Au Naturel...
Pitt announces tuition hike
PITTSBURGH The University of Pittsburgh announced
tuition increase ' of $l5 a term for Pennsylvania un
dergraduates and $5O a term for Pennsylvania residents
enrolled in certain graduate and professional programs, ef
fective this fall.
Pitt joins two other state universities, Pennsylvania State
University and Temple University, who recently announced
comparable increases.
The new rates for Pennsylvania residents in all full-time
programs with the exception of medicine, law and dental
medicine will be $5OO per term or about 3 per cent over last
year’s rates.
The tuition hikes come in the wake of state and federal
cutbacks in aid to higher education, officials said. However,
the state legislature has recommended increases in Pitt’s
appropriation.
Dent calls veto unlikely
WASHINGTON —Rep. John H. Dent, D-Pa., said yesterday
he believes President Nixon will not veto the $2.20 an- hour
minimum wage bill because of the nation’s skyrocketing cost
of living.
Dent, a sponsor of the bill, said a veto would be “unrealistic
and impossible to comprehend... The minimum wage has not
been increased for most workers since 1968.”
The current federal' minimum wage is $1.60 an‘ hour.
However, the measure to gradually up it to $2.20 was agreed to
by both houses amid threats of a presidential veto.
Dent said if there had been a cost-of-living increase built
into the 1968 minimum wage it would no be more than $2.10 an
hour.
“If we had given minimum-wage increase the same in
creases the President has recommended for civil service
employes, the minimum would now exceed $2.20 an hour," he
added.
Nuclear plant criticized
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. Dr. Ernest Stemglass, an outspoken
critic of nuclear power plants, renewed his attack yesterday
on the atomic generating station at nearby Shippingport,
claiming that it has sparked area increases in infant mor
talities and virtually every kind of cancer.
Sternglass, a professor of radiation physics at the
University of Pittsburgh, was leadoff witness here as a
blueribbon governor’s panel opened three days of hearings
into the Shippingport plant, principally to consider Sternglass’
claim that it is unsafe and ought to be shut down.
The Shippingport plant, built in 1957 and owned jointly by
Duquesne Light Co. of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, is the nation’s oldest nuclear generating facility.
It has been studied repeatedly by AEC and private teams,
vitually all of whom report the facility safe. Sternglass has
been the facility’s only widely publicized foe.
Meat shortage hits Nixon
WASHINGTON “If Mrs. Housewife feels the meat
shortage, so should the White House,” says Bernard Gold
stein. “They started the shortage and ... don’t' deserve any
better treatment than anyone else.”
With that he rejected an order from the White House for 15
pounds of filet mignon and New York strip steak.
Goldstein is president of District Hotel Supply, Inc., the
largest hotel and restaurant meat supplier in die District of
Columbia.
MARRIOTTS
Copies & Binding
across from Post Office
on Fraser Street
238-4918
Cheapest in Town
Tarnished Six
Dixieland
Wed. at
MEYERS'
THE PHOTOGRAPHER wishes to thank Mother Nature for her aid in providing
the natural lightening to take this late night picture of Shulze Hall.
New Scope
At the White House yesterday, Deputy Press Secretary
Gerald L. Warren confirmed the order had been rejected. He
added:
“We are shopping elsewhere to fill out the normal replenish
ment. We are in the same position as anyone else ... we are
buying where we can.”
“We've been supplying the White House with meat for 16
years and this is the first time we’ve ever refused them,”
Goldstein said.
Guard slain■ at Leavenworth
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. A guard was killed and four men
taken hostage yesterday by a handful of prisoners at the
federal penintentiary here, prison officials said. .
Warden Loren E..Daggett ordered all inmates locked in
their cells after an estimated 100 inmates went on a rampage
just before noon,\also injuring a number of corrections of
ficers.
A count early yesterday afternoon established that five of
the 2,176 inmates were missing. It was believed at least four of
them were holding the hostages, apparently uninjured, in the
prison laundry.
At mid-afternoon Daggett said he had indicated to the in
mates holding the hostages that he would not meet their
demands for negotiating their unstated grievances until after
the hostages were released.
■ None of the hostages was armed. It was unknown if their
captors had weapons.
Brinegar: no rail collapse
WASHINGTON Transportation Secretary Claude
Brinegar yesterday said he sees little chance that rail service
in the northeastern United States will collapse, despite the
precarious financial position of the Penn Central and of five
other rail carriers.
“We’ve never been through a big railroad liquidation in this
country, you know,” he told a news conference.
Penn Central has proposed its own liquidation. The In
terstate Commerce Commission has announced hearings will
start on that proposal in the next two weeks.
Sen. Vance Hartke, D-Ind., who is pushing for massive
financial aid to the ailing railroads, has warned that the
failure of the Penn Central would “bring this nation to its
knees from Illinois to the Atlantic Ocean.”
But Brinegar said Hartke “is basically describing what
happens in a labor shutdown,” not in a liquidation that would
be spread over several months.
Constitution to ■ move?
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Richard S. Schweiker, R-Pa.,
has been accused of trying to “steal" the historic USS Con
stitution.
The assertion was made by U.S. Rep. Gary Studds of
Massachusetts.
Actually what Schweiker wants to do is bring the historic
frigate; “Old Ironsides,” to Philadelphia for the 1976
Bicentennial Celebration. And to do this he would have to
change a federal law-.
The law passed by Congress in 1954, keeps the ship securely
moored in Boston Harbor.
Schweiker wrote the U.S. Navy in May pointing out that the
Constitution will be without a home when the Boston Navy
Yard is shut' down in an economy move.
