The Daily Collegian Wednesday,May 12 1976 —l3 Vetsdemonstrate for extended education benefits Veterans from Penn State went to Washington, D.C., Monday to demonstrate their support for the extension of veterans' educational benefits and an increase in the Veterans Administration (VA) budget for fiscal 1977. Twenty-nine members of the Penn State Veterans Organization (PSUVO) went to the capital in a PSUVO sponsored bus to participate in "Impact Day," the opening of a week of events organized by the National Association of Concerned Veterans (NACV). The first event was a NACV sponsored rally on the steps of the Capitol; where freshman Congressman Toby Moffet (D- Conn.) called for a change in government spending priorities. Moffet said some of the money sent to foreign countries, such as Argentina, should instead be allocated to the Veterans Administration. "That's your education money they're send ing down there," he said. Anew fight Penn State vets were among those who rallied on the Capitol steps in Washington, D.C., last Monday for veterans' rights. APARTMENTS forfor Sept. occupanCy very reasonable: 1-Bedroom Apartments - PARTY for 2 people 2-Bedroom Apartments for 3 or 4 people Completely Furnished SATURDAY, MAY 15 One Block from Campus 227 E. NITTANY.AVE. Also Homes 3 -11 PM WAGNER & PSU VETERANS ORGANIZATION GILLILAND SALUTE FOR OUR DISABLED VETERANS 234-8030 commonsplace theater presents Day , liClr Ni ght directed by Francois Truffaut starring: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Valentina Corlese and Jacqueline Bisset "newest and most exhileratinti comedy . . . Truffaut's love letter to people . . . choose to live their lives halfway between reality and illusion . . . NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE Vincent Canby, NY Times BEST FILM/BEST DIRECTOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS in tOnite Si 112 Kern 7 4, so Zre rho * 30 DRUM MAJOR AND MAJORETTES ADDITIONAL TRYOUTS NOT FOR THOSE WHO TRIED OUT INAPRIL. Sat., May 15. Call Blue Band for details. These additional auditions are occurring because the Collegian did not run original article. 880 W. Lancaster Ave Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010 (beside the Main Point) 527-3616 By MARK GRIFFITH Collegian Staff Writer 99.8achs Afton Avenue Yardley, Pa. 19067 Take t-95 North Wilderness Outfitters 1-493-4536 He also said that national veterans' organizations , such as the Veterans Administration and the American Legion, do not support the increase of educational benefits for the Vietnam era veterans. Chairmen of veterans affairs committees in both Houses in turn cite the stands of these organizations as reason for not increasing veterans' educational benefits. The major issue at the rally was the extension of the delimiting date the date on which a veteran's .educational benefits expire Currently , benefits expire 10 years after the vet was discharged. But according to vets like Jules Nido, who spoke at the rally, the Vietnam-era veteran was inducted into ser vice and in return was to receive benefits after his discharge. However, said Nido, the discharged vet was not informed of his benefits, and there was no organizational structure to aid the vet in using his benefits. Hank Testa, of the veterans affaris office at Baruch College of New York City, agreed with Nido. Testa said if vets like - TEMPLE DRIVE-IN THEATRE STATE COLLEGE: PA. - TONIGHT. - - JAMES CAAN ROBERT D I ; Co-Hit 101Preseots Angela at lIN Ma° as'h° CHINK A Canasta 000 In Color 0 MGM Backpackers, trek to J. D. Sachs your equipment? Because, we're the only complete year -around mountain shops in the Philadelphia area. We don't deal in downhill skiing in the inter, then switch to golf and :ennis with backpacking as a sideline in the spring and " summer. We do our thing summer, fall, winter, spring. lur personnel are specialists. pur equipment the finest in • the world. 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Kennedy's famous quote, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." "Well, Nido said, "we did it for our country; now our country can do for us." The veterans recieved support during the rally from Vince Bruno of Michigan, who was in Washington representing Region 17a of the United Auto Workers (UAW). Bruno had a petition bearing 15,000 signatures. The petition called for the indefinite extension of the delimiting date. Bruno, pointing out that UAW has 1.5 million members nationwide and an experienced organizational structure, suggested that the UAW and NACV work together in helping veterans maintain their educational benefits. Freshman Congressman Robert W. Edgar (D-Pa.), a member of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs; cited a fund shortage and said vets may have to accept compromises such as a limited loan program or a six-month extension of the delimiting date. "I hope I've been helpful," he said. "I haven't been optimistic, but I've been as honest as I can." The PSUVO group left the rally late in the morning to meet with the Pennsylvania congressional delegation. However, the meeting did not materialize. Instead, Jimmy Van Zandt, secretary to the