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Page 2 Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, Saturday, February 25, 1967 Business Week Week In Business Automobile Industry Has Bad Week; Wildcat Strike Triggers Plant Layoffs By SALLY RYAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) It was a bad week for the automobile industry. A wildcat walkout at one General Motors plant triggered layoffs that idled more! than half of the company's 000 auto workers before the strikers returned to their jobs Thursday. Auto sales fell 21 1 per cent below 1966, to the slowest pace in five years. Auto production dropped to the lowest since 1961. Ford Motor Co.

said it would! lay off about 2,000 workers in February and March, Chrysler announced plans to close a Detroit assembly plant and American Motors, which already has laid off 4,100 workers indefinitely, suspended all car production for two weeks, sidelining employes. Ford Motor Co. recalled 000 of its 1966 and 1967 cars to check their power brakes and steering, and 5,900 of its 1967 Thunderbirds with optional speed controls. Car Prices American Motors cut the list prices on its lowest-priced cars, signalling an effort to crack the economy car market a major switch in marketing emphasis. Some economists said developments not only in Detroit but across the country were following a classic pattern: first Wall Street Chatter NEW YORK (UPI) -Newton D.

Zinder of E. F. Hutton Co. says while the market remains in consolidation phase, it seems reluctant to give ground easily even in the fact of generally negative economic news, He points out that although the Dow Jones averages have been steadily losing ground in recent sessions, both the rail and industrial components are still within striking distance of their recovery highs. Bache Co.

says the overall market trend seems 'construc-lenth tive as pockets of resistance are absorbed and traders: do seem worried by the lackluster performance of the Daw Jones average. The company believes that following more correction, average may begin another advance, with its major target the 860-870 resistance area, Wright Advisory Report says it would plan on a fully invested position in common stocks following the market's current reaction which, although relatively mild, should! continue until some time next. month. Egg Market PHILADELPHIA AP USDA E79s: Demand fair Friday, Prices retailers In cartons: Grade A extra large whiles whites mostly Grade A large mostly 42-43; medium whites mostly 347-36; Grade small whites 31-32; Grade whites and browns mostly 39- NEW YORK AP USDA Wholesale egg offerings of large well balanced; fully adequate. Demand fair Friday.

Whites: Extra fancy heavy weight fancy medium 29-30: heavy weight medium 281-291; smalls 27-28; peewees 19-20. Browns: Extra fancy heavy weight 354-37, 35-36: fancy medium 29-30; fancy smalls 27-28. LEBANON DAILY NEWS published daily except Sundays by Lebanon News Publishing 5. 8th and Peplor Lebanon, 17042. Second class postage paid at Lebenos, Pa.

a letdown in consumer leading to a piling up of unsold goods, then a slowing down of production. Chain store sales in January were up 4.4 per cent the smallest gain since March 1965. New factory orders sharply in January cent, to $22.7 billion. The decline was particularly acute in air. craft and metals.

The annual rate of busines inventory accumulation jumped from $9.9 billion in the quarter of 1966 to $16.4 billion the last three months. halt the rapid accumulation Now an effort is under way del inventory. The automobile manufacturers are curtailing production. Production this quarter will fall to about two million cars, down per cent from 1966. The continued cutbacks in automobile production are trig.

gering retrenchment in steel orders. Major steel mills report automakers are delaying deliveries a month. Appliance makers also are postponing deliveries road car to cut back. Steel Production Drops Steel, production dropped to SO far 16,980,000 this tons from 17,058,000 tons for the same period last year. General Electric Co.

said would lay off 2,700 employes at its Louisville, appliance plant next week. GE blamed a reduction in customer demand and high inventories. Business has cut back its 1967 Holland-Born Artist's Works Will Be Shown The paintings of John A. Gul-1 demond will be displayed at Valley College, March 1 through 17 in the year's sevCarnegie Lounge Art Exhibit, according to Miss Martha C. Faust, dean of women and director of the exhibits.

Guldemond, or Johanus Adrianus as he- signs his paintings, was born in Boskoop, Holland. He now lives in risburg, but spends his winters in Florida. A retired landscape architect, he paints in both oils and water color. He studied in Holland under Kogler, artist-teacher of the impressionist school. During this phase of his life he was influenced greatly by the works of Vincent Van Gogh.

