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...major factor in the bill's success, said the felt "almost like the Boston Red Sox." The various programs of the Office of Economic Opportunity were not scattered among other government agencies, as foes of the bill had threatened. Nor were any of the controversial programs of the OEO, such as the Job Corps eliminated...
Congressional inaction on a gallimaufry of appropriations has already begun to strangle some OEO and other programs. Last week poverty projects in six U.S. communities had been shut down for lack of federal funds, while programs in 15 other cities were being manned by volunteers after federal funds had been exhausted...
...Your Clinic Will Burn." Furious, Dr. Giorgi stormed into the OEO's offices in Washington with a plan for a medical center outlined on a piece of note paper. OEO bought the idea, and within a year, through the University of Southern California's medical school, had funded the new Watts Health Center. Built on land leased from Los Angeles for $1 a year, the center was opened last month. At the dedication ceremony, a young firebrand of Watts's Black Power movement introduced Dr. Giorgi to the crowd. As she mounted the podium, the young...
...Federal programs have to observe OEO (Office of Economic Opportunity (guidelines. If we set up a job training program with federal money, we couldn't enroll people who were poor but not below OEO guidelines. People on welfare with five children are getting more money than the OEO guidelines...
...refuses to cooperate in the ploy. While the conferees scheduled yet another meeting for this week, the District of Columbia government, the Agency for International Development and the Office of Economic Opportunity -technically dollarless since Oct. : struggled to meet payrolls and maintain normal operations. The first casualties were five OEO community-action programs in Florida, Georgia and Mississippi that were forced to close down last week. Thirty others may soon follow...