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...many first-term enlistees who make only their $448.80 a month basic pay, hourly earnings are substantially less than the $3.10 federal minimum wage. Says Major General William P. Acker, Commander of the Air Force Military Training Center at Lackland in Texas: "A good, sharp youngster can do better working at McDonald...
...substantial pay raise would help the volunteer force the most. Says Meyer: "Professional soldiers remain professional soldiers for reasons profoundly more complicated than wage scales. But the youngster who is searching, and must justify his choice to his peers with some rationale, cannot ignore the tales of hardship relayed to him by present and former service members." Says Dr. AJ. Martin, a Pentagon manpower specialist: "The most patriotic guy in the world has to feed his family...
...certainly won't be able to replace Italy, where every stone has a history," Ussia says. "We'll mainly be catering to the new generation--they're just discovering new heroes." For example, Ussia describes a youngster who has just learned about opera tenor Enrico Caruso: "He'll be able to go to the audio room, check out a tape, and listen to tapes of Caruso's operas...
...cross-legged in front of the first row in the South House dining hall confirmed its didactic capabilities last Saturday night. He asked me who Socrates was, obviously not understanding an allusion Linus made when he tells Lucy to know herself. There is no doubt, however, that this youngster could relate to the abandon with which Linus sucked his thumb and held his blanket...
Approximately the same number of Harvard volunteers are expected to show up this afternoon in front of the John Harvard statue. Each volunteer will be assigned a youngster with whom to get acquainted and to tutor one day a week...