In Key West Guldemond studied with al teachers including a 1 Stevens, the owner of Artist Unlimited. Guldemond bas exhibited in juried shows in Key West, Clinton and Old Lyme, Watertown, N. and Harrisburg. A contributor to the Spring Art Show at Lebanon Valley College, his works have been bought by private collectors and by the Marine Land Trust of Watertown, N.Y. He is a member of the Key West Art Association, the Marathon Art Group of East Martello Tower, and the Harrisburg Art Association.

The Carnegie Lounge Exhibits are open to the public without charge at the following hours: Monday through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. to midnight; and Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.

TODAY'S THOUGHT By GENE TAYLOR An advertising executive who travels extensively, checked into a motel and was surprised to see an attractive, unique invitation card in the desk drawer. It read YOU ARE INVITED TO WORSHIP WITH US THIS SUNDAY For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. -ISAIAH 55:10,11. The advertising man attended the church service. After worship, he had a brief chat with the minister and was Informed that 10 or more guests from nearby motels visited the church every Sunday.

It may seem strange, but doesn't it seem these two verses from Isaiah state' pretty strong case for advertising even for churches? GENE TAYLOR. TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME 712 Chestnut Street Dial 272-4634 spending plans $2.3 bilion since the temporary repeal of the 7 per cent tax credit for business investment. The reduction, said William H. Shaw, assistant secretary of commerce, is just about what the Johnson administration thought necessary to restrain the business spending boom general inflationary trends in the economy. Gains in corporate profits have slowed down.

Net earnings of 551 companies the last three months of 1966 were up 4.2 per cent from the last quarter of 1965. In the first quarter of 1966 they were up 12 per cent over the previous year, second quarter 10.9 per cent and third quarter 4.3. General Electric's 1966 earnings fell 5 per cent despite a 16 per cent increase in sales. Whirlpool a major appliance maker, reported its fourth- quarter earnings were down 32 per cent on a 4 per cent drop in sales. Celanese Corp.

and Campbell Soup Co. also reported lower earnings despite higher sales. After 40 Middle-Aged Freedom Is Best Time Of Life By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) -There is no freedom like middle-aged freedom. Just a few years ago people used to hate reaching their 40th birthday. They'd even try to hide the fact from themselves and the rest of the world.

They felt that merely being 40 had a sound of senility to it, as if their life had been put on the shelf. They silently mourned the passing of their youth. Well, sir, today that is an oldfashioned view. People have awakened to the discovery that 40 can be an exit from slavery, milestone on the path human liberty. Far from being a disgrace, it is a condition of dignity and has certain welcome advantages and privileges.

For example: You are too old to have to study algebra but too young yet to have to learn how to fill out a government medicare form. The chairman of the board of your firm decides you are now dry enough behind the ears to be considered as possible executive timber. You are DOW getting wise enough not to eat the kind of foods that upset your stomach. On the other hand, if you don't want to accept a dinner invitation, your wife can always phone the hostess and explain, "Sorry, we won't be able to make it. You know Henry's gall bladder-it's been acting up again." Any company is glad to you a credit card, figuring by now you have reached the age of responsibility.

You can express your on national and international politics without being as a smart aleck young whippersnapper. That touch of gray at your temples makes you look more distinguished, and helps bring out the hidden character lurking behind your baggy eyes. The pretty girls at the office now think you are boy, that's where they make their mistake! There Is no devil with the ladies like a mid-: dle-aged devil. Barbers and taxicab drivers no longer try to regale you with risque jokes which were old even you were in high school. waney realize your mind is on grave and important matters.

Your wife now takes It for granted that you love her, and no longer demands that you explain why. There is no law on earth that can compel you to stay up after midnight-unless you really. want to. All the recurrent and annoy. ing emergencies that used to clutter your life begin to fade.

You begin to quit wasting your energy doing unnecessary things. Convinced at last that you can't refashion the world singlehanded, you are at liberty to start harvesting the real glories of this earth with a quiet eye and a more understanding heart. Yes, there's no freedom like middle-aged freedom. The wonder is that there are still many people left who don't want to be that free. 5 CARDS The typical American sends not one but five Valentines, according to an estimate by Hallmark Cards.

