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Evening star., 1960-06-09
SHORTAGE
Housewives BiIked
On Pockoged Goods

the weights and measures off,
cials, put his finger on what
may be the key to widespread
cheating by some food pack
ers; Penalties meted out by
courts are light.
Three firms, all manufac-
turers of (macaroni) products
with unsatisfactory regulatory
histories were criminally prose-
cuted on shortages ranging up
to II per cent in some spa
ghetti packages, with the aver
age shortage for all products
of over 5 per cent. Mr.. Hubble
said. The fines we're $500, $500
and $1,000"
At the manufacturers level,
a II per cent shortage IN a spa
ghetti package would repre-
sent about 2 cents in money.
After 10000 short-weight pack
ages had been disposed of, the
manufacturer could consider
his fine paid. The rest would
be gravy.
At the consumer level, the
housewife would lose about 4
cents Tor roughly one sixth
the price of an average pack
age Of spaghetti.
Not All Deliberate
Not all the loss suffered by
housewives is from deliberate
cheating, however. FDA Off
cialS have long contended that
much short-welghting results
from producers trying to hew
too close to the line.
The law does not require that
a packer place more in the
container than the net stated
on the label 1t simply says that
he must not pack less. Ideally.
a packer would put in precisely
the amount required and not
a crumb more. Packing and
weighing machines are not that
good, however.
According to one FDA off,
Evening star., 1960-06-09
Cubo Group Asks
Armed Uprising
Against Castro

MIAMI, Fla. June 9 (AP).-
A call for an armed uprising
against the regime of Fidel
Castro has been issued by a
group of Cubans meeting in
Costa Rica. The Movement of
Revolutionary Recovery" called
Evening star., 1960-06-09
SHORTAGE

Continued From First Page
contents were found, in the
aggregate, to be up to the
stated weight on the labels.
Short contents lots" aggre-
gated less than the stated
weight.
Not All Short
Within ok lots" some in
dividual containers were found
to be short and some over
weight. Similarly, some con-
tainers in short contents lots"
came up to or exceeded the
stated weight or volume.
FDA officials would not in
terpret the findings of the sur
vey. nor explain the agency's
reasons for not having made it
public last year, when it was
completed.
An analysis of the FDA
figures by The Star seemed to
show that where short-weight
was conSiderable-Say above 2
per cent-the shortages were
uniform. More than 80 per
cent Of the individual packages
in lots short 2 per cent or more
were themselves found to be
significantly underweight.
All coffee containers in a lot
more than 5 per cent short
were individually light by a
similar amount. The same was
true of salad dressing and veg
etable shortening.
The pattern of apparent
cheating was not so clear-cut
in cases where the lot-shorta ge
was less than 2 per cent. Still,
nearly 80 per cent of all con-
tainerS in lots collectively short
by 10 to l.9 per cent were
individually short. BY contrast,
only 14.8 per cent of individual
packages in ok lots" were
underweight.
Mr.. Hubble, in his speech to
Evening star., 1960-06-09

the Castro government a Com
munist government.
The movement sent a copy
Of its manifesto to Worldwide
Public Oponion" to the Asso-
ciated Press in Miami and to
Evening star., 1960-06-09
Board SIutes Outino

Ihe Silver Spring Board of
trade will hold its annual sum-
mer outing at the Brooke Manor
Country Club next Wednesday
beginning at 9 am.
Evening star., 1960-06-09
American newspapers.

American newspapers.
The manifesto said tn e
Castro regime will stop at
nothing to achieve his Com
munist objectiveS and already
has the most formidable re-
Evening star., 1960-06-09

Cldl, IL has DeeH CdlCuldCe0 JnaC
If one leading condensed milk
producer could put just one
drop less in each can, his saw
ing would be about $4,000 a
year,
Unable To Detect
Though FDA has long in
weighed against the economic
lilliteracy" of housewives who
buy by the package and not by
weight. it is unlikely that even
the most acute shopper would
know she was being cheated.
For example:
A pound of coffee, vacuum
Ipacked in a tin, has a gross
weight of nearly / pound 8
ounces. A one-ounce shortage
inside would hardly be notice.
able. even to the most practiced
estimator of weights.
Some of the short-weight is
beyond the control of the pack
er, weights and measures off,
cialS agree. A notable instance
is in corn meal, which heads
the list with 81 per cent of all
packages sampled being short.
Corn meal dries out in the
package, and except when very
fresh meal is obtained, the
buyer is likely to get less than
the pound" which was packed.
Since the weight loss is water
which is replaced when the
meal is prepared for the table,
this is not significant.
Harder to explain, however,
are shortages in Theoretically
sealed goods such as vacuum
packed coffee and vegetable
shortening. Equally hard to
understand is how significant
volumes could disappear from
liquid salad dressings in tightly
capped bottles.
Evening star., 1960-06-09
Official ID. C. Scales

