Daily Bedford Gazette (Newspaper) - August 23, 1975, Bedford, Pennsylvania BEDFORD GAZETTE THE WEATHER Mostly cloudy through tonight with scattered showers and possibly a High in the upper 70s to low Low tonight in the mid to upper ESTABLISHED 1805 VOL 170 281 AUGUST 1975 SINGLE COPY FIFTEEN CENTS Hot Dog Sales Continue To Climb In Elsewhere AP Just as its descendants are shrouded in the first hot dog is shrouded in Although ho one really knows when the original frankfurter evolved from the first American hot dog is commonly believed to have been born in Coney with German butcher Charles Feltman as its first In the 90 years since the hot dog which the Department of Agriculture says may also be called a frank or weiner has come a long pick ing up such garnishments as onions and its basic the History credits the creation of the hot dog sandwich to an anonymous sausage vendor at the Louis Exposition in The considerate it is lent his white gloves to customers so they could com hold the red hot weiners he more often than the customers neglected to return his A baker friend suggested he use bread dough shaped into long and the first hot dog bun was The hot dog in its first come to be an American diet staple and is now re ported to be making considerable headway in other parts of the To give a small idea of how many hot dogs are sold and eaten every year in the United the Hatfield Packing Company in this Montgomery County community sold almost four million pounds of hot dogs in Each pound package contains 10 hot if all the frankfurters produced by Hat field Packing last year were laid end to a hot dog enthusiast could eat his way from Hatfield to nearly miles away and still have about 100 miles of wieners left Some new such as the chicken dog and the soy bean havent slowed the increasing consumption of the pork hot Many reasons have been advanced for the hot dogs booming including its reason able cost compared to other meats and its relatively high protein The simplest seems to be that people enjoy the hot dog for its con and John a company points but there are of hot The basic hot dog is a blend of beef and pork There is also the frank furter dogs made with which are labeled hot dogs with variety if the frankfurters have the label will identify them as hot dogs with nonfat dry milk added or hot with soy flour Whichever ingredient is most predominant in the hot dog is listed then the and so in descending order of For some hot certain preservatives and coloring agents are the making of the frankfurter is a much more complicated process than the choosing of a condiment to go with On a recent tour of the Hatfield Packing plants hot dog processing Ken a explained how the frank is from hog or steer to wrapped The first thing which impresses the visitor is the computer control panel in Cle mens which monitors every segment of the The computer checks quality using different calculations to assure a proper blend of meat for the The hot dog begins its complex journey with the slaughtering of the Hatfield buys the beef used for the franks from local meat packers in a few miles and other area meat The fresh beef and pork is processed and placed in the storage room until the next day when the blending A sample of the meat is taken to Hatfields own where it is tested for moisture and protein At this the computer goes to blending the beef and pork according to Us The meat is then cut up into a very fine The meat is now forced into celluloid tube shaping the frankfurters into 160foot long hot dogs with links placed at five and one quarter inch For the next 45 the hot dogs go through a cooking and smoking with temperatures strictly Clemens notes the hot dog process is closely federal and state After the 45mlnute cooking the hot dogs are dropped into a cooling solution which reduces the temperature Jo 99 degrees Salt in the keeps them from The 160foot long franks are then run through a machine strips the celluloid The hot dogs are then put and dropped Into which groups them In and finally they move into a wrapping machine which packages While the hot dog is booming In the United it is also making Inroads Clemens in food It etching weve alto had to our plant from France and he Alter nearly a hundred years of being served at tens of of barbecues and being down with glasses of and being produced by the each the hot dog may now reach across the will never py it Is rooted In New Environmental Queen Jonna Long of Schellsburg RD 1 receives the crown of her new Bedford County Environmental from the outgoing Kllen Hershberger of Martinsburg Jonna Long Crowned Environmental Queen A longtime 4H Club Jonna Long of Schellsburg RD was crowned Bedford County Environmental Queen at the annual Soil Conservation District banquet at Bedford Grange Thursday The daughter of and William Long was selected from a field of six contestants from across the Asked during a public in why she