European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. August 2, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 Cooling her heels in Cleveland when summer readies its Peak Many people head fur the nearest water for Relief front he scorching Sun. Fur those who live in a. Urban environment this is sometimes difficult la do. This Cleve land resident tries to beat the heat of on August Day by wading in the a i Mac Waterfall of is Fountain. College costs continue to soar across . New York up the Price of a Bachelor s degree has hit a record High of nearly $70,000 at the nation s most expensive College and the average annual Bill for any College this tall will Rise 6 percent a College Hoard report said thursday. Beijing Ion College in Bennington i. The Mosi expensive is issuing 116 950 cued costs Bills 113,970 for tuition and $2,980 for room and Board for the 1986-87 academic year. By contrast the average Bill for com muting students attending Public col Leges will be $663 at two year institutions and $1,337 at the four year ones. If costs Don t go up a Penny Over the next four years the Cost of a diploma a Bennington at this academic year s rates will be $67,800, the highest in american history. At the average Public four year col legs for comparison s Sake a Bachelor 1, degree for a student at this year s average for tuition and fees would Cost jus $5,348. Costs of course Are nol Likely 10 re main Static Over the nest four years according to the College Board. It said Ikis year s average hike a 6 percent Marks the third consecutive year of increases in the 6-Lo-7 percent Range. During the Early 1980s, according to George h. Hartford College Board presi Dent annual increases ranged from 10 to 11 percent. The Board s annual Survey of col Leges report based on information from 1.797 of inc country s 3,400 colleges was coupled with what Hanford described As Good  the Good news this year is that there will be More than $20 billion available in financial Aid from Public and private sources to help eligible students fill the Gap Between what it costs them to attend College and what they can  he said. And higher Cost colleges tend to have More Aid available than do lower Cost colleges. On the other hand pending legis lation makes planning for College More important than Ever. Legislation to re Duce the National debt May affect future Levels of Federal financial Aid and the la Bill provisions May change the Way some families save or borrow to meet College  other highlights of the Survey total average costs of College Educa Tion will Rise 5 percent at four year pub Lic colleges pushing up Bills to s3,604 for students living on Campus and 10 $4,467 for students living at Home. The total average costs include tuition and fees and room and Board plus estimates of expenses for books and supplies person Al items and transportation. At four year private colleges total average costs will Rise 6 percent to $10.199 for resident students and $8,809 for commuting students. At two year Public colleges total average costs will be $1.768 for com Muling students a 5 percent hike Over last year. Expenses for resident students at two year Public colleges were nol computed this year because the number of report ing institutions was too Small to provide meaningful statistics the College Board said. Average tuition and fees which apply o All students regardless of living arrangements will be $1,337 at four year Public colleges and $5,793 at four year private colleges. They will average j663 at two year Public colleges and $3,910 at two year private colleges increases of 4 and � percent respectively. Negotiators approve Compromise superfund Bill. _ a. " -,4 uric Anh a inc their Ian that ural rom Iho  Washington tap House and Senate negotiators have agreed to an $8,5 billion superfund Bill to revive strengthen and expand the nation s Cash starved stalled Ballac against toxic chem ical waste dumps. The Compromise package produced thursday night after five months 01 grueling talks was hailed by Environ mental groups but its adoption by the conferees still left the toxic cleanup Effort far Short of being Able to return to full steam. A separate set of negotiations by lax writers still must Settle a final and difficult question who will pay for a beefed up superfund taxpayers petrochemical interests All Large corporations or a combination of them. Left unclear was just when a tax pack age for the fund can be written because members of the House ways and Means and Senate finance committees currently Are negotiating the big tax overhaul Bill. I Don t see How we can do superfund right now said a ways and Means spokesman. The idea of breaking off the Tan conference for a substantial amount of time does t appear to be an  taxing authority for the superfund which was budgeted at 11.6 billion in its first five years expired last oct. I Leav ing the toxic cleanup Effort without its major Revenue source and operating at about half its previous Pace Lee Thomas administrator of the environmental Protection Agency Slid thursday that unless inc superfund Bill is signed into Law by sept. I he will have to begin notifying cleanup contractors they will be off the payroll in 3d Days. We need Money by sept. I Thomas said. I just need some Money the package approved thursday night would authorize spending $8.5 billion to clean up toxic dumps Over five years and another $500 million to launch an attack on the growing threat to groundwater supplies from leaking underground fuel storage tanks