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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 25, 1977 disabled vet Bills passed by House Washington up three Bills in creasing compensation to disabled Veter ans were passed by the House monday despite administration objections to two of them. The principal measure would Grant a 6 per cent Cost of living increase in the Gen eral compensation for disability and survivors benefits along with a $10 increase in annual clothing allowance for veterans who must Wear prosthetic devices. Rep. G. V. Montgomery d-miss., floor manager for the Bills said about 2.s Mil lion veterans and survivors would be affected by the changes including More than 500,000 from the Vietnam War. Montgomery estimated the Cost in the next fiscal year at $312.5 million. The hike in monthly payments would become effective oct. 1. The vote on the Bill was 393 too. Two other Bills which the administration opposed also were passed. One would increase compensation to a veterans who lost an Arm or Teg in the serv ice then loses the second paired limb later. The other would provide up to 13,300 each for some world War i disabled Veter ans to Purchase specially equipped Auto mobiles. The Bills All on their Way to the Senate were estimated to Cost $1 million each inthe next fiscal year. The double amputee measure was adopted by a 385 to 7 vote and the automobile compensation Bill by a395 to 11 vote. Sex president in Good health Porf Nixon still ailing in pain daughter says new York a Julie Nixon Eisen Hower says she is concerned that her Mother Pat Nixon May not recover fully from the stroke she suffered last july. She has a Little difficulty walking and can t use her led hand completely said mrs. Eisenhower the younger daughter of former president Richard m.  know she s in pain most of the Lime Eisenhower said. She s one of the Mil Lions of americans who suffers from arthritis which she got As a result from the Shock of the stroke. Ill ask her How she feels and Shell say of i m so sick of myself. I m not going to complain Bui i know that it both ers  Eisenhower Here to promote her Book about famous persons she has known said that her father who suffered from a severe phlebitis attack two months after be re signed the presidency is now in Good health. Playing Golf he s taken up Golf As a full time Hobby she said. It s a tremendous outlet for him asked what she thought of the Public opinion polls that show Many people who saw his recent interviews with British Tele vision personality David Frost still consider him guilty Eisenhower said it did t really Surprise me. I think people handmade up their minds one Way or the other by now. I did t think the broadcast would change  when asked for her own reaction to the first three broadcasts which concentrated on watergate foreign policy and his final Days in office. Eisenhower hesitated. I Don t want to comment on it said the Young woman who had so vehemently defended her father throughout the water Gate political scandal. He has spoken. I proud of my father. I was proud when i saw the broadcasts at 28, trim Tan and with her Brown hair cropped Short to her ears. Eisenhower seems More relaxed than she did when she lived in Washington. Her Book. Special  is a series of six profiles about famous people she has met during her life time. She said she wanted the Book to have seven profiles so it would t be compared gulp How much Fairbanks. Alaska api signs of the times covering refills at the Cache Creek restaurant on the Alaska Highway Southeast of Fairbanks Coffee. 40 cents or $1 an  Julie Nixon Eisenhower to her father s Book six  but she could t get an interview with the seventh person Nobel prize winning author Alex Ander Solzhenitsyn she said. Her profiles Are of former israeli prime minister Golda Meir the Rev. Billy Gra Ham s wife Ruth Prince Charles heir to the British throne author Anne Morrow Lindbergh Mao tse Tung and Mamie loud Eisenhower widow of the former president and her Mother in Law. And for a part time male wins the contest Waukesha wis. Up part Lime male wanted. Apply at the Courtesy coun  sign appeared in a shopping Center and was noticed by Erna Magnusson. 32, a swedish woman who is taking some courses at the University of Wisconsin  has been named the Winner of the school s mangled language contest contest designed to Call attention to sick and sinful sentences disastrous Dic Tion and wrinkled  Moss an associate professor supervised the contest. He said Many of the entries came from students term papers. Some examples he has a sparse head of Gray  " Trees Hung heavy with Foamy White Snow that no one had walked  pornography is like peeking into some one else s private  f two for five cents  is rare you will find an unpretentious person in your grasp the Marlboro and shows a rugged mat Riding a horse with a cigarette hanging out of his  cd Cense con be tip to catch runaway dads. Washington a if your a Cher and a runaway father Ole buddy your cd Zens band License flies at the Federal communications commission to track Down License May give welfare