A Foreboding Term Now Being Uttered By LEROY POPE NEW YORK (UPI) That ominous word "recession" began to be spoken out loud this week and even appeared in print. Some business analysts said the recession of 1967 already has begun and, in fact, for the second week in a row, most business news was bearish. An exception was the weekly estimate of retail trade by Dun Bradstreet, which said retail volume was up 3 to 7 per cent across the country from a year ago--a pretty good mark, considering the bad weather. Business Unfavorable But the stock market drifted lower and most of the regular barometer reports on business emanating from government bureaus and other statistical agencies were on the downside. Again, the automobile industry had the most unfavorable position and outlook.

sales of new cars for the middie third of February were off 21 per cent from a year at 162,700 cars. Output also slowed substantially because cutbacks and a strike in General Motors parts plant at Mansfield, Ohio, that idled 000 workers in 64 GM plants. Industry prophets predicted total auto output for the whole first quarter will be down 20 per cent from last year. Roy D. Chapin, the new president of American Motors, announced he was cutting the suggested retail prices of.

Rambler's compact, the American, by $154 to $234 and was abandoning annual model changes in the American. Chapin's was seen as a move by to recapture part of the market its compact in has lost to led cars recent years. conceivably it could lead to price war in the domestic carl field. Deliveries Deferred The steel companies reported that auto manufacturers have started deferring delivery of steel originally ordered for 1m- mediate shipment. The Commerce Department disclosed that durable goods orders dropped 5.1 per cent January after rising 3.7 per cent in December.

The decline spread to virtually every durable goods industry. Total construction orders dropped slightly in January in spite of the improvement in the housing market. The Commerce Department said the seasonally adjusted annual construction order rate for the month was $69.73 billion, about 10 per cent below a year earlier. However, for the first full month in a whole year, the cost. of living failed to go up in January.

The government's consumer price index remained at the December level of 114.7 per cent of the 1957-59 average. 3-Part Exhibit Reopens Gallery Of Penn Museum From as far away as Texas and as close home Harrisburg, the widely different art forms of three Pennsylvania artists came together this week in the William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, for a seven week showing. The three-part exhibit, show. cased in the Fine Arts Gallery of the new State Museum, opened today and will be OD public view through Sunday, April 9. One of the artists, Linda Larson Hutchens, is a former member of the staff of The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Now resident Houston, Texas, Mrs. Hutchens lived in Har. isburg until several months ago. In the new State Museum she will be represented by a colorful display of her orig. inal textile designs weaving, knotting, knitting, etc.

using as media a variety of natural! and artificial fibres. Contemporary painter feature in the triple presentation is Nick Ruggieri, art director of the Sunday Patriot-News and a Fel-1 low of the Royal Society for Encouragement of the Arts, London, England. Squaring It Off Rounding out the trio or, rather, squaring it off with some highly -unusual rectangular abstractions William H. Foster, assistant professor of art at Lock Haven State College. Professor Foster calls his works "Transformations." they are three-dimensional panels, executed intricately-colored wooden lattice strips arranged in vertical patters to create multiple visual effects.

He makes his home in Woolrich, near Williamsport, and his works have been widely exhibited throughout tral Pennsylvania. DEATHS and FUNERALS George W. Daugherty, 74, Dies At Bethlehem hem, until his retirement 10 years ago. He was a member of the Veterans of World War Barracks 989; a past vice president of the Third Infantry Division; a past commander of the Harry F. Johnson Post of the VFW, Bethlehem, and a member of the Valley Forge Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.

In addition to his wife, Mrs. Esther Hoere Daugherty, he is George Wallace Daugherty, 235 1 E. Bethlehem, died Thursday, night at his home. 74. A native of Lebanon, he was a son of the late George and Lottie Hauer Daugherty.

He was employed by the Bethlehem Steel Bethle- survivied by a daughter, Mrs. Richard Cox, Akron, and twe granddaughters. Mrs. Lucetta A. Teahl Buried At Gravel Hill Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs.

Lucetta Teahl, widow of Ralph Teahl, 212 N. Railroad Palmyra, from the Second Evangelical United Brethren Church, Palmyra. The Rev. Melvin E. Patrick, pastor of the church, officiated.

Interment Gravel Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Kenneth Lester D. and Bradley T. Teahl, Lawrence E. and Gene Frazier, grandsons of the deceased.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Rothermel Funeral Home, Palmyra. Inter Peter J. Fink With Services Today Funeral services were held this morning for Peter J. husband of Mrs. Verna Gassert Fink, 426 N.

Sixth from the Rohland Parlors. The Rev. Lawrence H. Roller, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, officiated. Interment was in Grand View Memorial Park.

Pallbearers were John, George, Harry, Robert, Ralph and Francis Gase sert. JUDGE DIES PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Funeral services will be held Monday for Philadelphia County Court Judge John A. Boyle, 82, who died Thursday in Jeanes Hospital. He had been al judge for 20 years and was an assistant district attorney forl 23 years prior to that. Requiem Mass will be celebrated at St.

William's Roman Catholic Church. Burial will be private. India's Congress Party May Lose Ruling Majority NEW DELHI (UPI) -India's ruling Congress party, an unbeatable political powerhouse for two decades, today faced possible loss of its ry majority through unprece-' dented staggering election rev- The party of the late Mohandas G. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru remained 66. seats short of the 261 it needed for a majority in the 521-seati lower house of parliament as vote tallying in the nationwide poll neared completion.

Only 150 of the 521 -seats were still in doubt. Most were in the states of Madras, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa, where opposition parties have recorded their most surprising One fact was clear--the Congress party lost the iron grip it held on India's 250 million member electorate throughout the nation's 20 years of independence. "This is the people's verdict and I believe in accepting the situation as it has emerged," Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said. The position of Nehru's daughter as prime minister was being challenged for the first time. Whether or not party wins its majority, Mrs.

Gandhi will face competition from Home Minister Y. B. Chavan, 53, and former Finance Minister Morarji Desasi, 72. Both men were re-elected to parliament by resounding margins. Chavan gleaned a victory edge in his home state of Maharashtra.

Mrs. Gandhi was also re-elected handily. Observers said Congress party leaders will now have to heed long-frustrated foes in parlilament who used to watch Mrs. Gandhi's party decide policy in caucus and ram it through the legislature with huge majorities. The subject of replacing Mrs.

Gandhi was expected to be brought up Monday when the Congress party meets to discuss its disaster. Workshops For Play In Hershey To Begin HERSHEY, Feb. 25 Gene Wenner, director of the Hershey Theatre Guild, has announced the beginning of the workshops for the presentation of the production "Mary, 26 to be presented April in the Little Theatre of the Community Center. There will be no charge attend the workshops, which are open to anyone in the Hershey They will be held each area. Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in the Little Theatre, beginning this Sunday evening.

On Tuesday evening Mrs. Kemmy Himmelberger will be in charge and Church Rice of Channel 33, television set designer will explain and instruct set designing. Wednesday evening, Daniel Weinhold will instruct on set decor. The members of the guild will work together on make-up. Economy Picks Up In Panama Since 1964 Riots PANAMA (AP) Paralyzed after the bloody anti-American riots of 1964, Panama's economy has now more than recuperated; it's breaking records.

An air of confidence has gradually replaced uneasiness among businessmen, public officials and foreign investors. "An economic boom was inevitable," says one diplomat. "All Panama needed was some political peace and quiet for a Tourists and foreign businessmen pump the slot machines in the major hotels, now reporting 80 per cent average occupancy and at least modest profits. The shops of Avenida Central report record sales of such lowduty items as yard goods, cameras and perfumes, the staples of their trade. Construction approved to year of per a high $22 million, much of it financed by returning capital frightened away by the threat of further violence three years ago.

American, Spanish and Colombian banks are opening new branches. An oil refinery is expanding. Factories are planned for textile, iron and steel, and cement. Agriculture has improved although most food is still imported. An international magazine company, Time-Life, plans to publish Latin-American editions here.

Panama will also be the site of an earth station in the communications satellite network. In the past two years the gross national product by $100 million to a high of $670 million divided unevenly among the population of 1.3 million. President Marco A. Robles, a tough administrator elected in 1964, has announced a budget surplus for the second straight year because of income tax enforcement. Collections jumped 16 per cent last year to a high of $100 million.

Helped by $23 million in Alliance for Progress grants and loans in the past year, the Robles administration has launched programs against poverty and unemployment. The Guardia Nacional, once known only for overthrowing governments munists has action program care and road ing which has from sponsors tary. Medical Center Damage Estimate Will Take Week Are Listed In Death Of Youth, 18 The survivors of Merlin W. Sweitzer, 18, 313 W. Carpenter Myerstown, who died Friday morning at his home, include his parents, Merlin R.

and Joyce A. Blatt Sweitzer. Also surviving are two brothers, Terry E. and Roger Lee, and a sister, Cynthia, all at home; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Clayton Sweitzer, Bethel RD, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ella Blatt, Myerstown RD. He had been an employe of the Brown Shoe Factory, land, and was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Host. Wm.

