Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Hugh ("Woo Woo") Herbert, 66, veteran slapstick cinemactor (The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend), onetime honorary mayor of Studio City, Calif.; of a heart attack; in North Hollywood, Calif...
Common to these proposals is recognition of both the nation's continuing obligation to the veteran and veteran's continuing need for money to finance his education. Only one of them, however, recognizes an obligation and a need equal to those which brought about the first G.I. Bill...
Strangely enough, most of those testifying before the Committee have ignored this issue, preferring to concentrate on the problems and advantages of making all payments directly to the veteran. They point to the fly-by-night schools set up purposely to cheat the government, and recommend the Teague bill as a preventative...
Serious as these abuses are, however, they are not enough to justify such as a radical and undesirable departure as direct payments involves. By granting a set amount of money directly to veterans, the Teague method would encourage them to enroll in low-tuition institutions and save whatever money was left over for personal expenses. This in itself distorts the bill's purpose, which is to provide funds for education and education alone. But if the proposal to pay but half a veteran's tuitional costs is approved, as it would if Congress passes the Teague bill in its present...
...Teague bill, in fact, would effectively limit the type of education a veteran could receive. This is far different from the aim of the first G.I. Bill, which was to make available to veterans funds enough to cover the cost of whatever kind of education they wished. This was an excellent idea, and the possibility of dishonesty is no reason for abandoning...