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Milford chronicle., 1959-09-25

tural strength -. it's a welded unit
that is virtually rattle-free.
The ride is fantastic. But to get 1t
we had to design Independent sus-
pension at every wheel; conventional
springing would give compact car
choppy ride. Right now we'll make
one prediction: no other US. compact
car will ride so comfortably, hold the
road so firmly and handle so beautifully.
Now there are two kinds of cars
from Chevrolet-because it takes two
kinds of cars to serve Americas needs
today. If you love luxury the utmost
in luxury-and if you want generous
interior space, breath-taking perform
ance, automatic drives and power
assists-then the conventional go
Chevrolet may be your choice.
If easy parking, traffic agility and
utmost economy are high on your list
then you should seriously consider
the Corvair. But the best thing to do
is to look these two new cars over at
your Chevrolet dealers !. take them
out for a drive. 1t may be that the
only logical choice for your family
between two cars like this s-both.
They make perfect Rajr.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-25
ON THE JOB

PLYMOUTH. Wis. up = A new
fire truck purchased by Superior,
Wis, was on it's way through Ply
mouth when a fire broke out. Fire
Chief Max Giebler said the aerial
ladder truck, quickly pressed into
service, saved two-story down.
town store.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-25
Nebraska: 4 Fiscal Oddity
No State Debt, Sales or Income Taxes
BY oDELL HANSON

(49-The through
build" the architectural
showpiece day i finished paid for"
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-25
Why we built two cars for 1860 :.
as different as night and day

C1aroRs 0M be able ~oK into
bandna
hop yebu them to
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-25
OIL s!lzz

See all the neO Cho October at yOur authorized Chevrolet dealers
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-25

Milford, Delaware
Evening star., 1959-12-13

ON CHRISTMAS DAY, whether you choose piece
" of fragrant mince pie to climax your dinner or
a slice of delectable cake TO complete an evening
buffet you will be eating mouthfu of history and
legendry. For both these pastries are as rich in
Christmas tradition they are in calories.
When the Crusaders returned from the Holy
Land they brought with them numerous Oriental
spices 1t was felt that the addition Of these spices
to mincemeat would provide a proper dessert
to be eaten in celebration of the Nativity.
The spiced mincemeat pie became traditional
part Of the Christmas dinner in England until
religious custom evoked what has been called the
Battle of Mince Pies"
Just before the Reformation, mince pies were
baked in the form of oblong representative OF the
manger at Bethlehem. tiny figure of the Infant
Jesus placed within an indentation in the top
Of the pie When the pie was served at the tamly
dinner the figure was removed lovingly, and put
away for another Christmas This practice SO
repeled the Puritans, however that they vocifer-
ouSly condemned the eating Of the pie Catholics
and AngicanS we're prompted to bake more ana
more mince pies, and when the Puritans gained
political power, the mince pie was forbidden
But good pie is hard to forget Mnce pies
were baked secretly and eaten eagerly by Cathohcs
and Anglicans When the political thinking
changed the Puritans went out and the mince pies
came back in. BY that time, however, most people
had forgotten that the controversial pies hao ever
been baked in the form of manger. Now tney
were devoid of a reposing Infant and inconsplcu-
ouSly circular in form.
Evening star., 1959-12-13
By BETTY RIVERA
Contributing Writer

In New England women have been adding "a
little of this and little of tnat" to the Christmas
mincemeat pie for more years than there are
raisns in one These women have been partial,
too to a certain regional" touch Ceremonially,
they have kept aside lust bit" Of the autumns
sweet cider to work up just the right "kick" to
perk up pie Modern New England housewives
buy the packaged mincemeat, cook 1t slowly and
add the amber kick" to achieve aromatic appe-
tiZng results.
The Christmas cake also is colorfuly back
grounded with legendry and should receive proud
prominence at the Christmas Night buffet.
So special food the Christmas cake in
Ireland at one time that Christmas Eve, when
cake was baked for each member of the family,
was called Might of Cakes" These cakes were
Favored with caraway and baked to bring health
and good luck to the eaters. But woe to the one
whose cake broke-bad luck would surely follow.
The Greeks drew a cross on the top OF each
Christmas cake and devotedly placed one on table
on Christmas Eve to await the Christ Child, should
He happen to visit that home on the holy night
The French people refrained from eating their
Christmas cake until portion had been given to
the poor.
A cherry cake decorated with poinsettia
motif Incorporates two legends One tells us that
Mary and Joseph were walking in lovely garden
where cherries grew in abundance. Mary wanted to
Evening star., 1959-12-13
A MouthfuI Of History

