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Temporary benefits
cut off for thousands
of jobless in Michigan
DETROIT (UPI) - State labor of-
ficials said yesterday a $1.1 billion
federal funding shortfall will mean a
temporary cutoff of special jobless
benefits to more than 170,000 unem-
ployed Michigan workers.
Regular state unemployment
payments will not be affected, the
Michigan Employment Security Com-
mission said, since those benefits are'
funded through taxes paid by state em-
ployers.
THE TEMPORARY benefits in-
terruption, effective today, will choke
off about $1.2 million a day in federal
funds now paid to a variety of workers,
said MESC Director S. Martin Taylor.
The bulk of those affected by the
federal funding gap are autoworkers
eligible for Trade Readjustment
Allowances (TRA) payments that go to
employees who lose their jobs to foreign
competition.
The MESC currently is paying out $1
million a day in TRA benefits.
ALSO AFFECTED will be jobless
federal government workers, ex-
military personnel and postal em-
ployees and public service employees
hired under the federal Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act
(CETA).
The shortfall arose when the U.S.
Labor Department underestimated by
$1.1 billion the amount of money needed
to pay benefits for TRA and other
federal unemployment programs
nationwide.
When the shortage was discovered,
the Labor Department sent a sup-
plemental appropriations measure to
Congress, where it still awaits final ap-
proval.
IT COULD take at least three weeks
for the bill to be passed, Taylor said.
"Although obviously they're going to
be terribly upset, we've instructed our
branch office people to tell the claiman-
ts coming in it's not the fault of the
MESC, it's not the fault of the state
government," Taylor said.
Although the cutoff is nationwide,
Michigan - where the May unem-
ployment rate swelled to 14 per cent -
likely will have the largest number of
jobless workers affected, Taylor said.
"It's the leader, there's no question
about that, unfortunately," he said.
Taylor estimated about 160,000
Michigan workers receiving or
scheduled to receive TRA benefits -
most of ,them laid-off autoworkers -
will find their checks halted by the
cutoff.
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It seems actress Elizabeth Taylor last week apparently tried to confirm
the widely held notion that show biz celebrities can be a selfish, narcissistic
breed of people. Participating in the Gala for the Performing Arts at
Wolf Trap Theater Park in Virginia, Taylor became irked when Johnny-Cash
stole her thunder by singing for half an hour instead of his allotted ten
minutes as the program neared closing time. Taylor protested to poet Rod
McKuen, who was next on the bill, and said she would not read her poem at
all if she was not allowed to go on stage before him. Taylor then
unexpectedly struck McKuen after hearing Burt Reynolds' gleeful response
to her statement that she might not perform. McKuen reacted by promptly
striking her back. It was not reported who ended up going on stage next. Q
Golfer's delight
Dick Vinette of Lanesborough, Mass., was at a loss as to how he should
inform the world of his new invention for driving range targets. He finally
decided that to attract golfers, he should have the most hated face depicted
on the target so the public would travel specifically to his driving range just
for a chance to hit it. Vinette settled on the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Now Baker's Driving Range is doing a rousing business as duffers try to hita
four-by-four portrait of Khomeini on a target 150 yards from the tees. When
the target is struck, a horn sounds, a big American flag unfurls, blocking out
the ayatollah's picture, and the golf ball soars into the air. "There has been a
lot of reaction from the public. We've had people get frustrated and start
throwing balls at the target," Vinette said. If nothing else, Americans have
now been given at least one way to vent their anger about the Iranian
crisis. Q
On the Outside
It's getting better all the time. Today should be sunny and warm with a
high in the upper 70's. Q
Happenings
FILMS
AAFC-Providence, 7,9 p.m., MLB 4.
Cinema II-Cria!, 7:30, 9:30 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud.
Cinema Guild-Beach Ball, 8 p.m., Old Arch. Aud.
MISCELLANEOUS
American Heritage Night-Hawaiian cuisine featured, 5-7 p.m.,
Michigan League.
Workers World Party/Youth Against War and Fascism-Workers World
Party presidential and vice-presidential candidates Deirdre Griswold and
Larry Holmes, 7:00 p.m., Trotter House.
Ann Arbor Advocates for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth-slide show and
discussion, 7:30 p.m., Wesley Foundation, 602 E. Huron.
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Thursday, June 12,1980
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