President Asks
Another Pay Raise
For Govt. Workers
WASHINGTON (Jt — President
Kennedy has asked Congress for
another pay raise for government
employes.
As outlined in a special message
to Congress Monday, the Presi
dent’s proposal would raise the
pay of 1.6 million classified and
postal workers from 2 per cent to
about 20 per cent — around $500
million a year.
If approved, the rates would
take effect Jan. 1 and would be
in addition to a raise already voted
by Congress to begin then.
Kennedy said the additional —
or supplemental — increase is ne
cessary to comply with the 1962
Federal Salary Reform Act which
declares that federal pay raises
shall be comparable to average
rates in industry for the same
levels of work.
He said the pay raises voted
last year would fall short of in
dustry levels.
Under the salary schedules he
proposed for Civil Service workers
pay scales would range from $3,305
a year to $25,000.
Here are three examples of what
the new Kennedy proposals would
mean next Jan. 1:
Employes in Grade GS5 would
receive $4,855 a year instead of
$4,690 provided under the 1962
law; those classed as GS12 would
receive $10,600 rather than $9,980,
and in grade GS15, salaries would
start at $17,160 rather than $15,665.
Coast Guard Escorts Two
Japanese Ships From
Near St. Paul Island
JUNEAU UP) — Headquarters of
the 17th Coast Guard District said
Tuesday crewmen from the Cutter
Clover had boarded two Japanese
fishing vessels apprehended Mon
day night in territorial waters off
St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea.
The Coast Guard said the board
ing party, after determining that
no federal fishery laws were being
violated, ordered the Japanese
craft out of U.S. waters.
The Clover escorted the two
Japanese vessels beyond the three
mile limit. The two ships were
not identified.
Oil Exploration Contract
Awarded Northeast of Umiat
WASHINGTON UP) — The In
terior Department has approved
an oil and gas development con
tract with Atlantic Refining Co.
covering 597,120 acres in Alaska,
Sen. E. L. Bartlett said today.
Under the contract, the company
must drill at least three explora
tory wells and spend $500,000 on
the program.
The land is near the Arctic
Ocean, northeast of Umiat on the
Arctic slope.
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9ih Child For Dennis Days
PARKS, Nev. {Jft—Singer Dennis
Day announced his wife, Peggy,
had given birth to their ninth
child, whom they named Dennis.
The boy, their sixth, was born
at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Los
Angeles. He weighed 7 pounds, 15
ounces.
The cash value of U.S. Savings
Bonds owned by the American
people increased by more than a
billion dollars in 1962, to a new
high of $45.5 billion.
ALBINO REINDEER
REDMOND, Ore. — John
Zumstein has an albino reindeer
calf at his ranch and he says it
is the first one he knows of.
The calf’s mother is gray and
the father is dark brown.
Zumstein, who raises reindeer,
said he saw a white adult reindeer
in Alaska once, but could not tell
whether it was an albino.
In 1962 almost 1,000 U.S. auto
mobiles a day were stolen. Nine
out of 10 had been left unlocked
by careless owners.
A ROYAL CATCH . . .
WICK, England Id*) — Prince
Philip of England caught a 12
year-old member of his guard of
honor who fainted today as the
prince passed along the ranks.
Philip arrived at Wick Airport
for an official tour of the High
lands and was inspecting local sea
cadets. James Miller pitched for
ward just as the prince was pass
ing. Philip neatly caught him and
turned him over to an aide.
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Hound Dog Missile Fired Over
Populated Area for First Time
WHITE SANDS, N.M. W — The
Air Force air-to-surface Hound
Dog missile was fired over popu
lated areas for the first time yes
terday to test its overland, low
level flight capability.
The missile was launched by a
B-52 jet bomber near Del Rio, Tex.
It traveled 350 miles west and
impacted at this desert missile
:enter in southern New Mexico.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
Do you think Charlie can win a ribbon ?
That’s what Joan Anderson, 4-H girl, is striving for:
a blue ribbon for Charlie at the County Fair.
Working for excellence is one of many fine principles
which the 4-H Club and Future Farmers of America
inspire in their youthful members.
Honoring their purposes, our Company annually
provides 74 first-year college scholarships for 4-H and
FFA to award to deserving members in the West,
Alaska and Hawaii.
Joan Anderson plans to apply for one of these.
This is part of the nearly $1% million we contribute
annually for scholarships, fellowships, grants, services
and materials for schools. We deem ^ ^
it a privilege to give this support.
Planning ahead to serve you better
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA