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teachers of vocational schools: have been given
an average salary increase of 21%.. Teachers of
rural schools. who are entitled to a state old-age
pension. are to be exempted from paving rent for
their apartments and all residential communal
services.

Nursery School Teachers

The salaries of the personnel of all kindergar-
tens and nurseries (these establishments take care
of 9.600.000 children of working parents). have
been increased an average of 29°. Increments to
salaries have been introduced for physical culture
instructors. specialists in logopedics and other
school specialists.

In addition. wages and salaries have been in-

creased for other categories of Soviet workers.

For example. shepherds taking flocks of sheep
to distant pastures are now entitled to an increase
of from 12 to 25%. And payments have been in-

creased to workers and office emplovees in light.

food and tire industries for night work.

Students

The generation being trained to take over the
building of a new society — college students and

students of specialized secondary schools — are
accorded ever greater.concern in the USSR. The
amount of scholarship grants has been increased.
beginning in the autumn of 1972. The grants of
those enrolled in the universities and institutes
of the USSR (about 6 million voung men and
women) have been increased by 25%. while those

of students of specialized secondary schools.

(about 4.5 million voung people) have been raised
50°c. Rural machine operators wishing to raise
their qualifications are entitled. while they are
taking the free courses. to a grant of from 20 to 40
rubles in addition to their former average wage.

invalids of World War Il

Disabled veterans are: now entitled to get. for
their free personal use. a Zaporozhets car for a
period of 7 vears — and'not for 10 vears as was
formerly the case — then they are issued another

car. Users of such Zaporozhets cars are exempted,

from paving garage rent.

The Ninth Five-Year Plan guarantees that. as
the country’s economic potential grows. the real
per capita incomes of the entire 250 million So-
viet people will be increased 31‘: by the end of
1975.

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