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THE DERRICK Wednesday. August 20,1975 Oil City, Pa. State Spends Thousands For Road Signs That Are Ignored BRODHEADSVILLE, Pa. (AP) Taxpayers In Pennsylvania have spent thousands dollars (or highway signs that (or the most part are Ignored. "Caution," the signs say, "Deer Crossing." Believe It or not, according to the state Game Commission, there really are deer lurking nearby the 3,500 "deer crossing" signs that since the early 1960s have seemingly been posted willy nllly around the state.

"People don't observe the sign don't even see It," says a i i spokesman Stanley Forbes. Motorists who refuse to slow down In a deer zone should be reminded that deer can't read. They don't trot down to the yellow and black highway sign and look both ways before they "The sign doesn't mean (he deer are going to cross right there on the road," Forbes says. "It means there are deer in the general area, and the motorists should be extra careful." Pennsylvania spent $8,492.54 last year to post 512 "deer crossing" signs on secondary roads and 16 signs on the interstates. Also last year, according to the Game Commission, 28,000 deer were killed by autos.

Forbes'says a car-deer ac- cident generally causes an average $300 damage to the vehicle. So It appears that Pennsylvania drivers spent $8.4 million last year repairing their deer-dented cars. Something must not be working right. "We've started using symbols o( a deer instead of the writing," Forbes says. "People will pick up the symbols.

They won't read it," But who knows where a deer wants to cross the road? "They're creatures ol habit," says Forbes. "They usually cross in the same area. District game protectors take notice when they get seven or eight deer hit on one stretch of road Inside of a month. They file a report and we ask the Transportation Department to send a crew out with aslgn." It's here In Monroe County, near where the northeast ex- of the Turnpike meets Interstate 80, and a number of state and county routes wind through the Pocono Mountains, that the Game Commission says more deer are reported hit by cars than anywhere In the state. They get a lot In Westmoreland County too, and last year Schuylkill County had the most, according to the Game Commission.

The drivers who arc real pros at avoiding deer arc the state police, like Trooper Tom Jones of Swlftwater. in the Poconos. "This whole county Is a deer crossing," he says. Firms Fear Computer Sabotage Yos, we have Levi Jeans and Tops! LEVI'S BLUE original blue denims just true-blue Jeans with that classic look that's never out 29-38 wQlsl 3 50 a 'The Home of Richman Clothes 216 Seneca Oil Cily, Pa. Open Till 9 I A I Computers, modem marvels that they are, can nevertheless be temperamental machines.

The electronic brains will shut down with the slightest changes in temperature or Interruptions of power, and with computer time as expensive as It is, the loss can be costly for businesses. And, as companies rely more and more on data processing systems, the danger of serious sabotage looms as an increasingly ominous possibility. One newly formed company proposes to do away with all those variables by placing the machines In what would essentially be a computer fortress. The Data Center Development Co. of nearby Monroevllle Is about to undertake the construction of what's thought to be the first data.

center In the country--a building put up strictly for the machines. The building will have Iwo stories above ground and three below, where up to 12 tenants can install their computers in a i a a location. Aside a CITY OPTICAL NEW LOCATION 107E. 1st St. (Next to Lewi! Hardwars) Prescriptions filled--Frames repaired-- replaced Phone 676-5769 monitored temperature and fire protection facilities, the center offers other advantages, says Charles M.

Summervllle, head of Data Center Development. The heat generated by the computers will be used to heal the building and to provide hot water, Summervllle said. "There are also economies of scale, Including the bulk purchase of electrical power and there arc two kinds of electrical a In building," he continued. One of the backups would kick on from one second to 15 minutes In a commercial power failure and the other system could run the center for up to 15 days If necessary. "Then there's the additional security the center provides," Summerville added, noting that recent terrorists' bombings against major corporations could have seriously hampered them If the explosions had occurred in the firms' computer banks.

Summerville won't disclose the exact location of Ihe center because "we don't want the average person out looking for it." Security will be tight and will include a perimeter system as well as screening procedures for each floor and every computer room. The need for such a sophisticated building became apparent to Summerville after Hurricane Agnes struck in 1972, causing massive power outages and threatening some basement data processing centers in Pittsburgh with flooding. "I began to look into what contingency plans large corporations had for their computer systems and found that very few had any," he said. Summervllle says one major firm still has its computer on a floor directly under a swimming pool. "Can you Imagine what would happen If that pool sprang a he said.

