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3 IS 0 9 O SO o Q 29 & o o e 0 0 o O G 0 r- (T1 SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, August 9, 1953 ? , ' H Diemrs Palace Bombed by Terrorists RUSSIAN EXHIBIT Soviet scientists have entered the International Atomic Science Ex hibit in Geneva. Among many devices they show is this "Masspectometer." Session of Congress Tops In Benefiting Federal Workers Br A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The first session of the 84th Congress enacted (inore legislation benefiting fed eral employees than any session in the history of Congress from pay raises to allowances for uni forms. Some observers point out that (i all started when congressmen (raised their own salaries 50 per cent, from $15,000 to $22,000, and then galloped on to provide pay boosts for postal, civil serv ice and "blue-collar" workers of the government. Coneress also boosted from $3000 to $10,000 the total dual compensation retired military personnel can draw in retirement pay and civilian salary or wages. This is expected to permit re tired members of the armed services to take better paying positions in civilian life to sup plement their annuities from Uncle Sam. o The lawmakers also took care of thousands of civilian employ ees hired during the Korean con flict and later denied civil serv ice career status. . The productivity of the first session of this Democratically controlled Congress was consid ered remarkable in view of the traditional practice of deferring benefit bills until the second ses sion, which falls closer to elec tion time when congressmen heme to be remembered affec tionately at the polls by those who gained by the legislation they enacted. Here is what they accomplished this session: Pay raises virtually everyone in government but top executives got a pay boost, including class ified, postal and military person nel, congressmen and congres sional employees and federal judges. And funds were appro priated to allow for "blue collar" increases based on area wage surveys. Career status congress whip ped through in the last week of the session legislation blanket ing into civil service status some 50,000 indefinite employees who were hired "off the street" when civil service registers had been depleted during the Korean war. To be eligible they must have worked at least three years with a satisfactory record, nave oeen on the job since Jan. 23, 1955, have passed a competitive exam or an appropriate test of non competitive nature within the 0 Only MHO IHSECTICIDES GIVE SUCH PROTECTION for Fruit and Vegetable Crops 0 (jftnffl GfltfRiRm mmi mw VAPOTONE XX Spray and VAPOTONE Dusts are special ORTHO formulations containing TEPP that have been proved by years of successful use in the field. 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W.1 OJtlHO. wrOTOIC next year, and be recommended for civil service status by the federal agency they work for. Retirement increases legisla tion was approved increasing the annuities of government re tirees, both civil service and for eign service. Those on the civil service rolls as of last June 30 would be granted an increase of 12 per cent on the first $1500 pension and an 8 per cent hike on the amount over that figure up to a maximum of $4104. It would not raise any annuity over $4104. Those retiring after July 1 this year would get smaller increases, and those retiring af ter Dec. 31, 1957, would get none of this increase. Dual compensation congress passed legislation that had been proposed for years, raising the ceiling on outside earnings of, retired military personnel. It would boost that ceiling from $3000 to $10,000, which is the maximum total income retired persons may have from both an nuities and civilian pay. Surety bonds for years Con gress has considered but never acted on bills to relieve the more than a million government work ers whose jobs require them to be bonded. The bill enacted au thorized their federal agencies to pay for blanket bonds to cover their employees, lifting the costly personal responsibility from the individual worker. Insurance the government was authorized to take over the 135,000 life insurance policies held by employee beneficial as sociations, which cannot compete with, the government's own low- cost group life insurance scheme which went into effect last year. Uniforms a bill was passed to extend the annual allowance of up to $100 to all workers who must wear uniforms on the job. Harris To Resign As Head of Crime Lab Portland U.R) Dr. Homer H. Harris is resigning as head of the Oregon state police crime detection laboratory at the Uni versity of Oregon medical school, it was announced yesterday. The resignation is effective Sept. 1. No successor has been named. A joint announcement by Dr. D. W. E. Baird, dean of the med ical school, and H. G. Maison, superintendent of state police, said the resignation was accepted "with sincere regret." Dr. Harris will remain assoc iated with the medical school as an assistant clinical professor of pathology. He will enter private practice of pathology in Portland this fall. Over $500 Raised in 40-8 Ford Project More than $500 was raised for the nurses training fund of Voiture 165, 40 & 8, Medford, in the drawing for the voiture's Model T Ford at the 40 & 8 con vention in Redmond recently. Tickets were given away with donations to the nurses training fund. Mrs. George Taylor, Red mond, held the winning number. Her husband is an employee of the Houk Motor company, Ford dealers in Redmond. MY HEART ATTACK AND I Suppose you were to eoGapse of a heart attack yom would never be able to ire an active life again. Coald you accept this shocking verdict? One of America's most fa mous authors Jesse Stuart tells how a heart -attack opened the door to a richer, happier life. Don't miss his vivid personal account in this Veek's&aiFday Eveaiag FosL Saigon, Indochina (U.R) Un identified . terrorists last 'night bombed and severaly damaged the South Viet Nam Palace of Justice in an apparent attempt to assassinate pro-American Pre mier Ngo Dinh Diem. The powerful bomb exploded while the Premier and other high officials were driving by the palace, only a few yards from the scene of the blast. The palace was badly dam aged, but police said there were no casualties. Authorities said the bomb ap parently was aimed at the of ficial motorcade which was pass ing the palace after a ceremony at the nearby Town Hall. A comet's tail is often more than 150,000,000 miles long. Pea Harvesf Worker Killed Near PendUton Pendleton CU.R) Charles L. Quinton of Long Beach, Calif., was crushed to death Sunday by the bed of a dump truck. 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