Show ' 0A THS OGDEN UTAH OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINTf- t JUNE SUNDAY MORNING 26 nos signs tractore By Cliff Thompson Chamber of Commerce directors have authorized aptaxation committee pointment of a special erage” with Robert L Wangsgard local accountant as chairman Slightly different minimum wage measures are pending in the House a First project of the new committee will be thorough Senate and They would lift the analysis of state county and city tax structures and the $1 an hour minimum to $125 over five years and extend coverage to methods used to evaluate property for taxing purposes several million workers The committee will hold its first meeting Friday Both bills would exempt firms not Chairman Wangsgard asks anyone with information part of an “enterprise engaged in that might help the committee make an objective complete an activity affecting commerce” and having annual sales of less study of local tax structures and conditions to contact him than one million dollars “However or a member of the committee protective this language' may sound er Nor- - man Anda J R Bachman Spen- transportation representative of the cer C Baggs Fred Froerer Jr Marquardt Corp plant to be- Jsjhn B Goddard Findlay P Grid-leDean F Morrin and John Sea- come personnel manager and at-man rector of operations for the Red- Mr Wangsgard Mr Baggs and man Van & Storage Ogden office Mr Goddard are members of the for small business” the Chamber sa’d “there is a distinct possi-loc- al j j It said that either bill if enacted could be interpreted to cover small retail and service firms with businesses franchise agreements like gasoline stations operating under leases and small firms linked to manufacturers by resale price maintenance agreements The possibility of such interpretations the Chamber Jsaid makes the bills “potentially a gross deception of small business men” Chamber President Arthur H Motley in a letter to Eisenhower urging him to veto the pay bill said the government should set up a pav system for career employes based on a comoarable wages and salaries in private industry The present pav system suffers from a “high vulnerability to the fortunes of politics” Motley said He suggested a comoarison with private industry would provide a standard yardstick for eauging the pay of federal employes Ogdenite Promoted Earl Garr Jr has been pointed assistant cashier and been ing officer at a new Bank of Peter Ryan has president of Royal McBee which operates a plant in Corp Ogden He was elected to succeed Philip M Zenner who died of a heart attack last Sunday Mr Ryan formerly executive vice president of the firm is the grandson of the founder of the RoyalTypewriter Co Thomas For- tune Ryan aplend-Fortu- ne Amer-eecte- d jca branch recently opened in Van Nuys Calif He’ is the son of Mr and Mrs w Earl Garr 1113 Liberty His father is an assistant cashier at the Commercial Security Bank in Ogden I The younger Mr Garr is a grad-- 1 uate of the University of Utah with a degree in banking and finance He has been with the Bank of America for four years He is a vice president of the Lions Club in Van Nuys and active in boy scout work New Vice President A c Declares Stock Dividend Surety Life Insurance Co direc50 per cent stock dividend payable Aug 15 A stockholders meeting wall be held in company offices in Salt Lake City July 15 to ratify the dividend I tors have approved a tX J Members of the Ogden Board of Realtors are balloting by mail for new officers to take office Oct 4 1 f W Nominees are Robert Carmichael and Harold Peterson for president Vernal Nielsen M L Sears and Stanley Wright for vice president Wilbur Berrett and Arden Johansen for treasurer Kenneth Anderson George Eisenberg Earl Jones Grant Lund George Maw and Gary direcRasmussen for three D LAMPRECHT SP Vice President ar tor terms Outgoing officers are Charles William D Lamprecht has been Mr Car- Hoisington appointed operating vice president michael vicepresident president D Ray of the Southern Pacific Co to reWilkinson treasurer Mr Sears place James W Corbett who re- Mr Wright and Lubin Welker ditired last Thursday Mr Lamprecht a native of San rectors Holdover directors are Norman Francisco has been SP general He started P Smith L S Taylor and Ben manager since 1956 his career with the rail firm in Van De Graff 1925 as a junior clerk in the operating department he