Net weights of the packages
were computed on official
scales in the office of the Dis
trict Governments Weights,
Measures and Markets Branch.
The weighing process was car
ried on under the direction of
the District weights and meas
ures chief. J. Thomas Kennedy.
Computation of the net
Evening star., 1960-06-09
BY G. o.. HERNDON
Star Stan Writer

Short-weight in pre-pack-
aged groceries apparently is
not prevalent in the Washing
ton Metropolitan area, a spot
check of markets by The Star
indicates.
Only in one commodity
checked-butter-did all three
samples purchased in the area
show actual net weights below
the amounts printed on the
packages.
The shortages in butter
weights averaged only one
eighth of an ounce per pound
about half a cents worth or
hardly more than is needed to
butter a slice of toast.
AZ Items Checked
The Stars check of AZ pack
aged items of 10 different
kinds indicated a lower per-
centage of area short-weight
than was noted in a Nation
wide check by the Food and
Drug Administration last year
and made public by The Star
today. The items checked by
The Star were those in which
short measure was most pre-
valent nationally.
The Star bought IA pack
aged foods five of these were
macaroni and spaghetti types
from each of three super
markets-one each in the Dis
trict, Maryland and Virginia.
Different brands of each item
were purchased wherever pos
Sible.
In one store, all five
macaroni-type items purchased
weighed more than the stated
net weight on the package
label. The amounts of over
weight ranged from a quarter
OF an ounce to 11/16 of an
ounce.
Evening star., 1960-08-17
Recapture0|d
U. 5. Purpose,
Kennedy Asks

NEW YORK, Aug. II (AP).
ASenator Kennedy, the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee,
says "the task that lies ahead
is not to create a new national
purpose, but to try to re-
capture the old one."
This is no call to retrogres-
sion, for this purpose. born 1874
years ago Tin 1776), will be as
noble and as fresh 1874 years
hence-and beyond" Senator
Kennedy wrote in this weeks
issue of Life magazine.
1T is those same old
slogans and same old solutions,
surrounding the national pur-
pose, that we must guard
against. The old ways will
not do. They cannot do"
The article was one of a
series in Life by various authors
on Americas National Pur-
pose" Vice President Nixon,
the Republican presidential
nominee, will have an article
on the same subject in next
weeks issue.
"ClOudy Rhetoric Hit"
Among our overindulgences
of the past decade has been the
lavish use of a kind of cloudy
rhetoric that only befogs the
truth" Kennedy wrote. "Yet
basically we Americans prefer
plain talk and common sense.
1t is these we must apply if we
are to know ourselves again."
Senator Kennedy said the
United States has been and is
the most dynamic nation in
history.
Since this is so. why then
our current widespread sense
of staleness, of Illustration:
why the gnawing feeling that
we may have lost our way?"
he asked. I'm my mind there
are two broad answers.
Losing Tough Condition
/ "One is that the very abun-
dance which our dynamism has
created has weaned and wooed
us from the tough condition in
which, heretofore, we have ap-
preached whatever it is we have
had to do. >.
THE second answer is that
we have. of late. lacked the
leadership we require-human
fraility being what it is-to
remind us Of our national pur-
pose, to direct its sharing for
current ends. to spur us to new
efforts. to encourage and, If
need be, to exhort."
Evening star., 1960-08-17
Williams Willing
To Accept Post
BY the Associated Press

Gov. G. Mennen Williams of
Michigan said yesterday he
would consider it a privilege to
be tapped for a Washington job
If Senator Kennedy is elected
President.
Gov. Williams. winding up
two days Of political conferences
with Senator Kennedy. Demo-
cratic vice presidential candi-
date Johnson and other party
leaders, told newsmen, how
ever, he has received no such
offer.
Il specifically have foreclosed
that" Gov. Williams said.
adding that he told Senator
Kennedy some time ago that he
did not want to discuss any
possible appointment he might
get should Senator Kennedy
win the presidency.
Asked if he would accept any
job Senator Kennedy might
offer him, Gov. Williams
hesitated a moment, then said
"Yes, I'd feel privileged to
serve with Senator Kennedy"
Gov. Williams. now winding
up his sixth term, is not seek
ing reelection.
Evening star., 1960-08-17
Dairy Business Hiqh

