European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tag Thi stars and stapes to middy astronaut s name proposed for new Cor there May be a Little Glenns Wagen in your i Detroit up some Ameri can want to name an automobile for astronaut John  Glenn names have been offered As possibilities for the new email car the Ford motor co. Wilt bring out later this year a news Story reporting that the name of the new car still was up in the air brought an Avalanche of letters from around the country. Although Ford has never officially admitted existence of the car hundreds of people in the Pas few Days wrote to the food name a car contest or the Ford carnage dept.," All offering their suggestions. Many thought the car should Honor Glenn s Orbital flight. A Man from port Chester ., suggested either Glenn s capsule or Glenn s  a woman from Rochester ., offered third  with the reason. I think it s an appropriate name since Man went up in orbit along the same lines a woman from grand rapids mich., said Ford could use with my blessings for a powerful thrust the name sky  another  not everybody went into orbit however. Other names proposed were urbanite Lacona eaglet Summit Hummer Zenith Thrift Puma Tarpon Venus Thrift and Troiter. 34-22-34 or 38-25-37. It adds up to girl shape of the world uncovered new York up what rates a feminine Pulcher etude in one country May not draw even whistle in another. In America for instance the for divine generally is accepted As tall slim Long legged and amply endowed Chest Lse. But in France to be Petite is Tobe ideally shaped. And in Norway to be Ama Sorjian by . Standards is to be Beautiful. These facts Are gathered from700 lingerie buyers and Merchan Dise managers in department stores and specially shops in nine coun tries France Norway Italy a historian lists must books Washington a historian Alan Nevins says five books on Benjamin Franklin. George Washington. Thomas Jefferson Abra Ham Lincoln and Theodore Roose velt Are must Reading for am  gave the checklist to a House appropriations subcommittee in testimony just made  testified feb. 1 As chairman of the civil War Centennial commis Sion. Rep. Ben f. Jensen. A Iowa asked Nevins to name books that should bread by a in americans. He said. Too Little is taught our children in Public schools universities and colleges about the things that made this America the greatest land on  Nevins who has twice won the pulitzer prize for biography gave this list Carl Van Doren s life of Ben Jamin Franklin Paul Leicester Ford s the Many sided George Washington Gilbert Chinard s Tif of Thomas Jefferson Ben Thomas life of  an the autobiography of Theodore  Nevins prize winning books were biographies of Grover Cleve land and Hamilton fish. Pan South Africa. New zealand. Australia Canada and the United  Are with Sarong inc. Which has subsidiaries and licenses in these countries. The company did the research in order better to meet the demand for the Correct sizes. In Japan As might be expected the emphasis was on dainties a with the exception of height. The Ideal  wus five feet five inches. Hut is for weight the Ideal was 105, the bust 34 a. Waist 22, hips 34, j in Italy plumpness seems i Vogue with emphasis on the Gina Lollobrigida Type of Chest construction. The Ideal height the buyers reported is five feet two. Weight 120, bust 36 a Waist 24, and hips 36. The consensus in France was that the perfect figure stacked up this Way height five feet two weight 108 bust 34 b. Waist 22, and hips 35. There was considerable variation in preferences among individual customers interviewed. One norwegian woman described the Ideal height six feet weight 150 pounds bust 40 d. Waist 27, and hips 39. But the consensus of norwegian women was height five feel nine weight 135, bust 38 a Waist 25and hips 37. The Idt ii american figure most White House to get faster bigger copters Washington a the White House will have faster and roomier helicopters by Early sum Mer the Pentagon said. They Llanso be quieter than the ones now used by president Kennedy and other top government officials. The new twin Turbine helicopter will replace the present Piston engined models giving the president the added safety of two engines and the advantage of tur Bine Power. His Luck took turn for Hie worse Portland Ore. Chi it was bound to happen sometime charter h. Dencer 74, started out at Salem for Ocea Lake on few oat police said he got on the wrong torn at an interchange mat drove nearly All the Way to Portland 4 mile away on the wrong ride of freeway before be Ami topped i Colu Oion Watt another oar. Driver a Hurt. Dallas schools put Clamp on the twist Dallas i. Up the Dallas Public school system outlawed tht1  we Don t have time for the twist said or. W. T. White school superintendent. We can make use of better physical fitness measures than that in Afu ski Viool programs directed by our physical  the ruling was prompted by twist dance sessions held at a elementary school. They were con ducted on an after hours basis. White said he was not necessarily objecting to the dance craze on moral grounds. There Are just better things to do in the supervised play periods after school he said. Should be Best seller for hypochondriac Chicago up the american medical association Ama said it Wilt Start publishing in june a pocket sized Book containing preferred terms and definitions of Al important diseases. The paperback to include the known or possible causes and most characteristic disturbances of disease will help develop a system of Correct terminology that physicians throughout the world can understand the Ama said. Citrus ads planned Lakeland Fla. Up the Florida Citrus commission will be asked to