Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 16, 1975 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 16, 1975 NASSAU FROM 239. per person quad occupancy * TRIP INCLUDES: E j Round trip air transporta- * tion via Transair jet, trans- Ifers, 7 nights accommoda-* tion,' daily snack, cocktail t party, green f e e s, tennis, I beach baq, and many more R excitina extras! f " Sheraton British Colonial Hotel * Other hotels available at . additional cost 1..mww w.- m mm ---.--R--- Great Places Peter Hebert 2016 Traver, Ann Arbor 662-2117 (evenings) P.Q. Box 2059, Ann Arbor (313) 769-1776 48106 Local Motion thrives Plan generous to retirees I WASHINGTON ) - Federal retirees can get billions of ex- tra dollars at taxpayer expenses because a formula designed toI keep their pensions in step withi (Continued from Page 1) inflation actually propels them level of office and administra- increasingly ahead. tive costs of Local Motion. As The unintended bonus could soon as money from other local easily cost taxpayers $100 billion concerns begins to increase, or more by 1990, according to Local Motion will start recycl- projections by The Associated ing the money back into the Press-projections which Con- community. gress failed to make before it Under the present framework, approved the formula. businesses can either turn inj the surcharge collected on a SO MANY variable factors are regular, frequent basis such as involved, the exact cost of the every week or month, or they bonanza for today's nearly two can convert the revenue into million federal pensioners can't grants or loans which they pre- be determined. sent bi-annually to Local Motion. But AP calculations show that HALL announced at the fair a typical federal employe who yesterday that three new mem- retired in January 1973 could, hers were added to the growing during the rest of his life, draw group of businesses and cooper; more than $27,500 beyond what; atives supporting Local Motion. he would receive if his pension merely kept even, month by month, with the cost of living Iindex. t t t a t THE PENSION overpayments come about because under a 1969 law retirees are given extra permanent one per cent pension increases e a c h time their checks are adjusted for changes in the Consumer Price Index. The CPI is the standard meas- uring tool for the most of living. The extra one per cent is supposed to compensate for money lost during the lag be- tween the time living costs in- crease and the time retirement checks are adjusted to meet those increases. But in reality, the extra one per cent compounds over the years, pushing retirement[l checks farther and farther ahead of any rise in the cost of living. IN FACT, the faster the cost of living increases, the farther and faster federal pensions move ahead. Civil servants, congressmen and retired military personnel all benefit from the extra one per cent formula, which Con- gress approved in 1969. N. Ethiopia besieged (Continued from Page 1) the capital. Some got business and professional jobs, while others opened stalls in the mar- ket place. Sources said up to 5,000 of them have left. They are fleeing toward the guerrilla war because, as one woman put it, "We prefer to, die among our own people." They think the guerrillas will extend their campaign to Addis MIKHAIL STERN SENTENCE 8 YEARS MIKHAIL LEVIEV SENTENCE DEATH. CRIME: Application for VISA to Israel. the destruction of Soviet Jewrv continues LET MY PEOPLE GO! 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Obstetrician convicted (Continued from Page 1) been from 22 to 26 weeks old- that could have been saved wasC the principal point of contest caused the death of a foetus capable of life outside its mother by deliberately delaying the re- moval of it from the womb after classroom instruction in electronic music the usic studio Partial list of subjects covered during our 12-week course: " Sound properties and acoustical phenomena " Electronic generation and modification of sound " Theory and use of voltage-controlled equipment " Tape recorder characteristics and operation " Studio recording, splicing and mixing techniques 555 e. william 994-5404 LAST SERIES OF CLASSES THIS TERM BEGINS THURS., FEB. 20 between defense counsel and the its umbilical cord to the mother prosecution. had been severed. 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