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166TH YEAR. NO. 170. rnVXZ 254,273 LANCASTER, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1960. Copr TOP 10 LOCAL STORIES OF THE FIFTIES Snowstorms, Hurricane Placed At Top Of Poll -TRILLION U.

S. OUTPUT SEEN FOR '60 Only Selfishness In Strike Deadlocks Considered Threat By STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of Commerce Frederick H. Mueller pre dicted Thursday that national output will reach a half trillion dollar -an-J nual rate within six months unless stalled by "stubborn Rogers Hints Gov't Regulation Possible If Hoaxes Continue By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL AUGUSTA, Ga.

(AP)-Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers i selfishness in strike dead i Trffmifrifllilliniiiiifc --nrhirtriwir? 1 i locks." In a New Year's forecast, Mueller said his department's analysts expect 1960's prosperity to exceed that of 1959, "the best yet." reported Thursday that rigged TV shows perpetrated a gigantic hoax on the nation and that federal agencies failed to use fully their power to combat corruption. Rejecting the view of some MRS.

PAUL F. SMITH ROBERT S. KING economists that the advance in jobs, income and production may Rogers said this power is ade-iis broadcast." He said that sta-quate to take care of abuses, de-tioI could be required to obtain MRS. H. M.

LAUSCH 3 Intell Readers Win Subscriptions Their Selections slow and turn down next fall Mueller foresaw output pushing Top News Events Oi The Decade Here's how Intelligencer Journal readers and staff rated the top 10 local stories of "The Fantastic Fifties," according to a poll taken of the two groups: past the 500-billion-dollar annual independent, outside producers, warranties that a contest program substantial new legislation is 1 1 1 fS III Sr (( vL. If Wirt fciinriiUMiniiiiiKaniiMi i ilnii iHflMn nmnii 'r mih-mum rate to "still higher levels a year from now." This year's level is needed. But he did urge that pay is what it purports to be. What Rogers was proposing con ola undercover payments to em estimated at about 478 billion. It took the Intelligencer Journal ployes of broadcasting stations- readers to do something about the be made a federal crime, and that trasted with some of the offhand impressions Eisenhower had at the time he asked Rogers to The commerce secretary, newly home from his own goodwill and trade tours to Europe and Asia, federal sanctions over broadcast weather.

They named two weather dories as the outstanding local news events of "The Fantastic ers be expanded. credited President Eisenhower's 11-nation peace mission with hav Fifties." And he waved at television and radio networks the possibility that legislation could be enacted later ing -opened fresh opportunities for STAFF Gibbs Case Snowstorms. KLM Crash (tie) Hurricane Hazel Area's Economic Boom Wage Tax Amish-School Problem Politics Paratyphoid Changing City UE-IBEW Fight at RCA READERS 1. 1958's Snowstorms 1. 2.

Hurricane Hazel 2. 3. KLM Disaster 3. 4. Gibb's Murder Case 4.

5. Amish-School Problem 5: 6. Polio 4. 7. Wage Tax 7.

8. Paratyphoid Epidemic 8. 9. Lancaster's Water 9. 10.

Maj. Simons 10. to bring them under direct govern American exports. CALL FOR WISDOM "At home, a word of caution Leading the decade's ten best local stories, according to Intell readers, was 1958's pair of crippling snowstorms. And right behind the snowstorms in second ment regulation.

They are not sub ject to such regulations now only Let us be wise and wary," he make the study of abuses in broadcasting. TERRIBLE THING' At a news conference in Augusta, Oct. 22, the President told a questioner that if there was TV rigging, "It's a terrible thing to do he American public," ha tadded that he had made an inquiry of his own right away "and so far as I can see up to this moment the executive branch of Torn To Page 4 For More Of ROGERS individual stations. The report was made to Presl said. place was a 1954 weather phenomenon, hurricane Hazel.

