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Show Publk Assistance Decreases in Utah penditures, 14th in average mi age assistance grants, and'Vth n average aid to dependent chiki ren grants, Utah Foundation analysts state. The number of persons receiving receiv-ing public assistance in Utah decreased de-creased 9.2 between August, '50, and August, '51, while total assistance assis-tance payments have increased 15.1 during this same period. This was indicated in a report on public assistance developments released re-leased today by Utah Foundation, the non-profit tax research agency. agen-cy. The reduction in the number of welfare recipients in Utah has made possible cost-of-living increases in-creases in welfare grants for those persons remaining on the public assistance roll, the Foundation notes. ' Utah, compared with other states, is characterized by higher than average per capita expenditures expendi-tures for public assistance with lower than average resources, as measured by per capita income to meet these expenditures, the report re-port reveals. Average assistance grants in Utah are also considerably consider-ably higher than those of most other states. Although Utah ranks 31st among the 48 states in per capita income, it ranks 11th in per capita public assistance ex- |