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VUE BUY BOOKS EVERYDAY! AND GIVE 20% MORE IN TRADE ON USED BOOKS I f’Loupors*’ BOOKSTORE national Batlalion/Pai?^ - " April 30, 111' n; Nearly $1 million An 6 given to fired profsne£ United Press International NEW YORK — The Big Ap ple has paid 10 professors ac cused of being communist sym pathizers in the era of Joe McCarthy, the Wisconsin Re publican who conducted com munist witch-hunts nearly 30 years ago, nearly $1 million be cause they were dismissed from university jobs after being caught in a “web of suspicion. ,v estates of three professors now dead. Oscar Shaftel, 69, received his payment more than 29 years after he was fired from his post in 1952 as assistant professor of English at Queens College. The awards Wednesday marked the end of years of liti gation between the city and those dismissed and, jn the eyes of Comptroller Harrison Gol den, gave New York a chance to right a wrong. The payments totalling $935,098 were divided among the survivors through individual annuity funds. Lump sum pay ments were to be given to the Shattel said his dismissal occurred because he refused to answer government questions about his political affiliations during the Red Scare set off by the McCarthy accusations. But despite his dismissal, Shaftel said:“I never lost honor." my Shaftel, and Bernard Riess, 75, were two of seven teachers still alive to see the checks. In all, Goldin said, 10 profes sors — two women and eight men — were caught in the McCarthy era’s tide of suspicion and the Fein berg law, which United Pres allowed the city to haJ MEXICO C belonging to a subvfrsj:scue units wer< from holding ajob. eight v illages a The law was declardlouthern Mexi stitutional in 1967. ano, but for Shaftel, of Long E another harnle Queens, was question crater, the E Senate judiciary sub: says. Remembering that I A ministry time, his wife was prey: Wednesday tl their third child, Shal formed a circl could not afford tog mile radius of Nevertheless, he rcnot been able i answer the committeicause knee-de< tions and when hen ash was blocki New York he wasduhil He said th< Using the name OJ are within the Shaftel became a “had 1 111 until he could again j teaching job. Riess, who said hehai| put on a danger list asa 1 b.‘bj, said he was disiM cause he was the presifc| feathers Union. Low-interest home mortgag tested in Supreme Court United Pres . With the IJ.: on the world i expected to o best travel bart trans-Atlantic: Air Force experience can get your career off the ground. If you’re in the market for a challenge, consider becoming an Air Force pilot, navigator or engineer. Top performance is a way of life in the Air Force. As an officer, you’ll be a vital part of the important role that the Air Force plays in world affairs. 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It a'so will set an ex- ple for the nation. tion, a California homeowner could invoke state law and con tinue to assume low-interest ample William Rehnquist staunchly came to the defense of Califor nia’s right to enforce its own property laws, free from federal interference. Under his posi- mort gages. But Justice Thurgood Mar shall stood up for the Federal Home Lxian Bank Board’s au thority to pass a nationwide rule allowing federal savings and loan associations to enforce “due on sale” clauses when mort gaged property is sold. The board, which oversees federally insured lending insti tutions, contends it has a right to protect the associations' finan cial stability. Its “due on sale" rule, passed in 1976, permits a federal lend ing institution to call for full re payment of a mortgage when a piece of property is sold. In that way, the savings and loan can issue a new loan, at a higher in terest rate, and avoid being stuck with a low-interest mort gage- Stephen Shapiro, a govern ment attorney representing the board, said savings and loans are going up and . * i . Americans stil m the midst ot an e*, avsU)kc . t . slump not seen since ’ days of the Great Deptts first-timer: The chief reasonistb travelling will portfolios of old, lo™he travel in mortgages being earned competitive ai rates in a time of soanngii variety of low charges. package tours But Robert Boehmer. transportation ney for three California; baggage hand buyers who are defendf tipping, taxes right to assume low tials. They vv mortgages, related his m necessary arn tale to tne justices. extra cost. In (.aliiiiiiiu jj^Eravelling Boehmer said, theonhit be ch r lh tions involve assumptions own because isting loans. With inters:. t0U1 operatol at 1 / or 18 percent, thea pl a ne seats at family could not buy a bulk rates and and even a wealthyfamilim,, sav ; n g- s a i r have trouble buying." Travelers his. The case has : 'caught jOp <>ut l * spread attention from abjp half the states in thecountnjf National Association of Rts and various lending groiipl The court is expectedi 1 ', on it by July. ■ United Pre, KNOXVIL1 Faulty pacemakers recalled 3,000-year-old my and a tiny c Wall of China rived at the W< United Press International WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has announced the recall of heart pacemakers that it said may fail suddenly, endangering the lives of cardiac patients. Involved is the “Ventricular Inhibited Pulse Generator VVI, Model 100’’ under brand names “Valleylab” and “Synthemed.” The agency said Wednesday the implanted devices have a 10- year life expectancy with a uni que “reserve cell” for backup power. 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