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Show Increase In Cost Of Welfare Grants Allowed Welfare recipients will be granted "cost of living" increases increas-es effective August 1, reports Lowell G. Coleman, director of the Department of Public Welfare Wel-fare In Duchesne County. This increase fox Utah's welfare wel-fare recipients was announced recently by H. C. Shoemaker, chairman of the Utah State Public Pub-lic Welfare commission. Single persons receiving maximum max-imum grants will get an additional addi-tional $1. or a total of $61 in their August checks; couples will receive a raise from $110 to $112. For those old-age persons who do not receive the maximum grant, additional allowances of $3 for food will be made. Recipients Re-cipients who own their own homes will also receive an additional ad-ditional $2.50 per month to cover cov-er increases in the costs of heating heat-ing and maintaining the homes. |