The World JOAN VASS, U.S.A. FAIL/'18 MUNE SHOW - Wed., July 15th - Sat., July 18th 1998 Wednesday 10:00-6:00 Thursday 10:00-8:00 Friday 10:00-6:00 Saturday 10:00-4:00 Inside Orchard Mall Orchard Lake Road North of Maple 248-626-0886 Experienced Designers... French Canadian Quality Germany Expands Reparations Berlin (JTA) — Some 7,500 Holo- caust survivors will receive compensa- tion from Germany as a result of a new agreement. The agreement, signed between Germany and the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, expands the eligibility criteria to two groups of survivors who until now have not received any compensation from . the German government. Payments are expected to be made after Jan. 1, 1999. One group is made up of survivors who were denied compensation because their annual income exceeded $16,000 for a single person, or $21,000 for a married couple. But for 4,500 survivors, who meet this criteria when their Social Security income is excluded, compensation now will be available. The other group includes survivors who spent the war years in camps that were not included in the original com- pensation agreement. Survivors who were incarcerated in special camps for Jews located in Austria, in forced labor camps on the Austro-Hungarian bor- der or in forced military labor battal- ions for Hungarian Jews on the Ukrainian front will now also be able to receive compensation. An estimated 3,000 survivors fall into this category. The German government will spend $25 million a year on the pen- sions for these 7,500 survivors. . Norway To Pay Camp Survivors , , New York (JTA) — Jewish groups praised Norway's approval of a draft law setting aside about $58 million for Jewish survivors of Nazi death camps, their descendants and Jewish organiza- tions. The Scandinavian country became the first nation occupied by the Nazis during World War II to launch a plan to pay compensation to Jews for the Holocaust. ........ Publicity Deadlines Joel Hersh President 7/10 1998 40 Xitchen • Direct 26618 Southfield Rd. • Visit Our Showroom, 2 Blocks South of 1-696 • Lathrup Village • (248) 424-7300 The normal deadline for local news and publicity items is noon Thurs- day, eight days prior to issue date. The deadline for out-of-town obit- uaries is 10 a.m. Tuesday, three days prior to issue date.