Friday, October 27.1972
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Pay Raise Delights Vets On Campus
By LEON SAGALOFF
Kansan Staff Writer
According to Joe Le Vota, Kate McDonald and correspondence secretary of the Vietnam Veterans on campus, the veterans on campus are
"I don't see how anyone could complain about an extra $50 a month," said LeVota.
The pay boost is a result of the Vietnamese Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1972. The act was mounted on Oct. 24 by the National Guard.
Under the bill veterans of the Vietnam era who are in educational assistance programs must pay their monthly payments. Before the new act was passed, a single veteran in school received $175 in cash for up to 36 months and for up to 36 months. Under the new act a single veteran will get $220 a month. A married veteran will get $205 a month instead of $205 a month.
A veteran in on-the-job training will receive a 48 per cent increase in pavements.
The new act is retroactive to Sept. 1. This means that the veterans will receive the bonus month of September and October.
Although the veterans think the new act is a step in the right direction, some think more should be done.
"They threw a lot of stuff out of the act," said LeVota.
The original bill had called for a 24-month extension of navments.
"It causes some problems for "it people are in school for more than four years, but a part-time job helps." Le Vota said.
Starting in August 1973, the payments are made at the beginning of the month. The payments are presently being paid at the end of the month.
"Unless you had a summer job and saved some money, the first month at school is rough," LeVota said.
Because the payments came at the end of the month during school months, the first payment wasrons until the end of September.
Templin Hall Has Blackout
Templin Hall suffered a 13 hour power blackout Thursday because of a malfunction in the resident hall's transformer. Birk Kirk, resident director for power from 8:30 a.m to 8:34 a.m.
Each residence hall is equipped with only Tempel was affected. University Housing maintenance crews worked throughout the day on all projects.
Kirk commended the crew for consistency and diligence in his work. He worked quickly and prevented a possible 24 hour black out. He also said the staff and residents appreciated the crew's effort.
Food service was halted as a result of the power failure, a traumatizing incident for the students, permitting them to eat at other residence halls. Most ate
Heating was also affected, and residents who wanted to could afford a column for the night. No residents requested the option, Kirk said.
Film Showing Starts Week Of Slavic Arts
The first Slavic Festival of the
first Slavic campus of Kansas
will begin Sunday in a
international Film Series
presentation. "Shadows of
the Slavs" will be held on
Sunday, March 15.
The film will be shown 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The majority of the events of the Festival of Arts, which runs through Nov. 12, will not begin until next Sunday, however.
Some of the events scheduled
by speech by Harrison
Salusbury and editor of the New York Times
Nov. 6; two Polish films,
"Oleh" and "Moskva"
Wall Nov. 9; a performance by
Dukla Ukrainian Dance Com-
pany, S.S.R. Nov. 9; a
drama, "Tango," five动
classical Slavic films.
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WINSTON B. HARWOOD Republican Candidate for the 44th Legislative District
Born and raised in Lawrence. Attended Lawrences schools and University of Kansas. Married, two college age children, two junior high age.
served $4 \frac{1}{2}$ years in the army during World War II. Have owned and operated my own business for the last 25 years (Harwood's Wholesale Meats).
I favor adequate funding of education at all levels.
I have lived and worked in the 44th District all my adult life. I believe that I am aware of the problems of a university town as well as the problems of a university located in the heart of a city. I believe that I can fairly represent both segments.
WINSTON B. HARWOOD