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medical insurance plans.
All Government employees and
their families would be eligible
to participate on a voluntary
basis in the program. Besides
Federal employees. the program
would cover all District Govern
ment workers, legislative and
judicial employees and members
of Congress.
Choice on Type of Coverage.
The employees could choose any
type of medical coVerage they
want. The Government would
contribute so per cent of the an
nual premium, with a maximum
contribution of $26 a year per
employee. For example, on a pol
icy costing $40 a year. the Gov
eminent would contribute $40
and the employee would pay $40.
On a policy costing 500 year,
the employe would contribute
STA and the Government the
maximum $26.
The policies would be under
written by private insurance
companies, such as Group In
surance, Blue Cross and the
Blue Shield. Each agency in
each locality throughout the
country would be authorized to
enter into contracts with these
firms on the basis of the most
attractive deals that could be
arranged. In no case would the
agencies be allowed to enter into
contracts that did not offer Fed
eral employees at least as liberal
benefits as are offered other
policyholders.
Agencies could have contracts
with more than one insurance
company, with various insurance
firms handling different types Of
policies.
Family or individual Rates.
Employees would have their
choice of policies, and they could
be covered individually or under
family rates. They could get
straight disqualification insur-
ance, hospital. surgical and in
hospital medicine; hospital, sur
gical, in-hospital medicine and
major medical; or comprehen-
sive. . 49,
Employees already insured un-
der one of these plans would
have to switch their coverage to
the company selected by their
agency to get the Governments
contribution toward their pre-
MUM.
Also, agencies could select
Federal employe union medical
programs in their bureaus.
The employees contribution
would be deducted from their BIZ
weekly pay checks. It is esti-
mated the cost to the Govern
ment would be $50 million q
year.
Administration officials said
the various insurance companies
have offered no objections to the
plan, since many or most Of
them will benefit from it.
Formulated Under Rockefeller.
The plan was formulated
under the leadership Of Nelson
Rockefeller, Undersecretary of
the Department of Health. Edu-
cation and Welfare. Mr.. Rookie
Teller was assisted by Warren
Irons, chief of the Civil Service
Commissions Bureau of De-
partmental Operations as well
as Civil Service Commission
Chairman Philip Young.
Under the plan, the csc would
supervise the program and
establish regulations for its OPP
Grafton, although each agency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-23

said the plan
was ira n s.
mitted at this
time so action
can be expe-
dited ne x t
year.
Under the
proposed leg
islation, the
Govern m e n t
W Guild con-
tribute up to
$26 a year
toward vari-
GUS types OF
hoo1fh ND
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-23
Il Saved as Plane
Falls in China. Sea-;
6 Americans Aboard
BY the Associated Press

