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Newspaper
Des Moines Tribune
Location
Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1972
Page
5
Sylvia Porter notes that despite a slight slowing, the average annual rise in college costs remains 5 to 7 percent. The piece highlights how much middle income families and students must contribute through earnings and on campus work, and outlines ongoing confusion over the federal-state guaranteed loan program and upcoming rule changes.
The passage explains total effective income as the family amount left after taxes deductions and expenses, used to determine college contribution. It notes factors such as assets, debts, and retirement allowances—varying by age of the breadwinner—and cites examples of contributions for different income levels and family situations.
Details the expected annual college contribution for families with two dependents including a college student. It lists income brackets from 5,000 to 25,000 with specified totals and notes higher parental contributions for fewer children and lower for more. It also outlines student obligations such as one quarter of savings, 300 to 400 summer earnings pre freshman, increasing later, plus additional contributions from non college scholarships and veterans or social security benefits.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis will join Senator Claiborne Pell on a one day whistle stop Oct. 28 to assist his re election. The trip from Westerly Rhode Island to Woonsocket will include Amtrak Penn Central trains and stops in Providence and Pawtucket with bands and a platform appearance possible. She will not speak or shake hands with voters during the 42 hour journey. Pell faces a strong challenge from Republican John Chafee in Rhode Island.
In Santiago President Allende vowed to prevent clashes as strikes and bombings persisted. Rail sabotage, party offices bombed, and a ongoing nine day track workers strike spurred sympathy actions. 2500 volunteers handled perishables. LAN pilots planned a Friday strike. 19 of 25 provinces under military state of emergency. curfews tightened in Santiago and Valparaiso. clashes between strikers and police continued.
Adam, a 7 to 10 year old, misses the Apollo II moonwalk and despondently shares a farm vigil with his sister Jenny. With no TV, they follow the flight by radio and papers. Through the farm days he discovers important truths about life and hope.
A little boy narrates a bedtime tale set outside his window where a bear in distress due to a toothache seeks help. The boy invites the bear in and attempts humorous methods to relieve the pain, delivering a playful read aloud experience.
A compact review of the history and forms of money for young readers. The book traces early coins, the rise of paper money, and bartering, illustrated in two colors by Leslie Jacobs for the Four Winds line.
May Garelick writes a rhymed picture book with Brinton Turkle illustrations on animal life across the world including the camel in deserts and a polar bear unable to endure such homesite. It notes freight transport in the United States has grown to fifteen times its pre century level.
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