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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
BY SAM DAWSON
AP Business News Writer

NEW YORK.-A new alpha
betical and numerical language
has been hammered out SO all
makes Of electronic conputers
and data processing machines
can talk to each other.
The new tongue Is the prod
uct of some SO million worth
of man hours over four years,
It was sponsored by the 90
member industry and the
American Standards Associa-
ton. DBL.
Some equipment Is using the
new code. Other machines are
being adopted to 1t. The stand
ard code provides 1913 possible
characters on seven rows OF
paper tape. In many instances
It will have various codes OF
80 different symbols punched
out in five rows on paper tape
Many variations Of the ex-
panded and standardized code
10 fit special uses are possible,
Widespread acceptance by
spring Is predicted by the cleo
tronic industry. Government
industries are particularly af-
fected. Multi-Plant Corpora
lions expected to adopt the
code, along with the many
users OF computer centers
where data from various re-
mote points and different
makes of machines are inter-
changed after translation.
BY making interchange auto
matte, an eventual savings TO
industry and Government agen-
cies of many times the initial
cost Of compiling the code is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
Howard Research
Plans New BuiIdinq

Howard Research has signed
a contract for construction of
a 10000 : square foot office
building in Mclean, Va, to
house and consolidate its of
fices employing more than $50
persons.
The new building at Old Do
minion drive and Whittier
street will occupy q 3.6-acre
tract and is scheduled for
completion in early 1854. 1t
has been planned for expan-
sion later to $4,000 square feet.
VoSbeck-Ward and Associates
are the architects and L. r.
Broyhill Co. is the contractor.
The real estate transaction was
handled by Eugene House of
Weaver Bros.
Now located at 1I01 Lee
highway, Howard Research was
founded in 1861 by six en-
gineerS and is engaged in sys-
TENS engineering and program
management assistance to the
Government in missiles, aero
space and control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
Common Computer Code Sought

to the routine ordering of sup
plies.
The association reports that
American Telephone g. Tele-
graph is converting It's equip
ment to q multi-million dollar
cost, believing that by 1868 half
of its business customers will
be computer users.
IBM thinks that in the BUSH
ness world 1t probably will be
most advantageous to convert
to new codes where there is
considerable interchange of in
formation on different types Of
media and between different
types OF equipment. Firms witt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23

Early this month, Union
Carbide distributed 500 million
TO 57,167 of its employees. 1t
was q routine distribution and
Union Carbide announced 1t
in q routine press release but
the news highlighted one Of
the most expensive fringe bene-
fits American industry offers
to jobholders - the employe
savings plan.
Probably not more than $50
corporations in the United
States have employe savings
plans today. Among them,
though, are recognized leaders
Of industry-General Motors,
United States Steel, Standard
Oil of New Jersey, Coca-Cola,
Dupont, and thus covered by
these plans are an estimated
2 million workers. Moreover,
the plans are growing at an
annual rate of 10 to 20, bring
ing in hundreds of thousands
of additional workers each year
Little is known about these
plans. In fact, the first COM
prehensive study ever made Of
them was released only last
fall by the National Industrial
Conference Board. 1t analysed
81. plans in "a companies, /;
a basic guide to this "specia,
type of employe benefit"
Mechanism Is Simple
The fundamental mocha
nism of an employe saving:
plan is simple.
Cd A participant voluntarily
contributes part of his salary
through payroll deductions. The
most common contribution Is
S to 6 per cent of his salary
although in a fair minority OF
instances. the contribution
ranges to $40 per cent OF his
pay.
90 The company then
matches all or part Of the par
Elephants savings with a COM
pany contribution. The aver
age is so cents by the company
for each 81 the employee saves
but the corporation contribu-
ton runs as high as 81 for
every 81 the employe saves.
90 The company and en-
ploye contributions are put into
an employe trust fund to be
invested and later paid out to
the employees. In most cases,
some or all Of the funds are
placed in the company's COM
mon stock. United States saw
ings bonds also are a popular
medium. A typical investment
would be a combination Of the
corporations stock and United
States Government securities
More than IS per cent OF
employees of companies offer
ling these plans take advantage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23