oy tuO AssoctoIoo ttUss
SINGAPORE, July 23.-Cathay
Pacific Airlines announced this
afternoon that "all survivors"
had been rescued from its Sky
master down of Communist
Chinese Hainan Island and the
search had been called of.
Godfrey SHELDON. Cathay's
manager in Singapore, said he
could not say whether abandon
ment Of the search meant all IL
passengers and five crewmen
aboard the plane were saved, or
whether no more than the IL
persons earlier reported rescued
were all that could be found.
Mr.. SHELDON said abandonment
Of the search had been reported
to him by British Navy aircraft
which, along with American
Navy planes. had been rescuing
survivors since early today. when
the plane fell into the sea of
Hainan with one of its engines
afire.
Three Americans Survive.
Three of the six Americans
aboard the Skymaster were
among the survivors. They were
Mrs. l.. L. Parish, who suffered
a broken back, and her daugh-
ter. Valerie. who sustained Sc
we're cuts and bruises, of Iowa
Park. Tex, and P. S. Thatcher
Of Stonington. Conn. who suf-
fered leg injuries and shock.
Five members of the Parish
family were aboard the plane.
Capt. L. L. Parish and two of the
children still are missing. Singa-
pore airline officials listed their
home town as Los Angeles. Calf.
Others landed here included
the pilot, Capt. P. Blown of
Hong Kong. Co-Pilot CIV. Carl
ton of Hong Kong. Stewardess
Esther Law. Mrs. p. M. Thorn
burn Of Hong Kong and Lui
Luenn Fong of Bangkok. All
suffered cuts and bruises.
Newsmen Barred.
Newsmen were not allowed to
talk with the injured. many of
whom sustained severe cuts and
bruises. Members of the ply
crew were not permitted to de-
scribe the rescue.
Eyewitnesses aboard two COM
mercial planes which saw the
Skymaster GRASSLAND put out
quickly from Hainan and all
aboard the plane probably were
rescued, unless some were
trapped inside.
The plane went down within
one minute. said British news
man Russell Spur. who was
aboard an Air Wet Nam plane
which circled the scene for As
minutes.
IS Mr.. Spur said he saw a small
boat pick up three persons from
Nlife raft. The three presumably
are in Communist hands.
: Three British Aboard.
Three British citizens on the
plane were listed as Mrs. p M.
Thorburn. the wife of a Hong
Kong bank official; Mrs. H. NJ.
Finlay. wife of the British con-
sui at Medan. Sumatra, and Paul
Yong Nam Ying, a student.
The Skymaster was en- route
from Singapore to Hong Kong
via Bangkok when a port engine
caught fire and the pilot ditched
at 9 am. g pm. EDIT Thurs
day..
The captain flashed an sos
before crash-landing in the sea
and rescue planes and ships con-
vefged on the scene from Hong
Kong and the Philippines.
For a time it was feared that |
rescue operations would be COM
plicated by the proximity Of
Communist territory. There was |
no indication from the American
ply that it had encountered
trouble in landing and taking of. |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-23
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Alexandra Traffic Revision
Urged in Study Report

Reorganization and expansion
of Alexandria's Traffic Control
Department Is recommended to-
day in the latest of a series Of
reports on city government.
The study. prepared by the
Government Consulting Service
of the Wharton Institute Of
the University of Pennsylvania.
found duplication, overlapping
and confusion OF power, duties
and authorities between various
city officials and departments.
Among changes proposed was one
to make the Traffic and Parking
Board an advisory body without
administrative functions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-23
Schocl Meetings Scheduled

The Arlington School Board
will meet in different schools
once a month in the coming
school year, it was decided last
night.
One monthly meeting will be
held in its Administration Build
ing on the fourth Thursday of
each month. The other monthly
meeting will be held in a diff
ferent school each month on a
Saturday to avoid conflict with
the meetings of the County
Board, Arlington's governing
body. The idea is to make the
meetings more convenient for
public attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-23
The Federal Spotlight
Health Insurance Proposal
For Employees Sent Congress
By Joseph Young

The administration Congress health
proposal for Government employees.
The proposed legislation sent to the House
Civil Service Committees yesterday afternoon by the Civil
Commission with President Eenhowers strong
Although there chance legislation being
in the closing weeks of this Con- %---
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-23
Resort Areas Forecast
Saturday.

Blue Ridge-Chance of
scattered afternoon thun-
dershowers.
Upper Bay Fair with
moderate temperature. Va
riable winds at 10 miles per
hour.
Lower Bay-Partly cloudy
with moderate tempera-
ture. Winds northeast at
10 miles per hour.
Rehoboth- Ocean City -
Fair with moderate temper
allure. Winds northwest at
10 miles per hour.
Virginia Beach-Consid-
cradle cloudiness with mod
crate temperature. Winds
northeast at 10 miles per
hour.
South Jersey-Fair with
moderate temperature, wind
northwest at 10 miles per
hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-23

Thunderstoms forecast for tonight in Northern New
England and Southern from Georgia to the
Caronas westward to the Rockies Precipitation else
where few showers in the Upper Lakes and
Northern Rockies will be in the Southern Plains
Mississippi Valley while return to warmer
weather will the Dakotas westward to the
Northern Plateau Little temperature change Is
expected elsewhere. ZAP Wirephoto Map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-23
Board Candidate