eat some of the cherries but Joseph, disturbed by
the words spoken to Mary by the angel at the An
nunciation refused to pick the fruit for her. as he
was momentarily engulfed with doubt. The Infant
in the womb instructed Mary to go to the cherry
tree which would bow to her that she might
easily pick the fruit. When Joseph saw this, he
was contrite and apologzed. An angel then ap-
peared to assure him that the Infant would arrive
soon.
The poinsettia is sngularly appropriate as
decoration for Christmas cake, 1t is called the
flower of the Holy Night" This name is an out
growth of a legend which relates that a small boy
once went to church on Christmas Eve filled with
because he had gift to bring to the Christ
Child. Before entering the church, he knelt outside
and silently told God of his deep desire to bring
Him worthy gift Almost instantly, a gliStening
green plant with flaming blossoms sprang from the
earth where he had knelt. The child bent eagerly.
gathered the blossoms and carried them into the
church for the Christ Child.
For the children, who delight in early morning
activity on Christmas morning, new and tender
custom has been growing in the United States.
Thoughtful parents provide a birthday cake for
the Infant The candles the cake cere-
monouSly lighted after presents have been opened
so that few moments can be set aside as gesture
of family observance of the Christ Childs birthday
Knowledgeable interest in tradition and Gus
toms which tenderly celebrate the Nativity will do
much to enhance the pies and cakes you serve and
eat on Christmas Day and provide fascinating It'd
bits of Christmas conversation.
The people's voice., 1959-09-25
OK, Washington, D. C.
YOU CAN'T INSULT THE
COMMUNISTS

My own feeling is that Lawrence
was not only within his rights in ask
ing the question but that he helped
to this whole visit. For nearly an hour
those of US who were crowded into
the small Press Club dining room
listened to the dreary recital of old
Communist stereotypes by the Rus
sian boss.
Yet one subject-Soviet manners
was nowhere mentioned in his long
Grafton. And it was Soviet manners,
for which read international beha-
vior", that was the one subject on
nearly everyone's mind. For the fact
is that if this tour turns out to be
big 'bust'' it will be Mr.. K. and his
cohorts who will be to blame.
Only a week ago there was tre-
mendous good feeling in the Capital
about having Khrushchev here. The
advertised protests of various we'll
meaning anti-Communists were dis
missed as misguided, mere reflections
of ultra-right-wing thinking. The
President and the Republicans gener-
ally realized they were taking tre-
mendous political risks but, as Mr..
Eisenhower has often said, he would
do anything in the cause of preserving
peace-or go anywhere, even Moscow.
Just when the Administration was
helping to soften the hostile feelings
that were widely held, the Russians
shot off their rocket to the moon.
Khrushchev may consider this a
"happy coincidence but to many
Americans, including the President,
this seemed like show of power, a
flexing of the muscles that was hardly
conducive to friendly, informal talks.
Why did the Russians choose this
time to do it? The answer may be that
they still feel so insure of themselves
that they believe they have to show
the world that they are to be taken
seriously. If this is correct, what they
do not yet understand is that they
are being taken very seriously.
But the "moon shot" may also have
been meant to scare us. After all if a
nation can land rocket on the moon
and be only one moment off in its
calculations then it should be pretty
easy to aim a rocket at New York or
Denver or Norfolk, Va. The reason
liked Lawrence's question was that
it showed Mr.. K. that, despite all the
threats of Soviet power, Americans
DO not scare easily, even when they
are impressed. aFr
The people's voice., 1959-09-25
Automobiles, Soap
Experts Only In Their
Own Fields, Until