approve this week a plan to spend $600,000 on summer Citrus advertising including extensive use of billboards in major cities and posters in new York City subways. Of the customers mentioned a height of five feet seven weight 116 to 120 pounds Chest 34 a waist23 i and hips 35. South Africa was one country where the ideals most closely resembled those generally accepted in the United states. Height Wasa Little less. Vital statistics height five feet 5�, weight 121, bust 34 Waist 23, and hips 36. More than 90 per cent of the interviews in this Case were with feminine Mem Bers of the european  company said new zealand Australia and Canada also closely fitted the . Ideal. Woman Breaks her Century old insurance policy Sheboygan wis a mrs. Alice Maud Hunt of Sheboygan has taken out a Hospital and Surgi Cal policy. So she is nearly 101 years old and it is the first insurance policy she Ever owned. The policy was issued to the Spry mrs. Hunt by an Agency that t said that it was the first Ever issued in Wisconsin to a person More than 100 years old. Mrs. Hunt will of 101 on May 22. She says she Seldom has been ill but thought she needed a policy Sot hut her son in Law and daughter or and mrs. Wilford Evans would not have top a in the event she was injured or ill. Mrs. Hunt is a Distant relation of i Larriet Boecher Stowe author of Uncle Tom s  her father was the late Asahel Norton Beecher once mayor of Oberlin Ohio and a congregational minister. She divides her time with he daughter mrs. Evans and a son Elgin Hunt a retired Northwest Ern University professor who lives in Chicago. Mel s Bing signs for 2 More seasons new York those Halcyon Days when Junior picked up a red Wagon or baseball Glove at Christmas seem to have departed with the space age. The toy manufacturers of the Usa inc., placed on display some of the formidable items which will be found in toy departments next Christmas. They include a listening device called the big ear which goes for $18 and can pick up a whisper at 40 feet the big ear comes with a 930 tape recorder and a 912 portable address system. For the child who has every thing the manufacturers will offer such trinkets As a sub machine gun which fires Caps in bursts of so and a rubber Turtle which squirts water under pressure for 10 feet the display was rounded nut with a plastic Model air plane $14.95 capable of speeds up to 75 Miles an hour and a camera attached to a powerful Telescope. Real enthusiast Rochester  A police said Arthur Heveron. A postman kissed his wife and his jaw , 43, had to be taken to a Hospital to it the the jaw set in place. From Vallejo name Ponce de could be billed As the youth  As an same Man proposed car built for the it one Man from an suggested a Ford i slogan boy it you a woman from grand posed "u1 Effly a san Francisco ested Vulcan we provides a neat the words Volkswagen which i believe would Able psychological eff Yective purchasers Invar Market to Whit  longer than the new Small Ford ment since the late sized Between the Ford the German vow. It wftt.k7 inches longer. 4 inches Wili carry a More powerful than the vow. The Ford is said to getter gallon which proof woman to suggest the car1" be called the Ford forty officials of vow. However the Ford Gas mileage will 1 Good. They say it would by on the order of 30 Miles per they base this partly engine sizes on the new car. One engine will be 70 Power the other 56. Engine measures 91.4 cubic with cylinders of &54 Inland 2.32 stroke. The Smalt is 72 inches with a 3.15 born re the same stroke. Whatever the name definitely won t be called it was Learned. That been eliminated even thought car has been called company communications for than a year. . Puts h on butchers new York a ins carrying hot plate devices a Start visiting Butcher shops the next two weeks to City Law Banning More per cent of fat Content Linburger meat. Markets commissioner Al Pacetta demonstrated the which he called a fat indicator. It contains a hot plate to Broil two ounces of it each shop with the fat drip off into a Calibrator that record the percentage of fat meat. The device will be carried Case about the size of Valise. Pacetta said if an inspector a 31 per cent fat Content the 1 or will be Given the doubt but that if the per higher the meat will be and used As evidence in court ice Edings. The Law governing the tent of chopped meat went Intong feet last month. What s 17-letter Ward for 125 Yean Galesburg Iii. A some customers of the Long Island rail Road Aren t going to agree with Knox College and Galesburg i1l, on the name selected for the 125th anniversary of the College and the town. For Knox and its Hometown the c e n t u r a and a Quarter fete has been designated a Guasqui Centen Nial the Long Island faced the Sam problem squarely a few years ago and with the help of some scholarly customers came up with Querqui  Knox scholars say Quas quicken Tennial is an improvement. For one thing they say their word does t come out Gutter i As  Robert l. Chapman editor of Funk & wag Nalls dictionary says either word could be Correct. He recommended  the idea is to form a word of latin derivation such As sesquicentennial the accepted term for150th anniversary. Mesqui Means plus one half. And Centennial is a term of undisputed standing. But when research got Down to Quarter cases there were two latin stems Quarta and Quad rans to be worked into Sennet 1 of prefix with the latin "q.v"with1 As in Seq us English usage from tested such prefixes to As Quad qui qua Squi or  but he said quo Squi and More pleasing to say. It s just a matter of drop i v from  the Long Island scholars Ever chose to drop the a retain the "r."so, it s merely a matter of letter after All