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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08

o. P. gubernatorial nomination
were absent as the New Yorker
began a test of his political
popularity in a traditional Re-
publican area.
Gov. Rockefeller asked:
After more than 212 years
of the present administration
where are we?" He supplied his
own answers.
In Laos a pro-Western
government has been liquidated
and Communist control has
already expanded to one half OF
the country" he said.
In South Vita Nam the
Kennedy administration is en-.
K ennedy administration is
engaged in an unprecedented
public Squabble With the duly
constituted government.
"Pakistan is disillusioned to
the point that it is now nego-
tiating with the Red Chinese. a"
Then Gov. Rockefeller moved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08

nal vote Tuesday on an Sill
billion tax-reduction measure,
to be maze effective in two
steps beginning January i,
1864.
The bills sponsors have
worked out a timetable calling
for House action on the meas
ure about September 26.
After the House passes the
bill, Chairman Harry F. Byrd
of the Senate Finance Com
mittee says the committee will
sit down with its staff in closed
meetings to study the measure.
This process could last a cou-
pie of weeks so that it would
be d-October or even later,
before the group begins public
hearings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08

was that it would get the
country moving again"
I'VE are not on the New
Frontier" he jibed. I'VE are
lost in the woods"
Gov. Rockefeller, a possibility
for the G. o. P. presidential
nomination, said the Republi.
can Party must win next year
Ito fill the void in national
leadership"
The New York Governor
came to this Northern Illinois
community to address a COP
rally and picnic at the Ogle
County fair grounds. 1t was the
first speech of a series planned
for a swing through six States
A shirt-sleeved crowd Of
about 300 turned out to gree
Gov. Rockefeller and his wife
Margaretta, at the Greater
Rockford Airport.
Senator Dirksen, Republican
leader in the Senate, and the
three top candidates for the G
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adjustments include increases
and decreases in allowances
but result in an overall 7 per
cent increase in the schedule.
Supplemental Benefit Period
.-Maximums: The supplement
tai benefit maximums Of $780,
600 High OPTION or $4,000
Low option are available
without regard to benefit pc
Rod maximums which pre-
v.ously were $4,000 (High OPP
tom and $4,000 Low OPTION
Supplemental Benefit Period
Beginning Date: The pro-
vision that a basic benefits ex-
pense begins a benefit period
for supplemental benefits has
been eliminated. Expenses COW
cred under supplemental bene-
fits now begin a benefit period.
Supplemental Benefit Period
-Deductible: No more than
two deductibles per benefit
period are applicable to all
subscribers covered under the
same family enrolment. Pre-
viously, each subscriber COW
cred under the same family
enrolment. Previously, each
subscriber covered under the
same family enrolment had to
satisfy separate deductible.
Drugs and MediCines-Ner-
vOus and Mental Disorders:
Supplemental benefits Of 80
per cent High option or rs
per cent Low option are pro-
vided for prescription drugs
and medicines required for the
treatment Of nervous or mental
disorders. Previously, this ben
eft was limited to so per cent
under both options.
Rates-No change.
GOVERNMENT-WIDE
INDEMNITY BENEFIT PLAN
(AETNAl
Changes in benefits are:
" Regular plan benefits in
stead OF a limited maternity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
One Dead, z Shot
Near Salisbury

SALISBURY, Md. Sept.
(AP.-State police were
searching for two suspects to-
night after a wild shooting
spree in a tavern near here
that left one man dead and
two injured.
Dead was Paul Downes, IS,
who was shot in the back police
said. He was pronounced dead
at Peninsula General Hospital
in Salisbury.
In serious condition with a
bullet wound in the right Shoul-
der was Michael j. Brady, 81.
Also admitted with a bullet
wound in the right thigh was
MILFORD Lee Taylor, 81. All are
from Laurel, Del.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star staff Writer

Government employees within
the next week or so will receive
brochures detailing the chang
es in the various health insur-
ance plans effective as of No.
vember /. Employees will have
a chance to change plans or the
type of coverage they now have
under their plans during the
open season" from October /
to Is.
Here are the changese in
benefits and rates lin some
cases) of the largest plans:
GOVERNMENT-WIDE
SERVICE BENEFIT PLAN
blue CrOsS-Blue Shield
Changes in benefits are:
Nervous and Mental DisOr-
derS, Pulmonary tuberculosis
Basic hospital benefits and bas-
ic surgical-medical benefits for
in-hoSpital medical care for
nervous or mental disorders and
pulmonary tuberculosis are in
creased from 80 days to 100
days (High option and from
10 days to 80 days Low OPP
tom.
Maternity Benefits: Full bas-
ic hospital benefits and supple
mental benefits instead of lin
tied maternity benefits are pro-
vided for the treatment of false
labor, threatened miscarriage
or abortion.
Intensive In Hospital Medical
Care: Under the High Option
only. new basic surgical-medi.
cal benefit OF 10 days intensive
in-hospital medical care is
added.
Surgical-Medical Schedule Of
Allowances: The basic surgical
medical schedule Of allowances
for physicians services in non.
service areas, has been adjust
ed to conform to a national
scale Of relative values. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
Rockefeller Says U.S..
Laos Under Kennedy

OREGON, H., Sept 7 (AP).-Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
of New York attacked the Kennedy administration today for
what he termed failures at home and abroad.
America begged down in terms of world leadership
and it is begged down at home, he said An Of this
happened under administration whose most Wanted boast
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25

We had some unusual eXperien-
ces while camping out in those
old horse and buggy days. There
the time our party was
sent up the west side of the Flat
head Lake to run some sort OF
preliminary line, following a cer-
tain contour elevation above the
lake level. On this occasion there
were five of us. a team of mules
and a blackboard. And it rained
every day. The work was one Of
those right now jobs and we
continued to work every day re-
CARELESS of the rain.
We were wringing wet, our
grub was soaked, our beds were
wet where the old worn out tent
leaked, and we were a mess!
One night we camped on the
Big Arm and it seemed the mules
could not take it any longer. The
next morning they were gone
Each had broken his halter rope
and fled. Charles Bailey, the
chief, organized a search party
and we were all sent out mule
hunting : in the rain.
| felt sure the mules would
head for home so l lit out dow
the road toward the Pole Ferr,
II miles away, hoping to catcl
up with the beasts before the,
reached it. But they travelled .
fast as |, and were at the Ferr
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25
Assembly of God
Schedules 10 Day
Singspiration

Dave Tom, % years old, oil
Edmonton, Alberta, is going 10
be at the Assembly of God church
for a week and a half of special
singspirations and revival, &C
cording to word received from
the pastor, Dean A. Rohner.
Dave Tom is a graduate of the
Northwest Bible College and has
also studied music at the Toron-
to Conservatory. His records
have sold from coast to coast.
Dave has appeared on a number
of T.V. broadcasts across the
country and has been a featured
speaker in numerous youth
camps, Y.F.C. rallies and In
large and small churches.
The meetings are starting on
Thursday evening January End
and will continue through jan
uary u, Sunday. On Saturday
night, Jan. 5th, there will be a
great area wide singspiratior
with the Teen Choir being feat
ured along with Dave Tom. The
public is invited to enjoy these
services nightly at 7:45 pm.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25

Advance sale of the United Press In
ternational book on the assassination Of
President Kennedy indicates it may set a
circulation record for a hard cover vol
ume containing color pictures and back
ground data on a recent event.
The book, as you know if you read the
story on page one of this weeks Sidney
Herald, is being handled locally by the
Herald. The Herald, by the way, is the
only newspaper in Eastern Montana of
fering this book to it's readers.
Nine days after the project was an
nounced by UPI and American Heritage
magazine, orders for more than a half
million copies had been received. The
first printing is expected to exceed
$4,000 copies. The Herald has placed ar
initial order for 200.
The book is titled -Four Days The
Historical Record of the Death of Presi
dent Kennedy" Publication is scheduled
for the first week of January and oul
delivery will be shortly after that.
A bookstore edition will be available
later on, and will sell for $2.95.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25
Up and Down Main Street --
1t Works Just Like
A HeadboIt Heater
Cliff Urseth

1t takes about that long before our eye
balls are settled down.
We have a neighbor who's a real "
addict. It's a shame he watches this n
station so much. It's so bad now he can't
even look you in the eyes anymore. When
YOU sit across from him his eyeballs look
like two Mexican jumping beans on a
holiday.
Try that formula of ours it might
lengthen the time before you'll be visit
ing the optomotrist.
| don't think one of our readers in
Florida would mind if we mentioned a
P. S. to one of her letters. The poor TV
there was one very great contributing
factor to my selling my home and NOV
ing here, she wrote.
I didn't say it. 1t came from Kingston.
England. In a survey of 102 patients who
complained of fatigue, 78 were women
Which shows that women are the weaker
sex after all, despite what they'd like VI
to believe.
And here's the clincher. The research,
ers say it wasn't caused by overwork
Women, they say, bring on most of theil
fatigue by sitting around worrying too
much.
Actually, in all fairness, we shoulc
probably drop the researchers in Englan'
a line pointing out that they're probabl,
sitting around worrying about all tn
work they have to do.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25
Haffner Injured
In Farm Accident

George Haffner, a farmer llv-
ing southwest of Sidney, was
severely injured early Thursday
morning when a pliers pocket on
his overalls caught in the power
take-off on a tractor. Haffner and
a companion, Donald Kukus, were
preparing to chop hay for feed
at the ranch and had just dump
ed a load near by, when Haffner
clothing caught on a small bolt in
the open take-off. The clothing
wrapped tightly around the ma
chine, which was operating al
about 300 rpm's, but finally tore
loose, throwing Haffner about Il
feet from the tractor.
Kukus. on the hay chopper.
saw Haffner disappear, and rar
to help. Haffner was brought Il
the Community Memorial Hospi
tai in Sidney where he was founC
to have broken the left arm, botf
above and below the elbow, ant
to have severe decorations of thu
face and ear. He will be hospital
lied for about 2 months.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25
Reflections From An
Old Mirror

nickname! So l told him the
story of the mules, and the rain.
and for a time we visited about
Montana.
| think the younger Bailey
was a mite homesick. We talk
ed about the lakes and the
woods, and the s%age-covered
hills. We fished, again, the Sun
River and the South Fork Of the
Flathead, and the Swan River,
and remembered the taste If
mountain trout cooked in bacon
grease over a campfire. Oh, how
sweet are mans memories! But
l would like to forget the foul
smell of a wet mule
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25
BY M. L. Hoffstot

when l arrived.
The return trip, aStride one of
the mules bareback, was no pic
mic, either. | was weary and
wet and my legs ached : and it
continued to rain. The only place
where | was warm was the seat
of my pants which were steamy
from long contact with the wet
back of a smelly mule.
Thirty-five years later, in Cal
ifornia, l met up with an engin-
eer named George Bailey. He
mentioned one day that he was
from Great Falls. Did he ever
know a Grunter Bailey there?
Why, yes. That was his fathers
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25
CHAPPY'S CHATTER
BY Ken Chapman

The recent article in the Satur-
day Evening Post by the late c.
S. Lewis titled 1--WE Have No
Right To Happiness was very
interesting to me because it casts
a different light on something
that we pretty much take for
granted.
He tells the story of a Mr.. A
and a Mrs. B. who divorced their
mates and married. This is ex-
cused by the remark that latter
all they have the right to happi-
ness.
In this instance it resulted in
the suicide of the former Mrs.
A and the desertion of Mr.. B
who had been severely injured
in the war. Then the author
makes the statement that we
have no more right to happi-
ness than we do to be six foot
tall or to be born rich. While in
the Constitution we are granted
the right under that paper to the
pursuit Of happiness, it does mo-
give us the right at the expense
of someone else. Much like the
statement that all men are ere
ated equal, we have changed The
meaning to something that is al
together different than what j
was meant to be.
#
A tip of the hat to Tennessee
Ernie Ford and NBC-Televisiol
for their completely delightfu
Christmas program Sunday night
| think it was one of the mos
enjoyable programs they hav
put on in a long time and it tol
the story of Christmas as beaut
. fully as anything | have hear
or seen.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25
Vet Service Officer
Visits Richey Monthly