Should there be excesses in dent Eisenhower, who requested it The ten top local stories were credit, severe inflation and stub last October after the extent of born selfishness in strike dead Michael J. Quill, president of the New York City Transport locks, then prosperity could be Workers Union, holds up five fingers Thursday after announcing the TV quiz show rigging had be gun to emerge. CREDITS FCC, FTC It credited the Federal Commu checked. the TWU had extended its midntaht Thursday strike deadline to five The stories were scored on a point system. The one indicated as the top story on each entry was given 10 points, the second, 9 points, and so on through 10 stories.

The points from all the entries were totalled and the results show in the ratings above. In the reader survey, the top four stories were comparatively close in point count. In the staff survey, the Gibbs case was far in front of all the other stories. o'clock Friday morning. (AP Wirephoto by Photofax) nut if natural interest pre vails, the next year will be period of record-breaking busi nications and Trade Commissions and the broadcasting and advertising industries with having taken an active interest in cleaning up ness activity and high employ- ment.

There will be more money, more spending, more profits and INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Bus, Subway Strike Looms corruption and deception. 46 Die On Area Roads But Rogers still cracked a whip moi jobs. The country's population growth AT ALL-TIME HIGH over all of them. three mililon a year, will mean He said that "while advertising chosen with a point count system using the readers' entries in the contest as the basis. The snowstorms which made the winter of 19S8 the most severe in county history outranked the other stories but Hurricane Hazel, the KLM air disaster and the Cibbs murder case followed very closely behind in that order.

2 Hazel was the first hurricane ever to hit Lancaster County with any intensity. And she will ba remembered for some time if tha Intell readers are any indication. No. 3 The KLM airliner crash was the worst disaster in the history of the county. It occurred in 1958 off the coast of Ireland.

The airliner crashed into the sea with 99 aboard. Among them were 14 area residents returning from NEW YORK (AP) The stock 180 million Americans in 1960 '60 To Bow In Good Weather, Cold And Clear 1 Infant 1960 was due to arrive in Lancaster County under almost Mueller said. He translated this market climaxed a year-end rally For New York revenue must continue to serve as the economic base for the (broadcasting industry, it should expansion into widening markets. During Year Thursday with a slight advance which carried the Dow Jones aver greater savings and increased in not be permitted to overwhelm vestment in job creating indus it." -He said that under existing law With only three hours remaining age of 30 industrial stocks to a new high. tries.

"All these factors can fashion in the year. Lancaster County's the government had "substantial NEW YORK r.P)-Xew York braced Thursday for a strike at 5 a.m. Friday that would tie up the city's vast network of subways and buses that carry some the 1960-1970 decade into the most highway fatality toll for 1959 stood Despite late profit taking by perfect weather conditions today, challenging and most rewarding of traders anxious to turn their paper as the weatherman called for fair at 46 lives, nine less than the previous year and the lowest total here in six years. profits into cash, the market skies and chilly temperatures. nistory, he said.

"Of course there will be pauses and hazards as well as bright eight million fares daily. With negotiations stalemated Boy Driver9 Career Nipped A thirteen-year-old Man-heim Twp. boy was apprehended by city police Thursday night, minutes after he took a car from the RCA parking lot to go "Joyriding." Guards at the RCA plant called city police at 6:22 p.m. when they discovered that a 1959 car belonging to Robert Reynolds, Paradise Rl, was missing from the lot. Reynolds, an RCA employe, said his car was taken from the lot Tuesday, driven several miles, and returned.

Reynolds informed city police and plant guards, who kept an eye on the car while it was parked in the lot Wednesday and Thursday. When the guards found the car was missing Thursday, they immediately called police. Sgt. Howard E. Wissler and Officer Harry Aichele apprehended the youngster driving the car at Grofftown Rd.

and Riverside Dr. wound up 1939 with a healthy gain Sunshine is expected to prevail prospects and forward steps. on the year. means to combat the excesses of commercialization in broadcasting" but "those means do not appear to have been used as effectively as they can be." He said the FCC clearly has authority to consider deceptive programs and advertising in connection with licensing of stations but "the commission has used this authority sparingly in both today and Saturday, accord It was the first time since 19o3 that the Garden Spot hadn't recorded a annual death count in the fifties. pilgrimage in Europe.