OTTAW A.-Of Canada's
1859 milk production of 49,
19l, ,963,000 pounds, So per cent
was used in dairy-product
manufacturing, 81 per cent was
sold as milk and cream. and
II per cent was used on farms.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31

BIRTH - A daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nichols.
ADMITTED - Mrs. Mary
Cesnovar, Mrs. George Ry-
an, Chesterland; Mrs. Mich
ael NaruSch, Mrs. Tex Davis,
NeWbury; Mr.. Alan Bates e.,
NeWbury; Mrs. Joseph Ry-
ant, and Mrs. James Wallace
NeWbury.
DISCHARGED - M r s
Fred Marx, Mrs. William Tay
lor, Mr.. Alex Skiba, Ernest
Singleton, Child and Mrs.
Charles Sass and daughter.
Friday, March %
BIRTH - A daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard II
Streets.
ADMITTED - Mrs. Frank
lin Mum, NeWbury; M S
Lloydd Tuttle, Mrs. j o h n
Price, William Keller Child
Mrs. Harold Adams, Hunts,
burg; and Mr.. Edward Kew
er.
DISCHARGED = Mr.. Al
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31
GEAUGA HOSPITAL

Tuesday, March %
ADMITTED - Mrs. w / /
liam Taylor. Mrs. F + e d
Marx; and Dorothy R o S
Cchild)
DISCHARGED - Michael
Krejci Child, Mrs. James
Wingard and Mrs. Carl
White.
Wednesday, March %
ADMITTED - Mr.. Harry
Henry. HuntSburg; Mr.. Al :
bert ChriStman, Mrs. War :
ren Cell, Mrs. Isabel Ander-
son, Mrs. Bruce Daniels
and Mrs. Victoria orpow :
ski.
DISCHARGED - MIR. An
drew FazekaS, Mrs. James
Litz, Mr.. Arthur Stiverson
and Mrs. Vincent Kuty.
Thur sday, March "a
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31
(From Chardon unless noted)
Sunday. March 20

CFrom ChardOn unless noted)
Sunday, March 20
BIRTHS - A son to Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Fink. A son
to Mr.. and Mrs. James Litz.
ADMITTED - Mrs. Car
roll Crittenden, Chesterland.
Mrs. William Ward, N e W :
bury.
DISMISSED - Mrs. Steve
Macy, Mrs. Herman TouS :
saint, Mr.. Herbert Crawford
Mrs. Henry Taddie and son,
Mrs. Floyd Leyde and son.
Monday, March FL
ADMITTED - Child, Mic
hael Kreci, Mrs. Mabel Will
mot. Mrs. Antonio Smetak,
Child Richard Buckman Jr.,
and Albert Michener.
DISCHARGED = G h ] d
Ronnie Grennen.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31

bert Christman, Mrs. Franc
eS Nemi, CheSterland; and
Dorothy Rose Child, Hunts
burg.
Saturday. March 26
BIRTH - A daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Hal LeBar.
ADMITTED - Mr.. Alfred
Jones, Mr.. Chester Thomas.
DISCHARGED - Mrs.
Warren Cell, Mrs. Howard
Fink, Mrs. Joseph Randles ,
Mr.. Alan Bates and Mrs
Sherman Clifford.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31
NEWS from MUNSON

meetings. They are Debbie
Fredrichs, Kathy Heavey and
Linda Chapman. The Troop
made posters for their moth
ers reminding them of t h e
Munson Volunteer Fire De-
partment'S annual bake sale
Zpril 2 and 8 at the fire sta
ton. This date has n C
been postponed until Satur-
day and Sunday, April %
and "a. HoStesSeS were Ka-
thy Monroe and Mart My :
erS. Troop No. 2 will attend
the presentation of the Wiz
ard of or at Heights Child
renS Theater on Wednesday,
April 13. Transportation will
be furnished by the Troo p
committee and Brownie mo-
theirs.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31
By BETTE SCHEELE
Phone Avenue 6-1238

MUNSON = Munson Brow
ME Troop No. 2 held their
meeting on Thursday, March
"a with 36 present. Thre e e
new girls were invested aft
er attending at least four
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31

baked goods donations that
have not received the change
in dates, please note.
Pot Luck Meeting
The Mems Club of Nun =
per tonight, March 81 at $50
per tonight, Mar h 81 at $50
pm. in the all purpose
room of Bass Lake School
Bring two dishes to pass and
your own table service.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31
n
Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Tver-
gyak of Rt. 5 Chardon, an
nounce the engagement OF
their daughter Rosemary to
A-3c Robert w. Mintie, US.
A. F., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Ebosh of Rt. 5, Char
don.
Rosemary is a 1859 gradu-
ate of Chardon High School
and is employed as a medi-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31