When completed, about $200 million worth of computer equipment will be Installed in the center and all of the equipment will belong to the tenants. Summervllle says microwave transmission and earth station facllilles (or satellite operations are planned at the site. Kitchen King PEANUT BUTTER 18 ox. lar 69 Joy Liquid 22 01. btl.

DETERGENT 69 Camellia FACIAL TISSUES Hefty Medium TRASH 40 BAGS count Arm Cut Beer SWISS STEAKS Boneless or English Cut CHUCK ROAST $129 Ib. Red and White CAULIFLOWER 3 $1 01. I Red and White WAFFLES 5 01. pkg. $109 Ib.

1 End Cut Zlptock SANDWICH BAGS Del Haven DICED BEETS 1 Prlngle's Potato Chips 79 twin pock PORK CHOPS $129 1 Ib. Center Cut PORK CHOPS $169 1 Banquet FRIED CHICKEN 89 The Weather Today Data From NATIONALWEATHER SERVICE, 70 NOAA, US. Dept. of Commerce 80 90 'FORECAST Figures Show High Temperatures Expected For Daytime Today NATION'S WEATHER Mostly sunny skies are predicted for the nation today except (or rain la the Great Lakes region. Warm temperatures are also expected.

Weather Elsewhere By The Associated Press Tuesday HI LO PRC OUk OPEN DAILY 9 to 9 SUNDAY 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. GROUND BEEF PURE SALT CARMELCORN Jamboree STRAWBERRY Blade Cut Beef CHUCK STEAKS PRESERVES FROZEN FOOD SPECIALS Oil City Albany Albu'que Amarlllo Anchorage Ashevllle Atlanta Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Charleston Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver DCS Moines Detroit Duluth Fairbanks Fort Worth Green Bay Helena Honolulu Houston Ind'apolls Jacks'vllle Juneau 75 57 76 52 92 63 90 68 62 51 82 64 88 70 87 72 70 51 59 56 78 62 94 75 74 50 92 75 86 71 78 68 86 64 76 65 87 56 87 68 75 fi2 61 54 66 47 98 77 70 51 67 54 87 71 93 78 86 67 94 75 53 47 rn clr cdy clr cdy .05 cdy cdy cdy .06 rn .06 cdy clr cdy clr cdy cdy cdy .07 cdy cdy cdy cdy cdv rn .08 cdy clr cdy rn cdy cdy cdy .06 cdy .41 rn Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Marquette Memphis mlaml Milwaukee Mpls-St. P. New Orleans New York Okla.

City Omaha Orlando Phllad'phla Phoenix Pittsburgh P'lland, Me. P'lland, Ore. Rapid City Richmond St, Louis Salt Lake San Diego San Fran. Seattle Spokane Tampa Washington 95 68 92 72 clr cdy 90 G8 .15 cdy 77 63 clr SB 70 .66 cdy 08 43 cdy 91 71 clr 88 80 70 60 75 62 92 75 61 62 93 72 94 70 83 63 103 73 85 61 75 51 68 59 80 57 86 69 92 69 87 09 75 65 G2 54 65 55 72 48 94 78 84 72 Hi-Previous day's high. 1.0-Previous morning's low.

Prc-Precipllatlon for 24 hours ending 8 p.m. rn cdy rn cdy clr clr clr 94 72 1.65 rn clr clr cdy clr .03 cdy cdy clr cdy rn clr clr cdy clr clr Showers Predicted Today It wasn't supposed to rain In Oil City yesterday. But It did. Not much. Built rained, Today, the weatherman predicts a chance of showers and thundershowers with a high temperature of 80 degrees.

The low tonight is expected to dip into the 50s. Yesterday, the high temperature In Oil City was 75 degrees. The low was 57. A high pressure system stretching from Minnesota to Pennsylvania will move slowly eastward during the next several days and gradually weaken. Chances for brief showers are likely (or tomorrow, the weatherman says.

Some 10 pm Tuesday temperatures around the state: Bradford, cloudy, 57; Altoona, cloudy, 67; Reading, cloudy, 67; Philllpsburg, partly cloudy, 61; DuBois, cloudy, 61; Johnstown, partly cloudy, 62. Statewide Consumer Group Now Forming Red and White Sliced 12 01. 89 AMERICAN CHEESE Pillsbury 29 Fruit Fresh ASCORBIC ACID 1 49 Sci. QlCountry Style SPARE RIBS lib. ban Red and White SPAGHETTI 99 Spaghetti Sauce Gain 3 Ib.

