New payrolls for the two loans school areas. will amount to $2,464,000.

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