Mills Community Christian
Church will meet on Thurs
day, April 7 at the church
This is to be a pot luck lun-
cbeon at II noon with des-
Sert furnished. A white ele-
phant sale will take place at
this meeting. Note change in
location.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31

ROSEMARY TVERGYAK
cal secretary, Geauga Com
munlty Hospital. Robert is q
lS99 graduate of Chardon
dlPh School and is now at
Voir, Va. D9l
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31
Ladies Aid

The Ladies Aid Of FoWlers
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31
Bake Sale Postponed

The annual bake sale for
the benefit of the MunSon Vol
unteer Fire Dept. has been
postponed along with n e
Maple Festival until April %
and "a. Anyone contacted for
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-31
Cancer Drive

Cancer Drive
Chairman Mrs. Howard
Hazen announces her work
erS for the Northeast corner
of MunSon are: Mrs. Joe
Nancy Jr., Mrs. Marjorie
Grennan, Mrs. William Har-
riSon, Mrs. Carroll Davis and
Mrs. joseph Borie.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-04-28
NOTICE OF
ON TAX LEVY IN
EXCESS OF THE
TEN MILL

NOTICE is hereby given that in pur-
suance of a Resolution of the Beaver
Local Board of Education of the
Beaver Local School District, Noble
County, Ohio. passed on the 4th day
of February, 1860, there will be SUBJ
mitted to a vote of the people of said
School District at a Special Election
to be held in the District of Beaver
Local. Ohio, at the regular places of
voting therein, hat on Tuesday, the
Bird day of May. 1860, the question of
levying, in excess of the ten mill Iimi-
tation, for the benefit of Beaver Local
School District for the purpose of
current expense.
Said tax being: an additional tax at
a rate not exceeding 5 mills for each
one dollar of valuation. which amounts
to $3.50 for each one hundred dollars
of valuation, for five years.
The Polls for said Election will be
open at $50 o'clock A. M. and remain
open until $50 o'clock p. M. Eastern
Standard Time of said day.
BY order of the Board of Elections,
of Noble County, Ohio
GLEN BUTTON, Chairman
HARRY RICHCREEK, Clerk
Dated: February 90. 1860
al AZ 43 "A J
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-04-28
LauSche Praised

Sen. Frank J. Lausche, a recognized in
dependent thinker who stands by his beliefs
consistently, is praised highly in an editorial
in the current issue of the Saturday Evening
Post for the part he took in framing the civil
rights bill recently passed by the Senate.
The magazine gives him credit for restoring
a certain amount of principle" to the debate
that preceded adoption of the measure and
for influencing its final form.
"Credit for one saving breath of realism
in the long debate, the editorial says, must
go to that truly liberal ~realist, Sen. Frank
Lausche, Democrat, of Ohio.
This referred to an amendment intro
duced by Senator Lausche, and adopted,
which would have made the bill apply equal
ly to everybody in the section fixing penal
ties for persons who interfere with court Or
ders, on other matters as we'll as school de-
segregation. Included would have been I'M
ions that ignored court orders in labor dis
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-04-28
One Good Term

For the past eight years, Noble county
has been well and favorably represented in
the general assembly at Columbus by a very
able and capable attorney.
During the tenure of his four terms, he
has always served the people of the entire
county with long hours of study and much
thought and preparation to the particular
project or bill which he was sponsoring.
He is asking and certainly deserves an
other term as our representative on the Re-
publican ticket in the primary next Tuesday.
On the basis of a record that would be
hard to beat in any other county of the state
and in order that at least two worthy pro-
iects might be carried on to a successful con-
clusion, it is expedient that the voters sup
port Edmund C. James as the Republican
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-04-28
Y The American Wav Y Y

your m~oney--is a nationwide
talent" test. 1t is given to
nearly half a million high
school students in an effort to
turn up talented college mater
ial. At one high school-after
taking this test dreamed up by
the federal bureaucrats - the
kids declared that it was such
a snap they didn't have to use
their brains at all. In fact, they
couldn't figure out what it was
all about, and one girl re-
marked that now she did not
even know what a high school
is for. No wonder. Here are a
few sample questions from this
test:
what is a comb used for?"
Then three answers are given,
the student being asked to
mark the correct one: "The
teeth, hair, Or toes?" This is
" designed, mind you, to turn up
future scientists.
Another question: "In Lon
don, what is a bobby? A police
officer, a baker, or a soldier?"
What, no pins?
Still another est o n:
(Which of these is alive? A
blackboard, a shoe, a cat?"
The cat in that so-called test
may be alive, but this will give
you just a small hint of what
we can expect if we allow our
schools to fall into the hands
of the dead cats in the federal
bureaucracy.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-04-28
RIGHT NOW

