PAGE SIX State Feels Strike Effect In Industry The effects of the steel strike were reflected in Pennsyl vania duiing August in indus trial activity which dropped to a level 12 per cent below a year ago and to the lowest August level in five years. This was reported in the Penn sylvania Business Suivey month- Iv publication of the Buieau of Business Research at the Uni versity. Bank debit., larloadmg', m the| Allegheny (listnet, Mitt coal pio diKtion, factory employment,' Ikuii pavtolh, industrial sates, 1 life insurance sales and postal re-! ceipts wen* undei seasonal ex-' pectatioiis l Hard and soft coal produc tion, department store sales, factory employment, hours, payrolls, and industrial power sales were below levels of a year ago. Factoiv employment and hours weie 10 per cent under the July level and payrolls weie down II! pei cent Factoi v employment was six pei ient nuclei last year,’ showing smaller declines in hours and payrolls Sti ike i'tfeels on the unemploy ment picture were indued 1 Stnkeis aie not considered a pint' of the civilian laboi force and therefore aie not included in the unemployed figure. 1 For this reason, the percent age of unemployed climbed j only 0.1 per cent from July to 1 August. Out of a civilian labor , force of 4,487,800, 358,000 were unemployed. I The unemployed numbcied 3.1 MKIO out of a laboi foice of •1,077,1)00, or 7 0 epr cent in July Uonsumei s' puces fm all items crept to an all tune high, although food pi ice-, were at the lowest lev. el since May and 3 4 per cent undei last August. Cyclists Violate Safety Rules Too many students who own bicycles aie distegarding safety rules, State College Police Sgt, Mai thew Seckmger said last night He said student.; who ride their bicycles without lights at night aie subject to the same regula tions as violators of motor ve hicle laws Seektnger lequested students’ coopeiation in helping to elimin ate the traffic congestion on weekends at the intci section of, Shortlidge Rd. and E. Collegej A vo He said that if the men would take their dates back to their dotnutories "a little eat Her,” the tiaffic pioblem would be re lieved Speeding on S. Garner St. is another pioblem which must be taken care of, he added. Irradiation Effects Studied by Keller Edward C. Keller. Jr, a re search fellow of the National Heart Institute, is now studying the eftecls of inadiation on in heritance and the nature of the genes causing these effects. The reseat ch pi oject is sup ported by the National Institute of Health under a $4,600 grant. The work was started in 1955 with wild strains of the fruit fly collected in the State College aiea under the direction of Dr. D. F. Mitchell, now on the fac ulty of the Umveisity of Cali fornia at Los Angeles. Keller said the fruit fly is an organism used frequently for studies of inheiitance because of its rapid rate of reproduction and ease of handling in the labora tory. Co -Edits New initiates of Phi Gamma Delta are David Beary, David Schwartz, David Ellis, Greg Kel- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA PLOTTING THE 14,000 clicks per day—is William Hajjar, pro fes-or of architecture in charge of the pedestrian mall study, (left of center, standing). The fifth year class in architecture conducted the project to determine the need for a pedestrian mall in State College IFC Board of Control Picks Captains for Check System Robert Pal sky, chairman of the Intel fraternity Council Boaid of Contiol, has announced the names of five new team captains for the IFC checking system. The new captains aie Peter Luckie. Janies Cober, Tony Mor tunei, David Cotterill, and Ber nini d Magdovit/ Thete are a total of 12 team captains who are in charge of 25 four-man teams. Under the new arrangement theie aie 30 moie cheekeis than last year. According to Paisky, a mini- Exam Dates Corrected The vacation and examination dates listed in the new student directory and the University catalogue are incorrect. Correct dates will be found listed on the Penn State Student Calendar. 307 W. Beaver 328 E. College mum of half the fraternities will be visited by 14 checkers each weekend. The increased number of check-! ers and team captains are a result of a stricter inforcement policy on IFC regulations by the Board of Control. MY-O-MY we've been hiding! Come find us at the opening of State Col* lege's newest lounge. STORES Coutu't Speech Reprinted A speech that Dr. Walter Coutu, professor of sociology, delivered to the Pennsylvania Home Build ers Conference last June has been reprinted m the October issue of “Living,” nationally-distributed magazine for young homemakers. ATTENTION BUS AD STUDENTS ALL SENIORS IN BUS AD MUST HAVE THEIR LA VIE pictures taken Del. 6 ■ Del. 16 at the Penn State Photo Shop 214 E. College Avenue From 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Announcing - - ■ Table Service for an addi- tional 25 customers at the •. • where 56,000 customers have enjoyed the most delicious hamburgers in town. Won't you join the crowd? F ONE-HOUR 1 Siydetiii! Service to the rescue... Last-minute date? Mud on your best slacks? Just-discovered gency . . . count on our accommodating "knights" to save the day, or evening, with ONE-HOUR SERVICE. No ifs or maybes. When we proclaim that a garment will be ready, it's as good as done. And drycleaned to rate summa cum laude, no less! A promise is a promise, where our OTHER cloihes-care services are concerned, too. Laundering, repairing, altering, showerproofing . . . everything we do is quality work, ready on time. Because we're just a short hop away ~, open 10 hours a day . . . you'll never be in dlstressl BALFURD, Careful Cleaners PHONE AD 7-7661 STATE COLLEGE YE OLDE HAMBURGER SHOPPE TUESDAY. OCTOBER 6, 19, Mook Discusses Quakers Dr. Maurice A. Mook, profess* of anthropology, presented a p; per, titled, “Friendly Folklore t and about American Quakers’' { the annual meeting of the Amer can Folklore Society in Alban; N.Y., recently.
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