European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 20, 1998 the stars and stripes Page 7 rival Chili societies settling Stew in court Pecos. Teas api two rival groups thai Spon Sor Chili Cook Nils have removed a simmering dispute from the Back Burner and Token it into tic courtroom. The Chili appreciation society International inc. Has been judging the fiery merits of this southwestern specially since 1967. Five cars ago an unincorporated spinoff group Toov inc same name and started its own Cook off. Both groups held an annual championship Cook off each november near the West Texas ghost town of Terlingua. The older group has mounted a court Challenge seek ing to Force the newer one to change its name. . District judge Lucius Dunton said he will decide with in 20 Days which group will gel to keep the Chili appreciation society International name. Frank x. Tol Burl. Now deceased helped organi a the first Cool Oft in 1467 to Public a this ghost town. One of Tolburt s Early partners Ray King testified thai told eel agreed in is Anil first class tick Els he Sio.  saturday officials said. In Lia. United and Iota off airlines Are among those who matched 1hc increases Elliut american said wednesday would of led most Nickels except Advance Purchase fares the cheapest available for air travel. We fell thai a Lichi upward fare adjust ment was economically justified at his time american spokesman Al Hecker said at the company s Headquarters Here. Llo usion has d Continental w hich in the past year has served As the Industry s Price Leader matched the fare hikes in a few markets said company spokesman Doug Hird Sali. He said Continental will continue studying the markets Here it Lias nol yet raised fares. The higher prices will affect mostly Busi Ness travellers and people travelling because of a personal emergency or other Spur of the moment reason officials said. The Price increases will Altel Many coach and first Tau fares for non Stop flights Between major cities including Dallas new York. Chicago. Kansas City Denver san Francisco Anil los Angeles. Most unrestricted and unadvertised one Way discount fares. Some round trip discount fares with Advance Purchase requirements of up to 14 Days and cancellation penalties of up to 50 percent. American s higher fares will mean for example that an unrestricted coach ticket to  Angeles or Washington. D.c., from Dallas will Cost $410 one Way in. Slead of $405. A discounted unrestricted coach ticket will Cost s214 on those routes up from $209. To fans comp an As bulletin preempts end of game show Tampa Fla. Am hundreds of viewers complained when a television Sta Tion preempted the last two minutes of the game show jeopardy to give a news re port about a plane crash station officials said. Viewers missed less than two minutes of jeopardy hut those were the final min utes and so we replayed them said  general manager Jim Saundo. Two people were killed tuesday when a twin engine plane slammed into a House in Dunedin. The next Day vhf a replayed the end of jeopardy twice once during the station s noon and , news shows Saunders said he did nol know How Many complaint Calls were received tues Day but a source Al the station told the Tampa Tribune the number was Well Over 30 the veterans administration came under attack thursday As a chaotic Monolith that must be reformed As a House subcommittee considered legislation to raise it to a department with Cabinet rank. The criticism came from witnesses at a hearing that is examining the Agency s record in granting or denying benefits to veterans who file Many thousands of claims fish year for injury illness or pensions. The witnesses said that any number of deserving applicants were victims of a cruelly unfair adjudication system whose decisions cannot he appealed out Side the Agency and whose Workings arc controlled by an obsession with is rapid a processing of eases that some have been denied merely to meet caseworkers production quotas. Among those appearing before the panel the House government operations subcommittee on intergovernmental Kelati Winsand human resources were two longtime a appeals judges Ernest a Wright recently demoted after p years but still Active and Daniel . Tii Critian who retired in december in his 24th year with the Agency. They denounced the appeals system s production quotas As arbitrary subject to abuse manipulative of Justice and supportive of Slipshod  the evilness of this system is that it promotes shoddy treatment of the cases by encouraging incomplete  Birman said adding that High production bonuses of up to 15,000 had been awarded to judges who had spent i calculate 7.h minutes per  because the bonuses can be won by the same judges Only every other year Birman did. Some judges withhold publication of caws in off years delaying decisions sought by appellants and then re lease the findings in Bonus ears so that they can claim credit for High caseloads Wright said his demotion earlier this month from a Post As Board of appeals Section chief followed his criticism of both he Bonus system and the stacking of an appeals panel to deny benefits to a Veteran tic identified Only As or. H. Seated a few feet behind the two appeals judges As they testified was their Superior Kenneth r Eaton chairman of the a s Board of veterans appeals and the sponsor of the production Bonus system. Eaton described the criticism As an unfair  he said that he Board handled More than 40,000 appeals a year and thai the Rale of judgments favouring appellants wat about 1 3 percent. The hearing before the subcommittee which is headed by rep. Ted Weiss d-n.y., was intended to improve the chances that the veterans administration s Elevation already approved in the House and now pending in the Senate will be accompanied by a statute permitting veterans denied their appeals before the a to Lake their cases into Federal court. Under present Law claimants a Hausl All recourse before the a appeals Board. Further they Are effectively barred from hiring lawyers to press their claims before the a a result of a civil War Era Law intended to protect veterans from the unscrupulous that limits 0 St a pc Tran t payments to an attorney a such a Case. When the House overwhelmingly approved Eleva Tion of the Agency late last year it declined to include either change. Weiss who supports the changes is seeking to have them included in the Senate but and then adopted in conference Between the two Chambers. The hearing with its unusual airing of Public criticism by a employees was also attended by a panel of witnesses who told what All Side agreed were Hor ror  one of them involved benefits denied to a paralysed and mentally distraught Veteran who ultimately committed suicide