Every red blooded American appreciates what the louhu a
fathers did to establish the American Way of Life. Much time
is spent recalling their sacrifices, and the energy they speht III
order that a New Order of the Ages" be established among mel mel
We all realize the sacrifice made in order to preserve the
Union and to abolish slavery.
The battle of subduing a savage foe and tanning a d OIL
tinent is still fresh in our minds.
All this is fine. 1t is wonderful to keep the glories OF the
past fresh in our thoughts.
However it is far more important to take a serious al
our times, right now. 1t is part of true political wisdom o "a X
a close invoice of our attitude towards the problems OF omr pres
ent day. 1t is the part of true political wisdom to ask our serves,
what are we doing to improve our way of life? What sacIlilces
are we making that liberty of the individual remain WIN Us!
What are we doing to force the spenders in washington 10 ue
economy? Right here 1 would like to make a suggestion or give
a slogan for these times, "ThroW the Rascals Out"
Our fathers pledged their fortunes and their lives u Is
tabHsh Americanism. Can we afford to do less? Ii we COM
pletely neglect this urgent need, it will cost us our Republic ana
of course our freedom. The most of our energy ana or
thoughts should be devoted to the problems of Right Now.
Uncle Sam Stile
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-04-28
Your
| Election
Laws
by Ted w. Brown
Secretary Of Seoto Of Ohio

Election of delegates to the Re-
publican and Democratic Ma
tional conventions will result
from the primaries held on May
3.
Also to be elected on that date
will be members of the state and
county central committees of
each party.
All others are candidates for
party nomination, rather than
election, the nominee for each
post running against an oppon-
ent, also nominated at the prim-
airy, the winner to be decided in
November.
So, actually the primary is two
elections-a Republican election
of delegates and alternates and
of state and county committees,
as we'll as selecting party nomi-
nees for county, district and state
offices and d Democratic election
for the same posts.
Also on May 3, many special
elections will be held. These are
elections on questions and issues,
such as bond issues and tax
levies which could have been,
and often are, scheduled on dates
throughout the year, but were
set for the same day as the prim-
aries, to save the time of election
officials and extra expense.
The presidential e lie S
always create a high interest but
many persons fail to vote in the
primaries for one reason or
another. Just how great the vote
will be on May 3 is problematical.
The number of eligible voters, by
reason of a larger population and
a high registration figure (some
of this attributable to the 1880
interest and registration) is high
err than in the comparable prlm-
aries of 1856. Let us hope a good
percentage go to the polls tc
elect delegates and party leaders
and choose their party Standard
bearers for state, district and
county offices to be filled IN
November!
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-04-28

putes. On it the magazine said: "The Ohio
senator asked, What harm could come to
anyone if this section were amended to be-
come operative as to all citizens of the United
States and as to all court orders, DEGREES and
judgments?'"
After the amendment had been approved,
supporters of the section as previously draft
ed quickly decided that there was no reason
for the provision anyhow, because a section
of the pre-civil-life law covers practically
the identical situation" So the whole sec
ton was cut out of the bill.
Concluding it's comment, the editorial
pays this high compliment: Senator Lausche
of Ohio, who, in a period more concerned
with principle, would be a serious contender
for the presidential nomination by his party,
deserves high marks" Many Ohio residents,
member of both political parties, endorse
that statement.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-04-28
ROAD PETITION LEGAL

The Noble county commissioners
have received a petition from petition
ers residing in the vicinity of the
proposed Improvement described be-
low IN IN Wh t ! rhey respectiuily repre- pre-
welfare require the establishment of a
public road, beginning at a point in
the center line of S.R. $50 said point
being approximately a mile south of
Road No. 48 in Section %, Elk Town
ship. Noble County, Ohio, and run
ming in a %southerly direction 1000 feet
more or less to the residence of James
Lalathin.
The Noble county commissioners
have set the viewing date for the
above on Monday, May 2 and the
hearing date will be held on Monday.
May 8 at 10 ZOO o'clock a. m.
STANLEY OSLER,
Noble County Auditor