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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, August 9, 1953
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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
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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
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AND I
Suppose you were to eoGapse
of a heart attack yom would
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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.
Investigating officers said the
accident occurred at about 8:30
p.m., in a pea field about 17
miles northeast of here. Quinton
apparently had crawled between
the bed and the frame of the
truck to investigate a mechanical
failure when the raised bed came
down on him.
Quinton, 43, was living tem
porarily at Milton-Freewater.
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