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Show Stadent Locns More than half of all college students in this country apply for federal grants, Jobs, some sort of loan or aid to help make it through school. Repaying these loans is becoming increasingly difficult. Consider Inflation. According to the National Student Associate, a student who wrked for iu weeks in the summer of 1956 at the minimum wage (then $1 an hour) and saved half of his $400 earnings was able to meet 40 percent of his tuition. But in 1976 a student saving half of his minimum-wag- e earnings ($2.30 an hour) was able to meet less than 20 percent of his tuition. What many college students have done, after using a federal loan, is to declare bankruptcy. Several universities and colleges, however, are fighting back by refusing to furnish transcripts to students who default on their student loans, thus making it more difficult for them to obtain Jobs. Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently ruled that a private college (Webster, in St. Louis) was not required to furnish transcripts to two students who had defaulted on student loans and received a discharge of them in bankruptcy proceedings. Th e U.S. Court of Coifs Sex Symbol Laura Baugh, 22 the most beautiful, photogenic and sexy member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association has not won a tournament in four years. But she earns more money than those who win. Also more publicity. Lauras "take from commercial endorsements and personal appearances comes to $200,000 annually. Should the sex symbol of ladies professional golf ever win a major tournament, her agent expects her gross to double. At 16 Laura was the youngest person to win the U.S. Womens Amateur Championships. When she turned pro at 18, she was expected to win her fair share of tournaments, but somehow whenever she approaches victory she chokes up and finishes second. Laura, of course, will make headlines when she wins her first professional tournameht, but in the process she will also lose the sympathy of those competitors who for so long were jealous of her beauty but no longer care. Perhaps Laura will have won a tournament by the time this piece reaches print. We will then see what it does to her image. 1 : t j ; The 'taste thats too good to rush brings you the top that reduces spilling and dripping means less waste helps kids pour their own So, savor the flavor, slowly. SAVOTlsLOmY PRO GOLFER LAURA BAUGH r Best Foods, a Division ol CPC International Inc S |