Daily Photo by DOUG McMAHON Invasion of the cheerleaders No, it's not another summer horror flick, it's a parade of cheerleaders on campus. The teenagers strolled down State St. yesterday while spending time at the University for a training program. Senate votes to supplement student aid by $217 million The Michigan Daily-Friday, August 13, 1982-Page 11 Nuclear war won't stop mail, post office says WASHINGTON (AP)- While con, ded to maintain an organization ceding there may not be many people capable of moving essential mail and left to write one another after a nuclear assisting other government agencies war, the Postal Service is promising after a war. that "those that are will get their IT ESTABLISHES a chain of com- mail." mand under which the five regional The Federal Emergency postmasters general could take control Management Agency told a if the Washington headquarters was congressional subcommittee yesterday destroyed. that the same people who are un- Assuming Memphis still exists after a deterred by rain, snow, sleet, and nuclear war, it would become the new gloom of night intend "to make the best headquarters. If Memphis is of a lousy situation" should a nuclear devastated, San Bruno, Calif., would war occur. become the headquarters. Retired Rear Adm. Gene La Rocque, Rep. Mickey Leland (D-Texas), the however, called the Postal Service's subcommittee chairman, questioned nuclear war contingency plans the need for the plan, saying that even "fraudulent and deceitful" and "an in, its existence leads to an assumption sult to the American public." that the nation could survive a nuclear exchange. "PLANNING for life after a nuclear Joseph Moreland, assistant associate war is like planning to live in hell-no director of the Federal Emergency one has the foggiest notion what it will Management Agency, responded that be like," La Rocque told the House Post Leland was assuming "the worst Office subcommittee. possible scenario with the worst Postal officials conceded that they possible result." cannot predict conditions in the wake of The nation needs emergency plans a war, but they defended their plan as a for the full range of possible disasters, means to function to whatever extent including nuclear war, Moreland said. proves possible. He described the task as trying to The contingency plan, developed in "make the best out of a lousy the 1950s and revised last year, is inten- situation." "HAVE WE GOT A DEAL FOR YOU!" '- newly remodelled, furnished apts. ideal campus location individual leases available 12 month lease: 2 person /2 bedroom-$202.50 /person 4 person/2 bedroom-$102.50/person 8 month lease: 2 person/2 bedroom-$242.50 /person 4 person/2 bedroom-$122.50/person University Towers South University at South Forest Visit our Model apartments daily 9-5, weekends 12-4, or phone 761 -2680 (Continued from Page 1) Thomas Butts, an aide to the University vice president for academic affairs. "It adds $48 million more to the $29 million that the House passed." ACCORDING to Butts, the bill would bring the total federal Pell Grant allocation to almost $2.5 billion and would increase the maximum BEOG award for University students from $1,674 to $1,800. If the additional $77 million is awar- ded to the SEOG Program, it would bring the federal SEOG allocation to more than $307 million and could provide the University with an ad- ditional $250,000 in funds. The University originally expected its 1982-83 allocations to drop more than $260,000 from the SEOG Program, a 25 percent reduction. In the BEOG Program, the University was scheduled to lose $600,000, a 12 percent cut. BUTTS WAS hopeful the entire $77 million would be approved in the con- ference that took place last night. "Ob- viously the hopes are they (Congress) would go with the full $77 million," he said. "It would obviously relieve some of the strains we're under this year," he added. Although the University has not finished sending out student aid award notices, Butts said the increase in funds might alter the amount of aid a student receives. "It would mean revisions in packages for both Pell Grants and Supplemental Grants," he said. STUDENTS in lower-income brackets will probably benefit the most from the additional University SEOG funds. "The purpose of that program is to sup- plement the Pell Grant Program so I'd expect it would first be targeted to the neediest students," he said. "It might help a few (middle-income students)," he added, "but it will also help students who have exceptionally high costs." These would include students whose families perhaps have more than one child in college, accor- ding to Butts. The additional funds for Pell Grants make the program distinct from other federal aid programs because its total allocation is now higher than it was for the 1981-82 academic year. Last year, the BEOG total was $2.346 million, $73 million less than has been allocated for 1982-83. This increase, however, is not sur- prising in light of students' needs, ac- cording to Butts. "It's not a significant increase," he said, "but it's certainly going to help students more realistically in that program." Although President Reagan vetoed a similar bill last year, Butts said he is optimistic the funds will be approved. "You still have the pending threat of a presidential veto," he explained. "I'm not a betting man," he said, but added, "I'm optimistic about it."