European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              March 8, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 7 half billion asked for . Indians Washington a presi Dent Johnson has asked Congressa half billion Dollar program health education american message outlining Burges suspension of equal time Washington a lbs president Frank Stanton called tuesday for a six year suspension of equal time rules govern ing the broadcasting Industry. The Columbia broadcasting system head suggested that far from protecting significant third parties the regulations actually penalize them by lumping them together indiscriminately with the  w. Lower vice presi Dent of the american Broad casting co., noted that the rules will cause numerous problem sin this election year As they have in the past. He called for suspension on a trial basis for All candidates until after the no vember election. But Roscoe l. Barrow professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati suggested the requirements Are needed. So did Herbert e. Alexander director of the citizens research foun Dation Princeton . House pane their views were presented As a special House Commerce sub = committee conducted a two Dayi panel discussion on this and other significant issues in Broad cast regulations. Stanton in offering his proposal Saia suspension of the requirements with regard to Nomi fees for president and vice i president in the 1960 Campaign proved to be a Success. ? a six year suspension he said would be an appropriate test because it would embrace two general elections an off year election and state and local elections at All  any abuses arose he said ways of dealing with Inera could be considered in to height of the facts rather than on sons of ars and Specula Stanton said the principles fairness and accountability of Woad castors As licensees could prevent abuses. Broadway for Debbie new York a film Start cabbie Reynolds will make her Roadway acting debut next fall altered Tom musical ver of a Horatio Alger Story almost a Century  uie role of Street sweeper. Hig request he said India shave been aliens in their own land for two centuries. Johnson said the problem of the american Indian Sharp ened by years of defeat and exploitation neglect and inadequate Effort will take Man years to  he urged Congress to launch an undivided government wide Effort to help the Ameri can Indian and to provide 10 per cent More Money for India programs than in fiscal 1068. He proposed As a goal Standard of living for the indians equal to that of the coun try As a whole and stressed programs of self help and self development and self determination. Johnson also issued an executive order establishing a nation Al Council on Indian Opportunity with vice president Humphrey As its chairman and including across Section of Indian leaders and High governmental  is to make Broad policy recommendations and insure pro Grams that reflect the needs and desires of the Indian people to make certain that the american Indian shares fully Winall our Federal  Johnson s proposals include funds to make the head Start pre school program available to10,000 Indian children this year and establish for the first time kindergartens for 4,500 India youngsters next september. He also asked Congress for$5.5 million to attract and hold talented and dedicated teacher sat Indian schools and $3 million for College scholarship Grants to help More indians become doctors nurses engineers teachers and other trained professionals. Civilians military affected pay hike details released Washington is . Civil service commission has released details of the next pay raise that will affect the nation s 2 million Federal civilian employees and 3.4 million servicemen and  on findings of the Bureau of labor statistics for1967, the salary increases for civilians will Range from 3 percent in the lower grades gs-1 to gs-6 to nearly 9 per cent inthe upper grades gs-16. They will take effect july 1 under the half Way to comparability formula in the Federal salary act of1967. Increases will be larger in the higher grades where the Gap Between Federal and private salaries is greater. Overall the increase averages out to 4.9 per cent. By Law when civilian salaries go up the regular compensation of servicemen also changes soothe 4.9 per cent civilian raise will amount to an average of 6.9per cent in military base