OEO Has a Poverty Problem Too
The local anti poverty agencies face funding cuts as the national OEO program fights for budget, with LEAP in Linn County and Cedar Rapids programs affected. Mergers, area concept reorganization, and changes to Headstart funding loom as Congress debates 1968 shares.
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Congress
Regional Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Linn Economic Action Project
LEAP
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Mary Seaton
Johnson County
Linn
UCS
Dwaine Schaffner
Hawkeye
Schaffner
Hawkeye Area
T.R.A.I.N
Cedar
Kansas City
Glen Davis
Thomason
The
Gazette
Linn County
Davis
Seaton
Washington Oddities and Federal Finance Flaws
A light National Capitol roundup notes odd items from UPI reports. A blank government letter hints at fiction use while the GAO cites GSA waste of about 250000 dollars on oil changes for new cars. A tongue in cheek yarn from Labor Secretary Wirtz mentions Galbraith. A painting mishap turns offices aqua blue. A governors conference souvenir reads I am a Virgin Islander.
Accident changes travel trailer for left handed use
Carl Milton Johnson, injured in an auto wreck, had a travel trailer redesigned with left handed valves and door handles so he can operate it easily. The modification reflects the trial of adapting to his injuries after the Fort Worth accident.
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Fort Woth
Texas
UPI
Carl Milton Johnson
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Dale Kueter
Les Nummeia
United Community Service
Chamber of Commerce
Christian Science
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Christmas Credit Club
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Lindale
Crazy World of
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By Leon Burnett
Agriculture Department
Office of Information
Commission
General Services
Administration
General Accounting Office
GSA
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H. R. Gross
United States
LABOR
W Willard Wirtz
Vietnam
John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard