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There are, however, other long-term factors at work that seem to guarantee a significant Soviet role in the Middle East for years to come. The Soviets have been redoubling their diplomatic efforts in the Arab states that bracket Egypt: Libya, Syria and Iraq. Egypt and Syria still depend upon the Soviet Union for military supplies, and spare parts for current equipment will dictate a relatively close relationship for some time...
...construction of low-and middle-income housing-and discovered that it would have to pay 8% or more to sell them. That is all the more astounding considering that interest on these loans is exempt from federal income taxes. For a lender who is in the 50% income-tax bracket, an 8% yield on a tax-exempt note is equal to a 16% rate on a taxable loan. Outraged, the state agency withdrew the notes from the market...
...called the guidelines, formulated by the College Scholarship Service in Princeton, N.J., "unrealistic" in their assessment of what parents in the $17,000 to $35,000 income bracket can afford to pay to colleges...
...costly 9½-year war. Yet the war's devastation was still making itself felt among many of the nation's 2.5 million Viet Nam war veterans. No fewer than 23,000 are totally disabled. A full 10% of all veterans in the 20 to 24 age bracket are jobless. The most bitter complaint for many centers on college and vocational education. They quite properly ask how a Vietvet is supposed to pay for tuition, books, rent and personal expenses on the present allowance of $220 per month...
...recommendations. Last week the board proposed wage hikes of up to 30%-almost what the miners had demanded and within $2.3 million of the final settlement. The increases will raise miners' wages in the lowest category from $58.17 a week to $73.60 and in the highest bracket from...