Word: payments
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that sum, most recipients would get approximately what they get now. But the change in much of the South would be dramatic. HEW estimates that there are 845,000 AFDC families in the South and Puerto Rico that would benefit to varying degrees. In Alabama, for instance, the maximum payment for an AFDC family of four is now $972; under FAP, it would be at least the federally guaranteed $1,600, even if Alabama decided to contribute nothing more. The maximum level now in effect in Arkansas is $ 1,140, Louisiana $1,248, South Carolina $1,236, and Puerto Rico...
...fundamental importance of the plan, however, lies less in the level of payment than the source. For the first time, the economic base would be federal and nationally uniform. The second major element of the FAP proposal, again a departure from the past, is that the $1,600 could go not only to fatherless families, or families with unemployed fathers, but to an estimated 10,571,000 people in families that make up the working poor. They are mostly intact families, headed by males, and now go largely unaided?in effect, the walking wounded. The Administration estimates the additional cost...
...client, have no way of checking on the legitimacy of these services, or the reputation of the clinics to which they refer you. They make all arrangements for you, not telling you even the name of the clinic until they have received payment...
...incident in question took place last December 11 at the Cunningham's home on 151 Putnam Avenue. Cunningham had been ordered evicted from his apartment for non-payment of rent. He had been sending his landlord, Herbert Brazzo, checks for only part of the rent Brazzo demanded, claiming that he was overcharged. The CTOC, of which Cunningham is member, had organized the demonstration...
Going on Welfare. To forestall collapse, two giant corporations went on public welfare. At the Pentagon's urging, Congress last month voted a $200 million "contingency" payment to Lockheed Aircraft to help cover $758 million of unexpected costs in producing the Air Force's C-5A jumbo jet. The $200 million was only the first installment in a financial rescue that could well cost the taxpayers at least three times as much. Without such aid, said Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard, Lockheed faced bankruptcy, and other defense subcontractors could go under in its wake. Last week, however, Lockheed...