European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday. September 4,1994defaults on student Loans decrease Washington a defaults on federally backed Loans to students Are dropping As indebted graduates sen male to a do what a right and the government uses hew tools to dig into their wages and tax refunds in Case they done to. Taxpayers Are expected to spend $2 billion this year paying off uncollected student Loans Down from a Peak of $3.6 billion in 1991, education Secretary Richard Riley said thursday. A after years of rising defaults it s going the other Way a he said. The proportion of Loans in default dropped to 15 percent in 1992 a the latest year for which figures Are available a from a High of 22.4 percent two years earlier. A a a. Quot a a a a a what it demonstrates is that the country is not made up of a Bunch of people trying to con the Federal government a said Leo Vomfeld Deputy assistant Edu cation Secretary. \ a the Large majority of people Are trying to do what a \ a a. As usual federally backed Loans for students of Beauty hair and cosmetology schools were among the hardest to recover. The government took it biggest Gamble in Nevada where three gaming schools joined a Long list of other institutions to drive up the states default rate on student Loans to 34 percent by far the country a highest. Louisiana 23.1 percen Connecticut 22.3alaska 21.1florida 20.9 and California 20.1 were the other states where More than one in five student Loans was in default. Borrowers in Montana North Dakota and Vermont were the Best at paying up. Less than 6 percent of former students in those states defaulted on their Loans a de fined As going at least six months without a payment. The government has toughened student loan rules in. The last few years lowering the Benchmark for penalizing schools with High default rates Garnish eing the wages and income tax refunds of delinquent borrowers and making it harder for them to get credit cards and other Loans. A a �., \ a a v \ a we can see substantial Progress through the cooperative efforts of Congress schools and the education department a Riley said in releasing the default rates. Yet More Progress needs to be Riley reported a fourfold increase in the amount of Money collected from the income tax refunds of delinquent borrowers. The full weight of collection efforts will bring in More than $500 million on old and newly defaulted Loans this year he said. It was the second straight year defaults had declined. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago sept. 4,1984 a president Reagan and democratic nominee Walter Mondale kicked off their campaigns with traditional labor Day rallies with Mondale saying the race for the White House involved the highest stakes in a lifetime. 20 years ago sept. 4,1974 a the Federal Trade commission announced acceptance of a negotiated settlement involving a Miami firm the Etc s opening move in a Broad probe of. The $6 billion a year land development business. 30 years ago sept. 4,1964 a soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to come to Bonn for political talks with West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard a government spokesman reported. 40 years ago sept. 4,1954 a . Secretary of state John Foster Dulles arriving in Manila declared that the forthcoming Southeast asian defense pact meeting a is one of the most important International conferences of cur 50 years ago sept. 4,1944�? a new German weapon believed to be an explosives packed experimental Junker 88 bomber launched from beneath Messerschmidt 109 or Focke Wulf 190 fighter aircraft was deployed against England for the first time. R world War ii 50 years ago today sept. 41 a 9 a 4 4 \ British troops capture the important docks at Antwerp. Belgium intact but fail to get across key canal Crossings to the North allowing the germans to keep control of the Schelde Estuary connecting the huge belgian port to the North sea. Finnish troops cease fire along the Northern soviet front. In Burma Britain s 11th East african div. Occupies sit Laung without opposition. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith. Publishers inc. Tha world almanac Oji world War ii. Bison books corp. 1981 1 a Adrian Guthrie left and Simon Roberts appearing before a tribal panel Friday in Klawock Alaska Wear native tlingit regalia inside out As a sign of shame. The teens were convicted of beating and robbing a deliveryman and were banished to Remote islands 2tribal panel Calls boys punishment for attack rehabilitation Klawock Alaska a tribal ciders Friday banished two tlingit Terf agers convicted of robbing and beating a pizza deliveryman to separate islands in a sprawling alaskan archipelago for a year to 18 months. Defendants Adrian Guthrie and Simon Roberts both 17, were taken to a fishing boat for transport to the unidentified islands immediately after the 8 30 . Verdict. The 12 elders deliberated about 3vi hours after two Days of hearings. Lead judge Rudy James said the boys will be monitored to measure their Progress. Quot this is not a punishment of a punitive nature. This is not a punishment of endurance to survive in very harsh conditions a James said a it is the judgment of this court that the aim of the sentence is for he said the teens will be provided with tools and equipment necessary for survival in the vast Alexander archipelago. The cousins pleaded guilty in May to robbing and beating Tim Whittlesey of a Everett wash., permanently damaging his hearing and eyesight. The teens Are both of Klawock a fishing and logging Village of 800 on Prince of Wales Island near the Southern tip of the alaskan Panhandle. James also said the tribal court will meet saturday mom ing with the victims family to discuss restitution. Last month a Washington state judge postponed sentencing the pair to see if tlingit pronounced Clink it Justice would work better than prison. The two Day hearing Marks the first time a state court has referred a criminal Case to an american tribal panel for a traditional Indian punishment a in this Case banishment to isolated islands. During fridays hearing the elders focused on a Man who the youths say suggested the robbery and questioned the teens at length about the pizza including its size the toppings and who ate it. Some of the questions elicited smirks from the defendants. The youths told the elders that they had gotten drunk on rum at a party the night of the attack last year. When James expressed disbelief that the crime was done without planning Guthrie said a we did no to sit Down and draw a map. I mean it does no to take a lot of skill to Rob a pizza on thursday Guthrie said they got the idea from another boy who bragged that he had mugged pizza deliverers a to i make Quick but on Friday Guthrie described the other person As a 25-year-old White Man who lived in the Everett apartment building where the party was held. The elders asked numerous questions about the Man and one of them suggested he should be standing with the teen agers As an accomplice. Quot the Only reason he did no to get arrested is he wrote statements against us saying what we did a Roberts said. When one judge inquired about the pizza toppings Guthrie snapped a i done to see what relevancy that he also smirked and showed exasperation at other questions. A tribal advocate for the defendants asked the elders to explain the purpose of the questions drawing a stinging rebuke from elder Byron Skinna or. A you broke tribal Law. Worse than that you brought shame on your families. That a the worst thing a he said. George Dalton sr., another elder told the boys not to Smirk. A you done to joke about things like this. This joking manner has brought you to this position a he said. When Simon replied a alcohol has brought us to this position Quot Dalton said a i did no task you to