Mrs. Rose c. Kramer, a house,
wife of $3.50 Harvey road, Silver
Spring, today announced her
candidacy for the Montgomery
County Board of Education in
November.
A member of the League of
Women Voters for nearly IA
years, she is a former teacher.
Already in the race are Stanley
M. Levy of Silver Spring; Har-
rison C. King, incumbent, of
Laytonsville, and Willard G. Nc
Graw. Gaithersburg. They are
not all from the same district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-23
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Five Day Forecast for Washing
ton and Vicinity. July 24-2S.
Temperatures will be near the
normal high Of SO and normal
low Of SO. I7air with little tenn
perature change over the week
end and warner by the middle
of next week. Chance of rain
Tuesday or Wednesday totaling
one to three-tenths of an inch.
River Report
From u. 8. Engineers,
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and slightly muddy at Great Falls; Shen-
Evening star., 1954-04-23

languages. They had some
books on English, and together
they studied the language. cor
recting their pronunciation by
listening, to the radio Mr..
Harrer speaks with an accent
Few people here know whether
| the Dalai Lama does or not.
/ When the Chinese Com
munistS invaded Tibet, both Mr..
Harrer and the Lama fled. The
Lama returned to Lhasa, Mr..
Harrer went to a ski resort in
the Austrian Alps, where he had
begun climbing mountains and
wrote his book.
The sewers, the electrical
equipment and the irrigation
had not caught on when he left
Tibet. He'd like to go back to
that easy-living people, but not
with the Communists in control.
Evening star., 1954-04-23
HimoIoyon Paths Didn't Foze
Traveller, But D. c. Streets Do
Austrian Mountqineer
And Author Here
Preparing Lectures

Heinrich Harrer. who found
his way over the Himalayas from
India to Tibet. yesterday got
slightly lost in Washington.
after figuring out our logical
street numbering and lettering
system.
The avenues going off at an
giles crossed him up. Fortunate
ly the English he had studied
with the Dalai Lama enabled
him to tell a cab driver he
wanted to go to the Ststler to
have breakfast with Lowell
Thomas, an old Himalaya hand
himself.
Mr.. Harrer, author of Seven
Years in Tibet" is in town Wis
iting friends. preparing for a
lecture tour and a try at an un-
climbed peak in Alaska.
Interned in India.
Mr.. Harrer, with a mountain
climbing expedition when World
War II broke out. was interned
In India, still British then, be-
cause he was. Austrian.
Five times, he attempted to
break through the barbed wire
Of the camp. The last time, he
succeeded. With an expedition
companion, he headed over the
mountains-the highest in the
world-toWard China. Their aim
was to reach the japanese bat
tie line. The japanese at that
time were allies of the Ger
mans, and thus, of the swal-
lowed Austrians.
With little equipment. the two
men walked across the noun
tain range, crossing 81 passes
between 1900 and 10000 feet
above sea level. It took them
two years.
They lived off the country.
getting whatever aid they could
from the natives. Mr.. Harrer
said. They had some gold coins
seWed inside their clothes. When
those ran out, they bartered
away their watches.
In Lhasa, the forbidden city
and capital of Tibet, they were
received with scant courtesy un-
til a nobleman decided to ask
permission of the religious rulers
of the country to take them in.
Tried Modern Ideas.
Later they became officers in
the government you know.
what you call jacks of all trades"
Mr.. Harrer said. They tried to
introduce whatever Western
ideas they thought were better
than the ideas by which life was
lived there. River embankments.
sewers, irrigation canals and
electricity were samples. Lhasa
had none of these.
They found a people disin-
clined to hurry or rush about.
The / million -square-mile coun-
try supported its 2.5 million
population easily, with no COM
petition. Any one who was lazy.
Mr.. Harrer said, could get
enough food to eat by begging
one or two hours a day.
The food they got was chiefly
parched barley flour and but
ter tea" This is a distillate of
tea leaves, boiled hours and days,
then mixed with butter. Since
the butter is carried to the cap
ital by yak-a slow buffalo-it
may be a year on the way. This
is likely to develop rancid butter.
The tea thus produced, Mr.. Har-
rer said, is not tempting to
Western palateS.
Mr.. Harrer became tutor to
the Dalai Lama, ruler of Tibet.
teaching him mathematics and
Evening star., 1954-04-23
School Official Named

CHARLOTT E SVILLE, Va,
April % (SpeciaD Mortimer Y.
Sutherland, jr., of North Garden.
has been appointed Samuel Miller
District representative to the
Albemarle County School Board.
He succeeds Robert E. Turner,
who resigned because of i'll
health after serving on the board
II years.
Evening star., 1954-05-07
7 Seized in ; Raids
To Break Betting Ring
Operating 10 Years

Gambling Squad officers
raided three Northeast spots yes
terday and charged seven men
in connection with what police
said was a 81 ,000-a-day numbers
and horse-betting ring.
Led by Capt. John E. Layton,
1t. Todd Thoman and Sergt.
Scott E .Moyer of the Gambling
Squad, three groups totaling a
dozen policemen cracked down
on a variety store and two apart
ments.
Picks up $4,000.
1t. Thoman said he found
slips in an apartment in the
1900 block of D street NE.
st picked up over $1,000 at
the apartment, ''he said land
when I told them the whole
place would be gone over. they
pointed out $500 more hidden
under a counter"
Capt. Layton led the raid on
the variety store in 140O block
of H street NE, where he said
police found a large quantity of
numbers slips wrapped in horse
scratch sheets. Sergt. Meyer
led the officers into an apart
ment in the 1900 block of F
street NE,
Manager Charged.
Joseph Brocato, 81, of the 1900
block of Childress street NE.
manager of the variety store
was charged with operating a
lottery and setting up 4 gaming
table.
Charged with operating a
lottery were: George E. Chopin,
43, of the 400 block of Ridge
road Sc; Frank Fabrizio, SIS, of
the 1900 block of D street NE
Bernard LiCalzi, A, of the 5000
block of D street Sc; James A.
Harrison, 80, colored, of the TOO
block of Fourth street NE. Rob-
ert c. Moore, 72. colored, of the
1900 block of Linden street NE.
and Ernest Moore, 47, colored, of
the 200 block of Fourteenth
street NE.
Capt. Layton said the gam
bling squad had been observing
the three spots for several
months. He said the ring has
been operating for at least 10
years.
Evening star., 1954-05-07
Northeast Council
Indorses Transfer

The Northeast Council last
night added it's name to the list
of local civic groups backing a
proposal to transfer control of
the District Recreation Board
from the Board of Education to
the District Commissioners.
The unanimous action fol-
lowed introduction of a resolu-
ton by Arthur B. McNerney,
Brooklyn Citizens Association.
The meeting was held in the
Twelfth Precinct Station. Seven
teenth street and Rhode Island
avenue NE. Lulyn M. Green,
acting president. conducted the
meeting.
Evening star., 1954-05-07

See nenook Eeoze'
o to
, 1954-01-08
N o TICE

Savings Bank Book No. 1855
having been reported lost or
stolen, the holder thereof is
hereby requested to present
it to the Bank within twelve
(12) weeks from this date, as
otherwise the Book will be
cancelled and a new one is
sued in its place at the expira-
President
, 1954-01-08
WHITE MTNERs

IL N144N61I0
iect. He said that the Ameri-
can attitude toward the color
question in southern Africa
was just the sort Of thing that
would lead to communism. He
asserted that So. Africa knew
what she was doing and that
it would be well for the Ameri
cans to cease interfering in
what was not their business.
The insistence of the U. S.
mining concerns that some
thing had to be done to ease
the restrictions on the rise Of
the African worker brought an
attack by Die Transvaler, or
gan Of the Nationalist party.
was the first open clash be
tween the policy Of keeping
the African down, practiced
throughout southern Africa
and the modern US. policy on
such matters. There can be
little doubt, the article contin-
ued, that the great mining
trusts in South Africa are an
noyed with the American con
Germ, despite their own desire
to ease the acute labor short
age by using Africans in more
skilled jobs"
, 1954-01-08
PUBLICATION

Public notice is hereby Civ
en- that the taxes on motor We
hicles and bicycles as pre-
scribed by Ordinance of Nov
|ember.24, 1885, s amended by
Ordinance approved May %.
1850, are due and payable for
the calendar year 1854, or for
the first six months thereof,
not later than january 10,1954
License plates for the, said
year are available and anyone
operating any such vehicles
after said date without the
1854 license plates or special
police permit plates attached
thereto will be subject to a
fine from $500 to $500.
Dept. of Finance, Christian
sted, St. Croix, p 6 mber 20,
1858.
1. h. CONRAD
Asst. Commissioners Of Final.c
St. Crcix
, 1954-01-08

DIR. De FREITAs coMINGI

DIR. DE FREITAS coMINGl
DR.. Robert M. De Freitas
3. a. O., .. Specialist in Eye
Examination Refraction Or
thoptics; announces that on
Tues. Jan. II, from 1000 am.
to 5 pm. and Wed. Jan. y.
from 1870 pinto 4:30 complete
optometric service will be Of
Tered to the Municipality Of
Croix.
Will be in Frederiksted
Municipal Hospital from 900
am. until noon Wednesday.
The latest designs in Eye
glasses prepaid Or G. O. p.
Cruz, whose parents live at
Kings. Hill and who spent a
.seven-day rest and reeupera-
Ition leave in Kokura, Japan
Normally stationed IN Ko-
rea with the 9th Infantry Re
Company G., Cruz
stayed at one Of Japans best
resort hotels and enjoyed
many Injuries unobtainable
on the war-torn peninsula.
, 1954-01-08
NEWS

The sailing of the SIS ga;
GLE" from New Orleans and
Mobile December 80 and 31st
has been cancelled.
The S1S"ARCHANGELOS"
sails from Mobile January 18th
New Orleans January 7th and
is due at Frederksted January
18th via jamaica, Haiti and st.
Thomas, accepting freight for
Venezuela, Aruba, British.
Guiana, Netherlands Guiana.
, 1954-01-08

The SIS L ROAM
Err" is scheduled to sail from
Baltimore January 18th, 1874;
New York January Is, and IS
due at Frederiksted January
23rd, via Puorfo Rio and St.
Thomas arcepting freioht for
Venezuela and Paramaribo.
ALCCA STEAMSHIP CO..Inc
Roh't L. Merwin & Co, ACTS.
, 1954-01-08

rrrtcnding TO be rich is The rea
son why SO many people are poor.
, 1954-01-08
/. Il. CONRAD

Asst. Commissioners of Finarc-
St. Crcix
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15

Senator Robert, C., Hendrick- son, chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on juvenile de- linquency, has started an in yestifation for "sadistic comic books and their impact upon adolecents. "
 Mrs. Mel Crawford returned home yesterday after attend inc the funeral of her father.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15
:. Men Released.

Maurice M. Hudson, age 47s and Aristolee Jordan, ages40, were arrested Tuesday May Il on aa;charge of larceny. The duo were lodged in the City jail until formal warrants were served. gs
 Martin B. Underwood, Fed eral' Bureau of investigation agent from Anchorage was called on the case due to nature of the theft.
 The two men boarded the Alaska Steamship Coastal Monarch and were detained by the First Mate of the ship until the city Police arrived. Jordan had four pounds of cof- fee in his shirt and Hudson was holding a package con taining a blanket and fifteen pounds of strip loin of beef for Jordan according to testimony given later at the hearing.
 Agent Underwood charged the men with theft under $100 under a US code which made the charge a Federal offense. Jordan plead guilty as charged and received a three month sentence in jail which was suspended. US Marshal Clarence Dizney dropped the larceny charge and both men were released.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15
Ba.e Ho.ipsa, New.

