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...destructive. The stories of poverty program ineffectiveness, of inconsistent funding practices, and of unfulfilled promises are as true for New York as for any other large city. In addition, Lindsay's prestige received a major blow this summer when the city had to return over $10 million in unspent poverty funds to the federal government at the end of the fiscal year. The Mayor further embarrassed himself by denying the loss for several days...

Author: By Mary L. Wissler, | Title: Lindsay: Dilemmas of Policy and Politics | 10/3/1966 | See Source »

...present, over 60 steps must be taken by various boards and agencies before any new school can be built. The inevitable conflict among these groups has left the city with nearly $35 million in unspent school appropriations...

Author: By Mary L. Wissler, | Title: Collins Seeks to Weaken School Committee | 3/11/1966 | See Source »

...city's able new school building boss, Eugene E. Hult, recently ordered a half-built $2,500,000 Queens school to be partly dismantled because of weak concrete. Hult also publicized the quaint fact that school custodians, who get lump-sum maintenance funds and are allowed to socket unspent money, have been geting rich in the process. Bushwick High's D. Paul Bishop reportedly got $53,000 ast year, topping Gross's salary by $13,000 and the mayor's by $3,000. The word is that the next overspending to be exposed is on chartered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Schools: Civilizing the Blackboard Jungle | 11/15/1963 | See Source »

Ostensibly, the chief purpose of the meeting was to discuss Central American economic problems. Central America already has a common market, of sorts. Since July 1961, the U.S. has committed about $117 million to bolster the area's economy. Of that amount, about $47 million remains unspent. With U.S. pledges made last week, and with additional funds from the Inter-American Bank and other sources, Central America will soon have about $100 million to spend on a vast variety of development projects. There are those who fear that this is more than Central America can, at the moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: Success at San Jos | 3/29/1963 | See Source »

...national economic planning board, with a former officer of the World Bank acting as adviser. But the adviser's plan for a $10 million survey of northern territories is snared in a maze of royal bureaucratic procedure; out of $70 million earmarked for development, $50 million is unspent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Arabia: Slow-Flying Carpet | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

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