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University Daily Kansan, September 9, 1983
Air carriers fined for mistreating shipped animals
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — Two large airlines, American and Delta, have been fitted for mistreatment of animals shipped on board by the University Department said yesterday.
An animal dead on each of the air carriers. American has agreed to pay a $2,000 fine and Delta a $500 fine for the killing of an animal. The federal law governing animal welfare.
Of nine counts brought against American, the most serious one involved a cat that died of exposure to freezing temperatures while in transit. On Dec. 20, 1980, according to government veterinarian Richard Rissler.
Delta was charged because a dog shipped from Jacksonville, Fla., to Jackson, Miss., on July 23, 1982 died from excessive heat.
American also was charged with shipping seven dogs in undersized crates from Los Angeles to Honolulu on two occasions in 1981.
Stephen Phillips/KANSAN Randy Arvizu, Lawrence firefighter, practices working with the nozzle on a ladder truck. Arvizu, who was participating in a training session yesterday, has been a firefighter for 18 months. After 18 months, the fire department requires that firefighters learn to use all first-line equipment.
Fewer unemployed receive benefits, report says
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — With unemployment recently at a post-Depression high, an unusually small percentage of jobless Americans have been receiving unemployment benefits, the Brookings Institution reported yesterday.
The reasons for this are not fully understood, according to a study released by the non-profit research institute.
New claims for state unemployment benefits dropped by 22,000 to 414,000 during the last week in August following three weekly increases, the Labor Department said.
In 1982, when the number of unemployed Americans averaged 10 million, only 45 percent of these were receiving unemployment benefits uni-
der the joint federal-state system, it reported.
During the recession year of 1975, when the number of unemployed averaged less than 7 million, 78 percent received such benefits, the study said.
THE BENEFITS are of two kinds. The basic program provides up to 26 weeks of jobless compensation. In 1975, so-called extended and supplemental programs also were in effect, increasing the maximum to 65 weeks.
be aware. Author Gary Burtils said part of the explanation was that Congress, at the urging of the Reagan administration, had limited the scope of the program.
Congress has limited the maximum duration to 52 weeks and this soon will fall to 39 weeks. Trigger provisions have been changed so that it currently applies only in two states (West Virginia and Louisiana) and Puerto Rico.
The percentages of jobless Americans receiving the regular, 26-week benefits, for which the law has not prohibited, have declined, Burritt said.
But, according to Burtless, these changes in law account for only about 60 percent of the relative decline in unemployment benefits. They apply only to the various extended programs.
He traces this in large part to fewer Americans who have lost their jobs applying for the regular benefits than in the past. During 1982, 1.1 million fewer workers applied for benefits than would have been predicted to apply based on the unemployment figures.
based on the efforts of him.
In his report, included in a collection of "Brookings Papers on Economic Activity," Burtles said that one possible reason was that two-income families were common these days, so a laid off worker might have a spouse to rely on financially. Jobless pay now is
reduced by the amount of pension payments. For those over certain income levels, it is taxable.
income OTHERS HAVE suggested that public perception of tightened programs or a feeling that income support is unworthy may be discouraging people from applying.
Burtless concluded that none of these possible reasons provided an explanation. The reasons are still a mystery.
Nor is it clear what effect this may be having on Americans. Burtless cited reports of individual cases of increased homelessness and hunger. But there are no overall measurements of how much hardship may be involved.
The report does indicate the decline in jobless payments must be affecting the economy. These payments are supposed to provide an automatic stimulus to counter a recession. The federal government spent $31 billion on such programs in 1975, the report says.
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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Law enforcement officials yesterday prepared charges against the adult clients of an alleged group of child prostitutes, saying the children were victims of sexual exploitation.
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They declined to detail how the ring worked, saying only that it was part of a broader problem of sexual exploitation of children by Brattleboro area adults.
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"I just wish there was a better word to describe it," he said. Guthrie also said that the children were "seeking out their own clientele."
"The kid made a mistake / that's what it amounts to. I don't think my child realized what was going on, being upset with me some money, yes, but they were not out there soliciting."
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Office staff said the prostitution ring must be begin when one youngster was lured into unsavory behavior with an adult with an offer of money, then snowballed when children began sharing the names of likely clients.
WINDHAM COUNTY State's Attorney John Rocmarcy yesterday conducted a news conference and said, the term prostitution, which refers to crimes children involved had been "sexually abused" and were victims of exploitation by adults.
On Tuesday, Richard Guthrie, a Brattleboro Police juvenile officer, said at a news conference that officials had uncovered a "child prostitution ring" that had probably been operating for months.
Social workers and school officials said the youngsters were not aware of their own sexuality and did not know signatures of their sexual behavior.
Police announced Tuesday they had discovered and abruptly ended a ring in which about 10 children — ages 8 to 13 — were seeking out their own markets and selling sexual favors to adult acquaintances.
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