WASHINGTON, D. C.-PAD-
The Democratic Digest reported on a
speech made to the Harvard Club of
New York by Marguerite Higgins,
New York Herald-Tribune columnist.
"Miss, Higgins said simply that she
had gone to the people at Proctor &
Gamble and asked them how they
would like to have Charles E. Wilson
for their boss. Impossible, she was
told, Mr.. Wilson's business was auto
mobiles; he didn't know anything
about soap. Then she went to the Cen
eral Motors people and asked them
how they would like to have Neil Nc
Elroy as their boss. Never, they told
her; he was soap man; he didn't
know anything about automobiles.
"The point of Miss Higgins story
is obvious: By the standards of the
businessmen, whom the president so
obviously idolizes, one of these two
men was considered unqualified to
run a soap company and the other
was considered unqualified to run an
automobile company. But both of
them have baen considered by Presi-
dent Eisenhower to run the most COM
plicated business in the world-the
u. S. Defense Department.
The people's voice., 1959-09-25
WATCH ON The POTOMAC
BY ROBERT G. 81
MR.. "K." MEETS THE PRESS

The GOODNESS of the reception So
Wet Premier Khrushchev encountered
on his arrival in Washington was not
unexpected, or even unpleasant. After
all, this tough, barrel-chested little
man, with the squinty eyes, has visited
in lands where the people had real,
personal reasons for hating him. Not
too long ago, he was known as "The
Butcher of Budapest" yet he visited
that Hungarian capital only four
months after the 1856 revolt. That
took brass.
But when Mr.. X. met the Ameri-
can press at the National Press Club
he ran into something that even the
most brilliant Soviet planner could
not have forecast. He was asked a
question, so personal and so provoca-
tive, that it sent him into an emo
tional tornado.
The question was put to him by
William Lawrence, THE NEW YORK
TIMES political reporter, who is this
years president of the club.
AS Lawrence suggested in his open
ing remarks, the incident may have
been apochryphal, or it may have been
true. The story was that during his
speech denouncing the "crimes of the
Stain era" he was sent an unsigned
note by Russian Communist in the
audience asking "where were you?"
when these "crimes" were committed?
According to the story, Khrushchev
paused, looked around the room and
asked if the man who sent the note
would care to rise and identify him
self. No one stood up. Then, Law
renee asserted, Khrushchev noted that
no one had risen to speak up and he
is alleged to have said, '"That's where
l was when Stalin's crimes were COM
mitted.
Anyone who saw the episode on
television, or who was in the room
when Lawrence asked this question,
can testify that Mr. X. himself nearly
hit the moon. He was outraged, Of
Tended and for a moment the cold
war looked as if it might get hot.
AS it often does when someone asks
a particularly embarrassing question
at the Press Club, the Lawrence ques-
ton provoked long debate after
wards at the Press Club bar. Should it
have been asked? Was this not Gin
sulting'' Pres n t Eisenhower's
guest? Wouldn't a question Of this
sort make Khrushchev pretty sore and
cause him to do all sorts of unpleasant |
things? That was the range of the ar
gument.
The people's voice., 1959-09-25
Radiation: A Public Enemy

field of medical and dental examina-
tions 1t Is unfortunate that many of
the 100000 x-ray machines are de-
livering higher doses of radiation than
is necessary. Much is being done to
improve machines and teehniques, re-
sulting in reduced exposures. Again
it should be emphasized that x-ray
diagnosis and treatment in competent
hands is necessary and safe.
Before man split the atom he gave
little heed to environmental radiation.
Now he is seeking base line informa-
tion through various agencies about
radiation fall-out in water, and milk
especially. Radioactive waste from in
dustries is being given much attention.
The increasing public awareness
and concern about radiation is the
result of weapons testing. A far more
important source is the rapidly grow
ing number of power reactors. These
will require close supervision.
Radiation challenges Public Health
officials in three major areas. First is
the public fear that must be avoided
by providing adequate Pathological
health control programs. Second is the
growing need of properly trained
manpower to supervise and study
these hazards. Third is the need for
more research on how to dispose of
the quantities or radioactive waste
from reactors and industrial uses.
The Atomic Energy Commission has
millions Of gallons of such waste bur
led in tanks in the earth. This is only
temporary. A long range method of
disposal must be found.
In conclusion, DR.. David E. Price of
the Public Health Service, in his ar
ticle in the Public Health Reports,
from which the above information
comes, says that although the problem
is preventable, it will require prompt
action on everyone's part to keep it so.
The people's voice., 1959-09-25
BroudenLen
Powers Of US.
Credit Unions

