European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 15, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 r17 million benefited by i Bills by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington secs during the 33 year life Span of the biggest free schooling program in the nation s history nearly 17 million americans have been educated under one of the three i Bills passed since world War ii the veterans administration said monday. The program trained nearly 8 million world War ii veterans More than 2 Mil lion korean War vets and nearly seven million Post korean conflict service Menand women. Free to the students the three i Bills Cost the taxpayers $40.7 billion and Are regarded As one of the most successful and widely used of All veterans benefits. The a s latest figures on i Bill usage cover the period through november 1976, a month before the traditional program was replaced with one requiring financial participation by the service Man or woman. A a spokesman said that the novem Ber enrolment figures show Large drops from those of a year before because the the semiannual compilation was the first since i Bill eligibility ran out for 3.6 Mil lion Post Korea and Early Vietnam Era veterans. The i Bill carries a 10-year use it or lose it limit even with the smaller enrolment Fig ures the spokesman said 1.2 million vet Erans and Active duty service personnel were taking i Bill training in november. The spokesman said at least one out of 10 Vietnam Era i Bill students has received refresher or deficiency courses to qualify for higher education under the i Bill s free entitlement provisions. He said More than 760,000 persons have taken advantage of the training opportunities without depletion of their Basic i Bill  trainees represent More than 11 per cent of the 6.9 million persons who have trained under the current i Bill since1966. According to the spokesman. Eligible i Bill students May receive full benefits while they Are training for David a Singer and Linda Britt Crane begin their life together on a roller ., soviets begin talks on wider a ban Washington a the  And the soviet Union began discussions Here monday of a possible agreement to ban All explosions of nuclear  talks were held at the state depart ment and Are unrelated to the slow moving negotiations for a treaty putting limits on offensive missile launchers and heavy  Carter has made a test ban Accord one of the priority arms control goals of his administration. At his news conference he called the opening of talks one of the major Steps Forward in  Soviet  c. Warnke. The  Arms control director and Igor d. Gorokhov first Deputy chairman of the soviet slate com Mittee on atomic Energy headed the two  soviets Are understood to be recep Tive to an agreement Banning All nuclear explosions. Last year the two countries signed accords allowing two kinds of underground tests so called peaceful blasts that do not exceed 150 Kilotons and weapons tests up to that Force level Thich is equivalent to 150,000 ions of  1963 the two countries banned All nuclear explosions in the atmosphere outer space and underwater except those under water that did not reach the atmosphere of other countries. A whirl at Matrimony coaster at Valencia. Calif. They were pronounced Man and wife by the Rev. Viet deserters evaders Roger Walke foreground while Speed ing along on the ride. A photo House votes to deny Pardon plan funds High school completion he  added that others who have completed High school but need refresher or remedial courses or Entrance into train ing also May take the necessary course son a tree entitlement basis. The spokesman said that a special Effort by a benefits Counselor during the past 1 year was credited with a 23 Par cent in crease in free entitlement  contacts Are make with Veter ans with less than four years High schooling an Effort to interest them in training according to the  conducted by the a of veterans who use free entitlement show that More than so per cent continue in other forms of  for i Bill students training full time is $292 per month with additional allowances for those students with dependents. Students Are entitled to a maximum45 months educational assistance for 10 years after release from Active duty but not later than dec. 31,1989. $5 million penalty okd against vow new Orleans up1 a Federal appeals court monday upheld a 15 million antitrust award against the manufacturers and distributors of Volkswagen Automo  5th  Circuit court of appeals held Volkswagen violated the Sherman antitrust act by forcing dealers to buy vow air conditioners rather than a product offered by he Transfer corp the three judge led Cral panel up Eio a ruling by  District judge Carl 0. Bue of san Antonio tex., that awarded Chat Ransfer. Which went out of business in 1974. Triple damages and attorneys  of Germany Volkswagen of America Volkswagen South Central distributor inc. In san Antonio and Volks Wagen products corp. Were ordered to pay the  kept dealers from using air conditioners built by he Transfer by sign ing them to contracts requiring the Pur Chase of vow units with their Stock of spare automobile parts the court said. The contract required dealers to make Best efforts to promote vow parts including air  testified in District court they preferred the he Transfer units and a Dealership parts manager testified the vow units were  would take us two Days to put one  he said. The thing would get Down the Road and everything would fall off of it in the Middle of the  Washington up the House voted monday to deny use of any funds in an appropriation Bill to carry out presi Dent Carter s program of pardons for Viet Nam Era military deserters and draft evaders. The action came on a $7.6 billion Money Bill for the departments of state. Justice and Commerce and several related inde pendent agencies. The House passed the Bill on a 333-42 vote and sent it to the  House last week when it first took up the Money Bill rejected efforts to deny funds in the measure to implement any treaty reached with Panama on the canal Queen to limit Ulster visit for Security reasons London Upil Queen Elizabeth has agreed to limit the scope and form of her visit to strife torn Northern Ireland this summer because of Security dangers there a government announcement said the Queen and Prince Philip Are visiting Northern Ireland aug 10-11. It is most unusual for her to curtail Royal engagements on Security grounds and even More unusual for such curtailments to be made Public. Zone and to deny any funds to Send  diplomats to Cuba. Rep John Myers Hind. Offered the amendment monday to deny use of funds to carry out the Pardon program. It passed on a head count vote of 26-21 when sufficient support could not be gained for a Roll Cal vote. C5a to transport 40-ton Magnet Washington up a giant  Air Force c5a Galaxy transport will Fly nonstop to Moscow from Chicago june 19 with a 40-ton electromagnet aboard the Pentagon announced  Magnet and other cargo totalling 85 tons Are being shipped to the soviet Union As part of a joint .-.s.r. Project to generate electric Power using magnets spokesmen said. The plane will be refuelled in the air twice during the 11-hour flight. Spokesmen said one reason for making i he flight non Stop was to prevent additional Wear on the aircraft by unnecessary landings for fuel with the unusually heavy cargo. Of time june is 1947 president Truman signed the  Ratifications of the peace treaties with Italy Hungary Romania and Bulgaria but charged that the present governments of the three latter nations disregarded the will of their people and resorted to measures of oppression against  june 15, 1957 in London the soviet Union proposed a two or three year moratorium on nuclear tests with International inspectors at key Points to prevent cheat ing. June 15, 1967 in Cincinnati National guardsmen with bayonets and machine guns ready reinforced police As huge bands of marauders scattered racial Vio Lence fire looting and vandalism in Cincinnati areas As much As six Miles apart