wanted to wear the Miss Long I like to meet It just sounds ex The young woman had met with judges the day for more prolonged In talking of her 4H Miss Long said she was a member of the 4H Rough Riders and 4H County Interviewer Dick Rice of New Enterprise RD asking why the horse club was called the Rough had Miss Long I guess we just ride The senior at Chestnut Ridge High School was looking anything but wearing a princess ivory dress accompanied by a long sleeved matching jacket with shirring Miss Longs selection gives the Chestnut Ridge School District reason to boast about its attractive and intelligent young Miss Clare Ann Fyock of Osterburg RD also a senior at Chestnut earlier this year was chosen Bedford County Dairy Thursday nights program marked the first official queen contest for the Con servation Miss Ellen Hershberger of Martinsburg RD 1 was chosen by district officials last year to wear the county And a wise decision that proved to since Miss Hershberger went on to become Pennsylvania En Selected first Miss Long was Louann Kay daughter of and Thomas Beegie of Bedford RD who is a junior at Bedford Area High Gloria daughter of Ruby Kauffman of and a graduate of Tussey Mountain High was named second Judges for the event were Carolyn of the Fulton County Soil Con servation Pick publisher of the Bedford County and Richard of Area High Miss Hershberger of RD i crowned Miss Long and presented her with an arm bouquet of spring on page 10 Congressmen Hire More Women But Pay Them Less By Alan Berlow Gazettes Washington Bureau women stand a better chance than men of being hired by Pennsylvania they are likely to be paid considerably a study by Gazettes Washington bureau The based on a survey of salaries paid by 25man House congressional delegation in indicates that men generally stand to make higher salaries in most of the The study shows that while women ac counted for more than 60 per cent of the staff employed by the delegation last they received only 36 per cent of the professional level of or more a The median salary for male employes of Pennsylvania congressmen last year was while the median for females was or onethird The study of Pennsylvania payrolls in cluded only those employes who were paid at the rate of a year or more and who worked for a minimum of 150 The analysis was based on the salaries of 273 employes including 104 men 38 per cent of the total sample and 169 women 62 per cent of the The data compiled from the payroll records suggest that many Pennsylvania lawmakers hire women primarily for clerical other less intellectually challenging and leave a higher percentage of the more interesting legislative and administrative positions for no information on the prior job experience or educational level of employes was available nor was information on who competed for various job making it impossible to arrive at any definitive judgements on sex discrimination in the study revealed that while there were far fewer men employed In Penn sylvania congressional they com manded a substantial majority of the highest paying 1 Fortyone per cent of the women employes were paid less than while 19 per cent of the men were paid at this Most of the women employes in this pay bracket were while the men in this range more frequently had less revealing job titles such as staff or congressional Of 104 men included in the 41 earned or Of the 169 25 earned or more last The study indicates that there was no significant difference In the hiring practices of Commonwealth Republicans as opposed to Women received per cent of the under salaries paid by while they received M per cent of those paid by the Females working for GOP lawmakers got U per cent of the salaries above while those working for Democrats received six per The findings of Gazettes Washington bureau are similar to those reported In May by the Capitol Hill Womens Political Caucus in a Senate Sexists in the Senate A study of Differences in Salary by Sex Among Employes of the The an unofficial group of Capitol Continued on page 10 Top Of Th Morning Topics In The News Today AROUND HERE ELSEWHERE Topic A An accident involving two trucks on the turnpike Friday afternoon claimed the life of 24yearold Clinton Wilk of An Wilk died shortly after being admitted to Bedford A woman passenger In Wilks halfton vehicle suffered cuts and abrasions she was treated at the hospital and State police said the accident occurred at miles east of Wilks truck reportedly struck the rear of a that had pulled onto the highway from Midways north Other details were not available at press A Buffalo Mills couple was arrested Friday morning on a charge of endangering the welfare of John and were arraigned before magistrate Sutphen and jailed in lieu of bond State police made the arrests at the Richards residence on a warrant the charges were filed by the Bedford County Child Care Police said the children were taken into the