now heads Report Vital Off i incorrect reports from housewives employing household help “It is important to these workers that their wages be correctly reported” said Harry E Johnson manager of the local Social Security -- office “If the worker is to receive social security credit we must have the correct name social security number and earnings” He suggested that household workers check with employers periodically to make sure their earnWages ings are being reported must be reported for any employe earning more than $50 in a calendar JAEKLE General Manager quarter William M Jaekle SP chief engineer since 1955 and former assistant engineer of the Salt Lake division has been promoted to general manager succeeding Mr LampW M recht Well known in Ogden rail circles Mr Jaekle directed construction of the 13 mile long earth-fille- d dike across the Great Salt Lake that wTas completed last year He was assistant engineer of the Salt Lake division headquarters in Ogden from January 1950 to June 1941 A - graduate of Stanford University Mr Jaekle joined SP in 1934 as a redman on a survey crew Valley House Reopens The Valley House historic Ogden Valley eating place has reopened as a short order and coffee shop It will be operated by Mr and Mrs Wesley Beckstead x Tha Valley House first opened in 1115 under the management of Ma-ielSprague who built it into a well known Utah eating place specializing in fried chicken and trout About 10 years ago it was closed and the building used since as a residence rest home and boarding da feouse NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Certificate of Commendation is presented to the local American Can Co plant by Vere Wiesley (left) company official from San Francisco Accepting the award for the 120 employes who worked 533259 manhours without a lost time accident to earn it is Robert M Blair plant gen- j when man attached gasoline engines to wagons for a new mode of transportation The comeback run started several years ago but the results are just coming to light in a rash of proposed mergers The new rail era- pire will be as different from the old as the screech of a diesel horn from the blast of a steam whistle It will be a highly efficient automated electronically guided service involving mechanized maintenance and new car designs " Perhaps the system also will be accompanied by the whine of jet freight aircraft steamboat whistles and truck sirens all making for coordinated transportation tailored to fit the needs of shippers and lost passendesigned to gers Railroads have been shaking down operations to eliminate inefficient operations They seek to services upgrade meth drop losing ods of operation revise work rules form to eliminate featherbedding units through mergers stronger and enter other methods of transportation Laws have been modified to aid the roads They are being given some loans and tax aid Rate adjustments come a bit faster than they once did and the Interstate Commerce Commission is said to look with favor on mergers The railroads still have trouble when they want to eliminate trackage which doesn’t pay but they’ve been able to accomplish this in many instances In their attempt to realign their plant and methods of operation to ct CHAMBER TOURIST BOOTH An average 20 cars per day have been stopping at the Chamber of Commerce tourist booth on US 91 north of Ogden since it opened June 1 These include vacationers from all 50 states Canada Germany and England reports Mr and Mrs Stephen Jensen who are operating the booth for the chamber this summer The booth housed in a house trailer will be open until late September Mr Jensen reports a special tour guide of Ogden has been well received by tourists Of particular interest has been the John M Browning gun collection in the National Guard armory “Most often requested is information about picnic and camping areas maps and brochures road information points of interest the Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake City LDS Temple” Mr Jensen said “Some tourists are just plain lost Late Frost May Affect Local Can Production resi tion at our plant” The local plant has an average year-roun- d employment of about 120 building up to a peak of about 180 in Last year’s production of 150 million cans ranging from 8 ounce to one gallon w’ere shipped to canners in Utah Idaho Wyoming and Montana During his visit here Mr Wiesley