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
Before it adjourned Congress ushered
in the first sweeping revision of the
federal credit union act since it was
passed 25 years ago.
By unanimous votes in each house
Congress sent the bill to President
Eisenhower, September 10, and credit
union leaders expect him to sign it.
Briefly, the new law makes it cas-
ier for credit unions to lend money
to their members. Under the act, a
federal credit union may:
Lend member $3.50 without
any security except his signature (up
from $4,000;
Lend a member money for five
years, instead of three;
Give an officer power to okay
loans of $3.50 plus what member
has in shares;
Sell checks and money orders
and cash them for fee;
Convert to a state charter and
vice versa;
Lend money to officers up to
the total of their shares;
Declare semi-annnal as we'll as
annual interest on shares; and
Figure a months interest on
shares member invests by the 9Th
of any month.
The new law also gives credit un-
ion directors power (1) to appoint
the supervisory committee, (2) to
decide what interest will be paid on
shares, and (3) to name an executive
committee with broad powers. Form
erly, only the members at their an
nual meeting could name the super
The people's voice., 1959-09-25
Preparations
For HideoUs
Germ Warfare

Almost everyone knows a nucleal
war. would devastate the countries
concerned and perhaps end all human
life on earth. Because of blanket OF
secrecy, however, few know that other
weapons which may be just as deadly
as atomic and hydrogen bombs are
ready for use by the United States
and Russia.
Attention was called to these weap-
ons by Congressman Leonard Wolf
(D-Iowa). He said his apprehensions
on this subject were aroused by ex-
pert testimony given behind the closed
doors of the Committee on Space and
Aeronautics and that the weapons are
those which would be used in "chemi-
cal and psychological warfare
AS for the chemical part of it, there
is no secrecy about the fact that poi
son gases and chemicals were used in
World War I, but were not used in
World War II because both sides
feared they would lose as much as
they would gain from the still deadlier
poisons which had been developed.
Since then, still newer and more eff
fective poisons have been produced
and "stockpiled".
However, Wolf was talking primar-
lily about meteorological war, also
called "germ war;, which would
spread deadly diseases for which there
is no known cure. Medical scientists,
who were trained to save human life,
have been working for years to de-
velop new and surely fatal varieties
of germs which would kill instead of
save.
Moreover, Wolf said, defense
against this kind of war is even more
difficult than defense against nuclear
bombs, because millions of the germs
can be carried in small vial. 1t. if
broken, could spread contagion which
would wipe out the population of a
whole city.
Wolf did not reveal any of the testi-
mony given before the congressional
committee, but he said "the veil of
secrecy which surrounds this area
should be lifted, and the American
people should be informed of develop
ments in chemical and meteorological
weapons" He urged that some COM
mittee of Congress hold public hear
ings on this subject, just as House
committee recently held open hearings
on the devastation which would be
by use of nuclear weapons"
DISPATCHER.
The people's voice., 1959-09-25

| 3
Radiation is a public health prob
lem. Like many things in life, radia-
ton is both beneficial and harmful.
If properly controlled, it's effects can
be most useful. s..
One of the major sources of radia-
ton exposure today is the x-ray.
While it is most useful to man, he is
sometimes exposed to it. If all need
less use of x-ray can be avoided, with
out interfering with its many benefits
in the detection and treatment of di-
sease, then much has been accom-
plished. -.
Public Health officials have largely
eliminated the use of the microscopic
shoe-fitting machine shoe stores used
widely few years ago. This machine
served no useful purpose. If child
were exposed every time he got new
pair of shoes, he would get rather
sizeable dosage of radiation over a
period of years.
Another example of unnecessary
exposure is the mass chest x-ray sur
veys. When tuberculosis was more
prevalent, such surveys were justified
They unquestionably have saved many
lives. In some localities and with GER
tain groups they are still desirable.
A third effort to reduce unneces-
sary x-ray exposure has been in the
The people's voice., 1959-09-25

visory committee or fix the dividend
rate on shares.
Credit Union National Association
had also asked Congress to authorize
federal-chartered central credit un-
ions. Instead, Congress asked Deane
Cannon, director of the credit union
bureau, to report on the desirability
Of this by April Is.
The people's voice., 1959-09-25

that it is important for you to know
about your government.
/ Who does the writer write for?
The subscriber? The library read
er? The historian of tomorrow? The
public official that he listens to-
Mayhaps personal pride?
Be vain. writer's of Helena. Unite
for you have only your jobs to lose
The press of Monatna is being usec
as evidence against Horace Williams
according to the indictment presented
at last Fridays illegal safeguards
session of the Legislative Council. II
is not quite clear whether he was in
the wrong because the press used his
release of June 20, or because the
release of July 1 which consisted of
chart was not used. June 20 re-
lease exposed 21-fold right-of@way
cost increase in Glendive area. July 1
chart showed in dollars and cents
financial condition of each Highway
financial district.)
The press of Montana was topic
in the recent negotiations of the High
way Commission and The Crafts
Council. A story was written that
outlined the action of the day before
with the State, County & Municipal
Employees that was construed as ia
vorable to that union. The story was
only as could be seen by fair writer
and not a plot against craft unions
because the next days stories were
of the activities of the craft unions.
Harry Burns, chairman of this COM
mission that runs through more money
than the rest of Montana in a lump,
is given to pointless "quotables". On
the subject of hiring consultants to
replace the departments career engi-
neers on the Interstate, Burns says:
"We have other consultants in this
state besides Bradford, Kenfield and
Townsend"
Truman Bradford was head of the
1859 Legislatures highway investi-
The people's voice., 1959-09-25
State House Beat
FRANKLY SPEAKING

I don't know, but / have the faith
which believes that the reader car
perceive-my pretext for receiving
money to maintain the habit of this
column
Mr.. K, whom the TV viewers have
come to know, is surrounded by those
who have reached the top Of what is
known of news.
The reports have demonstrated how
the creators of your news will almost
wreck a supermarket in San Fran
cisco or a corn field in Iowa. This
is of business that keeps contro-
versy alive.
The righteous will say that these
are persons without ethics, but this
is without knowing what the aims of
these popular professional writers
are.
This is not story to tell you the
inside of the workings behind the
finely printed words, you read, but
more or less an appraisal of how they
come about.
The men and women of the press
of Montana are exposed to the tear
or rip of life which drags at any seq
ment of humanity. They are producing
copy which will demonstrate the point
of view of almost any group, person,
organization or thought which occurs
to them as of the moment.
Now comes your wisdom as to how
these persons are paid to see what
they report. AP and UPI are common
headings for the stories you read in
daily news of the happenings in Hell
ena. | am not paid to watch how the
employees of these wire services work
but they are present at almost every
situation I report. ...
Which one do you suspect as being
the enemy of the righteousness you
PROFOUND?
These are not saints of the Bible.
The talent of smashing a current
speech to printed word is terrifying,
yet common experience to all report
ers. Perhaps a short-coming is that
all desire to give the reader his
moneys worth for the pennies paid
for the months reading matter.
The comings and goings of the peo-
pie Of the wire services as we'll as
the individual paper reporters are
legend. These points now will perhaps
outline what | am driving at.
Wednesday as the Highway Com
mission was closing the months busi-.
ness an executive session was called. /
This is the signal for press people
to rise and leave the room.
The lady reporter had the presence
of mind to want the reason, "Why?"
No answer. Cato Butler of High |
ways public relations department,
politely held the door. open for us.
An exit was made. ti"f
Time wore on and the lady and I
were caught by the secretary of the
commission, Jack Wheeler, over
listening outside the commission
chambers. w h eler Immediately
tipped the commission that they were
being heard in their discussion of the
Horace Williams dismissal case.
This may seem the methods of
sneaks. .o
The popular events writer is paid
for knowing, listening is not ac-
curate reporting because you do not
actually see who said, "Where we
made our mistake was :" and call
said was that this man needed to
be retired or transferred"
The iron curtain of the executive
session is to only confuse the news
reader.
The hundreds of men that follow
MIR. K. believe, that you have right
to know. The men that have current
control of Montana do not believe
The people's voice., 1959-09-25

Admiral Byrd took ice-boxes with
him to the South Pole regions to keep
his provisions from freezing too solid.
The people's voice., 1959-09-25
From THE MACHINIST
Of Sept. 10, 1859
By DR.. WILLIAM A. SAWYER
lam Medical Consultant

This column is copyrighted by THE
MACHINIST and is reprinted through
the courtesy of the international As
socfation of Machinists.
The people's voice., 1959-09-25

= Truman Bradford was head of the
1859 Legislatures highway investi-
eating committee, Leonard Kenfield
is president of the Farmers Union,
and Ted Townsend is editor of the
Farmers Union News.