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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1959
Page
22
A Scholastic Magazine survey finds General Electric the preferred employer among teenagers. Other results show GE as favored investment medium, American Telephone & Telegraph largely approved, and only a small fraction objecting to terms like egghead or Wall Streeter.
Public Health Service doctors hail a dramatic four year rise in Indian health. The program shifted oversight from the Interior Department to the PHS, boosting funding from 22 million to nearly 44 million. TB deaths cut from ten times to four times the national average. stomach and intestinal disease deaths down 26 percent. infant mortality down 1y percent, though still more than twice the general population.
New York report notes Japan’s transistor industry nearing 10 million units monthly by year end aided by strong domestic and foreign demand. Mainichi of Tokyo cites rapid expansion since 1955 with production near 5.5 million last March, placing Japan neck and neck with the United States as a leading transistor producer globally.
Prince Georges County officials endured embarrassment after a highway crew finished resurfacing 250 feet of roadway but in neighboring Montgomery County. The job was well done except for the mislocated section causing neighborly awkwardness.
In Pittsburgh the low rate of teen crime is credited to Judge Gustav L. Schramm who led the juvenile court for 27 years. His personal, case by case approach aimed to earn trust, treating youths as individuals. Police note Pittsburgh has few youth gangs and no citywide curfews, with delinquency declining over a decade.
Amherst farmers can ease census work with simple farm records. The extension service urges keeping harvest totals, products sold, and major expenses to fill the farm census form accurately. The census, every five years, begins in October or November and will collect data on resources, production, and farming inputs for decision making.
In Wiscasset Maine Rev Louis W West built the smallest church in the world a four and a half by seven foot two seat Union Church of All Faiths atop Rt 218 drawing hundreds of motorists. The tiny chapel features a interior painting two sailboats a pull to the pulpit a pint sized janitor Ruth Drake Wests 12 year old granddaughter and a message that golf can bring people to the cross inside.
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