1 oz. 1 QQ DETERGENT 1 Campbell's Chicken Noodle SoupO Red and While Instant 15 01. I Mashed Potatoes 09 HOME GROWN CANTALOUPES $100 3 For 1 100 EXTRA FREE TOP VALUE STAMPS WITH PURCHASE OF A 1 0 0 GROCERY ORDER NOT GOOD ON SUNDAY EXPIRES 30 EXTRA FREE TOP VALUE STAMPS WITH PURCHASE OF YOUR CHOICE CUT UP FRYER I SO EXTRA FREE TOP VALUE STAMPS WITH PURCHASE OF A $5 OR MORE GROCERY ORDER NOT GOOD ON SUNDAY EXPIRES 30 EXTRA FREE TOP VALUE STAMPS WITH PURCHASE OF lOLb.bag Potatoes 200 EXTRA FREE TOP VALUE STAMPS WITH PURCHASE OF A $20 OR MORE GROCERY ORDER NOT GOOD ON SUNDAY EXPIRES PITTSBURGH (AP)-A new latewlde consumer group Is orming to coordinate the ac- Ivities--and the clout--ol dozens ot smaller organizations every corner of Pennsylvania. Called the Pennsylvania Consumer Council, the fledgling jroup was hatched at the spring Pennsylvania Conference on Consumer Problems by ac- Ivists who saw a need for a statewide organization. 'Obviously consumers are not represented at the state evel," said Jean Fox, head of the Allegheny County Consumer Protection Bureau and temporary chairwoman of the PCC.

"This Is Just what we needed." The PCC will owe no debts, said Mrs. Fox, who explained that It will undertake the mammoth task ot statewide coordination without funds from trade groups or government bodies. Its purpose is fourfold: --to encourage and assist the organization of local volunteer consumer organizations; --to monitor governmental agencies charged with the protection of consumer interests and the Implementation ol slate legislation; --to take positions on consumer legislation and issues and advocate that position before the General Assembly, regulatory agencies and the community; --to coordinate activities and share i a i among a i a i through a newsletter, meetings and other media. "We don'l wanl to take any emphasis away from local Issues," Mrs. Fox said.

"We know that a lot ol these grassroots groups organized ground particular problems. But we'll be there to help them with research or lobbying and they can help us." A a signed up for membership in the PCC are the A i a Protection (Allegheny County), the Consumer Council, Consumers United Together (Scranton), the Pittsburgh Consumer Coalition, as well as dozens of individuals who have heard about the group and want to Join. "There are lots of people who want to start a group in their area, but who can't quite get it together. We can help them with that," Mrs. Fox said.

The PCC is just beginning to zero in on its targets, but Mrs. Fox said the regulation of public utilities and the high cosl of their services is a very hot issue in the stale. "And It's going to get hotter this winter when people see their fuel bills coming In," she added. She said the PCC steering committee is also Interested in lobbying for legislation that would place consumers or consumer advocates on state licensing boards. "Lobbying will be a big part of our job," she said.

"We'll need help deciding on a posilion, researching it and presenting it to the General Assembly." Dennis James, Spokesman tor First Federal o1 Eric. Sharon Stone Named Miss Crawford Co. MEADVILLE Sharon V. Stone of Meadville RD 3 has een named Miss Crawford ounty. The 17-year-old daughter of lr.

and Mrs. Joseph W. Stone, ic is a 1975 graduate of aegertown High School. She 'ill begin her college studies ext month at Edinboro State "'ollege she plans to major in pre-law. The competition was held in onnectlon with the Crawford County Fair.

Miss Stone was rowned Monday evening. TAKE IT FROM ME The best savings and investment plans are available right here in First Federal Country Northwestern Pennsylvania! SAVINGS LOAN ASSOCIATION 6 EAST FIRST STREET, OIL CITY, PA. Windows Bioken At School TIONESTA Two large windows at East Forest High chool In Marlenvllle were iroken withTocks In vandalism the past weekend. Stale i i a damage at $90. Police also are Investigating a criminal mischief reported to them by Mary Ann Michaels ol BarnetlTownshlp.

Police said someone removed letters from her mailbox, ClorlngtonStar Roulc, and tore them..