also presented emploj’es wdth their second safety award this year The latest award is the National Safety Council Certificate of Commendation for 533259 manhours without a lost-tim- e accident between July 18 1957 and Dec 31 1959 Earlier this year the plant received a Can Manufacturers Institute award for safety for 1959 A similar award was received for mid-Augu- st un-seaso- “Our last lost-tim- e accident was 17 1958” reports Robert M July Blair plant general foreman “This gives us 632500 manhours without an accident” OGDEN MAN HEADS GROUP al shares Railroad merger fever is highest in the east where recently Chesa- peake & Ohio has sought to acquire Baltimore & Ohio Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line are working out merger details Not long ago Norfolk & Western took over Virginian Railway and now plans to merge with New York Chicago & St Louis (nickel This merger is contingent plate) e on obtaining a connecting line from Pennsylvania RR Meantime the two giants of the railroad industry — Pennsylvania and New York Central — are studying new moves Central wants to link up with Chesapeake and and Ohio Pennsy may enter the Norfolk and 'Western d group since it controls cf that road Several mergers are in process in the middle west and west All of these mergers present big problems because of the complicated financial structure of the railroads Also there are deterrents —labor unions fearing fewer jobs communities fearing loss of railroad service and the difficulty cf getting final approval from government agencies and stockholders When mergers finally are worked out the experts look for three railroad systems to dominate the east - & Ohio-Baltimo- AND SALARIES BLUE COLLAR WORKERS re itrj 37 SHARE $928 one-thir- & BILUOM WHITE COLLAR WORKERS 63 $1349 ELGIN AIR FORCE BASE Fla (UPI) — The Air Force said a Bomarc “A” missile with a radar guidance system sought out and destroyed a maneuvering jet drone target Friday 118 miles from the Bomarc’s launching site at the Gulf test range here w I I - r-- J wr A 2 --i XX WORKING PEOPLE — White collar workers have become the dominant branch of American wage earners statistics show They now earn 63 per cent cf all w'ages and salaries paid to civilians Their income jumped 60 per cent during the 1950s Blue collar workers’ share dropped from 409 per cent to 37 per cent This was due entirely to decline in the number of workers as blue collar wages actually increased some 29 per cent according to data from the Institute of Life Insurance V: ’V ui t jl I i- - A Sheet off Monday end Tuesday HP4 4$ I ri'tr wv jtfy h ' 1 7 """ Of OUT PLANT Roy Utah EX 4-13- 02 USE YOUR CREDIT Bonded and Licensed WE GIVE GREEN STAMPS (cuimiCcUu: ': fssitT mi se Orn1- ru - iJ U Our Counseling Can Be an Invaluable Asset! f f insurance yaw nad end tfta axtent and YOUR circumstance en th depend That's why H is important that you let an xparianced insurant man plan your protection pro- fm Cell tr min ift nd fit u isen Th cvrs in-ee- "Men Who Know Inswrente" TlWOtf Biol IX 319 24th Street 01 ADDRESS IS 20(333 V I Dr Paul 1 K Nasfell CONTACT LENSES 5 'icEYES EXAMINED tV GLASSES FITTED SUM GLASSES VISUAL ANALYSIS L it it T f v trl k A Credit Available iff rA M Carpet and X iff’ - Leading V A 1 Ogden's i 1 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Groups ef Shirts etc Dresses Up to 50 - tr departments : GII W a and upholstered furniture at your For Appointment Call V V Offers you specials from all Ve clean your rugs i I v5 CLEANING 2Gl36 WASH BLVD jfi w- A Upholstery £ GlOf UQ : V I p I AYLOR-IVRIGMT'- S Odd Lets 7 kij 'i f & Carpel Uf Cl 5 I By Elmer C Walzer UPI Financial Editor NEW YORK (UPI)—Stocks gain- r ftti A fti’iMlir? 000-memb- er gains-industria- ls BILUOM V and the 45 brotherhood of locomotive firemen and engineers The stock market made some headway forward during the week with trading rather heavy Sales on the New York Stock Exchange amounted to 18279530 shares compared with 17701100 the previous week and 14772430 a year ago Bond sales were $27 637 (XX) par value $25003000 the previous week and $26432000 a year ago On the business scene: US Steel Corp has paid $1035999 to its employes for efficiency ideas since And 72 per cent March 1957 of the Amreican civilian population is covered by health insurance Railway Express Agency is asking its employes to think up a new name because