European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. November 23, 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 7 a Lowers Hope sidekick Jerry Colonna mortgages Dies at 82 after Long illness to 9 percent Washington a the Veter ans administration said Friday thai it was lowering the maximum interest rate on federally backed a mortgages by one half percentage Point to 9 percent the lowest it has been in eight years. The change which takes effect Mon Day is the seventh rate Cut in the past 18 months. The a said the reduction was Bein made to move the Agency s rate or to Market interest rates. The a said it also is decreasing by one half percentage Point other loan rates. This includes u new Rale of 9.25 percent for graduated payment Mort gages and 10.5 percent Lor Home improvement Loans. The rates apply to new Loans not ensling ones. The rate drop is the first reduction since March 3, when the a rate was reduced a full percentage Point dropping from 10.5 percent to 9.5 percent. The new Rale of 9 percent is the lowest since june 28,1978. The a program begun in 1944, has helped about ii million veterans buy Homes with another 28 million veterans eligible for a loan guarantees. Burst pipe drains 10 million Gallons from Reservoir Salem mass. A ten million Gallons of water drained from a Reservoir serving Salem when a huge pipe burst Friday and five neighbouring communities contributed water to head off a potential disaster a stale of emergency was declared in the City of 38,000, schools were cancelled and businesses were asked by mayor an Thony v. Salvo to conserve water. The 30-Inch-wide pipe leading from Folly Hill Reservoir in nearby Danvers broke Friday morning flooding basements of some Homes in Danvers Salvo said. Crews worked through the Day to repair  was never totally Cut Otto Homes and businesses because of remaining sup plies in the network of pipes plus a 5 Mil lion gallon emergency Lank and contributions from other communities. Up i photo Jerry Colonna sealed is surrounded by fellow members of he 1959 Bob Hope Holiday Lour of military bases in Alaska from left Are Hope Francis Langford Steve Mcqueen ski nay Ennis Patli Thomas and Jayne Mansfield. Los Angeles f a Jerry Colonna the mustachioed Saucer eyed come Dian who made More than a dozen Over seas Tours to entertain troops with Bob Hope during three wars died Friday in the Mot Ion picture and television coun try House and Hospital in Woodland Hills of kidney failure after n Long illness. He was 32. His wife Florence was by his Side when he died. Nursing supervisor Mich Elle Patterson said. Colonna appeared in a number of Light comedies with Hope including Road to Singapore in 1940, Star spangled rhythm in 1942 and Road to Rio in 1947. He was a dear Friend a great enter Tainer whom i travelled All Over the world with for 25 years Hope said in a statement issued through a spokesman Ken Cantor. He provided millions of laughs for millions of people. He delighted the entire world with his unique style of comedy. He is a great loss to the entertainment Industry. Twill miss him Cantor said Hope s3, would preside at Colonna s funeral but no Date was immediately set for the services. A native of Boston Colonna started As a trombone player but turned to comedy when his Saucer eyes Walrus Mustache and bellowing voice began getting laughs. After a slim in nightclubs and musical revues he signed a radio contract with hone in 1938 and remained with him for 2 5 years. In his overseas trips with Hope Coto Nna appeared As a Sailor for Navy audiences a go for army crowds and a flier for air Force shows. Other pictures featuring Colon n a included "52nd sin Al in 1937 College swing and Little miss Broadway in 1938 naughty but  in 1939 comin round the Mountain in 1940 Sis Hopkins and ice Capanes in 1941 True to the army and Priori ties on Parade in 1942 Atlantic City in 1944 it s in the Dag in 1945 Ken Tucky Jubilee in 1951 meet me in Las vegas in 1956 Andy Hardy comes Home in 1958 and Road to Hong Kong in 1961. He also appeared in the Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas show which was originally made for television but was later released in Heaters in 1966. He is survived by his wife of Wood land Hills and his son Robert of provi Dence. . Us raises tuition 9.1 but state May foot Bill los Angeles a the University of California regents Friday approved a 9.1 percent tuition increase but gov. George Dukmejian said he will consider buying out the increase with funds from the stale budget. The regents also voted to raise faculty salaries by 5.7  actions were lied to approval of a j4.9 billion budget for the coming fiscal year with s3 billion paid by the Sale and the rest coming from Federal funds and private sources. Under the regents budget the slate s share of the Cost of operating the nine Campus system would Rise by $119 million or 6.5 percent University spokeswoman Valerie Sullivan said. The budget and proposed tuition increase approved at a meeting on the los Angeles Campus with a Vuknic Jian in attendance As an cd offi Cio Regent amount to a recommendation to the governor who must submit his version of the budget to the legislature. What the governor will be looking at As he devel Ops the budget. Is who Lucr he can offset these fees like he did last year said deut Majian spokeswoman Donna Lipper. She was referring id a decision to use general fund revenues to Supply the Money the regents had voted to raise through tuition or student fees As they Are called in the us system. The increase recommended by the regents is within a 10 percent Cap mandated last year by the legislature in a Bill intended to keep tuition hikes moderate and predictable for students. If approved the tuition hike would be the first in three years and would take effect next fait. The hike would bring the average annual fee to ,375, up ii13 for undergraduates and up 154 for graduate students. Additional miscellaneous fees aver age about 1100 a year. The average faculty salary in the nine Campus sys tem would go up to 157,200 a year under the plan. After textbook suit school says no to Anne Frank play Church Hill Tenn a an offer to Slage the diary of Anne Frank was turned Down by officials of a school District where fundamentalists won a court decision excusing their children from read ing textbooks the parents deem offensive. Hawlin county school superintendent Robert Cooper said he told producer Rob Ert Mellette that the school District wanted to avoid the possibility of a controversy. If we allowed this play the other Side could have demanded equal Lime especially since the proceeds Are to go to the american Way Cooper said. People for the american Way is an organization thai backed the school Board in the trial in which seven Funda mentalist Christian families sued the Hawkins county school Board. The families claimed that some stories in Holt Rinehart and Winston tents used in county Public schools including the diary of Anne Frank and the wizard of of offended their religious beliefs. On oct. 24, a Federal judge in Greene Ville tenn., ruled that the fundamentalist children could excuse themselves from Reading classes that use the texts. The Deci Sion has been appealed to the 6th . Cir Cuit court of appeals in Cincinnati. Mollelle an Independent producer from Raleigh n.c., had said he wanted to Slage the production in Hawkins county to show that most folks in the East Tennessee area do not agree with the fundamentalist families. Mellette said he plans to travel to Kings port tenn., to discuss with local school officials the possibility of presenting the play there