A baby girl weighing z lbs. }13 ozs., was born May 4 to Mrs. Patricia Ellen Phelan wife of Burton Noel Phelan, EMS. USN.
 A baby boy weighing7 lbs. 4 oz., was born May 4 to Mrs. Clarie Henrietta Toma wife of Charles John Toma, LCDR, USN.
 "A baby girl weighing z lbs 3ozs., was born May g to Mrs. Beverly Rae Edmison wife of Gerald Frank Edmison, A03, USN. .t.~ .z
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15
Graham, Presents Film

"Mr. Texas called "the worlds first. Christian wes- tern" will be shown here May 22, 1854 in Community Center at 7::3O pm, (according to an announcement this week by Irwin Gilbreath, in charge of the local presentation. )
 The film is the first major pro duction of Billy Graham Evangelistic Films. Inc, and features the famed young e. vangilist and his entire evan gelistic team. Playing leading roles in the full length-color picture are Redd Harper and Cindy Walker. both profes- sional western stars who have recel tly made their decision to iv their lives and talents to Christian service.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15

Continued From Page 1

COnClnucu FfOil "SS
 Four addresses will be given bv four of the Graduating Class. Cherie Stover will speak using as her subject, What have to offer the World 7 Second on the pro gram Carl Smith will address the audience having chosen for his subject Education <. Alexis. Popoff follows vita What is expected of Me-. Supt Iyor Schott will present Doctor A. Holmes Johns0n,' President of the Independent School District of Kodiak. who will presebt.thee eleven gradu- ates with their diplomas. !, The Senior Class of 'l9p1 IS made up of: seven girls ana four boys. Those graduating are; Cherie,stover. Isabel sNel- son, Patricia .Sautner. Natllie Ponshene,s Carolyn Giddings. Betty Mayhew, Marly Munre, Wayne !. Morrison. Gerald Gundlach, Alexis PopoH and Carl Smith. ff
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15

FOR RENT-S Sleeping room 5 for single :. working man.
 Phone 4l81.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15

FOR RENT-Cement mixer.
 See Leo Sears Co. Phone ! 2532.i
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15

FOR SAFE 7. Flour sacks sl.75
 a dozen. LaLande,s Bakery.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15

WANTED Part time book. Keeping or pay roll accounts Stenographic work done. Phone 426l.
 ~- E. - WANTED To buy used chain saw. Joe Beaty.
 ATTENTION domestic owners build your own ap- proved cement septic tank and save l. We have steel forms & mixer for rent Munson 6 Huer Phone 458l.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15
cIossifieds

FOR SALE-Singer Electric portable sewing machine, S5. Repairs on all makes of sewing machines. :;iail Ph. number to the Sewing Ma chine Man, P. o. Box 37l Kodiak.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15
BAPTIST Mission Rummage
 Sale. Saturdays l to 500 pm

fs. r Wit
 Mrs. Robert von Scheele was honored on Sunday May 9th at a party at! St. Mary,s Catholic church given by Father Talbptt and members of the. Catholic Womens Club. Mrs. von Scheele. who had previously, been elected Catholic Mother of the year" for Kodiak, was presented with flowers. the presentation being made by 6 year old Susanne- Kraft, one of Mrs. won Scheele's goddaughters, and Sue Anne Ramaglia age 5. After the presentation the many guests were served with, coffee and cake.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-15

The Kodiak Mirror, starting with Saturdays, issue of May 22nd will start a full page of comics and a crossword puzzel.
 The Publishing Company is trying to keep abreast of the progressive times which is making Kodiak one of A. laskas' leading cities. It is hoped you will enjoy, Those Were The Days, - "Horseface Hank" Rural Delivery Nothing But The Truth, and others.