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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

r. Here is the list Of bills on
which some actions were taken
this year by Congress but which
were not enacted into law.
Since next years session of the
87th Congress is but a continual
ton Of this years, the bills can
be taken up next year at the
point to which they advanced
this year.
Employees are advised to clip
this column for use next year
in following the further prog
ress Of these bills.
Life Insurance
S. 1910. Amends the Federal
Employees Group Life Insurance
Act to provide for additional
insurance Of $1,000 for en-
ployes whose salaries are less
than $4,000 and $4,000 for
those whose salaries are $4,000
and above.
Passed Senate July 7. 1861.
Pending before House Post
Office and Civil Service Com
mittee.
Pay
H.R. 858. Provides that the
annual salary Of the manager
Of a Veterans Administration
hospital, domiciliary or center
shall be S17,700 and the salary
of a director Of professional
services shall be $17.45o.
Passed House March 6, 1861.
Pending before Senate Post
office and Civil Service Com
mittee. u,..t 49,. ..
HR. 2017. Permits the Fed
eral Government to withhold
from wages Of Government en-
ployes. income taxes by mu-
inequalities which impose the
duty of collecting taxes upon
the employer.
Reported to House by Ways
and Means Committee May g.
1851.
1, Pending on Union Calendar.
H.R. 6242. Authorizes the At
torney General to fix without
regard to the Classification Act
Of 1949, as amended. the SAL
aries Of attorneys, assistant at
torneys. special assistants and
other attorneys employed in the
Department of Justice $4,000
Imitation
Failed Of passage in the
House August 90, 1861.
-.H.R. $685.. Validates over
payments made to Federal en-
ployes for the period between
February, % and June %, 1855
where such overpayments are
attributable to erroneous re-
troactiye wage increases. Pro:
vides for the return Of any re.
funds collected.
Passed House September 6
1861. ,,s ... s,,-
Pending before Senate Judi,
cisry Committee.
H.R. 1865. Permits freight
ers in the Department Of De-
Tense to elect TO- receive pre-.
MUM compensation in lieu OIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
Devices Will Detect
Life on Other Planets

NEW YORK. Oct. IL tAP) -
The United States is develop
ing devices capable of detecting
life on other planets. if it
exists. They will be installed
in unnamed devices that lin
the fcreseeable future" will be
landing on Mars and Venus.
James Webb. National Aero
nautics and Space Administra-
tor. told Of this yesterday in
a talk to the Space Flight Re-
port to the Nation meeting.
He said the detecting devices
are being developed at Stan
ford University's school Of
medicine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
Injured Pilot Rescued
After 4 Days in Snow

ALPINE, Utah, Oct. IL (AP) .
"A severely injured pilot who
huddled more than four freez-
ing days near the wreckage of
his light plane was snatched
from a snow-mantled Utah
mountainside early today by a
rescue team. But his compan-
ion was dead.
For Joel T. Honey, a 52-year.
old Needles lCalif.) locomotive
engineer, rescue ended painful
hours spent shivering in the
smashed singled-engine craft
waiting for one of several
search planes in the area to
spot him.
Nearby was the body of Will
liam Royal, also of Needles, who
would have been SO years ole
today.
The two men Saturday were
flying to Provo, Utah, is miles
south, when their craft
smashed into l2,00O-foot Mount
'Timpanogos at the 8.000-foot
level.
Mr.. Honey said he recovered
consciousness in the shattered
plane As minutes later and Mr..
Royal was dead.
From then until rescue, Mr..
Honey had no food-only bites
Of snow.
At Utah Valley Hospital IN
Provo, attendants said Mr..
Honey's condition was fairly
good. He had a dislocated hip.
broken jaw and arm and other
injuries.
Many times he crawled rain
fully around the broken plane,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
French Act to Improve
Army Leadership

PARIS. Oct. IL (AP).-The
French Defense Ministry has.
dropped 534 officers and STA
noncoms from active duty for
the good of the service" during
the past few months.
The Ministry said they had
been put on special leave"
after individual examination
by special commissions. The
action was not of a disciplinary
nature. the Ministry said, but
an effort to improve Army
leadership as part of a long
term renovation of the military
structures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Stotus Of Emp|oye Bills Partly
E Enacted and Alive for Session

compensation at the aggregate
or saved pay rate. Provides au-
thority for conversions from
saved pay to premium pay al
ready made by voluntary cleo
ton. and authorizes future con-
versions.
Passed House September 10
1861.
Pending before Senate Post
Office and Civil Service Com
mittee.
Promotion ..
H.R. 1910. Amends the CLASH
fication Act Of 1949, as
amended, to provide that upon
promotion or transfer to a po-
Sition of a higher grade an
employe would receive not less
than a two-Step increase of the
grade from which he is pro-
NOTED or transferred.
Passed House August %, 1861
Pending before Senate Post
Office and Civil Service Com
mittee.
Quarters and Other Benefits
H.R. 1921. Permits Federal
agencies under certain condi-
tions to furnish employees with
quarters, household furniture,
utilities. subsistence and laun-
dry service. Provides that en-
ploye pay rental rates for such
service based on the reasonable
value thereof.
Passed House August 81, 1861.
! Pending before Senate Gov
eminent Operations Committee
Retirement
! S. 1888. Provides for volun-
tary retirement at age SIS after
80 years service with no reduc-
ton in annuity.
Reported to Senate by Post
Office and Civil Service Com
mittee September s, 1861.
! Pending on Senate calendar
S. SOC. Permits retired Fed
eral employees to accept posi-
tons as teachers in the District
OF Columbia without loss OF
reduction of their retirement
pay. Permits District of CO.
lumbia teachers who have
treached mandatory retirement
age to accept positions with
the Federal Government with
out loss or reduction of teach
ers retirement pay.
Passed Senate September 7
1861.
Pending before House Dis
trict of Columbia Committee.
S. 644. Simplifies the proce-
dure for payment Of salary of q
retired Foreign Service employe
who may be re-employed BY
the Federal Government.
Passed Senate March 20
1861.
Pending before House For
eign Affairs Committee.
H. R. 6374. Amends the Gov.
eminent Employees Training
Act, to restore to Foreign Serv.
ice employesrof the Department
Iof State. Tennessee Valley Au.
l thority employees, and presi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
81 Reported Killed
In India Bus Crush

NEW DELHI. Oct. IL APP
Fifty-two persons were reported
killed when bus Skidded and
crashed into a canal $50 miles
north of Delhi. according to
reports reaching here today.
The bus was carrying SIS
persons but three, including
the driver. managed to extrlcate
themselves, the reports said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12

Dental appointees travel au-
thority to attend meetings at
Government expense.
Passed House August 81, 1861
Pending before Senate Post
Office and Civil Service Com
mittee.
H.R. 8798. Amends the Ad-
ministrative Expenses Act of
1916 to authorize payment of
travel and transportation ex-
penSes to student trainees when
assigned, with or without pro-
motion, upon completion of COL
lege work to positions for which
there is determined by the Civil
Service Commission to be a
manpower shortage. Present
law limits such payment to stu
dent traniees who are promoted
upon graduation.
Passed House September %,
1861.
Pending before Senate Gov
eminent Operations Committee
Postal Service
S. 1879. Increases the basic
equipment allowance for rural
carriers from 10 cents per mile
or $3.50 per day to IL cents a
mile or $4.20 per day which,
ever is greater.
Passed Senate July 81, 1861.
Pending before House Post
Office and Civil Service Com
mittee.
H.R. 7061. Provides that the
beneficiaries OF deceased postal
field service employees shall be
compensated at the appropriate
rate for all unused compen-
satory time to the credit of the
employe at the time Of death.
Passed House August %, 1861.
Pending before Senate Post
Office and Civil Service Com
mittee.
Claims
H.R. 4l3l. Authorizes the
Controller General to waive in
debtedness growing out of er-
roneous payments Of money to
any civilian officer or employe
, of the Government and any
member OF the uniformed serv-
ices. Extends similar author
Iity to heads of departments,
agencies or establishments for
waiver of such indebtedness
where amounts do not exceed
$3.50.
Passed House August 81, 1861.
Pending before Senate Ju-
dietary Committee.
| Conflict OF Interest
H.R. 8l40. Strengthens, re-
vises ands simplifies existing
Federal conflict of interest
laws. Makes appropriate gen.
eral provision for consultants
and temporary employees in the
executive branch, the independ-
ent agencies and the District
of Columbia. Integrates the
conflict-of-interest laws with
recodified prohibitions on brib-
cry and graft. -,
Passed House August 7, 1861
Pending before Senate Ju-
dietary Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12

added to the base wage: fully
paid hospital medical inSur-
ance; an increase in minimum
supplemental unemployment
benefits and an extension of
sucn payments from Is to So
weeks; Improvements in pen
Sions- and insurance and pay
mentS for short work weeks.
The union said the insur-
ance, pension and joblesS ber-
eft sections represented i'm
provements over the GIN con-
tract.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
Is FordUnits Hold Kew
To Work S Resumption

DETROIT Oct IL (AP)-Indvdual problems at Is local
bargaining units held the key today to resumption of
duction by Ford Motor Co. after last night with the
United Auto Workers Union new three-year national
labor contract.
JAW President Walter P Reuther said he would recon-
Evening star., 1961-10-28

How can this be prevented?
Answer Top quality
enamel, either gloss or semi
gloss. should be used on
kitchen land bathroom walls
because of its resistance to
moisture penetration. You
may be using a flat paint
now.
Be sure all peeling and
loose paint is removed before
repainting, and that all sur
faces are completely free of
any trace of grease. wax,
CRIME, etc.
Covering the area around
the sink with clear plastic,
either sprayed on, or in lami-
mated sheet form, also should
help prevent peeling paint.
released by the Register and
Tsibune Syndicate, 1850
Evening star., 1961-10-28
TIPS on How TO Lower Ceilings

water to remove all trace Of
the bleach. Or, after cleaning
the shade, moisten it with a
three per cent solution of
hydrogen peroxide, allowing
it to remain a few minutes,
then rinse off with clear
water,
Evening star., 1961-10-28

flooring to absorb moisture
and the wood to expand.
Having nowhere to go. it
pushed up in these ridges.
When the floors dry out dur
ing the winter months. the
ridges may disappear. If not,
they must be removed by re-
finishing.
Evening star., 1961-10-28

DIRECTIONS TO cREENBRIER
Drive out Boltimore Washington
PorkwoY TO RiverdoIe Rood. Turn
right go approximately one mile
ond you'll see the six model homes
on your left. there's ompIe parking
OF either end ond oil ore con-
VenientIy Iocoted next 10 each other
for cosy viewing inside and out.
RIIIIT n nEvEIapEn
Evening star., 1961-10-28
By HERMAN BAUM
Contributing Writer

sprinkle it over the surface
if it becomes slippery.
Not the Heat
when our home was built
last winter, the oak floors
we're level and smooth. Now
they have pushed up in little
ridges along all the joints
in the boards. Fortunately.
We still owe the builder
enough to cover doing the
floors over if necessary. Is
the builder to blame?" T. F.
K. writes.
Answer When these floors
were installed, the weather
was cool and the air rela-
tiveiy dry. Your city has ex-
'tremely high humidity in
summer. This caused the
Evening star., 1961-10-28

sprinkle it over the surface
if it becomes slippery.
Evening star., 1961-10-28

Several years ago. I
bought a fine old home that
we like very much. It's one
Objectionable feature is the
very high ceilings in all the
first floor rooms. The rooms
are spacious. but these CELL
ings make them look like
narrow cells. My husband is
very handy at carpentry. and
he would like to lower these
ceilings if you can tell him
how it is DONE" Mrs. w. L.
F. writes.
Wives are the
very best invention for cook
Evening star., 1961-10-28

The supply pressure will
drive water through the up
per pipe and coil with suffi-
cient force to flush out most
looses sediment that may
have collected. The sediment
should be drawn from the
bottom of the tank about
once a month.
II the rusting is due to a
badly coated inner tank sur
face, cleaning an old tank is
not worth the cost; replace
ment is the only practical
remedy.
Evening star., 1961-10-28
Rust Sediment

Rust Sediment
Question-We seem to have
a rust sediment in the hot
water tank; makes the water
run rusty. How can we re-
move the sediment?
Answer-if the rusty water
is really due to rust sediment
at the bottom of the tank, the
sediment can be removed by
closing the Shutoff valve and
leaving the drain cock open.
Evening star., 1961-10-28

ReodeS wishing Mr.. Boum's help
with household problem moy
write him in core Of The Evening
Stor. lnclose q stomped. self
addressed envelope and O direct
onswer will be sent to you by moiI.
Evening star., 1961-10-28
Outpotient's Clinic
More About Mowers

Thanks to M. B., who is
IS and knows a lot about
lawn mowers because he gets
to use it most in his family.
He has his own method for
starting the engine which
proves there is no limit to
the ingenuity of youth. He
puts the sanding disc, with
sandpaper attached, in the
chuck of his quarter-inch
drill, and presses the disc
against the flywheel of the
engine.
Evening star., 1961-10-28
Snow Use

Il have smooth finished
concrete porch and steps in
front of my home. 1t is very
slippery when it becomes COW
cred with snow and ice and
I would hate for anyone,
especially me, to bust his
posterior on my property.
What can I do to make this
surface slip proof" F. B. asks
Answer If you add one
part of muriatic acid to 10
parts of water, mop this on
the surface and he en-
thoroughly rinse if off after
about 10 minutes, the acid
will have etched the surface
SO that it will not be so
slippery, but methods like
this have no effect when the
abrasive surface is covered
with snow and ice. The best
idea is to have a bucket of
sand handy so that you can
Evening star., 1961-10-28
Dorkened Parchment Shade

Question i use a mild
soap and water to wash a
large parchment shade of a
floor lamp. 1t is quite old and
has become some ewhat
darker. Is there any way to
tighten it?
Answer-Add a mild solu-
ton of household bleach to
the washing water. then
rinse thoroughly with clear
Evening star., 1961-10-28
Paint PeeIins

QuestiOn-The paint on the
wall around my kitchen sink
frequently needs replacement
because it is always peeling.
Evening star., 1961-10-28

"if you've ever wanted to live
in (G@uzoA>MNa now's the time to buy
You can move in for no money down VA
and limited number of homes
are ready for immediate occupancy"
Meet Gap Nc Kay "Cab Hves Caroon heb
Caon statesmen wo shoe shoe
new home in this u'eHbannd community.
HeHeHyOu these community That's
hO sure he that brick for brick
no better home Ualue available today!
Caon home
oH automatically be uO Another
you be able TO into CarroHtOn such reasonable
See the model homes this uend
nade make the CaroHton!
Evening star., 1961-10-28

ing up ideas to keep hus-
bands occupied. By con-
Servative estimate, the list
of projects 1 am supposed
to do will keep me busy we'll
into 1868. Once a wife knows
that hubby can drive a nail,
he may as we'll sell the golf
clubs and fishing equipment
and use the proceeds to buy
a bench saw.
Lowering a ceiling will
supply enough activity to
keep the old man out of
mischief for at least a month.
Many of these old homes
have very high windows that
reach almost to the ceiling.
Replacing these windows re-
quireS extensive carpentry
and takes the job out of the
category of a do-it-yourSelf
project. If you do not have
this problem. the rest of the
work is not too difficult.
The first step in this pro-
ject is to remove the old
ceiling so as to expose the
underSide of the joiSts. This is
not only necessary to facili-
tate installing the new
ceiling but the presence of
two ceilings is considered a
fire hazard by some city
building codes.
Starting at one end of
each joist, drive l2-penny
common nails into the sides
of the joists 80 inches apart,
leaving one inch of the nail
protruding. Purchase a coil
of 10 gauge iron wire. Cut
this into lengths about 8
inches longer than distance
the ceiling is to be lowered.
Twist the end of a wire
around the protruding head
Of each nail.
Level lmpoFtont
Cut two-by-threes to fit
comfortably wall to wall and
twist the lower end Of the
tie wires around these. The
lower face of these must be
about one and one-quarter
inches less than the new
ceiling height. Cut a board
to this length and use 1t
as a gauge for placing two
by-threes. Each one must be
level and at the same
distance from the floor and
this requires some careful
workmanship.
Furring strips are now
nailed at right angles across
the bottom Of the two-by-
threeS. The first strip is
placed at the end Of the two
by-threes. The next furring
strip is placed 16 inches from
the wall. Remaining strips
are placed l6 inches on CEN
ters. The final strip may be
any distance less than l6
inches.
The final operation is
to attach half-inch gypsum
board to the lower face OF
the furring strips and tape
the joints in the usual man
ner The ceiling is finished
with a narrow cove molding
around the edges.
If you prefer to use
acoustic tiles on the ceilings,
the process is the same ex-
cept that the Turing strips
are placed on l2-inch centers.
outpotient's Clinic
r. d. Sandblasting is
the only practical method for
removing the weathered sur
face from old brick.
c. H. HIT is usually pos
sible to place resilient tile
directly over chlorinated
rubber base paint or acryllic
concrete floor paint without
removing the paint.
c. Write to Southern
Pine Association, New Or
leans, La. for a booklet en-
titled, Home Buyers Guide"
1t lists the important things
to look for when buying a
home.
More About Mowers
Thanks to M. B., who is
IS and knows a lot about
lawn mowers because he gets
to use it most in his family.
He has his own method for
starting the engine which
proves there is no limit to
the ingenuity of youth. He
puts the sanding disc, with
sandpaper attached, in the
chuck of his quarter-inch
drill, and presses the disc
Evening star., 1961-12-03

Operators ON duty "a
hours q day. Call col
lect within 75.mile
radius OR WRITE
TO-DAY. No Obligation.
Evening star., 1961-02-02

Robinson; 11:40 am, 2:05,
4::35. 7:05 and 9:35 pm.
Ontario - "The Grass Is
Greener";; 1875. $40. 5:4S, 7:50
and 10 pm.
Palace-"Go Naked in the
World; 11:45 an, 1:45, 3:45,
5:45. 7:45 and GAS pm.
Playhouse "The Lovers;
1880 am. 2::25, S::2S and $40
pm. "Hiroshima, Mon Amour;
/, 3:56, 6:55 and 9:45 pm.
Plaza Love by Appoint
ment":: 11:4S am, 1875, 3:35,
$3.50, 1880 and 9:36 pm.
TOwn-The World Of suzie
Wong; 1905; 2:30, s. 1880 and
9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux "The Wackiest
Ship In the Army: II am,
1850. 2:45, 4:35. $50. $40
and 10 pm.
UptOwn-"The Alamo:'' $50
pm.
Warner -" "spartacus;" s:15
pm.
Evening star., 1961-02-02
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Times Of Showing

Stage
Arena Stage-"Six Charac-
ters in Search Of an Author;
$50 pm.
CathOHe Universlty-'Barab-
bas": by Michel de Ghelderode; j;
$3.50 pm.
National Theater - "Once
There Was . Russian $3.50
pm.
Screen
AmbassadOr-"Swiss Family
Robinson; 1880, 4:10, $50 and
$3.50 pm.
Apex-"Qeneral Della Ro-
vere"; lao, 4:05, $50 and 9:3s
pm.
Capitol - Village Of the
Damned: 11:40 am, las
sos. 4:60, $3.50, $40 and 9:5G
pm.
DupOnt-"Never on Sunday"
!. 1850. 4:40. $3.50. S:26 anc
10:16 pm.
Keith's-"The Misfits;" II
an. 1:l0, $40, $3.50, TAO anC
$50 pm.
Macarthur - Make Min,
Mink; 6:16. 7:5S and 0:45 pm
MetrOpOlitan-"swiss Family
Evening star., 1961-02-02
rhs Cast

with its single, long stretch Of
high excitement for two reasons.
One Of these is that 1t disillu-
sions Miss Monroe, who sudden
ly see q streak Of terrifying
cruelty in the man she found
so gentle. The other Is the de-
tailed showing Of the horror of
the actual process Of robbing
these wild creatures Of their
freedom and their life.
This sort Of thing is Mr..
Huston's special dish Of tea
and he makes the long Sc
|quence a climax more dramatic
than what has gone before.
Gable gets q touching role
in "The Misfits," that Of the
strong. gentle, seemingly in
vincible man who somehow
invariably turns up. loser TO
life, time, and events. He plays
it with the true Gable zest.
Miss Monroe, for whom her
then-husband wrote the film,
emerges as a more blurred fig
ure, one palpably at home in
drama than in her more familiar
art Of comedy. AS '"The Misfits"
works out, the second strong
performance Is that Of Actor
Wallach. a deity shaded ego
centric who coneeals from him.
self and others what he really
is. Cliff, as the bumbling rodeo
rider who can't go home again,
is considerably more Of q rou-
tine figure in the narrative,
but Miss Ritter is a delight in
providing the misfit group with
its one laughing figure
usually, THE Misfits" is
Evening star., 1961-02-02

1.-THE NnsFITs," Q United Artists
release Of Frank 3. Taylor produc-
play by Arthur Miller. music COM
posed and conducted BY Alex North.
Evening star., 1961-02-02

"The Misfits" makes q brave
try on this score. Too brave.
It's failure lies in the fact that
it attempts to say too much,
even by q writer as intense and
articulate as Arthur Miller
who wrote the screenplay. His
interlaced themes here are
loneliness, lovelessness, lack OF
. communication between hu-
mans, and mans thoughtleSS
cruelty.
The combination is one to
overtax even the directoral
genius Of John Huston. The
best Huston can do is to give
the film moments Of excite
ment, tenderness and q wistful
wisdom, in all Of which Gable
Is q memorable performer. And,
in sNeme, Marilyn Monroe and
Ell Wallach are helpful.
These were enough to start
the films run here with q long
bo1office line. One supposes
tl1iSewill be q general expert
ence for "The MisfitS" and one
which no Gable fan will regret
Miller's writing in ''The Mis-
fits" is an extravaganza Of
feeling. written with an effort
to achieve q decent reserve.
The films setting, Reno
makes this a difficult Job. Nc
space on the American map Il
wider open. emotionally. legally
or otherwise.
Here "The Misfits" tells the
story of-well. q group Of mis-
fits. Gable and Miss Monroe
naturally, are the pair mos
deeply involved. He Is q COW.
boy, leaving middle-age, q
muscular, he-man playmate o.
Reno's divorces when he is moi
''muStanging" in the adjacent
mountains.
Miss Monroe, who wears 6
sheen Of innocence despite 9
Seamy experience that has in.
cluded strip-teaSing, meets
Cables character q few min.
utes after getting her routine
Nevada divorce. As two plan.
less, disillusioned character
might, this pair Of such diff
ferent ages is attracted one BY
the other.
THE Misfits" lags in making
this point, taking great carr
to dress it In q kind of tender
inevitability. On the fringe
of this romantic idyll, othel
characters are Importantly in
volved. One Of these is 6
Reno-calloused divorcee (Thel
ma Ritterl who came, was Sc
free, and fingered 10 years.
Two others are a cynica
wartime pilot cell Wallach)
and Montgomery Gift, an in.
ept rodeo rider. in flight from
an unhappy home.
The niisfits form a coy nttl'
group In front Of Huston'
sea<rhing camera. but only un
til kiss Monroe's girl discover
that. their way Of life is ii
named M ''mustanging." Thi
is a business that takes then
to the mountains where wiki
horses are rounded up, roped
tied and left to be picked uT
by buyers who will sell them II
makers Of dog food.
This activity supplies the film