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An indication of how mucl money is being spent annually t< aid Rappahannock County’s wa veterans and their families may lx gleaned from the lates government figures.
They show that expenditures ii the form of cash benefits anc services are at an all-time high locally and elsewhere.
An estimated $135,000 it financial aid of various kind: went to needy local veterans and to the dependents of deceased veterans during the past fiscal year. The figure was derived from detailed data for the State ol Virginia, released by the Veterans Administration in its report foi the year. Among the benefits received, in addition to pensions and compensation, were hospital and health care, education and training, business and housing loans, insurance and others. The local expenditure for pensions and compensation alone, related to the veteran population of Rappahannock County, was equivalent to $322 per living veteran.
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