the company now' uses all forms of transportation The Agriculture Department estimated this spring’s pig crop will be IS per cent below last The Army awarded the year Martin Co an $18853460 contract for production of LaCrosse missiles and ground support equipment 65-sto- ck SHARE Bomarc Test Success ' WAGES RUG 100000-membe- favorites such as the vending issues electronics and boat stocks suffered from time to time on realizing selling Old line leaders enjoyed a somewhat better market aided more by hopes for the future than performance of their industries for the week For example steels firmed on a statement by the president of Jones & Laughlin that steel inventories would reach a minimum level by August and news that Republic has received enough orders to forestall closing its Warren Ohio plant Independence Day Steel operations sank to a new 1960 low at 61 per cent of rated capacity and further declines are expected as industrial vacations spread Oils were helped by improvement in their inventory situation Gasoline supplies had their sharpest drop of the year Also oil companies were reported expanding their sales by pushing hitherto neglected products CLOSING OFF calculation the In the Dow-Jone- s industrial average closed the week at 64701 off 383 points Railroad and utility averages each gained exactly 107 points to 14379 for the rails and 9330 for the utilities the latter a new high since April 8 1959 The average closed the week at 21253 up 007 points All the Standard & Poor’s indexes closed with up 018 rails up 059 utilities up 051 and 500 stocks up 024 Sales for the week totaled 18279-53- 0 shares daily average of 3655-90- 6 shares The only larger week this year was the one ending May 20 when the volume was 19725360 shares A week ago sales totaled 17701100 shares for a daily average of 3 540 OCX) shares CIVILIAN INCOME 100-mil- i agreements Four per cent boosts r were granted the brotherhood of railroad trainmen ing of 1960 All the leading groups had their off days and some of the recent LEXINGTON Ky Britton of Ogden was elected vice president of the National Livestock Dealers Assn at the group’s annual convention here yesterday Mr Britton partner in the Intermountain Livestock Co lives at 1732 27th The group met joinUy with the National Association of Auction Markets and selected Dallas Tex as the site of the 1961 Livestock Marketing Congress C F Augstine of Lamar Colo was elected president of the livestock dealers Cecil War Gainsville Tex was elected president of the NALAM D Weller PAY HIKES big railroad unions will get pay raises as the result of new Tw'O ed irregularly during the past week in the second largest weekly trad- Glenn i one-tent- 1958 inate duplications Also they are seeking new business Piggybacking is one They are working out methods that will free them from hard and fast rate structures — hoping to be able to reduce rates to get new business when the occasion presents itself In the old days railroad stocks were on the top rung of the stock market ladder The railroad average held above the industrial until 1919 when it fell below that figure and hasn’t been near it since Recently there has been some return of investor confidence but nothing like that placed in industri- Kn LOCAL TEACHER AT WORKSHOP “Full extent of the frost damage will not be known for awhile” Mr Wiesley said “If the damage is severe enough to seriously reduce crop yield it would affect produc- The frost that struck Northern Utah crops early last week could affect forecasts of a good production season at the local American Can Co plant That was the report of Vere Wiesley assistant to the manager for American of manufacturing Can’s western area who visited the plant at 20th and Lincoln last week Early reports indicate some damage to tomato and corn crops in Northern Utah with the most serious damage in Cache County Peas apparently survived the frost It's End of Month Value Time e- ng j REMEMBER FOLKS ‘ Accepts New Post S7-ati- eral foreman Dividend Approved Bank of Utah stockholders have approved a 10 per cent stock dividend payable July 11 to stockholders cl record July I Savings in Utah invuied savings and loan associations increased vanced heavy construction and truck tonnage declined more than twice as fast during the first five months of le30 than they and homebuilding was unchanged did in the same period last year Auto makers