All perish Mayor Robert F. Wagner issued a 16-point plan of action to keep municipal departments operating ing to the weatherman. The mer The Dow Jones average rose 2.39 to close at 679.36. topping the previous peak of 678.10 established ed. CIBBS CASE NO.

4 and to cope as best as possible cury will range between 32 and 38. But, if government and the public have the economic wisdom and the moral force to take full advantage of our unprecedented opportunities, the best time of our Three of the 46 fatalities occur with the situation generally. Aug. 3. The average has gained No.

4 A Franklin and Marshall Temperatures dipped into the red on city streets the same figure as for 1958. The Transit Authority delayed a nearly 100 points from the close 20s in the city and suburbs Thurs lives is ahead. College secretary, Marian Baker, was murdered in 1950 and student Edward Gibbs was tried and of 583.65 on Dec. 31. 1958.

court move aimed at averting the walkout. The Authority apparently years. day night. Turnover in the closing mo This was about as strong lan hoped a settlement could be reach The thermometer climbed to 42 ments was so heavy the high found guilty of first degree mur guage as one executive agency of ed without court action. speed ticker tape ran three min ier.

The murder, trial and execu- the government ever tosses at an degrees on Thursday at 1 p.m., There was a slight drop In death-dealing collisions on roads patrolled by State Police based in Lancaster and Ephrata. There were 36 deaths caused by vehicular mishaps on county highways and rural roads during 1959, compared to a total of 39 during tha It had served an order on Mi utes late in the opening hour other. after hitting the day's low of 31 at 8 a.m. buying rush. chael J.

Quill, president of the Transport Workers Union, to show Among other things, Rogers rec Turn To Page 4 For More Of TOP TEN EARLY EDITION This edition of the Intelligencer Journal was published at 9:45 p.m. Thursday because of the New Year's Holiday. cause in State Supreme Court at In a 30-day weather forecast the ommended that the FOC consider adopting regulations which would "require some guarantees of hon preceding year. 5 p.m. why he should not be enjoined from striking.

United States Weather Bureau esty with respect to matter that 5 IN MANHEIM TWP. But shortly before that time said temperatures and precipitation would be above normal. Anticipated temperature and precip 2 Housewives, Watchmaker 'Fantastic Fifties' Winners Two housewives, from Columbia and Ephrata, and itation patterns, the forecast said, Wayne T. Bell Appointed suggest a succession of vigorous winter storms attended by considerable winds, snow and sleet. City's Balance At End Of '59 About $27,000 Daniel T.

Scannell, general counsel to the Authority, said he had advised the court that the Authority would not appear at the scheduled hour. HOURLY REPORTS Scannell said Supreme Court Justice Thomas C. Chimera had agreed to hold himself available and call a hearing at any time a Lancaster watchmaker are the winners in the Intelli The near perfect weather con As City Building Official ditions will for the weekend play gencer Journal's "The Fantastic Fifties contest. a major factor in travel by auto The remaining seven fatalities in 1959 occurred in the various county boroughs and in Manheim which has its own police department. During this year just ended, there were five fatalities in the township, including four in one collision.

The total for 1958 was just two. Capt. Benjamin O. Lichty, tha head of the local State Police troop, attributed the dip in fatal collisions in 1959 to one word: "Luck." "Fatal accidents are one of Turn To Page 4 For More Of FATALITIES Columbia, and Robert S. King, 533 N.

Pine Lancaster. mobile, railroad and airplanes The city ended 1959 with an es during this long three-day should it be necessary. Scannell said he would make hourly re timated balance of some $27,000, Mrs. Laush is the mother of Mayor Thomas J. Monaghan Thursday named Wayne T.

Bell, 51. 429 High as city building official. The appointment is the first Mayor Thomas J. Monaghan POLICE OUT IN FORCE four children, two of them in col said Thursday night that it is an Each of the three won a year's subscription to this newspaper with their entries on the top ten stories of the decade. Their picks most closely resembled the composite of all entries sent into the newspaper office.