officials a up on runaway  they can find you to Dock your the department of health Edo Tom wages for support payments. The Federal office of child support an enforcement is considering using the cell and welfare is empowered to use Feder records to help states and agencies beak fathers who Don t support their children. $525,000 judgment awarded against 2 tribes Casper Wyo. Up a $525,000 judg ment has been handed Down against the Arapahoe and Shoshoni Indian tribes of Wyoming in a civil suit filed by the owners of a Lodge who said a Road leading to their property was blocked by  jury deliberated 3v4 hours before reaching its verdict in the . District court suit. An attorney representing the Indian tribes said he believed it was the first time in history a monetary judgment had been awarded against an Indian tribe. The owners of the dry Creek Lodge Albert and Betty Cook were awarded �250, 000 each by the jury. Five employees Ben Miller be mice Miller Robert Miller David Miller and Tom Burlingham Wen awarded $5,000 each. The suit originally sought $2 million ii damages. In addition to the tribes the suit named the department of the Interior and Bureau of Indian affairs As defendants. The suit resulted from a three Day do beginning on May 17,1974. The Lodge is i rated on 160 acres of private land sur rounded by the wind River India reservation. The defendants contended the action Vio lated their right to equal Protection under the Law. No bids offered for spirit of St. Louis crate Monterey Calif. Up a weekend auction for the crate in which Charles  s spirit of St. Louis nude the trip Home from Paris in 1927 failed to draw any bids. I have no idea Why a pulled Jod Sleeker part owner of the Huntington galleries said. His wife Tat by the galleries Telephone from Friday at 10 . To sunday at 6 . To accept bids. He said a Man called from the Midwest and asked Bow the bids were going but did not make one himself. The crate is owned by Harry Holt 35, a part owner of a Monterey county compiler service whose Grandfather got it As a gift from Lindbergh. He bad hoped museum would buy it so it could be pre served As part of the Lindbergh Memorabilia. The futile nationwide auction was con ducted on the weekend marking the 54th anniversary of Undberg i first Tolo flight across the Atlantic. The crate has been reconstructed Over the years and now serves As a Small hone near the new Hampshire Village of Coo Tot Cook. Buck Fuller says he can build a $5,000 House san Francisco up architect Buckminister Fuller says that despite escalating Home prices he can build a House for $s,000, and it will be so Light he can de liver it to your door. Bucky5 Fuller. 81. Inventor of the Geo Desic dome says the trouble with economists who estimate the current Cost of the average american Home at More than $52, 000 is that the economists Don t know any for instance he said an economist does t know that his $52,000 House weighs 50 tons. I la give you just As much Bouse for $5,000, and i la make it earthquake proof and it will weigh Only two tons sol can hand deliver it to your door. What s More you can beat it with Energy from the Sun or the wind the architectural philosopher said. 1 St Nixon show 2nd in to ratings new York a David Frost s first interview with former president Richard Nixon was the second most watched show for the week ending May 8, outdraw Only by Laverne and Shirley according . Nielsen ratings made available by the show s syndicator monday. Syndic St inc., which packaged the interviews by the British television personality said the May 4 interview in which Nixon discussed watergate was seen in an average of 17.3 million households and received a 24.3 rating. Abc s Laverne and Shirley was seen in 17.8 million Homes and Drew a 25 rating that week. The Nixon interview was seen by an average 41 per cent share of the audience that watched television Between 7 30  and 9 . Not syndic St said. That figure is somewhat less than the 44 per cent estimate based on preliminary Over night ratings from los Angeles. New Orkand Chicago. The program was aired by 151 station covering 95 per cent of the nation. Syndi cast sold out its five minutes of advertising time per hour at $125,000 a minute. The second interview the following week for which National ratings Are expected wednesday got a 23.6 per cent share in the three overnight cities and the third show got a 16 2 per cent overnight. The fourth show with Frost interviewing Nixon was to be aired this wednesday. The Frost Nixon interviews was not included in Nielsen s regular weekly Survey of prime time television which covers Only network shows. One of five minutes of advertising Fortis week s show has yet to be sold a syn Nicast spokeswoman said. Newsweek Magazine in its latest Issue reported that the fourth interview Nixon says that during the final Days of his presidency be considered granting pardons to everyone involved in watergate but then decided not to do so because it would inflame  the syndic St spokesman said a fifth show will be scheduled later  
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