Show in Aid Given County War Vets An indication of oC how much money is being spent annually to aid Uintah County's war veterans and their families families fam Cam may be gleaned from Crom the latest government figures THEY SHOW that expenditures in the form Corm of oC cash benefits and sen services ices are areat areat areat at an all time all time high locally and elsewhere else else- where here An estimated in financial aid of oC various kinds went to needy local veterans and to the dependents of oC deceased de ceased veterans during the past fiscal year THE FIGURE was derived from Cram detailed de tailed data for Cor the State of Utah released released re reo leased by the Veterans Administration in its report for Cor the year tar ar Among the benefits received in addi addi- tion to pensions and compensation were hospital and health care education and training business and housing loans Insurance insurance in In- and various others THE LOCAL expenditure for Cor pensions pensions and compensation alone related to the veteran population of oC Uintah County was equivalent to per living veteran vet veteran eran This was arrived at by dividing the he total outlay by the number of local veterans which the V V. A A. A places at 1350 Throughout the State of oC Utah which has a veteran population of the amount so spent so-spent spent wa A BREAKDOWN of oC the in bene benefits its going to o those in the local area shows that approximately 42 per cent of oC it was for Cor pensions and compensation to living veterans and to dependents of oC former Carmer veterans Nationally the ratio was 57 per cent According to the annual report some billion was spent in the United States in fiscal 1969 to provide benefits and facilities for Cor the living veterans and for Cor the dependents of oC deceased deceased deceased de de- ceased veterans WITH THE number of oC them on the therise therise therise rise in all sections of oC the country due to the war in n Vietnam Congress has been urged to step up the amount of assistance provided for them Special action has been sought to aid newly discharged veterans to improve I. I their career opportunities through vocational vocational vocational voca voca- or academic training ng so as to enable enable enable en en- able them to find satisfactory employment employ employ- employment ment |