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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1976 200 Years Ago This Week Children of Veterans Receives Training Grants By Congressman Allan T. Howe In a series on Navel actions in Chesapeake Bay that lasted from March 9 to March 13, 1776, the Maryland ship Defence and two Maryland milita companies attacked the British sloop of war HMS Otter and drove it away from shore near Chariton Creek, North- hampton County, Virginia. On March 14, the Congress advised all colonies to disarm all loyalists. Also on that day, Congress ordered the defense of New York by 8,000 men. General Howe, the British commander in Boston, carried out his plan to evacuate Boston on March 17, (Howe had decided to abandon the city on March 7 when he came to the conclusion that he could not defend the British fleet from American guns in forts on Dorchester Heights, and could not drive the Americans from their position). All of Howes 6,000 troops as well as about 1,000 loyalists boarded troop ships and sailed for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Howe planned to wait in Halifax for reinforcements. The British evacuation of Boston ended a nearly seige of , Almost 48,000 children of veter- that city, during which American's had been unble to break the grip of British control of Boston until General Washington carried out a tricky plan to occupy Dorchester Heights on March When the British troops and loyalists left Boston, Washington ordered his troops to march into Boston. The Continental Army completed its occupation of Boston on March 20. 3-- 4. Page Three ans are receiving training with financial help from the Veterans Administration, the agency reported today. More than 44,000 of the children are enrolled in college-leve- l courses. The VA pays up to $270 per month to help educate children of veterans who are permanently and totally disabled from service connected causes or whose parent died as a result of military service, Also eligible are children of serv icemen still listed as missing in graduated from high school or are above the age of compulsory school action. attendance, the VA may begin this Marriage of the child is no schooling before they reach age 18. barrier to VA educational assist- Some handicapped children may ance, a VA spokesman said. Generbegin special vocational or restoraally, the child remains eligible until tive courses with VA financial help his 26th birthday. as early as age 14. The children may receive up to 36 months of schooling, or the Complete information on eligibilof 36 if months enrolled ity criteria for educational assistequivalent ance for veterans' children may be The time. entitlepart aggregate obtained from the VA office or 48 ment may not exceed months. If eligible children under 18 have veterans service organization. 11-mon- th Thanks to U.S. Coast Guard Many Alive Nine hundred recreational boaters lived to see another day during 1975, thanks to the Coast saving skills of the Guard Auxiliary on the nations waters. In a year-entribute to "those life-U.- S. d members of our Coast Guard family in the Coast Guard Auxiliary," Admiral Owen W. Siler, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, said: "You have helped make 1975 a better year for our nation's boaters with your enthusiastic response to my challenge for an increased effort. In some areas you have surpassed my expectations. Your membership has grown, support missions have increased, you have more public education instructors, and most significantly, your courtesy motorboat examination, for the first time, has reached over 300,000 boaters. We in the Coast Guard, as you should be, are proud of your accomplishments, and you have my personal thanks." A summary of Auxiliary services to the boating public and the Coast Guard shows a significant increase in lives saved by Auxiliarists last year over the 403 saves in 1974. This volunteer, civilian component of the parent service now has boosted its accredited record over the past six years to 2,934 people. They have assisted distressed vessels with a combined property value of $142,094,600 as compared to $70,683,690 in 1974. In search, rescue and patrol activities, using their own vessels, aircraft and radio facilities, as well as thousands of hours of their own time, they assisted a total of 45,099 persons in conducted 13,094 Coast 1975; Guard support missions and 30,900 safety and regatta patrols. The Auxiliary made 14,651 member-owne- d vessels, aircraft and radio stations available to the Coast Guard for emergencies and related services at no cost to the parent service or the American taxpayer. They have enrolled 444,623 students in Auxiliary public classes on boating skills and seamanship, lifting total enrollees over the past six years to more than two million. With a current staff of 10 thousand instructors, the Auxiliary is the Coast Guard's major source in education boating providing throughout the nation. life-savi- day-and-nig- ht These service representatives answer customer inquiries in the Salt Lake City office. They have direct access to billing data on their individual computer terminals. Have a question about your electric bill? Our service representatives will help If you have a question about your bill from Utah Power, an accurate answer is as near as your phone. A call to Utah Powers customer service department in Salt Lake City, for example, will be answered by one of our carefully trained service representatives. Each operates a computer terminal on which she can quickly call to view your complete billing history. 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