European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 24, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 11college Aid More popular than expected program in debt but students will be paid by the new York times Washington the Bush administration says it underestimated the number of College students eligible for a major Federal scholarship Aid program but that All students who qualified for the Grant this year will receive it. The comment follows testimony last week by education Secretary Lamar Alexander who told a Senate committee that his department predicted 3.7 million students would receive Pell Grants the main Federal Aid program to College students. But More than 4 million students qualified for the next school year he said producing a $1.1 billion shortfall in the budget. A we were wrong on our estimate a Alexander told the committee wednesday. A we missed  Alexander offered no explanation. But Etta Fielek an education department spokeswoman on Friday described How the department calculates the number of students receiving the Grants calling it less a matter of science a than instincts and  Quot in this Case our Crystal Ball broke and about 300,000 More students received Pell Grants than we anticipated a said Fielek. But Fielek said no student who has received notification of the amount of his or her Pell Grant would get a reduced Grant As a consequence of the underestimation. The department has not decided How to cover the overdraft but the Money will have to be taken from some other programs appropriations. Education experts said the increase in the number of students applying for the Grants is a result of a stagnant Economy. Students Are staying in school longer because of a Lack of Job opportunities adults Are returning to school to Sharpen skills or train for better paying jobs. A this is just mostly due to the recession a said David Merkowitz director of Public affairs for the american Council on education. A a it a not a big Surprise but the departments underestimates have been chronic which has been somewhat a political thing on their  the miscalculation comes As republicans and democrats in Congress had hoped to increase the Grant level and expand the programs support by including More Middle class students. A everybody was hopeful about getting an expansion into the Middle class but More importantly an increase in the size of the maximum award a said Merkowitz. A this miscalculation forecloses that  the Pell Grant program is the chief Federal program for Aid to undergraduates providing $5.3 billion in Grants to 3.4 million College students in the school year now ending. Most of those students Are from families earning less than $35,000 a year. The maximum Grant of $2,400 is based on need and College Cost not academic Merit. Administration officials have promoted Bush s education legislation package and the $1.6 billion increase in the education budget As the Centrepiece of White House Domestic policy. Now some congressional critics maintain that the miscalculation is a politically motivated attempt to blame Congress for not financing other social programs like head Start to make up the shortfall in the College  on trial Olivia Riner is escorted by Chris Rush a private investigator As they enter court in White Plains ., last week. Riner is a Swiss Nanny charged with setting a fire that killed a baby. A Westchester county judge ruled Friday that police did not violate a incr a rights when they questioned her in English. Black fires likable worker identified As Leader in klan new York apr a worker fired by a Black owned employment Agency for being a grand dragon in the Kun flux klan said Friday that klansmen Are not hatemongers. A if anything we re love mongers a he said. William Hoff 57, said that when he joined the Kkt it a was a very violent  a i know 20 years ago i was an extremely violent Man. I was almost possessed by hatred a he said. But for 15 years Hoff said the klan has been a a strictly Legal and politically oriented White Pride group. Hoff was fired from his receptionists Job wednesday at third world personnel services after the jewish defense organization identified him As a klan member. The company a owner Angel Wilson said it was a mystery to him that a Klansman would work for the company which helps minorities find jobs. He also said he was a shocked chilled and totally a a ailed to learn of Hoffs background adding that Hoff and been Friendly with his Black and hispanic co workers. A emr. Hoff was a very likable Man a said Wilson. A a it a still very difficult. To believe he is who he  Hoff a native of South Carolina served several years in prison in the 1960s after being convicted of conspiring to kill civil rights activists. In a Telephone interview he espoused racial Equality and blasted the jewish defense organization for exposing him. A a they re just out to harm people out to make Money by threatening people firebombing planting explosives a said Hoff. A utne klan used to do things like this maybe 60 years  the jewish defense organization said Hoff was exposed As part of its operation klan kicker Campaign. William Dodge grand dragon of the Connecticut klan was Laid off from his Job at a machine shop near Hartford after being exposed earlier this month said do director Mordechai Levy. New York civil liberties Union executive director Norman Siegel called Hoffs firing a dangerous precedent. A if its the klan today who is it tomorrow a he asked. Blind beggar Back with his Best Friend Fenew York apr a Blind beggar and Pencil Eddler who was maimed by a runaway taxi was tearful a reunited Friday with his injured guide dog Smokey. A i will never forget this a gushed Thomas Armstrong As he met with his Labrador retriever for the first time since the Accident More than six weeks ago. Armstrong 64, who is still in a Hospital bed beamed and hugged 10-year-old Smokey who reciprocated by Licking is face. A that love is going to help him heal a said a Friend Frank Perino who showed up at Bellevue Hospital with his own guide dog Sheba just to a hear Thomas expression when he met  Armstrong and his dog a fixture on Midtown Manhattan a fifth Avenue were struck april 7 by a taxi that ran onto the sidewalk when its Driver was Cut off by another Motorist. New yorkers Many of whom had seen Armstrong Over the years sent him thousands of dollars hundreds of get Well cards and other gifts As he recuperated. His injuries included a broken leg dislocated shoulder and damaged blood vessels in his foot. Smokey has 30 inches of scars on his Chest and Abdomen from being dragged by the car. He also lost his vision in one Eye. A the should be dead by All accounts a said his veterinarian or. Philip Fox. Armstrong is expected to remain hospitalized for two months and Pamela s. Brier Bellevue a executive director said Smokey will be allowed frequent visits. After his release Armstrong has said he and Smokey will live with his sister Charlotte Ellis in  teen held in shooting of sex Lover s wife by the new York times Merrick  A 17-year-old High school girl was charged Friday with looting a Long Island woman in the Ead in what police said was a jealous age after a lengthy affair with the Vic mrs husband. Homicide detective Daniel Severin ailed the Case one of the a most bizarre l years and said it resembled the 1987 Lovie thriller fatal attraction. The victim was listed in extremely Crit Al condition and thought to be near eath after the shooting on the Steps of or Home tuesday morning. But she abruptly recovered and gave police a de tailed description of her assailant. The victim Mary Josephine Buttafuoco 37, was shot once with a Small Caliper semiautomatic weapon in an affluent waterfront neighbourhood in Baldwin. At first police were baffled by the shooting. But after Mary Buttafuoco described her attacker her husband Joseph 38, recognized the description they said. For the first time he told his wife about his affair with the teen Ager whom he met at his Auto body shop in Baldwin. On thursday night police picked up Amy Fisher who lives with her parents in Merrick and is a senior at John f. Kennedy High school. On Friday she was charged with attempted murder and criminal use of a firearm. Severin said that on the morning of the shooting Fisher showed up As usual at school and then slipped out and drove about five Miles to Baldwin. She knocked on the door of the Butta fun Cost White split level House on Adams Road West overlooking the Biltmore Shore Beach club and May Buttafuoco came out on the stoop police said. The two talked briefly Ana then according to police Fisher pulled the semiautomatic from her pocket and fired once. Severin said Fisher an Only child whose parents own the stitch a sew fabric store in Freeport first met Joseph Buttafuoco when Ner parents brought the family car in for repairs in late 1990. Last year they began having an affair which police said Joseph Buttafuoco tried to end. But they said Fisher remained infatuated with him. Late Friday afternoon Fisher looking dour wearing a to shirt and cutoffs was whisked from police Headquarters in Mineola for arraignment. Severin would not say How Fisher obtained the gun but he said that the investigation was continuing. A we expect to make More arrests a he said. He added however that Joseph Buttafuoco had a fully cooperated with authorities and was not suspected of any criminal conduct in the matter