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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes to fitter still a Good buy the a Tow Congress that a five cent still be a big bargain. Ineral j. Edward before a Senate _ favor of a $691 Mil Rote increase Bill said Penny hikes for  were the Back r attempt to wipe of tint s mounting deficit cents a first class letter one of the greatest available to the Ameri can Public Day told the Senate Post office and civil service committee. If letter postage was Worth three cents in 1932, it would be Worth nearly seven cents today in terms of 1962  the committee is considering the administration backed postal rate measure passed by the housein january. Day said the one cent hikes in first class and air mail rates would bring in an additional$455 million annually first class is a Premium  Day said in defense of the key boasts. Rates for first class Mai should be fixed to cover not Only measurable costs but also the intangible values of preferred  postmaster general said if Congress approves the measure the postal service will have its first balanced peacetime budget since 1916. As passed by the House the Bill would raise rates on second and third class matter such As Maga Zines and newspapers As Well As increase the Price of first class and air mail Stamps. There is considerable support in the Senate for accepting the latter but Man members want to scale Down pro posed increases in second an third class mail. Committee chairman of i n , d-., said the House Bill would have to be amended extensively. Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney d okla., urged some kind of prompt action because he said the government is losing $60 million every month that Congress delays passage of a new postal rate Bill. 4 Deputy postmaster general he. Brawley joined his Boss in urging Senate approval of the in creases. He. Said the question of whether to raise rates boiled Down to whether it is fairer to pay the huge Cost increases through higher charges on the users of the postal service or by assessing the generaltaxpayer.1 Brawley who used to work forthe Senate committee said postal service costs have risen $700 Mil lion a year since 1958. Lit Umal b70 research called for it May year or two of re Tell whether the United into production of ice strike version of hour b70 bomber wedding postponed Jev. Cap lawyer ice says the marriage at All i m not a  to give any details. Engagement feb. 743, and the 45-year-old wife of Winthrop Rocke bounced their engagement Stork feb. 7, Mapes re to Reno then went Back York last week . And Mapes sister Gloria accompanied him. She also is due Back in Reno would not comment on the marriage bad been off. He said he could Nottjr exactly where Mapes and mrs by Feller were. Wjk ftps met Bobo when she Wasto Keno in 1954 to divorce win Al of Rockefeller. 3wbo is a former Mode and a Tom. She received a settlement in emf of $6 million when she arced Rockefeller a brother of Nelson Rockefeller of new author to oppose demo in . Race Columbia. . Up authored columnist William d. Work i bad an open Field for the Bucan nomination to oppose sen. Olin Johnston d-., nil icons have announced Effort to defeat Johnston. Tate chairman Robert Chap Spartanburg attorney was Only foe for the re pub domination but Chapman from the Competition fort health. Columnist for several newspapers is author of the Case for the South of segregation. He is sex to be formally nominated Johnston at the re pub state convention March 17. Ind blows Pilot european Jaunt Oak a result a remained aboard11-Day transatlantic round a defense department spokesman said. The technology simply does no exist yet the spokesman said. The total effect of his remark was to suggest that the air Force in its drive for More funds to develop the plane into a full weapons system is Rushing  stressed that work on highly Complex radar and data processing equipment needed for reconnaissance work is in its  spokesman s remarks prom ised to Stoke the b70 dispute Ata time when the air Force is get Ting congressional support for bigger program than the Kennedy Ribicoff reveals women s gains in hew department Washington Cap the num Ber of women in the department of health education and welfare who Are paid More than $8,955 annually has More than double since 1954, Secretary of welfare Abraham Ribicoff reported. Ribicoff said there were 809women employed in the depart ment during 1961 in the seven highest civil service salary grades pay of $8,955 to $18,500 annually and there were Only 311 in those i in 1954. Is rotary also reported that the to 1 number of women employed by the department in Al categories As of last oct. 31 was 36,956, or 52 per cent of the 70,567departmental employees. He made the statistics Public i connection with a luncheon to Wel come Ellen Gibson Macquarrie a former staff reporter of the Mil Waukee journal to the newly Cre ated welfare Post of Public relations consultant to the Bureau of family services. She assumed he duties Jan. 24. Mckeldin rejects nomination try Baltimore. My. Up for Mer Maryland gov. Theodore r. Mckeldin announced he will not seethe Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1962.the favorite of top state republicans to oppose incumbent demo cratic gov. J. Millard Tawes Mckeldin had been expected by Man to file sometime before the dead line. He said there were three major considerations in making the decision. Mckeldin listed them As commitments to clients in his la practice the urgings of his family hat he not run and finally his Elief that there were other Mem Bers of his party capable of seek no and winning the office. Administration is willing to  administration is asking $180 million during the year Start ing july 1 for a limited plan that envisions building three stripped Down b70 prototype planes the first to be flown by next december. My. Businessman Pilot Safe after Craft crash lands it. Washington. Mass. Up a Maryland business executive and his Pilot escaped serious injury when their rented plane crash landed on the South slope of 2,624 foot it. Everest in this tiny Berk Shire Hills Community. Aboard the single engine pipe Comanche were c. David Haacke 37, president of the Lehigh chem ical co. Of Chestertown md., and the Pilot Jack Poage 33, of Aber Deen my. Poage said that severe icing conditions and fog began to give him trouble on a flight from Aldino my. To great Barrington. He said the plane was not responding to its controls at an Altitude of 3,000 feet and spotting an open area he decided to attempt a  and Haack trudged through four foot deep Snow for two and a half hours before they reached route 41 in Sheffield where they were picked up by a Motorist and brought to the hos Pital. Haacke suffered a dislocated shoulder which he said was caused by a fall As they walked through the forested terrain. Georgia banker faces embezzling charges Valdosta. A. Up the assistant vice president of the firs National Bank of Valdosta has been arrested by Fri agents on charges of embezzling $47.000. Julian Lanier Pike was arrested after auditors discovered discrepancies in the Bank s records. Mercury project to boost Bonds Washington up replicas of the Mercury space capsules Are being put to work for the Treasury department. The Treasury department said facsimiles of the famed Freedom 7," Liberty Bell 7," and the Friendship 7" will tour the nation for . Savings Bonds during the department s Freedom Bond drive in May and  h. Neal National director of the . Savings Bonds Divi Sion said the models will be shown in 150  Mcdonnell corp., designers and builders of the original Cap Sules Are constructing the models. They will be Lent to the Treasury department for the drive then be returned to the company after the National tour. Pennsylvania gop endorses 2 lawmakers Harrisburg a. Cap Penn Sylvania s Republican county chair men endorsed . Reps. Williamw. Scranton and James Al Van Zandt to head the party s state wide ticket in the May 15 primary election. They endorsed the combination by acclamation after an Appeal by Republican state chairman Georgei. Bloom for Unity and Harmony in this year s , 44, of Dalton Lacka Wanna county was endorsed for governor and Van Zandt 63, of Altoona for the .  Only dissenting note was a speech by chairman William Camp Bell of Mercer county on behalf of j. Collins Mcswai ran of do More Lancaster county. Mcsparran master of the Pennsylvania state Grange filed for the gop gubernatorial nomination Las week. Twinkle twinkle topped by a Star this creation by new York Hairdresser a modelled by Giselle Roc in new York might be just the thing for female astronauts. It May be a Little cramped in a space capsule but the balls would be just the thing for miniature satellites. Up Nevada wreck kills 3 teens Boulder City Nev. Up three teen agers were killed and three others seriously injured in Acar wreck near Lake Mead. The dead were identified As Roseann Mccarran 16. Marty Jones 17. And Patricia Kelley 15, All of la vegas. The injured were taken to the Community Hospital Here. The were Donnie Ray Phillips 16, Jay Morgan 15, and Rose Mary Dexter,15. Officers said the Accident occurred on Lakeshore Road Between Las vegas Wash and Boulder Beach near the Shoreline of Lake Mead. The car went Over a 50-footembankment and overturned. Club exclusion opposed Chicago upon the National Catholic conference for interracial Justice Board of directors said Ina statement there Are no ethical grounds for clubs or fraternities excluding anyone qualified for membership. Zeus Downs ghost irm Washington a a Nike zeus antimissile missile launched from Kwajalein Island successfully intercepted air electronically Simu lated missile target the army  the test electronic data was fed into the zeus system which produced signals like those from an actual icbms warhead falling to Ward the Kwajalein area following launching from 5,000 Miles away on the California coast. The zeus system of radar computers and radio control then automatically headed the antimissile missile to the Point of interception with the phantom target the army did not disclose the Range or Altitude at which the simulated interception took place. Ike attends funeral of Oil millionaire new York up former president Dwight d. Eisenhower and prominent business leaders were among 800 persons who at tended the funeral of w. Alton Jones millionaire oilman killed in last thursday s jetliner crash . Eisenhower arrived from Palm desert Calif. Jones 70, was flying to the Westcoast for a vacation trip to mex Ico with or. Eisenhower when the american airlines jetliner crashed into Jamaica Bay killing All 95persons aboard. Boeing jets get new Takeoff rules Washington a the fed eral aviation Agency has imposed new regulations on the Takeoff procedure for Boeing Jet airliners. The Faa said the ruling was prompted by flight tests conducted in an Effort to determine what caused the crash of a Boeing 707 in new York last week. Ninety five persons were killed when the american airlines Jet crashed int Jamaica Bay. But an Faa spokesman said the ruling which ordered pilots of Boeing jets to use a preferred pattern in operating Wing flaps on Takeoff was not designed to Point a Finger at the cause of the new York crash. He said that has not yet been  procedure is nothing new. A lot of airlines already use this method the spokesman said. This seems like a Good Way to do it he added. � the ruling covers operation of Wing flaps on Boeing 720 and 707jets during the. Earl stages of Takeoff. It also fixes minimum Takeoff speeds in conjunction wit the Wing Flap order the Faa said that pilots mus take off with the flaps or mov Able Wing surfaces fully extended. Once the plane is 400 feet up or Clear of All obstacles the flaps May be retracted to 20 degrees. After greater Speed is attained the flaps May be retracted  
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