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The Evening Sun from Hanover, Pennsylvania • Page 10

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The Evening Suni
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Hanover, Pennsylvania
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10
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THE RENINO SUN Wedntsday, May im Shows Tallness First Job AbramsSaysKeepingT roops Alert Is By JACQUELINE SNYDER I PITTSBURGH Up job hunters under 6 feet tall: lie about your height. Evidence indicates that the starting salary your first job will be in di- proportion to your height. over 6 feet make about per cent more than men under 6 feet on the first says Leland P. Deck, a University of Pittsburgh administrator. Ina 1967 survey of Pitt bus- mess graduates, Deck discovered a 4 per cent bonus for 6- footers.

Now, the advantage has escalated to 10 per cent, his latest survey shows. Grades and academic achievements make no difference in determining starting salaries, according to the study. 1967, forgetting about the height, there was a 4 per cent bonus for being cum Deck said. time I found that bonus was not evident. There was no bonus at In fact, the tallest graduate surveyed last year had the lowest grade point average, but got the highest starting salary.

6-foot-3 guy was making $813 a month, but a 5-9 guy was getting Deck said. sad thing about this all At adjournment on the 41st' is that we are not talking about Bohhy Fischer Of Lends Chess Match VANCOUVER (AP) Grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the United States and Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union adjourned Tuesday night the fourth game in their world chess quarter-final elimination match. on Duquesne Club, gathering spot for many of the top businessmen. Deck, a veteran of 30 years in personnel work, observed that out of 20 were tall An associated Press check showed eight of 12 top corporation officials in Pittsburgh claim to be 6 feet or over. theory also held true in a study of salaries of 168 college teachers who hold masters degrees or doctorates from Pitt.

Men in the preferred move, Fischer held a slight positional advantage. Taimanov had asked postponement of game because of illness. Fischer leads the 10-game match 3 0. The winner of the match must score 5Mi points to advance in the series to pick a challenger for world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. I am talking about guys who are being recruited by corporations because they are presumably bright, have got a brain and the brain has been trained.

they are not examining the brain, they are just hiring on the basis of the length of the research was inspired by a visit to posh UCiUtVUCi EiOriMV lUcujr icpuiut Ulclk lie SAIGON (AP) Gen. I with great anger at Creighton W. Abrams said to-meeting last Saturday because day a is so many men had taken refuge needed to keep U.S. troops as one bunker. One officer who alert as they need to be the meeting said the American disengagement Abrams them with all eight stars.

uie ouuui ici- a reference to his rank, four stars on from the Vietnam war. atmosphere and climate begin to prevail and with side of his collar, comes a certain amount of lax- the the commander of U.S. general said today, forces in Vietnam told news-; Abrams was interviewed aft- men. just requires a lot ofjer a ceremony at nearby Long attention, a herculean effort toiBinh at which Maj. Gen.

Jack alertness up. Abrams said the J. Wagstaff took over the 3rd same situ- Regional Assistance Command to 6-foot-3 height group averaged a starting bonus of almost War II and $900, or 10 per cent, Deck said. The reason for all this, according to Deck: those who do the hiring usually are not sophisticated enough to determine factors such as intelligence motivation. a tall man can be rearii- ation prevailed near the end Lt.

Gen. Michael S. Davi- the Korean I son. The latter is taking com- of U.S. forces in Europe.

He declined to discuss the On the battlefront, South rocket attack last Friday that Vietnamese forces claimed 48 killed or wounded about 60, North Vietnamese killed in a American troops crowded into seven miles southwest of andione bunker at Firebase 2 and said they also 2 below the demilitarized zone, 98 122mm rockets, said the with which the enemy pounded ly recognized as most dimwitted Deck said. such by the general. try to kib-ibases along the DMZ last week. itz what went I Seven South Vietnamese were He also refused to confirm or wounded. leiicieu a staffjnamese government announced that it would join in a 24-hour cease-fire around the seaward end of the DMZ on June 4, the condition set by North Vietnam for acceptance of 570 sick or wounded prisoners of war the South Vietnamese offered on April 29 to release.

"7t will be the biggest prisoner release of the war. The South Vietnamese announcement called on Hanoi to with some corresponding gesture of good North Vietnam has admitted holding 339 American POWs, most of them pilots, and the Saigon government says Hanoi also has more than 3,000 South Vietnamese prisoners. The prisoners are to be transferred from unarmed allied ships to unarmed North Vietnamese ships at the 17th parallel, which divides the DMZ. A U.S. spokesman said the Americans would in every way.

