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Mecklenburg welfare chief critiques poverty program in Charlotte
Charlotte faces stubborn poverty with 20 percent of residents not helped by existing welfare. Wallace Kuralt, head of Mecklenburg County welfare since 1945, questions the war on poverty and emphasizes education, day care, homemaking services, and birth control. He notes prenatal care and high desertion rates as key factors, urging better health and early exposure to hopeful influences for children.
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Charlotte
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Gomer 'Tea Welf
Wallace Kuralom
University of North Carolina
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Mecklenburg County
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