predicted by the association.
But some of the equipment
makers see the newly adopted
American Standard Code for
information Interchange as just
the first step in the right
direction.
Officials of international
Business Machines explain:
with the new code as a foun-
dation, 1t becomes possible TO
achieve eventual STANDARDIZED
ton Of the specifications and
formats Of each OF the media
perforated tape, magnetic tape,
punched cards and data trans
mission-used for data inter-
change and communication"
The standards association
explains that under practices
used until now, II Is frequently
necessary to translate from one
code TO another, from different
methods used by diverse ma
chimes. Translation can be
done by programming or by
fairly expensive equipment.
Room for expansion is left in
the new code, they stress. The
experts who worked II out left
some OF the 1913 combinations
blank. These can be filled In
for specific needs. An example
The United States Weather Blu
reau could use one Of the blank
characters as the symbol for
storm clouds, while a railroad
might use the same place for q
sleeping car reservation.
The new and expanded
standard code Is expected to be
especially helpful TO the De-
Tense Department to speed OPP
erations from missile tracking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
Equipment Firms
Form New Group

The Mechanical Equipment
Manufacturers Representatives
Association had formed. "a
Washington area chapter OF
which Richard L. Hoddinott of
R. L. Hoddinott Co. is presi-
dent.
Charles w. Campbell of
Charles w. Campbell & Asso-
ciates, is vice president and
Charles w. Holiday Of Holiday,
Inc, is treasurer. John r.
Newman, president Of John r.
Newman Co., Inc, is secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
RATE OF GNP
SETS RECORD
IN QUARTER
BY Dow Jones

Total output OF goods
and services in the United
States rose to a record
Seasonally adjusted annual
rate of $579 billion In the
April = June quarter, the
Commerce Department re-
ported. The Gross National
Product IN the first quar-
ter was at an annual rate
of $57l.8 billion.
The $7.2 billion gain In
the second quarter COM
pares with a $6.6 billion
gain between 1925 final
quarter and this years first
quarter. Economists have
revised the full year 1862
GIMP figure upward by 81
billion to $554,9 billion
but lowered the 1861 esti-
mate by $500 million to
$5l8.2 billion and cut the
1860 figure back $500 mil
lion to $502.6 billion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23

small, self-contained installa-
tons without much need for
data interchange may hold to
the old code OF their particular
make for q while.
One maker says: Develop
ment Of data processing stand
ards are important to our Gus
toners and the industry in
general. The new code will
have far-reaching benefits to
both manufacturers and users
Of data processing equipment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
Fidelity Savings Gets
More Than 81 Million

Fidelity Savings & Loan AS
ISOLATION Of Alexandria, which
opened on June 10, has ac-
quired more than 81 million of
invested savings in S67 accounts
in the first 80 days of opera
tons. reported President Dom
aid McNary. ~.
The lev association located
at Seminary road and North
Beauregard street will hold ap-
probation day ceremonies at
the George Washington High
School stadium on Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
YOUR MONEYS WORTH
EmpIoye Savings
Plans Increasing
By SYLVIA PORTER

of them, most are saving at the
maximum rate the plan per-
mits, most stay in the plan
until their jobs are termi-
mated.
The cost of the plans to the
companies is, in the words of
one expert, "Shockingly high"
The average cost is $167 a year
for each employe in the plan,
excluding administrative ex-
penses, but the NICB found
that in at least one instance,
the cost runs to $81S per en-
ploye per year! To indicate
how this expense compares
with other benefits, the United
States Chamber Of Commerce
found that in 1859, pension
costs averaged $214 per en-
ploye per year and group insur-
ance costs averaged STA per
year.
Why, in view of the cost of
the plans and the fact that
unions have not fought for the
benefit, do the companies offer
the programs?
Threefold Answer
The answer is threefold: to
recruit and retain a stable, 10y.
al, productive work force; tt
encourage employees to become
company stockholders; to en-.
courage employees to save sys.
tematically to supplement- theil
basic pension benefits. In the
words of the NICB, "1t Is quite
evident that a primary objec-
tive of 40 per cent of these
plans is to create a large group
Of company stockholders
among the company work
force. The hope is. of course
that an employee stakeholder
will consider himself a part
ner in the enterprise and iden-
tify himself more closely with
the company, its management
and its special problems"
The detectives apparently are
being attained. A Union Car
bide executive says the COM
pany's plan is morale build
err" which tends to make peo-
pie think twice before they
leave U.S." Other corporation
executives say the plans make
employees much more conscious
of the price of their company's
stock and the Importance of
company profits.
Because Of the expense OF
the plans to corporations, it's
improbable that this benefits
growth will ever approach that
Of pension and deferred profit
sharing plans. But it's a superb
plus" for any employee fortu-
nate enough to be eligible to
save and invest this way.
Distributed 1858, By The Hall
Syndicate, Inc. All Rishts Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
BY DAVID BREASTED
Star Staff Writer

The question for shippers this
week end is not whether to
race but where, with five at
tractive events including the
Gibson Island Yacht Squadron's
Poplar Island jaunt.
Perusal of the Chesapeake
Bay Yacht Racing Associations
handy handbook shows the sim
gle biggest hustle of activity
Of the summer.
CIYS has a long distance
Star boat race also on the
card, while regatta plans are
percolating at the Potapskut,
Chester River and Langley
clubs.
Glass C sailors are hoping
TO hand comeuppance to breth-
rem ON larger boats as they
did last year in the Poplar af-
fair.
The smaller craft, a threat
In light Bay airs. swept the
first three positions in fleet
by creeping up on the A and
B boats. They stayed close
enough to kill the larger boats
on time allowance. '
Race Committee Chairman
Stewart H. Beall Of Washington
said yesterday he's looking for
equally as good" a turnout
for Poplar as last year. He said
Se shippers showed UP for the
1862 race ..
Last year the club shortened
the course to start at Hackett's
Point instead OF Baltimore
Light. This drew more entries
from down the Bay. The course
Is from Hackett's TO Can 35 off
Poplar. 10 miles below Annap-
oils, and home.
Potomac River Sailing Asso-
citation hands acquitted them
selves commercially In their
first Lloyd Phoenix Trophy
outing in Naval Academy yawls
over the week end, according
to Skipper Len Penso, Of Chevy
Chase.
"I'd certainly be willing to
start all over again with the
same gang" said the Coast
Guard captain. The gang
earned q heartening third Sat-
urday. but fell TO an eighth
and q sixth Sunday to wind
up seventh In q round-robin
fleet Of nine yawls. Point scor-
ling required breaking two ties
To the best OF Skipper PEN
SOS knowledge, none of the
eight-man crew was familiar
with the Academy's 44-foot
ILuders boats. But he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
BANK OFFICERS

Outstanding opportunity
offered by on expanding
independent suburban
bank whose growth re-
quires the addition OF two
junior officers.
Inquiries invited from
qualified men with mini.
mum of five years gen.
eroI banking experience
either os senior clerks or
junior officers.
All inquiries held in strict
confidence. Our own
stoff hos been odvised OF
this advertisement.
Reply to Box 400, Stor sub.
hitting o complete resume and on
interview will be orroussd.
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concentration of algae but 1t
apparently had broken UP. But
a few miles further on, off of
Wards Point, we found a wide
area of algae that had turned
the water completely green. A
film of green scum drifted on
top. There were many dead fish
floating in this area and q
number of water samples were
taken here.
The Honga River proceeded
for a few miles when suddenly
we saw a great area of brown
ish-red water that could be
described as a red tide" A
week earlier Harold Elser of
Maryland's Natural Resources
Institute, had reported seeing
streaks of this brownish al
gaze. But this patch covered an
area Of several acres.
Bloom Very Quickly
The first of the reddish
brown water was found off
Maryland Point, but we en-
countered at least three more
large stretches of 1t before we
got back to our starting place
at the Potomac Bridge.
There had been no sign of
any such thing on our way up,
and asked why 1t should be SO
evident on the return trip
Hollis explained that algaes
can bloom very quickly, par
ticularly under conditions of q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23

IL communities include: Citi-
zens Marine Jefferson Bank OF
Newport News, First National
Trust and Savings Bank OF
Lynchburg, and the Merchants
and Farmers Bank of Rich
mond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
By WHEELER JOHNSON
outdoor Editor

