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TheAssociatedPress SARATOGASPRINGS,N.Y. A 100-year-old Army veteran of World War II is finally getting his high school di- ploma — as is his great- grandson. George Hulka Jr. made it to eighth grade at a one- room schoolhouse and worked on his family's dairy farm in the upstate New York town of Saratoga before being drafted ahead of the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. He went on to fight as a rifleman from North Af- rica to Germany, receiving a Bronze Star and several other medals. But he never finished school. Today, 19-year-old Devin Stark will pick up his great- grandfather's diploma at graduation ceremonies in the Schuylerville School District. New York allows World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veterans who lived in the state but didn't graduate to get di- plomas. In 1941, Hulka heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor while driving from Fort Bragg to his home, where he arrived to learn he had been called back to join the 9th Division, nick- named the "Old Reliables." He saw action in Algeria- French Morocco and Tuni- sia campaigns and Sicily and landed on Utah Beach on D-Day. "It was hell," Hulka told the Times Union of Albany. "I got out of a landing craft and ran like hell, ducking and jumping over bodies and all the things that go with war." Hulka fought through northern France, the Ar- dennes, central Europe and the Rhineland. He had ma- laria and lost some hear- ing when a bomb exploded nearby. Hulka said he will put his new, framed diploma on a wall in his home. His great-grandson lives on farmland where Hulka grew up and is proud to be part of the special gradua- tion. "He's a very amazing man for what he did," Stark said. Veteran,100,finallygetshighschooldiploma THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Devin Stark, 19, right, shares a moment with his great-grandfather George Hulka ,100, at the Wesley Community Center on Tuesday in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Hulka never graduated from high school because he le for World War II. He will graduate from Schuylerville High School today with his great-grandson, Devin Stark, who is a member of Schuylerville's Class of 2014, By Lenny Bernstein The Washington Post The main charity for victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings final- ized plans Friday to dis- tribute almost $20 million more to people who were injured in the attack, with priority given to people who face a lifetime of cop- ing with amputations and other severe limb injuries. The One Fund Boston said it would give addi- tional money to all 232 of the victims of the April 15, 2013, bombing, including the families of three people killed by the two bombs and relatives of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology po- lice officer killed during the manhunt for the two sus- pects. Last year, the charity distributed $60.9 million to those people, with the high- est payouts, $2.2 million, to double amputees and fami- lies of those slain. Since then, some younger amputees have said that even the generous payouts would not be sufficient to support their medical needs for a lifetime, and others whose injuries emerged later questioned a payment formula that was based on the number of days spent in the hospital. A week ago, according to the Boston Globe, 14 peo- ple who say they have trau- matic brain injuries held a news conference to criticize the formula for the second distribution. The One Fund has col- lected more than $19 mil- lion since the first payout, and a panel of medical ex- perts decided all the survi- vors should be given addi- tional compensation. That includes the amputees, who are the top priority, but also people who suffered lacer- ations, burns, hearing in- juries, ringing in the ears, abrasions, nerve damage, puncture wounds, post- concussive syndrome and traumatic brain injuries, ac- cording to the protocol re- leased Friday. Among amputees, pay- ments will be determined by factors that include whether they are single or double amputees; whether the amputation is above or below the knee; the sever- ity of injuries to remaining limbs; age and the number of surgeries the survivor has undergone during the past year. Survivors have until July 30 to apply for the money and may choose not to ac- cept any more. The One Fund also will work with medical authorities to cre- ate a program to evaluate and treat people who suf- fered hearing loss, mental health problems, post-trau- matic stress and traumatic brain injuries, as well as their families. COMPENSATION Bo st on b om bi ng victims to get $20 million more WILDLIFE WHEN HONEY BECKONS ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A male bear stands by the house that he ripped into the floorboards of for his beehive meal in Juneau, Alaska. The bear was wearing an Alaska Department of Fish and Game tag. A neighbor, Ira Winograd, said the bear must have smelled a beehive the wall of the house, so he tore it up to get to his meal. A erward, the bear ambled along a walkway and eventually darted into the forest. By M.l. Johnson The Associated Press ELKHORN,WIS. Twowomen found dead in suitcases along a Wisconsin highway may have died accidentally, perhaps during consensual sex, the defense attorney for the former police officer suspected in their deaths said Friday. Steven Zelich, a 52-year- old security officer, is charged with two counts of hiding a corpse. Prosecu- tors convinced a judge to set bond at $1 million after say- ing they expected homicide charges to be filed in the counties where the women were killed, but Zelich's at- torney said it's unclear how the women died. "It could be anything from premeditated ho- micide down to acciden- tal death that occurred through a consensual sex- related act," Walworth County public defender Tra- vis Schwantes said after the bond hearing. Investigators have said Zelich met the two women online. Zelich was arrested Wednesday, when detec- tives wearing hazmat suits removed a refrigerator and large brown bags of evi- dence from his apartment in West Allis, a Milwau- kee suburb. He appeared for Friday's bond hearing through a video from jail but did not speak. Highway workers cutting grass discovered two suit- cases on June 5. Police iden- tified one woman as Laura Simonson, 37, of Farming- ton, Minnesota. Authorities have not released the iden- tity of the second woman but describe her as a white female with long, dark hair, a pronounced overbite and a small heart tattoo on her lower left abdomen. Investigators allege that Zelich said he killed both women after meeting them online and stored their bodies in his home and vehicle for months before dropping the suitcases in the Town of Geneva, some 50 miles southwest of Mil- waukee. 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