FRHD ONKKEN Hd OOIMTRY HAM SUPPER (Family Style) SATURDAY, MAY TO 8:00 P.M. (TArtltvAl A mu I Adulti $2.25 Children $1.00 Benefit of the Messiah United Methodist Church Building Fund TANEYTOWN, MD. MALE OR FEMALE WAQE TAX COLLECTOR For South Western School District Penn, West Manheim and Manheim Townships Application btanki ovoiloble at tha Office of the South Western School Diitrict. 200 Bowman Road, Hanorer, Pa. Between The Hours Of 8:30 A.M.

ond 4:00 P.M. Weekdays Open Sat. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed Memorial Day aren't for on flidawaikt, highways, or public roadt 4-HP 424 MINI-BIKE TAKES ANY TRAIL IN STRIDE! Escape from the crowd take off for the wfldsl 2-quart gas tank, folding foot pegs.

UKl 199 NO Billy Kerr of Pottstown poses no problem for a restaurant which is offering a fish dinner on an you can basis. Billy, fishing at a nearby creek, also expect to be able to supply dinner for his sister and three brothers. (AP Wirpehoto) AUCTION R.D; 4, Phone 633-S220 THURSDAY, MAY 27 At 6:30 P.M. The following Is all the remaining games, toys, and equipment of the Maldi Shop: Glass, show oases, nice wooden display seven Cole cabinets, with ttvo shelves; metal storage stands, very nice National cash register, 16 stods, eight plastic chairs, typewriter and stand, five nice coin display oaaes, electric magnetizer, outdoor sign, foreign coins and money, airplanes, with motors; lots of paints, paper cutter, lots of new toys and games, for Christmas; small coin oases, aluminum clothes tree, display rack of paint, very large variety ot games, display of coins, toys, Christmas yanl items, plus many, many items not listed. Auction room hours: FYi 1 p.m.

to 8 p.m. AUCTION Hall, Park Street, Hanover, Pa. Thursday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. This Sale includes a lot of good Antiques and Househokl Goods, of Mrs. Richard W.

Iivingston, of New Oxford, Pa. The following will be sold: Zenith record player, mahoghany slant4op desk, refinished dry sink, pine conier cupboard, with arch doors; empire sofa, Victorian sofa, Victorian rocker, Victorian slipper chair. Sessions electric china clock, Martha Washington sewing cabinet, cherry sliaving stand, walnut 3-tier shelf, double-door wardrobe, pair of pie curst stands, brass easel, brass floor lamp, two pairs of brass lamps, with marble base; pair of pewter lamps, several radios, coffee mill and counter scales, converted into lamps; 3-piece rawhide luKRage set, other luggage, gun racks, two old muskets, wooden bucket, corner shelves, small 2-drawer cabinet, First World War Historical Map, in picture frames, empire chest of drawers, mahoghany chest of drawers, mahoghany dres.ser, mahoRhany bedroom suite, flat-top office desk, brass clothes tree, tea waRon, needlepoint chair, three Windsor chairs, occasional chairs, stands, old outdoor lamp, small refinished ladder- back rocker, pine stand, clothes tree and rack, valet, cane- seat chair, brass fern stand, two brass fireplace screens, unframed pictures, sewing machine stand, softwood blanket chest, Victrola cabinet, oak; chair, Clark spool cabinet, tin bread box, two coal fireplace grates, 5-piece breakfast set, 12 school cliairs, with wide arm; G.E. refrigerator, electric roaster, two travel trunks, counter scales. Zenith portable TV set, radio- record player, several lanterns, davenport, vanity, end tables, two chaise lounRes, mantle clock, flat irons, painted crocks, quilts, linen, bedding, shirtwaist box, luggage stand, baskets, two beaded wicker covered bottle, wooden chest, Boston high chair, doll bed, figurenes, old coverlet, cradle, spool crib, coffee grinder, tea caddy, brass powder horn, oil lamp, lot of good picture and frames, lot of bottles, dishes, china, glassware, wooden folding chaire, skis, snow shoes, unicycle, bowling machine, two machines, reed, metal, and wooden outdoor chairs; two small benches, with storage; three benches, hammock, aluminum step ladder, sausage stuffer, lawn roller, two rubber tire lawn mowers, Kleen Sweep lawn sweeper, Express wagon, metal wheelbarrow, broad axe, lawn and garden tools, storage cabinet, bicycle, empty lars, pipe threader, pipe cutter, Delco water pump, row boat, and many other items not listed.

Included in the above, are a lot of real good antiques and other nierchandise. Terms: Cash R. E. Kehr, Auctioneer FOLDING CAMP TABLE 99 8 nUOFF 4.MAN CAREFREE CAMPER ECONOMICAL WAY TO VACATION 80 sq. ft.

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