Maryland agencies concerned
with the massive kill of white
perch in the Potomac River are
working hard on the problem
but still have not come UP with
the specific answers.
They strongly suspect that
when their research is over the
death of tons of white perch
will have to be laid to several
causes.
A team of scientists from
two agencies studying the kill
was out last Friday and they
were kind enough to let me
tag along and watch the tech
niques used in their effort to
track down whatever is causing
tons Of perch to die.
The party was aboard the
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
patrol boat, Honga River, under
command of Inspector Earl Day.
ton of Cobb Island, with In
spector Gary Hurley Of Cam
bridge as his aide. Ordinarily
the Honga River is busy with
duties in the Cobb Island
area, but she was detached for
the day to assist in the fish
kill studies.
Study Area Closely
Making this phase of the study
were Albert Sanderson, chief Of
the Survey and Study Section
of the Maryland Water Pol
Mtion Control Commission, and
Edgar Hollis, Maryland Tide
water Fisheries Commission
Biologist. They were assisted
by Charles DeRose. also a biol
ogist with the Fisheries Com
mission. and Roy Scott of Balti-
more, a second year student
at the University of Maryland.
The Hcnga River pulled away
from the dock at Aqua Land
Marina shortly after II am
and headed for the area just
above Quantico where Sander
son wanted to make the days
first tests of the water.
This area is being studied
closely, because it is believed
the perch first began dying
here in June. Sanderson had
made earlier checks Of this
water, but now, with the kill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
BOATS and MARINE

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SAILING YARNS
Racing Circuit
Sets Busy Card

the sail and foredeck spinnaker
work we're entirely satisfactory
A terribly late" start in the
second race, and overStandine
the first mark in the second
go-round cost the difference
according to Mr.. Penso.
In the crew were AL Boursma
Walt Calvin, Bucky Colbert
Andy Killer, Ralph Lacey, P. K
Patterson knight, Hank VIE
gel, and Bob Belt.
Some hustlers from the Po-
tapskut Sailing Association won
the trophy series, sponsored by
the Naval Academy Sailing
Squadron. The squadron was
also instrumental In a cock
tail fiesta aboard Highland
Light and Royono in Carr
Greek Saturday.
A National Yacht Club crew
from Washington had troubles,
finishing last in the stand
ings.
Dave Gaillard of Washington
and GIYS took second to Blair
Fletcher Of Seaside Park IN. j.
Yacht Club in moderate air In
the second district Star cham
pionships at the Baltimore
Yacht Club.
Fletcher had already quail
fled for the North American
Star showdown III Chicago, SO
Dave didn't get to 60.
Third was Bill Lyon. Of At
lantic Highlands IN. j. Yacht
Club. Former world champion
Bob Lippincott broke a spreader
Saturday, and Mason Shehan
fouled out in first place in
the Sunday race.
s,: the y,. sssS"lt' y SIn. N %iq 4
Dave usiiiard. 4.4-l. 3STiiuea, Bill
Lyon, B-S.a esprit II, AIR Forcs
Col, Jack streeton, tired Avon YACHT
elgis s E2ys E OyssssA ,IIEV% u WI
dock dock Seaside Seaside PST 1kss s--Midnisht star
Hartge Fifer's Vanity II went
off with Glass A honors in the
West River Sailing Clubs mid
summer cruising race over the
week end, ahead OF Jack Lynch
Of Washington, in Contrary. a
Columbia 20.
John Cannaday OF Washing
ton in his 4l-foot catamaran
Kau Ka Maka took Glass b.
while c went TO Harold Blood
Of Alexandria, in Queen Bee,
and Bill Nichols OF Alexandria,
in Ulua won Delta class.
The standings we're:
Class A. Vanity II, Hartgs Fifer,
Wind, Bill HeintE. Class D: l--kau
Ka Mska. John cannadsy 2-Em'
Prs'I Ra ssan peen sss spS1 .ss T Ne.
Harold Blood. s@volaht Bill Einsn
3--ssa Moor, Seymour Payne. Delta
1-Uloa Bill Nichols, 2-Llsbeth
Almond Frutkln. 3--Nons listed.
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Massive Kill Of Potomac River Perch
Probably Was Due to Several Factors