He suggested that “Old Ironsides” could be transferred to
Philadelphia and placed in Penn’s Landing with the USS
Olympia and “many other historic ships.”
Office offers aid, couriselling
Vets get 'helping hand'
By STEVE OSTROSKY
Collegian Staff Writer
Veterans attending classes
at the University will find the
Veterans’ Affairs Office in
Old Main ready to lend a
helping hand.
Assistant Veterans
Counselor Don Turner said,
“We’re here to assist the
veteran in any way we can.
Mainly we try to get the vet
integrated into a civilian life
again. We try to make the
transition as smooth as
possible for the veteran.”
Turner said the office acts
as a liaison between vets at
the University .and the
Veterans’ Administration
office in Philadelphia.
“Another way we help the
veteran is through financial
assistance,” Turner said.
“We operate an emergency
loan system for veterans.
Photo by Ed Golomb
“Also, we help veterans to
obtain scholarships from the
Pennsylvania Higher
Education Assistance
Agency, which operates a
separate scholarship
program for veterans,” he
said.
Turner said the office
works in cooperation with the
University bursar’s office. “If
a vet has not received his
; check, we can make
' arrangements for him to
• register and pay his fees
. when he receives his check,”
he said.
Turner said the Veterans’
Affairs Office provides
personal counseling.
sometimes help a vet set up a
living budget,” he said.
Academic counseling also
is available, Turner said. “If
Rebels break defenses
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA Rebel troops pierced
government defense lines yesterday and fought Cambodian
troops five miles outside Phnom Penh. The thunder from
bombing missions by U.S. warplanes was heard all day.
Fighter-bombers flew over the city while heavy bombers hit
adjacent targets on all sides of the city.
Three government soldiers were wounded in a battle at
Robas Angkanh, a village between the Bassoc and Mekong
rivers southeast of Phnom Penh.
Northwest of the city, a squadron of armored personnel
carriers moved in to reinforce an embattled government
outpost in the village of Kap Srau Toch.
KEYSTONE TOWERS INC
Barcroft House 522 E.College Aye.
Dorchester House College Ave.
Foster Arms 134 w. Foster Ave.
Renting now for summer and fall
at three convenient locations ■
Efficiency Apartments
Individually controlled heat and air conditioning
TV cable
Fully carpeted
Laundry facilities '
All utilities included in rent, except Foster Aye.
Apartments within walking distance of Campus
Rental Office 134 E. Foster Ave., Apt. 101, Phone 238-j
1771
Fall Student Rentals
3 & 4 man apartments
9V2 month lease j
. 1 i
> 1
All utilities paid l
including 10-channel cable
(except telephone)
i' | :
Atlas Realty jj
301 S. Allen j j
238-0741 i j
HUMPHREY BOGART
Sidney Greenstreet
Peter Lorre in
THE MALTESE FALCON
:
at Kern fair conditioned)
'A
The Grad Commons only 50’
Tonight! 8:00 & 10:00 p.ni.
a student is having trouble
with his studies, we can get a
tutor for him,” he said.
The • Veterans Affairs’
Office conducts the Program
to Advance Veteran
Education. PAVE notifies all
veterans in Pennsylvania
about educational benefits
available to them.
Turner said many veterans
"We're hereto assist the veteran
in anyway Mainly we try
to get thervm integrated into a
civilian life again. We try to make
the transition as jsmooth as possible
fdr the vet."
can qualify for educational
benefits under the G.I • Bill.
“Any vet who has been in the
service over 181 days on
active duty is entitled to
educational benefits,’’ he
said. ;
These benefits include a
monthly allowance for; any
veteran attending school.
This money comes from the
Veterans’ Administration.
Single veterans receive $220
dollars a month; married
vets receive $261 and extra
allowances if they have
children.
These benefits are good for
36 months of- school, Turner
said.
A veteran may enroll in a
The Daily Collegian Wednesday, August 1, 1973
co-operative training
program, a correspondence
school, college or flight
school. He also may become
an apprentice and qualify for
the educational benefits,
Turner siad.
Turner said this program
was set up to allow veterans
who have not had a chance to
complete their education to
go to complete their
education by financing their
education partly with the
monthly allowance.
The Veterans’ Affairs
Office is funded by the
University, and the state and
federal governments.
“There are constantly bills
in Congress which would start
new programs and raise the
educational benefits for
veterans,” Turner siad.
Future plans for the office
include trying to tie together
the veterans’ program at
University Park with
programs at branch cam
puses. At present there are
over 4,000 veterans at all
University campuses, in
cluding about 1,800 at
University Park.
Another program
developed at the University to
aid the veteran, is a special
summer schooling program.
A college preparatory
program is being offered this
summer for disadvantaged
veterans. The program, now
is in its second year, is
designed to help veterans not
qualified to attend college
because of their high school
background develop the skills
needed fpr admission.
This program, open to both
high school graduates and
non-graduates, concentrates
on developing skills in
communication, math,
reading and social studies.
Another important part of
the program is financial
counseling, which explains
ways the vet can obtain
financial aid in addition to the
monthly allotment provided
under the G.I. Bill.
At the end of the summer
program, participants will be
counseled on further
educational opportunities,
including possible admission
to Penn State.
After completing the
program, students will be
considered for admission to
college under special criteria.
Of the 65 Pennsylvania
veterans admitted to last
year’s program, 57 completed
the course as full-fledged
college freshman.
Another aid to vets is the
Veteran’s House, which
provides inexpensive housing
for veterans. Rebuilt by the
vets themselves, the house
serves as a meeting place.
Also available is the Penn
State Veterans’ Organization,
which often works in con
nection with the Veteran’s
House.