custody of the child care A hearing is to be set The Environmental Protection Agency Friday awarded a reimbursement grant to the Saxton Borough Municipal Authority for the nonfederal share of costs for construction of the boroughs sewerage treatment The grant an was made by Bud The grants covers the nonfederal share expended from 1966 through and was awarded under a section of the federal Water Pollution Control Act of Shuster said he was pleased that Saxton received the noting that he believes it is an indication of the degree of cooperation that can be achieved between our municipalities and the federal government in accomplishing what is in the best interests of our A Maryland man was sentenced Thursday to 11 to 23 months in Bedford jail for his part in the burglary at Gun Shop near Buffalo Mills in April Russell Eckert of charged with waived in and pleaded Judge Van Horn ruled the sentence is to begin as of April he also ordered Eckert to pay a the costs of prosecution and to make In other cases before the court Wayne McKnight of Six Mile Run pleaded guilty to a burglary at Taylors Arco station in Liberty Township on sentence was suspended and he was placed on 23 months Van Horn also ordered the defendant to pay a costs and William Heaps of alias William DeCarlo of pleaded guilty to a theft in which a television was stolen from the Penn Aire Motel in Breezewood April Heaps was placed on probation for 23 months after Van Horn suspended sentence the defendant was also assessed a fine and The TV was Bernard New Paris RD was jailed for one to six months after he pleaded guilty to driving under suspension the offense occurred and was one of a number of the same charges Ferguson had been apprehended for in the past several He was also fined and Michael Allan Schreiber of Everett was placed on the Rehabilitation Disposition ARD program in connection with an arrest for theft he was given probation for one year and ordered to pay the costs of The Bedford sewer authority learned Thursday that the drilling work being done in connection with the boroughs new sewer plant is progressing slowly because of the layers of limestone that must be to the con tractors on the project are still working on getting materials and equipment to the site at the east end of the borough ex is The authority has received enough of its funding allocation to pay the engineering fees The authority acted to set procedures to be followed with requisitions and other paperwork connected with the plant and to secure bonding for treasurer Don Bedford sheriff Wayne Manspeaker was appointed Thursday to the police task force for the central region of the Governors Justice The region covers 16 Olin Saxton is Bedford second representative to the and has been renamed to the police task A charge of criminal attempted burglary against Larry of Alum Bank RD was bound over for court action following a hearing before magistrate Kenneth Drenning and two juveniles were apprehended after they allegedly attempted to break into a trailer at the fairgrounds Two drivers escaped injury Friday morning when their cars collided on Legislative Route onehalf mile south of State police said that after the the auto driven by Clyde of Bedford RD sheared off a telephone The accident occurred when a northbound car driven by Catherine of Bedford failed to yield half the highway to Calhouns oncoming car as Milburns was rounding a left Damage to Calhouns 1968 sedan and the pole was set at each to Milburns 1969 An accident resulted Friday morning when a driver at tempted a left turn from the right lane across the section of Route 30 just west of State police said Sonja of Everett RD was driving west when she at tempted the turn in front of a car driven by Delmar of Everett RD Leader was westbound in the left Total damage to the both was set at There were no A hitrun driver was apprehended after a collision bet ween a pickup with a camper and a in the parking lot of the Wildwood Inn south of at State police said a charge will be filed before magistrate Marlon against Shannon of Wells the pickup The parked owned by Advance Leasing wai being driven by Richard of Kathryn Sweet wan elected president of the newly formed auxiliary for historic Bedford Village Other officer named at Thursdays organizational meeting were Nancy vice president Carol and Donna Persons wishing to join the auxiliary are asked to attend a meeting at 7 so 15 in the magistrates hearing room in Russell Sweet said the auxiliary hopes to help in restoring cabins in the The projects will be research into the dress of Bedford from the type of furnishings found in homes of that Topic A ap pointed a 32yearold bank executive as president of Indiana University of Penn The new Robert is currently vice president and director of the Financial Planning Group at the Chase Manhattan Bank in New A native of Wilburn replaces William who resigned in April as president of the state owned The United States and the Union are proposing a ban on an undeveloped method of warfare that has caused some public anxiety but appears to offer no threat to the world for years to It is called environmental modification which means manipulation of the structure of the plant air and outer space to cause floods and changes in the ocean currents and other ecological Bethlehem Steels fabrication plant in a suburban Pittsburgh community may be shut down if negotiations with two unions fail to reduce production the firm said About 950 workers at the plant could be Bethlehem said a meeting has been set for 3 to discuss the problem with the United Steelworkers and an engineers Some 300 striking Ap coal miners marched in protest against coal companies and federal judges Friday as their colleagues continued wildcat strike in areas of West Kentucky and As many as miners were idled by the the West Virginia Coal Association and pickets spread into the nor thern part of West Virginia for the first We demand the right to said placards and banners carried through downtown Charleston by protesting Within 24 hours of the announcement of a liberalized Cuba trade more than 30 business firms made telephone inquiries to the State Department seeking additional officials ex pressed doubt that the new policy would have a sub stantial impact on Cuban trading The inquiries were triggered by Thursdays announcement that firms based overseas will be per mitted for the first time in 12 years to trade with San Francisco police and firemen were back on the job Friday after Mayor Joseph Alioto invoked emergency powers and granted their salary stunning the citys board of Strikers began reporting for work Thursday night only hours after the supervisors rejected a strike Alioto ignored the super suspended the city charter and ordered a 13 per cent wage twice what the supervisors wanted to Superheated water and steam trapped off Texas Gulf Coast could help solve the nations energy the Geological Survey The government in a report Issued this said water and steam under great pressure off the coast contain dissolved methane and natural The report said there are several places off the coun trys shores where high temperatures are found close enough to the surface to permit water and steam Put most of the other areas dont have the natural Has advantage found off the survey NEW YORK Jones stock averages Indus up Trans up Utils up HS Stocks up State House Considers Sweeney HARRISBURG AP Speaker Herbert Fineman has called a special House session for Wednesday to consider expulsion of a Pitt lawmaker convicted of mail fraud last More than 102 House members having responded affirmatively to my I am issuing a call for a special Fineman said in a statement The 203 House members originally were to return Fineman had written the House members last asking whether they wanted an immediate special session lo consider the case of Leonard a a freshman who originally said he would asked instead for a leave of Several members are circulating an expulsion resolution that would take a twothirds State records show no ex pulsions of House members in the 20th Three were thrown out in the Thomas McElwee of Bedford County was ousted in 1X40 for spitting on another House The vote was In two members were expelled Martin of Luzerne for taking money to influence his vote and Emile Petroff of for offer ing to sell his The Senate expelled a member for the first time in June when Frank Mazzei was voted Like hes a Pittsburgh Mazzei was convicted of ex in November and sen in citizens and Shapp senators for taking so long to In Fineman acted so swiftly that he admitted All the votes are not in on returning deadline is still several days but I want House members to have as much warning as possible so they can get back to the Sweeney was convicted in federal court on three counts of mail fraud in an alleged scheme to stage phony auto accidents and swindle in surance Judge Daniel Snyder sen Sweeney to three years in prison on each the sentences to run con He also was The that would not be eli gible for parole in six Sweeney is an at Reach Truce In Sign Conflict By The Associated Press A truce seems to have been reached in the Great Sign War between Maryland and the states of West Virginia and Officials of West Virginia and Pennsylvania say Maryland started it all when it deleted references to and from directional signs along In Routes 70 and 8t in western Highway official saty they removed the names because the two towns were Just too unfamiliar to moat Martinsburg officials djd not They appealed to their Arch calling for Wait Virginia to retaliate by deleting all references to anything In Maryland from road sIlM on routes leading to Hearing of the Mountain state Maryland highway officials last waak agreed to put name back on two Chambersburg bid to their week that has agreed to s ithin dtt
