Show Utah Vets to See Increased VA Benefits utah veterans and depend are expected to receive an increase on In bene- bene benefits benefits fits from the VA during the next 12 months according to Sen Wallace F Bennett R R- R Utah THE ADDED payments go to veterans their widows and children in benefits provided by bythe the Veterans Pension and Readjustment Assistance Act of 1967 A major provision of the new I GI Bill was a cost of living I pension increase For an esti- esti estimated estimated mated this will ac ac- ac account count for nearly 38 oJ of th the added benefits SEN BENNETT estimated that additional readjustment as- as assistance assistance for about eligible veterans will cost with the increase In educational and training benefits for more than eligible veterans and de do- do pen pendants totaling about in the first year of operation of the new GI Bill The increased benefits went into effect October 1 1967 |