George F. Loucks, Service Of
ficer, Veterans Welfare Commits
sion, has established monthly ser
vice to the veterans of Richey
and vicinity and can be contact
ed there on the third Friday of
each month at the VIEW Hotel any
time between 10 am. and II
noon.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25

There are some one hundred
and eighty million people in
these United States. Some live
in cities of millions, some live
alone in the unsettled areas and
a big per cent of the lucky ones
get to live in towns the size OF
Sidney. For everybody who we
have had the pleasure of working
with over the past year, and
also the ones we haven't, a wish
to you and yours.
for a very MERRY CHRISTMAS
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25

Someone suggested that the Herald
hire "Hoss' as its wagon driver. ?
Who's Hoss?
Watching television in this area is just
like when you sing along follow the
bouncing ball."
We've come up with a formula at our
house. We watch for three or four min
utes and then we fix our eyes on any wall
in the room for an equal length of time.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25
IN Main Street

Last week retired postmaster Keith
CARPENTER was having coffee with some
of his friends, when a waitress stopped
him lust as he was about to have a SIP
of coffee.
"That's not your brand" she exclaimed.
"The color is wrong"
The somewhat surprised coffee drlnker
looked at the cup and there was the tell
tale lipstick ring along the edge.
"Take it back and give me another,
he said.
"Just a minute" Carpenter interrupted.
"Give it back, that's probably as close TO
lipstick as I'll ever get again."
Carpenter recently returned from a
vacation in Hawaii and among the treas
ures he brought back are two colored
photographs. Both show him being greet
ed by the familiar Hawaiian girls In
grass skirts.
Just ask Keith about his trip to Hawaii
and his eyes light up and his hand mme-
diately goes for the pictures in his pocket.
suspect he looks at them quite often
during this cold weather.
He won't admit it, but I'll bet they nave
the same effect as a headbolt heater.
X X X
When Sidney's Fort Union Days roll
around next June, a big part of this Cen
tennial celebration will be the authentic
wagon train. The wagons, outriders and
what have you, will assemble near the
Fort Union site and make their first stop
outside of Fairview. There they will
camp over night and during that time
there will be the same campfire activi-
ties as the early days, such as singing,
good hot coffee and dancing. This is ex
pected to attract many from the area.
The next day the train will ramble on
into Sidney where they will take part in
the parade. After this they will circle
somewhere in town and that same eve
ming there will be another big doings
around the campfire.
The Herald has a wagon and team linec
up and now I guess all we need is
driver. | mentioned it to my wife thu
other day and l think she would hav'
taken the job if | hadn't told her of
possible raid by some Poplar Indians.
The Sidney saddle club is in charge o
this part of the Centennial and you'll b,
reading more about this as time goes or
They expect to have a number o
wagons in the train and there may pos
sibly be a mock Indian raid. In the oil
days it used to be rifles and fire water
but as you know, that's a thing OF tn
past.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25

The driver who has a me
first attitude is generally a men,
ace in traffic. In fact, such driv-
ers can cause accidents. There's
one situation, in which a me
first" attitude does contribute 10
safer driving. That's when you
meet another vehicle at night. Be
first to dim your lights.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-25

These are not times for a weak hearted
wallet consider the strain it faces.
When you buy a new billfold you pay a
luxury tax on it, then you pay an income
tax on everything you put into it and
a sales tax on everything that comes out.
This was found on my typewriter Fri
daY afternoon.
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Brave New Line

In his brief remarks to the Districts
new advisory committee on parking,
Engineer Commissioner Charles M. Duke
deviated radically from the party line.
1t was a welcome change.
General Duke not only conceded
the existence Of a serious parking
problem in Washington, he mentioned
the adverse effect it has on business,
traffic and visitors. And from that
point he actually suggested that it is
high time Ito get off center and to
come up with a constructive solution"
to the dilemma with sensible mu-
nicipal policy on parking.
OF course it is possible that Gen
eral Duke, being relatively new in the
Job, is not entirely familiar with the
way the Commissioners previously have
kow-towed to the private parking in
tereSts in avoiding this issue. But we
prefer to think that he is aware Of
the situation, and that he really intends
to do something about it. If that proves
to be the case, the general may be sur
prised at the substantial support he will
find In the community as a whole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24

headway is the voluntary payroll deduc-
ton plan. Employers and employees are
increasingly aware that the most prac-
tical way to give is through systematic
deductions. In Washington, for example,
so per cent Of the major firms employ
ing 10000 persons, gave through the
deduction plan this year, an increase Of
10 per cent.
The next logical step is application
Of the plan to Government personnel,
as President Kennedy requested. Several
pilot projects looking in that direction
are scheduled next year outside Wash
ington. 1t does not seem unreasonable
to suggest that the Sivil Service Com
mission, entrusted with the Job, could
have the payroll deduction plan in eff
feet throughout the Government by
that time. The convenience to givers,
and the stimulus to the UGF program,
would make the extra effort worthwhile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Grief

Ever since 1t happened there has
been q sombre quietness in the air.
The first massive shock cast q pail
almost visible in its intensity. In the
gray rain Of Saturday, nature herself
seemed to be weeping. This day, the
numbneSs Of disbelief has given way
to grief and to prayer.
Grief leaves no room for other
feelings in the human spirit. That is
why the churches will be so crowded
today. It is the reason this Sunday
is more than the ordinary Sunday, and
is marked by abnormal cessation of
routine activity.
There is no respite, in his own
sorrow, for the new President. Already,
he is regrouping-pulling together the
strands of national leadership in re-
Spouse to the unwritten laws of con-
tinuity which protect and preserve our
system. In few days, the lives of the
rest Of US, as they must, will regain
their own tempo.
But not yet. Not today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Victory for Givers

From General Chairman Leonard B.
Doggett jr., through the ranks of work
ers and contributors, everyone who par
ticipated in the United Givers Fund
campaign is entitled to congratulations
for job well. done. Not only has the
drive exceeded its $S.3-million goal, it
has done so within the designated cam
paign dates for the second straight year.
The rewards and credits are boun-
teouS enough to be shared by all. Mr..
Doggett is a veritable human dynamo
whose determination inspired every
other worker Government employees, I'M
der the active leadership of Attorney
General Kennedy, went well over their
quota. It was obvious that, in its seventh
year, UGF had won the confidence of
the public as the best possible means
Of meeting the needs Of 143 member
agencies.
Arother factor steadily making
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TheAssossins

excuses of the Reconstruction" un-
leashing a spirit of vengeance and
counter revenge, the effects of which
are with US still.
In 1881 Charles Guiteau shot and
killed President Garfield because he
had not given Guiteau the political
appointment the crazed killer thought
he deserved. The direct result was the
strengthening Of the Civil Service and
the removal Of many Government
jobs from the appointment procedure
Guiteau invoked.
Leon Czolgosz, in 1901, shot and
killed President Mckinley as a matter
of principle: He was an extreme an
archiSt who believed in killing heads
Of state as such. CzolgoSz was not only
in the wrong country; he set back the
general cause of social amelioration
by decades. The United States began
the goth century with the great dis
advantage Of regarding all concerned
with social issues as radical inspired
and irresponsible.
Thus there has been, in the spo-
radio, neartoreaking history OF aSSasSt-
nation in America, an all but total
lack Of connection between cause and
effect In the mind Of the assassin.
Whatever the killers have had in mind
as political goals have suffered as a
result Of their acts of violence.
There is no reason to believe that
anything different will result from the
tragic assassination Of President Ken
nedy. If, as the investigating authori-
ties believe, the murder was done by
pro-Castro Marxist, 1t is certain that
American attitudes toward the Cuban
leader will not be Softened by that act.
Like his murdered predecessors,
President Kennedy is victim not of
political thought but of the mental
arrangement of an individual. The
final horror of the violent death of
an American President is that in our
system assassination is a political ir-
relevancy.
This is also our consolation.