stepped up produe- - — —— Total g2irs for Utah insured action to an estimated 140000 pas-- tons or 61 per cent of capacity sociations in the first fie months senger cars pushing the total for the year to 3696957 a 15 per cent This was the second lowest oper- - of this ear aie reported at rate of the year exceeding 003839 by Thomas T Tavlor presi-onl- y gain over last year Most of the increase over last the week in which the Me-- j dent of the Utah Savings and Loan week’s output of 137641 was due League This compaies with $3- to brisker activity at Ford Motor morial Day holiday fell 019339 for last year UPTURN SEEN Co where a wildcat strike shut Included in the repoit aie inoff some production a week ago Steelmen looked for the operating creases of the Federal Building ard Compact cars accounted for a rate to dip near 50 per cent during Loan Assn and Ogden Fust Fed- record 31 per cent of this week’s Sa'ings and °an Assn n Og- total Production of these popular July during vacation The industry new models in the first half of the to°k ear from a prediction by Savings in the institutions at tie million one M almost reached Charles year Beeghly president of end of May totaled $143322 00 a Steel output slipped to 1739000 Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp that gain °f about 23 million dollars dur-a- n preceding 12 months Mr upturn should develop in August '"f and that 1960 will be a good ear “judging from our gains during Father's Day buying propelled the first fix e months of I960 this retail trade to gains up to 4 per should be our greatest jear of cent over a ear ago in history” he said noting growth John M Snow executive vice that during the past 12 months th A local school teacher Donof the National Associa- associations gained more than their president ald R Hall of 3550 Orchard has tion of Furniture Manufacturers total savings in 1940 about 20 milreceived a scholarship to a in the first half of lion dollars sales reported three-wee- k industrial workshop the year were equal to or a little being held at the University of than last year He forecast higher Utah 5 per cent gain for the year as LOAN GROUP ELECTS a is an intensive The workshop a whole course designed to give social The cost of living in May inched THREE NEW OFFICERS science teachers first hand to a new record for the third month knowledge of Utah’s resources SALT LAKE CITY UPI) — in a row moving up h of and industries The workshop B Jex of Salt Lake Russell one per cent to 1263 per cent of includes visits to industrial been elected president has City 1947-49 the average on the Labor of the Utah Consumer Fmanc plants throughout the state Department’s consumer price inIt is sponsored by ther Utah Assn About 200000 workers in the dex Chambers of Commerce Assn Other new officers are Henry aircraft and metal-workin- g indusand the University of Utah ExM Day vice president and tries will get wage raises of 1 to tension Service T Cole secretary-treasure- r J 2 cents an hour Outgoing president is M R 1 NEW YORK (UPI) — American conform with competitive reality railroads are on the comeback run the railroads have worked out orfrom years of difficulty that began are working out mergers to elim- re-attra- Social Security officials said yesterday they are receiving too many NEW YORK (AP) — Business entered the summer season this week with the automobile industry holding its strong pace and the steel industry continuing its slide Plus and minus signs were pretty well divided throughout the economic field Retail trade and carloadings ad- Nation's Railroads Roll Along 'Comeback Run' Toward Brighter Future Reaifors to Elect 4 $7 MILLION By Jack Lefler AP But inass Writtr 150 MILLION CANS ness” 1 ’ W yen ! y Elected President Car Makers Step Up Production Steel Output Decline Continues WASHINGTON CUPI) — The US Chamber of Commerce said yesterday President Eisenhower should veto the $750000000 pay raise bill for federal employed and reform the federal pay system instead The Chamber also expressed belief that provisions to exclude small business from a minimum wage increase bill would be interpreted by the courts and the Labor Department “so as to achieve the broadest possible extension of cov- ilcllMO Committee members include tails Summer Run Pay System a Reformed -- nine-memb- Bussaess ' SS PAG sr-- a of C Asks C 1960 Dr H Murrey Corvsr V w kf rV V' -- 4 4 |