pay. Although the Csc has prepared new pay table based on the bus statistics the defense de proposed pay tables t q8-2 g8-3 4,600 qs-4 8,146 qs-5 5,732 gs-6 8,321 gs-7 6,981 gs-8 7,699 gs-9 8,462 gs-10 9,297 gs-11 10,203 gs-12 12,174 gs-13 14,409 gs-14 16,946 g8-15 19,780 g8-16 22,835 gs-17 26,264 gs-18 30,239 f 3,889 9 4,019 $ 4,149 4,231 4,372 4,513 4,753 4,907 5,316 6,487 8,924 6,115 6,632 6,743 7,214 7,447 7,956 8,213 8,744 9,026 9,607 9,917 10,543 10,883 12,580 12,986 14,889 15,369 17,511 18,076 20,439 21,098 23,596 24,357 27,139 28,014 i 4,279 $ 4,408 4,655 4,796 5,060 54114 5,658 6,307 6,955 7,680 8,470 9,308 10,227 11,223 13,392 15,849 18,641 21,757 25,118 5,829 6,498 7,166 7,913 8,727 9,590 10,537 11,563 13,798 16,329 19,206 22,416 25,879 28,889 29,764 4,538 $ 4,668 $ 4,798 4,937 5,078 5,219 5,367 5,521 5,674 6,171 6,342 6,881 7,073 7,588 7,799 8,379 8,612 9,241 9,498 10,154 10,436 11,157 11,467 12,243 12,583 14,610 15,016 17,289 17,769 20,336 20,901 23,734 24,393 27,401 6,000 6,690 7,377 8,146 8,984 9,872 10,847 11,903 14,204 16,809 19,771 23,075 26,640 4,928 $ 5,057 5,360 5,501 5,981 6,684 7,456 8,221 9,078 10,012 11,000 12,087 13,263 15,828 18,729 22,031 5,828 6,513 7,265 8,010 8,845 9,755 10,718 11,777 12,923 15,422 18,249 21,466 25,052 28,162 28,923 25,711 fso-1 $28,170 $29,110 $30,239 fso-2 fso-3 fso-4 fso-5 fso-6 fso-7 fso-8 22,376 17,943 14,409 11,762 9,721 8,153 6,981 23,122 18,541 14,889 12,154 10,045 8,425 7,214 23,868 19,139 15,369 12,546 10,369 8,697 7,447 124,614 19,737 15,849 12,938 10,693 8,969 7,680 $25,360 20,335 16,329 13,330 11,017 9,241 7,913 $26,106 20,933 16,309 13,722 11,341 9,513 8,146 $26,352 21,531 17,289 14,114 11,665 9,785 8,379 2 Fss-1 $17,943 $18,541 $19,139 $19,737 $20,335 $20,933 $21,531 $22,129 $22,727 $23,325 Fss-2 Fss-3 Fss-4 Fss-5 Fss-6 Fss-7 Fss-8 Fss-9 Fss-10 14,409 11,762 9,721 8,718 7,823 7,112 6,309 5,742 5,145 14,889 12,154 10,045 9,009 8,034 7,349 6,519 5,934 5,316 15,369 12,546 10,369 9,300 8,345 7,586 6,729 6,125 5,487 15,849 12,938 10,693 9,591 8,606 7,823 6,939 6.317 5,658 16,329 13,330 11,017 9,882 8,867 8,060 7,149 6,509 5,829 16,809 13,722 11,341 10,173 9,128 8,297 7,359 6,700 6,000 17,289 14,114 11,665 10,464 9,389 8,534 7,569 6,892 6,171 17,769 14,506 11,989 10,755 9,650 8,770 7,780 7,083 6,342 18,249 14,898 12,313 11,046. 9,911 9.007 7,990 7.275 6,513 18,729 15,290 12,637 11,337 10,172 9,244 8,200 7,466 6,634 these rate How the increases half Way to comparability with private Enterprise Levels As required by Section 212 of the Federal salary act of 1967, but Section 216 of that Law provides that no rate shall be increased to an amount in excess of the salary rate for level v of the executive salary schedule. Consequently the salary for employees at these rates is limited to the rate for level v of the executive salary schedule now $28,000. Ignores counterpart funds travel tax hits non Dollar Drainers Washington a i would be possible for a . Tourist to travel abroad add nothing to the balance of pay ments deficit and yet still get hit with the tax on overseas spending proposed by president Johnson. This would apply to american tourists who confine their Over seas spending to Ceylon Guinea India Israel Pakistan Tunisia and the United Arab re  Are countries in which the United states has an Over abundance of local currencies sometimes called counterpart funds which can be used by . Businessmen and  of the currencies were obtained through sales of . Foo to nations that could t afford to pay dollars.. Embassies and consulates in those countries will . Dollars for the local Curren cies without any extra charge and the dollars stay on the . Books. The balance of payments in t  officials said the travel tax legislation sent to Congressi february provides for no exemptions based on specific countries visited. Any move in that direction one source said would Only raise protests from other coun tries not covered by the exemption and could Lead to retaliation against the United states. Comparatively few . Tourists travel to the seven countries where counterpart funds Are available to americans. The big overseas attractions Are euro Pean and Mediterranean coun tries and the government has no excess local currencies there. High schooners spanked. A some 70pupilb slopped up to the front of Jill in y i a school Audito tuesday and a Titus on the Hooky. Got whacked backside for ten h do l u m " Sai