European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 27, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 civil service chief wants Merit Only hikes to top aides Bourbon with bulldozers new Orleans Bourbon Street is cluttered with bulldozers and dump trucks and noisy with the Racket of Jack Ham mers As the Lively Street is Given a new surface. The Job will be finished by the end of the year. A photo Washington up the head of the . Civil service commission is consider ing a plan which would eliminate automatic  hikes for some 20,000 top Federal employees. Commission chairman Alan Campbell in an interview released sunday said he thinks  increases for executives and managers in government should be based entirely on Merit. He said other Federal workers also need opportunities for Merit  hikes but should retain automatic annual increases which keep their  comparable to that of persons in private Industry. I certainly believe that  increases in top level management should not be automatic Campbell said in an interview with . News & world report. New compensation system they should be based on performance and we Are just now developing a recommendation for a completely new compensation system for top  under that plan Campbell said up to 20, 000 employees from department secretaries to division chiefs would be put into a new executive management service. Instead of automatic  increases there would be Merit increases he said. In addition we would introduce a system equal to the private sector use of bonuses Lump sum payments up to 10 per cent of salary based on unusually outstanding per  Campbell said he also May create a management corps which would make it easier to Transfer Federal executives some of whom now win their jobs through tenure instead of Talent. Merit  he said would be determined through a new evaluation system. Now because of the buddy system it s very difficult to get honest evaluations he said. If i m your supervisor and i give you a poor rating that makes our relationship More  on a related subject Campbell said he has Little sympathy for Federal workers 60% More men 35% More women live alone total leaps in 7 years Washington up the number of men living alone has increased 60 per cent in the last seven years and the number of women living by themselves is up 35 per cent the census Bureau reported sunday. Among persons under 25, the number of men living singly tripled since 1970 from earthquake jolts san Fernando Valley los Angeles up an earthquake registering 4.2 on the open end Richter scale a Force capable of doing moderate damage rumbled through the san Fer Nando Valley saturday but there were no reports of damage or injury. The temblor struck 10 Miles Northwest of Newhall calif., not far from the epicentre of the february 1971, quake in which 65 persons were killed. Saturdays s quake was Felt As a mild Jolt followed by a sharper one which lasted Only a few seconds. The quake struck at 2 25 . And was Felt mostly in the san Fernando Valley but some persons Felt it As far away As Down town los Angeles. The quake is one of the strongest that has struck the Southern California area in recent months. 274,000 to 752,000 and the number of women doubled from 282,000 to 588,000. There were 15.5 million persons main Taining households who were living alone in 1977," the census Bureau said. Although the number of men living by themselves has increased rapidly since 1970, the Bureau said most of those living alone Are still women 64 per cent of the total. The census Bureau said that while the most rapid increase in single family House holds was among people under 25, they still total Only 1.3 million or 9 per cent of All those living alone. Far More significant in terms of absolute numbers were the 6.5 million persons of retirement age 65 or older who accounted for 42 per cent of All those residing alone in 1977," the Bureau said. It issued this general profile of Ameri Ca s families in 1977 there were an estimated 56.7 million families two thirds of them living in metropolitan areas and Only 4 per cent on farms. Tie most common family size is two people. Thirty eight per cent of All House holds Are comprised of two persons while Only 9 per cent had six or More persons. While the birth rate began declining about 1961, about 53 per cent of All families in 1977 still include at least one Parent with a child under 18 in the Home. About 88 per cent of All families Are White and 10 per cent were Black. Seven of 10 families owned a House or were in the process of buying one. Only three of 10 men and women maintaining families had formal education beyond High school. French police foil burglary at Nice Nice France a police said they foiled a major burglary Here arresting seven men outside a Bank and seizing Hydraulic jacks acetylene torches and drills. The Bank was a Branch of society Gener ate the same outfit robbed of Between $8 million and $10 million 14 months ago by a sewer tunnelling gang. In the thwarted caper 40 policemen were staked out around the Bank about 2 . They had been alerted three weeks earlier when the would be burglars unsuccessfully tested the Bank s alarm system. Detectives said the seven were after the contents of 150 Safe Deposit boxes. Four of the burglars gave up immediately. Three fled on foot but were grabbed after a 100 Yard Chase. None was armed. Who complain they do make work in Stead of necessary jobs. I think a bureaucrat who really believes that ought to be ashamed of himself and ought to quit Campbell said. And 1 Don t believe there is As much of that As people  he said Federal workers who publicly complain of waste and wrongdoing have some Protection because of an appeals system but he is attempting to design better Means of protecting them. Heavy Rains swamp parts of East . By United press International heavy Rains drenched parts of the East pm half of the nation sunday prompting a Flash flood watch for new York state and a coastal flood warning along the Northern new Jersey Shore. The watch was issued for new York after overnight thundershowers drenched parts of the Empire state with up to 21/?. Inches. Minor flooding was reported near Bath in Western new York. Wind driven tides up to four feet above Normal caused flooding along parts of the Jersey Shore. More than 2 inches of rain pelted Phila Delphia resulting in some Highway flooding in the Northeast Corner of the City. Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms struck areas of Western Pennsylvania sat urday. Police in Edinboro pa., said a Tornado touched Down two Miles East of the Erie county Community at the Windsor trailer court. The twister destroyed six trailers damaged others and caused minor injuries police said. Heavy overnight Rains washed out Bridges and Cut Telephone lines in the Northeast tip of Minnesota virtually isolating several communities sunday. The state patrol in Duluth said the Caribou River Bridge on . 61 would not be passable until at least wednesday. Of time sept. 27, 1947 Britain announced its intention to abandon the 25-year-old Man Date Over Palestine and pull out All Mili tary and government forces in the area at an Early Date if the United nations fails to find a solution. Sept. 27, 1957 Senate investigators were told that teamster locals under James r. Hoffa spent $170,000 in Union funds to defend Hoffa men against Crimi Nal charges or support their wives while they were in prison. Sept. 27, 1n7 Michigan gov. George Romney planned to formally announce his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination after he ended his tour through Mack slum areas of Urban Ameri Ca and returned u Michigan the associated press Learned