The winners are Mrs. H. M. Laush, 105 E. Main Ephrata; Mrs.

Paul F. Smith, 707 Locust Police will be on the job in ticipated that the balance will to ports to the justice. Quill has asked a 60-million-dol- Turn To Page 4 For More Of STRIKE lege. She works in an Ephrata dress shop and her husband is move in the reorganization of the tal about $27,800 when final tabulations are completed. full force in an effort to control traffic on busy highways throughout the area.

The mayor pointed out that for employed by a construction company. When contacted that she Nightspots in the county were the first time the city from its was a winner in the contest, she general fund expenses has made ADJUDICATIONS SET crowded with merrymakers on Thursday night, while today thou FACE IS THE SAME BUT TIMES DIFFER said, "You can say I'm quite ex a contrmution ot sw.suu tor me sands of people will be in front of Bureau oi inspection in conjunction with adoption of a new building code. The code goes into effect today. Monaghan said that as part of tha reorganization city council will give "serious consideration" to having the city director of planning assume the duties of zoning officer. $19 MILLION MARK airport extension project and that cited," and by the way she talk lyr :0 I 1 television sets to watch the var $4,000 was paid to Lancaster "We Lead All The Rt" FARM CORNER By Jack E.

Key sor ious bowl football games being Judge John L. Bowman of Lan ed, she was. Mrs. Laush said she "loves news" and reads the news Township in connection with an PEEKSKILL, N.Y. (AP)-When City Judge Seymour Levine took the bench here eight years ago, played throughout the country.

A caster County Orphans' Court nexation of land in the area of large number of New Year's Eve Grofftown Rd. nis lirst case was tnat ot a man reported Thursday that 680 estates with a value of paper "avidly." Mrs. Smith is the mother of six parties were held in private He said that the payments were charged with public intoxication. 041.70 were adjudicated during children, ranging in age from He fined the defendant. made rather than finance a pump homes Thursday night and family gatherings will take place to "the baby." one, to a ten-year- Levine's tenure ended Thursday er for the fire department with day.

1959. This is an all-time record. The previous high was record old. Her husband is employed by the funds. with a change in city administration.

His last case same man. Many churches in the area con McSparran Hits Billboard Law For 'Controls' The City Planning Commission had recommended to council that the planning director also handle zoning to coordinate it more effectively as a tool of planning. Hamilton Watch Co. Mrs. Smith ed in 1957 when 634 estates were ducted services on New Year's reads every chance she gets but same charge.

The judge wished The water bureau balance was Turn To Page 4 For More Of CITY BALANCE adjudicated. Value of tha estates admits "chances aren't too often him a happy New ear and dis Eve and will conduct similar ser vices today. WAYNE T. BELL were $16,310,930.27. missed the charge.

The commission has for some with six children." Robert King reads the Intelli time been urging the zoning law gencer Journal at breakfast and TEEN-AGE MARRIAGE AND TROUBLE OPPORTUNITY LINGERS of the city be tightened to better control development of the city. The Master of the Pennsylvania State Grange predicted Thursday that nassace of the highway bill OTHER JOBS Three other positions are to be board law would only be the "beginning of the highway department's authority to control land filled under reorganization of the Problem Homes Spur Weddings inspection bureau. They are build- Cuba's Year For Hopes Ends In Fear And Crisis along rights-of-way. Turn To Page 4 For More Of BUILDING J. Collins McSparran said it is nrh anthnritv that can "lead to (EDITOR'S NOTE? Thif Is tha second in a $ri articlM an tha causes and affects of teen-ae marr "failures" and what is btmt done, locally, to minimize or prevent such failures.) further control measures." reads an afternoon newspaper after supper.