l principal v la administered in ashment. If they re pm i Utah a won t Hap Topeck said he Jot from the pupils was that the Young fenders into the empty and Ito Vliem sters Felt slighted that they had to go to school flu Leot hoi schools were closed monday be cause of the statewide teachers protest. So one by one and in Little groups the pupils15 of them girls wont Homo during after noon class Breaks and did t come Back. So shortly after classes started tuesday Peck called the of  told going to act going to treat one at n if you relive kills to re you Liko kids time the pupils stopped Forward and took their three whacks each As hard As the other girls the same As  treated them All alike said Peck. I tried not to look at their faces. 1 did t oven want to know who 1 was an american could buy a plane ticket on a . Carrier for a Globe circling trip and his fare would remain in the unite states adding nothing to the balance of payments deficit. Under the administration proposals his ticket would be subject to a 5 per cent excise tax. His destination would t change that. Avoid Impact but by visiting Only those seven countries and converting his dollars into local currencies atthe . Embassy he could avoid any Impact on the Dollar Drain through his spending. On returning to the United state however he would still be socked by a travel tax Designe to reduce the balance of pay ments deficit. Under the tax proposals to first $7 of daily overseas spend ing would be exempt from an tax the next �8 would be sub Jeet to a 15 per cent Levy Ai anything Over $15 would by taxed at 30 per cent. Arment reports that All the de ails of the new military pay rate have not been worked out yet. The 1967 Law provided for in leases in october 1967 followed by an adjustment this summer Tolose half the Gap Between present salary and private rat Sand then again in july 1969 to close the remaining Gap Between ederal and private pay. The general schedule and for Ign service pay tables proposed y the civil service commission re listed below. Not too Quick , Liui. A the City will have to wait unti the year l til to withdraw ?1,00 bequeathed by Doh Mel or ii 1912 under the terms of the gift at 4 per cent interest com pounded Semian Iusally the Money is expected to be Worth Abou �19 million. It is nov Worth $9,007.75. Hud outlines mortgage plan for . Poor Washington up the Johnson administration pro Josed tuesday to help Low come families buy better housing by paying All but 1 percent interest on mortgages insured by the Federal housing administration Cha. The Federal government would Nake up the difference Between 1 per cent and the interest rat ceiling for Cha Home Loans the Senate banking subcommittee on housing was told by Robert 3. Weaver Secretary of hous no and Urban development Hud the current statutory ceiling on Cha and veterans administration a mortgage interest rates is 6 per cent. Weaver testified on proposed adminis ration legislation that would abolish the fixed ceilings and permit him to set his  Hud Secretary under the Bill would be authorized to adjust these ceilings to attract private capital for Low Cost lome construction. Interest rates for conventional Home ans now Range As High As 8 per  s testimony detailed proposals contained in president Johnson s housing message to ingress last  said the interest subsidy plan would help Low come families buy 1.4 million Lomes by 1974. He estimate the five year Cost of the program at $600  Hud Secretary indicated that eligibility requirements for participation in the Low interest plan would depend on family size and income and on housing osts in various , he said incomes would Range Between $3,000 and$7,000 a year. In most areas the maximum mortgages under the plan would be �15,000, but in Uch High Cost states As hawaiian Alaska it could go As High As $17,500.large families of five or More would be Able to qualify i High Cost areas for mortgages ranging Between $17,500 and$20,000weaver said. As an example Weaver said family with a $3,600 income could afford a Home with a$12,000 mortgage under the most favourable conditions. "mouse4 society Kou a on rodents Seattle aim a Scionli-,1says that mice that live alone can sur i a greater doses of radiation than those in a mouse society 1dr. Thomas o fur Ell re searcher for  at the Plant Ord atomic works says the stress of. Interacting with other mice apparently weakens them