H. Shollenberger Buried At Pine Grove Funeral services were conducted this afternoon for William H. Shollenberger of 9 W. Pottsville Pine Grove. 'The funeral was held from the H.

L. Snyder Funeral Home, in that community, with the Rev. Harold B. Hess, pastor of the Holiness Christian Church in Pleasant Valley, near Pine Grove, officiating. Interment took place in St.

Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove. Mrs. Minerva M. Klopp Buried This Afternoon Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs. Minerva Mary Klopp Boeshore, widow of Calvin H.

Boeshore, 524 Walnut from the Rohland Parlors. The Rev. William A. Miller, pastor of the Myerstown Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiated. Interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg.

Pallbearers were Thomas Reilly, Carl Labe, Donald Barr and William Sellers. Overheated Fireplace Causes Annville RD Fire Firemen responded at 11 a.m. today to the home of John Tshudy, Annville RD 2, after a fire was discovered between the first and second floors. First indications were that an old fireplace overheated because of today's high winds. Damage estimates were not immediately available.

The Bellegrove and Water Works Fire Companies responded. Colorado Policeman Never Takes Vacation TRINIDAD, Colo. (AP) During the 43 years he has been a merchant policeman here, Art Pfalmer has nev. er had a day off not even 8 Sunday. He checks on doors of private business firms to be sure they are locked.

He estimates he has walked some 500,000 miles during his long tenure on the job. BOWLING TIPS? by Marion Ladewig 3-25 DON'T GET CAUGHT ON BIG HOOK Don't be -impressed with the value of a big book. Some lady bowlers judge a fellow tenpinner's skill by the amount that she can make her ball curve. The short hook, or even the good, reliable straight ball, is much more effective. Keep your thumb pointing almost straight up and your fingers behind the ball as you release it.

This will reduce the size of your hook and enable you to be more accurate. THIRTEEN SCORE-SOARING TIPS included in the pocketsized pamphlet, "Position, Stance Approach." To get your personal, portable copy, send 10 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Don Carter, care of The NEWS. We sincerely wish to thank relatives, friends, neighbors and everyone who helped us following the recent fire at our home. Your help has truly been appreciated. Thank you.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Long and Family (Centinued From Pase One) low to be completed by and the remaining three floors by Dec. 31. "The teaching laboratories and student study cubicles are in lower floors and the rear section of the building that was totally missed by the fire," the dean said.

He also explained that The M. S. Hershey Foundation had recently agreed to turn over an existing building near the site on July 1 to house additional faculty. "These faculty may just have to spend a month or so longer in that building," the dean said, "before they can use the facilities located in the portion hit by the fire." Commends Workers Dr. Harrell commended the workers at the site for their calmness in the situation.

"In addition to safely evacuating," he said, "several showed great courage in returning to fight the fire with small extinguishers until the fire companies arrived, thus keeping flying, flaming debris from hitting the untouched portions of the building." He expressed his thanks and special praise, also, to the fire companies for controlling the fire so well under adverse conditions of extremely high winds and lack of water facilities at the site. Dr. Harrell pointed out that the Hershey Foundation bad just spent an extra $5,000 to connecting plpes to newly opened water lines across Rt. 322 from the Medical Center where a new branch bank bad just opened. "The hydrants are already on the site, and the schedule called for their connection next Tuesday," the dean said.

Bob Bromley, construction superintendent of Ritter Brothers, the general contractor, said that his firm would face almost no delays. "We already were talking of soon increasing the number of men at the teaching section. Instead, they will go there im. mediately to continue construction while the damaged portion is cleaned up," Bromley said. Dr.

Hershey said that insurcompany representatives have been on the scene and gave clearance for both immediate cleanup and resumption of construction. All officials agreed that there was no negligence and no one was injured. Explains Cause John Hutton, assistant construction supervisor, explained the start of the fire in this way after talking this morning with men on the scene: "A tank of propane gas, which had just been filled on the ground, had been taken back to the fifth floor to be connected to a er. The protective cap of the tank came loose, damaging the indicator valve and allowing gas to escape. The gas, escaping under high pressure, reached another section of the floor where heaters were warming freshly poured concrete, and this ignited the fire." Hutton explained that its accepted procedure in construction to turn off heaters immediately surrounding the area where new gas is being brought in, but that other sections on the floor can continue to have the heaters running.

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