continuing he wanted to check
again and compare the results
with data on water conditions
around the Potomac River
Bridge where dead fish washed
ashore by thousands late In
June and early July and where
the kill continues to the pres
ent.
On the run UP river, there
was some evidence that the
kill Of perch has abaited some
what. In places there were
numbers of fish floating, but
most of them obviously had
been dead for sometime. A
few were observed in distress,
but a very few.
Neither Sanderson nor Hollis
took much comfort from this.
This was a day with the tenn
.peratures in the high COS and
at times the water was almost
dead calm and roily slick.
'All we have to have now"
Sanderson said, "is a stretch
of four or five days of real hot,
muggy weather, overcast skies
with little wind, and We'll real
ly have a fish kill. 1t won't be
just perch, either"
Only perch now appear to
be involved to any extent. Men,
baden, a very delicate little
fish which usually is the first
to be hit when the oxygen
content of the water drops
have been unaffected up to
now. I saw several schools OF
menhaden breaking on our trip
up river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
Investigate Algae

COnolLlon CnaC everyone con-
cerned with the conservation
of fish life fears. The hot
weather makes the various
types of algae increase rapidly.
Algae produce more oxygen
than they use in the daytime,
but their oxygen consumption
through respiration and de-
composition of dead cells uses
up the oxygen in the water at
night. Overcast skies slow the
production Of oxygen in the
daytime, putting fish in danger
of suffocatins the day round.
Only one large patch of al
gaze was noted on the trip up
river and the party decided to
investigate this on the way
back. On the whole, the water
looked very good.
When we reached Bell Buoy
A Just above Quantico. it was
time for the crew to 60 to
work. Sanderson, aided by De-
Rose and Scott, took samples
of the water at 5-foot intervals
from the surface to near the
bottom, which was az feet.
Each sample was bottled i'm
mediately and treated with
iodine.
This viii enable the labora-
tory technicians to determine
the amount Of oxygen In the
water from surface to bottom.
The iodine takes up the oxygen,
so that the amount of oxygen
In the water can be measured
exactly.
Temperature of the water
from surface to the bottom
at l-foot intervals was taken.
It ranged from 50 to 81 de-
grees--scarcely any variation
from surface TO bottom. To
this unframed observer 81 de-
grees seemed q high tempera-
ture for water 81 feet deep.
But Sanderson said that while
the water was quite warm, IL
often gets warmer, and fish
easily survive water tempera-
lures higher than this.
Salinity Satisfactory
The salinity was satisfactory
and seemed to be about what
1t was when tested a week
earlier.
Meanwhile, Hollis was taking
samples to determine the al
agae and plankton content Of
the water. He also had Scott
net q number OF the recently
deceased perch In the area.
Some OF the fish will be sent
to the United States Fish and
Wildlife Services Pathology La
boratory at Leetown, w. Va,
for examination by Or. Stanis-
laus Sniezko, an expert on fish
diseases. He has been study
ing other specimens from this
fish kill but has made no final
report on his findings.
On the return trip we
searched for the big patch OF
green water that denoted a
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Rope IN cts,, Jackets So, tarpaullns,
pumps: eushion.; books dry ehsmTieal
y ysIBgMs Psa nasa 'PEy' a.Hs4so ichNER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
The standings we're:

q Class a: Vanity II nssrtss Eiisri
3 nS PiI p,i Sast Clans hisn'N Iy Ksa
Ka Maka. John cannAday FIN.
Ter Rogers. Class Ct: I--oueen bee
Harold Blood. 2--volant Bill Finan
SEA Ss,a. Moor seyTq.qpuT Payne, pslts
Almond Frutkin. 3--None listed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-23
CLEANUP SALE
CAP'N STAN SAYS:

The following boats must be sold in
July lall boata subject TO prior salel !.
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nov Si,2O0.
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about. List price. Ssl5; now S67b.
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New 49, skee Graft cabin cruiser,
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tore long
your hair
begins to
look thick
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Ter, and
more alive.
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today for
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