Auraria will be the focus of national attention this week when the National Conference on Violence Against Women opens.
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The state taxman has his eye on the Tower Building, but don't worry, UCO is not in arrears.
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"When bongs are outlawed, only outlaws will have bongs." A local judge has overturned the paraphernalia law.
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Chuck Morris is tne man behind the fabulous Rainbow Music Hall. From Tulagi to high-technology, Morris has seen it all in the Denver music business. -Now that he is dead, he seems to be everywhere. Is Alfred Hitchcock haunting us - again?
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delays in handling VA educational Citing "a course of last resort," benefits, slow response to . two members of Colorado's veterans' inquiries, and a backlog congressional delegation called on compensation a,id pension ~Sept. 12 for an audit of the claims. Veterans Administration office in Schroeder said similar problems Denver. with the VA in 1974 sparked a In a morning press conference previous GAO investigation at the Auraria Student Center, requested by her office. "\Representative Pat Schroeder and The 1974 inquiry, Schroeder ~enator Gary Hart requested the said, turned up ''all sorts of General Accounting Office to violations" in the regional office, conduct an investigation of the along with assurances of correcVA's regional office. tive action. In a September 9 letter to Elmer Since the initial GAO in1:B. Staats, GAO comptroller vestigation, however, Schroeder _,, general, Schroeder and Hart said complaints to her office ac- ยง sought the investigation due to a tually increased _ from~400 in ~ lack of success with both local and 1975 to over 800 in 1979. o central VA offices, and a request "And," she said, showing a offices would work on y A by a local veterans' group, the pile of documents to the conferen- problems on a case-by-cas~ basis. ;...Committee for the Improvement ce audience, "we've received over "We're not abandonmg the of the Veterans Administration 700 this year." field," Hart said. Services in Colorado. ''The problem is absolutely When one veteran asked about During the conference, attended outrageous," she added. "We've possible vA har~ss~ent of comby about 20 Auraria student- got to get the 'Mickey Mouse' out plainants, Hart said If I find out, I will clean house out the~e. veterans, Schroeder and Hart also of the way. (Said their local offices receive "This (the audit) is a course of They'd (the VA) better not be mvolved in a systematic slowdown." numerous complaints about the last resort." operation of the regional VA ofHart said the results of the audit "You earned those rights," flee. . should be available "in about four Schroeder said. "To see the In a pre-released statement, to six months." In the meantime, government respond in this man-โ ข Hart noted some problems repor- both Hart and Schroeder said their ner makes my hair stand on end."
Schroeder said civil service legislation created two years ago now enables the government to withhold pay increases to upper level administrators found lacking in their job performance. "It's the carrot-stick approach," Schroeder said. "It's much more effective than a press conference. "It's a way to make the top cooperate." Dan Erner, acting assistant continued on page 3