King is "on the line" at Hamilton Watch Co. He laughed when told he won the contest and said his wife thinks she spends too much time reading the newspaper. His formula for reading the newspaper is "front page, back page, editorial page, sports pages, comics and then go over the whole paper." AMERICANS NUMBER 179 MILLION JAN. 1 WASHINGTON (AP The Census Bureau welcomed the new vear Thursday by estimating the One of the main objections to MARRIAGE, DIVORCE (EDITOR'S NOTE: This it tto tail in a series by Ji-nes Buchanan. Miami Herald reporter whe was exeeMed from CuSa alter 14 days imprisonment for interviewing, an anti-Castra fugitive.) Pull out any case record involving marriage difficulties between couples who married while one or both partners were still in their late 'teens, and the chances are better than even that it will show "unsatisfactory RISE IN COUNTY cent, roughly, of distressed marriages between 'teens whose individual home backgrounds at least on the surface left nothing to be desired? Their troubles are no less urgent, or significant, than those confronting the unhappy married youngsters who blame nricrinnl nnhnnnv VinmA life fnP Both marriage license applica- By JAMES BUCHANAN Miami Herald Staff Writer Copyriqht 1959 Miami Herald Publishing Co.

tions and divorces increased in come situation as one of the reasons prompting the 1959 in comparison with previous early marriage MIAMI, Fla. (AP)-The last time I saw Cuba, I was inu mis is uie musi mtiidLuisne raniuy ot aiiuicus oti v.ci netting them into their present di lemma. escorted to a waiting plane by an armed military guard, years. Divorces set an 11-year high with 364 decrees being granted by the Court. This is the largest number since 1943 when 402 di aspect 01 me growing prouiwn 01 0f Lancaster clearly show, teen-age marriages in the ADDED WOE States, since points to a con-i stantlv rising number 'of embitter- produces a sense of futility just eight days ago.

Jan. -1 population at 179,300.000 the proposed bill lies in the fact that it gives Ihe State Highways Dept. the power to seize land to prevent billboards from cluttering highways, he said. "Wt are afraid when the department begins controlling billboards," McSparran commented, "they will also be in a position to ask for control of building specifications and placement of farm buildings along highways." While the measure has the approval of Gov. Lawrence, it has been opposed by the Pennsylvania Torn To Page 20 For More Of FARM CORNER and pointing out that 1960 will be They are all in the same boat and, without help, the Turn To Page 4 For Mort Of TEENS vorces were granted men and that frequently leads to a recK A youngster who serves as What a change has crept over DIER (secret police) guard asked'the lovely Caribbean island in me before I boarded the plane: m(mths My the first election year to find more than 100 million Americans of In women, and an ever-increasing: less determination to try again, The downward trend of mar- number of children whose person-iwith another partner.

Sometimes, voting age. A year ago the population esti could later reflect the emo-! of course, this search for marital mate was 176.400.000. Ten years To the Cuban people in FUFir enas sansiaciomy i rt Frnm UOIiai ClMUrOiUlt. IU mcu people now" "No." I told him, thinking of the Cuban people as a whole, "I'm just sorry for you." even happily. But.

more often, it ago it was 150,522,000. This is New Years Day of I960! fancy and early childhood. ldoes not. The "perpetuation" of and Tarn Miami. The pattern of "unsatisfactory Want-Ad Notice The Want-Ad Department uiI be open today rom 8 A.

M. to Soon and from 6 P. M. to 7:15 The bureau said there are now 103 million Americans of voting I remember now my first loos Weeks ago I had intended to be life." in the cases where unhealthy family life continues. age and predicted another million at the "new" Cuba, last January back in Havj to celebrate thei a iaMnr.

almost invariably un complication upon com- potential voters will be added be-Must after dictator Fulgencio Ba- laresi numuer uilc ik.u, i i oro marnWt carries over into the young mar- plication. New Year. New Prices- jfore the, presidential election in.tista Hed aijd Fidel Castro took Torn To Pagt 4 For Mort Of BUCHlNAN 'tt pain mor iqsslas 71. as current case records wfl What about the other 50 per lover. Brubaker Motors.

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