delegation, met with the vets, and showed them how to go about establishing appointments with congressmen. Those who made appointments for later in the day were, for the most part, only able to talk to congressmen's ad ministrative aides, said Dwayne Fagan, second vice president of PSUVO. However, talking to aides is almost as good as talking to congressmen themselves in terms of demonstrating the active concern of the vets, he said. The PSUVO group had a chance to question Pennsylvania Senator Richard Schweiker in the afternoon. According to Schweiker, the House veterans affairs committee has the money to fund a full extention of the delimiting date, and their denying to do so was "subterfuge." Schweiker suggested that the committee change its sense of Make-up causes vision loss, infection RESTON, Va. (UPI) Contaminated eye make-up has caused at least four cases of lost vision and a variety of eye infections, an Atlanta physician said yesterday. Dr. Lewis A. Wilson, director of resident training at Emory University School of Medicine, said women should throw away mascara after three or four months to avoid danger of bacteria contamination. Another doctor at a seminar on blindness research in Reston, near Washington, D.C., said priorities so that educational benefits would rank higher and would therefore receive a larger share of the total budget. Schweiker added that both he and Sen. Hugh Scott ( R-Pa.), would endorse the extention of the delimiting date, but that' they would have to work through the Democratic &Tate leaders, since any congressional initiative would have to come from the majority party's members. Schweiker's legislative assistant, Renee Bergmann, said that it's likely that no action will be taken before May 31, the deliiiiiting date for those vets discharged in 1966, but that any action taken after May 31 would be retroactive to that date. She said a one-year extention of the delimiting date for those already in school may be the course taken by Congress in the next few months. About 10 members of the PSUVO group also met with local Congressman Albert Johnson in the afternoon. Johnson repeated Schweiker's sentiment that any movement for in creases in veterans' educational benefits would have to come from the majority side of Congress, adding that "nothing is too good for the Vietnam-era veteran." ... A few of the Penn State vets talked with Congressman Edgar for a few minutes late in the afternoon. Edgar, in response to Schweiker's claim that the money for veterans' education would be available if priorities were changed, said if Schweiker would sit down and study the VA budget, "he would be shocked." Edgar added that it is impossible for any congressman to be fluent in all areas that are studied by Congress. PSUVO President Frank Quinn said that he was 'disap pointed by the turnout of veterans for Impact Day and by the apparent lack of coordination between NACV and PSUVO. He saw the nearness of final exams and the choice of going to Washington on Monday as major causes of there not being . many Penn'State vets represented. Quinn added that Fagan and Bob Daugenbaugh, PSUVO's legislative affairs chairman, "did a hell of a job in organizing this." Fagan said more congressmen are now aware of the vets' problems because of their efforts Monday. However, he add ed, he "wasn't so totally impressed with the organizational effort put out by NACV." research indicates marijuana eyedrops may be useful in treating glaucoma, the nation's third leading cause of blindness. In a paper presented at the seminar, Wilson said mascaras, which are applied to the lashes and lid margins Truck hits guardrail, 4 die in explosion HOUSTON ( UPI) A tanker truck loaded with ammonia crashed through a guardrail at the state's busiest highway interchange yesterday and plunged into another lane of traffic 20 feet below, exploding on impact. Four persons died and at least 95 persons were overcome by the toxic fumes. The truck was reduced to a twisted heap of metal. Great clouds of ammonia fumes billowed over the area, turning spring foliage to a golden brown and chasing stunned motorists from their cars. Hospital emergency rooms were jammed with persons suffering from burning eyes and lungs. A spokesman for the Greater Hospital Council said at least 95 persons were treated at 14 hospitals. Most were released but several were admitted to intensive care units. "I saw a big whole tank fly up as high as the 40- s tory Humble Building," said cab driver Robert Galindo, 32, about 150 yards from the explosion. "The smell was horrible. I couldn't breathe. But I saw people on the inside of that cloud of smoke." Another witness said several motorists were trapped in their cars. "I stopped and my car was rocking from the shock waves," the witness said. "I started crossing over to the grassy area. People stopped to stare at the wreckage like they were in a trance. I got off the road and my heart was still in my throat. It was terrible." The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched a team of investigators from Washington to Houston to investi gate the accident. 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