The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 December 1965 — Page 9

THE RAINS CAME, AGAIN AND AGAIN—Autos lie awash off El Cielo Road in Palm Spring*, Calif., victims of the heavy rains that have washed out highways and bridges in Southern California. Mud slides add to the damage.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hop- kett spent Thanksgiving Day kins spent the week end in' with Mr. and Mrs. John Perkins South Bend with Mr. and Mrs. and daughters. Marion Hopkins. Mrs. Vela Page spent Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Merle Sparger with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hopspent Sunday with Mr. and kins and daughters in BrownsMrs. Jewell Page. valley. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Plun- Mr. and Mrs. Harve Falin at-

Ottlule. WASHINGTON

MARCH OF EVENTS

COMPUTERS TO EYE POSTAL SICK LEAVES

ABSENTEEISM RATE THOUGHT TOO HIGH

By HENRY CATHCART Central Press Washington Writer rwrASHINGTON—Anyone who has ever run a business knows W how difficult it is to get a dollar's work for a dollar’s pay from some employes. The vast majority of American workers »re diligent and productive, but even they know of certain of their colleagues who try to get by with the least possible effort and output. In an establishment as huge as the federal government, this problem is multiplied many times. One of the areas of constant abuse is absenteeism reported as an illness when, in fact, the worker just wants some time off, or worse, takes the time to work on another

job.

The General Accounting Office, the “watchdog” of the federal government, has just issued a report accusing the Post Office Department of being too lax in supervising sick leave practices among its employes. The report tells of postal workers taking sick leave

tfew Nemesis of to sell liquor in Philadelphia, and to drive gooj-offst taxicabs in New York, Boston, San Francisco

and other cities.

A study backing up the report shows that postal workers in eight principal offices averaged from 4.3 to 5.5 hours of sick leave for every 100 hours worked, in contrast to a national average of 3.5 hours. To correct this situation, the department will soon put six computers to work. Sick leave reports will be fed into the monsters, which will "flag” employes with unusual sick leave patterns. Officials then will investigate to see whether conflicting outside jobs are a factor in the situation. No one is very certain at this stage whether the system will work toward reducing sick leave abuses. But everyone concerned is certain that the system will require more manpower. Which raises the very interesting, question of who is going to check on the sick leave patterns of the personnel who are operating the sick leave monitoring system.

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• THE "PLUMBER’S FRIEND”—When President Johnson presided at the swearing-in of John W. Gardner as secretary of Health, Education and Welfare he quoted a passage from a book Gardner had written. It went: “The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.” New Chief The publicity given that thought by the President has had an unexpected result. Gardner Honoret > B Y has been given honorary memberships in Chicago Pipe Fixers Journeyman Plumbers Local 130, the Association of Plumbing Contractors of the City of New York, and the Building and Construction Trades Council (AFL-CIO). No reaction front whatever union represents philosophers.

Computer

j tended a family dinner ThankBgiving night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sears and son, Richard, spent the holidays with Mrs. Donnis Hertel and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Heri tel. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Page and family spent Thanksgiving Day with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Perkins and son, Bill. Mrs. Margaret Eggers entertained the following guefets Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Jim Poynter, Mr. and Mrs. Bernes Eggers, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Booker and Mr. and Mrs. Orville Eggers. Mrs. Eliza Page, Mr. and Mrs. Herschell Page and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Leach and family were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hopkins Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Robbins and family spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Page. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon and family moved to North Salem Saturday. Mrs. Roxie Jefferies and Mrs. Zola Johnson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Page. A large crowd attended church services here Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cornett of Crawfordsville and the young people from the Christian Church of Roachdale and their sponsors were guests.

West Clinton News By Mrs. Ray Clodfelter Correspondent Mr. and Mrs. Walter Calvert spent Thanksgiving Day with her mother and brother, Mrs. Hattie Unger and George. Thanksgiving guests of Mrs. Ray Clodfelter were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Yochum and Mrs. Daisy Alexander of Morton, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clodfelter of Bainbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Romine and children, Malcolm and Julia Jean of Indianapolis, Mrs. Gerald Clodfelter and daughter, Beth Ann. Mrs. Paul Nichols helped at Countryside Inn Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Morris IrWin spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hancock and family of Indianapolis. Quite a number of people from this community called on Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wright on Sunday afternoon as they were celebrating their Golden Wedding anniversary. Mrs. Gerald Clodfelter attend the International Livestock Show in Chicago from Sunday until Tuesday evening.

MANAGEMENT STRIKES BACK—A USW strike sign and a for sale sign are in front of the Jessop Steel plant in Washington, Pa. Said Frank B Rackley (inset), Jessop president, “If they know so much about it, let them run it.” So the union has first option. Jessop Is one at uve sieei taoncators struck early in October. Jessop also has plant in Kentucky.

TV In Review By Bksk Du Brow HOLLYWOOD UPI — Summing up television’s past week, which may well turn out to be the most impressive one of the season, the viewer can find a Statement of the networks’ current oondttion — and the explosion of a myth. Btartiag last Tuesday, and through Sunday, there were no lees than a dosen major special programs on the three networks: Six by NBC-Tv, four by ABC-TV and two by CBS-TV. Of these 12 broadcasts, six were of the public affairs or documentary type, and six were of the musical or comedy variety type. There were no fiction dramas. So settled are the networks on the 4ocumentary-or-variety alternative for most of their special programs that each of the broadcast organizations, feveallngly, divided its presentations of these two types of shows on an exact 50-50 basis. While perhaps unintentional, the mathematical equasion revealed the neworks’ state precisely. Still, the quality of the week’s specials was noticeably outstanding. At least nine of the programs were good or eceeptional — a high rate of success in any entertainment of informational medium — and the viewer could not help wondering why, sinee a little television goes a long way, the networks crossed each other in the same time riots, and It would not have been amiss to spread out such topnotch programs. The exploded myth concerns the theory that important movie stars cannot appear on television —• especially often — without hurting themselves at the motion picture boxofflce. Two of the most important and successful movie stars in the business, Frank Sinatra and Julie Andrews, had major specials during the week on NBCTV, and it is highly unlikely the shews will de them anything but good. The real point Involved Is that many movie stars are incapable of entertaining in person, net having had the club or stage experience of such performers as Sinatra and Miss Andrews. But an entertainer such as Doris Day, long a television holdout, cannot in any way harm herself at the film bom office if she has a good video special. Sinatra, in fleet, not only had his one-man musical hour last week but was the subject of a CBS-TV documentary eight days before that. In addition, he is an ABC-TV “Hollywood Palace” host and turns up on such other programs as NBCTV’a ‘TOnight” show, yet his career is at its senlth. To a live entertainer, television is manna. And that is the reason, of oeurss, that such stars as Jackie Gleason and Phil Silvers, roles in the movies in their younger days have suddenly blossomed on the home screen. Say What you will about television — it makes real talent obvious.

HOW ABOUT A TUNE ON TUB KRUMHORN? ST. LOUIS —UPI—a new music course at Washington University includes the use of sinks, krumhorns, shawms and cryths. Called "Performance Practices of the Middle Ages,” the class studies medieval music and performs it on instruments for which it was originally written. Mrs. Kathryn M. Slider's gift of valuable ancient instruments to Washington University started the muisc course. Mrs. Buder’s gift included the Viola da Gamba, the Viola d’ Amore, the cryth and hurdy gurdy. The Viola da Gamba was made in the 1700s.

TTVEB’ have it NEW YORK UPI—The staff of a Fifth Avenue hostelry gave television star Garry Moore a party on the occasion of his registering at the hotel for the 555th time. Why that number? Because the Gotham Hotel IS located at 5th Avenue and 55th Street and its corporate name is "555 Corp.”

FLORA ROBSON IN TS’ HOLLYWOOD UPI —Dame Flora Robson has signed for a major role with Kim Novak and David Niven in *T3” shooting in England.

Thursday, December 2, 1965

The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

GETTING SET—Here are the Titan 2 launch vehicle and the I astronauts Frank Borman (left), the command pilot, and installing of the capsule at Cape Kennedy for Gemini 7 | co-pilot James Lovell. It’s a two-week orbital flight.

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