European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes saturday october 14, 1967 it s a signal event when wife does t signal by Dick West Washington up it s really amazing How some scholarly people can study a certain subject for years an years and then get it All wrong. Makes you wonder whether formal education is actually As beneficial As it is reputed to  would t say this unless i had an example to give you. It a Magazine article written by a University professor who holds doctorate in sociology. The author is writing about the problems that married people have in  if they happen to be married to each  article says that women Are better than men at Reading signals the mystical medium that enables married couples to predict each other s preferences and  says women Are better at this because for millennium their main weapon in the Battle of sexes is their ability to out guess and out Man Euver  now you would think a person holding a doctorate in sociology would know better than  Man who has been mar ried As Long As a week knows itis not Reading signals at which women  is sending signals. Wives have a system of signals Eyebrow lifting Finger wagging foot tapping darting looks and so Forth that is far More effective than the Boyscout semaphore. And husbands Excel at read ing these signals. I mind the time not Long after we were married when my wife and i were attending a party. Iwas sitting at the piano entertaining a group of ladies with a Bawdy song i had Learned in the  la admit i Sang the second verse pretty loud. I had  the first verse the ladies had All moved to the other endow the room. During the third verse my wife came Over and poured a Glass of Beer Over my head. Twas her Way of signalling me to skip the  signals Are of course less obvious than that. My wife has one she uses at cocktail parties that is the very essence of subtlety. When she wants to signal me that i should t have another cocktail she sidles up behind my Back and hisses Okay Buster you be had  Are men so adept at read ing these signals a sociologist might say it s because for millenniums their main weapon inthe Battle of the sexes has been their ability to out Man Euver Fly ing crockery. Baneful observations Serena a belly dancer gives a fair shake in a Paramus nlj., carpet store window to an admiring audience. The new yorker added a new twist to sales promotion when she kept it up for nine hours taking Only two Brief Breaks in a rugged exhibition of stamina that shattered the old record Ozone hour 45 minutes. A photo Nebraska sets rate for 1 St state income tax Lincoln neb. A Nebraska s first state individual income tax will be collected at Arate of 10 per cent of Federal tax liability starting Jan. 1, Testate Board of equalization announced wednesday. The 10per cent tax will be applied to a person s Federal income  example a person paying $350 in Federal income taxes would be assessed $35 in state income tax less certain credits. The measure also provides a 2per cent corporation tax applied to taxable income rather than tax liability. At the same time the boar announced that the 2j/2 per cent sales tax which went into effect last june will have to be in creased to 3 per cent Jan. 1, 1969, instead of dropping Back to2 per cent As the legislation envisioned. Gov. Norbert Tiemann note that after the combination sales income tax Law was adopted the legislature undertook such new expenditures As state Aid coeducation and repealed head taxes intangible property taxes and taxes on household goods and personal effects. He estimated the income tax would yield about $50 million  change in Nebraska s tax Structure was precipitated by referendum in 1966 which banned a state property tax. 47 new . Auto safety standards proposed for 1969 and beyond Washington a the government accelerating its motor vehicle safety program announced thursday 47 propos als for safety standards to be come effective in 1969 and beyond. Secretary of transportation Alan s. Boyd said the Agency s new standards will unquestionably save thousands of lives and prevent or reduce the serious Ness of tens of thousands of injun  but he added we Don t expect miracles  10 standards among the proposals Are 10standards which would become effective Jan. 1, 1969. They Cal for new devices to hold Small children in their seats. Performance standards for Brake linings on autos trucks buses motorcycles and also for trailers. Warning signals for vehicle stopped for emergencies. Mountings to keep wind Shields from popping out in Auto crashes. This is to keep people from being thrown out. Auto hoods which Don t open inadvertently. Radiator Caps that Are safety open. Motorcycle protective de vices such As Roll bars footrests and exhaust system Muffler an tailpipe covers. Elimination of outside protrusions on vehicles. This is to protect pedestrians and cyclists truck by the vehicles. Headlight measures fail Safe reliability standards for headlight covers and movable headlights. Vehicle identification or serial numbers which Are easily visible. Earlier this year the depart ment announced standards which Are to be included on vehicles manufactured after dec. 31. These include collapsible steering wheel assemblies Lap and Cross Chest Seatbelt dual braking systems and other de vices to protect the vehicle s occupants. Six other new standards no being processed Are to become effective Jan. 1, 1969. These standards affect lights door locks defrosting systems headrests and Windshield wiping and  others to become effective Early next year affect Pas Senger car tires and rims. Law requires that the depart ment publish the proposed standards in the Federal Regis Ter so interested parties May of Fer suggestions before the stand Ards become effective. The proposed Standard for restrain ing children goes beyond earlier standards which require seat belts for children up to 50 pounds who can sit upright by themselves. The new Standar would require rearward facing infant seats Forward facing in Fant seats and portable cribs and  lights for vehicles stopped for emergencies would include flares red cloth flags red electric lanterns and re emergency reflectors. Among the other proposals for new standards or amendments would be requirements for maximum Speed control or Gover nors and fire resistance in vehicle interiors and in fuel tanks and lines. To g o miss America of 1959 won t be an old maid by Vernon Scott Hollywood up it appeared for a while the country would be stuck with its first old maid miss America 1959 win Ner Mary Ann  s customary for miss americas to wed soon after their one year reign As the most Beautiful girl in the  not Mary Ann. She chose a Hollywood  the past half dozen years or so she has appeared in Tele vision a few undistinguished movies and dated select Mem Bers of the local Wolf pack. Now she is engaged to be mar ried before the year is out to factory Gary Collins who co stars in television s the Iron  Ann s not certain but she thinks she May have set record for miss americas in waiting to become mrs. Some body else. So far As she knows there s never been an old Maiden All the decades of the pageant dating Back to 1921.Mary Ann and her Fiance sat holding hands in the Mem commissary where she is working ironically in for singles  and Collins will marry in the Brandon miss., methodist Church where she s been a Mem Ber since she was  has a special meaning for me she said in a voice still dripping with Mississippi mag Mary Ann Mobley Nolias. Right after i won themis to mrs. Contest i went on the Steve Al Len show and they paid me $2,500."i sent the Money to the Church to buy new Chimes. No you can hear those Chimes for a mile in every  former miss America and Collins met two years ago when they were working in movies at Columbia studios. They did begin dating until this february. I proposed five months ago Collins said. Then we called her folks to break the news. When told her sister Sandra she said you can t get married Idon t even know you " Collins is a husky Blond Char Acter whose nose has been re arranged by knuckle surgery